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5X5 Episode 66
|5X5 Episode 66
|Plausibility in Science
|22nd April 2009
|Skeptical Rogues
|S: Steven Novella
|R: Rebecca Watson
|B: Bob Novella
|J: Jay Novella
|E: Evan Bernstein
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Plausibility in Science[edit]
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide 5x5, five minutes with five skeptics, with Steve, Jay, Rebecca, Bob and Evan.
S: This is the SGU 5X5 and tonight we're talking about plausibility in science. Science is a cumulative effort, which means that all the things that we come up with in science, because it's describing the same reality, the same universe, must agree internally; must agree with itself; therefore, as we build an ever more sophisticated model of how the universe works, we can use that model—those ideas that have panned out, in order to test the plausibility of any new ideas in science.
E: And it gives us a starting point or, as it were, a point where we can go ahead and begin new sets of experiments based on the principles of plausibility so that we can avoid having to do the otherwise limitless number of experiments that would otherwise be required. It gives us a place to start.
B: How do you determine prior plausibility, then? One way is to look at the best, strongest evidence for a given topic. Is the new claim in line with that evidence? If it is, then prior plausibility is high. The threshold of evidence is therefore lower for this claim even though it still may be incorrect. Does the new claim disagree with the current accepted body of evidence? Prior plausibility is then lower and the old axiom kicks in: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
S: And what that means practically is that any evidence for the new claim has to be at least as great as all of the previous evidence that says that it shouldn't be true or that it's highly implausible. So you're still comparing evidence to evidence at the end of the day.
J: A really good example of applying the idea of plausibility would be if you think about homeopathy. Homeopathy, as many of you already know, is the belief that by diluting something in water enough that you can get some type of medicinal effect out of it. There is nothing in science today that we would consider homeopathy to be plausible. There's no way that we can see, so far with our current science, to prove homeopathy or even give it a mechanism for it to work with the way that it's described.
S: That's right; so therefore we would say that homeopathy is an extraordinary claim. Water that doesn't have any active ingredient left in it, can not have a complex chemical action. For example, homeopaths would—trying to rescue the plausibility of homeopathy—would say, "well, the water retains the memory of what was diluted in it", but that's just replacing one magic for another because there's no way; there's no mechanism for that, for the water to have quote-unquote "memory" or to retain it as it gets put onto a sugar pill and then eaten and digested and then absorbed into the bloodstream and then... what, this water is still holding together its memory even enough to have a physiological effect? It's so implausible that from a practical point of view, we could say that the probability that homeopathy can work is... it's as close to zero as we can have in science.
R: Of course though, it's important to keep in mind that plausibility or implausibility in and of themselves is not enough to debunk or confirm an idea. It's just a sniff test to kind of give you the heads-up that maybe something needs to be investigated more.
S: That's right, so like again with homeopathy we would need a mountain of evidence that it worked. It would have to be a very clear effect, reproducible, statistically significant and large physiological effect that nobody could doubt that there was some effect happening. Then we would go back and say "all right, there was obviously something wrong with our plausibility argument so there's some new effect in nature that we haven't discovered before." That's fine, as long as the evidence for a new effect or rewriting the physics or the chemistry textbooks is equal to the evidence that says it shouldn't be possible in the first place. So plausibility plays an absolutely essential role in science. Without consideration of plausibility, it's as if we're starting from square one with every new thought or idea that people come up with and that goes against the cumulative nature of science.
S: SGU 5x5 is a companion podcast to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, a weekly science podcast brought to you by the New England Skeptical Society in association with skepchick.org. For more information on this and other episodes, visit our website at www.theskepticsguide.org. Music is provided by Jake Wilson.


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Organization from the professional service sector also uses social media technologies that help them to success with achieving benefits. In this week's blog, I am going to talk about the relationship/interaction between the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and their social media (particularly focus on blog, twitter, and wikis today) usage.
As we all known, ATO is an Australian government statutory agency who respond in Australian federal taxation system, superannuation system, Australian business register and co-responding for tertiary education loan system in Australia.
As part of ATO's online services, they are aiming to communicate with the community in different ways. Based on their websites information and research, they have launched three more channels of communication via social media platform;
Twitter- latest updates on new measures, changes to legislation, reminders of due dates, system outages, upcoming events and new products;
Facebook- updates on a wide range of important information you need to know about your tax and superannuation;
YouTube- videos on various tax administration topics to keep you up to date with what's new and important for you to know about your tax and super.
Also, ATO has a site under Wikipedia, talking about its history, organization structure, strategy direction, performance and etc.
According to ATO's latest annual report, there were over 9,270 followers in Twitter, and this figure increased to 15,080 (accessed on 12/09/13) in 2013. However, it is found that there are almost no comments under each tweet, which means it is only a way to share information that already exist to the public but rarely "communicate" with the community. Even though ATO itself has the positive view of their community engagement process, I personally still think it is not enough. For example, there is no blog been used as a second source of service guide, and limit communicate interact even in the twitter. Maybe that is because of its characteristic as a governmental agency which presents legislation and/or government. Thus, each activity/reply in the Twitter should not been on behalf of the employee who is behind the screen, which lets the communication actually being harder and too official.
ATO cares about social technics and communication with the community. Relates these social technologies engagement to value levers that mentioned by McKinsey Global Institute, 2012, the most related one is to improve collaboration and communication. Yes, ATO is encouraging the public to communicate with them by using Twitter and other social media platform as talked above. They contributes to increase their speed of any legislation changes, new announcement published and launches new product. Maybe there is a briar in the way of communication and collaboration, but it is much better. Further, social platform, for instance, Twitter, also helps to gather information. There is no doubt that, Twitter helps ATO collect information from the public and also provide the feedback of their services. It should be noticed that, ATO conducts interviews and primary research with end user while these platforms as well.
So, does implementation of more social technologies equal to better professional service? In ATO's case, I think it is, but it can be better.
Thanks for reading and look forward any comment.

