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Contemporary Problems of Social Work
Public-private partnership in the system of social and economic relations of modern Russia
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Nowadays sustainable development of the social and economic spheres in Russia is largely determined by the degree of establishment of the system of mechanisms and institutions, which can coordinate the actions of the State, business and civil society institutions at the practical level. The major factors of innovative acceleration related to the comprehensive modernisation of the social and economic spheres in Russia include building transparent and constructive relationships between entrepreneurs and government itself as well as creating an effective system to finance socially important projects.
Public-private partnership (PPP) plays a special part in solving the tasks, which are presented by the Russian Government within the Concept of the long-term social and economic development of the Russian Federation for the period up to the year of 2020[1]. In accordance with this Concept, usage of the public-private partnership mechanisms makes the leading economic areas more competitive, provides diversification of economic system on the bases of the innovation-driven technological development, reduction of the risks associated with investment and entrepreneurial activities, modernization of the public transport, energy and communal infrastructure, improves the economic, legislative and organizational arrangements for the development of the social and economic sphere as well as strengthens the liberalization of the economic environment.
In the scientific literature the term public-private partnership is increasingly defined as the factor of the innovation-driven technological development related to the social and economic areas and it is considered as a necessary condition to solve the challenges that are connected with the fast comprehensive modernization [1, p.3].
According to the fact, that the notion «public-private partnership» is increasingly used in legal sphere, there is a lack of theoretical, methodological and legislative developments, which are covering regional, municipal, sartorial and institutional peculiarities of the public-private partnership and business structure development. Moreover, the legal form as well as social and economic essence of the public-private partnership are still not properly specified. At the same time, considerable number of the legislative and regulatory acts draws attention to the need for relevant government authorities to implement the public-private partnership as a form of cooperation with the private actors and to use its mechanisms[2].
Therefore, the theoretical background for the cooperation between the Government and business as well as any form of its partnership and identification of the ways of the public-private partnership development tools in the Russian Federation represents a significant issue, as in the long term it can become the most important form to implement large-scale modernization and infrastructure development projects and one of the most effective and powerful tools to promote better public administration.
The refinement of the notion «public-private partnership» should define its main peculiarities as well as its places in the system relating to the social and economic relations. The following specific factors of the public-private partnership should be noticed:
- the parties, taking part in this relations, are government, private business and civil society;
- the form of cooperation is a partnership, which addresses the interests and needs of all parties;
- the cooperation between the parties is within the legal framework;
- the efforts of all interested parties are joined up during the implementation of the projects;
- the implementation of the public interests, coordination of the shared interests and purposes in accordance with aims, useful for the society and government;
- the allocation of financial and political risks, costs and impact assessment in proportions generally consistent with the legal mutual agreements.
Accordingly, the public-private partnership requires a legal relationship between the governmental authorities, entrepreneurs and civil society in respect of objects within the jurisdiction of the State, which are based on compulsory risk-sharing, considering the interests and coordination of efforts among the parties. Such relations are necessary for the effective implementation of the projects of significant public importance.
When considering legal and practical importance of the public-private partnership it should be noticed that even among the founders of PPP in Europe and USA there isn't any single and clear opinion of what the public-private partnership is, in what spheres it should be implemented and where it can lead to the particular positive impact. In accordance with the definition provided by the international association «Economic and social Commission of the United Nations for Asia and the Pacific», the public-private partnership is «a cooperation between the State and the private sector to provide quantitative as well as qualitative infrastructure improvements. The partners generally agree to share liability for implementation and/or operation and management of the infrastructure projects through the conclusion of a legally binding agreement or any other legal document.
Such cooperation is based on the competence of each partner, who addresses clearly defined State interests through rational allocation of resources, risks, liability and payments» [2].
Given the considerable different opinions among Russian scientists and practitioners we can single out two groups: the supporters of adoption of law «On participation of public authority and local bodies in public-private partnership» and their opponents, some of which think that it is possible to go without the development of industry legislation in the sphere of PPP and that it can be limited by the most common, conceptual notions.
The analysis of Russian legislation makes it possible to conclude that PPP is a complex legal institute that has elements of both public and private law. However, the legislation on PPP is not systematized and is on initial stage. It often follows hands-on experience. And the low development of legislation on PPP is stipulated by the lack of developed theoretical scientific approaches on understanding of PPP, its place in legal and political system of Russia.
It seems that the state and private subjects must be equal partners in creation and realization of different socially important projects; they must have equal rights and responsibility for execution of strategic decisions. This, in turn, stipulates the necessity of generated institutional infrastructure for ensuring the functioning of public-private partnership on practice. The results of implementation of public-private partnership in Russian social-economic reality can assess the degree of readiness of Russian state to evolution, its real maturity.
We can single out several directions of cooperation between state and business. Each one has its own specificity, problems and solutions:
- preparation of strategic documents, concepts, programs and normative legal act;
- formation of national, regional and personnel policy;
- realization of regulating, control and supervisory functions of state towards business;
- joint implementation of specific projects including infrastructure projects.
However, the question arises inevitably on forms of cooperation i.e. on forms of participation of business community in elaboration and adoption of decisions of state authority.
In international practice institutional (as joint ventures of state and private participants as well as mobilization of financing and management of the projects by selling shares of state-owned companies to privately-owned company) and contract forms of PPP are distinguished. At the same time contract forms are implemented in the form of concession, contract for services, contracts for management, building, exploitation and maintenance.
It is well-known that state and business are united by connections of not only economic, but also social partnership which has its effect on activity of Russian Trilateral Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labour Relations in adoption of general agreements between government, trade unions and entrepreneurs as well as intraindustry agreements, in development of projects of legal acts in the sphere of social welfare, labour, employment of population, migration of labour force and other important tasks.
And in domestic legislation (Art. 23 of Labour Code of Russian Federation) the term "social partnership" is defined quite firmly as a system of interrelations between employees (the representatives of employees), employers (the representatives of employers), public authority and local bodies that aimed at ensuring the concordance of interests of employees and employers on regulation of labour relations and other directly connected relations[3] .
Social partnership is the sphere of cooperation between the State, business and society in which the positive social role of business is implemented. At that the one of the most delicate questions is the question on social responsibility of entrepreneurs.
Russian legislation also stipulates the minimum of social responsibility required from every enterprise. The fulfillment of these obligatory conditions allows company to act on legal basis. These conditions include the compliance with the Labour Code and creation of normal work conditions, tax payments, product inspection, and compliance with the legislation of environmental protection. At the same time if it is interested in active improvement of its business environment, any company has the right to invest additional resources in social sphere.
The Federal Law «On association of employers» № 156-FZ that came into force on 1 November 2007 scrutinized the important provisions of Labour Code and confirmed the right of employers to establish on voluntary basis without prior permission of public authority, local bodies and other bodies the associations in order to represent legitimate interests and to protect the rights of their members in the sphere of social-labour relations and connected to them economic relations with professional unions and their associations, public authority and local bodies.
Over the last years the system of public and political representation of business community has been built: «representative pyramid» of Russian business functions actively and effectively. It is represented by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (the representative of large business), «Business Russia» (the representative of medium-sized business), «Opora Rossii» (the representative of small business), Chamber of Commerce and Industry and industry associations.
