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So, why are they so awesome? Let's make a little list à la PR Daily of the top 3 reasons we love Ragan's so much:
1. To the point & on point.
As PR professionals we are used to concise writing coupled with a hectic lifestyle, and anything that takes more than a minute or two to read through might get tossed to the side. Ragan's PR Daily masters the art of the top 5 list (and even the top 10, 15, 20 etc) and keeps their information both light yet knowledgeable. The content is always relevant and is usually somehow tied into today's pop culture, thus allowing you to remain up to date not only with your field, but with the world as well. Two birds with one stone? Heck yes, PR professionals love anything that ups efficiency levels.
2. They know their place.
There is a very fine line in the social media world between being consistent and being, well, annoying. Too many companies overwhelm you through not one social network, but multiple; while others are merely wallflowers that never seem to speak up or own a voice. Ragan's doesn't feed into either of these extremes. They consistently have content, yet somehow never seem to bother or overwhelm. They are like that comforting cup of coffee first thing in the morning saying "Hey, we got you. We're hear whenever you need us, and if you need us a little later, that's ok too." They are extremely active on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest, but even when I miss a day or two (which doesn't happen often) I never feel completely out of the loop. A good 15 minutes roaming around the site will get you all caught up, and even if you are a regular, there always seems to be something new to discover. This is gold in the world of social media and makes Ragan's a star pupil.
3. Memes. Oh, the Memes.
I don't know how old the people running Ragan's are but it sure feels like they are right there beside me in Gen Y. They know memes, heck, they could teach a class on memes. Always appropriate, always awesome. Their articles are always accompanied by the perfectly suited meme, acting as a teaser for whatever witty piece they have written. Let me just tell you that my Instagram feed is full of memes courtesy of Ragan's that I only wish I had thought up first.
Basically, if you are in any PR, comms or any social media field Ragan's PR Daily will be extremely informative, and amusing to you. They are a leader in the industry and an example to be followed.
That concludes our love letter to Ragan's PR Daily.
Do you have as much of a crush on PR Daily as we do? Who are your go to websites for information in the PR industry?


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The maxi dress is a great versatile piece to have in the summer months. Many say, once they start wearing them, they quickly become a go-to essential piece in their summer wardrobe. It protects your skin from the elements, due to it's long length. It flows well, whether standing still or moving, allowing your skin to breathe, and sweat to escape. It also is good length, so it can be worn to many occasions, including formal ones.
Dress: Zalando Bracelet: Orro Watch: Burberry Ring: Lele Sadoughi Sandals: Lily Pulitzer Earrings: Sydney Evan Necklace: Kate Spade Bag: Charles Keith
Maxi dresses are great if you want to indulge in summer colors and prints. They are a carefree style of dress, that allow you to feel feminine, elegant, casual, and comfortable all at the same time. You don't have to worry about how your legs look, because the dress covers them up entirely. They also allow you to breathe, because it's not tight, or constricting anywhere, which is great for very hot days when being comfortable and not getting too sweaty walking around are simple, but sometimes difficult tasks.
Dress: Modcloth Sunglasses: Ray Ban Earrings: ASOS Bracelet: FOSSIL Watch: French Connection Ring: Sence Copenhagen Sandals: Outfitmade Hat: Oliver Bonas Necklace: Bevello Bracelet: House of Harlow Bag: Oliver Bonas
Somehow the maxi manages to dress up for a variety of casual and formal occasions. Even in casual situations, a maxi dress, flat sandals, and a large hat look chic and glamorous. Take this blue dress, it can be worn with a belt around the waist, to show your figure, or accentuate the waist. This gives a different look to the dress, and gives it a more relaxed appearance. If you want look more formal in a maxi, don't use a belt, and pay more attention to accessories.
Dress: Whistles Necklace: Amazon Bangles: SD1twenty5 Scarf: Marissacollections Bag: Alexander Wang Earrings: Marni Bracelet: Superjeweler Watch: Anne Klein Sandals: Modcloth
A maxi dress comes in many cuts, colors, and patterns. This is great for anyone that wants to find some that are more formal looking, (such as the one above) which would work well for an evening out, and formal events. When you get cool, you can wrap a lovely scarf, or shall around yourself. A great thing about a maxi is they work so well with flats, even for a formal event. Comfort comes first with a maxi, whereas when wearing a shorter dress, I know I always feel I need heels to look (and feel) like I'm dressed up.
I know some people don't like maxis, but since they are so versatile, comfortable, and effortlessly chic, I say at least try on a few. You may love how a maxi looks and makes you feel. Then, wonder how you went so long without one.
Do you wear maxi dresses? If so, what do you like most about them?

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Target (NYSE:TGT) today announced third-quarter earnings results that sent shares higher in early trading. The retailer came in to this report having posted a string of surprisingly weak quarterly results, capped by last quarter's 62% profit dive. But today's announcement gave investors a welcome break from that negative trend. The stock was up more than 7% by 11:20 a.m. Let's take a closer look at the results.
Surprising growth
Quarterly revenue and profit both solidly beat Wall Street's expectations. Target earned $0.54 per share, or slightly below last year's haul. Still, that result was much higher than the $0.47 per share that analysts had forecast. It was also above Target's own guidance provided in late August of $0.45 per share in adjusted earnings.
Even more encouraging, the company's sales growth is back in positive territory. After coming in flat for the second quarter, comparable-store sales rose by 1.2% this quarter. Wal-Mart, by comparison, managed just 0.5% comps in its fiscal third quarter. Overall, sales grew by 2.8% to $17.7 billion, which was ahead of Wall Street's expectations for a 1.7% rise.
Target's customer traffic trends continued to improve, although they remained slightly negative. Traffic was down 0.4% as compared to a 1.3% drop in the second quarter. With that result, Target has a good shot at ending its two-year customer traffic slide next quarter.
CEO Brian Cornell, who took over the company's top spot in August, said in a press release that management is "encouraged by the improving trends we've seen in our U.S. business throughout the year, and our fourth quarter plans are designed to sustain this momentum."
Profit worries
It wasn't all good news in the third quarter, though. Target's Canada business continues to struggle, for one. Sales growth was below expectations there and the segment generated another massive loss. The Canadian market cleaved $211 million out of third-quarter earnings, which was hardly an improvement over the prior year's loss of $238 million. Management said that results were again hurt by excess inventory that needed to be cleared out at reduced prices. Target has made major changes to the pricing and selection in its Canada stores, and this holiday season will show whether that strategy is paying off.
Profitability on the U.S. side of the business also slipped, with gross margin falling to 29.5% from 30% in the second quarter. That's a bit surprising given management's comments in August that promotional intensity was on the way down. If Target is seeing a more confident shopper, we'd expect to see profitability holding steady or climbing back toward the 32% margin that was common a few years ago.
Holiday outlook
Management's earnings guidance for the fourth quarter was close to Wall Street's expectations and points to a solid holiday season. Target forecast $1.18 per share in profit next quarter, or just below the $1.22 that analysts were modeling.
Cornell sounded upbeat about the retailer's chances in what's shaping up to be a brutal competitive environment. "The entire company," he said, "is energized as we approach the peak of the holiday shopping season." With the U.S. business growing again, but Canada still struggling, Target investors can share in at least some of that enthusiasm.
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They are known for their posh talk and their drinking alchol but now Holly Willoughby and Keith Lemon have dressed us as Steph and Dom from Gogglebox for the Celebrity Juice Christmas Special.
They turned the studio into Steph and Dom's livingroom and we have to say it look's exactly the same as the real living room.
Sitting on the sofa Holly and Keith actually looked like the pair as they wore the same clothes too.
They look so good!