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Keto Cheez-It's
I have discovered Keto Cheez-It's! Hello again my old friend (cough nemesis)! How I miss you!
I used to sit and eat an entire box of these things at once. You know the saying, get your own box? I lived that. These baby's were mine and mine alone. Back off Jack!
Alas! Since I cut wheat and grains out of my diet due to health reasons, I have had to break up with my beloved. It was heartbreaking. I'm not sure I'm over it yet.
Or maybe I am!
Enter a simple slice of Kraft American Deluxe Cheese.
You have to use the real cheese, not that cheese product stuff. Back away from the individually sliced impostors!
So just slice it up, into 16 pieces. You can do larger ones if you like. I like to have lots of little pieces to eat over time.
Put the slices on parchment paper on a microwavable plate. Be sure you only use parchment paper and not wax paper. You don't want to find out what happens. It will ruin all of your hopes and dreams!
So use this, m'kay?
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So just lay the cheese around the edge of the plate. I like to use a round plate because it seems that all of the cheese gets nuked evenly. I'm actually using a Pampered Chef Pizza Stone. It fits perfectly into my microwave. And that's important, ya know.
This is two slices of cheese. You can make a lot of crackers with just a few slices. It's awesome! Just pop it in the microwave for about 1:40. I have a pretty powerful microwave, so you may need to adjust your time until they look like this:
This entire batch is about 2 carbs for 32 crackers, basically 1 carb for each slice of cheese. Season these up anyway you want. Put a drop of Tabasco sauce one each one, or even some sriracha sauce! Go wild!
Go! Be free! Sit in front of the TV and eat these mindlessly with no guilt! Or even sneak them into the movie theater.
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Isaac Anumihe
For many years, the problems arising from the location of tank farms along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway have defied every known solution.
The tank farms have contributed immensely to the traffic gridlock along that corridor. The gridlock on several occasions have resulted to wanton injuries and deaths due to several accidents on that road, as well as loss of revenue. It has also made the 24-hour operation of the ports unachievable.
As a way to resolve this, stakeholders have called for the relocation of the facility to Badagry or out of the port environment. They blamed the government for its inability to fix the refineries whose absence is the cause of the conundrum. They argued that if the refineries were working at full capacity, there would not have been reasons for storing the petroleum products in the tank farms.
According to a report by a don at the Lagos Business School, Dr. Frank Ojadi, the collapse of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway is because of the several tank farms along that axis.
The Chairman of Seaport Terminal Operators of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup, on several occasions, had condemned the location of the tank farms along that axis. She also suggested a relocation of the facilities.
"It is wrong to have populated the port environment with such large number of tank farms. It is part of the problem that government should eventually find a solution to," she said.
Similarly, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) had equally called on the Federal Government to relocate the tank farms from the port city of Apapa and other locations across the country. The union blamed the chaotic situation on the Apapa end of the highly-busy expressway on the activities of the petroleum tankers.
Also in September 2017, the Lagos State House of Assembly called on the Federal Government to relocate the tank farms from Apapa as a way out of the current gridlock in the area.
Out of the 67 tank farms in Nigeria, over 38 of them are located in the Apapa-Wharf area, a situation that has made movement in that part of Lagos very hellish.
It was perhaps against this backdrop that many saw it as a welcome development when Integrated Oil and Gas Company announced the construction of an industrial free trade zone, also known as Tomaro Island in the belly of Atlantic Ocean to accommodate over 30 tank farms.
The island is made up of 75 hectares of land bounded by two existing free zones, the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) to its right and Snake Island to its left, both providing logistics services to exploration and production business in the oil and gas industry.
It was discovered in 2013 by some medical personnel on medical expedition. Since then, a lot of developments have taken place in that area including a provision to relocate tank farms to the area.
So, on April 3, 2018, Chairman of Integrated Oil and Gas, Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, took journalists to the island where over 30 tank farms can be relocated to.
"The tank farm project consists of 30 tank bases with storage capacity of 500 million litres of fuel and given the capacity, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would be at liberty to draw fuel for 15 days from the facility when there are ups and downs in fuel supply in Nigeria. It is going to be a strategic storage and product supply tank farm.
Most tank farms rely on an arrangement where ships and trucks come to pick products from the farms. But because we are located on the island we will be supplied by ships and discharged also by ships. This means that smaller vessels would be used to take the products from Tomaro tank farms to the farms located at the ports.
"With the capacity in Tomaro, there is no reason we would not be the centre for tank farm operation because we would not only supply Apapa and Tin-Can but also facilities in Port Harcourt, Warri and even some of the countries in West African region like Ghana and Lome. That is why this facility is an industrial park and a free trade zone. This will create job opportunity for people and technology transfer.
"We also intend to develop the 20,000 barrels per day modular refinery and the tanks we are building are going to service the refineries as well in terms of storing the refined petroleum products.
"There will also be a facility for docking ships. We intend to have the capacity to build Floating Production and Storage Oil (FPSO), repair rigs and carry out different kinds of fabrication works.
Tomaro project is actually making progress and we have a number of major investments covering both the oil and maritime sectors. Tomaro Island is a project because it is an industrial zone and it's designed on the western side to attract people who will do manufacturing. It will be a landmass of one hectare with warehouse, plants, office and manufacturing facilities.
"They can bring in their raw materials, manufacture and export outside Nigeria without paying duty because it is a free trade zone. But if they export into Nigeria, they will pay duty.
"We have the shipyard and oil rig fabrication plant on the western side but on the eastern side, we have the oil industrial investment that has the 20,000 barrels per day refinery and tank farms.
"The project is ongoing just that there are so many things that are being done at the same time. In the next nine months, there would be a project that would be worth commissioning.
"There were investors who are in discussion with us and want to buy into the vision we have in Tomaro. When the American government gave us the grant, investors, mostly Chinese and Europeans, sent in letters of intent to do business with us but at that time we were not too keen because we were still trying to get our approvals in place and sorting out other issues. But now we are ready. We will be going back to those proposals to give them the necessary attention they require," he assured.


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Everything hurts: my head, my neck, my throat, my shoulders, my back, my hips, my wrists …
I've caught some low-level lurgy. Blah.
You know how you just want to curl up in your bed when you're sick? Well, I can't, because I'm staying at my parents' place and sharing a double bed with my snoring, pointy elbowed nine-year-old.
And I forgot to bring sleep aids. Sob. Mum gave me some nighttime Codrals, but they didn't knock me out, so I spent eight hours lying in an aching, bleary haze.
I feel quite, quite sorry for myself and annoyed that all my lovely Newcastle plans won't be quite so lovely because I'm poorly.
There are beauty treatments this morning, then a trip to the shops to buy my birthday gym shoes. We're supposed to be exploring the rock pools near Merewether Baths this afternoon at low tide, then going out to dinner.
But I'm just not feeling jazzed. Maybe the day time Codrals will do a better job.
Wish me luck … Or at least the ability to swallow without wincing.
As for my doctor, he's in Korea speechifying.
Any remedies for me?


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Thrifted Ann Taylor vest, boots, satchel; American Apparel dress, concrete opaque tights; f21 fishnets, headband; Nars dragon red lip color
On a very bizarre night of my life, I agreed to tag along with friends to see a buddy DJ and electronic set in a local dive bar. Little did I know I would be surrounded by suburban ravers in bandanas with party cups in a half-empty room. Should be told, I was impressed by the talented suburban kids with hip-hop skills. All together, a pretty decently hilarious night.


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I am the vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in him will bear much fruit.
(John 15:5-6,2:)
Member of Community
"For a long time before I joined the community I had a lack of enthusiasm and hope for life, I ended up giving up my job and had even given up wanting to put in an effort to live life. The reason for this was because I perceived things to be true in relation to dealing with people that were not true and nothing I had tried prior to then to end this suffering had worked. The main problems were what I thought people were saying about me, how was I coming across to people and a self-consciousness that resulted in me withdrawing from interacting with people. After going through this for a long time I ended up having a carefree attitude by not caring about myself or anyone else and feeling depression, anxiety and despair.
Then one day when I was in Medjugorje I was introduced by a lady to Muintir Mhuire.
I met and talked with the spiritual director and a member of the community. I felt what they had to say was very encouraging, hopeful and that the issues I was dealing with would be healed with enough time and prayer. I brought home and read some of the literature and gave it some thought for a while because joining the community meant leaving home and moving to Cork. Then eventually I decided I would give it a try and join up for six months or more.Since then I can say in all honesty that many parts of my life have been greatly improved. Not only do I not suffer anymore from all the problems which I mentioned above, other aspects of my life, which I never intended or even considered needed improving have been greatly developed. Abilities such as managerial and leadership skills, problem solving, being available for people when they need to talk, giving encouragement and being able to identify and help others who have similar difficulties that I had. These are abilities I didn't know I had. Some of the most valuable things I've learned about Christian Community Living is that being preoccupied with the needs of others; I take the emphasis off myself, I stop focusing on what I can't do or don't have and start appreciating and being grateful for all I can do and the gifts God has given me.
I would like to finish by saying that I am confident that I would not be where I am now without all the prayer, support and friendship that I experienced while being a member of Muintir Mhuire. I will always be grateful to all who were involved in the community while I was a member and I strongly believe that it is making a very valuable contribution to the lives of other people and the life of the Church in Ireland and hopefully in time, many other places as well."
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Friday, May 6, 2011
No matter how you say it...
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there is no one as special as your mum! It's Mother's Day here in Australia this Sunday so it's time to show your mum she is special and much appreciated.
Things don't have to be elaborate - it can be a sleep in -
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some time to relax in the tub -
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a quiet cuppa -
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or time out with a good book -
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It's the simple gestures that really mean something.
Naturally, some of these -
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and some pretty flowers (Chrysanthemums of course!) -
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Most happiest of Mother's Days to all you mothers, especially mine - love you mum!
Stephie x
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Hi Stephie,ReplyDelete
In Holland it's mother's day as well. Have a lovely time on sunday with your mum!
Lieve groet, Madelief x
It's also Mother's Day in Germany this Sunday and I will see my Mum in a a few days. Wouldn't it be nice if we could meet at this special coffee place in Poland, Stephie ?! Bon week-end to you! xo, BrittaReplyDelete
Love the pillow with a heart. What a perfect Mother's dream:)ReplyDelete
aww so sweet! i got to see my mom last weekend and gave her her present a little bit early :) here's to all the amazing mothers out there and all the hard work they do for us!ReplyDelete
Dear Stephie : In Chile Mother's Day also is on sunday.All days should be Mother's Day , right?ReplyDelete
I hope that you have a happy celebrations near to your children and your Mom.
My Mom has double celebrations ( Mother day's and your birthday) :)
Many hugs for you and your family.
PD: All the ideas that you show to give to Mum are spectacular.What is your favorite?
"It's the simple gestures that really mean something." This sentence is wonderful and very true.
Oh my you reminded my of Mother´s day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks! :PReplyDelete
oh, so sweet, Stephie! My mom lives far away. I called her yesterday. I talked almost 2 hours :-) Happy new week!ReplyDelete
I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day & were able to do the simple pleasures on your list.ReplyDelete
Hello everyone!ReplyDelete
I didn't realise that it was Mother's day in so many other places! I hope everyone enjoyed their day as a mum or with one!
Hope the week is going well for you all,
Stephie x


