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We now have a good look at the new JTBC drama The Package starring Jung Yong Hwa (Three Musketeers) and Lee Yeon Hee (Reunited Worlds) with the release of a 3 minute preview trailer.
We get plenty of time with Jung Yong Hwa and Lee Yeon Hee as we learn their stories and see their romance begin to blossom in France. We also meet all of the other characters on our tour and learn about their challenges.
I can’t say enough how absolutely beautiful this drama looks! The scenery is just something else. And I love seeing our beloved kdrama actors on location for the drama. It creates a very unique feel and makes me all the more excited to go on this tour of France with them.
The Package is about a group of very different people on a guided tour in France. It’s a heartwarming drama of people connecting as they deal with unexpected events. Lee Yeon Hee is the group’s tour guide with Jung Yong Hwa as a man who was recently dumped by his girlfriend.
The Package is scheduled to premiere October 13 on JTBC.
See the trailer here: https://youtu.be/OpMDtXC2hxo
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DOE-Savannah River Facility Representative Steve Stamper, left, walks with Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette through the Salt Waste Processing Facility. Courtesy photo
AIKEN, S.C. ― Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette toured the Savannah River Site (SRS) for the first time in late March, visiting SRS facilities and engaging the workforce and community leaders.
“It was a great visit at Savannah River Site, where I learned more about your impressive work in stockpile stewardship, environmental cleanup, and putting science to work,” Brouillette told the workers and community members. “You have a strong legacy of important work to the Department and our nation, and I look forward to working with you to accomplish even more.”
Brouillette met with community leaders at an event hosted by the SRS Community Reuse Organization at the SRS Museum in downtown Aiken. He also attended an informal roundtable luncheon with SRS early career professionals. Brouillette talked about his upbringing and career experience and listened to federal and contractor employees share their educational background, experience, and aspirations as the next-generation nuclear workforce.
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Paul and Howard talk about the relationship between muscle mass, strength, and longevity. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here.
- Why muscle mass is important, and not just for bodybuilders
- The loss of muscle with age, the technical term for which is sarcopenia
- The many consequences of loss of muscle tone are many, from strength, to metabolic syndrome, to Alzheimer’s
- How you can preserve muscle tone without going to a gym, and do it as efficiently as possible
- Muscle mass, strength, and longevity
- Changes in Body Composition Measures With Risk of Heart Failure and Myocardial Infarction in Type 2 Diabetes
- Stronger legs: Six reasons you should start squatting today
Music & Disclaimers:
- Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3562-crossing-the-chasm License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.
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The Industrial Claim Appeals Office reversed an Order of an Administrative Law Judge awarding penalties for a violation of W.C.R.P. 16-11(A), based on the insurer’s failure to reimburse a claimant timely for mileage expenses. The Industrial Claim Appeals Office reasoned that although W.C.R.P. 16-11(A) provides that an uncontested bill submitted by a "provider" is due and payable within 30 days, a claimant is not a "provider" for purposes of submitting mileage reimbursement requests and are not subject to the presumptive deadline for submission of "bills for services" set forth in Rule 16-11(A). Therefore, the Industrial Claim Appeals Office held that the insurer could not be held liable for failure to pay mileage reimbursement within thirty days. Richardson v. Pizza Hut, Inc. W. C. No. 4-560-586-05 (February 7, 2014).
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It’s pretty safe to assume that everyone has encountered someone on a street corner asking for help. They often ask for money, prompting the thought, “What do I do? I don’t want to give them money, but I don’t have anything else to offer them.”
Melody ran into this predicament several months ago. A man asked her for money to buy food, so she offered to go buy him some, but told him to wait while she finished something. By the time she returned, he was gone. Despite earnestly wanting to help the man, she wasn’t able to do anything.
In that moment, Melody made a decision. Next time someone asked for help, she wouldn’t be caught unprepared!
Check out Melody’s video here.
Melody started “Melody’s Angels,” a group that gets together once a month to assemble care kits for hurting people on the streets. She keeps her car stocked with the kits, so whenever she sees someone asking for help, she can immediately assist them. The group has been wildly popular. It started with only a couple members and has now multiplied in size several times over.
YOU CAN DO THIS TOO!
Making care kits is a great activity to do with friends. They are fun and relatively inexpensive to put together. Here are some of the items we recommend including:
For a complete list and more information about making care kits, visit www.PortlandRescueMission.org/get-involved/pack-a-care-kit/
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The "Best of Days" Collection designed by One Sister was created with the One Crazy Sister Club in mind. One Sister designer, Janet Rae Nesbitt has long been known for her scrappy quilting techniques and crazy pattern style. Janet incorporates a unique primitive colour palette with her Crazy pattern method, blending prints and yarn dyes to create her look.
We have six individual kits available, as well as two bundles that are exclusive to Rainbow Patchwork, including two bonus free quilt patterns. Click here for more information.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Season 8 Episode 8
Aired on April 11, 2021
Main segment: Nursing home care in the United States
Other segments: Matt Gaetz sexual misconduct allegations, Immigration policy of the Joe Biden administration
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John: Hi there! Welcome to the show. Still coming to you from this blank void. Which I actually share with the Pixar lamp. It says if I try to leave, it’ll crush me like the letter “i”, and I can’t tell how scared and/or horny I should be. It’s been another busy week. In the U.S., Covid vaccinations are racing against new variants of the virus. And in the U.K., Prince Philip died, which is a tragedy if you don’t know a single thing about him. And even if you know a little about him, you might not know this.
Take it back to the beginning for us, Alastair, and tell us how the young prince Philip of Greece and Denmark met the then-princess Elizabeth. Well, they were related.
John: Yeah, that’s right, prince Philip and queen Elizabeth are cousins who later got married… Also known as a “Giuliani meet-cute.” Meanwhile, the Matt Gaetz saga continues to unfold this week, and not in any ways that look good for him.
The new report overnight alleges Gaetz sent close associate and accused sex trafficker Joel Greenberg $900 in two late-night Venmo transactions in 2018. According to the Daily Beast, Greenberg used the same app to send three young women, including one who had recently turned 18, varying sums of money that amounted to $900. Greenberg made the payments to the three young women with the descriptions “tuition,” “school,” and “school.”
John: You fucking idiots! I can’t believe I have to say this, but if you’re trying to suspicious potentially criminal transactions, Venmo is not the app to use. Venmo is for one thing and one thing only: passing judgment on friends’ spending habits while obsessing over wild financial mysteries. Wait, Brian paid his girlfriend for pizza? Why can’t Kaitlin just let him slide on this? They live together, and it’s pizza. Wait, Kaitlin’s paying Brian now? For cake? Brian liked it? The fuck is going on in this relationship? And look, I have to tell you, Matt Gaetz has denied all accusations. And I’m sure there will be more to say about all this when he goes to prison. But for now, let’s talk about immigration. There’s been a lot of coverage lately about what’s happening on the border, which is troubling and complicated, but I’d actually like to talk about something a lot less complicated that’s also getting a lot less coverage, and that is the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. It’s for people currently abroad fleeing persecution or violence who’ve applied for resettlement. And the U.S. used to be a world leader in how many refugees we accepted, but this fucking guy [photo of Donald Trump] not only slashed the admissions cap down to a historic annual low of 15,000, he also added discriminatory eligibility categories that have blocked many Muslim and African refugees from coming to the U.S. And to his credit, Biden ran on a platform that included reversing Trump’s policies. And since taking office, he’s been about as eloquent as Biden can be about the moral imperative of doing so.
[President Biden] Come with me into Sierra Leone. Come with me into parts of Lebanon. Come with me around the world and see people piled up in camps, kids dying, no way out, refugees fleeing from persecution. We, the United States, used to do our part. We were part of that. We’re… And, you know, that’s, you know… Send me your huddled masses. Come on!
John: Right, and underneath that patriotic word salad is a pretty good point. Even though he’s making it while managing to sound like a guy in a statue of liberty costume in times square. “Send me your huddled masses. Come on. I’m breathing in green lead paint here, so do you want a picture with me and Buzz Lightyear or not?” In early February, Biden announced that he’d raise the ceiling on admissions to over 62,000, eliminate Trump’s restrictions, and raise the cap even higher next year. Which sounds great. Unfortunately, that was two months ago, and he still hasn’t signed the presidential determination that would revise Trump’s rules. And it has been hard to get a straight answer from this administration about why.
The president has said that that’s something that should be done immediately. Why didn’t he do it today?
I think we’re gonna have more again soon in the coming days and weeks on more steps and actions that the president is interested in taking. So I’m just not gonna get ahead of that right now.
Why hasn’t the president signed the paperwork to lift the, the… Raise the refugee cap?
Well, I would refer you to the state department.
Last month, the president did announce that he intended to raise the refugee cap. That hasn’t seemed to happen yet. Why haven’t those flights continued?
He remains committed, but I don’t have an update on the timing of the flights.
Does it have anything to do with the fact that resources are going towards the border at this time? Or…
No, no, it’s not related to that. No.
John: Then what is it related to? Although props to Jen Psaki, only a few months into the job and she’s already waving away concerns about stranded refugees with the ease of a spirit airlines gate agent letting you know your flight’s delayed. “Rest assured, we’re committed to getting you to Orlando eventually. We just can’t tell you where your plane is, why it’s taking so long, or what year you might arrive.” And the thing is, there are nearly 115,000 refugees in various stages of the resettlement process right now, with more than 35,000 already approved for resettlement here. But until Biden signs that determination, they’re still beholden to Trump’s low admissions ceiling and bullshit racist rules. In March alone, more than 700 refugees had their flights canceled. And remember, these are vulnerable people who may have surrendered their belongings or homes in anticipation of leaving the country or who are waiting in camps. Also, any delay can mean their required health or security checks expire, and they have to start the whole process all over again. One Congolese woman was scheduled to fly here in early March but had her ticket canceled, and because she’s pregnant and now in her third trimester, she can no longer travel at all. And by the way, when her baby is born, that child will have to undergo a separate screening process that could take months. Which is pretty weird because I’m relatively sure you can’t have foreign allegiances before you have object fucking permanence. There are thousands of people now stuck in this pointless limbo. It’s an infuriating situation, perhaps best summed by this woman, who can’t figure out why her friend… a refugee currently stuck in a camp in Malawi, who’s been approved for resettlement here… can’t get on a plane.
This president, Joe Biden. When he came, he said that he would just add more refugees to come to USA. And I hear in the news that there is a paper. I don’t know which is a paper or something that he’s supposed to sign. Please, please, if he hear my voice, please help our friends who are struggling in the refugee camp.
John: Look, at least some of the people who voted for Biden… maybe reluctantly… did so on the understanding that refugees would not have to go on camera to beg for their already-approved loved ones to be allowed to come here, because that is one of those things that good guys are supposed to change, right next to not hiring their own kids or not letting Mike Lindell swap out the pillows in the Lincoln bedroom. And for Biden, this is actually really simple. He doesn’t need to negotiate with republicans on this or reckon with Joe Manchin’s boner for the filibuster. He just needs to sign a piece of paper. And for a guy who clearly wanted to be the person who “restored the soul” of America, it’s past time for him to look deep into his own, pick up a fucking pen, and do the right thing. And now this.
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Announcer: And now, a farewell tribute to the greatest questions ever asked on Yahoo! Answers.
Why do my balls smell like ham?
What’s wrong about being sexually attracted to Pokémon?
Is it true that sweat and pee are like “cousins”?
What is that one movie where Jidnsey Lohan switched bodies with Jamie Lee Curtis? Not “Freaky Friday,” the other one?
STD from Dog? Is it possible? Help…?
Okay, weird question, I saw a frog carrying another frog on its back, .. huh?
Does a fart contain DNA?
How is babby formed?? ?
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John: Moving on. Our main story tonight concerns nursing homes, the absolute last thing you want Andrew Cuomo to be handling, tied comfortably with literally anything else. Nursing homes, and long-term care in general, are something we tend to avoid thinking about, but the truth is, whether due to old age or disability, many of us do or will require help with daily living. The number of Americans 65 and older is projected to nearly double over the next 40 years, and one study estimated over two-thirds of Americans who reach 65 will need long-term care at some point in their lives. And the good news is, for the rich, there are plenty of options. There are multiple upscale retirement communities where residents can transition, if needed, into full-time nursing care, like this one, toured in exquisite fashion by 2 Chainz:
All right. So the name of this episode is called “The Most Expensive Retirement,” right? And so this is the most upscale, luxurious retirement home that I’ve ever seen and ever heard about.
The building itself cost $100 million to build.
The… The marble, it’s from Italy. It’s custom carpet.
I see a lot of art. I see the Versace plates.
John: Okay. Extravagance of that place aside, let’s all just agree: that $195 plate sucks shit. And I’m not normally a plate guy… Your boy’s a saucer freak from way back. I’m a bowl bitch. Plates aren’t really my thing. But even I can tell that plate is a 2. That’s a 2 in Ohio. If you’re gonna spend that kind of money on a plate, it better be really big, really fun, or really, really hot. That plate… Look at me. Put your phone down and look at me when I’m talking to you. That plate fucks. But the fact is, most of us aren’t ending up in that place. In fact, the vast majority of people receive long-term care at home, and around 80% of that care is provided by unpaid caregivers, often family members who want to keep their loved ones out of institutional care, like this wife and daughter.
Cheryl and Kristin are among the 42 million Americans caring for loved ones at home, and the tasks they perform have become increasingly complex.
When we have to flush his PICC line or clean his peg tube or take his blood glucose or his blood pressure, you know, none of us went to school for that. I mean, we’re not educated that way.
I don’t feel like I had enough training at all for this. We’ve kind of learned by trial and error.
John: That seems really hard. And there are certain things you expect to do by trial and error… Solving a puzzle, learning to pronounce the name of tambourine Saturday, or choosing a haircut… For the record, error, error, error, and error… But providing essential medical care should not be one of those things. Taking care of someone at home can be an incredibly complicated, full-time job that is almost always unpaid. In fact, in terms of lost wages, the labor of family caregivers totals about $67 billion annually. That’s a workforce that, if it were paid, would rival the entire GDP of Bulgaria. But for those who can’t afford to eat off unfuckable plates or whose loved ones are unable to help them at home, many wind up in long-term care facilities. There are two million people in them in the U.S., and as we’ve seen during the Covid crisis, they can be far from ideal. Residents and staff in them make up less than 1% of the population, but currently account for around a third of Covid deaths. The pandemic pushed an already heavily strained system to the absolute brink, with conditions getting so bad there were near-constant local news stories like this one:
One resident here says her calls for help or ignored because there wasn’t enough staff to respond.
I’m screaming, “get me out of here, get me out of here, get me out of this thi… ” I was screaming at them. I was in terrible pain, and they didn’t come for me.
Penny Shaw was in pain as she lay helpless in her bed at Braintree manor nursing home in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. She became so desperate she even called Braintree police for help.
I can’t lay in bed for hours and hours, you know, in pain like that.
John: Now, I have to tell you, we contacted that facility, which chose not to address its staffing levels back then in its response to us, instead insisting that “The safety of our residents is of the utmost importance,” but that is pretty fucking hard to believe when they are calling the police for help. Their only two instances where that is to be expected, and that is if you’re giving birth or digesting a crunch wrap supreme. That is it! And the truth is, Covid just exposed what we’ve basically known for years… that the way the elderly and disabled are treated in far too many of these facilities is with, at best, indifference, and at worst, abuse and neglect. So tonight, let’s talk about long-term care, how the industry is structured, how that structure creates bad incentives, and what we can do going forward. And we’re going to focus on the two main types of long-term care facilities: nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Nursing homes are medical facilities overseen by trained nurses and largely staffed by low-paid nursing assistants. And there have long been issues with nursing home care… A GAO report covering a five-year period before the pandemic found that 82% of homes had been cited for infection prevention and control deficiencies, and about half had persistent problems that had been cited across multiple years. And a big reason for that may be because understaffing is a big problem, with employees often tasked with taking care of way too many residents, as these nursing assistants pointed out just last year.
They’re not being showered.
People falling out of bed.
The men aren’t being shaved.
People fallen to where they fell out of their wheelchairs.
What if they need changed?
They might get it one time.
A day. We have 22 residents apiece. Most days, that’s for one person to wash, dress, get up, two meals, and they’re being neglected because you can’t get to everybody.
I told the administrator, I’m embarrassed of my work process because I can’t do what I was trained to do on how to take care of these residents.
John: That is obviously unacceptable. Do you have any idea how bad things need to get for you to tell your boss you’re embarrassed by your work? I’m not even embarrassed by my work, and just three minutes ago, I joked about fucking a plate. Also, that wasn’t really a joke. Call me, wolf plate. And nursing assistants aren’t just overworked… they’re really underpaid. The median national salary for that job is barely $30,000 a year. And one reason is that nearly 70% of nursing homes are now for-profit institutions. And there is a lot of profit for them to make, because they don’t pay staff much, but they charge you a lot. The average per-person cost for a private room is $100,000 per year. And if you’re thinking, “yeah, that is expensive, but doesn’t the Medicare program I have paid into all my life cover that?” Well, no, it doesn’t. Medicare only fully covers the first 20 days of nursing home care after an eligible hospital visit, then partially pays for up to 100 days. But after that, you are on the hook for all costs. The only other way to access taxpayer help to live in a nursing home is to almost completely impoverish yourself, to basically spend your way down to the point you qualify for Medicaid, the government program for the poor, which, crucially, reimburses nursing homes at less than half the average daily rate paid by Medicare. And while you would like to think that nursing homes would treat all patients the same, whether they’re on Medicare or Medicaid, the truth is, you might get two very different experiences. Because if you’re on Medicare, you could wind up getting too much attention. Just listen to an assistant manager at one nursing home chain describe how Medicare patients there were treated.
What percentage of the therapy that you were being told to administer do you think was not necessary?
I would say probably, as time went on, about 40%.
40% Of the work that you were doing…
Was not reasonable and not necessary under Medicare guidelines.
At another facility, the entire rehab staff signed a letter to their boss. It reads, “we have been encouraged to maximize reimbursement even when clinically inappropriate.”