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Monday, September 21, 2009
Since its inception, FeedBlitz has been automatically converting single RSS feeds into formatted, indexed, tracked email marketing newsletters. There are services - such as FeedBlitz's RSS service and Yahoo Pipes - that allow multiple feeds to be merged, blended and spliced into one, so it's also easy to munge multiple feeds into a single newsletter.
But the problem with splicing is that it merges and mixes all the source feeds into one unified feed. While that's fine for many applications, what if you want to have a single newsletter, structured with distinct sections? Or what if you want to build a mailing with email widgets in the sidebar, such as special offers, or your most recent tweets, or your last.fm playlist, or your latest photos or videos, all without having to manually edit the template all the time? You can't do that with a single feed - whether spliced or standalone - and simple templates.
Or, rather, you couldn't ... until now.
One Newsletter, Many Feeds, No Extra Work.
Because - surprise! - now you can. Power users can use the advanced template editor to include multiple feeds in a single mailing, producing significantly more complex and visually appealing (yet still fully automated) marketing communications.
Well, ok, there's a little extra work, but only what's needed to re-jig your template. Once that's done, it's all automatic from then on.
How It Works and How to Test
The magic is done by the inclusion of a new custom tag in the advanced template editor, called <$Feed$>. I'll run through some examples in this post, and so if you want to play along you'll need an advanced template to experiment with.
If you don't currently have an advanced template, a great way to create one is to use the easy template editor to create a basic layout, and then flip into the advanced editor so you can roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty with the tags. If you want to test advanced templates safely without affecting production mailings you can clone your existing newsletter at Newsletters / Settings / Clone Newsletter. Cloning copies everything except subscribers, so you can experiment safely. Once you're done you can simply copy and paste the advanced template you've built back into your main list.
The <$Feed$> tag is briefly documented in the legend area under the advanced editor; the advanced editor itself is available at Newsletters / Settings / Advanced Email Template Editor.
Adding Multiple Feeds to your Template
Say you want to build a newsletter with multiple sections, each section sourced from a distinct feed. For example, you might have a classroom newsletter built from the teacher's blog, but you might want to include the latest from the PTA and the principal as well. Or you're a realtor, and you want to include an industry news feed or the latest from your firm's mortgage broker in your mailings. The new tag helps you set this all up.
Before you start, you will need to know the RSS feed for the other content sources you want to add in.
Assuming you want your main content up first, you need to find your last <$BlogPosting$> tag. Place the cursor where you want the new content to go and type in:
Obviously, replace the dummy URL above with the real URL you want to include. This tag starts the inclusion and formatting of your additional content.
Now, after that, type in just:
This tells the FeedBlitz template engine where to stop including the external content. You need both; if you forget the ending tag things get chaotic fairly quickly!
Now all you have to do is, between these two new items, insert standard template text, formatting FeedBlitz template tags etc. Basically, you're creating a template within a template, so you can create a title, add graphics, and if you want to add post content (which you do, otherwise you wouldn't be doing this), you'll need to have a pair of <$BlogPosting$> tags inside the feed tags we just added. If you want the layout mirror your current mailings, you can simply copy and paste. Use the preview to see how it all looks as you wrap up.
You can repeat the process as much as you like (although I think it's better to limit includes to just two or three additional feeds, tops - if you find you're including more you might be better off offering multiple newsletters instead).
What Happens
The <$Feed$> tags insert the content and then format it according to the code inside them, just like the main template. Used as described above, they will only insert content if there's something in the feed that matches the main newsletter's criteria - so if the class teacher has 2 new articles this week but the school Principal didn't write anything, the Principal's subfeed won't be included in the mailing. By default, posts will be formatted according to the same rules as the main Newsletter, so posts will be truncated and tracked consistently.
The main feed - the one defined as the article source in Newsletters / Settings / Content Settings / The Basics - always defines when a new mailing should go out, no matter what changes in the included extra feeds. If you want the Principal's mailings to go out even when the teacher hasn't written new content, you should either use a separate newsletter or a newsflash mailing. By default, this means that elements inside a <$Feed$> block will not appear on landing pages such as subscription forms.
<$Feed$> Parameters
You can tune the behavior of the included third party feed in your mailing with a couple of optional parameters.
Changing the amount of text to display
Say in our hypothetical classroom newsletter that we are including all the teacher's post content in the mailing, but for the sake of brevity we want to limit the included content to just the initial sentences - if folks really want to read all the Principal's musings they'll have to click through. By default, included feeds are formatted the same way as the main content, so we have to change that. It's easy: Simply add the "maxchars" parameter to the opening <$Feed$> tag and the post will be limited to that number of characters. FeedBlitz will truncate intelligently at the 350 character mark, backtracking to the nearest white space and preserving formatting and links up to the cut off. I suggest 350 as a good limit to use since 350 typically fetches the first two or three sentences. With this limit in place your opening tag would look like this:
<$Feed="http://foo.example.com/feed" maxchars=350$>
You can use the maxchars parameter to include more than the main newsletter if you want, just by making the value big enough (e.g. 100000). Remember, you only change the opening tag. The ending tag (required for each starting tag) is always simply <$Feed$>.
Turn your <$Feed$> into an email widget!
The other parameter you can use is the "count" parameter. You can use it to force the included feed to display the most recent N articles, regardless of their date or time. So this:
<$Feed="http://foo.example.com/feed" count=5$>
always includes the most recent 5 articles, no matter what. A side effect of this is that feeds with "count" specified will appear on landing pages, which is just what you want for a sidebar widget. Using the advanced template editor you can add an external feed to the end of the main content - or you can create a sidebar and have your recent tweets, playlists, or comments show up automatically there. If you only include the blog post's title between the included feed's <$BlogPosting$> tag then you have a little headline widget going on. Just remember that the widgets you create are static - they are built when the mail is sent, not when it is read.
The following examples show how to use "FeedBlitz News" as a third party feed inside your advanced template.
- Basic post content
- Truncated text
<$Feed=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/feedblitz maxchars=350$>
Click to read more...
- Recent Headlines Widget
<$Feed=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/feedblitz count=5$>
- <$BlogItemTitle$>
One Newsletter, Many Feeds
The great benefit of this new tag is that it allows you to break the "single column" layout typical of many automated newsletters without creating any additional work for you on a regular basis. Just tweak the template and you're up and running, add more content blocks and sidebars, and there's now no reason why your automated newsletter can't be as rich and compelling as any hand built one. It's just that, unlike other newsletter contact services, each mailing takes you zero minutes to create, so you can focus on your mission.
FeedBlitz is the only RSS to email service that allows you this flexibility and power. Try it out today at Newsletters / Settings / Advanced Email Template Editor.
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The Ford Expedition FX4 2018 A Family Off Road SUV
The Ford Expedition won't not be the primary vehicle you'd connect with going 4×4 romping, yet the FX4 bundle for the 2018 Expedition guarantees that, regardless of the possibility that you don't take it rough terrain, you could in the event that you expected to.
FX4 is not a trim level, yet rather a choices bundle. It contains an electronic constrained slip differential, rough terrain particular stuns, off-road tires, seven diverse slide plates, running sheets and unique wheels.
The Upgraded Ford Expedition 2018
The tires are thicker to better adjust footing and street clamor, and the wheels are thicker to better withstand the rigors of driving off the asphalt. The slide plates cover the intercoolers, controlling framework, transmission, exchange case and fuel tank. The differential's 3.73:1 equipping ought to enhance towing, alongside its rough terrain capacity. Footing and security are both key in going rough terrain, and Ford has both secured.
Additionally adding to the Expedition FX4's ability is its mode switch. Which enables proprietors to push through seven diverse drive modes. In the same way as other substantial truck-based SUVs. Drivers can pick between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, regardless of the mode.
In the engine is a 3.5-liter turbocharged V6 motor, putting out an adequate 375 drive and 470 pound-feet of torque. Mated to a 10-speed transmission, it'll tow 9,300 pounds while seating up to eight in relative solace.
The 2018 Expedition FX4 alongside whatever is left of the Expedition lineup will hit dealerships this fall.