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Pregnant Pause
Deciding When to Tell A New Boss You Are Expecting a Baby
Pregnant women are moving from job-to-job and job-to-home more often, as pregnancy and family leave gain acceptance in the workplace.
But the trend has a dark side: Many expectant mothers mislead employers about their pregnancies or plans for maternity leave, or at least avoid telling the truth. In most cases, that's a bad strategy, with the potential to backfire.
Many of the young mothers I hear from are wrestling with confusion over when to tell prospective employers about pregnancy, and how much to disclose about maternity-leave plans. "What is the most ethical course of action," one young mother asked in a recent e-mail, when you're pregnant, but not visibly so, and looking for a job?
Speaking Up
Sometimes, a woman should talk about her pregnancy and maternity-leave plans with a prospective boss
When to reveal your pregnancy
- You hope to build a long-term employment relationship
- Your employer's attitude toward family matters to you
- You want to set the stage for a smooth maternity leave
When to stay mum
- You're applying for an unskilled job, where workers are essentially interchangeable
- You have no expectation of a long employment relationship
- You won't need job flexibility in the future
Hiding pregnancy can foster mistrust. On a previous job at a telecommunications firm, senior sales executive Mary Alexander of Fairfax, Va., helped supervise a saleswoman who didn't reveal when she was hired that she was pregnant. Managers were stunned a few weeks later when, with her department working flat-out, she announced she would need maternity leave. "I can't believe she lied to me," one manager told Ms. Alexander.
While Ms. Alexander, a mother herself, could understand the saleswoman's reticence, "my gut tells me there's a point where you've crossed over the line and you need to say, 'I'm glad you like me, and I need to tell you' " about a pregnancy. The saleswoman later quit during maternity leave, reinforcing the hard feelings.
It's time for skilled women workers to be more honest. While the law doesn't require a woman to disclose her pregnancy, it's usually best to share the facts as soon as you are sure of them and to make a strong case for your ability to manage your pregnancy and maternity leave. Otherwise, surprising your bosses will undermine any hope of building trust.
There are still compelling reasons for unskilled women to keep mum. If you're seeking a low-wage position in which workers are basically interchangeable, it's probably best to keep quiet about pregnancy and prove yourself on the job.
By law, employers may not discriminate against a woman because of pregnancy or single out pregnancy as a factor in job interviews, unless it would interfere with her ability to perform job duties. But pregnancy discrimination is still rife. Pregnancy-bias complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have risen 10% in the past five years, to 4,649 in 2003.
There's no question that disclosure poses a risk. Tanzenika Lee, Decatur, Ga., recently accepted a job as a server at a fast-food chain. But as soon as interviewers noticed she was five months pregnant, they withdrew the offer. When Ms. Lee asked why, she says, she was told the company couldn't afford to hire pregnant workers.
If a prospective employer reacts that badly to pregnancy, you may not want to work there anyway. Attorney Andrea LaRue was in her second trimester of pregnancy when she applied for a counsel's job on Capitol Hill. She revealed that fact in a second-round interview with the chief of staff, partly to gauge the response.
"If their reaction had been, 'Well, how much time do you want off?' " she might not have taken the job, she says. Instead, her prospective boss responded warmly, congratulating her and assuring her she could fit right in. Ms. LaRue took the job and worked there happily for five years.
If disclosing your pregnancy during an interview feels too risky, wait until you have an offer in hand. This avoids inflicting negative surprises later on, says Cyndia Cameron of 9to5, National Association of Working Women, Milwaukee, an advocacy group. Some bosses may respond poorly -- and illegally -- by withdrawing their offer. But at least, "then you really know you lost it because of pregnancy," not because of some shortcoming.
The same principles should apply to disclosing maternity-leave plans. While 57% of working mothers return to work within three months of childbirth, a growing number are opting to stay home. Employment among mothers of children younger than one year of age has mostly fallen for the past five years to 53.7% in 2003 from 57.9% in 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.
Many women don't know whether they will return, of course. But if you are certain you won't, tell your bosses as soon as possible -- typically right after childbirth. If you feel entitled to disability pay or employer-paid health insurance, negotiate for it rather than misleading bosses into thinking you will return. You might offer to do some work for free, for example, in return for postponing your official quit date. If you fail to return from leave, you may have to repay those benefits, anyway: Federal family-leave law gives employers the option under some circumstances to recover benefits paid to employees who quit.
Building trust can pay off in employer support. Jackie Kolek was nervous about telling her bosses at Peppercom, New York, that she was pregnant and wanted to work part of the time from home after her maternity leave.
But her boss Ed Moed readily agreed to her request. "I was willing to talk with her about anything. I just wanted to make sure she was coming back," Mr. Moed says; he even named her a partner in the communications firm when she was six months pregnant. Her initial openness made it easy later to ask for a couple of extra weeks off when her child care didn't work out; Mr. Moed granted it.
More women will face these questions in the coming months, if the job market heats up as many predict. How they handle this sensitive issue could do much to dispel mistrust around pregnancy in the workplace.
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About the Author
Sue Shellenbarger writes Work & Family on Thursdays. The goal of the column is to help readers manage the relationship between work and their family and personal lives. It focuses on innovative solutions to work-family conflict, new corporate strategies for helping employees balance their lives, and new trends and developments that affect readers' work-life balance.
Sue has been a Wall Street Journal reporter, editor, bureau chief and columnist for 16 years, working in Chicago and, currently, from her home outside Portland, Ore. She is a former contributing editor to Parenting magazine. In 1994, she received the "Exceptional Merit Media Award," or EMMA, from the National Women's Political Caucus and Radcliffe College for outstanding coverage of issues of special concern to women. Sue grew up on a farm in Leonidas, Mich., and has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
Off the job, she hikes, reads, listens to music and, with her husband, Richard O'Connor, a public-school administrator, cares for her family -- their two children, Cristin and James, ages eight and six, and her adult stepchildren, Margaret, Richard and Lucas.
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Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke are running a Taking Control Self-Management Programme for people with long-term chest, heart and stroke conditions in Brownlow.
The programme is running for six weeks at the Brownlow Community Hub and is free to attend.
It starts on Tuesday, January 13 and will run each Tuesday for six consecutive weeks.
Father-of-two Paddy Lynas has spoken about the benefits of the programme. He thought his life was over when he was diagnosed with COPD, a respiratory disease.
Then he got a letter from Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke asking if he would like to join the programme for people with long-term chest, heart and stroke conditions.
Paddy commented, "To be honest, I wasn't sure it was going to work. I was depressed, I found it hard to breathe and my skin was grey.
"But part of the idea of self-management is that you make a promise about what you hope to achieve. I said I would walk three miles, and I did. Then I promised I would walk six. Before too long, I'd lost more than two stones in weight and stopped all my tablets. Walking is my medicine now. But if it hadn't been for NI Chest Heart & Stroke, I simply wouldn't be here today. They saved my life."
Long-term health conditions, like Paddy's, can affect all parts of life, not just our health. People living with long-term health conditions also have to learn to cope with any changes they might have to make to their work, social or family lives. Readjusting can be difficult on a practical and emotional level, but the programme aims to give people with long-term conditions the skills to coordinate all the things needed to manage their health, as well as to help them keep active in their lives.