John: That is absurd. The DOJ actually filed a lawsuit claiming that the chain that woman worked for, life care centers of America… which runs over 200 nursing homes… was subjecting its patients to therapy even as they were on their deathbeds. It alleged one 92-year-old who was dying of metastatic cancer was recorded as having had 48 minutes of physical therapy, 47 minutes of occupational therapy, and 30 minutes of speech therapy, just two days before his death, on a day he was spitting up blood. Which is ridiculous. Residents should be getting proper nursing care. Not shit-tons of expensive therapeutic treatments that are clinically inappropriate. Which, by the way, I’m pretty sure was the original slogan of goop. Now, Life Care denied wrongdoing, but agreed to pay $145 million to resolve that lawsuit. And they’re hardly alone here. Over the past decade, multiple other large nursing home chains have been charged with fraudulent Medicare billing practices and denied wrongdoing while paying tens of millions of dollars to settle their cases. You know, like you do when you are totally innocent. So to recap here: if Medicare is paying, the risk is, you could billed for unnecessary treatments. But if Medicaid is paying… which, remember, reimburses nursing homes at less than half the average daily rate… things could get much worse. Because if facilities want to open up a bed to a more lucrative patient, they can take drastic action.
Ronald, who was 51 and homeless, got rehab at the nursing home where he lived for more than a year. Then one night, around 10:00 p.m., He says an administrator came into his room.
Big smile on their face, saying, “we’re kicking you out.”
Yeah. And they just bundled me into a van and just dropped me off here on the sidewalk.
The Avalon Villa Care Center, through its lawyers, told NBC News it strongly disputes that it has inappropriately discharged any patients. The homeless shelter where Ronald is living now says it’s seen cases like this before. Experts even have a term for it: resident dumping.
John: Oh, come on, that’s just fucking evil. “Resident dumping” is a completely unacceptable practice. I don’t even like it when residents are dumped on Grey’s Anatomy. At the altar, Burke? You dumped that resident at the fucking altar? How could you do that to Cristina? You fucking monster! And you’d hope regulators would punish nursing homes for doing things like that. But the oversight here has some massive gaps. For instance, the federal government keeps a list of so-called “special focus facilities”… homes that have a pattern of serious problems over a long period of time, and therefore receive extra inspections. There are 88 nursing homes on that list… but interestingly, not because there are only 88 homes that deserve to be, but because, due to limited resources, the government has capped the list at that exact number, despite the fact they fully acknowledge an additional 400 facilities qualify for the program. And look, I’m not saying every list should go on forever. If a list of cutest otters was capped at 88, that’d be a perfectly fine list. But if there were 400 other cute otters that were also abusing the elderly, I’d really like to know who all of them are. And if you’re thinking, “well, that’s good to know. If I need to move a loved one into a nursing home, I’m definitely going to look online and make sure it’s a good one,” well, be careful. Because while the government does have a website where nursing homes are rated from one to five stars, it has an absolutely massive loophole.
Of the three factors that determine an overall rating, only the health inspections are conducted independently. The other statistics, staffing and quality measures, are self-reported by the nursing home. These self-reported statistics can boost a three-star rating into a five-star rating overall.
The problem is, you know, it’s garbage in, garbage out. So whatever they’re telling the feds, the feds are not… That federal government isn’t going in and double-checking that their numbers are accurate.
John: Yeah. “Garbage in, garbage out.” And that is pathetic. Something important as our nursing home rating system shouldn’t follow the same rule as every recipe on Velveeta’s website. Because there’s just no way any of those are good. If you’re making a recipe that calls for a puddle of Lorax jizz, then don’t be surprised when the finished product is equally repulsive. It’s garbage in, garbage out. So given everything you’ve seen so far, it’s hardly surprising that… For reasons of cost or conditions… many might want to avoid a nursing home altogether. Which brings us to assisted living facilities, or ALFs. Around a third of people in long-term care are in one of these, and they do cost far less than a nursing home… typically around $50,000 a year. ALFs started out as an alternative for those who needed help with key activities like dressing, toileting, taking medicines and eating… but only needed limited medical support. Just as with nursing homes, the vast majority of ALFs are for-profit. But there are also some key differences. ALFs are largely paid for out-of-pocket. And they are far less regulated, making easy for basically anyone to start one. And I do mean anyone. Take Stephanie Costa. By 30, she owned six small ALFs in southern California and had made a lot of money from them, enough to qualify her to appear in an episode of “The Millionaire Matchmaker.”
My name is Stephanie and I’m 30 years old and I own a chain of elderly care facilities. My net worth is $3-4 million, probably. I’ve always had this thing of taking care of older people. Like sick, people that are dying. I’ve always really felt for them. So I couldn’t wait to graduate college and start my own business doing assisted living facilities like nursing homes.
John: Okay. There are a lot of unfair reasons that I inherently don’t trust Stephanie Costa, from her driving a douchey Ferrari to the fact she looks like an uncredited extra from an “entourage” party scene to that voice, which sounds like a mouse who wouldn’t dress Cinderella because it had better things to do. But it turns out that gut feeling is actually entirely valid, because costa treated her employees and residents so terribly that, after multiple health and safety violations, California banned Costa from the industry for life and ordered her and her company to pay about $1.6 million for unpaid wages and penalties. But if you think that gave her accountability, you’re going to want to think again.
She kept this home after filing for bankruptcy and settled with workers for a fraction of what she owed. Her six care homes are now owned by a property investment company registered by her father.
John: Oh, yeah. Not just that, as recently as last year, she was still listed as that company’s CEO. So the state of California really taught Stephanie Costa a lesson there. Specifically, the lesson that you can treat your elder care workers like absolute shit, avoid any real consequences, and just keep living your life in the single ugliest home in Beverly Hills… Although it’s legitimately hard to tell whether that’s actually a home or just an abandoned white castle. But it’s not just individuals involved here. There are also big corporations running ALFs, who’ve been working hard to fill up beds. And despite the fact ALFs are supposed to be for people who require less medical attention, recently, some have been aggressively courting dementia patients for memory care programs, as seen in this advertisement for Brookdale, the largest ALF provider in the country.
This is a compassionate place that helps families through very difficult stages of dementia in a safe and comfortable setting, and I have peace of mind knowing there is a staff, fully trained, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I can’t believe how much my mom’s quality of life has improved since coming here. I’m seeing her smiling and laughing again.
We help them maintain their abilities and encourage the use of their current skills in a warm, engaging environment.
This is a special place, and every day is a new beginning with lots of smiles and memories.
John: Okay. I get that a senior living commercial might want to have at least one staffer with their arms around a resident’s shoulders. That’s kind of nice. Trustworthy. Makes you feel safe. But immediately cutting to another one feels like a bit much. And then a third starts to make me feel a little nervous. And when that fourth hits, as a British person, I’ve got to say, that is just too much physical contact. That said, even I’ll admit, an ALF that offered all that commercial claims to but with significantly less touching would really be great. Unfortunately, a woman who worked at a Brookdale facility in South Carolina painted a very different picture of how staffers are trained to work with dementia patients.
When you first start, they have you sit through a series of in-services or orientation and it lasts about a week, but it’s just videos, but once they put you out on the floor, they don’t… they don’t give you any training. They just stick you out there.
John: Well, that’s not really ideal, is it? It’s hard to retain important information just by watching a video. Case in point: this video. Think about it. What have you really learned from this? Sure, a few random facts about the long-term care industry that you’ll probably immediately forget. But mainly, you’ve learned that it’s possible to want to fuck a plate. And that’s a lesson you will never forget. And Brookdale insists that it offers ongoing training for its workers and that its training program for dementia care workers meets or exceeds state guidelines. But that is not really saying much, as some states only require only two to 30 hours, and South Carolina, where that facility is located, has no state minimum at all. And by the way, if you’re wondering about why there were a bunch of shots of a pond in that story, the answer is horrifying. Because a 90-year-old resident there, who was supposed to be under constant supervision before being transferred to a memory care unit, died after leaving the facility unnoticed in the middle of the night.
There are signs out here warning people about alligators. Take a look at this one, it says, “alligators may live here, be gator safe.” In this case, the signs probably would not have made a difference, according to authorities. We’re told the victim likely slipped or fell down a steep embankment and landed in the water, attracting the gator’s attention.
John: Holy fucking shit. I honestly don’t even know where to begin there. But I guess I’d start with: why would anyone put an assisted living facility next to a fucking alligator pond? That seems like the sort of detail that really has to be included at the end of one of Brookdale’s heartwarming ads.
This is a special place and every day is a new beginning with lots of smiles and memories. Also, one of our residents was eaten by an alligator, so… y’know… There’s that.
John: Yeah. There is that. And that’s important information for people to know, Brookdale. And look, obviously, that’s an appalling story. But to be fair, it is hard to talk about long-term care without showing you at least one of those. Just be grateful I didn’t show you the story where a resident jumped from a fourth-story window of an ALF, or the one about a nursing home resident who set herself on fire, or the one about a 91-year-old suffering from Alzheimer’s who froze to death on Christmas day. Which, by the way sounds like a holiday album written by fucking Bjork. So what can we do here? Well, obviously, increased oversight and enforcement are badly needed. That facility with the alligators was eventually fined by the state for 11 violations, including not properly performing night checks and letting staffing drop below required levels, but the penalty issued was just $6,400. And it feels like if you lost a loved one in such a horrific way, you’d want more accountability than “don’t worry, someone decided their life was worth the price of a 2013 Chrysler Motown.” And the fact is, there are lots of ideas on how to force facilities to improve… Mandating a certain amount of money has to go to patient care, for instance, or that residents have access to a minimum amount of care per day. But the bigger fix here might be to try and make it easier for as many people as possible not to end up in these institutions in the first place and instead receive whatever support they need at home. Nearly 90% of people over 65 apparently want to stay in their home for as long as possible, which does make sense. The problem is, right now, many of them can’t, because under Medicaid, nursing home care is an entitlement… but home-based care is not. To access long-term services and supports through Medicaid in your home, you need a waiver from your state. And to be fair, some, like Washington, do that pretty well. More than 70% of the Medicaid money they spend on long-term care for older people and adults with disabilities is spent on home and community based services. Things like skilled nursing visits, home care aides who can help with daily tasks, and even the ability to pay family caregivers. You know, people like those two women you saw earlier. The problem is, other states have waiting lists that can be many years long, by which point, seniors trying to access that care can be dead, because, sadly, that is how time works. Nationwide, more than 800,000 people are on these kinds of waiting lists. What we need is reform at a national level. And there are actually some promising developments here. A discussion draft of a bill was recently introduced that would make home and community-based care an entitlement under Medicaid. And Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan actually calls for $400 billion to be spent on those exact services. And that would be a really big deal. And look, aggressive transition to home-based care is going to need rigorous guardrails and oversight to make sure that money is not misspent, just in a different way. The last thing I want is, five years from now, to be having to do a show on the evils of new for-profit home care agencies who’ve been destroying people’s lives in their own homes. And if you’re thinking, “wait, five years from now you’ll still be doing shows in the void?” Oh, no. We’ll be back in the void. I don’t want to get into specifics, but… spoiler alert… it’s not a pandemic next time! It’s spiders. But we do need to do something. And it all starts with showing that we give a shit about what happens to the elderly and people with disabilities in this country, ’cause right now, evidence points to the fact that we absolutely don’t, and all the other problems are stemming from that. And the longer we continue to ignore this, the worse it’s going to get. Because the fact is, right now, this is an industry where the people in its care are being figuratively, and sometimes literally, Eaten alive. And now this.
Announcer: and now, a few more of the greatest questions ever asked on Yahoo! Answers.
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John: That’s our show, thanks so much for watching, we’ll see you next week. Good night.
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Publication Date: March 23, 2004
Source: Harvard Business School
Industry: Retail and consumer goods
Describes the transformation of a company's corporate-level strategy. Begins by laying out the strategy that brought the Newell Co. stunning success for nearly three decades. The highly integrated, internally consistent strategy was tailored for manufacturing and selling a particular genre of products to a particular kind of customer. In the mid-1990s, Newell encountered some shifts in its competitive environment and a subtle erosion in profits. In 1999, the $3.5 billion company paid a 49% premium to acquire the $2.5 billion Rubbermaid Co., in part for its product development process and strong consumer brands. After the acquisition, the profits of the combined enterprise deteriorated at an accelerated rate and the CEO was replaced. In less than a year, a fundamentally new strategy was announced, profits improved, and both Wall Street and major retailers were encouraged. Some setbacks followed, leading to reduced earnings and revised expectations. Exposes students to the pains and struggles of changing a deeply ingrained and long-lived strategy. Also forces them to confront the question of whether the new strategy is the right one and the markers one should seek to prove the case.
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Our favorite veggie recipes!
Growing up with a family garden gave me a lifelong love of fresh veggies! There are soooo many ways to make them taste amazing.
This Roasted Parmesan Broccoli is one of the most popular recipes on Taste and See, shared by almost a million readers!! I love the simplicity of garlic, Parm, and broccoli – amazing!
And don’t ignore the often neglected Brussels sprout: these Balsamic Brussel Sprouts are never bitter or mushy, and your fam will love them (the secret? It’s in the cook time… Most people overcook them)!
Plus lots of other easy, super-tasty, usually healthy veggies your family will thank you for trying! 😊
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Director: Arun Prabu Purushothaman • Music: Pradeep Kumar • Duration: 1h 54m
Vaazhl is an upcoming Tamil-language drama film directed by Arun Prabhu Purushothaman and produced by Sivakarthikeyan under his banner Sivakarthikeyan Productions ; with a whole bunch of new talents.
CBFC:U Actors: Pradeep Anthony,TJ Bhanu Year: 2021
Nice Making. Very new story in Tamil cinema
You need to treat this movie as a fable with some leap of faith required..
No logic but "last line is good and much needed for everyone" other than nothing special wasted 2hr :-)
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Glass Sherlock Bubblers
If you enjoy alcohol consumption as well as cigarette smoking, after that you can check out different glass sherlock bubblers. The within these bubblers is made of a clear, crystal-clear glass. The bottom fifty percent is made from a colored plastic. The leading part of the pipe has actually an extended s-shape. Several of the sherlock bubblers have an integrated sprinkle guard. The style of the bubblers is influenced by the legendary calabash pipe of Sherlock Holmes. The most preferred bubbler is the standing glass sherlock. The chamber is created of two different items, and the lower component is flat. This makes it very easy to hold. These pipes are typically sold at pipeline stores. They are considered premium pieces as well as can be found in a range of designs. The stem is made of a rounded form, as well as the mouthpiece is topped with a magnifying glass. The horns have a sharp suggestion, which trickling water forms. There are numerous designs of glass sherlock bubblers. One of the most usual style is the upright sherlock. Nonetheless, some smokers prefer the sidecar design, which includes a longer, conical tube of glass. A sidecar sherlock bubbler resembles a hammer, with a dish counted on the side. They are both designed to take water, to ensure that they can be lugged around. Mini sherlock bubblers are tiny variations of the routine sherlock bubbler. A smaller sized version, the mini sherlock, is perfect for holding herbs, including mints. A typical sherlock is not created to hold focused herbs. The Mini sherlock is a much more portable option. It features a curved dish, comparable to the one in a sherlock. If you want a larger sherlock, select a quad-chamber sherlock. Aside from the fundamental sherlock, glass sherlock bubblers can likewise be utilized to create fashionable glass sherlocks. If you intend to try out bubblers, you can opt for the Gandalf or the Sherlock. These are terrific novelty items, since they are stand-alone and also have an unique layout. They look wonderful as well as can be a terrific method to excite your pals. You can find several shades on the market. Whether you intend to consume or smoke, glass sherlock bubblers will protect the high quality of smoke in water. If you are looking for a fashionable sherlock bubbler, take into consideration the Sherlock. The preferred kind of sherlock pipeline is the Gandalf. It is likewise known as the Holmes pipe. The Gandalf bubbler. Unlike the common sherlock, these are an unique spirituous accessory that will capture the attention of others. Glass sherlock bubblers are a great method to enjoy your favorite beverage. These are unique hand pipelines that can likewise be made use of to enjoy an alcoholic drink. Besides the sherlock, they are terrific as a gift for any event. They make your event much more fun! There are various designs that will certainly excite your visitors. Apart from the glass bubbler, you can likewise include a hammer, which appears like a hammer.
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During the hottest summer in years, detectives Elling and Mendt investigate a series of murders.
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A hot lead takes the investigators to a campsite in Marnow.
A corrupt LKA officer tries to obfuscate the investigation.
Jasper stumbles across a lead as Elling is attacked by the killer.
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Beat Blade is a sport with distinctive appeal due to its excellent structure design and visible results that immerse gamers however quickly neglect the true world.
If you’re captivated with VR video games then absolutely have participated in a simulation sport known as Beat Saber. Players will use hay blades and swing to show slash neon cubes are coming in the direction of you. Moreover, it additionally makes use of the most well liked background music right now. Thanks to VR expertise with music and colours, this sport made an awesome buzz. Beat Blade: Dash Dance is the cellular model of this sport. Although not utilizing the VR mechanism, however there are adjustments to deliver distinctive appeal. Do you like a Ninja? Do you need to play an infinite working sport? Are you wanting ahead to having fun with the music from idols? All are gathered on this sport.
Excellent graphics, distinctive design from context to animation
This is the primary level that makes folks really feel on this sport. Beat Blade: Dash Dance designed a particularly distinctive shifting platform that you’ll instantly need to really feel. For instance, in Beat Saber, you’ll stand nonetheless and really feel every little thing is approaching you rapidly. In the sport – Dash Dance, gamers will continually transfer ahead and overcome obstacles. The distinction in feeling will deliver a extra distinctive expertise, not mediocre.
The sport will design its setting precisely the identical as the favored Cyberpunk theme. Colors of the sport shall be a mix of vivid colours with neon impact. Thanks to that, the participant will really feel like he’s immersed in a future world. Moreover, that is truly a music sport so it’s a must to use a headset to maximise the expertise. You will quickly neglect the true world to immerse your self within the sport, with a speeding tempo, enticing sounds, and distinctive photographs.
Visual results assist with the gaming course of
Visual results are additionally a spotlight of this sport in comparison with different video games of the identical style. When you’re shifting, you will notice your character working as a real Ninja. Players will simply really feel each step strikes to match the music. Thanks to which you can simply catch beats in line with your emotions. This signifies that generally you don’t want to have a look at the display screen to know precisely which path to maneuver.