Organization of industry grounds under ministries and agencies, social-advisory councils, can be another direction of partnership development between state and business. Among such grounds there are Councils under the President of Russian Federation (on realization of priority national projects and population policy, on development of information society, on modernization etc), Councils under Government of Russian Federation and branch ministries (Council on competitiveness and entrepreneurship under the Government of Russian Federation, Council on foreign economy activity under the Ministry for Economic Development of Russian Federation, Public Council under the Ministry for Industry and Trade of Russian Federation etc), public councils under law-enforcement bodies and others.
Participation in advisory and deliberative councils under the public authority is one of the tested and effective interaction channels of state and business. The mechanism of parliamentary hearing, round table and other grounds of State Duma and Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russian Federation are not of less importance. The interaction of business representatives, legislative and executive authority in parliamentary committees often assists in finding the solution that suits all the interested parties.
Business as political authority participates in work of advisory and deliberative bodies, cooperates with political parties as a partner and is represented in The Civic Chamber.
You shouldn't forget about the forums, conferences, round tables and other forms of collective discussion. Often due to the proposals made in the public space, it is possible to solve many problems of governance, and the actual cooperation between government and business.
One of the preliminary results of constructive cooperation between different interest groups was the signing of quadripartite agreement on cooperation between the Russian public organization «Business Russia» (LLC «Business Russia»), the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (Russian Ministry of Economic Development), State Corporation " Bank of Foreign Economic Activity (Vnesheconombank)" and the independent non-profit organization «Agency of strategic initiatives to promote new projects» on 21st of December, 2011.
The coordination in order to support the public-private partnerships in non-primary sectors of the national economy is the subject of the agreement. The parties, following the principles of social partnership, as well as part of the development of the negotiation process jointly developed the main directions of the industrial modernization and economic well-being of the country.
It was made the decision to work together to form the mechanisms and strategy principles of industrialization of the Russian economy, which involves: the development of procedures and criteria for the selection and examination of projects; development of proposals for the shape, volume and sources of financing; identification of the approaches, facilitating principles of the implementation of the selected projects and more.
Currently one of the most sharp problems of innovative development of our country is to strengthen the struggle for the factors that determine the competitiveness of innovation systems, primarily for highly skilled labour force and the so-called 'smart' money (investments, attracting projects in new competencies, technologies and knowledge ). Lack of effective national innovation system causes an accelerated «drain» from the competitive potential of the country (technologies, ideas, frames). Russia's transition to a group of countries who are unable to achieve leadership positions in key technology areas and production of new knowledge, and securing the raw nature of the Russian economy seem to be the most negative.
The most challenging aspect in this case is to identify the qualitative characteristics and parameters of state policy in the field of innovation and value the efforts of state and private business in their development and implementation.
The strategy of innovative development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020 sets the long-term objectives of innovation subjects, including government authorities at all levels, the science and the business sector, as well as guidelines to support commercialization of innovations. This strategy is based on the results of a comprehensive evaluation of innovative potential and to become a reference point for the development of concepts and programs of social and economic development of Russia, certain sectors and regions.
The basic principles of innovative development of the country give the priority to the directions, based on a partnership between government agencies and private businesses, including:
- The concentration of efforts of the state in areas where the level of entrepreneurial activity is not sufficient;
- Active cooperation of government, science and business in the process of identifying priority areas of technological development, as well as in their implementation;
- Transparency of the budget allocation mechanisms and evaluation of results;
- Focus on the highest international standards in evaluating the effectiveness of innovative businesses, organizations, science as well as education and innovation infrastructure;
- Overcoming monopolies and encourage competition in the sector of production of new knowledge.
The especially important fact is that the strategy acknowledges the problem of immunity to business innovation, and it is noted that it entails an inadequate innovation infrastructure in fact or any of its activities on behalf of foreign companies engaged in the commercialization of Russian development.
However, the extent and effectiveness of the participation of private capital in the implementation of national investment and innovation projects mainly depends on the level of development of the institutions and mechanisms that regulate under specific forms of public-private partnership property relations. General regime of management allows private entities the conditions necessary for the realization of their full economic ownership, involving primarily the possibility of making a profit return on invested capital.
During the long period of time Russia attempts to create areas with a special mode of management, the configuration is changed, but the main point is, it is to find the most profitable part of public-private partnership mechanisms for the implementation of their interests. Special regime of property relations aims to create favorable conditions for private subjects in the implementation of state and municipal projects, making it thus more attractive to private capital. This regime is a characteristic of a particular type of institutions of public-private partnership implementing the cluster approach, including special economic zones, innovation clusters, «Innovation Zone» in Skolkovo, etc. Special legal regime that minimizes administrative barriers and tax burden for resident companies formed a system of laws and regulations of the authorities at various levels.
Despite the significant difference, these institutions as public-private partnerships have common features (preferential legal and economic regime for domestic and foreign investors), and can be considered as a subsystem formed by the national innovation system. They regulate the interaction between the state and businesses in the areas of economic activity of the transport, industrial and innovation infrastructure of the lease, and others. Also the projects are considered experimental and give the opportunity to trace practically the effect of different preferences for organizations for large, medium and even small businesses.
The ownership structure in the territories with a special regime does not differ from their structure, the traditional rest of the country (state, municipal, private and mixed). At the same time there is a specificity of property relations in these areas. The most significant manifestations may be noted as following:
- rights restrictions disposition of the property, which reduces their ability to maximize profits for the residents;
- formulation of the specific commitments residents for capital expenditure;
- limitation of the part of ongoing activities by residents;
- residents are forbidden to have offices and subsidiaries outside the selected area (with the exception of geographically isolated complex innovation center «Skolkovo»).
As a result, the configuration property rights of residents and non-residents are transformed on the territory of special economic zones. Private owner- residents are legally restricted to disposal of the property, but they receive tax and other incentives from the State.
Also in accordance with the activity and territory type, there is a limit of minimal fundamental investments. Private nonresident owners do not have preferences of the state, but they are not limited to the proprietary rights. These principles are fixed at the legislative level (The Tax and Customs Codes).
The additional form of offsetting risks for residents of the territory with special management state is a special customs state establishment that provides them the cancelation of some limitations under the Customs legislation if they perform foreign economic transactions. Thus, foreign goods are located and used on the territories with special economic status without payment of customs fees and value-added tax. Russian goods are also being exported abroad without payment of customs fees.
All territories with special management state have tax concessions that take into account a specialization. Residents are exempted from the real estate tax and the tax on wealth, as well as the tax on income and transportation within the part provided for the local budget.
The fact, that already established and stable elements of innovative infrastructure try to approve themselves as the single system elements, is a particularly positive development. However, legislative formulation of the above principles of ownership relations organization doesn't mean their automatic practical realization.
Thus, on April 6th, 2010 the agreement of interaction was signed up by the crucial Russian Development Institutes and involved organizations in order to provide the continuous funding of innovative projects on all stages of the innovative period. The participants of the present agreement are RUSNANO, Vnesheconombank (Bank of Foreign Economic Activity), Russian Venture Company, Russian Development Bank, Fund for the Promotion of the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere, Russian Venture Capital Association, Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), «Opora Rossii» (Support for Russia) and Federal Agency for Youth Affairs. Under the agreement parties have negotiated to coordinate their efforts to provide the most favorable terms for realization prospective innovative projects of the one part, and to make the information about the presence and the status of their projects available for all Development Institutes of the other part. This will allow saving resources and avoiding overlapping the same stages of their consideration. The participants of the agreement have also decided to define jointly mounting needs of innovation companies and state of their provision with all tools, services and conditions for effective activity on the territory of the Russian Federations and in the world market.