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- DSOneAsked on April 11, 2015 at 10:09 PM
I can't seem to find how the person who submits the form is able to receive a confirmation email with the form details that they submitted from our site.
I found out that I can manually 'reply' to their submission by going to 'submissions' and replying to the submitted form, but is there not an automatic way of doing this?
I can't keep track of which submissions I 'replied' to and we are looking for an automated way of achieving this.
- David
Ps. I created a custom Thank You page and it redirects them there after submitting but that's it.
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text: Starting October 28, Panache will be a part of more than 100 Amarillo businesses that will honor St. Andrew's Friends Cards which helps benefit St. Andrew's Episcopal School. You can buy this card at the store for $50 and also save up to 20% off your entire purchase. This deal will last till November 6th, so do not wait to help support your local community. For a complete list of included businesses click HERE.


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My Nonprofit Reviews
Len M.
Review for Lackey Ministries, Houston, TX, USA
Love Botswana, Ministries, Missions, International School - are each excellent examples of the great commission that Christ called each of His followers to in the 28th chapter of the book of Matthew: Matthew 28:19
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:" I left a piece of my heart at Love Botswana and I haven't been the same since I left. The Lackey's put me right to work, and they made me feel that my small contributions (electrical wk. & a little preaching) were valued and appreciated. Each of you at Love Botswana Is also valued And appreciated - I still miss you all to this day ... may the Lord watch between me and thee while we are absent one from another Amen.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
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FOX has released a healthy amount of promotional stills from Gotham's Episode 18 of Season 1, which is entitled, "Everyone Has a Cobblepot." Colm Feore (The Borgias, 24) will appear as the Dollmaker, or rather as Dr. Dulmacher, a notorious villain that was referred to in Gotham's Episode 2 of Season 1.
While Gordon seeks information about the recent controversy with Commissioner Loeb, Fish's allegiance with the prisoners is questioned when she appears to join forces with Dr. Dulmacher. Meanwhile, after an attack close to home, Bruce deals with the aftermath.
Whose organs will the Dollmaker harvest, if any? Is Fish Mooney going to form a deadly alliance? Will we discover what kind of coffee Gordon and Dent enjoy the most? …probably not…Regardless, stay tuned for more Gotham, Mondays at 8/7c.
"Everyone Has a Cobblepot airs on March 2, 2015 — Monday at 8/7c.
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Air Force secretary raises space awareness inside Pentagon; Startups grab spotlight at satellite industry's annual DC trade show13 Mar 2018, 19:48 UTC
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HOT TOPIC: SECAF raises space awareness inside the Pentagon. Startups the stars of satellite industry's annual DC tradeshow
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson revealed that she is having regular private meetings with her Army and Navy counterparts. The three secretaries made a joint appearance on Monday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. They said one of the reasons for these regular get-togethers is to discuss science and technology projects — and find out what the others are doing so they're not duplicating efforts.
Wilson has taken advantage of these gatherings to keep her colleagues up to date on space issues and on the emerging concept of "multi-domain" military operations that requires broader sharing of information.
"We've been involved together in space briefings because, as Heather said, we all have an interest in space," said Army Secretary Mark Esper. "We all rely on space to one degree or another. And it's a critical domain that we all have to protect…And we all have roles in protecting ...


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Dear mom,
What crazy. I didn't even know it was a problem. Yes I got the rundown from everyone sounds like a hectic week but I am sure everyone enjoyed it.
1. (Best of the week?) successful baptism yesterday and we had zone conference on Thursday it was so great. President Judd gave us a lowdown on the new mission and things and it was a great conference. We have Philippine people in our mission. it's crazy.
2. (Worst of the week?) Not finding enough new investigators and not extending enough baptismal dates. We had a good month for may but we need to work so that we have a good June.
3. (How is your companion?) He is good. he is Nigerian and loves to cook. in that respect we are completely opposite. he is pretty hilarious though.
4. (What have you learned from your companion?) How to be patient and to compromise and to be less prideful. I wouldn't say I am prideful but he has taught me to have less pride.
5. (Tell me something interesting about the area you are serving ?) We have trains and massive gutters. I saw two donkeys this week and they were fighting.
6. (Are you getting use to the new place? With all your new cockroach friends? Can I send something to help with that problem?) The new place is good. I'm pretty used to it now. ha my companion hates the bugs so much. no the cabinets are just infested with them so they will just have to come and spray or just redo the own kitchen counter and everything.
7. (Tell me a little about your companion? how long he has been serving, his family, etc,)He has been serving like 6 moths. his dad is dead but he was a member and his older sister is a member but he has about 5 siblings and his mom is not a member. He was a tailor so he can sew some sweet stuff. A lot of the things he wears he sewed himself.
8. (Have you found new investigators?) yes but not enough. We got some good referrals this week.
9. (How is the new ward you are working with?) The ward is good. the bishop is very humble and the leaders are great. it's a nice ward.
10. (are you still a district leader?) Yes I am still a district leader. It's weird because the zone leaders are in our district but it's cool. it's really not a big deal at all.
I am doing well mom don't worry too much about me. it is hard but it is the best. alright thanks mom I love you the church is true.
Much love
Elder Thornhill
P.S. good scriptures this week: 2 Nephi 11:7; D&C 76:116-118, 5-10; Mosiah chapter 5 the whole chapter
Again the jokes are grade a. Ghana is still sweet. This place is so great. Some times I forget how different it is than America. Yes it is really close to Mataheko. It will be in the Accra west mission. The new mission home is actually like 5 minutes from our apartment. It's a pretty nice building so if stay here I will be in the west mission. sounds like such a crazy week. Man that is crazy he leaves this week, He is going to do great. I am excited to get letters from him. Thanks dad you are a great example to me. I am grateful to have a father like you and just know that I love you and look up to you. Thanks for putting up with me all those years ha. Well things are going pretty well here. We had a baptism on Sunday. Emmanuel and Regina. They are both so great and it was a great experience. Thanks dad have a great week. love you
your son
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Mindfulness for the Whole Family
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Hampshire firefighters with a team including Andover's Martin Gritt, have been crowned national extrication champions at the UK's biggest rescue competition.
After battling against 23 UK fire and rescue services in road traffic collision scenarios, the Hampshire team have taken the winner's title at the UK Rescue Challenge (UKRO) held at the Fire Service College in Gloucestershire.
The national competition, which spanned over two days, had three categories; extrication, trauma and rope rescue. As well as winning the extrication challenge the Hampshire team also took second place in the trauma challenge.
Both teams were given a range of demanding and challenging scenarios that put their skills to the test including extricating two casualties from a collision involving an HGV and a car and dealing with an explosion which resulted in seven casualties.
Group Manager Jerry Leonard of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said "We are immensely proud to have such talented and professional firefighters within Hampshire. These competitions offer great learning opportunities for firefighters all around the country so that we can all respond to emergency situations in the best possible way."
"To be crowned national champions is so rewarding for all the hard work and training that our firefighters do. We are also very pleased that the Hampshire team will now go forward to represent the UK at the World Rescue Challenge held in Brazil next year."
The Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service's extrication team has previously held the winners trophy at the National, European and World championships during the team's 29 year history.
Awards were presented by sponsors and the Chair of UKRO, Steve Apter at the awards ceremony.
The Hampshire team was made up of Trevor Griffin (Eastleigh), Greg Moss (Basingstoke), Kerry Charlton (Redbridge), Martin Gritt (Andover), Paul Jarrett (Bordon), Stu Vince (St Mary's), Gary Cross (Fareham), Steve Morris (Eastleigh), Brian Saunders (Cosham) and Ian Cooper (Eastleigh).
For more information and for pictures from the event visit @ExtricationHFRS on Twitter.