Moreover, while you begin to chop right into a beat, there shall be mild results emanating from Ninja’s arms. It is extraordinarily appropriate and matches the tempo of the track. Thanks to that, the participant will get decisive motion, not delayed through the transfer. Later, when the tempo of the music will increase, you possibly can simply sustain with the progress of the sport.
Maximized, specializing in versatile shifting + music
As talked about, Beat Blade: Dash Dance does very nicely in designing animation strikes of the characters. If you’ve ever fallen in love with Temple Run, this sport will certainly fulfill you. To management Ninja within the sport, you simply want to carry and drag on the display screen. If you launch, the character will proceed to run straight, proper in the midst of the display screen. Thanks to this mechanism, you possibly can let your arms calm down a bit in case there are not any obstructions forward. But, when an impediment seems, it’s a must to rapidly contact the display screen and regain management.
The problem within the sport is sort of simple. There are two issues you could take note of beats and obstacles seem alternately all through the tracks. You must dodge obstacles and slash all beats. These two issues have to be manipulated concurrently. You will lose for those who encounter an impediment and miss a beat. Because of this problem, the sport just isn’t infinite, however it is going to have a cease. Usually, it will depend on the problem of the track. The longer the track and the sooner the tempo, the more durable it’s to finish. Therefore, select the track and degree proper along with your degree to get the perfect leisure expertise.
Weapons of the character together with common updates weekly
Characters within the sport will use a weapon to cut into the beats that seem on the display screen. Actually that is only a ornamental merchandise however has an awesome impact. Players who use the everyday kind of Ninja sword for a very long time will really feel bored. With a small change in weapons, they’ll really feel the progress of the sport higher. In addition, each week, Beat Blade: Dash Dance could have enhancements, improvements, common updates. Currently, the sport has not but launched new fashions for the character. You nonetheless need to play Ninja, however sooner or later could also be totally different. The sport is progressively bettering to deliver the perfect expertise for gamers. Please look ahead to the constructive adjustments offline.
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Show off your love for Champagne! In particular pink bubbles! My Rosé Champagne Trucker Hat is designed by hand in California. This hat is lower profile than most standard trucker style hats and sits closer to your head, making it comfortable and flattering.
Snapback adjusts to make it one size fits most.
Sizing (measured around inside band of hat): Adult (7 years+) 20-23.5 inches Adult white front hats are cotton twill foam front/mesh back. Spot clean or hand wash in cold with mild detergent. Lay flat to dry, do not wring or squeeze.
I'm a hat girl and I know it's hard to find a cute trucker hat that actually fits right! This hat is not only super cute (I love the sparkly rose gold!) but it is high quality and fits comfortably without sitting too high or too wide on my head. Yay! I highly recommend this lid to my other hat ladies - you won't be disappointed! Cheers!
Absolutely love my hat! I get compliments every time I wear it. It fits perfectly. The quality is amazing and the glitter detail is really nice too and doesn’t flake off. 5 out of 5 stars for sure!
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Dick Taylor is a British Blues guitarist who played with Mick Jagger and Keef Richards before they were in a band, and went on to form The Pretty Things. Mick and Dick went to the same school in Dartford, near London and when Dick went to Sidcup Art School, he met up with Keef. The three Blues-mad kids would play together at friends’ houses and started going to Alexis Korner‘s Ealing Blues Club, where they met Brian Jones playing slide-guitar under the name ‘Elmo Lewis’. Dick switched to bass to accommodate Brian, and played at the Rollin’ Stones first ever gig, at The Marquee Club on July 12th 1962, when Alexis asked them to fill-in at their residency there because the BBC wanted his band Blues Incorporated to make a broadcast. Dick won a place at London’s Central School of Art, so The Stones recruited Bill Wyman on bass and set about becoming a World Phenomenon, while Dick went off to study. The following summer Dick picked up his guitar again and formed The Pretty Things (named for a Bo Diddley track) with singer and harp player Phil May, and set about proving that The Stones weren’t the only bad boys in town! Their first three singles ‘Rosalyn’, ‘Honey, I Need’ and ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ were heavily influenced by the work of Jimmy Reed and Bo Diddley, and all three went high in the pop charts. Unlike a lot of British bands, The Pretty Things did not tour America after an ‘incident’, apparently concerning a fire and a crayfish, on an internal flight in New Zealand. The band were banned from New Zealand and that, in turn, created difficulties with visas for the States.
Dick plays his Gibson in this high-energy version of ‘Midnight to Six Man’ in 1966;
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On Thursday 25th June, the APM Benefits Summit 2015 took place at etc. venues, Farringdon, London.
This page will be updated in the near future to include a full write up and additional material will be added when available.
Please find below the available presentation material given at the full day event, in the agenda order for the day.
1. Our request for success in the project management temple of doom
by Eddie Obeng, Founder of Pentacle Virtual Business School and Professor at the School of Entreprenuership and Innovation at Henley Business School
2. Realising the benefits of delivering major infrastructure projects
by Colin Morris, Strategy Director, HS2
3. Benefits and better business cases
by Stefan Sanchez and Alan Brown, Directors, Value People Ltd
4. Improving benefits management at Sellafield
by Mike Ward, Head of Portfolio and Programme Management Capability, Sellafield, and Richard Peel, Programme Management Consltant for the Sellafield Improvement Programme
5. Over-optimism in governance projects
by Bridget Jackson, Audit Manager, Transport VFM, UK National Audit Office
A. Pragmatic benefits realisation management
by Judge Matharu and Mike Green
B. Agile P3M benefits
by Steve Messenger
C. Embedding benefits in the public sector
by Brin Hodgskiss and Nicola Dalliday
D. Benefits for whom?
by Ben Pinches
E. Extending the benefits life cycle: ISO 55000
by John Heathcote
F. A healthy respect for benefits
by David Waller and Hugo Minney
6. Benefits-led portfolio management: maximising capital investment returns
by Matt Williams, Managing Director, Connexion Systems
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Financial planning headlines promising to make you a millionaire sound enticing – until you start reading their recommendations on building your fortune. Underlying most of their wealth-building strategies is an understanding that you have hundreds of dollars to invest every month – and if you’re just starting out, that assumption might not apply to you, especially if you have tens of thousands of dollars in student debt hanging over your head.
One solution is to dramatically alter your lifestyle to save cash – skip the daily Starbucks run in favor of drinking store-bought coffee, or making a lunch at home instead of in a drive-thru. While it’s true a ramen noodle lifestyle can help you save money, that advice only works if you’re willing to stick to it. Instead of making changes to your lifestyle you can’t sustain – or letting the prospect of having to save hundreds every month overwhelm you into doing nothing – let’s look at what small change can do over time.
Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good
Just because you don’t have lots of money to save or a willingness to make big changes to your spending habits doesn’t mean you should do nothing – because even a little bit, invested over time, can turn into a lot. Let’s take one tiny change – instead of getting a coffeeshop muffin and latte every morning five days per week, you only go four days per week. That’s it – that’s the only change you make. Let’s say that one change saves you $6.25 per week, or roughly $25 per month.
If you were to take that muffin and latte and invested it, over time it can really grow, thanks to the power of compounding. Assuming a pretty conservative 6% return rate, here’s what your muffin and latte would turn into if you invested it instead:
If you invested $25 a month,
|Principal||Principal + Compounding|
|…after one year?||$300||$309|
|…after five years?||$1,500||$1,744|
|…after 10 years?||$3,000||$4,097|
|…after 20 years?||$6,000||$11,551|
|…after 30 years?||$9,000||$25,114|
Table 1. The Growth of Monthly $25 Investments Over Time. The key is time – you really reap the benefits of compounding the longer you stay invested. These results assume a 6% return, compounded monthly. Source: https://www.saving.org/regular-savings/25/month
Now, can you retire on $25,000? Probably not. But let’s peel back the numbers a little more:
- You might look at your one-year return of $9 and feel a little underwhelmed. But break the results down by decade. After the first 10 years, you would have a little more than $4,000. After another 10 years, though, you don’t just double your money – you nearly triple it. Ten years after that, your investment doubles again, and then some. Regardless of if you’re investing $25 a month or $250 or $2,500, there’s nothing that builds wealth like compounding over time. But the longer you wait, the less you’d benefit from compounding. This isn’t something you’ll want to “get around to” someday.
- Changing the data can really boost the results. Instead of forgoing one latte and muffin per week, what if you skipped two? Keeping everything else the same, that $50 per month investment would turn into more than $50,000 after 30 years. If the market returned 7.2%, like it did between 1997 and 2017, your $25 monthly investment would turn into nearly $32,000 after 30 years. Feeling a little bolder? What if you invested $50 per month, with a 7.2% compounding rate, but started at age 25 and kept at it for 40 years? You’d retire with a nest egg worth more than $139,000.
In a way, the numbers are beside the point. The larger takeaway is that these totals are the result of a very small change – bypassing the coffeeshop only one time per week and making no other changes to your lifestyle or additional investments. If you have the $25 investment automatically withdrawn from your paycheck, you probably wouldn’t even notice it. But little changes, applied consistently over time, can make an enormous difference to your financial well-being.
One Last Thought To Consider
While everyone can benefit from compounding, this might not be the best strategy for your particular circumstances. For example, if you have credit card debt, you might be better served paying those off than investing (depending on the interest rate). The same applies if you don’t have an emergency fund, which can keep you from having to turn to credit cards should you suffer a financial mishap. A Baird Financial Advisor can help with your budgeting and set you on a prudent financial path to achieving your financial priorities.
With a little planning, your HSA can do a lot more than fund short-term healthcare expenses.
In the latest installment of our Women Talking Wealth series, Associate Branch Manager Ana Geller discusses her own financial journey and her advice for aspiring leaders.
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Simpkins Strawberry & Raspberry Choco Centres 175g𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒: Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Plain Chocolate (10%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier; Soya Lecithin), Citric Acid, Flavourings, Colours: Beetroot Red, Anthocyanin.
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𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃: There is no extra sugar, artificial color. Beneficial for health. Natural ingredients are used to produce this product.
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Captive Insurance Isle of Man is presenting a webinar to outline recent developments in the island’s captive management industry.
Captive Insights will be held on July 7 and will be hosted by Tracey Skinner, chair of AIRMIC and director of insurance and risk financing at BT Group. The panel will also include Chris Till, chief executive officer (CEO) of Standard Bank Isle of Man; Nick Gale, chair of the Isle of Man Captive Association and senior vice president at Marsh; Richard Bray, client services director at AON; and Ben Waterton, professional indemnity insurance specialist at Gallagher.
The panel will examine the current climate in the captive industry and the challenges faced by businesses securing insurance, and how the Isle of Man's captive industry is creating innovative solutions to alleviate these pressures. Till will discuss how Standard Bank has utilised its captive for the last 25 years to manage risk.
Tracey Skinner, AIRMIC, Chris Till, Standard Bank, Nick Gale, Isle of Man Captive Association, Marsh, Richard Bray, Aon, Ben Waterton, Gallagher
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Journal of Materials Science, Vol.54, No.5, 4212-4224, 2019
One-pot co-precipitation synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoparticles embedded in 3D carbonaceous matrix as anode for lithium ion batteries
Fe3O4@C nanoparticles with a 3D net-like structure were synthesized via a facile and scalable one-pot co-precipitation followed by a subsequent carbonization in an Ar atmosphere. Verified by scanning and transmission electron microscopy characterization, it can be seen that Fe3O4 nanoparticles with the size of 10-15nm were embedded in a uniform carbon shell with a thickness of around 2nm. Furthermore, the corresponding XRD and EDS analysis combined with TEM images also proved that the thin carbon layer on the nano-scale Fe3O4 was amorphous. The charge/discharge tests showed that Fe3O4@C composite delivered an excellent reversible capacity of 980mAhg(-1) after 100 cycles at a current density of 92.4mAg(-1), which was much higher than that of the pure Fe3O4 (170mAhg(-1)) synthesized by the same method. The outstanding reversible capacity is attributed to the small size of Fe3O4 particles and the high conductivity and mechanical strength of the amorphous carbon layer, which accelerates the electron transfer and relieves structure collapse caused by mechanical stress, thus maintaining a superior electrochemical stability.
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The Managers, Leaders and Events depicted in
this blog is fictional. Any resemblance or
similarity to actual events, entities or leaders,
whether living or dead, is entirely coincidental
No Managers were harmed while writing this
One of my bosses explained to me his thoughts around the Monkey Management Style v/s Cat Management style- new to me then. The major difference in these styles can be observed if you know the difference between how a cat carries kittens v/s how a monkey carries its babies. For those stuck in concrete jungles for a good part of life, check picture.
The objective in both cases is transportation from Point A to Point B for food, water or shelter. However, the difference is in the ownership and accountability. In case of the cat the onus is upon the senior to ensure safety while carrying the kitten. Whereas in case of the monkey the onus is on the junior to cling on to the senior and stay away from harm’s way. Something tells me, if left alone, baby monkeys have a better chance of staying alive, given that they have been struggling for survival by default. It’s easy to see the Monkey Management style and Cat Management Style in corporate world as well. Simply put, I would categorize most Managers who exercise Centralization, have not empowered people sufficiently, micro manage a lot and don’t involve subordinates in decision making as fans of cat style. The monkey styled managers are those who follow a liberal approach, decentralize, empower subordinates and involve all in decision making.
A decade plus of Industry experience gave me opportunities to work with a varied set of Managers, of different sizes, shapes and mental framework. A good number of them made me apply for multiple jobs, many of them made me realize that anyone can grow in system, some of them brought out a loyal follower in me and a few shaped me to become a leader. Many of these managers were born leaders, completely independent, exhibiting consistent greatness across favorable and unfavorable times. My paths also crossed some great Managers who were supported by a Senior Leader and unfortunately in the absence of the latter, these Managers ceased to showcase the same greatness once associated with them. It may be due to the fact that they had been always under the shadow of the bigger boss and when left to fend for themselves- gaps emerged, that nobody knew existed. Reminds me of Dennis the Menace, such an accurate title.
As theory puts it, there are four basic leadership styles- Autocratic, Bureaucratic, Laissez Faire and Democratic. There is enough material developed and discussed around these styles and its contextual effectiveness. Despite the style and approach one exercises, the Managers generally get categorized in layman language as Tough vs Sweet, People Oriented vs Process Oriented, Appreciative vs Criticizing, Soft Spoken v/s Noisy, Trust worthy vs Crooked, Friendly v/s Moody, Daring v/s Timid etc. Theory also suggests that the effectiveness of Leadership styles varies based on employee performance exhibited, understanding and adherence of team to standards/procedures, criticality of task performed, creativity needed for work completion, team maturity etc. All said and done, I have not come across many Managers who effectively shift their style of leading based on teams they manage and/or the system they operate in, beyond cosmetic changes based on familiarity and trust. These differentiations at its best could be to the tune of one bordering on Split Personality Disorder. However, for majority of Managers, the basic mental framework and operation mode fueled by beliefs, disbeliefs and experiential learning remains the same thereby impacting people down, across and up.
Flat organizations today, have many managers leading team with representation from Gen X, Y & Z. Due to this and for the overall effectiveness of execution in a demanding environment, it’s important that they follow more than one unique Leadership style. There is no one size fits all approach in Leadership style. Even if combination of various styles has been prevalent theoretically, the demanding corporate set up now necessitates the requirement for a HYBRID Leadership Style. A Hybrid Leader is one who changes approach, style, methods and engagement mode based on people, system, situation and stage of evolution of an organization. They may seemingly act the ‘Cat Way’ with a few subordinates- giving clear instructions on work execution and minutes apart they can be seen with a different set of subordinates, giving suggestions and inviting better ones from them. The effectiveness however, comes in provided this switching happens, which seems to be the problem especially with budding Managers. I have, in the role of a Manager so far given time to people post their joining, to understand their motivation levels, drives, professionalism, commitment levels and work style to arrive at the rules of engagement rather than subjecting everyone to the same treatment. Without ever compromising on the larger goal and outcomes there can be different rules of engagement namely, the Leave Them Alone Mode, Recon Mode and Assault Mode.
Coming back to the monkey v/s cat style, I did take the risk of asking my team once as to what style they thought I followed. Pat came the reply – “Drunken Monkey Style”. Sounds good in Kung Fu, unsure on Organizational effectiveness however. I couldn’t gather the courage to ask him if it was before or after 7:00 PM. The guy isn’t working with me anymore:)
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Meet The founder
I started Cool Indulge as part of my own wellness journey. I was frustrated with standard methods of treatment and set out to find an alternative, all-natural way to recover. Now I want to take what I have learned and use it to help others who are seeking to improve their well being.
At Cool Indulge we value your trust. We want you to feel comfortable and at ease throughout your treatment. The whole team is here to answer any and all questions because we think it is important for you to be informed. We believe everyone that comes through our doors should be treated equally and with respect. Your concerns will always be heard and addressed.
Our promise is to provide you with the best all-natural, alternative means to Recover, Revive, and Rejuvenate. We are here to support you on your journey and achieve your goals. We will walk you through all of our treatment options and be there every step of the way as we help you find what works best for your needs. We want everyone who comes here to feel empowered to take back control of their life. So what are you waiting for? It's time to indulge in your own well-being.
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The present contribution deals with excess in medieval and early modern monastic asceticism. It claims that excess, in this context, is not an individual option, but a general problem inherent to Christian asceticism. By giving priority to self-denial, this type of asceticism promotes a self-regulated, autonomous subjectivity which is clearly an unintentional by-product of the asceticism. Therefore individual asceticism oscillates between prohibited self-fashioning and, as a response, intensified self-denial. The problem is outlined in an introductory chapter about ‘De exterioris et interioris hominis compositione’ by David of Augsburg. Following this, two early modern Spanish books are used to illustrate how spiritual texts deal with the ambivalences of asceticism. The ‘Exercitatorio de la vida spiritual’ by García Jiménez de Cisneros regulates asceticism in detail, while the ‘Subida del monte Sión’ by Bernardino de Laredo allows the subject more room for interpretation; this however comes at the price of a fictionalisation of asceticism.
© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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In the second quarter, April was the month in which consumer publishers sent the most direct mail, according to a seasonality study released yesterday by Millard Group Inc., Peterborough, NH.
The Q2 2005 study was based on list orders placed by Millard clients only and compared with quarterly results from 2002 forward.
Consumer publishers sent 39 percent of their total volume of direct mail in April 2005, which was consistent with the previous four years in which April was also the biggest month within Q2.