It should be pointed out that the experience in the cooperation between business and authorities is always more complex and varied than the theoretical development, it is laden with different problems connected with corruptness of state machinery part, protectionism of taking management decisions and other weak points of the state administration, but eventually the legal ways of such cooperation are always more effective, because they are a foundation to form and define real and balanced public interests and to work out priorities of social and economic long-term development of the country.
[1] Government Order No. 1662-r of 17 November 2008 // Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 24.11.2008, N 47, art. 5489.
[2] The Federal Law of 17.05.2007 № 82-FZ «On Bank for Development», the Budget Code of the Russian Federation of 31.07.1998 г. № 145-FZ, Resolution by the Government of the Russian Federation N 978 dated 29.12.2007 «On Approval of Rules about Decision-Making on Long-Term State (Municipal) Contracts for Performance of Work (Provision of Services) with a Long Production Cycle» and others.
[3] Labour Code of Russian Federation from 30.12.2001 N 197-FZ // Legislation Bulletin of Russian Federation, 07.01.2002, N 1 (p. 1), art. 3.


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the Washington franchise has led the league in attendance. But upon watching a screaming, yet sparse crowd of 5,897 on Saturday afternoon as the Washington Mystics defeated the Detroit Shock 92-68, I couldn't help but wonder, what are people doing in this town on a cloudy Saturday afternoon that's better than watching Alana Beard play basketball?WASHINGTON, D.C.—Six banners hang in the rafters of the Verizon Center with the Washington Mystics logo. The banners represent the years from 1998-2000, and 2002-2004. The banners proudly claim "WNBA Attendance Champions". 2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the WNBA, and for six of those ten,
"I'm sure a lot of people picked Detroit and Connecticut to be dominant forces in the East, but I think if we continue to do what we're doing as a team we'll get our recognition, but we have to stay focused and consistent", says Beard, a 5'11" guard/forward, whose energy and passion and infectious smile should make fans in Washington D.C. conjure up images of Gilbert Arenas.
Beard, a third year player out of Duke, is currently leading the league in field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, and is 6th in the league in scoring, averaging 20.3 points per game. The Mystics are off to a 3-1 start, the closest of those contests being a 15 point victory.
Was Beard expecting a blowout against Detroit, the WNBA Champions of 2003, even without the Shock's injured star Cheryl Ford? Beard smiled.
"We expect to win every single game. You know there's going to be a dogfight every single time you step onto the court with the parity in the league being so prevalent. I think defensively we buckled down and had key defensive plays when we needed them. I can't say it was all our defense, you have to also credit it being an off-night for them", she added.
It was also an off-night for the shot clock, when at 8:05 in the third quarter, the game was delayed for 28 minutes when the overhead scoreboard went out. The game resumed using temporary clocks that were placed on the floor, with the actual scoreboard not coming back on until halfway through the fourth quarter. Both Beard and star forward DeLisha Milton-Jones, who led all scorers with 21 points, found the interruption more than a little distracting.
"Oh my goodness", Milton-Jones began, with a shake of her head. "It was very distracting. As players you get warm and you're in the game and you know the flow of the game and then it's a complete stop for ten, fifteen minutes, and it's really tough to get yourself back at that level", Jones said.
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As to the game itself, Milton-Jones credits the team's defense for holding the Shock to a less than 30% shooting percentage from the floor.
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Research is the backbone of Higher Education. Knowledge Management support must help people to identify and avail the opportunities for collaboration and sharing, articulate values, best practices and assimilate sharing knowledge as an everyday experience. To equip every faculty member with latest skills or expertise through various training programmes may seem a daunting task. Similarly every teacher educator cannot participate in all the training programme organized. This process can result in uneven acquisition of expertise by the various faculty members. The institution thus devised a mechanism whereby sharing of expertise would enrich every member of the faculty.
Thus the Research Cell was established with the objective of motivating and empowering every faculty member to hone their research skills by taking up research projects of prestigious National organizations of India like UGC, ICSSR, Balbharati and University of Mumbai, motivate them to publish their research papers in various National and International Journals of repute, encourage them to present research based papers in National and International Conferences and provide support to get involved into the institutional research also.
Research Publication
The members of the "Research Cell" had worked extensively for acquiring a registered ISSN (International Standards Serials Number) for its research publication and were successful in achieving the same. A Bi-annual registered publication titled "Hansraj Jivandas College's Journal on Futuristic Education" has many releases till now with an ISSN Number – 2349-8145.


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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the advanced next generation server operating system that is designed to provide a secure, reliable, and robust environment with maximized control over the infrastructure. It powers the next generation networks, applications, and web services through new Web tools, virtualization technologies, security enhancements, unprecedented availability, and management capabilities.
It helps in saving time, reducing costs, and increasing the technological efficiency and value of an organization with an ability to develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications. IPv6
Windows Server 2008 was called as Longhorn and in May 2007, Bill Gates announced its current official title. Its Release Candidate 0 was released in 2007 to the general public. Its official release to manufacturing will take place in February 2008.
Various editions of Windows Server 2008 are given below.
- Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x86 and x86-64)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 and x86-64)
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (x86 and x86-64)
- Windows Web Server 2008 (x86 and x86-64)
- Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and x86-64)
- Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Codenamed "Cougar") (x86-64) for small businesses
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (Codenamed "Centro") (x86-64) for medium-sized businesses
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (IA-64)
System requirements of Windows Server 2008 are given below.
As Windows Server 2008 is based on the code of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, it shares the same architecture and functionality. Besides inheriting the technical, security, management and administrative features of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 has many new features. Some of the important features are given below.
- Server Core – it is a scaled-back installation that has no Windows Explorer shell installed. The complete configuration and maintenance are done either through command line interface windows, or by connecting to the machine remotely using Microsoft Management Console. It does not include the .NET Framework and Internet Explorer.
- Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) – The existing Active Directory roles are expanded to identity, certificate and rights management services such as Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS), Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Active Directory Rights Management Services (ADRMS).
- Terminal Services -Terminal Services include TS Remote programs, TS Gateway, TS Web Access, and TS Easy Print.
- Windows PowerShell – It is the Microsoft's new extensible command line shell and task-based scripting technology.
- Self-healing NTFS – NTFS worker thread spawns in the background to perform a localized fix-up of damaged data structures with only the corrupted files/folders.
- Hyper-V – Implements operating system-level virtualization and partitions a single physical server into multiple small computational partitions.
- Windows System Resource Manager – It provides resource management through enforcing restrictions on the resource usage by a process that matches the criteria.
- Server Manager – A roles-based management tool to manage server and Security Configuration Wizard.
Windows Server 2008 offers many benefits and some of them are
- Better ability to deliver rich web-based experiences efficiently and effectively at lower costs
- Increased hardware utilization, optimized infrastructure, and improved server availability through virtualization technology
- Highly secure with many security innovations Most flexible and robust server operating system to date.
Windows Server 2008 and IPv6
Windows Server 2008 provides complete support for IPv6 and all of its features. There is no need for additional installation or configuration. Some of the changes to IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 are as follows.