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London has always been among the leading European destinations for urban trendy historic, business or romantic trip. This city is an exciting cultural melting pot with so many things to see then just a week-end or even the whole week would not be enough.
When it comes to stay in the British capital, it would be great to completely immerse into its atmosphere by staying at a luxury London hotel with interior stylish design like the one in The Ham Yard!
Interior decoration with stylish and British accents
The Ham Yard is located in the very heart of the city, only three minutes away from the famous Piccadilly Circus. Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Westminster could not be nearest, each one is a 5 to 20 minutes' walk distance from this unique London hotel.
The Ham Yard – London hotel with boutique inspiration
You can choose to enjoy a bathtub suite with bathrobes, slippers and a nice view out of the suite balcony.
Thanks to its great central location and unique interior decoration, this London hotel is just the perfect spot for those who would like to visit historic sights in the capital or are just on business trip and want to relax in a nice and warm place.
One of this London hotel's trendy decorated suites
Red, white and blue, classy and pure combination
The Ham Yard unique London hotel's interior design suites
Creative and artistic boutique hotel interior suite
London hotel The Ham Yard's ethnic inspiration decoration
Rooftop terrace with nice atmosphere and view over London landscape
London hotel Ham Yard's restaurant with tasty cuisine
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Peace in the Canyon
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My favorite Restaurant in Los Angeles right now is a cozy hideaway in Laurel Canyon called Pace. An indoor/outdoor restaurant with an intimate but also family friendly atmosphere with crayons on each table for those who like drawing. Pace promises the best of an Organic Italian cuisine. Every time I go, I try to get something new but always retreat to the Aphrodite Pie which is a pizza with basil pesto, thinly sliced potatoes, chopped green beans and fresh mozzarella. Delicious! If you haven't already been, this should be your next stop. Also, the chocolate souffle is to die for but you must remember to order it once you sit down because it takes at least a half an hour to cook its way to perfection.


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I showed you my Jelly-sketches for Bootcamp March lately. Remember? Today I have my final submission for you. The assignment was to illustrate a Jelly themed pattern. As I'm working like 90% for the kids market I thought the pattern should fit somehow. Hope you like it.
And as all the Bootcamp-illustrations: it's available for licensing ;)
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Bootcamp – Jelly pattern
I showed you my Jelly-sketches for Bootcamp March lately. Remember? Today I have my final submission for you. The assignment was to illustrate a Jelly themed pattern. As I'm working like 90% for the kids market I thought the pattern should fit somehow. Hope you like it.
Tuesdays I draw what I eat – Buffalo burger with chips
After a two hours meeting at the bank: No time for cooking brought us to a special burger. Read more…
- The Cover
- Reeeally mean guys...
- ...but not always very brave...
- ... a bit... well... forgetful...
- ... with helpful cabin boys...
- ...love good food and party...
- ... with sometimes a quite hard life.
Ship ahoy
Hello pirate fans, since last week you can buy my new book, you could already get a glimps of the cover in my working space post last year. Nine funny pirate stories with also some interesting information about the real pirate life long ago to read to little pirates between 3 and 7 years. Unfortunately you can only get in in german, but take a look at my illustrations, I had a lot of fun drawing these toothless guys. – Veryvera
Hello german Mollie Makes (again). Yay!!
- Sketch book work in progress
- Close up
Food inspiration – Gelato
Its spring time and I would like to have ice cream! Have a good day!
Tuesdays I draw what I eat – A salad with orange
The highlight of today´s lunch was a salad, a normal one. So it was not such a big highlight. Read more…
Singing through the seasons
James Geier is a musician. He writes and sings beautiful songs for adults (listen to them in his webpage) and he has recently published a CD for children: a trip through the year in "James singt für Kinder", Read more…
Food inspiration – Arancia
Today is my food inspiration day and I was inspired by the sicilian oranges that are in my kitchen. The sun is shining, its getting spring time and I like to sit in my garden, watching the flowers and listing to the birds. This art work shows my work in progress.
Tuesdays I draw what I eat – Maultaschen tikka masala
It is said that maultaschen were invented in this part of Germany where I live as a trick to eat meat on Fridays by hiding it in these sort of huge ravioli (my excuses here to any Swabian reading this). Read more…
The final ABC-Poster
I took me soooo long to finish this ABC-Poster. I started drawing the alphabet last July! Every Tuesday one letter. Than I illustrated some of them again, because I really wanted the poster to work in English AND German. But of course, that came to my mind a little late ;)
Anyway, here's the finished poster. I'll get it printed and may be I'll do some postcards too so I have some promotion material that I can use for mailings to publishers and licensees. Cross your fingers someone likes to print it!
Jelly sketches.
Monday's Specialities
Good morning, seem to be italian weeks at my place, today I invite you to my special caprese salad recipe. Normally I find caprese salad – even in restaurants – quite boring. My style is to put some more spices between the layers of tomato and mozarella and my favourite friend nearly on top is the green onion. Well, raw onions are not for everybody but I just LOVE them…!
Just some pretzel sticks
As I am sick these days, I have not a lot to offer but pretzel sticks. I hope you don't mind ;)
Tuesdays I draw what I eat – Mexican tortillas
For most of the people it would be enough if I say tortillas: everybody thinks of Mexican tortilla. But being a Spaniard myself I consider the Spanish tortilla to be the "real tortilla". Of course. Read more…
Monday's Specialities
Hello Monday! Have a fresh start in the week with spaghetti with lemon sauce for lunch! This recipe I got years ago from a good friend and this always helps me out when I have nothing in my fridge but a poor lemon. (Olives and onions I always have, parsley is in my freezer, this is part of my basic kitchen equipment!)


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Home Prices Recover Ground Lost During Bust
New record tops previous peak from a decade ago, caps a four-year recovery
U.S. home prices have climbed back above the record reached more than a decade ago, bringing to a close the worst period for the housing market since the Great Depression and stoking optimism for a more sustainable expansion.
The average home price for September was 0.1% above the July 2006 peak, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price index released Tuesday. As of the previous month's reading of the Case-Shiller index, a widely used benchmark for U.S. housing, prices remained 0.1% below the...