The largest growth in mail volume occurred in the children's and outdoors categories but the top three categories in terms of volume remained home, general entertainment and family, according to Millard.
Also noted in the Q2 results was that business and finance magazines were shifting mail to April and May in place of June.
Other findings were that total consumer publishing mail volume was down 20 percent in Q2 2005 over Q2 2004 but that figure was still up 18 percent from Q2 2002. The largest drop in mail volume occurred in the sports/outdoors category at 11 percent.
Kristen Bremner covers list news, insert media, privacy and fundraising for DM News and DMNews.com. To keep up with the latest developments in these areas, subscribe to our daily and weekly e-mail newsletters by visiting www.dmnews.com/newsletters
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Scoop it! Mix it! Dump it!
Just another earth-moving, earth-saving day at the job site for the Green Toys Construction Trucks.
Made in the USA from 100% recycled plastic milk jugs that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emission. Chunky, sturdy, and durable green toys are perfect in a sand box, toy box, or gift box, these pint-sized trucks are just right for little hands, and can easily be tossed in a diaper bag for on-the-go fun. Each vehicle comes with its own bulldog construction worker.
- No BPA, phthalates, or PVC, and dishwasher safe for easy cleaning. Packaged with recyclable materials and printed with soy ink.
- Recommended for ages 2 years and up.
- Each vehicle approximately 6" long.
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An urgent message about coronavirus
Dear American Legion Family and Friends,
The enemy we are facing isn’t hiding in the bush. Nor has it buried a roadside bomb unbeknownst to us. Yet the enemy is just as dangerous and deadly.
The coronavirus has been classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The number of people who will test positive for the potentially fatal COVID-19 remains unknown, but there are steps we can take, and must take, to protect ourselves and help our fellow veterans and citizens.
I encourage you to use extreme caution and adhere to the best practices put forth by the health experts. Namely properly wash your hands frequently, use antibacterial rubs and practice “social distancing.”
Coronavirus is particularly dangerous for those over the age of 50 who contract it so please be cognizant of the risks when planning post activities and functions.
At the same time, this is an excellent opportunity to perform Buddy Checks. Check in with older veterans in your communities to make sure they have the supplies they need, are feeling healthy and help them acquire the resources they need. Of course, Buddy Checks can be done with phone calls and emails so as not to risk spreading or contracting coronavirus.
The coronavirus situation will be changing rapidly so we have to be nimble in our approach to serving our communities, states and nation. Among the best resources to follow are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov) and the World Health Organization (who.int).
Let’s also keep our thoughts and prayers with our servicemembers especially those overseas, our National Guardsmen, first responders and others who will be taxed in coming months. They need our support now more than ever.
We have faced down enemies, foreign and domestic, throughout our nation’s history. While this threat is ominous, we will once again work together to overcome it.
James W. “Bill” Oxford
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Symptoms of a Functional Neurological Disorder occur as a result of a problem with the functioning of the brain/nervous system.
The brain/nervous system fails to send and/or receive signals correctly around the body, which can result in a variety of movement/motor and sensory disturbances. In a lot of cases symptoms can be extremely disabling and unpredictable.
Symptoms may look similar to those seen with MS, Parkinson’s and Epilepsy, however the underlying cause is different. People diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder are not part of a homogeneous group, and therefore symptoms can vary from person to person. Some may experience a variety of symptoms, whereas others may have just one or two symptoms. Symptoms may fluctuate in severity, frequency and combinations.
Functional neurological symptoms may co-exist with other commonly-known neurological diseases/disorders. Therefore comparison in symptoms, even with others with the diagnosis, should be done with care.
The list of symptoms below is not inclusive as other symptoms, such as fatigue and chronic pain, may present as a consequence of the condition or as a comorbidity. It is for descriptive purposes only for the diagnostic symptoms of FND, and should not be used to self-diagnose.
(Sometimes referred to as Functional Movement Disorder)
Tremor: uncontrollable shaking, most often in an arm or leg, that can be sporadic and may disappear if the person is distracted.
Functional Dystonia: uncontrollable and often painful muscle spasms which may result in, for example, a hand clenched, or a foot fixed, or facial spasms.
Functional Myoclonus: sudden uncontrollable movements such as jerks and jumps, without being startled.
Gait difficulties: problems with walking e.g. dragging a leg, sudden knee buckling (drop attacks), uneven steps (like walking on ice or lack of leg coordination).
Limb and muscle weakness: a feeling that your arm or leg doesn’t feel normal and is unable to bear weight. Can affect muscle control such as with the bladder and bowel. There may be some inconsistency with the weakness.
Paralysis: an inability to move any part of the body, which can last for a period of hours or even days, and most often returns in time. This may present in a stroke-like manner effecting one side of the body, a specific limb, effect both legs together or full body paralysis can occur.
(Sometimes referred to as Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder [NEAD], Functional Seizure Disorder)
(Important to be aware that sensory symptoms are commonly associated with emotional/mental health problems, and other diagnosis’. With FND, the underlining cause will be different).
Fleeting sensations: feeling like skin is crawling, or electric shock sensation, or twitching.
Hypersensitivity: being over sensitive to light, sound, smell, touch or taste.
Cognitive problems: such as memory loss, poor concentration, word finding difficulties, and speech disturbances.
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Bongs are an excellent way to get high. But if you want consistently good highs with your bong, you better be keeping it clean.
"The number one feature of a bong is its water. The water works to filter out all of the gunk that comes with smoke. You get the best filtration, not to mention flavor, with clean water," Liam Kaczmar, founder and creative director of bong brand Summerland, says. "However, dirty bong plus clean water equals dirty water."
Listen, inhaling smoke isn't great for the lungs. But when you're hitting from a bong, most of the bad stuff that would've been entered your lungs ends up in the water and all around the interior of the bong. Constantly taking hits from a dirty bong means more than just taking subpar hits — you're breathing in the crap that should've been filtered out. Plus, that sitting water is a breeding ground for bacteria and mold. "Also, a dirty bong is a bit embarrassing for guests to see," Kaczmar says.
Now that we've convinced you to clean up that dirty bong of yours, here's what you'll need and how to do it. Plus, a few tips because we care about you.
What You'll Need
- Isopropyl alcohol
- Dish soap
- Coarse salt
- Paper towels
- Cotton swab
- Zip-top plastic bag
- Bottle brush (optional)
How to Clean a Bong
Carefully disassemble your bong. Remove the mouthpiece, bowl and other accessories. Dump any dirty water and rinse with clean water.
Fill the chamber with isopropyl alcohol, leaving a little empty space. Follow up with two to three tablespoons of coarse salt. The isopropyl alcohol acts as a disinfectant to cut through the oils in the residual sticky resin, and the salt acts as an abrasive.
Cover the top of the bong with your hand and vigorously shake. Let it soak for up to 10 minutes.
Discard the solution. Wipe the inside of the bong with a paper towel, and if it's too narrow, opt for a bottle brush to give the interior a scrub.
Rinse the inside with clean water, cover the top, shake and empty the contents. Repeat as necessary.
Clean the exterior of the bong with dish soap and sponge.
To clean loose pieces, make sure to clear up any debris, especially in the bowl. Soak all the loose pieces in zip-top bag filled with isopropyl alcohol and a couple tablespoons of salt for 10 minutes.
Shake up the bag, then rinse the pieces with water until clean.
Tips for Having a Clean Bong
Tip 1: Never let your water sit
After every bong-ripping session, dump out your dirty water. Don't give that grime time to settle in your bong. Better yet, rinse out the dirty water immediately and clean ASAP.
Tip 2: Keep your bong out of sunlight
Dirty water in your bong will lead to bacteria and algae growth. If you ever do forget to clean your bong, keeping it out of sunlight will slow down that nastiness. Summerland bongs are ceramic and opaque, which Kaczmar says, prevents ultraviolet exposure to the dirty water.
Tip 3: Salt is your friend
While cleaning your bong, salt acts as an abrasive to help remove stuck-on filth. Kaczmar says salt is also helpful before you start a bong session. "Dissolve salt into your bong water before a session," he says. "It's been theorized that some of the harsh ingredients bond the salt molecules, instead of the insides of your bong. Dump it and rinse and you'll probably need to clean it a little less frequently."
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SORRY YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO SIGN PETITION.
One Moment for Marijuana/Cannabis/Hemp petition 2005
Dear United States Government,
We ask for the legalization for Marijuana/ Cannabis/ Hemp in the United States.
Stop prosecuting Doctors and Researches for doing their job. Allow companies to develop marijuana medication that is regulated and controlled. We ask you to allow the millions of people in pain relief and legalize their medicine that really works, with low side affects. Using Marijuana has killed no one. \"It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance\" 1998-DEA Judge Francis Young
We ask that you allow the use of Marijuana for Religious and Spiritual purposes.
We ask you allow citizens over the legal age to posses, consume, or grow Marijuana according to guidelines similar to Alcohol, for personal use. We ask for treatment of drug Addiction not jail for addicts when crimes are non violent.
We ask you to allow planting and harvesting of Hemp by any citizen. We ask you allow industries to develop factories and shops to make and sell hemp products. We are the only developed country not to grow hemp.
We the Undersigned
We are in the process of changing website, I thank you for understanding. See you soon, Jodi
All it takes is one stupid moment and your world can change. One stupid moment you didn\'t take time to hug and kiss your loved ones as rush out the door. It could be your last moment here on earth to touch them and say you love them. This moment will affect you the rest of your life.
I was thinking then if one stupid moment could affect someone life so drastically, maybe a stupid moment in the other direction could do the same. I have wanted to start a petition for a while but in a stupid moment, I didn\'t. So I decided before I cannot do it, I am going take a moment to write what I feel to the United States Government. I ask everyone not to let this be a stupid moment in your life.
I ask for legalization of Marijuana/Cannabis/Hemp for the United States. If you don\'t know the facts please check out the references at the bottom of the petition. It will be a great start to the truth on the \"War On Drugs\" targeting Marijuana/Cannabis/Hemp. Did you know the United States is the only developed country not growing HEMP for products! Yes, it is now legal to buy hemp products in the United States but all the products are imported.
Marijuana as medicine has helped millions of people through out history. It has been used with life threatening illnesses such as, Cancer, Aids, Hepatitis, Multiple Sclerosis, muscle spasms, headache/migraines, Glaucoma, and has aided in the shirking of tumors, just to name a few. There are no cases of death due to smoking Marijuana. In fact Marijuana shows less side effects than many remedies on the market, including aspirin. We have only begun to explore the possibilities of its medical properties. On September 6, 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administration\'s Chief Administrative Law Judge, Francis L. Young, ruled: \"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man,\" and asked the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule it.
We have to stop putting our people in jail and prison for possession of Marijuana.
Documentary: The History of Marijuana
Jack Herer http://www.jackherer.com
Book: The Emperor wears no clothes
Book: Medical Encyclopedia facts on Marijuana
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The Driver’s License Compact (DLC), commonly referred to as the Interstate Driver’s License Compact, is an agreement between each of the 45 member states and the District of Columbia to exchange and report information concerning serious traffic violations, such as a DUI, DWAI, reckless driving and others and suspensions of non-resident violators back to their home state. The violator’s home state will in turn treat the offense as if it had been committed by the violator in their home state and apply any home state laws to the out-of-state offense. For example, if a driver were to be arrested and convicted in Colorado for a DUI, but the driver was a resident of California and possessed a California driver’s license at the time of arrest, Colorado would report the DUI conviction to California and California would treat the DUI conviction as if it happened in California. There are currently five states that are not members of the DLC; those states are Wisconsin, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Michigan and Georgia.
Originally, the DLC only reported serious traffic offenses such as a DUI, however now almost all moving violations, such as speeding, weaving and others are reported back to the driver’s home state. Meaning, if a Colorado driver receives a speeding ticket in Arizona, the state of Arizona will report the violation and possibly the points back to the driver’s home state of Colorado.
Not every driving offense will transfer back to the driver’s home state. Under the DLC, in order for the driver’s home state to penalize him or her for an out-of-state violation, the driver’s home state must have the same statute for the offense for which the driver was charged. For example, not every state has a careless driving offense. If an out-of-state driver is convicted of careless driving in Colorado and the driver’s home state does not have a statute for careless driving, then no action will be taken by the driver’s home state.
The National Driver Register (NDR) is a computerized national database used by states to report information on drivers who have had their driving privileges suspended or revoked or who have been convicted of serious traffic offenses such as a DUI. When a person goes to apply for a new state driver’s license or to renew a driver’s license in their home state, the state DMV will check to see if that person is on the National Driver Register. If that person is listed on the NDR, then the licensing state is required to investigate the report made by the state adding the person’s name to the NDR. Depending on the report and investigation, the licensing state may refuse to issue a license or renew the license. The NDR was designed to prevent a person who’s driver’s license is suspended or revoked in one state from getting a license in another state. It also makes it very difficult for a person to obtain multiple driver’s licenses.
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Vulnerable Resources Near a Ticking Time Bomb
The Hayward Fault is capable of producing a 7.0 earthquake over an area with hundreds of hospitals, schools, police and fire stations. A recent study found such an event would cause an estimated 800 deaths, 18,000 injuries and billions in damage. Zoom in and hover over the dots on the map to identify schools and emergency facilities near you, or use the magnifier icon to find your address. Source: USGS
October 21 marks the anniversary of the “Great San Francisco Earthquake” — but not the one you’re thinking of.
On that date back in 1868, a major quake struck on the East Bay's Hayward Fault. The jolt reached across the Bay and caused extensive damage in San Francisco, the region's largest city, so the name stuck.
When a bigger one came along on the San Andreas Fault in the spring of 1906, the Great-Quake moniker was reassigned. But things have changed since 1906 and the Hayward is now considered the most urbanized fault in the nation. It runs for 40 miles through the East Bay's most densely populated areas, not to mention key infrastructure such as airports, freeways, rail lines, and a major port.
Scientists say it's also the most likely source for the Bay Area's next “great quake."
"The Hayward Fault is ready now," said UC Berkeley seismologist Roland Burgmann. "It has built up all the energy it needs for a future event, so it could happen today, but it could also still wait another couple decades and then just have a somewhat larger event, because it took longer."
Scientists have calculated about a 30% chance that the Hayward will “break big” -- with a M6.7 event or bigger -- within 30 years.
The recent "HayWired" scenario from the U.S. Geological Survey projects that in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.0 quake on the Hayward, 2,500 people would need immediate rescue. Serious questions remain about whether emergency responders could get to everyone's aid, given that roads are likely to be blocked and water for fighting fires cut off in many areas -- possibly for weeks or months.
"In terms of exposure of hospitals, schools, lifelines, it's really unequaled," says Burgmann.
So, scientists have been trying to handicap where the fault is most likely to slip again, by mapping portions of the fault that are constantly slipping in slow-motion, or "creeping," and portions that are "locked."
Those locked portions hold the biggest quake potential because when they finally break loose, far more energy is released.
"If we know where the fault is locked versus creeping," explains Burgmann, "we can much better say which areas, which neighborhoods are more strongly affected"
Scientists haven't pinned down exactly the epicenter of the 1868 quake, but are convinced that it broke on the southern segment of the Hayward Fault, which runs from Oakland, south through Fremont. The next major temblor, they conclude, is likely to be in about the same place.
The USGS calculates that as much as $80 billion has gone into earthquake preparedness in the nearly three decades since the Loma Prieta quake, a M6.8 shaker that caused widespread damage throughout the Bay Area.
More than half of that has gone toward shoring up transportation infrastructure and health care facilities, according to the report. Another quarter was for upgrading privately owned buildings and schools, and the rest was "to strengthen the Bay Area’s water supply, government and emergency response buildings, electric and gas lines, cultural facilities, sewer lines, data centers and non-profit buildings."
But achieving "resilience," to use the current buzzword, is a project with no end in sight.
"It really takes building codes, planning by all the different agencies and communities involved to be more and more ready," says Burgmann. "We'll never be really ready."
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Terms & Conditions of acceptance of our attendance to your tinting task.
1. We have implemented the following measures to ensure both your safety, and the safety of our team.
During the duration of having your vehicle tinted ( from set-up to completion) we REQUEST that you and any other family/friend members including furry babies to remain at a minimum 5 metre distance surrounding the entire perimeter of your vehicle.
This ensures that our tinter has adequate workspace to manoeuvre around.
Please remember that essentially, whilst we are tinting your vehicle for you, there are extension cords, a HOT heat gun, cutting board, sharp blades, tint film (can give you paper cuts),wet floors, spray bottles etc. etc. - please consider this zone a HAZARDOUS ZONE and refrain from entering.
When we have completed the task and have removed our equipment, our tinter will then give you the opportunity to inspect the finished product. But before this time, please refrain from entering the hazardous work-space..
When you schedule in your tinting job with us - essentially, you are agreeing to the above terms and we will NOT be held liable for any injuries or property damages resulting from you or your family/friend members, neglecting to abide to the above protocol.
Bear in mind also, at the same time that we are practicing social distancing during COVID -19. Thankyou in advance for your understanding in this matter.
2. Removal of existing tint
Depending on the condition and quality of the tint film, that was previously applied onto your vehicle, it may be inevitable that part of the demister bar lines on the rear windscreen may come off during the tint removal process. We carry out a careful approach when removing old tint to salvage the demister bars - however, this is not always achievable.
In most instances, there is no loss, but it is difficult to ascertain the outcome until we actually commence the tint removal procedure. Some tint films are easier to remove then others. By accepting our services to remove your old, existing tinting film for you, you - the ''customer'' agree that you understand the potential risk associated with old tint removal.
3. We take pride in customer service. In the event that you are not satisfied with our workmanship, we will remove the tint we have applied and refund you the tinting cost*. This will need to be completed within 30 days of having your tinting task carried out.
*If you had paid for old tint removal - this fee will not be reimbursed as this is an expense that you would have incurrred regardless of which tinting company you chose to carry out the work for you.
* The refund amount will include deduction of a fee for the mobile service cost incurred.
4. Prior to installation of window tinting film, we give you the opportunity to make your own informed choice. Should you request to have darker tint shades applied, we take no liability for any consequences relating to insurance claims or any other form of infringements/penalties. Please also note that The Lifetime warranty is covered by the tint film manufacturer. This is only applicable for application of DARKEST LEGAL TINT.
