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Documenting Critical Events for Success
Since 2014, the National Center has studied the forces and drivers of the impact of IPE on learning, health and systems outcomes to create an IPE Core Data Set and the National Center IPE Information Exchange1. In studying implementing interprofessional practice and education throughout the United States, the National Center Team has identified common unforeseen occurrences that must be navigated to ensure success in programs. We call these occurrences "critical events".
1Delaney, C.W., AbuSalah, A., Yeazel, M., Kertz, J.S., Pejsa, L., & Brandt, B.F. (2020). National center for interprofessional practice and education IPE core data set and information exchange for knowledge generation. Journal of Interprofessional Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1798897
Document Your Milestones Today.
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The Critical Events of IPE tool can be used to record any experiences or observations you feel could have an impact on IPE, locally, regionally, or globally. The tool guides the documentation with themes and takes 5-10 minutes to complete.
The tool is free and open access. Reports provide timelines of events, linked to your summary of the events, and prompt submitters to reflect on the event at future dates to understand and interpret the effect on your program's trajectory.
The University of Minnesota Institutional Review Board (IRB) has reviewed the Critical Events of IPE tool and designated it not human subjects research. This tool is entirely voluntary, and no personally identifiable information will be shared. Each person and site will have access to their own submissions, but will NOT have access to others' information. The National Center will use the data collected to report on national trends (aggregate) in educators' and practitioners' experiences.
Definition of Critical Event of IPE
A Critical Event of IPE is defined as an unforeseen, unplanned occurrence that causes rethinking the original plan and may require a change in course. Critical events of IPE tend to be enabling or interfering forces that impact Nexus implementation and generally require confronting an unexpected set of circumstances that present 'forks in the road'. These events often drive decisions about new directions.
A critical event of IPE can be a positive milestone advancing the viability and growth of the program, a negative occurrence that changes and slows progression, or a neutral effect on the program's trajectory.
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The registration process is simple. Follow the steps below.
I'm new to the National Center Information Exchange
- Use the Express Link to access the National Center IPE Information Exchange
- Complete the brief registration questions
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- Select Express Registration for IPE Critical Events
- Enter the full, official name of your institution (i.e. University of New England) and zip code
- Finalize Registration
I've used the National Center Information Exchange previously
- Use the Express Link to access the National Center IPE Information Exchange
- Log in using your email address
- Select the applicable program from the drop down menu
How will the Critical Events of IPE benefit me?
By documenting Critical Events, a program is able to track complex issues and plans over time and record the changes that occur in a program along the way. The documentation adds to the institutional memory by recording team decision-making and enhances real-time rapid cycle quality improvement.
Specifically, the Critical Events tool enables a program to:
- Account for events in real-time
- Document important decision points
- Reveal possible opportunities
- Collect perspectives that enhance team-building
- Enhance reporting to internal and external stakeholders
How can I learn more about the Critical Events?
The National Center has an online course, Managing Critical Events for Success, that will be released in June 2021. This online, facilitated course will take a deeper dive into Critical Events, how to build them into ongoing program development, and how they can be utilized to advance program decision-making and reporting. A link to access the course will be available on this web page.
Tips for Submitting Critical Events of IPE
- Use Critical Events of IPE to record any experiences or observations that you feel could have an impact on IPE, locally, regionally, or globally.
- Something is better than nothing, and real-time is better than memory. Try to establish a habit of taking a few minutes to enter brief Critical Events of IPE as they happen.
- You don't need to know or understand the full significance of these events now. We are creating a history, and will have time to revisit and reflect in the coming months and years.
- Consider assigning a colleague who has more time and/or distance from the "front lines" to listen for and record your Critical Events.
- Marking an event "Resolved" simply means that, in your mind, the event in question is relatively settled, or no longer in flux. You will receive quarterly reminders to update any "Unresolved" events.
- You will always have access to your completed submissions on the Critical Events of IPE submission page.


text: stlsailor 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2013 i have not used TMG in a while, being tied up with other things. Here is the sequence of events: Ran version 8. Must have been the first time I've run that version since it asked for all my information. Set it to run demo, and downloaded latest version 8 update. Asked to be pointed to project file. I pointed it to the project files I had copied from the TMG 7 Project folder into the TMG 8 project folder. It failed because it could not find a .ocx file. Today I uninstalled TMG 8 and ran the installer again. It gets to the screen that shows the installation path, but when I click on the Install button, nothing happens. It just sits there. Where can I go from here to get TMG 8 reinstalled? I am running Windows 8 64-bit. Dale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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Trout season nears: Indiana fishing
A reminder came this morning that stream trout (harvest) season opens at 6 a.m. Saturday on select waters of Indiana, including several in northwest Indiana.
The reminder came for me with this announcement fron the Indiana DNR on the stocking in lakes of trout.
Annual inland lake trout stockings completed
Thousands of newly stocked rainbow trout are awaiting anglers at 17 lakes throughout Indiana.
Last week, the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife completed the annual rainbow trout stockings for Indiana's inland lakes, where trout fishing is allowed year-round.
Approximately 24,000 trout were stocked in lakes in 14 counties, ranging from Clark County in the south to Lake County in the north. The trout are 9 inches long.
The daily bag limit is five trout, and no more than one can be a brown trout. The minimum size limit is 7 inches.
Brown trout are present in the Oliver Lake chain in LaGrange County, and several streams.
Indiana's trout stocking plan and a list of stocking locations is at dnr.IN.gov/fishwild/3622.htm.
Indiana's trout stream (harvest) season opens at 6 a.m. local time on Saturday, April 25, and runs through Dec. 31. Approximately 27,000 rainbow trout are annually stocked into 19 streams.
For more details, the Indiana Fishing Regulation Guide is available at most license retailers and online at fishing.IN.gov/2347.htm.