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North Carolina is home to the longest continuous BBQ tradition on the North American mainland. Authoritative, spirited, and opinionated (in the best way), Holy Smoke is a passionate exploration of the lore, recipes, traditions, and people who have helped shape North Carolina's signature slow-food dish.
Three BBQ devotees, John Shelton Reed, Dale Volberg Reed, and William McKinney, trace the origins of North Carolina 'cue and the emergence of the heated rivalry between Eastern and Piedmont styles. They provide detailed instructions for cooking BBQ at home, along with recipes for the traditional array of side dishes that should accompany it. The final section of the book presents some of the people who cook BBQ for a living, recording firsthand what experts say about the past and future of North Carolina BBQ.
Filled with historic and contemporary photographs showing centuries of North Carolina's "barbeculture," as the authors call it, Holy Smoke is one of a kind, offering a comprehensive exploration of the Tar Heel BBQ tradition.


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puppet configuration tool (devops)
Προϋπολογισμός $10-30 USD
i can explain clearily with in 10 min better we can connect 10 min
we have 10 IP address (10 hosts)
Given the above Hash existing in Hiera, write puppet code to return only the hostnames of the entries that are in the 'ess' host class.
Bonus Guru Question: Write in Ruby a Custom Puppet Function that does the same thing as above,
except the host class to be searched for is passed as an argument.
2) Given an Array variable with hosts from #1 and using Puppet code how would you change each element in the array to look like: http://<hostname>:8080
3) Write a quick module that accomplishes the following tasks.
a) Installs Apache2
b) Creates the file /etc/apache2/[url removed, login to view] using a template (the contents of the template doesn't matter)
c) Creates the file /etc/apache2/site-available/[url removed, login to view] from a file in the module (the contents of the file doesn't matter)
d) Links the file in c) to /etc/apache2/site-enabled/[url removed, login to view]
e) Restarts apache if any of these files changes.
4) Given a hostname pattern of 'host-<company>-<hostclass>-<index>' (i.e. host-apple-puppet-0) write a custom fact that extracts the <company> value and assigns it to the variable 'company' in facter.
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MetaCal - BodyFat Caliper Description from Sequoia Fitness Products
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Cervical Cancer Screening
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That you are working virtually free to help these people you never knew before and potentially saving lives. I wish our government expanded the peace corp. I would guess every dollar spent on work like you are doing is worth a thousand dollars spent putting a plane in the air to bomb buildings.
haha welcome to my future life! What do you do if you find precancerious lesions or cancer? Do you have a place to refer them to for LEEP or cone biopsy or is the only option hysterectomy? I'm sure you are doing awesome work, you should think about combining that screening with a breast exam, since they probably never have one, you might not find everything but you could catch the big stuff that really needs to be worked up and teach the women how to do a self exam at home and when to come to the hospital. Keep on fighting the good fight!ReplyDelete
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Hannah, a team of doctors is coming in January to teach cryotherapy, and we'll begin to train health workers all around the region in that technique for precancerous cells. At the health post level, that's as much as they'd be able to do, and if women need treatment for cancer, they'd be referred to a hospital. Thanks for the advice about the breast exam. That's a great idea! I hope med school is going well!
That sounds awesome! I just had my first interview at University of New Mexico and the program director there is interested in cervical cancer screening in 3rd world countries, so it was cool to talk to her about it! I'm glad you are doing so much good work, hopefully I'll get to see you this winter!ReplyDelete


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It amazing how time has changed and many parents no longer crave the desire to spend quality times with their children during the holidays anymore, leaving their responsibilities to paid services such as summer schools and holiday camps who take what some presume as burden away from them.
Have you ever tried to remember how you spent your holidays as a child? It's amazing how much travelling to the village meant to many of us back in those days. Even though villages didn't have the luxuries we were familiar with in the city, it gave many of us the real interpretation of love, sharing and contentment. We often had to play with the villagers, while boys rolled tyres around, girls made 'make believe' soups from leaves, sands and stones as we drenched our hands in the dirty ground. Today, most children have no clue what a village looks like.
Many parents who say they cannot afford to take their family on holiday usually can afford to splash out on latest games and gargets for their children. Presents have replaced the prominence of parental presence in many families today. Some of these toys cost more than the expenses of taking your child on a short break if you gave it a good thought. A short or long holiday with your children can form an intimate relationship many families lack today as you plan and talk about your daily activities each day.
One of the best ways to enrich the minds of children is through knowledge; their curious minds always ache for materials to ponder on and travelling by road or air to a different destination always alerts their imaginations. Through travelling, your children will discover world beyond the one they live and inculcates in them the quest to learn and discover things they knew nothing about.
You will be amazed how quickly your children's mentality can change from yearning for the latest gargets to yearning to visit the next city or country and capture every memory too. Travelling will give your children the confidence to contribute to groups and class discussions about how their holiday was spent and what discoveries they made also.
Family vacation is a great time to take pictures of everything you do on your holiday right from the moment you pack your suitcases and set out on the journey either by road or by air. Relive the memories from the beginning and you can even share the pictures with your friends and families who may want to keep up with you on social media.
Perhaps you have an artistic child who likes to translate his/her ideas into drawing, get him a drawing pad and colour pencils for the trip and watch him replicate their memories into sketches. If your children have great passion for photography, buy them affordable cameras for the trip and let them take as many pictures as possible, every family needs a photographer today.
The world today has become a global village; it is your responsibility to engage your children in knowledge and appreciation of the world around them; remember that money spent on family vacations is money well spent.
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Dates: June 2-18
Locations: Hungerdark, Pitax, Il'Halouk
NPCs involved: Enzo, Rennec, Mamdani, Dabashi, Captain Salvatore Raffaldini, Mario Tasso of House Raffaldini, Cesare Pavese
Important occurences:
PCs attacked at night by shadow from the Plane of Shadow
PCs travel to Pitax and back
Info about the various factions/families of Pitax can be viewed at the Pitax wiki page.
PC's return to Il'Halouk and make delivery to Mamdani, obtain Bondanin to be delivered to Faaz – as well as some magic items to assist their travels.
Players present: Michael, Bobby, Kris, Nathaniel
XP: 338 each
12 CL 6 potions of Expeditious Retreat
+2 Greataxe of Halouk design on loan from Mamdani
Quest status:
Stop the poaching for the Azin: incomplete
Delivery Bondini to Faaz: incomplete
Return Parda Pardo's lost shield to him: complete/sold to Mario Tasso in Pitax
Find the location of the Cyclop+wolf: incomplete
Loose ends regarding Abelie's attack on the Irovetti warehouse: incomplete
Guard the dwarven traders for Rennec: complete
Return to Mamdani with delivery from Faaz: complete
It's summer!
Travel by night to Hungerdark Crossing intent on Littletown, but bypass to Pitax.
Meet Captain Salvatore Raffaldini of the Raffaldini Family and Grand Council of Fasci Navy, establish rapport.
Spot Tower of Bone a few miles in the distance. Tower of Bone is a catastrophic tarot card in Pitaxian lore, one of the 12 Towers of Pitax.
GCF station is located in the far western tower of Pitax, near a large, older theater.
A page is sent to House Pardo, on returning he takes Jurik+party to Mario Tasso. Mario is very engaged by the novelty of barbarians from the north holding a Pardo family shield. He knows Parda Pardo, maybe personally, and will return the shield to him. He pays a very fair price for the shield. He sells the PCs arms+armor, and sends word with a caravan to seek "a high quality scimitar" in Mivon for Setyiel (this order was placed on June 5th).
Travel back upriver with Captain Salvatore, return to Hungerdark as the sun is setting.
Faaz is angry at the PCs for disappearing for days and not being around to deliver to Mamdani. He insists they depart at night for Il'Halouk. The PCs are generally unimpressed, but are willing to leave town and set up camp in the wild.
Stop at the tavern on the way out to pay off Rennec – there's collusion by Rennec with House Irovetti, he insists on his cut of the "hazard pay" for the "trouble on the road".
Charity by the PCs via Rennec to Cesare Pavese (level 2 rogue). Kor makes an impression with the kid by yelling at him.
PCs camp not far outside of Hungerdark and are attacked by a Shadow, one very clearly created/originated in the Plane of Shadow and not Golarion. They drive the Shadow off with some badass magic on the part of Setyiel.
Dabashi is obviously suspicious, irritated by the human presence – in argument with Mamdani
Il'Halouk has a magical effect on it that distorts distance
Mamdani clearly has suspicions or information about the shadow attack, but doesn't share info.
He does share magic potions and a "shopping list" of various components for magic items.
Magical Greataxe of Halouk design on loan to the party
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Patna: Recognising social media as an "influential weapon", senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar Saturday stressed greater usage of social media by his party but not like BJP which has turned it as "anti social" by belting out abuses on rivals.
"Social media is an influential weapon but there is danger from its misuse," Kumar said in the message posted on his Facebook account.
"BJP has left no opportunity to turn social media into 'anti-social'...We will not follow this," Kumar said taking a pot shot at his earlier NDA companion.
"We will use social media to spread our views but not to bad mouth anybody," he said hitting out at his rival.
Kumar said he held around 100 meetings with JD(U) workers and leaders during which a large number of issues including importance of social media was discussed.
The meetings are part of the exercise before Kumar launches his "Samparak yatra" across the state from November 13.
JD(U) follows ideologies of Mahatama Gandhi, B R Abedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan and Karpoori Thakur and hence would never base politics on "false promises" and "divisive opinions", Kumar said in an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP.