5. It is a known fact that tinting glass is a safe practice. In the unfortunate event that your windscreen or glass window cracks during or post tint application - we are not liable for any costs associated with its replacement. Glass and windscreens can crack for other reasons that are not directly as a result of having tint application.
6. We always send a courtesy reminder text message the day prior to your scheduled tinting task. We ask that you reply to confirm the appointment, otherwise there is a risk that we may not be able to attend without your confirmation.
7. All quotations provided by us will include all relevant information, including - the cost/the type of tint/ the tint specifications/type of warranty/the tint shade (VLT %) to be applied/the windows and or windscreen the tint will be applied to/the duration required for the task/your confirmation that there is an appropriate undercovered area for us to carry out the task. Hence all bookings must be confirmed by email/SMS or facebook messenger only as the quotation includes alot of 'vital' information so that you are aware of what to expect on the day of having your vehicle tinted.
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Closed For Private Memorial Matters from 12-19 Dec 2021.
🚚 All Deliveries will resume 20 Dec 2021 (Mon).
Classic white coffin top flower arrangement.
Our casket sprays features white spider, white eustoma, white phoenix and additional foliage.
*Images shown are for illustration only, actual product may vary*
*Flowers, fillers & foliage are seasonal, we will substitute with similar or higher value while maintaining the original look and feel of the design*
Dimension: Approx. 90cm(W) x 30cm(H)
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Cheap Facials That Doesn't Work?
It may be your first facial appointment or it might be that you’re on the lookout for something lighter on your pocket. Well, whatever it may be, this article aims to shed light on why you might want to reconsider going for a cheap facial treatment.
As you may well know, a monthly facial or at the vey least once every quarter of the year would do wonders in helping you get that young glowing skin. So it would do you much good if you make it a habit to stick to your facial appointments.
For the first timers, it would be best if you know what procedures are involved in a facial treatment so you would know what to expect. A basic facial undergoes the following steps:
(1) Skin assessment; (2) Cleansing; (3) Steaming; (4) Exfoliation; (5) Light massage; (6) Extraction; (7) Mask application; (8) Final application; (9) Take home skin care advice
Knowing the basic steps, you’re now ready to learn why you don’t want to avail of that cheap facial treatment.
Quality facial treatments should follow the complete basic steps. Unless otherwise explained, there should be no skimping on the process.However, cheap spas or salons would most likely skimp on a process or two – like the skin assessment and final application of serums.Some spas would take extra charges for facial masks and serums which would make the treatment not cheap anymore or worse, more expensive.
A facial is one of your ‘ME’ time
Everyone will agree that going to the spa or salons are our rare ‘pamper me’ time.It’s one of our escape from the stress of our daily grind, so it should be relaxing for us.However, most cheap facial treatments would make you feel rushed taking that relaxing feeling away from you.Their main concern is to get your money, get you done fast and take another client in waiting.At , clients feel so relaxed that most likely you’ll end up snoozing during the entire process.
Quality facials from qualified hands
Getting quality facials from qualified and knowledgeable estheticians will give you guaranteed results.Why? Because a good esthetician will only do treatments that are the most suited for your skin type.They would not just give you a generic treatment, but a treatment customized for your specific need using ingredients that are suited for your skin.Unlike in other spas which offer cheap treatments where personnel might not be trained well enough.I’m sure you would not entrust the welfare of your face to someone who may fail to recognize your skin type and give you a treatment that would end up damaging your skin.
Professional aftercare advice
Good estheticians not only take care of your skin during your facial treatment appointment, but they make sure that their clients are taken cared of while in the confines of their homes by giving them professional aftercare advice.Cheap spas and salons rarely give out any advice for clients to do at home and if they do, there is a good chance that the advice is a general one and not really patterned according to what your skin needs.
Everyone deserves a break once in a while. When you do take that break, make sure that it gives you quality satisfaction. So if you decide to get a facial treatment, don’t skimp on yourself. Have one that guarantees quality treatment and service. Now, I’m not telling you to get the most expensive one you find, but something that gives the right value for your money. Book now at Loveli Skin Beauty Centre for a facial treatment that equates your hard earned money with quality and good service.
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The customer is the central focus of all products and services provided by METRO. The company views itself as an equal partner with its customers. As such, it is not just a vendor. Rather, it has deep understanding of the business and the specific challenges faced by professional customers and helps increase their competitiveness.
For each of these customer groups, METRO offers customised assortments and services at an excellent value for money. This offer is complemented by specific solutions such as retail concepts and professional consulting services to optimally support professional customers in their respective businesses and make these more successful.
METRO has a clear commitment to the independent entrepreneurs as the wholesale company exhibits its deep understanding of their needs and positions itself as the partner of choice for independent small and medium-sized businesses.
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That’s how many the Michigan baseball team scored off Northwestern mistakes this weekend.
The Wolverines put runners on base with walks and hit-by-pitches, advanced those runners on wild pitches and stolen bases and kept them alive on fielders’ choices and errors. In a weekend series that was closer than anticipated at times, much of the Wolverines’ success came when they were able to capitalize on their opponents’ mistakes.
“You take anything you can get, whether it’s a walk, or an error – anything,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “You just try to do whatever you can to get on base and put pressure on the other team. It’s why there’s such a high importance of battling with two strikes, because when you put it in play, that’s what could happen. A guy could make an error, and you could get yourself on base.
“And a lot of times, just being aggressive and putting pressure on the other team can force errors. So, just by being aggressive, we got some huge opportunities today.”
In Saturday’s 4-1 game, just two of Michigan’s four runs were earned. The first was from sophomore shortstop Jack Blomgren, who reached base on a walk before scoring on a throwing error from Wildcats second baseman Shawn Goosenberg.
The first game of Sunday’s doubleheader saw more of the same. After advancing to second when Blomgren walked and moving to third on a fielders’ choice, sophomore designated hitter Jordan Nwogu scored on a fielding error from Northwestern third baseman Charlie Maxwell in the bottom of the first inning to put the Wolverines up, 1-0.
In the seventh inning, with the game tied at 2-2, the Wildcats’ errors again came back to haunt them. Junior centerfielder Christian Bullock walked to lead off the bottom of the inning. He then stole second and advanced to third base on a throwing error from Northwestern catcher Michael Trautwein before scoring the deciding run on a fielding error from Wildcat second baseman Alex Erro to bring the final score to 3-2.
“It just feels great scoring runs for this team, for the University of Michigan,” Bullock said. “To score the winning run today, it was just amazing.”
In Sunday’s second game, a 10-1 rout, Michigan finally overpowered Northwestern to run away with the series. They beat up the Wildcat pitchers for 10 runs on 14 hits, including senior third baseman Blake Nelson’s first home run of the season and a three-run shot from junior center fielder Christian Bullock. Both home runs came in the bottom of the second inning; Bullock added an RBI on the day with a single in the bottom of the eighth that scored senior catcher Matthew Schmidt.
As the team prepares for next weekend’s home series – another Big Ten matchup against a Rutgers team that’s won seven of its last 10 games and is fighting to stay in the race for the conference title – the Wolverines may not be able to rely as heavily on opponents’ mistakes.
But if they can keep finding ways on base – and ways to score – like they did this weekend, they’re looking like a tough team to beat.
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Tangerines can be substituted for the tangelos. Red navel or any other type of orange can be substituted for the blood orange.
Combine first 5 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute. Remove from heat. Gently stir in tangelo and orange sections. Cool completely.
Brush both sides of cake slices with margarine. Place a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add cake slices; cook 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Cut each cake slice in half diagonally. Serve cake with fruit mixture. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
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Concepts Releasing Another New Balance 57/40 Collab Dec 10, 2021v1 “Dusty Rose” colorway as part of the Kith 10-year anniversary occasion.
This offering of the Dec 10, 2021v1 features a Dusty Sample base invented in a mix of suede and snare materials. Same details includes Silver Reflective “N” logos on the side panels along with Kith’s 10-year anniversary “KXTH” branding on the tongues. Co-branding on the insoles and box completes the design.
Kith Ronnie Fieg will be releasing an upcoming Release Date
Dec 10, 2021 Kith x Dec 10, 2021v1 “Dusty Rose” to release in the coming weeks at Kith stores and Kith.com. Endure tuned for more updates to come.
year anniversary occasion
Release Date: 2022
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Phoenix: Situated in Arizona, vacationing this metropolis is all about pure timing. Phoenix ranks at all time highs between the holiday season and spring break, though its blistering summer heat waves that keeps travelers at bay. A highly rated winter destination with picturesque views and not so lively nightlife scenes, vacations in Phoenix is usually revolve around shopping, golfing, or lounging around the spa, and then turning in early
New Orleans: The much hyped party of the year, Mardi Gras is an obvious draw here for winter travels. The city is brimming with exciting festive holiday activities much before that, such as killer Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. New Orleans is known for its hotel rates and for that extra bit of elbow room in its world-class cafés. Another reason for winter vacations is the local sports fan frenzy, which is at its peak during first week of January.
San Diego: Located in Southern California; America’s Finest City has some amazing scenery throughout the year. The temperature might even easily reach 70 in the winter; the time is still great for exploring the zoo or golfing at Torrey Pines, and even jogging on its white sandy beaches (standby wetsuit for a swim or surf). Also hailed as one of the cleanest and safest in the country, San Diego vacation home rentals offers an abundance of fun attractions for visitors of all ages.
Miami: The most travel friendly city in USA, Miami is the forefather of American snowbird vacations the city is famous for Art Deco architecture with creamy yellow, blue, pink, and purple walls. The first week of December has the city artistically consumed by the cultural vibrancy of Art Basel. The winter chill and glorious sandy beaches dazzles visitors with the iconic mojitos and some great looking locals. Even though Florida City witnessed a major hotel and restaurant boom all due to Alan Faena realty wizardry, Miami’s grand architecture is a little daunting to some travelers.
Salt Lake City: Imagine a winter vacation amidst picturesque backdrop and snow capped peaks. Salt Lake city in Utah is easily amongst the top three vacationing spots, and is a prime hub for skiing lovers as they throng here all winter. A warm-modest stay in downtown should be great, as it’s barely half an hour drive away from the slopes. Salt Lake has the silver in affordability, as travelers save tons by staying in the city itself during winter, engaging with the locals and making adventurous trips nearby.
Denver: The Queen City of the Plains due to its very important role in agriculture industry in Colorado State, Denver is always like a magnet for winter sports enthusiasts. Travelers vacationing in this Mile High City also use it as a base for making further day trips. Après-ski here means enjoying the local microbrews. For fewer ski crowds, Head to Estes Park that’s great sledding, skating, and snowshoeing,. Wolf Creek, near Salida is also a pretty great option with not many ski lovers.
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Pets Care Hospital Henrietta's emergency specialists and employees are dedicated toward Emergency Treatment To Cure Your Pet. Our emergency section is operated by a knowledgeable team in Henrietta. Our certified veterinary doctors are experienced and can provide instantaneous service in dangerous cases. We have the most caring group of emergency Veterinary Care Specialists in Henrietta. Following your emergency we will ensure your pet continues down the road to recovery.
Pets Care Hospital Henrietta is a 24/7 emergency vet humbly helping the pets and families in Henrietta and nearby neighborhoods. Our duty is to offer the highest level of Emergency Vet Treatment possible, with a effort on making your pet's encounter a pleasant one. Pet emergencies are troubling, therefore, we make sure that their treatment is not. When you call us at Pets Care Hospital Henrietta, a trained professional will answer the call and help you right away. Our Veterinary Doctors will be there to take your pet into healing immediately. If you desire, you can stay by your pet's side throughout their medication.
If you live in Henrietta or New York and need emergency pet care, you can head towards Pets Care Hospital Henrietta's emergency section in Henrietta. Our ambition is to offer a total Pet Health Care environment with remarkable customer service. Pets Care Hospital Henrietta provides a vast variety of emergency services for your pets.
Not every health problem your pet encounters will require emergency Medical Care. With some ailemnts, signs may develop slowly or seem minor on the outside, making it challenging to decide if urgent attention is required. If you feel your pet may need Emergency Medical Care, you can always contact us.
Pets Care Hospital Henrietta's employees dedicate their heart and soul to every pet's wellness and longevity. They have a wide history of providing much-needed Emergency Care To Pets. With years of skill, multiple skill sets in pet health, and a common vow to the human-animal bond, our veterinarians are genuinely dedicated.
Our team of professional and caring doctors and employees is devoted to offering emergency and Specialty Care For Your Pet. Pets Care Hospital Henrietta provides 24/7 Emergency and Critical Care services for your pets.
We offer the highest-quality help and attentiveness. All Hospitalized Pets are kept in a special medication area where they are closely looked after. Our Pets Care Hospital Henrietta's team is knowledgeable in providing surgical, diagnostic, and medical care for pets to ensure a positive outcome. At our Emergency Veterinary Clinic, we offer the modern diagnostics and testing for our urgent care pet patients.
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The Plann app is a one-stop-shop when it comes to scheduling your Instagram, and while you can either use it together with the Plann Desktop workspace (which has other cool features) or on its own from your device, here’s hows you can draft a post using the Plann App itself.
Once you are inside of the Plann app you can upload your media from multiple sources.
To access all of these cool uploading options simply tap the + button and the upload menu with all of its glorious options will pop up asking where you want to upload your media from.
It looks like this:
Here are the options you can select from:
1. Directly from your device, you can do that by selecting the ‘device’ option in the menu. Your device’s photo library will then appear and you can scroll through the millions of photos you have on there until you find the one you want to Plann to your Instagram. It sounds straightforward because, well, it is.
2. Take a photo from right inside of your Plann using the open camera option (because sometimes it’s nice to post in real-time). This will connect to your device’s camera. Plus, Plann comes with built-in filters and editing software so you can pretty up your pictures without having to switch between other editing apps. How good!
3. Connect straight to Dropbox or Google Drive and upload entire albums to Plann in one go. This is great if you’re using Plann for business and you have entire photoshoots stored on larger file-sharing sites like these. Simply sign in to your Google or Dropbox account from right inside of Plann, select the files you want to upload and start scheduling when you want to roll them out. Your welcome!
4. Use the Repost feature to easily share content from other Instagram accounts. Simply search for the username or hashtag you want to find images for, select the media you’d like to share to your Instagram account and select it to add that media to your grid. Place it in the order you’d love to see it posted in on your feed and then schedule it as you would any other post. Plann automatically collects the username and caption from that post to credit them for their content too but you can edit that in your comments section if you wish, but it’s always nice to credit the original poster says social media etiquette.
5. Schedule a Carousel directly from Plann using the carousel feature. This lets you curate multiple images into a single, schedulable post so you can cram maximum content and value, into that one post or several carousel posts, as you see fit. We just want you to be able to tell your brand story in a clever, thought out way, that looks good and gets you maximum engagement, using Plann.
Once you have your media positioned how you’d like to post it on your grid/ gotten it looking shnazzy, simply craft your witty and fabulous caption, set a reminder for when you want to post it and when it’s time you will get a reminder straight to your phone (make sure you’ve enabled notifications in your settings menu). Then hit ‘Copy & post’.
This will open your post in Instagram where you simply tap the text box next to your media. This is where your pre-crafted witty and fabulous caption will go. Hold your finger down in that space until you see ‘paste’ appear, hit paste and voila! There it is, your caption, right there in Instagram, looking beautifully formatted and ready to post.
Don’t forget to head back to Plann once you’ve shared your post from Plann to Instagram, to get your custom hashtag set. Just copy and paste your hashtag set as the prompts guide you, then head back to Instagram and post the hashtags as your fist caption in the comments section.
Once you know how you can’t un-know, and it’s really too easy once you know-how, so there you go! I hope that this has helped you to learn all there is to know about how to craft your post in the Plann app using all of the incredible media upload functions.
We can’t wait to see how you go about using these tips and tricks so tag us in your Instagram posts so we can see your good work & celebrate all of your planning!
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Located in the heart of the midlands, RDG Accounting specialise in providing a comprehensive range of accounting services and support to a variety of businesses, from Startups and Sole Trader’s to Limited Companies. We understand that in today's complex financial and business world, a reliable, professional Chartered Certified Accountant is essential in managing your personal and business finances.MEET YOUR TEAM
Our philosophy is to develop a close working relationship with clients, and we take great pride in seeing their businesses grow and develop.
We help you set personal goals that improve your business and make it work effectively to support your lifestyle and aims
Whether you are a start-up business, a self-employed professional or an established larger firm, we offer a straightforward annual accountancy service.
No need for you to worry about your VAT Returns, here at RDG, we have extensive experience in VAT and can make sure that you are following the correct VAT scheme for your business.
We ensure your payroll service is up to date with the latest budget and legislation changes. Our experience in all types of payroll ensures your business misses nothing.
We can give you a straightforward, no nonsense annual accountancy service with the preparation of your Sole Trader or Partnership Accounts, in conjunction with your self-assessment tax return.
We take away the hassle and worry of self-assessment if you are self-employed or a Company Director. Here at RDG, we cover all this with a straight forward annual tax service.
We offer bookkeeping services to a number of clients and have in-house experts that you can call on if you need any specialist advice on Sage, Quick books and other bookkeeping systems.
Here at RDG Accounting, we are specialist business start-up Accountants who offer straight-forward jargon free accounting advice to people starting up in business. No fuss, no bother!
As a business mentor I work with clients directly to tackle the issues they need support with, to help them get the most out of their business.
Our philosophy is to develop a close working relationship with clients,
and we take great pride in seeing their businesses grow and develop.
Cloud based accounting tools are one of the simplest ways of managing the accounts for your business and with your accountant.
If you haven’t chosen a software we are happy to help and advise you on which cloud accounting system will be best for your business and work with Sage Software, Xero Online Accounting software and Iris and QuickBooks Cloud Accounting software.
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Student-driven “Passion Projects” have led the development of the Sustainability Exploratory content over the past two years, which matches student interests with curricular content from science, social studies, math, and language arts, as well as the core competencies.
Even before covid, students were engaged through google classrooms created to allow them to use their strengths to address their concerns:
Sustainability Google Classrooms
Wastebusters: Make your own Meme to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean
Felting our Future: draw, colour and make wool pictures of the school and world we want… to advocate for change, reduce stress and increase personal sustainability
Upcycle Art: divert waste from the landfill and into your craft bin with these Do-It-Yourself projects (DIY)! Students have made locker magnets out of bottle tops and bracelets out of pop can tabs.
