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Attorney Renee Read is a strong advocate for her clients who takes a practical approach to representation. She explains the law to clients in a manner that is understandable and helps them make informed decisions regarding their legal options.
She has been recognized by several organizations for her excellence in divorce and family law. Attorney Read has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star four years in a row, which is reserved for no more than 2.5% of attorneys in each state. Avvo.com has given her the highest rating of 10 / Superb. Also, she has been recognized for her leadership within the community, having received the Fox Cities Chamber Future 15 award.
Throughout her career, Attorney Read has practiced law in many counties around the State of Wisconsin. She is currently primarily serving clients in the Fox Valley area, including but not limited to Outagamie, Calumet and Winnebago County.
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In my last blog "Are those SLA's a Fool's Bargain?" I explained the service level agreement, which you signed with your implementing partner after you implemented a new system. However, this partner will tell you that system updates are necessary, but that`s not always the case. So let`s see what options do you have.
System Updates
Okay, let's start with an example. Your phone asks you to update an app. You, against your better judgement, decide to do it. Guess what… after the update, the app changed and it all got a lot more complicated or it's less fun. It's different. And yes, some new cool features were added. But did you really need those? Now you have to spend some time getting to know how does it work exactly.
Maybe this example is a bit exaggerated and the time spent in getting to know the app again is not that significant. But imagine if this app was a multi-million dollar ERP system with hundreds of your employees using it and your day-to-day operations depending on it. Think of all these people needing to learn about the new functions in the system. Also your implementing partner will constantly bill you for all those hours spent in keeping your ERP environment up to date. This way you will keep spending a lot of money on a system that was already working as it should.
Now don't mix this up with maintenance. In order to create a stable ICT environment, maintenance is a must, updates however, are not.
Of course there are a few exceptions to the rule, some changes might require you to update the system. For example:
– Your Business is going in a new direction, requiring new functionalities.
– Or your new projects require some new functionalities.
Your Options
Now the main goal is to always keep your AX system running smoothly, that's what you want right? Well (un)fortunately there isn't one perfect way to do so. Some systems might need updating because of the changes listed above. But that same update might make another system perform worse or conflict with the custom work you have integrated in your system. All ways lead to Rome (or in this case only three) you can create an Evergreen environment, an Affordable Evergreen or a Stable Evergreen. Listed below is their meaning:
1. The first one is an Evergreen situation in which you always make sure you do all system updates and have the newest technologies, cost doesn't matter. This might be necessary if your company is in a changing and technology demanding situation. If your system is custom built this option is going to be a costly one, because the update might conflict with the custom work.
2. The second option is an Affordable Evergreen. Here you check if the cost of the system updates is worth it in comparison to what the updates will bring you. If it`s not, you don't do the updates and your system will continue to perform as it did.
3. And the Stable Evergreen option. You decide beforehand that you won't do any system updates at all. You are satisfied with your current system and you know your business won't change drastically in the next years.
What option is best for your AX system depends completely on your company's situation. Now I advise you to really think about what option you are going to choose, think about where your business is going in the future. If you choose the right path you might save yourself a lot of money and time. In some cases you might even save yourself a million dollars, but I will show you how this is possible in my final blog on this subject so stay tuned!
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Taste the Count's dishes in the City of the Counts. Let the table buckle under the weight of juicy meats, fresh vegetables and excellent wine. Learn the Count's toasts in Celje's restaurants.
Stari Pisker restaurant
The Stari Pisker restaurant welcomes the stubborn meat eaters and gourmands among you to a culinary experience with delicious meat and ripened steaks sizzling on an open fire.
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A la carte restaurant – Hotel Evropa
This hotel restaurant is famous for their freshly baked bread, delicious à-la-carte dishes and select wines recommended by their house sommelier.
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(WISCONSIN) — In response to Donald Trump's announced visit to Wisconsin next Thursday, DPW Veterans Caucus Chair David Boetcher released the following statement:
"Whether he's threatening to slash funding for Wisconsin's Truax Field to pay for his wall, defanging loan protections for veterans, or insulting Gold Star families, Trump has broken his promises to veterans and our military. This trip is another desperate distraction from a president haunted by his failed coronavirus response and a toxic economic agenda that gave a handout to rich corporations while leaving Wisconsin families to face 12% unemployment. Wisconsinites look forward to replacing him with a fierce advocate for servicemembers and their families in Vice President Joe Biden."


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January 6-9, 2013 Asilomar, California
The ability to statistically and visually compare and contrast brain image data from multiple subjects is essential to understanding normal variability and differentiating normal from diseased populations. Most neuroimaging studies now include a diverse array of data types such as cognitive measures, biosample data and genetics. Taken together, these data present numerous challenges to creating usable databases, coupled analytics and efficient dissemination. Furthermore, these data pose considerable demands on storage, network and computational infrastructure. This talk describes the concerns that must be dealt with to maximize the value of data contained in databases. The problem is particularly acute when the ultimate goal is the synthesis of atlases, the creation of models and statistical comparisons across different cohorts. Data coming from multiple sources, subjects, protocols and devices must either be treated or described sufficiently to make it comparable. Legacy data presents unique problems as an accurate history may be unavailable. Newly acquired data affords the opportunity to create detailed metadata but must be extendable, as needed, to accommodate pre-processing and other data manipulations. The ever increasing size of emerging databases also poses challenges for automation and direct linkages between data archives and processing procedures. Examples of these and related issues will be illustrated in applications with several consortia and projects.
A good example of these and related issues is the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). This is a large national consortia established to collect, longitudinally, distributed and well described cohorts of age matched normals, mci's and alzheimer patients. The dynamic changes that occur in brain structure and function throughout life make the study of degenerative disorders of the aged difficult. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly. It results from the abnormal accumulation of misfolded amyloid and tau proteins in neurons and the extracellular space, ultimately leading to cell death and progressive cognitive decline. The consequences of this insult can be seen using a variety of imaging approaches. Perhaps one of the most sought after goals in the study of this degenerative disease is an imaging biomarker that is sensitive and precise to these neuropathological changes. Further, the objective is to enable reliable detection of these changes as early in its progression as possible, hopefully prior to behavioral and cognitive manifestations.
Arthur W. Toga is a Distinguished Professor of Neurology and University Professor at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). His research is focused on neuroimaging, informatics, mapping brain structure and function, and brain atlasing. He also studies cerebral metabolism and neurovascular coupling. He was trained in neuroscience and computer science and has written more than 700 papers, chapters and abstracts, including eight books. Recruited to UCLA in 1987, he formed and directs the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging. This 120-member laboratory includes graduate students from computer science, biostatistics and neuroscience. It is funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health grants as well as industry partners. He has received numerous awards and honors in computer science, graphics and neuroscience. He is Associate-Director of the UCLA Brain Mapping Division within the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Associate Dean, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Associate Vice Provost for Informatics and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal NeuroImage and holds the chairmanship of numerous committees within UCLA, NIH and a variety of international task forces.


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Camp Kalahari is a return to the traditional safari style of the old explorers. It is one of the best ways to experience the Makgadikgadi Pans, in a fresh and affordable way. It is the ideal camp for those who want fun, comfort, style and adventure. The lodge accepts children of all ages so is an ideal location for a family safari. Furthermore, Camp Kalahari has ten Meru style tents: Seven twin tents, two double tents and one family unit. All guest tents have en-suite covered bathrooms, hot and cold running water, four post beds, rich textiles, Moroccan kilims and hot water bottles in winter.