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Gillie Charlson
Award winning artist
Gillie Charlson
attended Art College after school and worked as a designer, painter
and teacher. She established as a doll artist in 1975 and started to
make porcelain dolls in 1980. Her inspiration is
drawn from old
pictures or a neighbour's child.
Heads and limbs are
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for the wigs and eyelashes of her dolls.
The beautiful clothes are
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she comes from a time far away.
Doll artist Gillie Charlson used
beautiful fabrics to give Amber this look.
Her head and arms below the elbow and her
legs below the knees have been sculpted beautifully of very fine
porcelain. She has brown glass eyes and
beautifully painted facial details. Her soft cotton body has no joints but is flexible as it is wired.
Amber wears knee long
trousers and a
petticoat of cream coloured cotton edged with lace. She is wearing a pleated
dress with a cream lace topdress.
Her mohair wig is
crowned by flowers
held together by a mauve coloured silk ribbon. A similar ribbon
decorates her dress.
Amber represents
England in the series
of 4 dolls representing England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland in a
limited edition of 50 pieces. She comes with her certificate and is
marked 'Gillie' on her shoulderplate.
Gillie Charlson made 53,5 cm,
21", Amber in 1994.
Amber is in mint condition. She has never been on display.
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The Doculabs customer communications management (CCM) practice provides the expertise to help you design and implement a vision for full, multi-channel customer experience (CX) management across a range of dimensions, from use of e-forms, messaging and brand voice, to authoring and approval processes.
We work to increase your ability to automate processes, to improve consistency of messaging across channels with the assurance you're complying with each channel's requirements, and to help you deliver the digital experience your customers now expect.
You may have moved to, or are planning to migrate to, a cloud-based CCM platform. Or you might be tied to a legacy CCM solution for the foreseeable future. Whether cloud-based or on-premise, many newer customer experience tools and tactics live outside of core CCM functionality, requiring integration with existing CCM platforms. The Doculabs CCM practice helps clients navigate these technical challenges strategically.
Managing the Multi-Channel Environment for CCM
For many organizations, document communications are a vital way of providing information to customers – whether in data-driven documents such as bills, statements, contracts, and policies, or in marketing collateral and promotional campaigns. But if most of your customers are using digital devices to connect with others, shouldn't your customer communications management program be using digital channels to connect with them? "Customer communications" no longer means publishing to print and mail output. The near-ubiquity of digital devices is making multi-channel delivery of customer communications an imperative, putting new focus on the digital customer experience.
Benefits of a Multi-Channel Approach to CCM
- Reduce the overall cost of producing documents and correspondence
- Shorten the cycle time for developing and publishing new content
- Maintain or improve regulatory compliance
- Improve the experience for your customers
- Rationalize your customer communications environment and eliminate costly redundancy across the systems you now use to create your communications
Migrating to a Modern / Cloud CCM Platform
Many of our clients are planning to move customer communication and content management to the cloud. Some are getting off a dated platform, some need additional scalability, and some simply no longer want to manage the legacy system. Solution providers will often pitch a simple "lift and shift" to close the deal - but it's never that simple. There's significant work involved in getting off old or dying platforms, and significant costs.
Consider that it's not uncommon for an insurance client to have 20-30 content generating applications (billing, policy, claims, etc.) across their different lines of business. They also have 10-15 consuming applications – for example, a viewing capability embedded in a call center user interface enabling a phone rep to answer our questions about a bill when we call. Roughly speaking, it will cost $250,000 per generating or consuming application to switch from a legacy platform to some other publishing tool. That's $7.5 to $11 million to make the change when you consider the full effort, including updating requirements, development, testing, etc. And then there is the conversion of the templates themselves – perhaps 5,000 or so – at a cost of approximately $1,000 each (assuming just 10 hours per template). Another $5 million. Depending on a client's specifics, the overall cost easily exceeds $10 million.
Given the potential costs highlighted above, taking a strategic approach to migration spread over 3-5 years makes a lot of sense. Doculabs can provide you a strategy grounded in years of experience migrating from one CCM solution to another, and a clear roadmap.
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Select a Development cover – round 3
Posted by the Node, on 6 June 2011
The annual Embryology course at Woods Hole starts again this week. Best of luck to all participants! We thought it was an appropriate time to launch the third voting round to choose a Development cover from images taken by the students in last year's course.
Meanwhile, the winning image from the first round – a sea urchin chomping down on a piece of seaweed – will appear on the cover of Development vol. 138 issue 13, which will go live online on June 7 (tomorrow!). The image on the left is a sneak preview of the cover. That issue also contains a primer article about sea urchins as model organism, so the cover was a good fit!
Which of these images will be next to appear on the cover of Development? Please vote in the poll below the images. (Click any image to see a larger version.) You can vote until June 20, 12:00 (noon) GMT
1. Dorsal view of the central nervous system of a Drosophila embryo. Neurons and axons are stained with anti-HRP (red). A distinct subset of neurons express even-skipped (green). Nuclei of the body wall stained with DAPI (blue). This image was taken by Joshua Clanton (Vanderbilt University).
2. Pilidium larvae of the Nermertean, Cerebratulus lacteus. Acetylated tubulin (green), serotonin (red), nuclei (blue, DAPI). This image was taken by Meii Chung (UT Austin).
3. Planaria stained with MF20 (green), phalloidin (red) and DAPI (blue). This image was taken by Valeria Merico (University of Pavia).
4. Drosophila embryo (stage 16) immunostained to detect Tropomyosin (purple) in the developing muscle, the Hox gene Ultrabithorax (green), and Spalt (red). This image was taken by Elise Delagnes and Hannah Rollins (UC Berkeley).


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It's the season of spooky fun and sweet treats. No Halloween party is complete without some fun appetizers and tasty desserts.
Because it's all about presentation, these simple recipes turn out looking as good as they taste. Whether you're throwing your own Halloween bash or bringing treats to another, you'll want something unique with a little scare factor.
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Project Princess outfits Bronx girls for prom
Several Bronx girls got a treat on Saturday to help make an important occasion in their lives extra special.
A new organization called Project Princess is working with the nonprofit Phipps Neighborhoods to provide Bronx eighth-graders and high school students with their dream prom dresses.
Founder Sarah Richman, 16, hasn't even been to prom yet, but she has seen peers struggle to get ready for theirs.
"I have a lot of friends that are seniors this year and I know like how hard it is to find a dress or how much money it is," Richman said on Saturday at the Sonia Sotomayor Community Center in Soundview. "And I don't want that to be the barrier that stops them from going."
Project Princess pairs girls with personal shoppers to help them find the perfect dress, as well as jewelry and shoes to complete their look.
Project Princess is still accepting dress donations. The organization will continue to outfit Bronx girls at its next event in May.


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Good News, Jesus, Jesus Questions, Jesus Sayings, Mark 2, Messiah, Miracle, Son of God
Jesus knows what I am thinking in my heart. I may not have said it but he knows.
Jesus has a question for me. It is one I must confront.
Jesus wants to know "Why am I thinking these things?"
So why am I?
It started because Jesus had told a paraplegic that he forgave his sins. Now that rocked the religious leaders boat who heard him say that. They rightly surmised that only God could do that but clearly did not believe Jesus was the son of God.
So … it is back to the same question for me. Why don't I believe that Jesus is the son of God?
I've confessed that Jesus is the son of God, the Messiah and my master. But … there are moments where the challenge at hand gets the best of me. I need to change my mind (repent) and start thinking about who Jesus is and what Jesus can do.
Now that is some good news!
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?"
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Sparwood Chamber of Commerce doubled its attendance from last year at its annual general meeting last week.
Forty people attended the event at the Causeway Bay Hotel last Wednesday and a new President and board was announced.
"It was a huge success," said Michael Decker, Sparwood Chamber of Commerce Manager.
"I think the attendance was a recognition of our process of renewal and the new direction the Chamber is heading.
"People came from outside Sparwood to attend, and I think this shows Sparwood's is the chamber to be a part of now and going into the future.
"I think the new management is showing a willingness to work with businesses and this is really pushing us forward."