- Dual IP layer architecture
- Automatic default installation
- GUI-based configuration
- IPSec Full Support
- Multicast Listener Discovery version 2 (MLDv2) support
- Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) support
- Literal IPv6 addresses in Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
- IPv6-literal.net names' support
- IPv6 over the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Dynamic Host Configuration for IPv6 (DHCPv6) support
- Random interface IDs
- Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) improvements
IPSec in Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 has the following improvements to Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).
- Firewall and IPSec Configuration – To provide an authenticating firewall, the Windows Firewall and IPSec configuration has been integrated into a single tool.
- IPSec Policy Configuration – IPSec offers an optional behavior while negotiating IPSec protection and helps to improve the performance of unprotected connections to hosts.
- IPSec for Domain Controllers – IPSec policy in the domain can be configured to request protected traffic, but not require it. Also it can be configured to require protected traffic for domain controllers.
- Load Balancing and Clustering Server – The timeout for a cluster node failure is substantially reduced and IPSec is more tightly integrated into the Next Generation TCP/IP stack.
- IPSec Authentication – IPSec nodes authenticate with a health certificate. They specify user-based or health based authentication during a second authentication. An additional level of authentication that is based on Kerberos credentials of the logged in user account, NTLM v2 credentials of the computer account, NTLM v2 credentials of the logged in user account, a user certificate, and a computer health certificate are also supported.
- Cryptography – Additional key derivation algorithms like Diffie-Hellman (DH) Group 19 and DH Group 20 are supported in main mode negotiation. Algorithms used for data encryption like Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with cipher block chaining (CBC) and a 128-bit key size (AES 128), AES with CBC and a 192-bit key size (AES 192), and AES with CBC and a 256-bit key size (AES 256) are supported.
- Communication Configuration -Many additional settings can be set to simplify traffic configuration. These settings include
- By application name -to simplify the protected traffic configuration
- All or multiple ports – to specify all TCP or UDP ports or multiple TCP or UDP ports
- For all addresses in a numeric range – to specify a range of IP addresses using a numeric range
- For all addresses on the local subnet – to specify a set of predefined addresses that are dynamically mapped to the set of addresses defined by IPv4 address or IPv6 local subnet prefix.
- For all wireless adapters – to protect traffic based on the interface type
- By Active Directory user or computer account – to specify the list of computer or user accounts or groups that are authorized to initiate protected communication
- By ICMP or ICMPv6 Type or Code value – to specify ICMP or ICMPv6 messages with values of the ICMP or ICMPv6 message Type and Code fields
- For services – to specify the exception to apply to any process or services
- Integrated IPv4 and IPv6 Support -IPsec support for IPv6 traffic is the same as that for IPv4, and can be configured using Windows Firewall or IP Security Policies snap-ins.
- Extended Events and Performance Monitor Counters – IPsec performance counters help in identifying performance and networking issues with IPsec-protected traffic.
- Network Diagnostics Framework Support-This extensible architecture helps in recovery and troubleshooting problems with network connections.


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The inaugural XTERRA Woolastook off-road triathlon near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on Sunday is the last chance for Canadians to pick up a spot to race in Maui's 20th edition of the XTERRA World Championship.
Winners of every division (10 year age groups 20-29, 30-39, etc…) will earn a qualifying spot into XTERRA Worlds and prize money will be awarded to the top three overall men and women in both the long and short course races (1st - $150, 2nd - $100, 3rd - $75).
There will also be a duathlon on offer and relay team divisions for all events, plus a bbq party after the races.
Woolastook is the seventh race in this year's XTERRA Canada Tour, presented by Muscle MLK.
"Thrilled to join the XTERRA Tribe and bring a race to our backyard," said race organizer Clifford Worden-Rogers, who is an XTERRA racer himself, about the inaugural event. "Athletes can expect a unique swim course that requires racers to navigate around a suspension bridge. The mountain bike course is comprised of single and double track through mostly shaded wooded areas of the park, and runners can expect a rolling course of grass and dirt trails."
For more info visit xterrawoolastook.com, http://xterracanada.com/, or write to info [at] xterrawoolastook.com.


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Buy Think Thin 20 Gram High Protein Bars Chocolate Fudge Flavor 2.1 Ounce Pack Of 10 Count Box Online Here
- 20 Grams Protein
- 240 Calories
- Gluten Free
Ingredients: Protein blend (whey protein isolate, soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, casein) glycerin, maltitol, coating (maltitol, cocoa butter, chocolate, sodium caseinate, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural flavors, salt), almonds, water, canola oil, chocolate, alkalized cocoa, soy lecithin, natural flavors, sea salt.
Think Thin protein bars can help prevent weight gain through carb moderation, eating salads as well as other reduced calorie vegetables. These nutrition bars are listed as having around 230 calories. They are covered in chocolate taste but are somewhat similar in taste to other "chocolate" flavored protein bars.
I desired to alter my preference for a healthy nutrition bar from an additional well-known (Clif) brand name as well so I decided to give these a try. I love that chocolate protein bar taste, as other protein bars have a pretty terrible chocolate taste.
The bars really feel like a brownie that has been shattered tightly with each other to make a long candy bar. I recommend keeping one of these in your fitness center bag as well as indulge in a bar or 2 after a good work out.
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This Delicious chocolate Fudge taste is one of my favorite in the Think Thin High Protein bars lines. My neighborhood grocery store has these but it's easier to order a few boxes of these online for a month's supply or so. The 20 grams of protein can go a long way towards replacing a meal or two each day.
A close friend's next-door neighbor resides in the desert southwest, so when he initially ordered these online last summertime, and it was more than 110 degrees Fahrenheit out, what he got was a total mess, so I told him to put these in the Refrigerator.
If you can keep these protein bars stored between 40 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, every bar you eat should be excellent. The nutrition bars themselves are smooth, damp and also crunchy, excellent in every way. If you have to order these during those hot summer days, I recommend having someone at home to pick up the box immediately as soon as it is shipped to your home.
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The Think Thin chocolate fudge tastes as great and is smooth as a chocolate sweet bar, yet there is no sugar or gluten in it. This is why healthy protein bars have exploded in popularity in recent years. It is satiating and also have the ability to replace meals you're on the run like me and have no time to cook a good meal. This protein bar is also tiny and compact, so it's easy to carry into a spare pocket or bag.
Another friend of mine is a type 2 diabetic and she loves these bars. The lack of of sugar (0 grams), plus no gluten and plenty of protein help immensely with her diet plan and doesn't trigger sugar spikes, though she is careful not to eat too many of these anyway and consults her doctor if there are any other health risks associated with eating these. Normally though, most of us don't have to worry about that. Since these bars taste similar to home made brownies, you'll get a kick out of eating these if you eat a bar or two with a little bit of ice cream.
You can buy Think Thin chocolate fudge protein bars online at Amazon because it's usually cheaper and more convenient to get these nutrition bars from there.


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Blood culture
The blood culture sample must be systematically done for any unexplained fever.
5.1.1 Conditions:
This sample should be done:
– preferably without the use of any antibiotic therapy
– aseptically, repeated and with a sufficient quantity (from 3 to 10 ml for the inoculation of hemoline flasks, and for BacT/Alert flasks 5 to 10 ml for adults and 2 to 4 ml in children),
– during fever spikes (38.5°C and above) or in hypothermia with infants (< 36°C).
5.1.2 Technique
18.104.22.168 Sample per syringe
– Turn off air fan if present.
– Wash hands with soap, and then clean them with alcohol.
– Clean the stopper of the blood culture flask with tincture of iodine and leave the iodine swab on the stopper.