Zombie Apocalypse: Escape infection and meet your needs for food, water, shelter, healthcare, clothing and tools with agility and knowledge of native plants on our school grounds
Counter-Invasion: learn how to safely use tools and distinguish between native and invasive plants to improve the health of our school’s ecosystem
Shoreline Gardens: learn and teach classmates the 5 W’s of plants that can ensure fresh food security in our community through planting, caring for and creating google slides about covid and climate change-proof gardening.
Bike Club: Shoreline students are passionate about biking and many scooter to school. This group proposed a pump track for our school grounds and bike repair training.
Gaming for Sustainability: play and learn to code your own educational games.
Clean up the fuel spills your boat makes while you try to clean up and recycle plastic pollution in the water.
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5K Series Continues at Wildwood Naturist Resort
John Steinbeck had Charlie. I have LouLou, a north Texas rescue that a vet in Weatherford, Texas, put down as a blue heeler. She’s been my traveling companion for the last 7 years. She really likes going to nudist places, because a lot of them have doggie parks or other places where she can be off the leash, run, and do other doggie things, and because I seem to relax better nude.
What Do Nudists Really Do?
We run (or walk) five kilometers naked, or at least we used to. April 10 the Nude Racing Series of the Southwest Region of The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR-SW) resumed. Our last race before that was in October of 2019, so, instead of having a 5-race series, we had a no-race non-series for 2020. The series continued Saturday, April 24, at Wildwood Nudist Resort near Decatur, TX. Wildwood is number 1 in the region for taking care of race participants, volunteers, and pretty much anybody who happens to be around. Star Ranch sells hamburgers and fries after the race. Bluebonnet and Oaklake Trails provide grilled hamburgers and hotdogs for free after the race. Wildwood served a high-carb meal Friday night for those of us who were staying overnight and whoever else happened to be around. Saturday morning, they provided a continental type breakfast. After the race they “only” gave us great potato salad, bread with pasta sauce, green beans, and 3 kinds of grilled, bar-b-que sausage. I say “only” because in pre-COVID days the club furnished several kinds of bar-b-que and members provided pot luck items, always an amazing feast. Cyril, who lives at Barehide Resort, about 34 miles south of Wildwood, brought ice cream cones, and secretly put them in the freezer. (Wildwood is one of several resorts in the region which has a kitchen open for use by guests as long as the camp staff isn’t using the whole kitchen. After the main course, Cyril asked one of the staff for ice cream. When told they didn’t have ice cream, he told them to check the freezer.
I met Cyril close to 20 years ago at Vista Grande Resort, where he was a permanent resident. When the resort deteriorated after the deaths (basically by old age) of the owners, Cyril moved to Armadillo, a few miles away. I moved my membership there, though it was a 253-mile drive one-way. I think Cyril was in every 5k at Vista Grande, Armadillo, Wildwood, and Bluebonnet since that time, and I assume he was doing them before I got involved.
Cyril Ayoub, born in Egypt and speaker of several languages, won his age category at Wildwood, being the only competitor in the 90-94 age group.
I met and interviewed a remarkable young woman after the race and awards. Amanda, age 33, is a CPA from Oklahoma. In several articles, I have included a story about a first-time nudist, but this first-timer is over the top. When she was signing in, I was nearby with my computer, finishing the article about the Star Ranch Nude 5k Race, and overheard her say something about this being her first time. That could have just meant it was her first time at Wildwood. She told me that she knocked a lot off her bucket list. It was her first race of any kind. It was, then, obviously her first nude race. It was her first time nude in public. It was her first medal of any kind. She was the first over-all female, and it was her first time at Wildwood. I do believe that that’s 6 firsts.
After saying something really erudite, like “Wow” I commented that she appeared to be very comfortable in her skin.
She said she’s been a little anxious inside, but that the place and people made her feel so comfortable. “It feels so comfortable. Everyone’s so nice. It rubs off on you.” I asked her how she found out about it. She said she was just looking online for 5k’s, and until she saw the bit about this race, she had no idea there was such a thing as nude racing or that there was such a thing as nudist resorts in such a conservative area. She said she’s never even been a back yard nudist. My preparation for races involves mostly streets in my neighborhood. She said she didn’t just need to prepare to run; she needed to prepare to run naked, to see how that feels. She put a treadmill in her garage where she could get the feel of running naked. She soon decided that a jog bra was in order, but other than that and shoes, she got the feel of what race day would be like. “It is comfortable, something I may just have to do from now on.” She said she also looked up nude racing on Reddit, and read reviews that said things like: “It wasn’t weird or sexual, just fun and relaxed.” And that finished selling Amanda on trying the experience.
Around the dinner table a former winner of the over-all prize for women for the whole series explained how the series awards work. Amanda was very interested in that. We get points based on our times related to the time of the over-all winner, who gets a 100. Whoever has the highest sum of his or her best three scores gets a series prize, for over-all or for age group. I’ve gotten some series prizes for age group. The only thing I was ever first overall was for the number of times I fell on a wet, slippery trail at Oaklake Trails.
My favorite Psychologist, William Glasser, wrote a book called, “Positive Addiction.” It seems to me that in one afternoon Amanda acquired several positive addictions; she is addicted to nude running; she is addicted to being nude with other nudists; she is addicted to medals; and she is addicted to being first. She may also be addicted to being nude on her treadmill in her garage, but I’m only guessing. She learned that a lot of the runners show up on Friday to park RV’s or pitch tents, so she’s planning on pitching a tent on the lawn behind the chapel at Oaklake Trails on Friday, May 7, to get the camping part of the experience, and settle in for the race on May 8.
I have never met a more interesting first timer.
Author’s note: I never include any information about other individuals in these articles without their specific approval. Also, there is an official way to communicate with authors of these blogs. With my lack of tech savvy, I’m not particularly good at accessing these communications.
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Curriculum And Assessment
Curriculum and Assessment
In our schools, we follow the statutory National Curriculum, but have designed our own curriculum to go beyond national expectations and meet the specific needs of our children and the wider community. We understand that children and families at Newington Green and Rotherfield share many similarities, but that each of our schools has a unique identity and some school specific pupil needs. Therefore, both schools share the same curriculum, but may take different pedagogical approaches, depending on pupil needs (for further details, please see Section 3 of our Curriculum Policy).
If parents wish to know more about the curriculum, they should contact Jo, the Head of School.
Our Partnership Aims
We believe by working together we can achieve more than working as stand-alone schools. These are our core aims of both schools:
1. A rich and well-balanced curriculum offer, with enriching experiences
2. High outcomes for all pupils
3. Ensuring that all children, regardless of circumstance, achieve well
4. Meeting children’s individual needs through a nurturing ethos
Our Curriculum Aims
- To promote the highest level of achievement for all pupils, across all subjects, through strong pathways for progression in knowledge and skills as pupils journey through the school.
- To provide systematic exposure to and immersion in high quality literature, both from classic and modern authors, with the aim of pupils demonstrating key skills in debate, critical thinking, articulating a clear point of view and being able to effectively negotiate and converse.
- To provide opportunities for vocabulary development across the curriculum, enabling pupils to access learning opportunities in the world around them through word rich learning environments and explicit vocabulary teaching.
- To promote meaningful learning experiences, which will be fun and memorable, based on knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the wider world.
- To provide a broad and balanced curriculum which gives pupils social and cultural agency, so that they are advantaged in the wider world.
- To celebrate the diversity of our community, and the communities within the UK and encourage the building of community and social capital. This will include an understanding of issues relating to a range of underrepresented and protected groups (gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, disability, age, race).
- To promote mannerly and appropriate social conduct, so that pupils are advantaged in the wider world.
- To provide a range of out of classroom experiences for pupils which build their cultural capital and understanding of the rich artistic, cultural, spiritual and social heritage of the UK, and its various communities.
- To empower pupils by providing the opportunities and skills to make positive life choices, through the development of personal character, emotional and social resilience, confidence and a growth mindset.
- To provide a context for living as active citizens, learning and working within a global city, with access to the many cultural institutions and opportunities on our doorstep. This will include balancing life in a heavily built-up borough with regular opportunities for outdoor learning.
- To regularly review our curriculum provision, in order to ensure that the curriculum, alongside current educational research, promotes excellence in the practice of teaching (pedagogy).
For further details of our curriculum intent, implementation and impact, please view our Curriculum Policy in full.
Here are our curriculum documents for 2020/2021 below.
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Karma Strapless Plunge Bra
Padded bandeau bra with under-wiring. Smooth seamless padding, invisible under clothes. Basque with lace back. Detachable straps. Under-wiring on the sides for better support. Adjustable, removable and multi-position straps: classic, criss-crossed or strapless. Non-slip on the upper back for better support. Strapless.
An everyday collection in festoon lace. Feminine and timeless.
Material Composition: 71% Polyamide, 29% Elastane;
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With the news yesterday that Apple would be delaying on the much talked-about iPhone 5, there has been a mixed reaction to the iPhone 4S so far around the world.
While the majority in the tech community anticipated the 4S, the consumer market was a little more ambitious with its expectations from Apple’s conference. #iPhone5 was one of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter in the build up to the event and many bloggers had already published lists of things to look forward to in the iPhone 5. The disappointment can be seen across the social media platforms with the most retweeted response to #thingstoasksiri last night being “Where is the iPhone 5”.
It is not just the bloggers and microbloggers who have reacted a little warily to the iPhone 4S. The stock market, too, dealt with the news with a little caution. Shares in Apple were up on the day in the build up to the announcement of the new device, but in the hours after, the share price had dropped 5.5pc from its peak of $381.47 a share, to $354.89 just after 3pm EST.
Well, after 18 months without an upgrade it seems iPhone users feel a little underwhelmed by the enhancements the 4S will offer. The following graph from socialnuggets details what major enhancements iPhone users wanted from the proposed iPhone 5.
As we can see, the two least-requested upgrades were to the processor and to voice control. While the former is an upgrade that was felt necessary by all (upgrade to A5 chip, exactly the same as the iPad 2) it is the latter that Apple had pinned its “wow factor” on, with the announcement of “Siri”, the artificial intelligence voice-controlled application.
While attributes like real-time Messaging, better camera and operating system have been addressed, it is the top 3 most-requested features that signal a cause for concern, with design change being untouched, confusion over carrier networks and 4G unrecognised. For now, it remains to be seen if the 4S will withstand heavy pressure from new HTC and Samsung smartphones, and with the Android 4.0, 4G Nexus Prime due for release next week, it could be an interesting few months in the smartphone market.
The iPhone 4S will be available in Ireland from 28 October.
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Happy Sunday, Colts fans! This is a special episode of Afternoon Pancakes. I have a football story to tell and since my wife and I already have a couple of podcasts under our belt, I figure she could sit down with me and let me tell my story.
This may not interest you.
This is my story about my coaching experience, but more important a story about real people that live and work in your communities all over Indiana.
I’ll also talk about the Colts, but until there’s film/photo to yap about, everything else is blind prognostication, something I try to stay away from (unless it’s during the season).
You can follow us on Twitter. Stampede Blue @StampedeBlue, follow this podcast @PodPancake and you can follow Taylor @taymicmal and myself @likelyalien. Please give this podcast a 5 star rating to help new people find us! Peace and love! Please get vaccinated.
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Stopping work is a life changing event and unless we are proactive in restoring the status quo it can be unsettling at best and down right destructive at worst.
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When you stop working just about every area of your life will be affected. Think about it for a minute – it will certainly affect your career – you wont have one any more! Your finances will be affected and you will be at home all the time so it will affect your family life.
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Doug Rand's adaption of the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling into a stage play is this year's holiday from Lyric Arts Main Street Stage, and like the film, it won my heart. In fact, it is so like the film, with much of the well-remembered dialogue from the movie being spoken verbatim by the live actors on stage, that it has little to do but be well played to win the audience over. Lyric Arts Main Street stage's production does several things very right, but also has some soft spots. In the balance, it is a heartwarming show that makes its mark, but is hard pressed to compete against another spin around with the movie.
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The actors playing less prominent characters all do sturdy work in multiple roles, but are challenged to make the strong impressions that breathe real life into those characters, with Doni Marinos as George's brother Harry and Christy C. Johnson in a variety of women's parts coming out best. In the opening scenes, several young actors play the young George, Mary, Harry and Violet, a flirty girl who grows up to be a flirtyand founderingwoman. Those early scenes, as well as a couple of scenes near the end with George's youngest child, Zuzu, are filmed, shown on screens above the stage set.
The use of those filmed scenes carries with it some risks. The sound in the first of the films clips is fuzzy and the dialog spoken quickly, making it difficult to followthough of course, fans of the movie will know exactly what is transpiring. But that plays into the greater risk, that watching those filmed bits remind us of the beloved movie we are not watching, rather than establishing the play as an independent experience, to be enjoyed on its own merits.
It's a Wonderful Life shows us George Bailey growing up in a picturesque town called Bedford Falls, where he spins big dreams of travel, adventure, and becoming a builder of great edifices. Fate pushes his dreams aside as he takes the helm of Bailey Building and Loan, the financial institution founded by his father and uncle, that has always looked out for the common man and helped hardworking people keep their homes. Their business is constantly threatened by the greed and avarice of banker Potter, and warding off Potter's attacks propels George into a profound crisis of faith until Clarence arrives to save him, and in doing so, saves Bedford Falls.
Hannah Weinberg-Goerger directs the play with as much fluidity as the frequent scene changes allow, for like the movie, the story moves often from one place to another in Bedford Falls. The most satisfying scenes, in fact, are longer ones between George and Mary, in part due to the caliber of actors Arámbula and Gemlo, but also because they play out for longer stretches and allow us to be absorbed in what feels like real engagement between real people.
The physical production lacks the deep Currier and Ives feel we associate with Bedford Falls, requiring the audience to supplement the period-perfect front porch setting (by scenic designer Greg Vanselow) with their imaginations. Costume designer Rebecca Bernstein, lighting designer Jim Eischen, and sound designer Paul Estby all make solid contributions, and the falling snow makes a lovely effect.
While it's easy enough to acquire a copy of the 1946 movie, or look for one of its annual holiday screenings on television, the magic of live theater, with flesh and blood people becoming characters, creating a story, and radiating emotional energy can make the trip to Lyric Arts Main Street Stage worth your while. That, and the shared experience of laughing, recoiling in dismay, and becoming teary eyed with a room full of other people, all of which are part of building community, gets right to the heart of what It's a Wonderful Life sets out to tell us.
It's a Wonderful Life runs through December 19, 2021, at Lyric Arts Main Street Stage, 420 East Main Street, Anoka MN. Tickets from $32.00 - $42.00; seniors (60+) and students with ID: $30.00 - $40.00; For information and tickets call 763-422-1838 or visit lyricarts.org.
Playwright, Doug Rand, from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling; Director: Scott Ford; Music Director: Hannah Weinberg-Goerger; Scenic Design: Greg Vanselow; Costume Design: Rebecca Bernstein; Lighting Design: Jim Eischen; Sound Design: Paul Estby; Props Design: Heather Czywczynski; Intimacy Director: Callie Aho; Dialect Coach: Keely Wolter; Youth Company Manager: Hannah Bakke; Assistant Costume Designer: Rane Oganowski; Stage Manager: Jenna Hyde; Assistant Stage Manager: Sam Goettsche
Cast: Raúl Arámbula (George Bailey), Ainsley Dirkse (Zuzu Bailey), Lois Estell (Ma Bailey, ensemble), Aaron Gaumer (Young George), Eva Gemlo (Mary Hatch Bailey), Grant Hooyer (San Wainwright, ensemble), Christy C. Johnson (Cousin Eustance, ensemble), Cary Kent (Uncle Billy, ensemble), Doni Marinos (Harry Bailey, ensemble), Kayli McIntyre (Violet, ensemble), Lily Meer (Young Mary, Janie), Steve Ramirez (Pa Bailey, ensemble), Warren Sampson (Mr. Potter), Maeve Catherine Stack (Young Violet), Ben Stueve (Young Harry), Rick Wyman (Clarence).
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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative was created by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to reduce an often fragmented patient care continuum. Under this initiative, multiple organizations enter into compensation agreements that include financial and performance accountability for an entire patient episode of care. BPCI Tracker was developed by healthcare beneficiaries to improve outcomes, create efficiencies and add accountability at a low cost. Our innovative high encounter tracking system in coordination with traditional “risk-bearing” providers, promotes intuitive technology and more coordinated care. This service is not associated to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or any government entity.
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The open-source protocol for creating interactive, data-driven blocks
This document is a working draft
This specification is currently in progress. We’ve drafting it in public to gather feedback and improve the final document. If you have any suggestions or improvements you would like to add, feel free to submit a PR on our Github repo.
An embedding application is any app that renders blocks conforming to this protocol, by:
The embedding application is responsible for any communication with databases and APIs required to persist and retrieve data rendered by blocks. In order to be portable anywhere, blocks should not need to have any knowledge of the datastore the data they render comes from and is persisted to (other than in cases where blocks are designed to interact with a specific datastore or external service).
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To enable blocks to update data of entities, including themselves, embedding applications SHOULD include an
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entityTypes property, during instantiation and again any time new entity types are sent.
An embedding application SHOULD be able to read a JSON schema file provided by a block describing the block’s interface, and check that the data provided to the block conform to the schema (e.g. that any validation constraints expressed by the block are respected).
Embedding applications SHOULD define, in the global scope, any of the CSS variables listed in Appendix A which they have a preferred value for, and additionally provide these values via a
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Rendering HTML blocks inside iframes or web workers, and transferring data and offering function calls via messages, are obvious mitigations to explore.
In these types of implementations, the embedding application would render a small application inside of an iframe or web worker. This sandbox application would in turn render the block, and provide it with the functions and data it needs. When the block calls a function (e.g. updateEntity), the sandboxing application sends messages with the request and payload to the parent application. Users should then be prompted to permit or deny the sort of action the block is attempting to take, and their preferences saved.
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“Most people don’t understand where food comes from,” Adam said. “One time I was selling chickens at the Farmers’ Market and assured this lady that I didn’t use any hormones, that my chickens were free range, and that I had killed this chicken myself. ‘You killed that chicken?’ she asked in horror. ‘How could you kill that poor chicken?’ Well, I told her that’s how we get food, that’s where the food in the grocery store and fast food restaurants comes from. Somebody raises it and kills it,” Adam stated. “She wasn’t convinced.”