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Following on from William's previous introduction to The Drive Home IV, here's how day one went.
Even on its best day, Houston is a driver's nightmare. Mix in 24 hours of steady rain with nowhere to drain, and America's fourth largest city becomes one giant concrete birdbath.
It seems it's now part of The Drive Home tradition to begin our annual January trek to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit with a "Hundred Year" meteorological event, but despite last year's Bomb Cyclone projections, we've never felt more anxiety than during rush hour traffic in Space City. A brief excursion to sponsor Casa de Montecristo reaffirmed the need to avoid the overstressed expressway and return The Drive Home to the lazier backroads of America.
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Assessing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Related Diseases in Selected Schools in Musanze District, Rwanda
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Poor water supply, lack of adequate sanitation, and bad hygiene practices with attendant diseases are killing many people each year in developing countries, including Rwanda, and children under the age of five are the most vulnerable. The research assessed students' hygiene attitudes and practices, sanitation practices, knowledge on related diseases, knowledge on sources of clean water, and knowledge on causes and prevention of selected WASH related diseases.The study also investigated water availability for drinking and sanitation, and sanitation facilities in schools. A total of 1173 students was selected from a population of 2900 students for the survey.Six teachers and six school directors also participated in the survey. Respondents were selected from three rural and three urban schools. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). From the results, it was noted that students' attitudes to hygiene in rural and urban schools are the same as they all agree on the necessity to wash hands after visiting the toilet and before eating. The level of concern for hygiene is higher in urban schools than in rural schools and the practice of using latrine for human faeces disposal is not common across both rural and urban schools. Also students' knowledge on diseases related to contact with human faeces in both rural and urban schools is not the same as urban students have more knowledge than rural students while tap water was mentioned to be the major source of clean drinking water for students in rural and urban schools. The students in both rural and urban schools have no knowledge on the causes of Shigellosis and trachoma. However, they have tittle knowledge on causes of Diarrhea, Cholera, Malaria, and typhoid and generally, they have little knowledge on the prevention Shigellosis, Trachoma, Diarrhea, Cholera, Malaria, and typhoid. It was observed that water shortage was a common issue, though water supplied in school was physically clean.All the three rural schools faced water shortage while only one school had this problem in urban center. All schools are supplied through the municipal water system with 66.7% iv claiming low supply pressure. All schools visited have pit latrines which are improved sanitation facilities and the toilets were clean. However, in all schools located in rural areas, there were no hand washing facilities and no soap, while in urban schools, hand washing facilities were available, but with no soap. The school authorities are to device programs which will specifically educate students on the importance of washing hands after using the toilets, washing hands and raw food before eating and on the causes and prevention of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases. Full water supply and sanitation coverage in schools, monitoring of implementation of UNICEF/WHO WASH guidelines in schools and dissemination of WASH related diseases message in health centers, clinics and hospitals after treating WASH diseases related patients is recommended.


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The Importance Of Designing Healthcare Platforms that Users Actually Enjoy
Dutch scientists from the University of Twente, published an extensive systematic review of internet-based health interventions, and to what degree adherence could be explained by persuasive system design. They were therefore not interested in the actual content of the interventions, but rather how persuasive the platform was for the user.
To judge "persuasive design", they used a framework of validated elements of persuasive design, called PSD. PSD looks at elements relating to:
Primary task support - This includes ways of guiding the user through the platform by allowing them practice, clarifying next steps etc.
Dialogue support - This measures to what degree the user can actually converse with the system, obtain praise, remind them of certain behaviors etc.
Social support - This includes elements where the user can get in contact with others within the platform, or get real emotional support for certain issues etc.
After reviewing and observing about 80 intervention studies within this framework, a whopping 55% of the total variance in adherence rates, could be explained by the degree of persuasiveness within the platforms. This could be interpreted as saying that a major reason why people drop out internet-based health interventions, are due to the way in which platforms are designed rather than the actual content in them.
With this in mind, there is a strong incentive to produce online interventions that actually appeal to users, and not simply blindly trust ones "expert advice".
Kelders, S. M., R. N. Kok, H. C. Ossebaard, and J. E. W. C. Van Gemert-Pijnen. 2012. "Persuasive System Design Does Matter: A Systematic Review of Adherence to Web-Based Interventions." Journal of Medical Internet Research 14 (6): e152.


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We have it integrated into our incident management system. We also have it integrated into a homegrown alerting and monitoring solution, where it does some automation and self-healing behind the scenes.
We are working on an email integration for our service desk, similar to how xMatters themselves have it set up.
It provides incident notifications, subscription notifications, etc.
We use it for triggered tasks or events. Whenever a high ticket is created, it automatically notifies whomever is on call for the ticket that is assigned to a particular group, which was really one of our first use cases for it.