– Place the tourniquet.
– Locate the vein.
– Clean the skin with tincture of iodine and then 70% rubbing alcohol.
– Prick the vein using the syringe and aspirate a sufficient quantity of blood for inoculating aerobic and anaerobic flasks.
– Withdraw the syringe and the needle; discard the needle in a hard sharps container.
– Place a new sterile needle.
– Inoculate the blood culture flasks.
– Mix by inverting the flasks (3 to 5 times).
– Label the samples and have them transported to the laboratory as soon as possible.
– Place them in the incubator at 37° C.
184.108.40.206 Evacuated tube collection system
– Use the large needle holder adapted for the blood culture bottles, and use a BD vacutainer sampling device with tubing (the latter facilitates changing the needle holder when other tubes need to be filled),
– prick the vein,
– let the blood flow into the bottle until it stops,
– label and have it transported to the laboratory for rapid incubation at 37° C.
NB: If the sampling is done with a syringe and other samples are taken with the blood culture, first fill the tubes and then change the needle before inoculating the bottle(s).
If an evacuated tube method is used for sampling, begin with the blood culture bottles before filling the other tubes.
When using the BD vacutainer sampling device with tubing, fill the aerobic bottle (so as not to transfer air contained in it) before the anaerobic bottle.
Introduction Sample manuel
List of laboratory tests
Consent forms
Sampling recommendations
Urine collection for urine microscopy and culture
First morning urine sample collection
Performing a pinworm or 'sticky tape' test
Pre-requisites for the Sims-Huhner test or postcoital test
Pre-requisites for a vaginal sample and Pap smear
Conditions for performing a urea breath test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori
Urines sample collection procedures
Bacteriological sampling procedures
Urgent sample
Skin and appendage samples
Subcontracted tests
Manegement of sempling incident
Manegemtn of blood exposure
Medical Monitoring form Medical
Sample sheet
Sample transport
Waste disposal
Additional tests
Sample storage


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The TTI platform has the ability to notify a user when a candidate interview has been submitted to the platform. The following will walk you through the ins and outs of setting up and editing these notifications.
Note: There are two ways to edit permission, on a per position or account wide basis. We will review both below.
Notification per position
1) Click on the desired position name from the 'Positions' tab
2) There are two areas that can be used to edit a user's notification settings. 'Assing To' and 'Subscribers'
- 'Assign To' will automatically add the user who created the position. By assigning the position to someone you are enabling notifications for this user. This user will be added to the 'Subscribers' section below. If you are creating the position and do not want to get notifications, remove yourself from the 'Subscribers' section by hovering over your name and clicking the 'x' icon.
- 'Subscribers' will list any user that is setup to receive notifications for this specific position whenever a candidate has submitted an interview. You can add additional people here by typing in their email, but they do have to have a TTI login to receive notifications. To remove a user's notifications hovering over their name and clicking the 'x' icon.
Note: Removing a user from either of these sections will prevent them from receiving any notifications about that specific position.
Account Wide Notification Settings
Account wide notifications allow a user to still receive notifications for positions but less often (without completely removing them as in the above). Editing your account wide notifications effects every position's notification settings you have been assigned to or added as a subscriber.
To adjust your account settings, please follow the steps below.
1) Sign in to the TTI platform, click your name and then click 'User Settings' as shown in the image below.
2) Once on the user settings homepage, select the 'Notification Interval' dropdown. From here you will be able to select how often you want to receive notifications for the positions you have been assigned to or added as a subscriber.


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Science shows that this mushroom contains an arsenal of cancer-killing compounds, with two specific polysaccharide complexes gaining the most attention in the scientific community: PSK and PSP. PSP has been shown to significantly enhance the immune system in 70-97% of cancer patients. PSK and PSP work by increasing the number of cancer-blasting killer T and Natural Killer (NK) lymphocytes in the blood.
In 2011, a seven-year clinical study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that Turkey Tail mushroom improves immune function when given daily to women with stage I–III breast cancer. The mushroom also has great potential in treating other cancers, including stomach, colorectal, lung, esophageal, nasopharyngeal, cervical, and uterine
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Searching for the right companion is tough, whether it's looking for a romantic partnership or even a business partnership. To help, New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center wants to hook up technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the state during their event, Networking at the Speed of Technology, Oct. 20 at The Game Bar and Grill in Las Cruces.
"This really is a unique opportunity," said Dawn Hommer, a business incubation specialist for the Arrowhead Center. "It's not easy to get an audience with venture capitalists. This kind of meeting can also be very intimidating, so we really want to be proactive in helping these companies."
Technology companies selected will have a chance to personally present an abbreviated version of their business plans and capital needs to leading venture capital representatives. The event's format will be much like the popular speed dating where companies will have three minutes to make their pitch and the venture capitalists will have two minutes to ask questions. Then a bell rings, and each company must move on to the next venture capitalist. An informal networking event with the participants and the general public will immediately follow the speed dates.
The deadline for companies wanting to take part is Sept. 10. Selected companies must attend two mandatory workshops from 8-10:30 a.m. Sept. 23 and Oct. 14 at the Small Business Development Center. The workshops are designed to help applicants refine their pitches and build confidence in their ideas. Full submission guidelines and application forms are available online at http://arrowhead.nmsu.edu/arrowheadcenter/techstart/venture-capitalist-speed.html.
"One thing companies will definitely walk away with is feedback, which is incredibly valuable," said Chris Keintz, director of innovation for Arrowhead Center's TECHSTART, which helps incubate technology companies. "Whether it's a good idea or a bad idea, whether the idea could be restructured in a certain way, these companies will find out during their meeting with these venture capitalists."
The event is sponsored by Arrowhead's TECHSTART Technology Incubator, in partnership with the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, the New Mexico Small Business Development Center and Arrowhead Center's Entrepreneurship Institute.
© 2013 New Mexico State University Board of Regents
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Aspyr: The Sims
Official site for the Macintosh version of the game.
Computer Simulation Games - The Sims
Courtney Marchelleta provides an annotated list of links to fan sites, resources, tips, tricks, reviews, and downloads including objects, wallpapers, roofs, and houses.
Die Thiefs
Aims to reduce download theft in the Sims site community. Includes profiles of known thieves, a forum, and a members guild.
Eternal Sims
A fan site with downloads, news, reveiws, links and much more.
Flaming Sims
A Sims-specific search engine and directory, tutorials for Transmogrifier and making paintings, and a range of downloads including walls, floors, objects, and skins.
Moon Sims
A central theme of living on the Moon in one hundred years' time ties together downloads, discussions, essays, and pointers to Luna-suitable material on other sites.
Sector 1: The Sims
Pyrofalkon presents articles about various issues and aspects of gameplay, and file downloads (without previews) including families, skins, walls, paintings, and houses.
Sim Art Studio
Offers free Geocities site design services for Sim-related sites.
Sim's Stash
Tutorials, cheat codes, screenshots from each game and expansion, and a selection of downloads including Where's Waldo skins.
Sims Plus
Cheats, original objects, skins, patches, and a collection of FAQS, produced by Maxis employees playing in their spare time.
Slink's Sims Collection
Sandra Linkletter offers data file structures, career tables, families with and without homes, homes with and without resident families, skins, wallpapers, recolored furniture, and illustrated stories.
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A list of wishes and proposed add-ons to future versions of the game.