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HoCo in the Know: Hope Springs Eternal
Well, it's been a while since I have written, but as hope springs eternal, it seems that now is the right time.
I don't know about you, but I do feel like things are getting better. While we do not have the kind of gatherings that we had in the past, which are often the catalyst for my reporting, there are many things happening, which keep me going.
As you know, I was the President of the Rotary Club of Columbia Patuxent until July 1. I'd be lying if I didn't admit it that breaks my heart that we weren't able to meet in person for the last 4 months of my term. However, I was determined to keep us together. So, for every week except the first one after the shutdown, we have met via Zoom. No substitute for the weekly hugs, for sure, but better than nothing.
As we fundraise throughout the year, so that we can support local nonprofits, we are often supported by local restaurants. In addition to meeting each Friday morning, a group of us met each week at a supportive restaurant to do carry out. And, we got to wave to each other on the parking lot! As our friends in the restaurant business have gradually been able to open even more, we have modified our schedule to every other week. High on our list of supporters are: Tino's Italian, Hudson Coastal, Cured/18th & 21st, Season's 52, Maggiano's, and Eggspectation.
We also gathered, at the new Periodic Table Restaurant, to fill 100 backpacks with school supplies for those who are less fortunate. When you have a village . . . it took us all of 15 minutes to complete the task once we decided which items went into which car trunk. Then we went from vehicle to vehicle like trick or treaters. We've collected books and pajamas for Casey Cares. Pandemic or not, we have found a way to do what we do!


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Game of Thrones – Season 2 Episode 10 – Story analysis
Tyrion wakes up in an attic. He has bandages all around the head and Maester Aemon is watching him. He announces him that Tywin has won the battle against Stannis, and thus Tyrion is no more Hand of the King – Tywin will do it in person now that his war is over.
Simple reminder to the viewer.
Joffrey names Tywin Hand of the King. Tywin gets away on his horse. Littlefinger imagines himself gifted with a castle, and knighted. The Knight of the Flowers obtains the favor of his choice. He suggests that King Joffrey marry his sister Margery – who agrees with him. Joffrey refuses saying he is promised to Sansa, but Cersei objects: he is not going to marry the daughter and the sister of treators; she recommands Joffrey to break his vow. The wise men agree to release Joffrey from his commitment to Sansa, and he accepts to marry Margery. Sansa slips away. Littlefinger catches her back and tells her he is going to help her, warning her about the fact they are all liars.
We overlook the big turns which directly follow the victory of the Lannisters. It is the end of the Starks at King's Landing, which had occupied these 2 first seasons.
At the brothel, the prostitute Russ receives Varys – incognito – who questions her about Littlefinger. She discovers he is a eunuch, which allows her to understand that he is Varys.
In the forest, Jaime prisoner tries to provoke Brienne. They meet hanged corpses. Brienne wants to bury them. Some guards arrive. They mock her and ask him about what he is doing, suspicious. Brienne wants to leave but a guard recognizes Jaime Lannister. The other guards doubt. Brienne kills them all. She unhangs the hanged corpses.
Catelyn disapproves the fact that Robb in love with Talisa betrays his promise to Walder Frey. Mother and son leave each other in anger after this argument.
Internal conflict between Heroes/Helpers.
Stannis argues with Melisandre. Their defeat is bitter to him. He reproaches her for believing into a strange god. He had to assassinate his own brother, he says… She asserts again that he is will be King one day. He doubts it. She makes him watch into the fire. He says he can see…
Stannis stays a pretender despite of his military defeat. His confession also confirms that he was indeed the killer of his brother Renly helped by Melisandre's black magic.
A horn sounds, Theon knows he has been circled. Maester Luwin tries to help him. He advises him to run away because Theon does not have the forces to win. Luwin advises him to join the Night's Watch. Theon goes out to make a speech in front of his dozen of soldiers. He wants to motivate them to fight, he tells them they are going to die today. One of his soldiers hits him, and the others let it happen, probably agreeing. The same soldier kills Maester Luwin and goes away.
Unexpected twist and very sad ending for Theon. After having occupied by force the front of the stage, he is liquidated as a peasant…
Varys visits Tyrion. Tyrion wants to transmit a command to Bronn, but Bronn has been replaced in his functions of Commander of the Kingsguard.
Shae visits Tyrion. She wants to see his wound: he took a strike of sword in the middle of the face. She would like to go and live in Pentos. He wants to stay in the world he is familiar with. She asserts they belong to each other and that she will stay with him.
Their love story reaches a high point. They are among the only characters to really feel and express a sincere form of love in this world of brutes, liars and traitors.
Robb Stark and Talisa get married.
Daenerys, Jorah and the dothraki warrior approach a magic tower. They turn around it and Daenerys disappears. Jorah calls her in vain. Inside the tower, Daenerys walks in the dark at the light of a torch.
Beginning of a plot which is going to free Daenerys. We did not hear about her since the end of episode 7… which sets a chronology problem: her situation did apparently not change since several… days?
Arya, the blacksmith and the fat boy walk and encounter Jaqen H'ghar. Arya would like to learn from him. He knows that Arya hates and wants to kill the Lannisters. But at first she wants to see her family. Jaqen gives her a coin with a magic formula to pronounce to make him reappear: Valar Morghulis. He turns to her a last time: his face has changed!!!
With him the mystery gets thicker. At first he only had excellent killer skills, now he can also modify his face. We can wonder about his motivations. Most definitely, Arya is a master in the art of finding powerful masters to teach her: Syrio Forel, Tywin Lannister, Jaqen H'ghar… Later in season 3 it will be the Hound. She always has a strong, manly protector, a second, symbolic father. Here as in many other places, we can clearly see that, despite of a few spectacular and ostensible marks of superficial feminism, Game of Thrones stays a standard, patriarcal, macho work.
Did you enjoy Game of Thrones? Do you want to know how it was written? Then read our full analysis of Game of Thrones seasons 1 & 2 and improve your scriptwriting skills!