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Freestyle / Flatland Skateboarder
Guenter Mokulys (Germany)
Tony Medina (Spanien)
Türi Zoltan (Ungarn)
Horand Thönges (Germany)
Albert Kuncz (Ungarn)
Kevin Harris (Kanada)
Lillis (Schweden)
Kilian Martin (Spanien)
Sebastian Heupel (Germany)
Fabio Jaspion (Brasilien)
Witter Cheng (USA)
Matheus Navarro (Portugal)
Eddie Haack (Germany)
Andy Timmreck (Germany)
Rene Shigueto (Brasilien)
Kilian Martin, Coconut Wheelie
Kilian Martin. Over the Truck.
Kilian Martin, 50/50 (Karate Kid). Der Spanier lebt zurzeit in Oceanside-Kalifornien, hat ein Pro-Deck-Model bei der Firma Powell. Er verbindet Freestyle skaten mit Streetskating und dadurch entstehen richtig schöne Skateboard-Videos. Schaut hier: Blank Canvas
Rene Shigueto Freestyle / Flatland Skater aus Brailien.
No-Hand 50/50
Impossible to Truck
Primo Slide
One Skateboardco // Matheus Navarro
Toni Medina aus Barcelona (Spanien)
Videos von Toni aus Oceanside (Kalifornien) und Barcelona.
My name its Turi Zoltán.
Hungaryan freestyle skateboarder.I starting the skate in 2004.
When i hawe time, i makeing freestyle shows/demos in Hungary and Germany.
Here its my results:
2005 Budapest Hungary Global Attack freestyle contest 2th Place
2006 Samsung Tour Freestyle Contest 2th place
2009 Paderborn World Cup 10th place
2011 Paderborn world Cup 2th place
2012 München Rocket Freestyle contest 4th place
2012 Paderborn Freestyle World Championship 6th place.
Bye Türi Zoltan.
Lillis saw a skateboard for the first time in his life 1977 and knew that moment that he wanted to be a skateboarder. It took him however one complete year to convince his parents to buy him a skateboard. Finally, the summer of 1978, Lillis stepped on his very own skateboard. Why skateboarding attracted him he has no idea of, he just knew that it was something he had to do, something that was already a part of his life. These days he talks about the freedom, the creativity, the expression of one's self through skateboarding, integration of body and mind and pure and crazy fun. But back then in the late 1970's, it was simply his destiny. And still is.
Lillis also has an intense interest in acting and is part of a local theater group, Skokloster Teatersällskap, where he trained under the guidance of swedish actor and director Willy Tappert. Lillis has had the lead roles as Lars Hård in the play "Lars Hård" by Jan Fridegård and as Mascarille in "The Pretentious Young Ladies" by Molière and Jean in August Strindbergs "Fröken Julie".
His debut in front of the cameras was for the pilot of "1251 – Folkungarnas tid", where he is portraying the 1300th century Swedish king Knut den Långe.
Summer 2011 Lillis had one on the lead in the independent short movie Svartmunkarnas Krönika – Codex Dei, working with famous swedish actors Per Ragnar and Kim Anderzon
Being a fan of Star Trek, Lillis is happy to have landed the role as the android Commander Andrew in the Norwegian fan based Star Trek movie Gatekeeper. Filming is scheduled for 2013.
Lillis is also a very creative web and graphic designer. He goes to great lengths to come up with the perfect balance between form, function and simplicity. Webside: www.stefanlillisakesson.com
Contests highlights
1st World Championships 2011, Sweden
1st World Championships 2000, San Fransisco
2nd World Championships 2007, Canada
2nd World Championships 2006, England
2nd World Championships 2005, Brazil
2nd World Championships 2003, Germany
2nd World Championships 2001, USA
3rd World Championships 2008, Brazil
1st Reverse Freestyle Open 2003, Sweden
1st European Championships 2005, England
1st European Championships 1987, Sweden
1st SKF Euro Cup 1990, Sweden
1st Chit Challenge, New Jersey 2001
1st LA Barrio Games, Los Angeles 2001
1st Swedish Championships 15 times
1st Swedish Cup, several times
2nd NASS 2009, South and West, England
2nd Grand Prix Trocadero 2008, Paris, France
2nd Summer Classic 2008, Glendale, USA
2nd Venice Beach Contest 2010, USA
3rd All Japanese Sk8 Contest 2012, Japan
3rd World Cup 2010, Paderborn. Germany
3rd World Cup 2009, Paderborn, Germany
Guinness World Records
The longest One wheelie (manual) on flat: 39 meters
The longest One wheelie (manual) on flat: 68 meters, 54 centimeters. Most Dogwalks in 1 minute
Nominated for Freestyler Sk8er of the year, 2010.
Hall of fame
Inducted in the Freestyle Hall Of Fame 2008.
Shows on television Sponsors
Rampljuset Reverse Freestyle
Guinnes Rekord-TV Tracker Trucks
Adrenalin, TV4 One Off
Edge TV, ZTV E's
Melodifestivalen Future Clothing
Lilla Sportspegeln
Talang 2009
"Rotary 100 Year" (the Swedish King in the crowd). Stockholm Water Festival BMX Skolshow
Ad Agency Leo Burnett/McDonalds Piteå dansar och ler Svenska Actionlandslaget
Vivodagarna, Gröna Lund amusement park Luleåfestivalen Headspin
Cykelns Dag, Karlstad JC Easy Giving Festival
Vättern runt Neosport
Vätternfestivalen Showtime
Friskis & Svettis Swatch Rad tour
Several shows at discoteques Other:
Shows at schools, hopping malls, festivals, clothing stores,sports stores, shoe stores, trade shows & more
360° Kickflip One-eighty Fingerflip 50/50
Freestyle Skateboarding at Skatepark Ultrabowl, Malmö-Sweden. Skater: Kevin Harris and Lillis.
Kevin Harris
Kevin Harris aus Kanada.
Albert Kuncz
Vear of Birth: 1986
Home: Öskü / Hungary
Sponsors: Never Enough Skateboards, Decomposed Skateboards, Withered Skateboards, Khiro Skateboard Products. And my secret friend from Netherlands.
Years skating: Started on 15th October in 2002.
Skateboarding influences: Most of the time unique tricks from each riders, the trick what you can se just from one person.
1 time 2nd in a Hungarian Contest
6 times Hungarian freestyle skateboard champion.
I won three other freestyle skateboard contest in Hungary.
WFSA Cyber World champion in AM category 2006.
European cup Germany AM category 1st place (Paderborn) 2008. World cup in Germany AM category 1st place (Paderborn) 2009.
World cup in Germany AM category 2nd place (Paderborn) 2010.
World Championship in Sweden PRO category 4th place (Malmö) 2011.
What is Skateboarding for you. The way how I express my self, the way how I communicate.
Starsky in San Francisco
Starsky aus Berlin (Germany)
Andy Timmreck, No-Hand 50/50
Andy Timmreck, No-Hand 50/50
Andy Timmreck, No-Hand 50/50
Skateboarder, Gustavo Santana from Rio de Janeiro (Brasilien) I am 19 years old, I started skating at age 13. really like to practice freestyle skateboarding, it's a pretty cool sport. My idols are rodney mullen, gunter mokulys, per welinder, kevin harris, etc..
Fabio Jaspion, Freestyle / Flatland Skater aus Sao Paulo, Brasilien.
Flatland - Skateboarding. Witter Cheng vs Guenter Mokulys. Filmed by Witter Cheng. Elko – Nevada. USA.
Eddie Haack, der Künstler bei den Skateboardmasters
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Global UV Water Purifiers Market report is the latest offering that examines the short-and medium-term economic and profitability outlook for the market. To determine these factors, the research determines the performance across different product categories and regions. Then, the UV Water Purifiers market report serves statistical analysis regarding key factors including the major drivers, challenges, opportunities, and restraints that are expected to have a substantial effect on the progress of the UV Water Purifiers market. The report also highlights market entry strategies for various key companies functioning in the market. Different graphical presentation techniques such as charts, graphs, tables, and pictures have been used while making the UV Water Purifiers market report.
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The UV Water Purifiers Market Report covers an analytical view with complete information on product representations, sales, and revenue by sector, including manufacturing cost breakdown, industrial chain, market effect factors. The Global UV Water Purifiers market size will grow from USD in 2021 to USD by 2031, at estimated CAGR values. The overall market for UV Water Purifiers represented generally high development manufacturers.
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Vern worked various jobs; however, he retired from APC Paper after 25 years.
Vern's favorite pastime was fishing with his daughter, Kimberly, who shared his passion. Vern enjoyed gardening, specifically growing flowers. He also enjoyed feeding his wild bird friends. He loved spending time with his family and friends around his chiminea.
He was predeceased by his mother.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy; daughters, Sherry Muskelly of Castonio, NC, Kimberly Sapp of Claremont, Stephanie Downing and husband, Greg of East Wallingford, VT; sons, Joshua Spraigue of Claremont, and James Muskelly of Claremont; sisters, Darlene Muskelly of North Carolina, Shirley Barnes of North Carolina; stepfather, James Crawford of North Carolina; granddaughters, Chantel and Kirsten; grandsons, Jayden and Kyra; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
As per Vern's wishes, he will be cremated and there will be no services.
There will be a celebration of his life on May 5. Place and time will be announced at a later date.
Donations may be made in his name to Bayada Hospice P.O. Box 1590 Norwich, VT 05055
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The pencil cactus plant is in the Euphorbia [1] family of succulents. Another common name for the plant is Milkbush due to the cloudy sap it releases when injured. Be cautious when caring for a pencil cactus; the sap is toxic and may cause problems in some people. The pencil cactus needs high levels of light and moderately low moisture. It is an excellent houseplant and provides an interesting silhouette. Let's learn how to grow pencil cactus in your home.
The pencil cactus is a large plant native to Africa and India. The plant is ideal for sunny warm spots indoors or greenhouse [2] growing. Care of pencil cactus is minimal. Euphorbia tirucalli, or pencil cactus, is a tropical plant that may become 30 feet (9 m.) tall in habitat.
The stems are slender and slightly toothed with no obvious foliage. The branches are the diameter of a pencil, which give rise to the name. The new growth on the ends may be tinged pink and have tiny leaves which disappear as the branch matures.
A pencil cactus needs very little care and can even be neglected if it's planted and situated correctly. The soil must be slightly gritty and well draining [3]. The container to use could be an unglazed pot which will allow excess moisture to evaporate.
Euphorbia plants are quite adapted to limited fertility environments, and care of pencil cactus requires only one fertilization in spring. Full sun [4]and temperatures of at least 65 F. (18 C.) or warmer are necessary when learning how to care for a pencil cactus.
Pencil cactus is easy to grow. It will need water approximately every two to three weeks in summer but no water in winter. Allow the plant to dry out between irrigations.
Care must be taken when caring for a pencil cactus to avoid the sap. Even eye protection is necessary because the pencil cactus plant produces a toxin that can cause an anaphylactic reaction. In most cases it can be cleared up with antihistamine but occasionally more severe reactions occur and are difficult to clear.
Pencil cactus is very easy to propagate with cuttings. Great care must be taken when harvesting and planting these to avoid the sap, but the cuttings will root readily. You will need small pots, a soilless medium [5] to prevent rot and pathogens and a misting bottle. Take cuttings [6] with a sterile razor blade and let them dry for two days to form a callus. Insert the cuttings into the medium at least an inch (2.5 cm.) deep and mist.
Caring for a pencil cactus cutting requires low light and slightly more moisture than fully established plants. Once new growth commences, gradually introduce the plant to higher light and reduce watering. The cactus will hit your ceiling in just a few years, so don't be afraid to prune it and use the cuttings to make new pencil cactus plants.
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Paper Nautilus is a print literary journal that publishes poems, short stories, and flash fiction. They also have a yearly chapbook contest for writers of all genres. This review will cover the journal and then discuss the chapbook prize.
It is free to submit to the journal, but a small fee is charged for the chapbook contest, it is also good to keep in mind that poets they publish in their journal will probably receive preferential treatment when it comes to the chapbook contest.
Keep that in mind, so that if your work is accepted by Paper Nautilus this year, you might want to submit to their chapbook contest next year, even if you are not ready to do so now.
Paper Nautilus accepts around ten percent of the work submitted to them. It takes them around three months to respond to submissions. The print journal itself is beautiful to look at.
They are a print journal, but you can get a good feeling for the work they publish by visiting the featured work section of their site. That is where they post some of their favorite work that has appeared in the magazine
The work they publish tends to be narrative with strong images. They also tend feature a lot of metaphors.
They accept up to five poems at a time. Fiction can be up to 6,500 words in length. They also accept "aphorisms": Stories that are no longer then 150 charioteers in length. They ask that you do not submit more then once per submission period.
Paper Nautilus uses the standard submission manager, Submittable. You use the same submission manager to submit your chapbook to the Vella Chapbook Contest.
A chapbook is a small book with a limited print run (under 500). The contents of a chapbook can be reprinted as part of a larger book later on by another publisher. Most poets start out with chapbooks, but regardless of what you write, it is a good way to get your work out there.
The chapbook contest is open to poetry, fiction, and mixed- or hybrid-genre works. The manuscript must be between 16-24 pages in length. Thematically linked work is encouraged.
It costs $11 to submit a manuscript for consideration. The deadline of August 15th is fast approaching, but if you have a chapbook ready to go it is well worth submitting. A prize winning chapbook is a valuable thing to have written.
This is the third year of the chapbook contest, so it already has an established reputation.
In conclusion Paper Nautilus is a good place to submit to because they are established and eclectic. Also if your work is accepted by Paper Nautilus you are putting your foot in door for the chapbook contest.
For more information on the contest visit this page: https://papernautilus.submittable.com/submit/21067. Visit the home page for more information on Paper Nautilus in aligner: http://readpapernautilus.wordpress.com/