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Includes strategy guides, cheats, utility and patch downloads, game FAQs, and descriptions of expansion pack features.
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Large, searchable database of user-created downloads, including skins, furniture, houses, walls, floors, roofs, and murals. Also has utility programs for download, lively forums, news, tutorials, and a knowledge database.
News, downloads from various artists, forums, and cheats. [May not work in all browsers.]
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Check out the Google doodle. Plus, a special Irish jig from Shaun the Sheep to warm your merry hearts.
Superhero learners in a modern learning environment. Parkvale School, Hastings, New Zealand.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
All the best of Irish luck from Rimu Hub!
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How to Set Up an Email Autoresponder in Aweber
An autoresponder is like a salesman that automatically pitches your leads without you having to life a finger. However, setting up an autoresponder in one of the most popular email management solution, Aweber, is often challenging and confusing. This video will show you how you can easily create an Aweber autoresponder that gets results. No technical skills required.
Video Transcript
Hey what's up everybody? It's Brian Dean from Quicksprout and in this video going to show you how to set up an autoresponder in Aweber. So once you have your accounts all set up and logged in, this is what you'll see. Your first step is to click the create and manage list button. And what that will do, it'll allow you to create a list of people that are actually going to receive your autoresponder sequence. So your next step is to click create a list. And by default Aweber gives you an ugly list name like this. Okay, so you want to make it something that's branded and that you can remember. Something like Quicksprout2.
Okay, something like that and you can give it a little description like Quicksprout newsletter. So then when people are about to unsubscribe it has a little description and maybe it'll entice them to actually not unsubscribe when they remember what it is. And then from your address and your contact you want to make sure that's all accurate and then a few want to receive notifications every time someone signs up, you can put your name and e-mail and you'll be notified but if you plan a really big list you definitely don't want this feature because you're just be notified like multiple times a day. Then click on save settings and that will take you to step number two which is where you can brand your e-mails.
Now you can do this with then the editor and that's actually what I prefer, but if you want these branded things to be automatically added to your e-mails you can add your company name, the URL and a little signature that will go on every e-mail. And then under social media sharing if you want to also tweet that you just sent out a broadcast, you can do that. But I find that to be a little bit pushy so I generally don't do that and most Internet marketers don't do that.
And then under global text snippets this is more an advanced feature and if you're going to be making a lot of changes to something from your business like if you have different hours or different offers, this is something you might want to incorporate. But if you're just going to have a basic autoresponder sequence with helpful information, this isn't something that you want to do. Then click on save settings…
Okay, so once the settings are saved click on confirm often. And this is the message people will receive when they opt in to your list. So you can modify this however you want and generally the one that's here, that's Aweber gives you is actually pretty high converting. Okay, but you can always change it like to whatever you want. You can insert the person's name if you have that as part of your e-mail opt in form. Their first name, their e-mail, whatever that you want to add.
But generally I just leave it pretty much like this and you can choose one of the pre-approved subjects that they give you which is basically different variations of confirm your subscription. Or you can create a custom one and you have to wait a day or so for Aweber to approve it and then you can just say something like this, we received your request, thank you just have to confirm an order to receive. Once you've done that click on save settings.
Okay, now if you want a success page which is not necessarily required but if you want a page that you sent people to after they confirm that banks them or give some the report that they may have signed up for, you can put the URL here. But that's not necessarily something you have to do. I'm going to click on save settings. Once you've done that your list is actually all set up and now it's time to create your autoresponder sequence.
So once it's all set up, hover over messages and click on follow-up series. Next click on the create your first follow-up button and when you do you'll be taken to the Aweber message editor and now going to walk you through the most important part of the editor and how to use them. So at the top we have the subject line and this is the subject line of the e-mails that your subscribers will receive and in general you want to make these benefit driven.
So especially for the first e-mail that people will receive after confirming, you want to put something like here's your free report if you did give away a free report in exchange for the e-mail or here are your free tips. Something like that so then they get into the habit of keeping an eye out for e-mails and opening your e-mails.
Now underneath the subject line is the actual body of your e-mail and by default Aweber gives you the sort of plain e-mail template and actually this is the template that most Internet marketers and e-mail marketers recommend. This is the one that I use because it's the template that's easiest to read on the most amount of browsers. Now if you want something a little more fancy than what they give you here, click on the blue templates button.
When you click on one it'll added here and that will obviously can be modified and it'll look a little bit more fancy than the plain one but it may not be able to be viewed ideally using different devices. Okay, so we're just going to use the plane one for this video.
Now in terms of the content, is actually very easy to add and modify. It's very similar to a WordPress post. So if you wanted to add something about why they should stay subscribed. Like why you should stay subscribed, right? Just type it in like that, you can hover over it, make it bold, make it bigger, change the font, whatever you want to do just like you would with then Word processor. So once you add all of the content that you want that's thanking them for signing up and reminding them why they should stay in your list and offering to be there for any questions, it's time to send out your test e-mail. Okay, to do that click on test and then put in the e-mail address you want to send it to and then click send test.
Okay, so you'll be surprised that even though it looks good right here you can get some funky looking e-mails in real life and in an actual e-mail inbox and especially links can be wrong sometimes. So you definitely want to test every e-mail before officially adding it to your autoresponder sequence. But if you go to check your e-mail and everything looks good, click on back, then click on settings. Okay this will determine when the e-mail goes out and in this case because it's your first e-mail, it goes out immediately after the person confirms. Okay, so that's automatic for the first e-mail and once that's done click on save and exit. And you'll get the message that your message has been saved and here is the first e-mail.
Now obviously you want more than one e-mail and your autoresponder sequence and in my experience, the easiest way to add them as not to click create another follow-up, it's just a copy the one that you already have. Okay, so just click copy and this will copy this template that you already set up for your next e-mail. Okay and this actually obviously copies the exact e-mail so you want to change the subject line. So three mistakes cake bakers make. Something like that, whatever your autoresponder happens to be about and then he added your content just like you would.
And now we need click the settings button at the top you'll actually have a few more settings. So the interval is how many days the e-mail sent after the first one. So you have your first one, this is your second one. So if you want to send it two days later you can put two or three or 4 or 9 or whatever you want to do, there are different opinions about what is best. So leave that to the experts, but I prefer to send about one a week but most people send him more often in the beginning and then would people get into the habit of opening them they make them less frequent.
So the second one he might put three days later and then as you add more e-mail make them eight or even two weeks later. Okay? And understand window if you want to send them between certain dates for times to increase your open rate, you can do that. So slide this to on and then you can choose only send them on Mondays or Tuesdays between a certain time. And the reason that works really well is because people are more likely to check your e-mail at certain times.
So if you send an e-mail on Monday morning it might get buried with another me most so you may want to make sure that's any afternoon. Okay? And then under click tracking this will track how many people click on the links within your message. Okay? That's important for conversion rate, optimization to see whether or not people are actually engaging with your e-mails. And once that's all set up click on save and exit.
Once that's done you'll see that your second autoresponder e-mails here and if you want you can always change the settings by clicking the edit button and if you want to switch them around you just drag one to the top of the other and it'll automatically switch them. Then if you want to add more click copy and change the contents within the e-mail and do the same thing. So that's all there is to setting up an autoresponder within Aweber. Thanks for watching this video and I'll see you in the next one.


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In August 2009, Jenna Isch opened the doors of her Lafayette, Indiana, Farmers® agency.