Keith shook his head in amazement. “I explained where food comes from to my children when they were very young. One time, I served grilled salmon, which my children hadn’t tried before and refused to eat. I must admit that I teased them a bit by telling them a long story about the life of our wild-caught salmon.”
“Oh, please tell it, Keith. This should be good,” I told Adam.
“Once upon a time, there was an egg, one of many, many eggs laid in a fresh-water stream somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. It was very dangerous to be a little fish in that stream; only about 10% survived. After a while, our fish grew just big enough to swim all the way down the stream to the river and into the ocean, living in salt water for a few years. Then our big, grown up salmon swam all the way back upstream to lay eggs, jumping over waterfalls and rapids, swimming against the current for miles and miles, facing great dangers. And that’s when our fish was caught. This fish sacrificed a great deal so you could eat. Do you want a taste?”
“And were Gretchen and Alex convinced?” I asked.
“Yes, their eyes got really big,” Keith chuckled, “and then they asked if they could have some more salmon.”
On our drive home, we talked about cultures that have traditions about food and show gratitude and respect for food, about Hebrew kosher laws and the Native American practice of thanking the animal for dying so they could eat, of draining the blood “soul” and returning it to the earth.
The next morning, Keith and I ate pork sausage for breakfast. I’d like to say that we remembered to thank the hog, but we did appreciate that sausage.
Where does your food come from?
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This year Funtes is posing for our Happy Easter photo!
At first he was like – what is that!? Oh, a hat. Ok then 🙂
This year Funtes is posing for our Happy Easter photo!
At first he was like – what is that!? Oh, a hat. Ok then 🙂
My angel Albert is gone and I feel broken and paralyzed with grief. He was the gentlest soul, my baby, my soulmate. We spent almost 10 years together. He was born in my lap, in Jossans first litter. He loved unconditionally and completely and I loved him with my whole heart.
I did not think this day would ever come, although his health was fragile lately.
He was well, but fragile, eating immunosuppressive medicines for an inflammation in nose and lungs the specialists never found a cause for. But the medicines helped. We went to regular controls and the next one was scheduled for this Monday.
Still, little was needed to disrupt that and he got very Ill overnight, supposedly an infection in his nose and troath, that got so swollen that he had trouble breathing. He got into intensive care directly, but they could not stabilise him and he was suffering so we had to let him go.
Heartbroken. In less than a year we lost Miii and Electra and now Albert. Miii and Electra totally unexpectedly, and Albert was fragile, but we thought he would be with us longer.
Heartbroken. A piece of me has died yesterday.
– Leroy, can I take some silly Easter pictures of you? Arranged with random yellow stuff around you?
– Sure. As long as I do not have to move.
– Oki. And what about a hat, cat?
– Leroy, you are the only one in the world that cannot look ridiculous, no matter what! 😻
– I know. 😎
The coolest cat ever! ❤
This is Albert. He is special. We love him as he is. ❤
Albert has dragged a sheep and put it over him and sleeps like that in the window. Sometimes he takes a pillow instead, drags it there and puts it over him. Our other cats do not do that (if there is a pillow there, without Albert under, they may sit on it). The other cats always look at him when he does that and seem puzzled. But they also accept him as he is. ❤
3,5 months ago Ellinor was tiny, and Miii was in her best health, with us. Until four weeks ago.
I grieved and cried after Miii’s death when Ellinor slept or when my parents who visited us then took care of her. Jocke and I took turns to cry and grieve for our cat and take care of our daughter. Because she should not feel our sorrow, she is a baby.
I miss you so much Miii, I will always love you ❤ 💔 I love my close ones dearly. My cats and humans. You and our love are a part of me forever. ❤
Yesterday it was sunny outside, Leroy and the others went to the balcony to enjoy the sun. We are looking forward to the spring.
Today I have lost a very close friend, my faithful, loving, sweet friend, a close soul, Jossan’s sister, Miii.
Merry Christmas! We had a photo session today with Ellinor. Leroy of course joined us. He had to inspect all those elves, they seemed very suspicious. He is very protective of his baby. 🙂
We have a new family member, this time a little human – our baby daughter Ellinor was born on October 29th. She is our long wanted rainbow baby.
The cats have never shown any animosity at all, just curiosity, towards the baby since we came home with her from the hospital.
They understood she is a helpless and fragile baby of some kind; they sit close to her but do not pile on her or touch her – thet keep the safe distance and are very careful around her.
Leroy, the king of our family he is, took on a role of Ellie’s main protector. He is always close and is checking on her.
A few visitors we had he gave them a – “I am watching you” look and stayed always between them and the baby. He was more trusting with our friends he knows really well from before and has closer connection with (they were cat sitting for example when we were away).
That is life – a tremendous joy this year after a shattering loss last year. We share our days and feelings with our cats as always.
We hope to give oceans of love and security to our daughter. And she will get to grow among the best cats ever and I hope they will get a lot of joy from having her in their lives, as she will from them.
a) “normal” cats
can you fit on the cat tree on the photo?
The answer leads to the conclusion (that we who have Siamese cats already know) that cats come as individuals, and Siamese come in piles. 🤗
Leroy and his daughter Miii, lilac and blue point Siamese, born in Dec 2006 and Dec 2007.
– What is your secret, you always look so fresh and pretty?
– Sleeep! See us now getting ready to take a nap after lunch. 😴 Plenty of cuddles and sleep make you this pretty 😎
Maven is the most tired cat in the world in the mornings. We call her “our teenager”. She stays at bed until about 11AM- 1PM and then she lazily walks to the living room and asks for breakfast!
She is 12 years and a few months old and still in perfect shape and great health. ❤
Here she is stretching after her breakfast, playing on the balcony.
Our 2017 was filled both with wonderful and with tragic events.
But things will always come our way. We take it as it comes and try and work hard to make every day a little bit better. ❤
In 2017 I lost my love Jossan. But she and I together had a good year, the best ever until the end. I loved her and pampered her to the moon and back. ❤
We and the kitties spent a lot of good days together, in our cosy house, in the garden in the summer and in front if the fire in the winter.
Leroy and Albert travelled with me many times to cat shows and got admired and appraised a lot. Many Best In Shows for one 7,5 and a 11 year old Siamese. We take pride in our cats that are so beautiful and well cared for that even in not the youngest age do so well.
Albert came in top three best cats in Swedish cat association Sverak (member of FIFe) as senior category IV. That is huge. And he is the first Foreign White in Sweden to achieve that.
Leroy took the highest title a cat can get in Fife, Supreme Premier. And – he got it 11 years old!!!
Unfortunately many Siamese are not even alive at that age. I as a breeder when I study future potential combinations want the healthiest long lived lines behind the new kittens.
Maybe we will have kittens next year. It would be nice, when we are less grieving and our ladies Electra or Claire are willing to go in heat. Right now the pain is too strong to only look forward. And that is okay. We are made of all kinds of feelings.
We wish you all a Happy New Year and all the best in the coming 2018!
Thank you all who commented or wrote to me privately for your compassion and kind words. It means a lot to me.
My days have been filled with grief and heavy sadness since Jossan died. We got her ashes home last Wednesday, on what would have been her 10th birthday. I just broke hugging the wooden box and cried again for hours. I miss her so much.
It is hard to go on with your everyday life when you grieve. I worked even harder than usual in order to forget for a while. From my activities outside work I put together a magazine for my cat club. And we celebrated Leroy’s 11th birthday on December 11. We took him and Albert to our veterinary for a senior check up including blood tests. All great, kidneys, liver, no infections, no signs of arthritis yet, great muscles, no overweight. That was good to hear. When you lose someone you love you start worrying some extra about the other ones left.
Their teeth were x-rayed and Leroy also had 2 teeth pulled out and Albert 4. Two more will be pulled out on Albert on 8th of January, and Claire’s teeth will be x-rayed then. They got FORL and there is nothing to do to prevent it that veterinarians know of. 72% of adult cats (including wild cat animals like lions) have FORL in at least one tooth, and often you do not see it if not x-rayed. FORL starts from the inside of tooth. Cat has pain, but many hide it well, you do not see anything on the outside. That’s why we x-ray their teeth once a year. I started with that when they turned 5. The boys are recovering well.
Miii, Jossan’s blue sister, turned 10 on 27th December. She is a bit overweight and now when Jossan is gone I changed the food back to less calorie rich kind and we are working on her condition. Little darling, she is my constant companion especially in the summer in our garden. Then she runs a lot and gets a in really great shape.
You see clearly on our cats that some things are environment and some genetics – Miii and Jossan were siblings and ate same food and all, and Jossan was slim, lean and elegant all of her life, while Miii was always very robust and prone to weight gain, like their late mom. Old strong robust English lines. Good muscle mass on both and a lot of space for running around helped their condition I guess.
I do not know how you heal after someone you had such a strong connection and love with is gone. I guess you do not, just move along in time with all your memories and love and the pain becomes more dull with time.
My love, my soulmate, my best friend is gone. I am heartbroken and cannot stop crying.
We got a lot of snow a week ago in Stockholm, but it got warmer again and all of it melted. The cats saw the greenish grass outside again and wanted to go out. But it is cold!! Today it is 2°C and Leroy draws his leave-the-house-limit at 17°C.
But Jossan has a will of steel, and what Jossan wants, she gets from me. Breakfast in bed, any door opened even when I know it is freezing cold and the cats should not and do not want to go out. I opened the door for her and she took a quick walk around the house and pretended it is not THAT cold while she slowly walked back into the house.
She lost some weight what is not unexpected, but she is not underweight. She weighs as much she did before her first pregnancy. I give her a lot of good fat and protein rich food to slow down cancer (cancer likes carbs).
I am worrying about her and cannot sleep at night sometimes when dark thoughts get me and I get scared that it all will go fast, maybe if I am at work or travelling. But she is still well. I will know when it’s time.
It is cosy in front of the fire. Jossan is enjoying the warmth lying between Electra and Leroy ❤
She still has appetite and a strong will to live. It is cold outside and she cannot go out, but the fireplace in the evenings and sun in the windows during our short days are very popular in our cat pride.
Miii, Jossan and Miii are enjoying a sunny Saturday on the balcony.
So far so good, all the cats are well and we are getting ready for the colder period with long cosy evenings at our home.
Jossan is well. We don’t know anything more than what we see. The external tumours in her one armpit are growing, but she does not show any discomfort about them.
We had the coldest summer in Sweden in last 155 years. But we still had some nice and warm sunny days. And even when it is not sunny, the cats are happy to cuddle at home.
Jossan is as always. But I feel her tumour in one of her armpits grew a lot lately. It was the size of a peppercorn in March and now it is like two almonds. That is the one we wanted to operate, but the veterinaries decided against when we found out she already had metastases at lungs.
She does not seem to notice it or mind it at all.
I wonder what is going on in her lungs. If that external tumour grew that much, is the end very near? Anxiety is unavoidable, but I do not welcome it and let it stay. I do not have time for sorrow and anxiety now. As long as she is well and lives her life to the fullest, it is good.
Jossan is still getting her COX-2 inhibitor daily and is pampered to bits, dinner in bed, the candy she wants. She goes out when she wants which is only when it is warm and I am at home. She goes to the entrance door and calls me to let her out. She is just staying at our lot, eats the grass out or lies in the sun. Or chases hares or roe deer!!! She chases only big animals. My funny cat. She has a heart and a soul of a lioness.
Our other cats are well. Albert loves to lie in his cat cave and yesterday he really wanted to eat, but was too lazy to go up. And it is so warm and cosy in his little cave. So of course I served his Saturday breakfast there!
Breakfast in bed, that’s how we roll here 🙂
We had a vacation and it is over, we are both back to work from Monday, but I hope for more sunny days in our garden on weekends and after work.
I do not notice any change in Jossan’s condition, appetite or behaviour. She goes sometimes out to eat grass, sit in the sun and accompany me in my gardening. She and Miii like that, especially Miii. They always stay next to me when outside.
Here is my love Jossan enjoying the sun, the grass and all the scents in our garden two days ago.
(Our cats do not touch lilies when outside. Lillies are toxic to cats. Instinct, I guess. And I never keep the lillies inside. Only roses in vases, and orchids, saintpaulia, cat grass and aloe vera in pots. Also hoyas and pellargonium. The kitties chew on their grass. 🙂 The other plants they leave alone. But when we had kittens, we removed all the plants out of their reach. Kittens are a different story…)
– “Maumaumau, breakfast!!! Mom, it gives us z breakfast!”
– “But you had your breakfast?”
– “And what about z second breakfast?! Hurry Mom, Miii is about to faint of hunger… :O ”
Siamese are drama loving creatures! 🙂
You never know who will leave first. All we have are assumptions and hopes for long life and health.
Our all cats here at home in Stockholm are well and alive, but some of dear people lost their beloved cats recently and I am very sad for them. But I was also happy to know how those cats were very much loved and had beautiful lives. ❤ We are thinking of you my dear ones ❤
Sorrow and grief are dark companions, and they are with us after loss because we loved someone dearly, making everything dark, but there is also so much love and beauty in the world, too. ❤
My love Jossan shows no symptoms of being ill at all. I give her her cancer slowing medicine every evening after food and she licks it like candy.
She has an excellent apetite and is as happy as usual. We had a lot of rain in Stockholm recently, but when it was warm and dry she followed me to our garden.
The cats also go to the balcony sometimes.
In two weeks we will have a vacation and spend it here at home with our cats for the most of time. Staycations are good, if we are lucky we will have a fine summer here, do the gardening and relax.
And a yearly Easter picture of Jossan with a hat:
We live in Stockholm. You heard maybe on the news that our hometown was under a terrorist attack yesterday. It happened close to where I work, a place I hang around and eat lunch at 3 out of 5 days a week. Not yesterday.
We are safe. It just took us long time to get home yesterday because the police stopped the traffic in the central Stockholm so we were at our offices longer.
Our thoughts go out to all the innocent victims and their families and friends. ❤ Yesterday this happened in Stockholm, every day it happens somewhere else in the world. 😥
Evil people. Evil. But we will not let them make us scared and hurting for long. Because that is what they want. And we will not give it to them.
Life goes on. Peaceful and friendly cats from Stockholm wish you a calm weekend. Stay safe. ❤
The blue, the lilac and the white Siamese – Miii, Jossan and Claire. And an invisible one, hopefully still breathing, Albert, in the 45° warm cave behind.
I got a call at the airport, 5 days ago, 15 minutes before boarding the plane, I was about to be away from home for 2 days. Joakim took Jossan to the computer tomography that morning.
And there it was, they said what I dreaded, what they saw was metastases in the lungs. I stayed composed actually and asked how about the previous x-ray that actually looked similar to this new one before the computer tomography (they did not do it last time, thought it was only age-related changes). Yes, now they were not sure, now it was more, but maybe it was already last August she had metastases, just less. Maybe.
I thanked them, asked to send the detailed report to Jossan’s oncologist and said I understand that of course the operation is off. What does it help to remove a small lumps, when there are evil cells in the lungs.
I sat frozen and empty in my head. Joakim called then and was so sad. He hoped they would not call me, but only him, he told them specifically to call only him, he planned not to tell me the news if it was bad before I was back home. But they did call me anyway.
I said to Jocke, I will contact Patricio, ask for advice (Jossan’s oncologist). I PM:ed Patricio, and he answered very fast. I was waiting to board that plane. He was very nice and comforting and said he was sorry. I asked what can we do, is there some more medicines we can give her, but not so that it has bad side effects, she must have good life. I said also I do not understand, she looks like a picture of health, she was outside yesterday, took a walk with me in the garden. I was thinking – her coat is shiny, her eyes are clear, she is full of life, her muscles are perfect, her body is strong. I cannot comprehend it at all.
Patricio asked me about the dose of Metacam (COX-2 inhibitor she is on), and I said 1,5 markings, she weighs 3,4 kg. He said, give her 2 markings. He said she can live a good life for some time longer, in spite of the metastases.
Then we exchanged virtual hugs, I thanked him and went to my flight.
I was very sad being away from Jossan for those two days and nights, I thought a lot about her, about life and death. Yes, Jossan is ‘just a cat’, but she has a soul that is equal to a human soul, I believe in that. And she is my soulmate. There is love and I have been lucky to love and be loved in my life, and then there is something a bit different, that special connection that transcends love, call it a soulmate or whatever.
And now my Jossan is dying. But aren’t we who are alive all both living and dying, we never know how much we have left. We are both living and approaching our end all the time. Now I just know that her end is closer than I hoped for.
We can make moments count. And even when you are not physically next to someone, you still are together in another way. I do not know if animals feel it that way, I barely know how other people feel it. But there must be more to connections between us than having them activated just when being close in space.
We live our lives, the spring is here, and we go to the garden when it is warm enough for that, otherwise, we are inside together when I am at home.
I hope for a long beautiful summer.
The veterinary called me this morning, and – they still do not know what the x-ray show. The radiologist could not exclude metastases on the lungs, but could not tell that they are that for sure either, so we will go to CT, computed tomography exam. They should call me from the animal clinic tomorrow to book a time for that hopefully on Monday.
If Jossan has metastases, we will not operate. If she does not, we will.
That sounds so simple. It is really a simple decision to make when we know the answers, but it is not easy. It is hard on our hearts.
It takes so much time, all the exams, we are in the limbo. But she does not know, she is fine. ❤
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Best Lawyers in Colombia 2020 edition
NOTICIA - BOGOTÁ -> 2019-12-06
The 10th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Colombia has been released, and the firm’s lawyers continue to lead in Intellectual Property, Administrative Law and Life Sciences practice. Congratulations to Jorge Chávarro, Eduardo Varela and Andres Rincon.
We are pleased to announce that Best Lawyers has recognized Cavelier Abogados as the Law Firm of the Year in Intellectual Property - Colombia. This award is due to the excellent work done by three of our partners Jorge Chávarro, Andres Rincon, Eduardo Varela and the team behind each of the practice areas. The partners are recognized as leaders in three different practices:
We congratulate Jorge Chávarro for being selected by his peers to be included in the 10th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Colombia for his work in:
- Administrative Law
- Intellectual Property Law
Moreover, he is recognized as one of the 2020 "Lawyer of the Year" award recipients, due to his excellence in Intellectual Property Law in Bogotá. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a "Lawyer of the Year" award.