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A US flight heading for Germany has been forced to divert to Dublin due to a medical emergency.
United Airlines flight UA907 from Chicago to Frankfurt diverted to the capital after a passenger fell ill.
Passengers were expected to arrive at 9:45am in Frankfurt but will now face delays after the plane touched down at Dublin Airport at 6:45am.
The AIRLIVE Twitter account first reported the diversion this morning.
Brendan Grainer also took to Twitter to report the medical emergency.
He posted: "United Airlines flight UA907 (Boeing 777 N796UA) from Chicago (ORD) to Frankfurt is diverting to Dublin due to a medical emergency."
The condition of the passenger is not known at this time
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To millions of people out there right now, Black Lives Matter.
To a handful of others, however, this may be true…
… but they also want to make it clear:
People make mistakes! You can't cancel everybody and everything! And besides, what are we supposed to watch during this stupid pandemic if every reality star on TV gets the axe?
This is a long, confusing way for us to report that a number of Vanderpump Rules fans have started an actual petition to get the fired Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute back on the air.
The pair, of course, were fired by Bravo earlier this month due to some seriously effed up behavior in 2018.
Schroeder and Doute admitted to calling the cops on their African-American colleague, Faith Stowers, after simply hearing that a black woman was wanted for a crime.
This woman was not Stowers.
The fallout for both Stassi and Kristen has gone beyond their roles on this long-running series, too.
The former has seen her tour canceled and her podcast dropped from all platforms, while the latter has lost a book deal.
Both are reportedly devastated over the firing, and now some supporters are out there trying their hardest to win Schroeder and Doute their jobs back.
But it won't be easy.
A petition has been started on Change.org that is titled "Bravo to bring Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute back to Vanderpump Rules" and which opens as follows:
This petition is about the firing of Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute from Vanderpump Rules for their behavior and actions towards a former castmate.
While no one condones this behavior, we also believe their actions were not racially motivated.
The document goes on to state that numerous social media accounts have been set up in defense of Stassi, which proves her popularity.
Continues the petition:
This country, and the rest of the world are finally understanding that bias exists in all of us. To fix systematic racism and to heal, we need to have conversations, educate ourselves, listen, learn, and do better.
The creators of this petition consider it an example of a conversation we all should be having – and they go on:
The event that took place over two years ago, was not ok.
The actions by Ms. Schroeder and Ms. Doute were out of ignorance.
But if we have learned anything during these last few weeks, it is that these hard conversations need to be had.
Firing these cast members for something that happened years ago, is more harmful than helpful.
The pregnant Stassi, for her part, has apologized for her actions.
"I am grateful for the people in my life that continue to check me and push me to evolve into a more educated person…
"What I did to Faith was wrong. I apologize and I do not expect forgiveness," she said in a statement on June 7.
The petition creators see this as a step toward progress and think it's an example of why Stassi should return for Season 9.
The plea for Stassi's reinstatement continues:
Many of us are now realizing that we have biases we never knew existed, that some of our actions and words were harmful or hurtful to our friends, neighbors, and communities.
Ms. Schroeder and Ms. Doute have recognized this as well and moving forward, it is our hope that Bravo / NBCUniversal re-hire them to show what can be done when those in privileged situations, learn from their mistakes.
It is our hope, that Bravo/NBCUniversal give both these women the opportunity and chance to make things right in front of an audience of over 1 million viewers.
It is our hope that these women, who reflect the very people in this country and the majority of Bravo viewers, can be given a moment of grace to learn.
As of this posting, 23,797 people have signed the petition.
It concludes by saying "this is a teachable moment for all of us, and it is a moment Bravo and NBCUniversal can still make right."
Its authors then go on to quote poet Maya Angelou, who would undoubtedly have loved to have been used in this context:
When we know better, we do better.


text: It's been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America's public health agency continues its emergency response to the most complex Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola, however, is far from the only critical mission CDC undertook this year. CDC reviews its responses to the 10 most important public health challenges of 2014.


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Vitamin D Supplementation Practices during Pregnancy and Infancy among a Sample of Muslim Women in Ireland and Saudi Arabia
Document Type
Theses, Masters
Master Thesis
Master thesis
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Publication Details
Successfully submitted for the award of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) to the Technological University Dublin, 2013.
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone, a group of fat-soluble pro-hormones, which encourages the absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorous. The requirement for the nutrient is high at particular stages of the lifecycle especially during pregnancy and infancy. Severe vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may increase the risk of developing preeclampsia and gestational diabetes in pregnancy and rickets in the child. While vitamin D supplementation has been a policy recommendation in Ireland since 2007, at the time of this study, it was not a policy recommendation in Saudi Arabia. The present quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy as well as to infants 0-3 years of age among Muslim mothers living in Ireland and in Saudi Arabia. Seventy seven Muslim mothers living in Ireland were recruited from the Islamic Culture Center of Ireland while one hundred and twenty one Muslim mothers living in Saudi Arabia were recruited from three hospitals in Makkah. Only 28.6% (22/77) of the Irish cohort mothers and 7.4% (9/121) of the Saudi mothers had taken vitamin D supplements during their pregnancy. While 62.3% (48/77) of the Muslim mothers in Ireland and 37.2% (45/121) in Saudi Arabia were aware of the recommendation to give a daily vitamin D supplements to their infants until they were one year of age just 49.4% (38/77) living in Ireland and 13.2% (16/121) from Saudi Arabia did so. While a majority of mothers living in Ireland (53.2%; 41/77) and Saudi Arabia (37.2%; 45/121) were spending more than 30 minutes a day outside, protective clothing that completely cover the body was worn by the entire sample (100%), sunscreen was used by 44.2% (34/77) in Ireland and 53.7% (65/121) in Saudi Arabia. Poor vitamin D supplementation practices are evident among Muslim mothers and infants both in Ireland and Saudi Arabia. To improve this situation, mothers should be educated about the importance of vitamin D during pregnancy and infancy.
Recommended Citation
Khadrawi, I. : Vitamin D Supplementation Practices during Pregnancy and Infancy among a Sample of Muslim Women in Ireland and Saudi Arabia. Master Thesis, Technological University Dublin, 2013.
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Master thesis


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ISO 3016 - Pour Point
We perform testing by ISO 3016 to determine the pour point of petroleum products and the lower pour point of fuel oils and heavy lubricant base stock.
We also perform pour point testing by ASTM D5949, ASTM D97, DIN 51597, and IP 15. These different test methods use different instruments or procedures or are used for certain sample types. Click on the test method number to learn more about each test.
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You can learn more about this test standard, or purchase a copy, by going to the website for ISO - the International Organization for Standardization.