Jenna has earned the Farmers® New Business Award, as well as many other production awards during her time with Farmers®. She has qualified for the Toppers and Championship Achievement Clubs, which is awarded to the top agents nationwide. She has also been recognized locally. In 2010, Jenna was named on the "Top 10 Under 40" list by Tippy Connect Young Professionals. This award is granted to the leading young professionals in the Greater Lafayette community.
Since opening her Farmers® agency, Jenna has taken the initiative to become an active member of the Greater Lafayette, Indiana community, beginning with becoming a founding member of the Flashpoint Chapter of Business Networking International. She also serves on the Community Involvement Committee with Tippy Connect Young Professionals, as well as the Small Business of the Month Committee with the Greater Lafayette Commerce. Jenna is also a member of the Association of Women Business Owners.
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Our insurance team is passionate about providing you with all of the options you need to create a personalized insurance plan that meets all of your insurance needs.
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Our insurance team is passionate about providing you with all of the options you need to create a personalized insurance plan that meets all of your insurance needs.
· Personalized Insurance Plans
· Proactive Customer Service
· One Stop Shopping
As your Lafayette, Indiana, Farmers® agency, we believe in helping you stay informed about the variety of ways to protect what is most important to you. Whether you are in need of auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance, specialized coverage, or all of these things, we can help. We are dedicated to providing you with the best options for your unique needs and circumstances so that together we can select the best plan for you.
Jenna Isch has called Greater Lafayette home since 2008 but is a lifelong Indiana native. She was born and raised in the small northeast Indiana town of Decatur, where most of her family still lives.
Jenna is a Butler University graduate, and loves to cheer on the Bulldogs during basketball season, Go Dawgs!
Jenna lives in West Lafayette with her husband Andy and daughter Quinn.
In her free time, she enjoys going to concerts and visiting the local farmers markets and area festivals. She considers herself a foodie, and loves trying new local restaurants and interesting foods.
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If you walk into the Farmers® Insurance – Jenna Isch office, Cheryl Lucas is the first smiling face you will see. Cheryl started with Farmers® Insurance – Jenna Isch in July 2012 and currently is the Lead Customer Service and Sales Representative. Cheryl is a licensed insurance agent in both Property and Casualty and Life and Health insurance.
Cheryl grew up in Plainfield, Indiana, the oldest of four children and the only girl. Cheryl moved to Lafayette about 30 years ago to take the job of Program Chair for Computer Programming Technology at Lafayette's Ivy Tech Campus. She taught there for three years but left to go back to school full-time. Upon graduating from Martin University, she began an 18-year career at Purdue. As an extension of her Purdue job, she did some training for the U.S. Department of Education. After leaving Purdue, she worked for three other insurance companies joining the Farmers® family.
Cheryl has three sons, eight grandkids, and six great-grandkids! Cheryl lives with her dog Loki, a jack-rat terrier. She enjoys playing with him, reading Stephen King novels, watching reality TV and working logic puzzles. She and her friends often get together for WII bowling nights too. Cheryl loves to travel, and one of her favorite destinations is Washington D.C. She loves the museums, especially the Spy Museum and the Metro System.
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Melissa Brandt started with Isch Insurance Services in December 2014 and is currently a licensed customer service and sales representative. Melissa is licensed in Property and Casualty and Life and Health insurance.
Melissa is originally from Monticello, Indiana, and is a graduate of Twin Lakes High School. Melissa moved to Lafayette in August 2007 to attend Purdue University and graduated in December 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. After graduating, she worked at Staples in the Copy & Print Department and as a teller at Regions Bank before becoming an agent at Farmers® Insurance – Jenna Isch.
Melissa lives with her boyfriend, Brandon, and their cat Oreo. She enjoys hanging out with her boyfriend and their amazing friends, binge-watching Netflix and traveling as often as she can.
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Stevie Smith started at Isch Insurance Services in July of 2016 and quickly earned her Property and Casualty insurance license. Stevie works as a Licensed Customer Service and Sales Representative.
Stevie moved to Lafayette in 2010 to attend college at Purdue University, and has called this area her home for the last 6 years. She loves to do anything active especially outdoors. Some of her favorite hobbies include exercise, hiking, kayaking, and cooking.
Stevie recently got married to her husband, Austin, in February of 2016 and they live in West Lafayette with their pets. They love spending time with friends and family and also enjoy going to events in the community.
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Getting involved in the community is important for our team. Jenna is an active part of the Flashpoint Chapter of Business Networking International and the Community Involvement Committee with Tippy Connect Young Professionals. She serves on the Small Business of the Month Committee with the Greater Lafayette Commerce and is also a member of AWBO, the Association of Women Business Owners. She also enjoys volunteering with Food Finders Food Bank and Junior Achievement. Jenna and her family are also active patrons of local restaurants and area festivals and events.
The work environment at our agency is fast-paced and fun. If you are passionate about providing excellent, proactive service to help customers find the insurance options that best fit their needs, then you may be interested in a career with us. Contact us today to talk about joining our fantastic team!.
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It was the week that sent Twitter into a frenzy of gags about the royal pregnancy and the nearing of the Scottish referendum - and sometimes both:
@amanda_stand @HuffPostUKCom a man, too pic.twitter.com/XdLD3jpjr8— WestminsterByeBye (@WestminsterBye) September 8, 2014
And the week that Apple unveiled the iPhone 6:
Gosh the new iPhone 6 is big. Almost three times that of a human. pic.twitter.com/DzxUDpwif5— Tom McLaughlin (@_TomMcLaughlin) September 9, 2014
The Apple Watch:
Just bought one of them new Apple watches down the market: pic.twitter.com/8nbSG7RGoy— Harry Myers (@PeasOneDay) September 9, 2014
And a free album from U2:
My cat is sad because he woke up and found the new U2 album on his iTunes. pic.twitter.com/ifluPraIKe— WHY MY CAT IS SAD (@MYSADCAT) September 10, 2014
Yes, this week's round-up focuses on those big news stories - and trust us, there were some real gems about them all. Take it away, funny folk of Twitter...


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Recipe via bonappetit.com (Although I found this in the actual handheld paper version of the magazine. I can't be the ONLY one left who still subscribes to print magazines, right??)
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 4-ounce can or jar yellow curry paste
3/4 pound carrots, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
1 medium onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes (about 3), peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 13.5-ounce or 15-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
Chopped fresh basil and cilantro
Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add curry paste and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add carrots, onion, and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes.
Add potatoes, chicken, coconut milk, and 1 1/2 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Divide curry among bowls and top with herbs.
After searching a few different stores, I finally found actual curry paste at Whole Foods. Don't use pre-made curry sauces! You're making your own sauce in this recipe. Unfortunately, they didn't have yellow paste which the recipe calls for. With my smart phone in hand, I googled "yellow vs. green curry paste" and in short, the spice level of the green curry (which Whole Foods DID have) was higher.
I'm a huge chicken when it comes to heat so I only used 3/4 of the curry paste AND added a
dollop half a cup of Greek yogurt in the dish to tone down the spice. What I ended up with was a not-spicy-at-all curry dish, which was fine for me, but did nothing to help build my tolerance.
I think next time I make this (and I WILL be making this again, since I found YELLOW curry at a restaurant supply store!), I won't chicken out and I'll use the entire 4 oz. of curry paste and I won't add yogurt. I'll just be sure to keep a glass of milk on the side when I eat it.