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Barry Callebaut AG (the "Company") was incorporated on December 13, 1994, under Swiss law, with head offices located at Pfingstweidstrasse 60 in Zurich, Switzerland. The Company is registered in Switzerland and has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (BARN, ISIN Number: CH0009002962) since 1998. The Company has not requested admission to trading of its shares on any other stock exchange. As at August 31, 2018, the total number of issued shares in the Company was 5,488,858 and Barry Callebaut's market capitalization based on issued shares was CHF 9,484.7 million (August 31, 2017: CHF 7,574.6 million).
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I've had this bottle of Lisa Pavelka's Magic-Glos UV resin and wanted to try it as a coating over my fabric covered cabochons that I use in the new frame flaring tool. However, living in Seattle, inevitably it would be raining outside on the day I wanted to use it, and therefore I could not set it outdoors to cure (ironically, as I write this, it is a beautiful, sunny day).
Our Sonicare broke a few weeks ago and was sitting on the counter waiting for us to figure out how to dispose of it when I realized that it has a UV light in it. The Sonicare has a 10 minute UV brush cleaning cycle, coincidentally, the same amount of time it takes to cure the resin. My "create recklessly mode" clicked on and off I went to see...can I cure UV resin with a Sonicare?
Well you can indeed! I simply removed the molded plastic tray from the door, lined it with foil and laid it flat on the table. Although it was awkward to close as I was using the whole body of the unit as the door since I wanted the door itself to lay flat (allowing the resin to stay level), in 10 minutes I had cured resin.
A UV lamp made for such resins is not too expensive, generally under $30, but what's the fun in that!
I can't imagine a scenario that this would have any safety precautions, but it certainly is not used as intended by the manufacturer, so try it at your own risk. : )


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I really like to eat every two hours except when I'm really hungry and not sleepy, and then I eat every hour. I like mommy's milk best. Sometimes mommy and daddy try to give me other things like vitamins or even milk that they call "mommy's milk" but its doesn't taste the same and it always seems colder and most of the time I don't see mommy when I eat it.
I like to eat as long as I can before I fall asleep. Mommy always wakes me up though to burp me, which I like too...but sometimes I wish I could keep sleeping. (I think sometimes she wants to keep sleeping too).
I really like when mommy holds me with both arms across her body. I used to like laying beside her...but my head has gotten too big which makes that type of feeding much more difficult for me.
Mommy lets me eat everywhere and at any time. We've eaten at Babies R Us, at our Legion of Mary meeting, and Mass, after Mass at Church, in the car parked in a parking lot. Mommy says I've become an expert at eating. But what I can I say...its my favorite thing to do.
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A wise man once said that the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree and that's the case with Joshua. Daddy loved Mommy's milk, too.
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Let me tell you about this friend: let me address her as Audrey. Why? She's a fanatic when it comes to Ms. Audrey Hepburn. She obviously a Malay woman thus making her a Muslism. We have been friends for quite sometime. I remember not meeting her but a conversation I had with her. This is what I asked her: "Would you be by any chance a lesbian?" Those who know me, know that I can be quite direct which I truly believe is much better than if I gossiped about her. She was a bit taken aback but she still replied. Her reply was: no she was not. So I let that go as I believe she was telling me the truth. I easily trust people and I also believe that she had nothing to hide from me. As time progressed, we got to know each other more as we both enjoyed each others' company. Then one day she dropped a bombshell: she was technically seeing an ex-student of hers. Why did I use the word 'technically'? Well, this young lady (really young - cradle snatcher young) is living in the UK. So they have been communicating with each other through FB, Skype and whatever else that's online. And their communication has gotten intimate and she had also started to care about this young girl. I was surprised but not too surprised as that was the original vibe I got. I honestly told her that I wished that it was a young boy as opposed to a young girl. I mean, I'm not a saint, never claimed to be one but at the same time there are lines that I don't cross. So I told her what I felt which is: I don't fudging agree. But at the same time I did tell her that she's an adult therefore she should make a choice about what needs to be done. Don't we all agree that a thousand people can give you advice but you might not necessarily take it. I had a feeling she was going to get burned. I mean, cynical me knows this: she's young, my friend is a Muslim...put that together it's going to crash and burn. I got to know this young lady online and we chatted. She talked about her fears and I was placed in an awkward position. Deep down, I wanted to tell her to end it which I know my friend would probably no longer be a friend now. So I let it go and told her to wait and see my friend in person then decide. So she did come back. Spent some time with my friend and true enough...towards the end...she ended it. This left my friend with a broken-heart. She is still suffering and I do feel for her but at the same time I'm relieved that it is over. It sounds evil I know but a broken heart is always better than sinning. At the end of the day, religion is my major concern because at the same time I'm looking at my life and realized that I have a lot to work towards. I need to get closer to Allah. I've always taken religion for granted as I always believe that I've got time. But do I? Do I have the time? But let's not go there...that's another blog entry. So Audrey: it hurts now and honestly I understand but believe this: at the end of a dark tunnel there is light. Lame...I know but seriously there is light. So be strong and open your heart again to the opposite sex. I mean there are not many left...seriously...but hey...you never know.
On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the messenger of Allah say:
Allah the Almighty has said: "O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its."