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Chore Program Volunteer Training (6-8pm option)
Lend a hand with a simple project or make a delivery, and provide practical help and companionship for our Cook County senior friends and neighbors by volunteering in the Care Partners Chore Program!
Our volunteer training, backgrounding and ongoing support reassure both you and the client. You choose assignments that fit your schedule and interests, get reimbursed for mileage, and know you are making a real difference.
We are offering Fall Chore Program training two times on October 27th. Choose the training session that works best for you: 3:00pm – 5:00pm OR 6:00pm – 8:00pm
With the help of Cook County Higher Education, this fall we are offering training both in person and via Zoom. To register or for more information, click here.


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Edit : the bundle is no longer supported, see this announcement
I recently released version 2.1.1 of feed-io-bundle. This is a major release as it introduces a web interface made to manage feeds and their content which you can try live here : http://feedio-demo.herokuapp.com/.
It's also official : feed-io-bundle replaces rss-atom-bundle. If you're starting a new Symfony project, I highly recommend you to use feed-io-bundle instead of rss-atom-bundle. feed-io-bundle will be upgraded regularly with new features and fixes among compatibility with Symfony.
Rss-atom-bundle's support
rss-atom-bundle is not condemned to disappear immediately, I will provide a "passive support" until it's not used anymore. By passive support, I mean taking care of open issues and pull requests until the end. So if you already have a project depending on rss-atom-bundle you don't have to be afraid of this announcement, I'll always be able to help.
##Coming next
I'm working on two things by now :
- Symfony 3 compatibility
- the ability to analyse feed's quality with feed-io


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We sometimes supplement the information that we receive
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You have the right to withdraw your consent at
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and passing referrals.
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under a legal
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in connection with a
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assignee will be bound by the provisions of this Policy.
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Any third parties to
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click on a link to access other websites that do not operate
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independently solicit and collect personal data, from you and,
in some instances, provide us with information about your
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data protection and privacy notices/policies of all third-party
websites you visit.
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Under GDPR, you have
the following rights:
You have the right
to be provided on request with a copy of your personal data.
You have the right
to rectification of inaccurate data we may have recorded about
You have the right
to the erasure of your data ("Right to be Forgotten") which we
no longer have justification for recording.
You have the right
to object to processing of your data which is being done on the
basis of our legitimate interests.
You have the right
to refuse to be contacted for direct marketing purposes.
You have the right
to restrict the processing of your personal data when:
the basis for its processing is in dispute;
its accuracy is in dispute;
we cannot establish a lawful basis for its processing, but you do not
wish it to be erased;
we no longer need your data, but you need it for the establishment,
exercise, or defense of legal claims;
you object, where applicable, to our processing your data on the basis of
our legitimate interests, pending verification of whether our
interests override.
You have the right
to be provided in a structured, commonly used and
machine-readable format with a copy of your data which we
process on the basis of your consent or contractual necessity,
or to have it transferred directly to another data controller
("Data Portability").
If you have an
online account with us, you have the ability to review and
update your personal information online by logging into your
account. You can also review and update your personal
information and exercise your other rights by contacting us.
More information about how to contact us is provided below.
If you have an
online account with us, you also may choose to close your
account at any time by emailing us at
email@example.com. If you close your account, we may still retain certain information
associated with your account for analytical purposes and record
keeping requirements per our Data Retention section above as
well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce our
Terms of Service, or take other actions otherwise permitted by
law. In addition, if certain information has already been
provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy,
retention of that information will be subject to those third
parties' policies.
If you are not
satisfied with our response or are otherwise concerned with how
we process your personal data, you also have the right to make a
complaint to our supervisory authority, Ireland's Data
Protection Commission
Communities and Forums Offered on our Sites
We may provide areas
on our Sites where you can post information about yourself,
including your name and email address, communicate with others;
upload content; and post comments. Such postings are governed by
our Terms of Service. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal data on our Sites, that data will be available and can
be collected and used by others who have authorized access to
your content.
We encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to
your personal data. Once you have posted data, you may not be
able to edit or delete such data.
Children's Privacy
Our Site is a
general audience site
not intended for use
by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from
children. You may access our Sites only if you are of legal age
to lawfully form a binding contract.
How your Transfers of Personal Data Outside of Europe
The global extent of BNI's business necessitates the transfers of
personal data to its franchisees, members, and business partners
and service providers on a worldwide basis. When personal data
is transferred from the European Economic Area (EEA), at least
one of the following safeguards to protect your personal data to
a similar level as within the EEA will be applied:
Our franchisees,
business partners or service providers are located in countries
which have been designated by the European Commission as having
an adequate national standard of data protection; or
We will require our
franchisees, business partners or service providers to adopt the
data protection standard contractual clauses "("SCC")
pre-approved by the European Commission.
Although the
EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks are no longer
valid mechanisms to comply with EU and Swiss data protection
requirements when transferring personal data from the European
Union or Switzerland to the United States, BNI continues to
adhere to the Privacy Shield Framework recommendations
pertaining to the transfer of information to third parties,
access, security, data integrity and purpose limitation and
enforcement. BNI's U.S. subsidiaries adhering to the Privacy
Shield Principle are: BNI Connect Global, LLC, BNI Franchising,
LLC, BNI Global, LLC, BNI Global Holdings LLC, BNI Holdings,
LLC, BNI Intermediate Holdings, LLC, BNI International Holdings
CTB, LLC, BNI Ultimate Holdings LLC, Corporate Connections
Franchising, LLC, Corporate Connections Global, LLC, and Scion
Social Holdings LLC.
information on the Privacy Shield Program can be viewed at
https://www.privacyshield.gov. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has
jurisdiction over BNI's compliance with the Privacy Shield.
While the U.S. Department of Commerce continues to administer
the Privacy Shield program, BNI will annually renew its Privacy
Shield certification to help ensure the treatment of all
personal data continues to be accurate and processed in
accordance with the Privacy Shield Framework and applicable
Principles. In cases of onward transfer to third parties of EU
and Swiss Personal Data received pursuant to the EU-US and
Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework, BNI is potentially liable.
All questions or complaints regarding the processing and use of
personal data should be directed to
BNI has
elected JAMS as its independent dispute resolution mechanism in
accordance with requirements set forth by Privacy Shield. If
questions or complaints are not resolved satisfactorily through
contacting BNI, users can file a complaint with JAMS
You may have the
option to select binding arbitration for the resolution of your
complaint under certain circumstances, provided you have taken
the following steps: (1) raised your complaint directly with BNI
and provided us the opportunity to resolve the issue; (2) made
use of the independent dispute resolution mechanism identified
above; and (3) raised the issue through the relevant data
protection authority (DPA) and allowed the US Department of
Commerce an opportunity to resolve the complaint at no cost to
you. For more information on binding arbitration, see US
Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield Framework: Annex I
(Binding Arbitration).
to this Policy
We will occasionally
update this Policy to reflect changes in our practices and
services. When we post changes, we will revise the "Last
Updated" date at the top of the Policy. If we make any material
changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal
data, we will notify you email to the email address you most
recently provided us in your account, profile or registration if
we have such an email address, and/or by prominently posting
notice of the changes on our Sites. We recommend that you check
our Sites from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in
this Policy.
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FAHA Board Meeting December 14, 2020
9 in attendance through Zoom (hosted by Andy Karmy)
Board Members present:
Jeff Miller (2012), President Telephone 253-639-1915
John Tomlinson (2013), VP
Jo Wiggum (2020), Secretary
Janet Gundlach (even year), Treasurer
Mike Werner (2018)
Andy Karmy (2017)
Keith Hendrickson ((2017)
Mark Owens (2017)
Rex MacLean (2018)
Meeting commenced at 7:18 pm.
Approval of previous minutes: Janet made motion to approve as printed, Keith seconded.
Primary agenda was to review progress in the drafting of the Purchase Participation Memorandum (PPM). With Jo Wiggum being a new member to the Board as well as new to home ownership at Crest, discussion also included a broad review of Neslund Easement and history of homeowner expectations toward airpark ownership.
Mike presented his idea of generating additional income for airport purchase by hangar rentals sold as long-term lease agreements; favorable terms but money up front. Discussion followed and it was pointed out that this would be difficult to accomplish before the actual purchase of the airport. This option of increased rates would best be discussed with the members and Board directly after purchase.
Discussion was begun about raising the dues rate above $40. Jo requested a budget review to help determine the increased rate. We all agreed to delay a vote and John volunteered to put together a budget for 2021 to better inform the Board regarding a dues increase.
Proposed by: John Tomlinson
Seconded by: Keith Hendrickson
Motion made: To adjourn at 8:21
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Bundled vs. Unbundled 401k Plans and the RPG Co-Bundled 401k Model
The age-old debate of using a bundled vs unbundled model for a 401k plan has troubled plan sponsors for years. Try a Google search for "Bundled vs. Unbundled 401k". Every provider and 401k resource seems to list the pros and cons of each model and then either promote their strategy or leave the plan sponsor with all the pros and cons, still wondering which service model is best for their 401k plan.