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Steely Dan beats rap at Grammys
February 22, 2001
BY JIM DeROGATIS POP MUSIC CRITIC
Controversial rapper Eminem claimed three of four possible trophies Wednesday night at the 43rd annual Grammy Awards, but Grammy voters reverted to form and handed its most prestigious prize to a venerable rock favorite, Steely Dan.
"Two Against Nature," Steely Dan's first disc of new material in 19 years, edged out Eminem's multiplatinum "The Marshall Mathers LP" to claim album of the year honors as the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences made amends for overlooking the sardonic rock band for most of its career.
"We've been around a long time, it's nice to get one of these," said Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen as he accepted the pop vocal album Grammy during the live telecast from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. But neither he nor his partner Walter Becker commented on the Eminem upset when Steely Dan won album of the year.
Steely Dan won a total of four Grammys, including awards for best engineered album and pop performance by a duo or group with vocal ("Cousin Dupree").
Picking up his first Grammy of the night, Detroit-based rapper Eminem said, "First of all, I want to thank everybody who could look past the controversy and see this album for what it was--and also for what it wasn't."
He took home Grammys for rap album ("The Marshall Mathers LP"), solo rap performance ("The Real Slim Shady") and rap performance by a duo or group ("Forgot About Dre" with his producer, Dr. Dre). Dre claimed producer of the year honors for his work with Eminem and for his own solo album, "Dr. Dre--2001."
Running late as usual, the telecast ended with Eminem's much-anticipated performance with Elton John. It turned out to be an anti-climax; after so much fuss, the least we could have hoped for was a big wet kiss, but Elton and Em merely embraced from a distance of what seemed about two feet apart.
Along with Eminem, U2 also won three Grammys, including the prestigious song and record of the year for "Beautiful Day."
"It's a very unusual emotion I'm feeling right now; I think it's called humility," said U2's Bono.
In a surprising turn, Grammy voters favored the veteran Irish rockers over the teen-pop heroes and heroines who have been dominating the charts.
"Everything's been going great," said guitarist the Edge. "There's been some really great breakthroughs in science: the disposable mobile phone, the three-blade razor and the female Orgasmatron. And now this."
Country's Faith Hill also won three Grammys, including country album and female country vocal performance for "Breathe," and country collaboration for "Let's Make Love," a duet with husband Tim McGraw.
Shelby Lynne, a more rough and tumble country crooner, won the best new artist Grammy, though she herself noted that she was anything but a newcomer. "It took 13 years and six albums to get here," she said.
In a veiled reference to the Eminem controversy, Lynne added that she appeared at the telecast to represent nothing but quality music. Outside the Staples Center, more than 100 demonstrators protested Eminem's lyrics, which they consider offensive toward women and gays.
Although there were almost 100 categories this year, only a handful were handed out during the typically drawn out show.
Other awards presented on air included female pop vocal (Macy Gray, "I Try"), R&B performance by a duo or group (Destiny's Child, "Say My Name"), jazz vocal album (Dianne Reeves, "In the Moment--Live in Concert"), and Latin pop album (Colombian singer Shakira, "Shakira--MTV Unplugged").
Before the telecst, R&B star D'Angelo won R&B album honors for "Voodoo" and male R&B vocal for "Untitled (How Does It Feel)." "Say My Name" also brought Destiny's Child a second Grammy for R&B song.
Performances on the show were divided between celebrations of old-fashioned musicianship and high-gloss pop production numbers of the sort that propel MTV's "Video Music Awards."
The Grammys have been trying to emulate the flashier MTV show in recent years, with minimal success. But no one got naked or climbed the scenery on the Grammys, and host Jon Stewart was no Chris Rock.
Madonna kicked things off by bumping and grinding on a top of a glittery limousine, singing "Music" while doing an aerobic workout in a tight-fitting "Material Girl" tank top.
The multiplatinum boy band 'N Sync warbled its syrupy ballad "This I Promise You" in a high-tech number that found the teen heartthrobs appearing in color while the dancers onstage seemed to be in black and white.
Though Madonna and 'N Sync each were nominated for three Grammys, both acts were shut out in every category.
In front of a giant video backdrop that flashed colorful faux-Matisse paintings, Hill sang her countrified pop hit "Breathe."
If it wasn't lip-synching, Destiny's Child was at the very least electronically augmented. And Christina Aguilera failed to claim the Ricky Martin prize for her Spanish language performance, delivering a third-rate imitation of Mariah Carey or Celine Dion.
In contrast, a soulful and musically challenging performance of "I Try" by Macy Gray was one of the show's highlights.
U2 was inspired if understated while tearing through "Beautiful Day." But veteran rocker Paul Simon seemed to have just woken up from a nap.
Besides the Em 'n' Elton pairing, the Grammys had several duos that did click, including Shelby Lynne and Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton, and R&B singer Jill Scott, techno artist Moby and performance art troupe the Blue Man Group.
Duet makes lasting impression
February 22, 2001
COMMENTARY BY JIM DeROGATIS
Forget about all of the pre-Grammy hype. When Eminem and Elton John performed the hit "Stan" at the Grammy Awards telecast Wednesday night, they only succeeded in alienating fans.
The unlikely duet brought excitement to the usually starchy Grammy Awards ceremony; not surprisingly, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences took full advantage of the spot by saving it for the telecast's last 10 minutes.
But the stilted Em 'n' Elton duet was overshadowed by politics. Once again, the Grammys Awards got to have their cake (by generating controversy) and then eat it, too (by pairing the gay-bashing rapper with the flamboyantly gay pop star so that the academy couldn't be accused of being politically incorrect).
Nominated for four Grammys, including album of the year, Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" had been the subject of intense debate ever since this year's Grammy nominations were announced.
Detractors such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and vice presidential spouse Lynne Cheney accuse the rapper of glamorizing violence against women and homosexuals. But defenders claim that Eminem just reflects a segment of American youth, and that his critics miss his irony.
Meanwhile, the recording academy's president Mike Greene talked out both sides of his mouth during the telecast. Though he has branded "The Marshall Mathers LP" "repulsive," he worked hard to persuade the rapper to appear on the show.
Introducing the Eminem and Elton duet, he said, "It's important to remember that the academy is not here to defend or vilify, commercialize or censor art.
"People are mad and people are talking, and that's a good thing," Greene said. "It's through dialogue and debate that social discovery and progress can occur."
Outside the Staples Center, 100 people protested, but the Grammy producers didn't bother to show them on air or reflect their opinions. So much for dialogue.
Onstage, Em 'n' Elton performed a tune about a mentally disturbed fan named Stan who imitates Eminem by killing his wife. On the album, female folk singer Dido delivers the song's choruses. On the Grammy telecast, John sang her part, in his usually tuneless but typically hammy fashion.
What was in it for Elton? A ton of press, but surely no street or artistic credibility. The veteran British popster has been a sad opportunist ever since he rewrote "Candle in the Wind" after the death of Princess Diana.
"Elton John should be disgusted and ashamed of himself," said Scott Seomin, a spokesman for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
As for Eminem, who has rapped scornfully about awards like the Grammys, winning a bunch of prizes and then deigning to appear on air only gives fans ammunition to conclude that he's finally been played out.
For people who actually like Eminem's artless outrage, the Grammy telecast merely served as a signal that it's time to move on to something even cruder and more offensively knee-jerk.