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your blog is very helpful thank you for sharing the knowledge , can you please tell me if there are any otehr steps to be included when we work with MI25 SP20 client and MAM 3.0 application .
There is sometimes a need to update the changes(
User Interface Changes and Business Logic Changes
) in mobile
application which is already installed in many client devices. This article describes how to modify the already installed
application in client without creating the new version of application. The assignment of new version of application results
into the deletion of old application and hence the deletion of data associated with the old application. If there is no
change in the structures(metadata information in meRepMeta.xml file) which are used in BAPI Wrappers (These are used in
Synchronization Business Object – SyncBo – creation , and these SyncBos are used in particular Mobile Application ),
assigning new version of application to the client device is a time spending process in production environments. In this
article , i am discussing a simple way to update the mobile application which is installed on the client device by applying
the patch of that application. This is applicable to JSP Client Runtime and JSP MI applications.
1. Atleast SAP MI Client
Component 2.5 SP11 (JSP Runtime)is installed on the mobile device.
2. Old Application must be
installed on the Client Device.
3. There will not be any changes in the structures
which are used in BAPI Wrapper creation.
I used JSP Runtime of MI 2.5 SP11 ,SP13 and SP15 as the subject installations.
After changing the MI application in NetWeaver Developer studio , export the MI Project as MI Archive into the local
machine.In the MI Client there is no need to keep the source code of the project.MI client is using the compiled classes of
JSP pages and Java code(Java Class) we have included in the MI Project. So during export there is no need to select the
Include source code of the project
" check box in the "
Create MI Archive
" pop up window. As it is a JSP
Runtime client application , the exported MI Archive file is in the WAR(Web Archive) format.
Here we have created one application named "
". So the exported MI Archive file is
Basically this WAR file is zip compatible, so we can extract the contents of the WAR file using WinZip or WinRar.
Here what I did is without using the WinZip or WinRar , just renamed the
MIAPPLICATION.WAR file to MIAPPLICATION.ZIP
Then used the default support for ZIP files in WinXP Operating System and extract the contents of this ZIP.
Contents of the MI Archive
These are the default folders that we got by extracting the contents of the MI Archive .
Here ,
css folder – for storing the Cascade Style Sheets
mimes folder — for storing mime repository objects like picture
WEB-INF folder — for storing the compiled java classes of JSP pages and Java Code we have included in our MI
application , and the web.xml deployment descriptor for defining the Application.
meRepMeta.xml — Metadata information regarding the the MI Application.
Subfolders in WEB-INF
directory is for storing the compiled classes of our MI Application. This compiled classes include the class
files of individual JSP files and the compiled classes of java files we have included in our application .These compiled
classes are in the form of a jar file. In our case the lib contains the
contains the source code of the project.
We have not included the source of the project ,so in our case there will not be a directory named srclib inside the WEB-INF
On further extracting the contents of MIAPPLICATION.jar file , we can see
Contents of MIAPPLICATION.jar
folder contain the compiled classes of jsp pages in our application.
(here i created a package named
and put my Java Files within this package. That's why a
folder named package is inside this MIAPPLICATION.jar file. Otherwise there will not be.), contain the compiled classes of
all Java Files in our application.
So if the change is only to our JSP files and Java code , we only have to replace the MIAPPLICATION.jar file in the client
device which is residing inside the WEB-INF folder of our application installation folder , provided we have not changed the
number of JSP files in our application. If we are changing the number of JSP files(means adding new JSP files or deleting the
existing JSP files ),then we have to replace the
file also.
In this article i am discussing a scenario where the changes are only to the contents of the JSP files and Java Files. So in
this example our aim is only to replace the MIAPPLICATION.jar file from the application installation directory in the client
Creating the Application Patch
We have created the patch application for our MI Client application. Now we have to upload the archive to the SAP MI Web
Console as an add-on and then assign the uploaded archive to roles or users.
Assignment of Mobile Components to Users
Adjusting Installation Instructions
In this article I had described how to modify the already installed application in client device without creating the new
version of application.The assignment of new version of application results into the deletion of old application and hence
the deletion of data associated with the old application. Here these are to be noted that there must not be any changes in
the meRepMeta.xml(Meta Data) , and the application must be installed on the client device.


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The revolution in Irish newspaper research
For a long time, the advice to anyone who wanted to use newspapers for genealogical research was simple: don't. Without a historically prominent ancestor, the likelihood of finding something useful was infinitesimal, but the investment of time was huge. Inevitably, whether you look at Faulkner's Dublin Journal for 1740 or The Evening Press of 1940, you just end up reading the paper. Very enjoyable, but not the most productive use of research time.
Digitisation completely changed that balance. If you can trawl 100 years of papers in five seconds, why not? An example: The Irish Times of January 5th, 1880, has a report of a court case in Ballinasloe at the height of the Land War. There, listed among the 27 small tenants charged with riot for assaulting a bailiff in the course of an attempted eviction, is my great-grandfather and what looks like his entire extended family. I had no idea there was anything like this in our past. It emerged only because the paper was now digitally searchable.
For the full article, please go to the link below...


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Another installation of high quality photographic wall art canvas prints for the building developer St James at Smithfield Square, London N8.
Photographic wall art
Photographic wall art onto canvas is getting very popular as the quality of the print has gone up and the actual print cost has come down. There are many companies producing good, high quality canvas prints or photographic wall art for consumers. Customers personal photos, own painting and drawings can now be digitally printed up to 3 meters wide and almost any length on artist grade cotton canvas. There is also a wide range of ridged materials like acrylic (Perspex) as well as aluminium composite (Dibond) which has many different finishing e.g. matt, gloss, mirror and brush effect. You can also get a good range of different frames.
Project Print Management is not in this market, as so many companies are producing for consumers high quality canvas printing and photographic wall art competitively. PPM offer specialist, unique, high quality limited edition artwork.
The importance of one off licenced printing is growing as both artists and clients recognised the necessity of individuality. Whether its photography, original artwork or illustrations, mass production printing devalues the art, and the artist. This is why professional artists stay clear of mass printing.
We work with Art Vogue a specialist artwork printing business who consults their clients and artists to ensure the high quality level of detail the art deserves. Art Vogue offer consultation service through to design and installation. They are a complete solution business. From standard pictures through to bespoke wall murals tailored to suit any space. They apply a level of details that high quality art merits.
This installation was a special commission for the Smithfield Square London N8 development. We installed three high quality Photographic wall art which was digitally printed onto an artist canvas and mounted onto a wooden frame.
The installation took about 3 hours and most of that was the client deciding which picture to put where!
For more information on limited edition Photographic wall art please contact Project Print Management
The development: Smithfield Square, London N8
Smithfield Square is a superb collection of luxury suites, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, and two unique live/work apartments which are now available. The two live work units give residents the opportunity to relax in luxury and comfort, whilst being able to work with convenience. The two superb apartments ranging from 925sqft to 1278 sqft, offer the bonus of a separate work entrance maximizing privacy. High-specification design and dedicated home office facilities, help to achieve the perfect work/life balance.