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Charlotte, NC
Salary: $470.00 to $770.00 /week
Black Diamond Lawn Service LLC is seeking an entry level landscape worker. This position will assist the landscape technician on all properties.
To fit in at Black Diamond you must be friendly and have excellent customer service.
The ideal candidate will be hardworking, dependable and punctual.
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Origin: United Kingdom
Genre: Folk Metal Pagan Metal
Label: Godreah Records
Year: 2011
Wolves of Avalon is a new band created by Metatron of The Meads of Asphodel. He always wanted his pagan celtic metal ideas to take a form, but not in his main band. So it was actually a matter of time for this band to be born. After seeing the final line-up of this release and especially the guest appearances of Rob Darken (Graveland), Verst (Instinct), Roibéard Ó Bogail (Mael-Mordha), Magnus O. Wohlfart (Yggdrasil), Petra Jadrná (Cruadalach), Arvid Vermote (Krigavar), and Rob Wakefield (Aurora-Project) it was like we are having an all-star pagan metal band! In 2011 the band released its debut album "Carrion Crows Over Camlan" with Godreah Records, so let's take a listen to what they offer us.
The similarities in their sound with The Meads of Asphodel are obvious from the first minutes, despite the fact they actually move in another genre. Maybe it's the characteristic and so distinctive vocals of Metatron that give this impression, or the fact that they play on the same slow-to-mid tempo. Apart from that, we deal with a very interesting and original album! The use of folk instruments and violins and their decision to built a stronger and more solid atmosphere throughout the whole album give Wolves of Avalon a quite different "personality" than Meads. The orchestrations are very rich and you can discover so many different details each time you listen to a song, something that makes this album better and better with time. Some of their melodies especially in "The War Song of Beli Mawr" and "The Siege of Badon Hill" are simply magical and breathtaking! It's not easy to write more, since their music is very distinctive and can't be contained in the typical metal genres. It generally belongs to the pagan celtic folk metal, but with a more sorrowful, theatrical, almost tragic mood that results in a dark medieval epic atmosphere. Metatron's vocals are mainly brutal, with his characteristic narrations from time to time, but there are also clean male and female vocals, as well as many guest singers. The concept of the album is about the Arthurian age, seen through a more historical and less mythical prism. It mainly deals with the battles between Britain and the German invaders and focuses on the british victory at the battle of Badon Hill around 500 AD. The album is dedicated to Quorthon, as mentioned in the booklet…
"Carrion Crows Over Camlan" is a great album, totally recommended for fans of Meads of Asphodel, or pagan metal fans, who want to listen to something different than the typical sound of the genre. Wolves of Avalon is a new refreshing and different proposal in this overcrowded scene that deserves your attention. You can visit their label's site for more details, or their myspace page to get a first taste of their music.
Rating: (9/10)
The Wolves of Avalon @ Myspace
Originally published on HeavyMetalCosmos