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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supports Myanmar in promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, with a focus on infrastructure, education and training, and agriculture and rural development.
ADB commenced reengagement with Myanmar in early 2012. ADB has since been supporting the country's national development strategies and its national priority programs in collaboration with other development partners.
In March 2017, ADB approved its first full country partnership strategy, 2017–2021 for Myanmar. The strategy is fully aligned with Myanmar's national development agenda and other strategic priorities of the country's new administration. The ADB program in Myanmar aims to promote sustainable and inclusive economic development, and job creation for poverty reduction. It focuses on infrastructure for transport, energy, and urban development; education and training; and rural development.
Updated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides social and economic indicators on Myanmar as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information.
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Everyone's talking about E3 2012 and most of all, about al those rumors and announcements that might actually be made. But which are the most credible among the most awaited? Let's try to figure out!
Cant we just make 1 thread on E3 rumour announcements lol
It's impossible to create just one title on the internet..
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Original non color folder, 8.5 x 11.5 folded, 17 x 11.5 unfolded, has a small piece of tape at tear on edge. Includes Model 40 Torpedo, Touring and Limo, also Model 18 Toy Tonneau and Model 30 Touring. Produced by the Corbin Motor Vehicle Corp. New Britain, Connecticut.


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When will the restoration begin?
Sevenoaks District Council has agreed a request from the Bradbourne Residents Association to lead an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant to fund a restoration. The application is a two stage process. The first-round describes the project in outline. If this is successful, a more detailed second-round application is made. The whole process can be expected to take at least 18 months. The aim is to have a first-round application ready for submission by April 2015. Clearly, therefore, no major restoration work could begin before 2017 and only then if the applications are successful.
Can I help with the restoration project?
We are always looking for people to support with our program of works, If you're able to lend a hand at a work party or provide your expertise in the planning or practical skills for the implementation of the restoration project we would be happy to hear from you. Please use the contact form on the right.
Can I do some work outside of the work parties?
Not without prior agreement from Sevenoaks District Council or Bradbourne Residents Association. All works need to be carried out by the professionals or under their advice, during scheduled work parties.
Should the lakes just be left to naturalise?
Bradbourne Lakes are a set of ornamental lakes, and were never intended to be a nature reserve. The water quality and silting if left un-addressed will affect the wildlife, as well as the aesthetic experience for all the families and individuals who visit. In addition the water from the lakes eventually ends up in the River Darent, which is a source of drinking water. However, there are areas which could be planted more attractively with wild flowers, which will help reduce maintenance, encourage wildlife, as well as improve the overall appearance.
What's happened regarding the oil pollution?
In January 2012 the lakes were polluted when a company or individual poured a large quantity of oil down a drain. Fish, ducks and geese were lost, although the results of testing more recently have shown that silt waste from the Lakes would not present a disposal hazard. The Environments Agency carried out interviews of companies and individuals in the area but sadly were unable to identify the culprits, and were therefore unable to recover the cost of the clean-up efforts.


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The breastfeeding rates here in the States and elsewhere are exceptionally low. The Exclusive Breastfeeding rates for six months are also low…ranging from 14% to 22% depending on location and race.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offered 19 recommendations for professionals and support groups in the ultimate goal of improving the breastfeeding rates. ("The Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatric Office Practice," April 2017) The AAP recommends Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months followed by 1 year or longer of breastfeeding. In this report the importance of breastfeeding is emphasized "as a public health imperative."
The huge problem, however, is that without the practice of the Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding—or something very close to it—most mothers will have their milk supply way down before 12 months. This is an exemplary case of demand and supply. Reduced demand yields reduced or no supply.
One of the benefits of Ecological Breastfeeding is that the mother usually has plenty of milk and is able to nurse for a year or longer. Ecological Breastfeeding is also an excellent way to space the birth of babies.
Sheila Kippley
The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding


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A federal high court in Lagos has declared void powers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to impose fines on motorists for traffic offences.
John Tsoho, a judge, held that the commission could not turn itself into a court of law by punishing those who commit traffic offences.
Tope Alabi, a lawyer, had approached the court to declare that only a court of competent jurisdiction could pronounce a person guilty under section 10 (4) and 28 (2) of the FRSC Act 2007.
Other defendant in the suit was the attorney-general of the federation.
The judge also awarded N1million damages in favour of the plaintiff because officials of the FRSC had confiscated his vehicle and driver's licence.
Tosho said while FRSC was statutorily empowered to arrest and fine traffic offenders, a closer look at the definition of the word "fine" meant a pecuniary criminal punishment or civil penalty payable to the public treasury.
"In the instant case, however, the involvement of the element of arrest takes the imposition of fine by the FRSC to the realm of criminal punishment," he said.
"From these definitions, it is obvious that the act of sentencing is a judicial action or exercise, and imposition of fine connotes conviction for an alleged offence.
"It is, thus, very clear that the FRSC, not being a court of law, cannot impose fine, especially as it has no powers to conduct trial.


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What I am sharing with you are somewhat random observations about a topic that has been very importa...
Trend Trading vs. Reversal Trading
05/17/2011 10:00 am EST
Focus: STRATEGIES
BackTesting Report editor Jackie Ann Patterson discusses these two different approaches and notes that to be successful in either, traders can't afford to lose track of risk management.
Well traders know and have probably heard the phrase, "The trend is your friend," but if that trend reverses, it may not be.
We're going to talk about trading trends versus trading reversals today with Jackie Ann Patterson. So Jackie, first of all, what is the difference between trading on a trend and then trading a reversal?
Okay, the trend basically is looking at the price activity and seeing that it's been going more or less in the same direction over a period of time, and that period of time can be variable. I mean, for a short-term trader, that might be five minutes, ten minutes, or fifteen minutes.
For a long-term trader, that might be five years. It just depends. Of course, there's everything in between. So the idea behind trend trading is to assess what the trend is and to go with it.
The other idea with trading is to look for reversals; reversals and reversions to the mean. So that notion is that when the price has moved a certain degree in one direction, sooner or later it's going to turn in the other.
That, I think, is the basis of the mean reversion, which might be a short-term market reversal. There's also the notion of an all-out market reversal. There's different indicators and different ways to assess whether that might be about to occur.
So recently we've seen a great market run-up here, and traders seem to want to find that top. They're determined that it's going to reverse here and yet it always continues to go further. Any suggestions about ways we can really spot if a top is coming or things that have worked for you?
Well, yes. So I've certainly been there and I've certainly been watching the market run on and on and anticipating a turn. I think there's a couple of things we can do.
One is that there are some indicators that can help us. We can look for divergences in different areas, whether it's an indicator divergence like an MACD divergence, for example; might be a market internals divergence where we're seeing a difference in the count of the number of divergences across the whole stock market; might be a difference in the new highs and new lows.
So being alert to things that are not quite consistent with the ongoing trend. That said, those things can happen and the trend still not reverse. We've seen some pretty strong trends in this market.
I think the thing to do there is to always manage your risk. You know, you always have to be open to the possibility that what you think and what you're so certain is going to happen, it might not happen.
It's important to have the risk small enough to be able to come back again and again and again.
If, for example, you're trying to trade counter to the prevailing trend, or you think you're going with the trend and it's reversing-either one-you need to be able to sustain a few losses until the market moves in your direction.
Then it's important to capitalize on those moves.
Basically giving yourself time to be right, it sounds like.
Yes, that's it exactly.
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The Fountain represents our ability to overcome adversity and start anew, either through determination and inspiration or through the simple passage of time. This Ikon washes the past away, allowing us to move on however much our lives and selves may have changed.
Ahh. Good to be done. Getting all the foliage/wisteria to line up and fly straight was so fiddly you have no idea. I think at one point I had four different layers I was working on for the line-art, and by the end the most expedient way to deal with it was to collapse them all down onto the same layer. Of course, that meant I had to erase all the overlapping bits, but it was definitely the best way to make sure everything lined up properly.
I need to do something that doesn't involve petals or leaves for the next one. Also, I have been ruminating on Virtues cards and had some good ideas.