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How to obtain your iPhone UDID
Very often we send the iPhone applications to our customer. To build the app for customer's device we need device UDID.
Please find here some steps to obtain this information.
Note: UDID stands for Unique Device Identifier
1. Connect your iPhone to iTunes and click on your iPhone under devices
2. In the device information screen you can see the following: Name, Capacity, Software Version, Serial Number and etc.
3. Click on Serial Number, and Identifier will show up.
4. OK, you are ready to copy your Identifier (UDID) – left Mouse Click on the number and hold it, press CTRL-C if you use WIndows (Command-C if you use Mac) on your keyboard, and you are done.
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Life as a cabaret
- Calum Ritchie
- 28 May 2009
Calum Ritchie investigates the low-budget, cross-genre revolution happening on Glasgow and Edinburgh's cultural scenes
A strange new breed of night out has emerged recently across Edinburgh and Glasgow. There are always many performers, usually taking slots of under ten minutes, but it's not quite cabaret: these performances tend to have low production values, often being nothing much more than a person and a microphone. Maybe a light. Typically, the audience can see between three and ten different acts in a night, usually for well under £5.
That's not to suggest these nights are homogenous, because each one has a distinct identity. At the Arches in Glasgow, Scratch Night offers ten minute slots to theatre-makers wanting to try out new ideas for shows, while Discombobulate is primarily a performance literature night, but regularly features slots from the likes of playwright Iain Heggie, stand up comics Bruce Morton and Arnold Brown, and musician Aidan Moffatt alongside novelists like AL Kennedy and Alan Bissett. Bissett is also an occasional performer at Manifesto, the Tron Theatre's political cabaret night, run by Tam Dean Burn; a monthly mix of theatre, music and spoken word with high tech visuals provided by Sonic Sinema. Also in Glasgow, Cryptic Nights is a celebration of the multi-artform possibilities of the CCA (this fortnight they've got experimental music, a discussion and a DJ set), while in Edinburgh the Traverse have thrown open their doors on Mondays, inviting new audiences in to witness emergent playwrights (Words Words Words), experimental soundscapes (Noisy Nights), and performance poets compering newly-commissioned theatre pieces, sometimes with DJs and tapdancers (Wildfire). And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
'At the Traverse, Dominic Hill came in as artistic director and wanted to make the building accessible to wider audiences,' explains Cheryl Martin, who runs Wildfire. Martin feels that the recent boom in this sort of night is timely. 'Funding has become hard to get, so people are just going out there and starting their own nights. You can generate new work and try out new ideas without needing loads of money upfront, and, in the current climate, that helps.'
'There's definitely been an upsurge in it, in the last year,' says Dean Burn, who this month is collaborating with burlesque/comedy night Spangled Cabaret. 'Nights where, say, groups of writers get together and read their work have always happened, but this idea of getting different art forms on the same bill seems new, up here. And as people begin to move between the different nights, we're seeing all this valuable new material being created as well.'
Manifesto vs Spangled Cabaret, Sun 31 May, Tron Theatre, Glasgow and Mon 1 Jun, Rio Café, Glasgow.
Discombobulate, Tue 2 Jun, The Arches, Glasgow.
Cryptic Nights, Thu 4 Jun, CCA.
Noisy Nights, Mon 8 Jun & Wildfire, Mon 15 Jun both Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.


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I was in a ship that was captured while traveling to the Tapani sector. Zaliff came to rescue Lord Abney an old acquaintance of ours though I hadn't recognized him. While setting him free he also freed myself and a few shipmates from the vessel as well.
Together we removed a group of pirates that attacked us after the alarm sounded. It was after this we split ways, taking the pilot and security officer with me we battled pirates till I ultimately arrived at the leaders room. We came here cause I thought there was another Jedi here, the force presence was strong and while en route I lost the pilot who was named Tor. I'll remember that name for his sacrifice aided the rest of us.
But instead of a Jedi, I found a female pirate captain named Coreen Starhunter. I was on guard around her, she was strong in the force but she offered me a fair deal. One that I knew I'd have to take to survive the Purge. In short I was to spy on the noble houses for her and in turn she would keep my identity as a Jedi secret. I assume she has a ploy for me down the road since she mentioned missions. I won't deny that she wasn't attractive.
After I met up with Zaliff and Lord Abney again we made our way out of the station without anymore encounters. On the ship I was filled in about the Tapani sector and asked to take on the identity of a noble who died in the cell. Lord Abel Bishop. It turns out that Abel was going to be a spy, and I was in turn asked to spy for High Lord Theus Paddox and leek false information. In short I was going to be a triple agent. Though I was told I had free-reign on who he would be since no one has seen him I decided I'd act more the part of a noble, likewise I should use some of my knowledge as living undercover meant to me. A personality shift was in order, I just hope I wouldn't lose myself within it.


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Grow your leadership skills and help guide the direction of our dynamic board within a supportive and collaborative environment.
With over 400 members, IABC/BC is one of the top five largest IABC chapters worldwide. Our members come from all kinds of backgrounds, work in various industries, and have a range of experience.
Learn more about our chapter of vibrant communicators
Our board structure
Our board is made up of a team of volunteer directors within specialized portfolios led by an executive board comprised of our president, vice-president, past-president, executive administrator and treasurer. Together they develop, deliver and govern all of the activities that take place within our chapter under the guidance of our association bylaws.
Every portfolio director has a team of volunteers to support their work. Being a director is a great opportunity to build team management skills, and even mentor volunteers to grow their skills – all within a safe and supportive environment.
The board slate is divided by portfolios of specialization including Volunteer Services, Membership, Sponsorships + Partnerships, Career Development, Events, Digital Marketing + Communications, Student + New Communicator Services, and Special Interest Groups.
Meet our current board, 2018-19
What's in it for you?
- Gain hands-on leadership and professional board experience and participate in key decision making for your portfolio and the chapter
- Grow your business experience skill set with everything from strategic planning to budget setting and reporting
- Network and share best-practices with fellow communicators at the local, regional and international levels
- Be part of a passionate, talented and dynamic team committed to IABC/BC and the local communications and marketing community
- Experience being part of the leadership team of an award-winning chapter
Roles Available
- Co-Director, Events
Review the board roles available (including general board accountabilities)
All members of IABC/BC in good standing are welcome to submit a nomination form for a position on the board of directors for the upcoming year.
Ideally, we look for members with past board experience or who have actively volunteered and have relevant skills to lead the portfolio of interest.
How to apply & deadline
Simply send us an up-to-date resume along with a completed nomination form. An outline of each board role is available so that you can see where your skills may fit.
All board roles remain open until they are filled.
Board selection committee process
Our board is recruited in the spring of each year.
Once our board selection committee has reviewed the nominations and put their recommendations forward, our board is voted in at our Annual General Meeting (AGM), held every year in June. Following the AGM, our member activities take a break throughout the summer. This allows our new board to plan the activities for the upcoming year over the course of a two-day strategic planning session.
A chapter year runs from June to June for board members.
If you have questions or would like more information, contact our current past president, Sarah Parker, the selection committee chair, at email@example.com or you can contact our current vice president, Gemma Lawrence at email@example.com


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Kirk - Oversee warehouse operations shift with the objective of maximizing productivity of quality products while minimizing costs. Ensure that all processes are being followed in the completion of work tasks. Provide instruction and guidance to employees and audit work processes and products to confirm production specifications are met. Maintain and updates daily production records and produces reports as necessary. Ensure that safety procedures are followed by all employees.
Perform a wide variety of warehousing tasks to ensure a timely flow of production and assembly activities. Coordinate planned receipts of materials through appropriate channels to ensure delivery. Verify and maintain documentation such as job shortages, planned receipts and logs. Provide information to various departments regarding materials status. Locate and coordinate and expedite the flow of raw materials, in-process materials and components within the plant.
Performs manual and clerical duties related to the shipment and receipt of materials, supplies, equipment and finished products shipped via internal freight fleet or third party LTL carrier. Maintain necessary files and documentation. May perform activities related to load planning of outbound trucks to meet customer delivery requirements and cost parameters. Utilize small hand tools and operates material handling equipment including forklifts, skids, pallet handlers, hand trucks, etc. to stage materials and load trucks. Typical shipping activities include checking goods against shipping documents and authorizations. Pack goods for shipment according to specifications, equipment characteristics, transportation methods and routes. Verify identification and quality of product, prepare bills of lading, post weight and shipping charges, stamp, stencil or attach information and shipping instructions on containers, load shipment onto trucks, and maintain inventory of cartons, tapes, crates, clamps, foam and other packing material. Typical receiving activities include taking receipt of raw materials, components or equipment and unload from trucks primarily using a forklift truck and pallet jacks. Check incoming materials against bills of lading, packing slips, etc., verifying nomenclature, identification and quantity of the materials. Maintaining records of goods received and damaged goods


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My mother was schizophrenic. I've been told that schizophrenia is hereditary. I'm worried.
I've now labelled myself as a 'freak', after so long of not knowing what I am.
I did three (or more..) courageous things today.
I'm incredibly restless.
I got kicked out of class (for the first time in my life) yesterday, because of my restlessness.
I got a pink balloon today. It made me happy. Today was a happy day, besides the circumstances.
I wonder how much I eat in a day..