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Welcome to some panoramas taken on a cruise with Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas - February 2-6, 2004
|Day - Poolside belly flop contest
|Night - Twilight view from the upper deck
|Cruise Director, Rico says okay guys... Jump!
|Heading into the sunset towards Key West.
|Full screen QuickTime VR
Spherical panoramas by Jook Leung
1.2 - 1.5 MB downloads
Check for QuickTime
To explore: Click and drag
To zoom: Shift / Control keys
|Thinking about a cruise? Visit http://CruiseCritic.com
© 2004 Jook Leung 360VR STUDIO


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When you're looking to be different with your holiday enjoyment, you have a lot you can try. Old-timey decorations for the house are always nice. Classic older ornaments on your Christmas tree will work, too. But how about for your holiday snacking? How can there be old-time food, you ask? We know all about that!
If you want old-fashioned Christmas candy, look no further than Blair Candy! One item we'd like to highlight here is old-fashioned sugar corn by Molstoller's. This pink and white popcorn isn't like the normal snack you're used to. It's covered with a thick layer of sugar and is harder than standard popcorn. These features make it a most unique holiday snack and definitely one you could qualify as "old fashioned." After all, this snack belongs to a simpler time, before people started eating all the massively commercial candies of today.
If you're looking to stand out this Christmas, or even if you just want to chow down on some different snacks this year, check out old-fashioned Christmas candy like the pink and white sugar corn we mentioned. This absolutely delicious treat is just waiting to be added into your candy rotation. For more nostalgic Christmas sweets, visit BlairCandy.com!


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Under the hot Aqaba sun, an all-female team of recent Jordanian university graduates took turns planting lettuce and bok choy seeds in the desert soil. Just minutes earlier, they had prepared a special compost blend — a mix of peat moss and ground coconut shell — which allowed them to turn the otherwise arid soil into fertile ground.
The 15 female engineers were participating in their first site visit of the Sahara Forest Project (SFP) research center in Aqaba, as part of a 12-week training program to boost innovative practices in sustainable agriculture in Jordan. The training program is a joint project between Hussein Technical University and SFP, a Norwegian NGO focused on providing fresh water and food in desert regions.
For many of the participants, this was their first experience seeing what they had learned in university outside of a textbook.
"For me, this was the first time seeing agricultural fields like this," Dania Shahrori, a 24-year old graduate in water and environmental engineering, told Al-Monitor. "It's unique to see these new techniques in Jordan," she said.
The SFP employees guided the participants through the research facility and through the lifecycle of a crop grown using their experimental techniques. The participants first learned how seawater was taken from the Red Sea a few kilometers away and about the desalinization process, before learning how to determine the proper salinity level of the water. They then observed the composting stations outside and the crops grown using the custom-made compost.
The participants asked the two SFP staff members many questions about the research station's technology, crop yields and the chemistry behind the special compost blends they were making. After stumping the SFP country director with a question about a specific part in the desalinization machine's reverse osmosis filter, one of the women explained that she was working in a waste management startup and thought the part could be useful for her work.
In Jordan, women make up just 14% of the workforce as of 2019, one of the lowest female labor participation rates in the region. In the agricultural sector specifically, women typically work low-skilled, low-earning jobs, rather than more technical and managerial roles.
To this end, the program not only focused on the technical aspects of sustainable agriculture in Jordan, but also on the soft skills necessary to bring a project to fruition, Ruba al-Zu'bi, a sustainability expert and mentor for the program, told Al-Monitor.
Throughout the site visit, participants formed breakout groups to discuss what they were learning and later attended a mentoring session where they pitched and refined ideas for their own sustainable development projects.
It is not only important, however, that women are empowered to work in higher-skilled roles in the sustainability sector, but also to create a general awareness of sustainable practices as women are often the head of households and make the day-to-day decisions about the homes' consumption in Jordan, according to Zu'bi.
Indeed, there does seem to be a rising awareness of the importance of sustainably grown agriculture, at least in the capital city of Amman. Zeina Fakhriddin, program mentor and operations manager for Mujeb Organic Farm, a local farm focused on sustainability, said that demand for their vegetables had skyrocketed in recent years, especially after the coronavirus lockdown in the spring. She also noted that over 60% of the farm's customers were women.
Innovative practices in agriculture and water usage are essential for Jordan, as the second-most water scarce country in the world. The agricultural sector is one of the main consumers of water in the country, using 53% of the country's annual water supply — though the sector only contributes about 6% to the gross domestic product.
Because Jordan's groundwater resources are not sufficient to meet the needs of both the general population and the agricultural sector, the country has consistently overexploited underground water reservoirs over the last two decades. Over half of the water used by the agricultural sector comes from such reservoirs. As a result, Jordan's main reservoirs are depleted by about two meters (6.5 feet) a year — though some of the smaller ones are depleted by as much as 20 meters (65 feet) annually.
Though the government has made facile efforts to better manage water usage, particularly in the agricultural sector, a general lack of policy enforcement and illegal well building has meant that rate of use has failed to slow in any significant way.
If the techniques used in SFP's research center could be upscaled, certain crops could be grown without contributing to reservoir depletion since desalinated seawater is used as the source of irrigation. Plans were drafted to create a 10-inch wide pipeline running from the Red Sea to the center, as the seawater is currently trucked in, creating logistical barriers.
However, the project's ambitions have run into bureaucratic realities and the pipeline has stalled for over a year seemingly without a reason, preventing the center from expanding.
Though frustrating for SFP and its goals, the bureaucratic dilemma provided a good case study for the participants. In one of the breakout sessions, they sat and discussed the challenges to upscaling SFP's project and how to successfully launch a sustainability project in Jordan. "Remember, it's the minister of finance who's often the most important person for your project since he signs your checks," Zu'bi reminded the participants.
The sessions on the political context of Jordan's sustainability sector in Jordan, as well as the site visit seemed to have left the participants with a wider sense of what is possible both for the country and for themselves.
"The problem is not a water shortage; this project showed me that we can use seawater as a source of freshwater," Nour al-Qutub, a 25-year old program participant said. Another participant remarked, "We have resources, the problem is there's no management."