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Bringing your idea to life, starts by communicating your idea to prospective backers. This guide is designed to help you write up your proposal and in the process maybe learn a bit more about your project than you did when you started. The JumpStart Greece community from all over the web will be thrilled to hear about your creative and innovative idea, how you plan to make a difference and how your project will help create new jobs in the Greek economy. We welcome you and we are happy to assist you in any way to bring your idea to life.
Project Creator Manual
Let's Get Started
Your project can involve a creative and/or innovative business idea, the development of an app, software, a game, designer clothes, music, a theatrical play, the writing and publishing of a book, a documentary or film, a community need, an athletic need and many many more. Remember, projects are only limited by your ideas, but you must keep your project organized, showing backers a clear and attainable goal.
So let's go through all the "Tabs" in the "Project Creation" area, so that you can get a clear understanding on how to put together your project plan:
Project Basics
In this section you get the opportunity to provide the prospective backers with a brief description of your project. So make sure that your are clear and provide enough detail for a potential backer to be able to understand your idea how you plan to implement it.
- Project Title: Chose a title that best describes your project. Remember that this title will be used to communicate your project all over the JumpStart Greece community and will be the first part of your project that potential backers see. So make sure that your title is smart, catchy and conveys a clear message to the backers.
- Start & End Date: In these two cells, you can enter the start and the end dates of you "Funding Period". Make sure that you set the Start Date at least five (5) working days after you submit your project for approval, so that our project support team has enough time to review your project. If you are not a NPO, an athlete or seeking to fund a social need, when setting your "Funding Period" you should not extend the period for more than 60 days. The short "Funding Period", will tell potential backers that you are confident of your success, it will force you to speed up your efforts to reach as many people as possible from your community and will motivate potential backers to back your projects
- Featured Image: Chose an image that best represents your project (image, company logo, etc) and uploaded by dragging and dropping it in the box area. Remember that as with the project title, the Featured image will be the first thing potential backers see and will follow your project throughout its "Funding Period".
- Project Short Description: Imagine that you are trying to tweet to someone your idea. Your short Project description, should be as condense as possible, but contain all the necessary information needed by the potential backers to get interested in your project and want to learn more.
- Project Category: From the drop down menu select a project category that best describes your project. This will help potential backers interested in certain project categories to find your project easier and compare your project with others of the same category.
- Company Location: From the drop down menu select a location were your company or you are located.
- Project Location: From the drop down menu select a location were your project will be located. This may or may not be a different location from the previous "Company Location". The selection of a location plays a significant role in our algorithm, as it will send potential backers projects from areas they have expressed an interest to primarily fund. So, by listing the area you will be bringing your idea to life, you are increasing your reach in the JumpStart Greece community and your probability of successfully raising your "Funding Goal".
- Are you?: Another interesting piece of information, is who are you? In this drop down menu you will have the opportunity to inform potential backers what type of entity are you (individual, entrepreneur, NPO, company, etc). This information is not only valuable to potential backers, but also to our algorithm that calculates in the "Funding" tab the donation tax obligation you may or may not be obligated to pay. So it is very important that you identify yourself correctly, so that we can best estimate if you are subject to a donation tax and what amount you will be required to pay.
- Will your project be Supervised?: This piece of information is a significant JumpStart Greece innovation in the crowd funding industry. The supervisory function was created in order to add to the project additional credibility with prospective backers, increasing the probability of the project being successfully funded. Being "Supervised" by a professional will force the Project Creator to stay the course, avoid making mistakes usually made by first time entrepreneurs and complete his project according to his project plan on time..
While at this point you only need to indicate "Yes" or "No", be aware that at the "All About You" tab, if you have indicated that your project will be supervised, you will need to have your "Supervisor's" CV in order to upload it, together with his/her email address.
All About You
Backers are willing to fund a project, but they want to be sure that the great idea presented to them is the brain child of a competent individual. They want to know who you are, what have you achieved or done so far in your life, if you have a community of friends that are willing to support you and any other piece of information that can convince them that you successfully bring your idea to life.
In this section you will have the opportunity to provide prospective backers with this type of information:
- Profile Photo: Drag and drop a picture of yourself or your team. Make sure that it is a picture that best depicts you and your professionalism.
- Project Creator's name: This is were you enter your name (not your username), so that potential backers know the real name of the person who's project they will be funding.
- Brief Teaser CV: In a single paragraph try to introduce yourself and your team, what have done up to now, what is your project about, how did you come up with the idea and especially why do you feel so passionately about it.
- Upload your full CV: Create a PDF file of your full resume and upload it by dragging and dropping it in the box. Make sure that it highlights your strengths, what have you done so far and what are you interested in doing in the future.
- Upload your Supervisor's CV: Create a PDF file of your "Supervisor's" full resume and upload it by dragging and dropping it in the box.
- Social Media & Website Links: Funding a project requires the participation of hundreds if not thousands of backers. That is why, backers want to know that you have a large enough community that increases your possibilities of successfully funding your project. We have provided you with three boxes, where you can input your social media urls.
- Facebook: Go to your Facebook page, copy your url and then paste it in the Facebook box.
- Tweeter: Go to your Tweeter page, copy your url and then paste it in the tweeter box.
- Website: Having a personal website or having created one for your project, is a great way to build credibility. From your website, potential backers can read more about your project, your plan and who you and your team are. So copy your url and then paste it in the website box.
When providing the information above, make sure that the information is truthful, clear and easily understood. If you are describing something technical, think that most of your potential backers may not be technically savvy people. So you need to present your thoughts in an easy to understand way.
Project Plan
In this tab, you are given the opportunity to thoroughly present all aspects of your project. You should be able to explain your project in simple terms, answering any possible questions that may have been asked of you, if you were being interviewed. Most importantly, this is the section were you need let potential backers know why you are passionate about this project and why you will be successful.
- Number of New Jobs: The number of jobs that your project will create if successfully funded, is the core of the JumpStart Greece mission. This is a required field. Through your project, you must be able to create New Jobs, even if those new jobs are yours and your teams.
In the most part, your project plan will be composed of text that you will elaborately present your idea and your goals. However, a project is more than words. By using video, images, power point presentations and graphs, you will be bringing you idea to life and make it more interesting for potential backers to learn more about your story.
- Project Video Link: Videos are the best way to present your work, yourself and your team and to give potential backers a real insight into your project. Your video does not need to be professionally done. Some of the most appealing and interesting videos, are those made by you and your team. Once you have created your video you need to upload it to YouTube, copy the url of your YouTube video and paste it in the "Project Video Link" box. For more information on how to upload a video to YouTube, please look to our blog "Uploading a Video to YouTube"
- Project Description: This is where you give a long presentation of your project. Be as descriptive as possible, avoid repetition and keep your text as interesting as possible. Highlight the advantages and the strengths of your project, what will be the benefit once it is completed and who will it be good for. Describe your product, social or sport action in detail, indicating key milestones on the project road map. Include pictures, gifs and graphs, in order to enrich your text and make it more interesting. You can either type your text directly into the text box, or copy paste your text from a Word file.
- Product Image: Please insert here (drag and drop) or copy from your files a picture of the product you will be creating. Make sure that the picture is of good quality and present your product well. Remember that frist impressions are very important and this picture of your product will be the first thing that prospective backers will see.
- Insert your Audio File: If you have a sound clip, an advertising jingle or you are a musician looking to fund your music, drag and drop you audio file in the box or import it from your files. Make sure that the audio quality is good so that you can have the maximum effect.
- Development Issues: In this text box, you need to describe in detail all issues that could delay the production of your product. For example, supplier late deliveries, design issues, etc.
- Pricing: This is where you need to enter the price or the range pf prices you will be selling your product.
- Target Markets: Describe your customer profile, the geographic area(s) you will sell your product and how you intend to commercially reach those areas.
- Project Risks: In this text box, you need to describe one by one all the possible risks associated with your project that may prevent you from completing your project plan as described above. Be truthful and through, providing the solution you will implement in the event that such a risk actually materializes. This will add credibility and confidence in you as a Project Creator as well as your ability to have a plan ready to overcome any faceable obstacle that may cause the project to fail.
- Cash Flow Analysis: You need to create an Excel spreadsheet that will outline all the items you will be spending the money you will receive from the backers. This will provide prospective backers with a clear understanding of were their donations will be spent, so that they can better evaluate the credibility and the success potential of the project. Use graphs to better illustrate your point. Once you finalize your spreadsheet, upload it by dragging and dropping it into the Box, or selecting it from your files.
The "Funding" Tab, is designed to assist you in identifying the exact amount you need to set your funding goal at. The algorithm that we have developed takes into account all the expenses associated with your project and computes your Funding goal. The algorithm, also takes into consideration your "Status" and computes the "Donation Tax" you are subject to under the Greek Tax Law. Caution must however be given by the Project Creator to assure that they are or are not subject to a donation tax.
- Funding Needed: This is where you enter the amount you require to raise in order to bring your idea to life. After you type in the amount, please click anywhere on your screen, so that the system knows that you are finished.
- Bank Fee: This amount is automatically calculated and estimates the amount that the bank will charge you for the credit and debit card transactions it will perform in order to collect your donations. This fee is charged only if the funding of your project is successful.
- JumpStart Greece Fee: This is the fee that JumpStart Greece will receive only if the funding of your project is successful.
- Greek Donation Tax: This is the tax that you are obligated to pay the Greek Tax authorities upon receiving the funds from JumpStart Greece. You are responsible to pay this tax if the funding of your project is successful and only after you receive the funds from JumpStart Greece. However, this is the Project Owner's obligation toward the Greek government and JumpStart Greece in no way has, will have any responsibility toward the Greek government if this amount is not paid by the person responsible.
- Funding Goal: Once you enter the amount you require to fund you project, in the "Funding Needed" cell, the platform will automatically compute for you all the above outlined expenses and will add everything up in order to compute your "Funding Goal", which is the amount you need to raise, if you are to receive net (after deduction of expenses and donation tax) the "Funding Needed" amount.
If you would like to change your "Funding Needed" amount and recalculate the "Funding Goal", just enter the new amount in the "Funding Needed" cell and click with your mouse anywhere on your screen and our platform will recomputed all the amounts.
Once you finalize the "Funding Needed" amount, just move on to the next "Tab" and the platform will understand that the calculated "Funding Goal" is the amount you will be asking to raise during the "Funding Period".
The information provided in this tab will allow us to confirm your identity and to have the necessary bank information required to transfer you the funds after the "Funding Period" is over, provided the project is successfully funded.
- Email: Please enter the email address you wish us to communicate with you for all administrative and funding issues.
- Mobile: Please enter your mobile number. We will only call you during business hours, to confirm your identity. We will never call you at an inappropriate time and we will never give your mobile number to anyone else.
- Name of Funds Recipient: Please provide us with your full name as it appears on your Bank account.
- Bank Name: Please provide us with the name of the bank you would like us to transfer the funds.
- Bank Account (IBAN Number): Please provide us with the complete IBAN number of the bank account you wish us to transfer the funds.
Backers are generally motivated by many reasons. They may be inspired by the project creator's new idea, believe in helping others in their beginnings, wish to contribute to a good cause, or they may simply like the rewards offered by a project. If you decide to offer rewards as a way to attract prospective backers, deciding on the Reward(s) you will be offering, the pricing and the amount of rewards offered, becomes a very important to the success of your funding goal.
JumpStart Greece offers you a complete set of tools, with which you can create and offer rewards that suit your specific needs.
- Number of Levels: Enter the number of different Reward Levels you wish to offer. For example, for the first Reward Level you may offer 1 piece of your product for a €20 donation, in the second Reward Level you may offer 3 pieces of your product for €45, and so on.
- Reward Title: Enter here the 'Title' of your reward. Try to make it catchy to the eye and interesting. To each Reward Level you need to assign a different "Title" so that backers can distinguish between your Reward offerings.
- Reward Price: When pricing your rewards, you need to remember that prospective backers are always weighing the value of your reward, compared to the monies you are asking them to donate. So be fair in your pricing. Try to put yourself in the backer's position and think if you would accept an offer like the one you created
- Reward Limit: Specify the exact quantity of the reward you are offering at each Reward Level. Try to make it interesting and spark some competition among prospective backers, for example create a limited edition and offer only a certain quantity to the first 100 backers that donate over €25. Limit your quantities at each Reward level, so you do not get caught having to fulfill numerous orders you cannot manage.
- Reward Description: Provide a brief (keep it short) description of the Reward you will be offering. Try to make the reward as interesting as possible for the backers in order to attract their interest. Always ask the question, would I donate this amount of money in order to receive such a reward? Remember that your reward can be anything you like, a copy of your book, a unit of your product, software, video game, a CD with your music, an autographed picture of you winning a competition, drawings made by children supported by a social need and many others.
- Reward Long Description: Provide a detailed (long) description of the reward you are offering at each Reward level. Inform prospective backers what are the expect delivery dates of the rewards. Make sure you give yourself enough time, in the event that there are delays with your project. Once you have a clear idea of your rewards, inform the prospective backers, if shipping is included, or they would have to pay for the shipping separately from the donation they will make to your project. Backers tend to prefer not to have to pay extra, so it is advisable that you include in your pricing of the reward and the cost of shipping.
What to do after you upload your project?
Promote, Promote, Promote
Regardless of how good and appealing your project is, in most cases, the majority of your support will come from your immediate circle (family, friends) and the community you have built over the years on social media. It is therefore important that you are very well prepared with a promotional action plan, which you will execute during the "Funding Period".
Prepare an Action Plan:During the time that you are preparing your project plan to be uploaded, it is equally important to prepare a detailed "Action Plan" that will include all the promotional actions you will do, in order to increase your social media reach and get as many people as possible interested in your project. Your action plan should include the following:
- Promotional actions need to be daily, and spread throughout the "Funding period".
- Create a list of all people that are close to you that would be interested in helping you fund your project. Start contacting them as soon as you upload your project to allow them time to review your project.
- Write an interesting and catchy presentation to post in your Facebook page, prompting your Facebook friends to look at your project. If you have a webpage it would be a good idea to connect your Facebook page with your webpage, so that your Facebook friends can click over to your webpage and see your work. If you do not have a webpage, you should include the url link of your project on JumpStart Greece. This will allow your friends to go directly to your project and review it.
- Write 4-5 different tweet and have them ready to tweet them once your Funding period begins.
- Send a personalized email with the url link of your project on JumpStart Greece included, to all your email contact list, informing them about your project and asking for their help to fund it. Remember to keep the text short. Stick to the main points, what is the project about, why are you passionate about your project, how many new jobs will it create, is it supervised and by whom.
- Create a list of all social medias that are relevant to your project and that you can post a brief presentation of your project on them (Facebook pages, blogs, LinkedIn pages, etc). Make sure that the media you select are as relevant as possible, for example if you are creating a video game, you need to identify and post you project on media that video game players frequent on, so that they can learn about you're a video game idea.
- Remember to always keep your Facebook and Tweeter communities informed on how your funding is going, how many days are left and how much monies you still need to raise. This is a good idea to do during the last 20 days of funding. If your community sees that you are close, it is very possible that they will help you achieve your goal.
How to promote your project once it is live (Start of Funding period)
- Get help from your friends: get your friends involved in helping you spread the word. The bigger the amount you are asking for the more help you will need to spread the word out as fast as possible and as wide as possible.
- Meet the Press: By accessing the press you can quickly and easily get your project known and increase your social media reach once the post you on their websites. Before you embark to meet the press, first do your homework. Use Google to see how the primary reporters are, covering areas that include your project, which newspapers, magazines, blogs or other media do the write for. Make a list and try contacting them with a teaser and a link to your project on JumpStart Greece, to get them excited and curious about your project. If your project is "Supervised" and your supervisor is a well know professional or business person, mention his/her name and try to set up an interview.
- Tweet, Tweet, Tweet: Use Tweeter to get in touch with reporters. Tweet reporters about your project, what it is for and without being too pushy send tweets on a regular basis but not in short frequencies. Always include a link to your project on JumpStart Greece, so that they can review your project.