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Phuket's latest high-end boutique resort opened today on Nakalay Beach – Absolute Nakalay Beach Resort. Developed by Absolute Resorts & Hotels, Absolute Nakalay Beach Resort is the latest addition to their growing portfolio of resorts on Phuket Island.
Visitors to Phuket are showing a trend of preference for boutique resorts where services and accommodation options are more bespoke and for the discerning guest. Absolute Resorts & Hotels caters to these discerning guests with their new Absolute Nakalay Beach Resort.
"The upper-end boutique resort segment in Phuket is relatively under supplied. With our latest resort opening, the Absolute Nakalay Beach Resort, we are offering a new resort experience ideally situated on a secluded beach," said Mr. Supachart Ruamsamu, Managing Director, Absolute Resorts & Hotels.
Located in a private cove on the peaceful Nakalay Beach, on the West Coast of Phuket, Absolute Nakalay Beach Resort is a low-rise boutique resort offering peace and relaxation in a beachfront location.
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A few nights ago I went out to a lovely restaurant with Marc and a good friend of ours.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Celebrity sighting
Posted by Vanessa at 22:15
Labels: eating out, Ramble/rant, Thoughts
3 comments:
- Nadia said...
Wow! That is so cool you saw Amy Winehouse. And I agree with you that the media plays with our perception of celebrities. They probably have the same few pics of Amy Winehouse looking worse for wear and those are the only pics they will publish, because everyone knows a drug story will sell better then a "she's healthy and happy" story - crazy!! I'd rather see her happy and healthy then all strung out and I'm glad you saw her in such a positive light.
- 23 October 2009 at 14:40
- Anonymous said...
I love Amy. But I probably wouldn't have recognised her. I used to serve really famous people in work all the time and have no clue who they were. I once asked a famous comedian for ID.
- 26 October 2009 at 14:46
- Rachel said...
A woman i know called Andrea was murdered in Brighton a few weeks ago, a few minutes away from where I live. Not once did the papers say how tragic and awful it was, all they said was that she was a prostitute and that she has had gender surgery to become a woman. Horrible x
- 1 November 2009 at 18:17


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Now that the dust has settled from another year of hockey (and the Pittsburgh Penguins reign supreme once again), the offseason begins. This summer will not be your prototypical offseason, though. No, no, no. For the first time since the turn of the new millennium, the NHL will have an expansion draft.
And that event will be here before you know it.
With the addition of the Vegas Golden Knights as the NHL's 31st member club, the new team will fill out a roster through the expansion draft. The NHL has done this well before the advent of Sin City hockey, too. The league has held 11 prior expansion drafts, the first of which took place in 1967 when the NHL's "Original Six" franchises were joined by the congregation of the Los Angeles Kings, Oakland Seals, Minnesota North Stars, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
The landscape of the game has altered significantly since 1967 (and, for that matter, from 2000, the last time an NHL Expansion Draft took place). The league exists in a salary cap era now, contract details have become increasingly more complex and widespread media coverage has evolved hand-in-hand with rampant fan fervor. Therefore, there are a lot of moving parts going into this upcoming event, and it can be very, very confusing.
Fret not, hockey fan, because we will happily explain everything you need to know about the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft and hope to answer any questions you may have.
This draft isn't like the usual drafts you see on TV for the NHL, NFL and NBA. There won't be team after team heading to the podium to announce pick after pick. The only team "on the clock" during the expansion draft will be the Golden Knights.
Vegas will select ONE player from each of the other 30 NHL franchise's rosters to make a 30-player roster when it's all said and done. The Golden Knights will have to take at least 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders. As long as they meet those requirements, they can spend their remaining four roster spots on whatever position they like. Also, they will be responsible for reaching the salary cap floor with the players they gather from around the league.
After Vegas has its 30 players, the NHL's summer business will carry on as usual with the NHL Entry Draft (no changes) and free agency (more on that later).
It's not exactly open season for Vegas when it comes to who they can poach from other NHL teams. The Golden Knights probably won't be fielding a starting line-up of Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, Erik Karlsson, Drew Doughty and Carey Price. Vegas will be limited to any players left "unprotected" by the other 30 clubs.
Every team will have the opportunity to secure a certain amount of players from exposure to the expansion draft. They can submit a list of protected athletes that consists of either seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie OR eight skaters (regardless of position) and one goalie. Vegas will be unable to draft any of these "protected" players.
Furthermore, any player who only has one or two full seasons of professional hockey under their belt is ineligible for the expansion draft. These players also will NOT count towards the list of protected players. They're freebies. So, for example, Jake Guentzel is not on the table for Vegas to draft via expansion because he has only played one season of pro hockey. On the other hand, a player like Josh Archibald is eligible, and Pittsburgh will have to decide if they want to use one of their few protected spots on him.
Things get cooky when you consider that players who have a no-movement clause (NMC) in their contracts are automatically placed on a team's protected list. Player's with an NMC are not freebies like rookies and second-year pros. To protect the rights that they negotiated for in their contract, they will end up on a team's protected list.
A player could be asked to waive his NMC, just like he would in the event of a pending trade. If he obliges and surrenders his NMC rights, a team is not forced to include him among its protected players. If that player says no, then too bad, so sad; he's taking up a spot on your protected list whether you like it or not.
Teams that are having a hard time covering all their bases with the limited space afforded by the protected list can use different means to ensure that a player that they covet does not end up in gold and black next fall. In previous expansion scenarios, general managers have struck deals with the incoming team(s) and provided them with assets in order to ensure that an exposed player won't get scooped up in the draft.
It's perfectly legal for a team to call Vegas and say, "Hey, we don't have enough spots on our list to protect our No. 3 center and best penalty killer from last year, Joe Puck. We'll give you a second round pick and one of our prospects." These kind of trades have happened quite often in hockey history, and they're a lot of fun to look back on (like when Los Angeles was so concerned about losing Garry Galley, they shipped a young whippersnapper to expansion Nashville named Kimmo Timonen.)
Now, these trades can be negotiated before the expansion draft takes place, but do not become official in the NHL until afterwards. Thus, these trades are referred to as "handshake deals" or a "gentleman's agreement". An expansion GM could ultimately go back on his word and take the exposed player anyway, but he would risk damaging his reputation around the league and ruin any future trade negotiations.
Expect a lot of these type of handshake deals to show up on social media from trusted hockey insiders over the next week. A lot of teams will be desperate to hang onto a player or two dangling off of their protected lists, and Vegas might covet the multiple assets they'd get in return more than that particular player.
Teams will likely phone Vegas and try and dump some overwhelming contracts onto the expansion franchise in hopes of lifting a heavy burden off of the salary cap. But those deals won't come without a hefty price. If the Golden Knights are willing to assume a lackluster player on an expensive contract, the club on the other side of the trade will probably have to give up some high-end draft picks in order to make it happen.
The Golden Knight's expansion draft picks will be revealed during the NHL Awards Show on June 21. However, there are a few more significant dates surrounding the NHL Entry Draft that you'll want to keep an eye on…
Friday, June 16… A roster freeze goes into effect. That means at noon on Friday, teams can no longer make any sort of transactions. No trades, no waivers, no buyouts, nothing. Your roster at noon on Friday is the roster you're working with for the expansion draft.
Saturday, June 17… Teams must submit their protection lists to the NHL. The following morning, these lists will be revealed by the league to the public.
Sunday, June 18… Vegas gets a head start on free agency. For three days, the Golden Knights are able to negotiate and sign any unrestricted free agents AND any restricted free agents left unprotected by their current club.
Normally, if a restricted free agent (RFA) signs with a different team, his current club has the opportunity to "match" the offer given to him by the new team. If the current club does not match the contract, then the RFA becomes the new team's property, but that team then has to compensate the old one with draft picks of varying position based on the value of the contract. Forget all of that, because Vegas will NOT have to compensate teams for signing their RFAs.
Wednesday, June 21… In addition to Vegas' special free agency window coming to a close, it will submit its expansion draft picks to the NHL that morning. All of the picks will be announced later that night during the NHL Awards Show.
The NHL Expansion Draft is unlikely to have a direct impact on the 29 AHL teams that are not affiliated with the Golden Knights (that would be the Chicago Wolves, by the way,) but it could have some serious indirect implications.
The first and most obvious of which is the trickle down effect. Every NHL team is going to presumably lose a player who occupied a roster space at that level. That's a new opportunity for an AHL star to perhaps permanently move up to the show.
Secondly, the special restricted-free-agency-without-consequences period that Vegas gets could mean they stockpile a bunch of young talent to fill their AHL team in Chicago, or even push for a spot in the NHL. With the limitations presented by the protection list, teams aren't likely to use up a spot on a prospect coming off of his entry-level deal and headed towards restricted free agency. That allows the Golden Knights to opportunity to swoop in on those RFAs without fear of losing draft picks to those players' teams.
Lastly, those "handshake deals" might end up including significant prospects, a.k.a. players who have been tormenting AHL opponents for the past few years. The next week or so is going to be the wild west, and its almost a certainty that this shootout will have some stray bullets connect with the minor leagues.