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Why I avoid checking the boxPosted: July 12, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: androgyny, bureaucracy, gender identity, gender neutral, genderqueer, legal forms, lgbtq, non-binary, queer, third gender, trans, transgender 13 Comments
This is the last part of a 3-part series exploring some issues that are on the minds of a lot of non-binary people, including myself. Part one was about pronouns. Part two was about bathrooms. This post is about legal designations / filling out forms.
Great timing on this one! A few months ago, I signed an online petition requesting that the executive branch legally recognize genders outside of the male-female binary and provide an option for these genders on all legal documents and records. Just yesterday, I got a response from The White House, in my inbox! Er, I mean, you know, it's a mass email, a form reply for all petition signers, but really, how cool is that when I was preparing to write about this topic anyway?!!
Here is an excerpt:
We know how important this issue is, and we understand the profound impact, both symbolic and otherwise, of having official documents that accurately reflect an individual's identity. These documents play an essential, functional role, but also demonstrate the measure of dignity and respect afforded to our nation's citizens. We cannot overstate the care and seriousness that should be brought to bear on the issue.
We recognize the importance of gender identification in particular and the Obama Administration is working to modernize federal policies in this area. For example, in 2010, the U.S. Department of State made it easier for individuals to update the gender marker in their passports. And last year, the Social Security Administration followed suit by simplifying the process for individuals to change the gender marker on their social security cards to reflect their identity accurately.
As you can imagine, there is considerable variance across agencies and levels of government. And so while the Obama Administration wants to make sure that official documents reflect the identities of the Americans who hold them, we believe proposals to change when and how gender is listed on official documents should be considered on a case-by-case basis by the affected federal and state agencies. However, that consideration must be informed by best practices and a commitment to honoring individuality and ensuring fairness.
So, it sounds like a polite, "No." If you want to read the entirety, it is here: We the People Petition on Non-Binary Genders. In this world of constant feedback loops, you can also let the government know what you think of their response, share on Facebook and Twitter, etc.
Personally, this is the thing I want the most. In my two previous posts, I explained that although I identify strongly with being non-binary, I actually am not strongly bothered by gendered pronouns (I prefer male pronouns) or gendered bathrooms (I use the women's bathroom). In general, I attempt to mix and match gendered options to optimize my comfort level, and that has usually worked for me. But when it comes to declaring, "I am male" or "I am female," I simply cannot do it. Legally, I am female, simply because it is the default in this case. I would not seriously consider legally changing my gender unless I can change it to a gender-neutral option (and if I could, I would do it ASAP). Legal stuff feels like a more black and white, either/or arena than bathrooms, pronouns, and anything else in the real world which is comparatively flexible and fluid. What I mean by this is, for example, I like when people say,"sir," "man," and use male pronouns because they're seeing me, we're interacting, and that interaction has the potential of being nuanced, fluid, changing. I could walk in the women's bathroom today, and tomorrow decide to go in the men's, without too much consequence (hopefully) if I wanted or needed to.
The legality of being one gender or another seems so much more finite, set-in-stone, weighty. And I want another option!!!!! People in Australia, as of a few months ago, are able to pursue a "non-specific" designation. I want to be able to as well! (Although, I didn't realize this until looking into it just now, but Australian citizens pursuing this must present medical proof of gender confirmation surgery. It would be important, ultimately, for medical transition status to not play any part in this designation – just my very very strong opinion.)
Until I have this option, I will continue to evade declaring my gender as often as I can. I will continue to leave it blank on forms whenever possible, and to explain the nuance if the opportunity arises. As of now, if my gender is not listed on a form, my (very feminine) legal name will immediately give me away anyway. So although I have no plans to legally become male, I do plan to legally change my name to something ambiguous. And as soon as I start hearing about smaller instances where a "non-specific," "non-binary," "X," or whatever the term may be, is a possible option, I will start pursuing it. Even if that means I'm listed as "F," on some things and "X" or whatever on others. It's going to start on a small scale (like doctor office forms, maybe things like library card applications, etc.) It's already started! And just build and build from there. All the way up to driver's license, passport, and birth certificate. One day, I hope…
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I am someone who is inhabiting a world in between genders. There is a growing set of words, a subculture of sorts, and there are political agendas surrounding this experience. And in theory, I am on board with all I've seen (and let me clarify that what I've seen is almost entirely online at this time, and not reflected in the world I actually live in). But in actuality, not every part of it appeals to me personally. Which is OK – I can still support it while simultaneously getting the word out that not all non-binary people have the same needs, preferences, and agendas.
I'm going to go with a break-down of three categories: Pronouns, Bathrooms, and Legal Designations / Forms. And talk a little about the discussions I've seen, but also how I personally feel.
Pronouns: I prefer to be referred to with male pronouns: He/Him/His. The reason for this is: because it is my preference. It really is as simple as that – no explanation needed. It feels the most right (although no pronouns actually feel "right" for me). That's all it comes down to – a feeling.
Many non-binary people go by They/Them/Their, along with a myriad of more obscure pronouns. Some people have assumed that I go by They/Them/Their, because I identify as non-binary. That is fine. It's not my preference, but I'm not offended by this assumption, nor do I mind being referred to in this way. I have felt some pressure (from within myself only) to adopt the They/Them/Their/ set in order to align myself more with an idea of a non-binary identity, and to take a stand / stand-out more for what some people truly feel they need (which is to be referred to with gender neutral pronouns – it is definitely a need for some people). But, bottom line, it does not feel right for me. Male pronouns feel (more) right.
(And I imagine if I really break it down, this correlates to how I see my gender: I do not feel as if I am without gender, genderless, agender, or gender neutral. Instead, I feel as if I am an amalgam of genders, a kaleidoscope. And so it feels right that I view my identity's make-up as pieces from all genders, rather than a rejection of anything that is gendered.)
I have seen many preferred sets of pronouns online (such as Ze/Hir/Hirs, Ey/Em/Eir/Eirs, Xe/Xem/Xyr/Xyrs and also ones based off of nouns). But in actual real life, I have come into contact with only one person, so far, with a preference for a set like this – and I immediately proceeded to mess it up when talking out loud. I have met a couple of people who prefer They/Them/Their, and that feels immediately do-able in real life, because these are words we're all familiar with pronouncing. And… that's kinda the difference – much of the online world is written, it's visual. And it's easy to backspace and try again. The real world involves much more talking out loud, at a conversational pace, and I personally am a long way from incorporating these newish words naturally into a conversation. That doesn't mean I'm not willing to. It doesn't mean I don't support it. It means, in practice, I have a lot of work to do. And that work is difficult to do if I do not have people in my life who want to be referred to in this way – it's hard to practice if I'm not actively practicing, essentially. And, since I am someone who identifies as non-binary, I might be, in theory, someone on the most sensitive, most open, end of the spectrum, in terms of the general populous. I have a lot of trouble with it, from a practical perspective, at this time.
To summarize: Incorporating these newer pronouns is do-able. I support it. For some people, it is not a preference, but a need, in order to feel comfortable. I personally do not need or prefer to be referred to by gender neutral pronouns. I have a long way to go in terms of enacting this language. Which, I believe, means the general population has a much longer way to go. It's hard to make progress if I'm not actively using the words in regular conversation. At this time, I am not actively using the words in regular conversation. This is where I'm at with pronouns. It's hard to gauge where the world at large is at, but I imagine progress will be very very slow. I'm just thinking pragmatically here. Ideally, I wish it were easy.
This got a lot longer than I thought it would. It's complicated! So again I'm going to break the topics up; look forward to yet another series! Up next: part 2 – Bathrooms and part 3 – Legal Designations / Forms.