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Wendy's recently announced a new vegetarian option to is menu: the Spicy Black Bean Burger. Instead of including some sort of faux meat or patty to evoke the real taste of beef or chicken, the fast food mainstay is opting for a burger with two types of protein instead: black beans and chickpeas.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is adding opulence to the Ram brand with the most luxurious pickup ever, the Ram Limited Tungsten Edition.
Among its features, the truck industry's first use of a suede headliner, Natura Plus Frost and Indigo leather seats and touch surfaces, and genuine wood trim all over. Outside, there's a new sport hood, body colour pieces to create that premium look, and tungsten grille.
"The new Tungsten Edition is an example of how Ram directly responds to customer input by offering the industry's most luxurious pickup," said Mike Manley, Head of Ram Brand, FCA – Global. "Premium truck buyers will recognize the attention to detail, surrounded by quality materials."
Over the nine years since Ram was launched as a standalone brand, truck buyers (and heavy-duty truck buyers, in particular) have grown the luxury truck market with their desire to have luxury-class amenities and materials without giving up on the hard-working capabilities that can't be had in a luxury car.
Applied to the Ram pickup, records show that 40% of the Ram 3500 Heavy Duty sales are in one of the brand's three luxury trim levels.
Tungsten slots in above the Limited level, expanding on the latter's features-list with, in addition to the items listed above, Indigo carpet with rubber floormats and snap-out Frost and Indigo fabric inserts, satin finished wheels borrowed from Limited (as is the "R-A-M" grille design), black surround around the headlights (borrowed from the Sport model), and R-A-M lettering across the tailgate.
The truck will come in Bright Silver Metallic, Bright White, Brilliant Black Crystal, Delmonico Red Pearl, Granite Crystal Metallic, Maximum Steel Metallic (1500 only), Pearl White and True Blue Pearl.
Functional features include an air suspension (on the 1500), 8.4-inch touchscreen for audio and navigation, remote start, rearview camera, power adjustable pedals with memory setting, heated leather steering wheel, heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, and Rambox on the select Heavy Duty bed.
Available in 1500, 2500 and 3500 (including duallies), Crew Cab or Mega Cab, short and long-wheelbase models, in rear-wheel or 4-wheel drive, the 2018 Ram Limited Tungsten Edition will go on sale in fall 2017.


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Istanbul Basaksehir won the Turkish title for the first time on Sunday, ending the dominance of the city's big three clubs Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas.
Basaksehir, formerly the Istanbul municipality team established in 1990, captured the title following a 1-0 win over Kayserispor. Second-placed Trabzonspor were beaten 4-3 by Konyaspor. Between them, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas have won the Super Lig title 54 times but they were unable to compete on this occasion.
The club possess a number of familiar names who have played in the Premier League, including Gaël Clichy, Robinho, Martin Skrtel and Demba Ba. It was Clichy who created the winning goal with a fine run down the left, before pulling it back for Mahmut Tekdemir to slot into the corner.
There was some further drama on the night as the lights went out in the stadium with around a quarter of the match left to play. Luckily, power was restored and the match was completed, allowing the celebration to begin.
Basaksehir, who became only the sixth club to win the Super Lig title since its inception in 1959, top the standings with 69 points, seven ahead of Trabzonspor with one round left.
The club have come close to winning the league in recent years, finishing second twice in the previous three seasons but falling just short. The big three have huge fan bases while Basaksehir have few supporters to fill the stands in their 17,000 capacity stadium.
Their name was changed to Basaksehir in 2014 when they moved to a new stadium in the Istanbul district of the same name, a stronghold of President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP). The then-Prime Minister Erdogan played in the club's orange kit in an exhibition match to mark the occasion.
The campaign is not over for the newly-crown Turkish champions, as they have one league game remaining, in addition to the Europa League. They currently have a one-goal lead from their first leg against FC Copenhagen and could face Manchester United in the next round if both progress.


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4. Where is Leah Lewis from?
Leah Lewis is Chinese-American. She was born in Shanghai, China and was adopted from an orphanage when she was just eight months old. Her non-biologically related younger sister Lydia was adopted from the same orphanage. Leah and Lydia both grew up with their parents in Gotha, Florida. She spent time between LA and Orlando as a teenager with her mum and moved to LA on her own at the age of 19. [@leahmlewis via Instagram]