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The University of New Mexico Board of Regents will meet Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. in ballroom C of the Student Union Building on main campus. The Board of Regents will meet in Executive Session from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Cherry Silver Room.
I. Confirmation of a Quorum: Adoption of the Agenda, Regent President Jack L. Fortner
II. Approval of Summarized Minutes of the August 14, 2012 Board of Regents Meeting
III. President's Administrative Report, Robert G. Frank
Comments from Regents
Public Comment, specific to agenda items
IV. Regent Committee Reports
Finance and Facilities Committee, Regent Don L. Chalmers, Chair
Consent Items:
A. Disposition of Surplus Property for Main Campus on lists dated August 17, 2012
Bruce Cherrin, Chief Procurement Officer
B. Contract Approval:
UNM Mailing Systems-Pitney Bowes
Bruce Cherrin, Chief Procurement Officer
C. Approval of:
1. Real Property Acquisition-Vacant Land, Central Ave./Madeira Dr.SE, SW Corner
2. Real Property Acquisition-923 Vassar Dr. NE
3. Real Property Acquisition-2130 Eubank Blvd. NE
Tom Neale, Associate Director Real Estate
D. (Deleted) Approval of 2013 Mil-Levy Election UNM-Los Alamos
Cedric Page, Executive Director, UNM-Los Alamos
Information Items:
E. UNM Historic Preservation Plan 8
Audra Bellmore, Chair UNM Historic Preservation Committee
F. Monthly Consolidated Financial Report 9
Liz Metzger, Interim Univ. Controller, Ava Lovell, HSC Senior Exec. Officer Finance & Admin.
G. Contract Information:
1. Championship Golf Course-E-Z Go Textron
2. Contract for Senior Retiree Health Plans
Bruce Cherrin, Chief Procurement Officer, Helen Gonzales, VP Human Resources
H. Annual Report of Disposition of Surplus Property
Bruce Cherrin, Chief Procurement Officer
I. FY 2013/2014 Budget Development Calendar
Andrew Cullen, AVP Planning, Budget, Analysis
J. Consideration of Regents' Finance and Facility Committee Charter
Pamina Deutsch, Manager, Policy Office
Health Sciences Board, Regent Carolyn J. Abeita, Chair
Consent Items:
A. Request for Approval of UNMH Contract with First Choice Community Care
B. Request for Approval of UNMH Contract with Belimed
C. Request for Approval of UNMH Contract with Cerner Corporation
D. Request for Approval of UNMH Contract with Philips Medical
E. Request for Approval of UNMH Contract with Hill Rom
Information for the following items is included in the F & F Committee report:
F. Request for Real Estate Approval of 2130 Eubank Blvd., NE, Alb. NM
G. Request for Real Estate Approval of 5400 Central Avenue, SE, Alb. NM
H. Request for Real Estate Approval of 923 Vassar Dr., NE, Alb. NM
I. Architect Selection for UNM Medical Group, Sabana Grande Clinic
J. Construction Manager at Risk for UNM Medical Group, Sabana Grande Clinic
K. Approval of Michael Olguin and William Lang to UNM Hospital Board of Trustees
Academic/Student Affairs & Research Committee, Regent Bradley Hosmer, Chair
Consent Item:
A. Approval of Summer 2012 Degree Candidates
Information Items:
B. Enrollment Report 17
Terry Babbitt, AVP, Enrollment Management
C. Update on Lobo Village/Casas Del Rio
Eliseo Torres, VP Student Affairs
Audit Committee, Regent Gene Gallegos, Chair
A. Report from the Audit Committee Special Meeting 8/16/2012
V. Comments from Regents' Advisors
Amy Neel, President, Faculty Senate
Mary Clark, President, Staff Council
Marisa Silva, President, GPSA
Caroline Muraida, President, ASUNM
Duffy Swan, President UNM Alumni Association
Gary Gordon, Chair, UNM Foundation
UNM Parent Association
Dr. Scott Obenshain, UNM Retiree Association
Public Comment
VI. Vote to close the meeting and to proceed into Executive Session.
VII. Executive Session will be held from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Cherry Silver Room
A. Discussion and determination where appropriate of threatened or pending litigation Pursuant to Section 10-15-1.H (7) NMSA (1978).
B. Discussion and determination where appropriate of limited personnel matters pursuant to Section 10-15-1.H (2), NMSA (1978)
C. Discussion and determination where appropriate of the purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property pursuant to Section 10-15-1 H (8) NMSA (1978).
VIII. D. Vote to re-open meeting.
E. Certification that only those matters described in Agenda Item VII. were discussed in Executive Session and if necessary, final action with regard to those matters will be taken in Open Session.
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Hi Moms,
Its been a while since I have written. But please expect a lot of exciting blog posts in the coming days. Especially related to travel.
Travelling with a toddler is definately not very easy but at the same time it is not very hard when you travel is planned. You can easily move them around with an Umbrella stroller.
Its perfect for international travels, and can easily pass through the scanners in the airports. When your child wants to walk simply fold it like an umbrella and hang it on your hand.
We have a basic one from Cosco and it could hold it easily. I know there are many fancy ones available in the market. But I preferred a light one as its easy to fold and keep it away when we dont require it. We switched trains many times and it was very easy to keep it in the overhead luggage storage area.
When it comes to durability it lasted an entire trip with different terrains. I will surely give you my feedback once I use it on Indian roads.
Cost wise it is very reasonable, I guess we got it at 20$ from the US. So if your travelling to the US you surely know what to buy. Also dont compare it with a regular stroller as this one just helps moving kids around especially in large airports, and helps us with the pain of carrying those heavy strollers when kids want to walk. This is how it looks when folded:
Overall a good investment.