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Long gone is the time when marketing existed solely on newspapers. Stemming from the core need of every brand to set itself apart in the ever growing, overcrowded market place, marketing has evolved into more than an advertisement in the local newspapers or a piece of paper stuck to the wall.
Marketing is almost as old as civilization itself. Ever since we started selling things, we began to rely on marketing to gain profits. What started as word of mouth, grew in newspaper advertisement and soon took its place in radio and television ads. Very soon we started using phones as a medium of attracting customers and tele-marketing turned into the next big thing. What was annoying for many customers was one of the best sources of gaining new customers for many companies.
As computers began to replace all other mediums more distinctively, the marketing landscape gradually evolved to embrace technology. It found social media to be the best place to set camp and so we live in an age today where every time we open Facebook we are flooded with advertisements that encourage us to make some exciting purchases or sign up for services that can change our lives.
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Voting Information and Resources
The primary election will be on Tuesday, August 4.
The polls will be open between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM.
To vote for Venki, you must request a Democratic ballot.
For more information on how to find your polling location, registering to vote, absentee voting, and other races, use the menu below.
Find your Polling Place
To find your polling location, go to the St. Louis County Board of Elections website here and type in your address.
In order to vote on election day, you will need to bring with you a form of identification. Any of the following are acceptable:
Identification issued by the state of Missouri, an agency of the state, or a local election authority of the state
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How to Register
If you have never registered to vote before, you can visit the Missouri Secretary of State's website here to do so. If you are unsure if you have registered or don't know where you are registered, you can click here to find out.
In order to vote in the August 4 primary, you must register by Wednesday, July 8.
There are multiple options for submitting the registration application; you can fill it out and submit online, print and mail a physical version, or request an application to be mailed to you. If you choose to mail your application, it must be postmarked by July 8.
Vote-By-Mail and Absentee Voting
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on June 23 that all Missouri voters are eligible to vote by mail in the 2020 elections and that the ballots do not need to be notarized. Unlike absentee voting, you do NOT need to state a reason for voting by mail.
In order to successfully vote by mail, you must fill out this application and mail it to the St. Louis County Board of Elections. Contact info for the Board can be found below.
The image above is from the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition. It explains how to determine if you are eligible to vote absentee versus vote by mail, how to request absentee and vote-by-mail ballots, and how to submit absentee and vote-by-mail ballots. It also provides important deadlines.
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Medicaid Expansion (Amendment 2)
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If passed, a projected 230,000 additional Missourians ages 19 through 64 will be covered, using income guidelines at or below 138% of the federal poverty level, under the Affordable Care Act. The new income guidelines would be $17,608 for an individual and $36,156 for a household of four.
The state would be prohibited from adding more restrictions or requirements for qualification than already exist for people to qualify for Medicaid.
According to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, if passed, the initiative is expected to have a one-time cost to the state of about $6.4 million dollars. The yearly net fiscal impact by 2026 is unknown, but the office's projections include a range of a cost to the state of $200 million to a savings to the state of $1 billion.
Prop C
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An amendment to the St. Louis County Charter. A "yes" vote is a vote to:
Provide reasons for vacancy in the office of County Executive and procedures for filling such vacancy
Combine functions of the Departments of Transportation and Public Works
Re-state functions and powers of the Director of Public Health.
Re-state qualifications for the Director of Parks, Public Health, and Transportation and Public Works
Provide for up to four Boards of Equalization
Provide authorization to eliminate certain Boards and Commissions
Amend appointment of the Director of Judicial Administration and Condemnation Commission
Reduce the number of signatures required to authorize recall of the County Executive, Prosecuting Attorney and Assessor
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Silver Alert: Missing 80-year-old Lehigh Acres man with dementia
An 80-year-old
Richard Sozzi was last seen at his home in the 500 block of Greenwood Avenue at 9 a.m. Monday.
According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Sozzi also has back problems, so is not able to walk long distances.
Deputies described him as a white man about 5 feet, 11 inches feet tall and of average weight with hazel eyes and brown hair that is balding. He was wearing a blue and white polo shirt with tan shorts when he went missing. He could be driving his 2008 dark gray
Deputies said he frequents Joe's Cafe at 43 Homestead Road in Lehigh.
Sozzi is one of the two active Silver Alerts in the state, as of 10:15 p.m. Monday.
If you have seen Sozzi or know his whereabouts, please call the Lee County Sheriff's Office at 239-477-1000.