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A new scheme, part of a programme of activity, to increase Scotland's investment in innovation and contribute to an additional £80 million of Research and Development (R&D) spend in Scotland over the next five years, was been launched yesterday with the signing of its first strategic agreement with leading global oil and gas firm, Statoil.
Statoil Technology Invest (STI), a 100% subsidiary of Norwegian company Statoil ASA, has formed a strategic partnership with Scottish Enterprise to help encourage more companies to invest in early phase development projects using their combined support.
This new approach, which has been successfully delivered in Norway for over 20 years, aims to encourage larger companies to work more closely with SMES to deliver better, more- improved solutions to meet their operational challenges.
It is one of a number of new initiatives being delivered by Scottish Enterprise to help increase Scotland's GVA by £1.5 billion.
Scottish Enterprise Chief Executive, Lena Wilson, said:
"Investing in innovation can make the difference between a successful business and a world leader. That's why we've enhanced our R&D support to help more companies invest in developing new products, processes or services by working more closely with their customers.
"This is our first strategic partnership to support innovation projects in Scotland – the first, we hope, of many. We want to develop a change of culture in Scotland that sees more large companies demanding innovative solutions from the Scottish SME base. Delivering more projects of this nature will also increase the likelihood of successful commercial outcomes for SMEs, leading to increased exports and competitiveness.
"In 2012/13 we awarded in excess of £2.7 million of innovation funding to the oil and gas sector, supporting 53 projects. STI's experience of a similar scheme in Norway makes them the perfect strategic partner to help increase and improve the number of projects we deliver in Scotland each year."
STI provides expert technical and financial guidance as well as project based or venture capital funding to companies developing solutions that meet the operational challenges faced by its parent company, Statoil ASA.
Head of STI, Richard Erskine, said:
"Statoil is always looking for new technologies to find more oil, increase production, or improve operational efficiency. Scotland has a strong tradition in developing new oil and gas technologies and we believe this partnership with Scottish Enterprise will enable us to more effectively work with small technology companies to commercialise and implement their ideas."
Gunnar Breivik, Managing Director of Statoil Production UK in Aberdeen, also welcomed the agreement. He added:
"We are stepping up our activities on the UK Continental Shelf. After establishing ourselves in Aberdeen, we have been able to witness the inventiveness of the local industry cluster at close range. Hopefully this collaboration can stimulate ideas and cost effective technologies that meet challenges both locally and globally."
Both organisations were joined yesterday in Edinburgh by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney, to witness the signing of the agreement.
Mr Swinney said:
"I am delighted to welcome the launch of this new partnership between Statoil and Scottish Enterprise. It will see Scottish Enterprise work with Statoil to provide support and encourage more Scottish SMEs to invest in research and development projects.
"Innovation is critical if we are to maximise recovery of the remaining reserves in the North Sea and this project demonstrates the Scottish Government's commitment to a sustainable and certain future for the oil and gas sector. I am confident this scheme will deliver in Scotland just as successfully as it has in Norway."
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'Right to work' zones debated for Delaware
Republicans in the General Assembly are targeting Delaware's labor unions with a new proposal to create right-to-work zones in Delaware, setting aside areas within the state where workers could decide for themselves whether to join or financially support a union.
It's the latest attempt by Republicans to keep the focus on Delaware's job market, which has been slow to recover from the recession and is now heavily weighted toward low-wage jobs. The proposal is politically polarizing, with opposition coming from union leadership and Gov. Jack Markell.
Sen. Greg Lavelle, R-Sharpley, an architect of the plan, says the proposal is "about encouraging manufacturers to come to Delaware with limited risk to the taxpayer."
Building support for right-to-work would be a tough sell in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly, but Republican leadership in the Senate and House are united behind the plan. Current Delaware law does not allow workers in union workplaces to opt out of joining a union or paying dues.
Republicans pushing the proposal are targeting Fisker Automotive's empty factory on Boxwood Road as a test site for right-to-work in Delaware, a blue state that has traditionally boasted strong unions with deep political influence.
Fisker received $20 million in state economic development grants to reopen the factory, once owned by General Motors, but the plant remains idle as the California carmaker winds its way through bankruptcy toward a sale to a firm backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li.
Sen. Tom Carper and Gov. Jack Markell have expressed doubt that Fisker's electric cars will ever be built there. Under terms of a proposed sale agreement, Li has the option to exclude the Newport-area factory from his purchase of Fisker's assets.
Busting union influence on Boxwood Road could make it easier to bring a new manufacturer to that site, Lavelle says.
"We have the Fisker property winding its way out of bankruptcy," he said. "It shouldn't sit idle for another five years, and this may help trigger an opportunity for a company to come in there and get the site moving again."
Sam Lathem, president of the Delaware AFL-CIO, believes right-to-work laws result in lower wages for workers, something that Delaware does not need. He called the proposal an "idiotic idea. We believe if you put more money in people's pocket, it gives people more disposable income, which they're going to spend at malls, movie theaters and restaurants," Lathem said. "Why would you be about paying people less?"
Lathem is lobbying lawmakers to spend more on infrastructure projects, which could create an immediate need for union construction jobs. Lawmakers in June considered an array of higher taxes and fees, including a 5-cent increase in the gas tax, to fund road and waterway projects, but the idea was scuttled in early discussions.
Some lawmakers, with backing from business and labor groups, are supporting proposals to increase Delaware's borrowing cap to pay for more infrastructure with new debt. Authorizing higher taxes or additional borrowing could be a lightning rod for lawmakers next year, many of whom face re-election in November.
Delaware's sluggish recovery has prompted some additional talk about right-to-work laws, which have been implemented in about half of the states, including recently in Michigan, where the law exempted police and firefighters.
Markell's economic development director, Alan Levin, weighed in on the issue at a recent state task force meeting where lawmakers, union leaders and business groups were discussing ways to give a jolt to Delaware's economy. Levin said Delaware's lack of a right-to-work law can place the state at a disadvantage in economic development negotiations, especially with foreign companies.
"How we deal with that, I don't know," Levin said. "Clearly it's up to the Legislature."
Markell doesn't support the proposal. Jonathon Dworkin, a spokesman for the governor, said "studies on right-to-work laws are inconclusive."
He pointed to a 2011 University of Maryland study that found that right-to-work laws increased manufacturing employment in Idaho, which adopted its law in 1985, while appearing to have no impact on factory jobs in Oklahoma, where right-to-work was adopted in 2001.
"The examination of Idaho reveals significant effects of the RTW laws on manufacturing employment," the study said. "In the post-intervention era, the share of manufacturing employment, on average, appears to be 2.5 percentage points higher, transferring into ten thousand manufacturing jobs saved or added per year."
Dworkin said Markell "looks forward to continuing to work with both parties on efforts that have been shown to create economic growth," with a focus on equipping more workers with skills demanded by businesses. Dworkin said Markell will use his State of the State address next month to lay out plans to improve Delaware's economy, and that right-to-work will not be included.
"The primary issue that the governor hears about from job creators is the need for a high quality workforce and he is working on further proposals to help Delawareans ensure they have the skills they need," Dworkin said.
Contact Jonathan Starkey at (302) 983-6756, on Twitter @jwstarkey or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This owl can out-dance all of us
Get ready to have all of your Halloween dreams come true in a one-minute video from the Eagle Valley Raptor Center. I can't emphasize how utterly and completely adorbs it is. It's sweeter than candy corn. And candy apples. And all the trick or treat candy in the world if it was mixed together, baked into a cake and slathered with pumpkin spice icing. Have I got your attention? Good. Because we're talking SERIOUSLY sweet.
You might be wondering what the Eagle Valley Raptor Center is and what exactly carnivorous dinosaurs have to do with Halloween (or sweetness). Spoiler alert: not that kind of raptor. We're talking about birds of prey (yeah, they're known as raptors), not Velociraptors. So there's really no need to call Chris Pratt. (Not that we would complain if he just randomly turned up.)
The Eagle Valley Raptor Center takes in eagles, hawks, vultures, kites and falcons that are orphaned, sick, injured or otherwise unable to survive in the wild. They also rescue owls. Cute, adorable, DANCING owls!
Meet Oakley. Oakley is a Great Horned Owl that was hand-raised at Eagle Valley. During his tenure at Eagle Valley, he was a little too young and fragile to interact with other owls, but he needed the comfort and warmth that a mama owl would normally provide. So rescuers gave him the next best thing—a stuffed animal owl. Apparently, they gave him a few. But Oakley's fave was a stuffed owl that sings the Halloween classic song Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett. (Because clearly Oakley is the most rad Great Horned Owl in the entire universe. Also, he likes himself some Halloween.) According to the staff at Eagle Valley, he leaned against the hilarious toy all the time. He also liked to dance every time it played the song, and much to our everlasting gratitude, they captured Oakley's excellent bee-bopping dance skills on video.
Oakley has since been released into the wild (mad props for him!), but he'll forever dance in our memories. Because YouTube.
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YouTube personality Shane Dawson insists he's not a pedophile; he just makes "really shitty fucking jokes."
On Wednesday, the 29-year-old vlogger/actor faced criminal accusations after Pop Blast shared a now-viral video that featured edited audio from a 2014 episode of the Shane and Friends podcast. Parts of the conversation led some to believe Dawson was attempting to justify pedophilia by simply writing it off as a fetish.
Around the 7-minute mark, Dawson tells a fellow YouTuber about an encounter he had with a 6-year-old girl who had more than 100,000 followers on Instagram.
"And she shows me her Instagrams which are, like—first of all, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this but, like, she's, like, sexy," he tells his guest, who is clearly uncomfortable about where the conversation is heading. "Let me explain. Here's my justification for pedophilia. First of all, let me just say, having sex with children or touching children or anything of that nature is terrible and you should not do it. But, here's my thing: People have foot fetishes, people have fetishes about, you know, everything […] OK, fine, everybody do your thing. So why is it when somebody looks at, Googles, like 'naked baby' on Google and jerks off to it they can get arrested? I don't understand that."
It gets worse. He then went on to admit to Googling "naked baby" because he wanted to "pretend like [he was] a pedophile."
"So I typed in 'naked baby.' First of all, I don't understand why anybody would be turned on about that," he said, "But … but … they were sexy. I'm kidding."
Soon after these comments began circulating around the internet, #ShaneDawsonIsOverParty began trending on social media.
Dawson has since responded to the backlash in a series of tweets and a YouTube video. He claims his comments were taken out of context and suggested Pop Blast had some sort of vendetta against him.
"I am not a fucking pedophile. Got it? Great. There's my statement," he said in the video. "[…] It's disgusting that people are saying I'm a fucking pedophile because of some shitty-ass fucking jokes […] I am sorry that I used to make really shitty fucking jokes. I'm sorry I was so fucking insecure, playing this character of this guy who's like crazy and will say anything and will try to make people laugh by shocking them. That was my thing. That was what I did on YouTube [...] If you started watching my videos more recently you might not know that. Back in the day, like 2012, that was my thing."
This isn't the first time Dawson, who has more than 11 million YouTube subscribers, faced extreme backlash. In 2014, he issued an apology after he donned blackface.