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Photos for glossy magazines or newspaper food sections are likely to have the appearance of "casual reality." Editorial content is used in conjunction with recipes and pictures to draw the audience into the experience of food. These photos generally portray food in a way that tries to make the reader feel, "That's something I'd like to try," or "I can make that." There is a comfort level and approachability factor in the image.
Media usage is the area in which the photographer and stylists have the most creativity and freedom. Most of the time, there is minimal artistic direction from the client or art directors. The lighting contrast can be more pronounced, and there can be exaggerated shadows and more highlights on the food. In addition, soft-focus techniques and props can be used more liberally to create a mood.
Public Relations
While food advertisers know that their pictures will be used exactly as they intend because they buy and control the space in which their ads will run in public relations there is little or no control over how pictures will be edited or used, if at all. In photographs for public-relations use, where it is up to an editor to decide whether to use the picture in a news context, the product often needs to take a back seat to some other aspect of the picture.
When you take pictures for public-relations clients, keep the lighting simple and clean. Keep in mind that a natural, less staged-looking picture usually has the best chance of being used by journalists and editors.
Often, in addition to publicity shots, pictures that are taken for PR campaigns communicate something newsworthy about a product or an event to which it is connected. Event photos might include company executives, celebrities, or the public.
When shooting at events, try to use portable flash equipment on a bracket powered by an external battery pack. This gives you the freedom to move around unencumbered by wires and cables. Don't use a camera's built-in flash for this kind of work, it is not powerful enough to light the subject properly, it does not recycle quickly enough to take multiple shots in succession, and it can cause red eye, which needs to be retouched in post-production. You want to be able to turn these pictures around very quickly. The newsworthiness of the event is short and clients want to be able to have the final images right away.
Tip: Placing the external flash on a bracket, or hand-holding it away from the camera, eliminates the chance of red eye and gives more depth to the photograph.
The PR photographer's challenge is to capture an image that can fit seamlessly into many media outlets' editorial and graphic styles without appearing to be promotional. In many cases, the product can be shown only subtly, and the label or brand might have to be hidden or kept in the background. While the long-term goal of a PR campaign is to create a "buzz" and make audiences feel good about a product or the company and ultimately increase sales. The short-term strategy usually is to downplay over commercial messages.


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Monday, April 14, 2014
"Teacup" Puppies For Sale
You've seen the advertisements in the papers, online and sometimes in pet store windows: Teacup puppies for sale! The only problem is, there is no such thing as a "teacup". "Teacup" is a term made up by bad breeders and puppy mills to lure impulsive people into buying from them. Breeds like Yorkies, Maltese, Poodles, Chihuahuas are all "Toy" breeds meaning they are already on the tiny side. Words like "teacup", "micro", "mini" are used by bad breeders for dogs that end up being normal size most of the time. They sell the dog at 4 weeks of age (4 weeks younger than is legal in most states) because they look smaller. People are either shocked when their puppy grows to be 3-7 pounds or they don't realize that is standard size and think they have a "teacup" when they don't. You can't tell how big a puppy will be when they are that young. These bad breeders guarantee their puppy will be a certain size as an adult, but that's not a guarantee anyone can make.
"Teacup" is not a size recognized by the AKC. All of the breed clubs now have warnings on their websites about "teacups". There are occassionally runts in the litter that will grow to be less than average size. A good breeder sells these puppies at a LOWER cost than the rest of the litter. I will say that again so that you know it is NOT a typo - a good breeder will sell a runt at a LOWER price than the rest of the litter. Why? It is not up to breed standard. Toy breeds have certain health risks and a runt from those litters stands an even greater chance of suffering major health problems. Toy breeds can live an average of 15 years or more. "Teacups" or runts don't tend to live half that long. In most cases they are so fragile, they don't live more than a few years. The list of genetic and congenital defects in these poor puppies is long:
Open fontanels: soft spot from the cranial bone not forming
Portosystemic shunts: abnormal vessel that allows blood to bypass the liver so the blood is not cleansed as it should be.
Cardiac problems
Collapsing trachea
Luxating patellas
Digestive problems
"Teacup" puppies don't grow properly. Their bones and organs are stunted due to their size. This sets them up for health problems that lead to expensive vet bills or death. Any puppy that does not weigh 2 pounds by 8 weeks is a huge health risk. Most don't live to adulthood. There always rare exceptions to the rule when owners educate themselves about the health risks associated with a dog under 3 pounds. Those dogs are lucky to have owners who did their research and were willing to give up sleep, social lives and money (for vet care) to insure that they reached adulthood.
If your dog weighs 3 pounds or more, you do not have a "teacup." You have a standard size (insert breed here). This is the most common misconception people have. They tell people that their "teacup" is healthy at 4 pounds when they don't actually have a "teacup." They simply paid for a label and got a standard size dog at a more expensive price. Don't be fooled. Good breeders will not label their dogs "teacup", "micro", "miniature", "pocket" or "toy." Toy is already implied in the breed itself.
For more information, you can click on the following links:
Chihuahua Club of America
Yorkshire Terrier Club of America
(NOTE: The Yorkie pictured is purebred and up for adoption through a Fresno rescue group. You can find purebred puppies and dogs in ANY shelter. This one is 10 months old, but shelters and breed rescues across the country get them younger and older than that age. If you do your homework, you can find exactly what you are looking for. Meredith and I are always available to help you in your search.)
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just have a look over problem............
The participants are required to design a game called Connect Four , also called Four in a Row.
The game was published under the famous Connect Four trademark by Milton Bradley in 1974; however, the much older original version is known as "The Captain's Mistress".
Connect Four (also known as Four in a Row) is a two-player game (not board game) in which the players take turns in dropping alternating colored discs into a grid. The object of the game is to connect four singly-colored discs in a row -- vertically, horizontally, or diagonally -- before your opponent can do likewise.
A Screenshot is provided below:
Software Specification:
1. 1. The grid should consist of 9 rows and 7 columns.
2. 2. It should be Networked game i.e. it can be played on a network (both wireless and wired).
3. 3. It should have the options for single or two player option. For single player it can have various levels of AI.
4. 4. The software can be made on any platform using any Language of their choice. -"With freedom comes the elegance".
Judging Criteria:
1. 1. A two player game -20 points.
2. 2. With AI (1, 2, 3 levels) - 20, 25, 30 points.
3. 3. Network Enabled -20 points.
4. 4. Platform Independent -10 points
5. 5. GUI & Innovation -20 points.