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Sandy Tolan, author of the international best-seller, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, is an associate professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. His new book is Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land, about one Palestinian's dream to build a music school in the midst of Israel's military occupation. He is a founder of Homelands Productions, which has produced hundreds of documentaries and reports for NPR, Marketplace, and other public radio outlets.
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The Indiana Supreme Court declared in a split decision Wednesday that the Indiana Product Liability Statute, and specifically its 10-year statute of repose, does not apply to cases where the plaintiffs have had protracted exposure to inherently dangerous foreign substances.
Justices Brent Dickson, Steven David and Robert Rucker affirmed the lower court's decisions to deny summary judgment to defendants in Mary Geyman's case and reversed summary judgment granted to defendants in Larry and Loa Myers' case. Justice Mark Massa and Chief Justice Loretta Rush dissented in separate opinions. Dickson wrote the opinion for the majority.
The majority overturned its 2003 decision in Allied Signal v. Ott, 785 N.E.2d 1068 (Ind. 2003), claiming new ground that was missed at the trial court level, but Rush and Massa were not supportive of the decision. They claimed stare decisis meant Ott should not have been overturned. The majority claimed the new information meant they were not in violation of stare decisis doctrine.
The Supreme Court combined three appeals in its ruling, Larry Myers and Loa Myers v. Crouse-Hinds Division of Cooper Industries Inc. and Lorillard Tobacco Company and Hollingsworth & Vose, 49S00-1502-MI-119; General Electric Company. V. Mary R. Geyman, on her own behalf and on behalf of the state of Raymond Geyman, 49S00-1501-MI-35; and Owens-Illinois Inc. v. Mary R. Geyman, on her own behalf and on behalf of the state of Raymond Geyman, 49S00-1501-MI-36. Dickson said all three cases made essentially the same arguments.
Larry and Loa Myers, and Raymond and Mary Geyman brought suit alleging damages from asbestos-related diseases.
The court considered two challenges. The first was whether the statute of repose provisions violate the Indiana Constitution's Right to Remedy Clause in Article 1, Section 12; and second, whether they violate its Equal Privilege and Immunities Clause in Article 1, Section 23.
The plaintiffs argued section 2 of the Indiana Product Liability Act contained a constitutionally impermissible distinction between asbestos-plaintiffs injured by defendants who mined and sold raw asbestos and asbestos-plaintiffs who were injured by defendants not in that category. The majority agreed, saying section 2 allowed plaintiffs who were injured by defendants who mined and sold raw asbestos to sue under a section where they had no statute of repose, but people injured by asbestos in other categories had to sue under section 1, where there was a statute of repose. That violates the Equal Privilege and Immunities Clause in Article 1, Section 23.
Because section 2 of the IPLA was invalidated in the instant matter, the plaintiffs' claims were decided based on section 1, which was interpreted in Covalt v. Carey Canada Inc., 543 N.E.2d 382 (Ind. 1989). In that case, the court wrote "our statute of repose is inapplicable to cases involving protracted exposure to an inherently dangerous foreign substance which is visited into the body."
The plaintiffs in both cases had prolonged exposure to asbestos, one working for 40 years as an electrician, the other for 24 years as a worker and welder. Because of that, the majority found the plaintiffs' claims of asbestos damage under the IPLA could proceed.
Rush dissented based on stare decisis. She said reversing Ott, a decision from only 12 years ago, sets a dangerous precedent.
"Despite my own ambivalence about Ott, I cannot say it is so clearly wrong or unjust to warrant upending an issue we have already settled," Rush wrote. Later, she wrote, "I fear the Court's change of heart sets into motion a pendulum that will swing long into the future – not because I expect we will actually reverse other close or controversial decisions, but because that is the inevitable perception."
Massa wrote he agreed with most of Rush's dissent, but he believed the decision could inflict even more serious damage than Rush said. He wrote the majority tried to get around stare decisis by finding a new claim and theory overlooked in its previous decisions, but that theory fails. He said under the asbestos exception in the statute of repose, everyone injured by it is in the same class, and fits into both categories.
Massa said nothing has changed except the makeup of the court, and that should not be enough to change the decision, even though the majority claims new ground. However, Massa claimed those grounds were rejected in the minority opinion in the Ott case, which was also written by Dickson.


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Bring a buddy or colleague along if you are going to Secret Recipe for lunch.
That's because this entire month of August, the restaurant cafe is offering a Buy 1 Free 1 Slice of Cake promotion when you dine in anytime from 12pm to 5pm daily.
What's more, the offer is available even on weekends.
The promotion was first spotted by popular Facebook page Singapore Atrium Sale.
Buy 1 Free 1 slice of cakeSecret RecipeNow till 31 Aug 201912noon to 5pmImages taken at Secret Recipe Plaza Singapura but should be available at most Secret Recipe outlets
Posted by Singapore Atrium Sale on Sunday, 18 August 2019
Some of Secret Recipe cakes include Black Forest, Chocolate Fudge, Mango Delight, Royal Choc, Tiramisu, Red Velvet, Strawberry Vanilla and more.
You can find Secret Recipe cafes in Singapore at these locations – Toa Payoh HDB Hub, Plaza Singapura and VivoCity.
Some terms and conditions to take note:
- Valid for dine-in till 31 August at all Secret Recipe outlets in Singapore
- Limited to 4 purchased slices per customer, whilst stocks last
- Discounted item must be equal or lower value
- Valid for Regular and Premium Cakes
- Not valid for Brownies
- Not valid with other ongoing promotions, bank discounts, privileges, set meals or offers
- Pictures show for illustration purposes only


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Fish is a great source of omega 3's and lean protein to help you tone up. Served with veggies and on a bed of rice, this makes a delicious and filling meal that will keep you low in calories.
Preheat broiler and grease your broil pan with the olive oil.
Place the fillets and bell pepper in the pan and squeeze the lemon juice over it. Sprinkle with seafood seasoning and paprika.
Place the pan under the broiler for 5-7 minutes, watching closely to prevent burning. Add the broccoli and cook for another minute until soft.
Mix the cooked brown rice with the salsa and divide between two plates. Place a fillet on each bed of rice along with half of the veggies.
Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals: 203 calories, 3g fat, 24g carbohydrate, 3g fiber, and 19g protein.