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At the end of the fourth hour of Deadwood (Sundays, starting March 21; 10 to 11 p.m.; HBO), someone important is shot in the back and dies at a poker table. Among more than a dozen characters, this is the one I'd enjoyed the most so far in David Milch's gothic Western. His passing vexes. Hard as it may be to imagine eight more hours without him, it is harder still to write a review around his subtraction, to save the unpleasant surprise. But Deadwood doesn't care. Deadwood, somewhere between Casablanca and No Exit, is Hobbesian. Even when they're tall or fat, these claims jumpers, real-estate swindlers, road agents, opium addicts, and saloon girls are nasty, brutish, and short.
The time is 1876. The place is the Dakota territory, whose black hills were deeded by treaty to the Sioux. But a gold strike has changed the white man's mind, and Custer's getting his subscription canceled at Little Big Horn is a terrific excuse for Lebensraum. What lawless Deadwood counts on, after the extermination of the savages, is squatters' rights. Meanwhile, Ian McShane, a monster of primitive accumulation, owns one saloon and brothel as well as most of Main Street. Powers Boothe, with more talcum powder, owns another, with a fancier casino and meat inspection for the whores. Upstairs at William Sanderson's seedy hotel, lovely Molly Parker is hitting the laudanum bottle hard. On the same floor, Keith Carradine's Wild Bill Hickock and Robin Weigert's Calamity Jane try to protect an "orphan squarehead" from road agents who murdered the rest of her family. Down the muddy block, wanting to start a hardware store, are the newly arrived Dudley Do-Rights, the handsome but hot-tempered Timothy Olyphant and his kinder, gentler, worldly-wise partner, John Hawkes. I haven't mentioned Brad Dourif, Kim Dickens, Jeffrey Jones, Paula Malcomson, W. Earl Brown, or the pigs. The pigs are important because they eat the corpses.
"From Homer and the Bible to John Ford, men are hanged, women raped, and children stolen by savages because of turf wars."
From Homer and the Bible to John Ford, men are hanged, women raped, and children stolen by savages because of turf wars, sexual property rights, and different ideas on how to look good dying. Sometimes, too, a sheep is dipped. Not even Deadwood fiddles with this Western formula. But actors always make a difference. And here, even though they mostly look like pigs, they are spectacular.
Touching Evil (Fridays; 10 to 11 p.m.; USA) should feel familiar. It borrows entire plotlines from the British series with the same name. As the newly formed rapid-response Organized and Serial Crime Unit of the FBI pursued a child abductor in last week's two-hour pilot all over the city and into the dreams of a troubled dimwit, we knew we were headed to a special storage space. But in London, nobody had psychic and/or superpowers. Whereas in San Francisco, after a near-fatal gunshot wound, special agent David Creegan (Jeffrey Donovan) comes back from the dead both fearless and shameless, with a rude sense of humor and a compass in his head that points to dark poles. No wonder his oglesome partner in high-speed detection, Susan Branca (Vera Farmiga), keeps looking at him as if he were either an alien or a Mulder. This Americanization of Evil is still a work in progress, but Bruce Willis is onboard as an executive producer and so are the Hughes brothers, Allen and Albert (Menace II Society and From Hell), with Allen also directing.


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A few weeks ago I was at a get-together with a diverse group of people who met each other for the first time. The pre-dinner conversation was veering dangerously towards the mundane, and "nice to meet you" was the most commonly heard phrase. Just when the party was being dismissed into the dustbin of boring get-togethers, a turn-around happened…
While dinner was being laid on the table, a seemingly–terribly-bored-lady in the group quipped- "Dum Aloo!! –a dash of dahi can do wonders to the aloo when it's being fried". That phrase elevated the mood of the party. The dreary discussion became a charming chat, what with: "how the royal chefs made meat kebabs, delicously soft enough for the toothless nawabs to gulp them" to "we use bamboo shoots in our pickles" with the occasional "the best sushi in Mumbai is at …."
Food, as always, demonstrated its infallible power to "start - and sustain - a conversation". It's not surprising nowadays for (many of us as retailers to experience) living room discussions turn into feedback sessions on their favourite brand of cooking oil not being available in the supermarket or how the cash counter queues have become longer on Sundays. In a country which has always made "roti" precede 'kapda and makaan', food and grocery occupies 60% of the retailing basket, making it the country's most popular category. On a lighter note even the other national favourite -Bollywood has been unsparing with food in their titles (Cheeni Kum, Bheja Fry, Garam Masaala being a few recent examples)
I wasn't prepared for the next round of conversations that made the "party". From food the pondering turned into schooling: How difficult (and expensive) is to get a seat in an school! In these times, education is possibly one of those rare fields which is recession free. With better education of the child a much higher priority over investment in a house, the new phrase for India would (should be!) be "Roti, Kapada, KITAB and Makan".
When Welbound Times asked me to pen a few words on these 'times', I thought, as food retailers and book printers, we have something common to deal with: "a recession free commodity". Whatever may be the inflation level, people will eat rice and biscuits ; they also buy text books and notebooks for their children.
These are definitely tough times for some; but these are times of opportunities and challenges too. Its how you perceive the situation and react that will make the difference. I have tabled a few "conventional" reactions to the difficult situation; these are then countered with alternative behaviour of a leader. Many of these are part of the "retail experience" and I have tried to make them as relevant as possible to the reader of Welbound Times.
Conventional reactions during tough times
|Alternative behaviour of the leader
|Start randomly cutting in on cash flow - the lesser the better
|Cash becomes a critical weapon in your armoury - you roll a coin and see how it reaches its goal without going here and there. Deploy funds exactly where the need is.
|Start firing people, manpower cuts are essential
|That's the last measure - Start expecting more, talk and challenge people on productivity. If done this way staff affinity & loyalty in good times is assured.
|Negotiate , Negotiate- these are times all suppliers are in trouble , hence strip them bare on costs
|Partner on efficiency and productivity – they will have a longer impact
|Keep all assets idle, including the personal ideas and thoughts. There is no better option
|The better option is to "sharpen the blade when the knife is not being used". So do maintenance, explore upgradation. Acquire new skills, adjacent businesses.
|Maintain status quo-"jaisa chalta hai chalne do"
|Innovate- communicate to customers, staff. Maybe some innovative ideas will come through.
|Getting better money realization has become tough- so let me add some complexity e.g super built up to carpet while buying a flat
|Getting better money realization has become tough- so let me add some complexity e.g super built up to carpet while buying a flat
|The "sentiment" is so dull – how could I possibly take tough measures on efficiency now, everyone will revolt
|Every stakeholder is "feeling" the pinch-they will be in a very receptive state to hear to process changes etc.
|Stop all investments on promotions, advertising and brand building. It's a waste. Who is doing it anyway?
|Exactly the reverse. This is the time to consolidate positions. Be seen, be noted, when no one is prominent. Also promotions and advertising will be cheaper in these times.
|The only point to think is "how should I gain more share from competition- the more they lose the better for me, since anyway the industry is shrinking
|Industry shrinking is bad news for all the strong players. This is the time to only grow the market. And the only competition will be the self.
Some well wishers with whom I have bounced the above thoughts have challenged me on who a "leader" is. In the context of retail, the simple answer is: "An ordinary retailer thinks that he is running a rectangular shop, stocking food and grocery and makes business and money through this. A leader is a person who raises the bar and feels truly responsible in influencing the food value chain in the life of a consumer. (that he also makes business and money from this is taken for granted – he leaves behind circumstances to energize the generations to come!)
Similarly in the graphic art industry, "an ordinary book printer collates paper, prints, folds and binds to produce books. A true leader in this industry owns up to the transformation in education that India is embracing and slowly yet steadily upgrades, builds capabilities to catalyse and celebrate the change"