Also great news and congratulations for Andres Rincon and Eduardo Varela, for being selected by his peers to be included in the 10th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Colombia, thanks to his work in Life Sciences and Intellectual Property Practices respectively.
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Keys at Flora of North America
Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra) is very similar to American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) and Venezuelan pokeweed (Phytolacca rivinoides). These species can be distinguished by the following differences:
-Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra) flowers are borne on very short stalks (i.e. pedicels) only 2-3 mm long and usually have 7-8 stamens. Their ‘petals’ (i.e. tepals or perianth segments) turn red and persist on the developing fruit. The mature fruit are relatively small (4-6 mm across) and usually have eight slight lobes (i.e. they usually contain eight seeds).
-American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) flowers are borne on relatively long stalks (i.e. pedicels) 5-10 mm long and usually have 10-11 stamens. Their ‘petals’ (i.e. tepals or perianth segments) turn red and persist on the developing fruit. The mature fruit are relatively large (5-11 mm across) and have ten or eleven slight lobes (i.e. they contain ten or eleven seeds).
-Venezuelan pokeweed (Phytolacca rivinoides) flowers are borne on relatively long stalks (i.e. pedicels) 7-12 mm long and have 9-14 stamens. Their ‘petals’ (i.e. tepals or perianth segments) fall off as the fruit begin to mature. The mature fruit are relatively small (5-6 mm across) and have 12-16 slight lobes (i.e. they contain 12-16 seeds).
Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. (China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, North Korea, South Korea, Japan (I), India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Vietnam, Germany (I), Croatia (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), USA (I) (Wisconsin (I)) as per Catalogue of Life)
Phytolacca dioica L. (Colombia (Antioquia, Quindo, Risaralda, Tolima), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman), Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazu, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Uruguay (Montevideo), Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela (Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal), NE-Brazil, WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Mexico (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), France (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Greece (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I), Madeira (I), Canary Isl. (I) (La Palma Isl. (I), Gran Canaria (I)), Italy (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Java (I), Sri Lanka (I), Philippines (I), S-India (I), Nepal (I), trop. Africa (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Namibia (I), Botswana (I), Sudan (I) as per Catalogue of Life)
Phytolacca icosandra L. (syn: Phytolacca octandra L.) (USA (Arizona, Wisconsin, Arizona (I), California (I), Maryland (I)), Costa Rica, Galapagos Isl., Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Bolivia (La Paz), Jamaica, Peru, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, ?Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas (I), Belize, Venezuela (Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira), Ecuador, Isla del Coco, Panama, Trinidad, Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Quindo, Risaralda, Tolima), South Africa (I) (widespread), Swaziland (I), Zimbabwe (I), Kenya (I), Old World Tropics (I), India (I), Sri Lanka (I), peninsular Malaysia (I) (Cameron Highlands (I), Pahang (I)), Sumatra (I), Java (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I)), New Zealand (I), New Caledonia (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)) as per Catalogue of Life)
Phytolacca (Phytolaccaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author.
If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice.
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How is it that menstruation, once considered a sacred process, has become devoid of meaning in our modern times? What has caused a shift from the sacred to the profane? In The Woman in a Shaman’s Body, anthropologist Barbara Tedlock says: “The unease so many Western women feel about their menstrual cycle springs from a combination of masculine sentiments and religious sanctions” (Tedlock, 2005, p.196). While Psychotherapist and Astrologer, Demetra George says, “Women no longer understand that the instinctive movement during menstruation is withdrawal in order to connect with powerful psychic energies to effect healing in their lives” (George, 1992, p.19-20). Feminist scholar Mary Parlee says: “What little we do know of menstruation has been defined in terms of pathology; menstrual studies are incomplete while we only chart the sickness of the cycle, and not its peaks and inspirations” (Parlee, quoted in Shuttle and Redgrove 1978, p.72).
With a cursory glance into the physical and emotional problems associated with menstruation, it is reasonable to assume that menstruation has become pathologised in the modern West. According to Penelope Shuttle and Peter Redgrove, 90% of modern women suffer dysmenorrhea and in the Guardian newspaper in September 2017, it was reported that 176 million suffer from endometriosis- that’s 10% of women worldwide. The article states that the prevalence of endometriosis in women experiencing fertility issues can be as high as 30-50%, and concludes that the cause of endometriosis is unknown and there is no definite cure.
In Jungian psychotherapy much has been revealed about woman’s over identification with the animus (male principle) and the consequences of turning against her own feminine biological nature. In a patriarchal culture where the masculine principle has been inflated for a few thousand years it is hardly surprising that women of the modern West have become over identified with the animus, or even possessed by it. This can be seen in women who have rejected part of themselves in order to be successful in a system that denies their feminine nature or qualities. Many women have, as George says, lost their inherent instinctual wisdom in relation to their bodies and natural cycles.
Barr Pharmaceutical, the company who produce Seasonale, the market leader in menstrual suppression draws heavily on feminine over-identification with masculine values in their advertising campaigns, often depicting young, successful urban women who have no time for menstruating. In their critique of Seasonale, scientists Laura Mamo and Jennifer Foskett observe:
“Furthermore, another implicit assumption is that, with Seasonale, women are free to engage (or compete) in the professional world with bodies more similar to those of men…. menstruation is produced as a constraining process that, with Seasonale, becomes something to be overcome: a part of every woman’s and girl’s wellness.”
In Jungian terms, this over identification with the animus necessitates a rejection of the ‘great mother archetype’ which calls forth the ‘negative great mother’. Jungian Jasbinder Garnermann says this denial “can manifest in physical symptoms such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhoea and fertility problems.”
Rarely does allopathic Western medicine consider the under-lying issues of menstrual disorders and instead favours prescription of pharmaceutical drugs or invasive surgery. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2006-2010, 11.7 percent of women between the ages of 40-44 had a hysterectomy. When we acknowledge the connection between hysteria and hysterectomy, it is difficult to ignore the connection between physical disease and emotional experience; it is also difficult to ignore the connection between physical remedy and behavioral control.
Mary Daly has a particular focus on gynaecology and medical practices carried out on women’s bodies which she presents in her 1987 Gyn/Ecology. According to Lucy Sargisson what Daly seeks in this work is “a true, wild, Woman’s self, which she perceives to be dormant in women, temporarily pacified by patriarchal systems of domination” (Sargisson, 1996, p.184). Daly herself says: “The rise of Western gynecology was built on the massacre of women healers, replaced by male medical practitioners. The purpose and intent of gynecology was/is not healing in a deep sense but violent enforcement of the sexual caste system” (Daly, quoted in Noble, 1991, p.35).
Seasonale, is also being applauded as a cure for increasing menstrual problems, hailed as a “radical rescuing of the ovaries and endometrium from modernity” (Gladwell, 2000). Yet few people seem willing to ask why modernity is so detrimental to the reproductive and menstrual health of women. Instead of asking why so many women suffer negative symptoms of menstruation, or why teenage girls view their menstrual blood negatively – “The experience of the first period is associated with hurts and wounds and bodily waste” (Douvain, quoted in Shuttle and Redgrove 1978, p.87), the current trend is towards erasing periods all together. For Paula Weideger, “The menstrual taboo… has been one of the most successful methods devised to undermine the self-acceptance and confidence of women” (Weideger, quoted in Shuttle and Redgrove, 1978, p.88). Demetra George, echoing this view puts it like this: “Women are made to feel ashamed of their raw, instinctive sexual desires and to feel that their menstrual blood is dirty and disgusting” (George, 1992 p.50).
In trying to make sense of menstrual suppression and the archetype behind it and in looking to history for a clearer understand of the present, is it worth considering that control of women and their bodies through darkly coercive means with “sinister misogynistic implications” (Hillman) are not resigned to the past? Is it the case that women themselves are unwittingly permitting the control and manipulation of their bodies through a female-denying science and technology?
In considering the reasons why many women reject menstruation, I am led to a thorny debate at the heart of feminist discourse- the ‘essentialism’ and ‘biological determinism’ debate. This dialectic asks difficult questions about the relationship between women and nature – is it the case that women, on account of their biology have a particular and unique relationship with the natural world? This issue has a caused a split in feminist discourse for six decades with cultural feminists rejecting biological essentialism as a tool of patriarchal coercion and control, and other feminist groups, including ecofeminists, insisting on the connection between women and the natural world while reviewing the status of both in our current system. I will explore this in a later section.
For now, an important question I feel in addressing historical misogyny is this: What happened to all that fear, superstition and hysteria? Where did it go … did it simply dissolve as humanity evolved? Did the Church and other institutions quietly become more women- loving? The “witch hunts’” says Carol Christ, “were as much about the control of information and knowledge as it was about controlling women’s sexuality and bodies”(Christ, 1988, p.46). Many women, disempowered within the medical systems are turning to pro- women movements of natural birthing, sacred sexuality, menstrual awareness and the feminine mysteries to reclaim their innate wisdom precisely because they are not ‘being met’ by our institutions- which, it may argued, are still premised on institutionalized misogyny. While there are no modern day witch hunts, many women will testify to feeling degraded, demeaned or in some way harmed or insulted in their interactions with medical and other cultural institutions.
Schools are also being called into question; right now there is a campaign running to challenge rules in school that prohibit teenage girls from going to the bathroom to attend to their menstrual needs.
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Huw Lewis, Minister for Education and Skills and Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty
In Building a Brighter Future: Early Years and Childcare Plan (2013) , the Welsh Government committed to consult on the right approach for the early years, childcare and play workforce in Wales.
To help inform future development for the sector, we prepared and published a draft 10 year workforce plan and a consultation was undertaken in the latter part of 2014. The draft plan set out our goals for the early years, childcare and play workforce and how we intended to support the delivery of our ambition.
Our ambition is to develop a highly skilled and bilingual early education, childcare and play workforce, which is highly regarded as a career of choice.
Our consultation process covered the key principles of the draft 10 year workforce plan for the early years, childcare and play workforce and set out these principles in more detail under three themes:
- Attracting high-quality new entrants; and
- Raising skills and standards in the existing workforce.
The draft 10 year plan was circulated widely through a number of networks to the key sectors and covered a range of organisations and individuals, including practitioners, local authorities, higher education institutions and schools. The aspirations of the draft 10 year plan were supported by the majority of those consulted.
A number of new policies have arisen in recent months and it is vitally important these policies are fully considered and aligned, where necessary, in developing and delivering the aspirations of the final 10 year plan. Some of the key areas under consideration are outlined below.
A Foundation Phase Expert Group has been set up to develop and enhance Foundation Phase practice and to improve the consistency of curriculum delivery for all schools and settings across Wales. In March, we will be publishing the Expert Groups’ Foundation Phase Action Plan. This plan will set high level actions to support and share learning on effective practice and ongoing staff development and will be considered fully in developing the final Early Years, Childcare and Play workforce plan.
Childcare and Play
Providing high quality, affordable and accessible childcare for all families in Wales who require it, remains a key priority for Welsh Ministers. Childcare is an important factor in tackling poverty as it enables parents to undertake training and enter or remain in employment.
We already have a range of initiatives in place to provide additional childcare. For example, all 3-4 year olds are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours free Foundation Phase early education and in Flying Start areas, all 2-3 year olds are eligible for 12 ½ hours of free childcare per week (39 weeks) and at least 15 sessions during school holidays. We have also provided £2.7 million of grant funding to local authorities in 2014/15 and an additional £2.3 million this financial year to provide quality, affordable childcare to help families before and after the school day. On top of this we are providing £4.3 million over a three year period to third sector organisations to help us develop innovative flexible childcare solutions to meet the needs of families.
Progress for Success
Increasing the skills of the early years and childcare workforce is a key ambition of the workforce plan. In response to this, we are developing, with the support of the European Social Fund, the Progress for Success (PfS) programme. The programme will provide support to existing practitioners to up-skill in recognised sector qualifications at Levels 2 to 6, and we have recently secured £4.1 million European Funding, and provided an additional £2.2 million for West Wales and the Valleys. We fully anticipate that similar support will be made available for practitioners in East Wales.
Progress for Success will also support the aim of the Welsh Language Strategy to achieve the ambition for Wales to become a country where Welsh medium education and training are integral parts of the education infrastructure.
The recommendations of the Independent Review of Childcare and Early Education Registration, Regulation and Inspection (the Graham Review), undertaken by Professor Karen Graham were considered in the development of the draft 10 year plan. These will also be a major consideration as we develop the final plan, alongside the policy developments referred to above.
In finalising the 10 year plan, we recognise our proposals are ambitious, but essential if we want to improve the quality of care we offer our children. As we look to fulfil our long-term aspirations for the early years, childcare and play workforce in Wales, it is important we recognise the challenging financial climate and, vitally important, we make informed decisions about how we can best invest our limited resources to ensure we take forward and deliver on the aspirations of the 10 year plan. Our officials will, over the coming months, continue to engage with interested stakeholders as we work to develop a final 10 year plan for the Early Years, Childcare and Play workforce in Wales.
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How to Apply Deck Stain
Staining a deck is time-consuming but not difficult, and if you have a free weekend and suitable weather, you should be able to do it without the help of a contractor. Apply deck stain when the weather is from 50 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with no rain in the forecast for at least 24 hours after you finish. Plan ahead because it can take up to three days for the deck to dry after you clean it before you can actually stain it, so schedule the cleaning for an afternoon or evening during the week before you apply the stain.
Preparing the Deck
Wet the surface of the deck with a garden hose. Fill a pump sprayer with a wood cleaner designed for the type of wood your deck is made of. Some wood cleaners need to be diluted, so check the manufacturer's instructions to determine whether to mix it with water and if so, how much.
Spray the wood cleaner onto all the surfaces that you plan to stain, including the deck and any railings or stairs. Enlist a friend to follow behind you with a stiff-bristle brush and work the cleaner into the wood. If you don't have a helper handy, brush in the cleaner yourself after you finish applying it.
Allow the cleaner to sit on the wood for the length of time specified by the manufacturer -- probably around 10 minutes. Rinse the deck thoroughly with the hose.
Mix a solution of borate or other mildew blocker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Use a drill with a paint-mixing attachment to ensure that the solution is mixed fully, then pour it into the pump sprayer.
Spray the mildew blocker onto all the wood surfaces that you plan to stain. If any of it pools or puddles, spread it with the stiff-bristle brush. Let the blocker sit on the deck for two to three days or until the wood is completely dry.
Examine the deck for popped nails. If you find any, hammer them back into place. Sink new nails beside the popped ones to reinforce them if desired.
Sand the deck with an orbital sander if the surface is rough or you need to remove an old stain or sealer. Use a hand sander in corners and other hard-to-reach spots. Wear a respirator while sanding.
Staining the Deck
Mix a container of deck stain thoroughly with the drill and paint-mixer attachment. If desired, add 1/2 pint of exterior-grade varnish for each gallon of deck stain.
Brush the stain onto railings, stairs and other vertical surfaces with a 4-inch paintbrush. Use a 2-inch paintbrush to reach any less accessible spots. Apply the stain in a thin layer, then backbrush it to work it into the wood and even it out.
Paint one edge of the deck with the 2-inch brush, covering the first three to four boards of the deck. While the strip of paint around the edge is still wet, apply the stain to the first 1 to 2 linear feet of each of the three or four boards using a sponge applicator or a roller. Back-brush the stain with the 4-inch paintbrush to cover all the crannies and eliminate roller marks and ridges.
Stain the next 1 to 2 feet of the same boards and back-brush them. Work quickly so that the edges don't have time to dry and you're always overlapping new stain over wet stain. Continue this way until you've stained the whole length of the deck. Cover the final few inches with the small paintbrush, then back-brush the overlap between the painted strip and the rolled strip to smooth the texture.
Stain the next three to four boards the same way. Continue like this until you have stained the whole deck.
Apply a second coat of stain in the same fashion. Some products need to dry fully before you apply a second coat, while you can paint over other products immediately. Check the manufacturer's instructions to determine drying time between coats.
- Replace any rotten or damaged boards before beginning the project.
- Test the stain in an inconspicuous area to make sure that you like the final color.
- Mix the stain with the drill and paint-mixing attachment periodically while you work. Deck stain separates faster than paint.
- Apply the stain in thin layers. Thick coats of deck stain can't soak into the wood properly. Instead, they sit on top of it, which causes them to peel and crack with age.
Stephanie Mitchell is a professional writer who has authored websites and articles for real estate agents, self-help coaches and casting directors. Mitchell also regularly edits websites, business correspondence, resumes and full-length manuscripts. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater.
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A couple of days ago, I read an essay (named so aptly, I borrowed the title for this post) about a young women who was checked into a psychiatric facility by her best friend at the age of thirty. By the end of this piece (“On Falling Apart,” by Sady for Rookie Magazine), I was in tears. Although Sady and I had different experiences with mental illness, this story hit so close to home.
Almost one year ago, I left with seven of my friends for a weekend in Las Vegas. Two of my friends were celebrating birthdays, we had tickets to EDM shows, and our days were to be spent lounging poolside with drinks in hand. On the first night of our trip (or rather, very early the next morning, sometime around 1 or 2 AM), I attempted to end my life. I was twenty-four.
A lot of things led up to this moment. I was working full time (usually 50+ hours a week) and was enrolled in 5 classes (more than full time) at my local community college. I was living with two friends, and though our apartment was, for the most part, peaceful, it was a home of three young females. Attitudes rolled through occasionally. Lately, I hadn’t felt like myself and I had been spending any time I wasn’t at work or school locked in my bedroom where I would lay in bed, alternating reading and sleeping all day long. I was too tired to go out with friends or even chat with my roommates over dinner.
I called my mom the morning we were leaving for Vegas and she asked me to please, please, be careful. Stay with my friends, don’t drink too much, take care of myself. I was excited to forget about all of my responsibilities for a couple of days and just let go. I wanted this, but for some reason, I was nervous. It wasn’t abnormal for me to experience social anxiety before group outings, so I brushed the feeling away.
We began drinking around 7 PM as we got ready for our night out. It made me feel more relaxed and I was able to laugh and enjoy time with my friends. We went to a bar in the hotel for a couple of drinks before heading to our show. One of my friends (my best friend, Matty, actually) told me I was already too drunk and I needed to slow down. Instead of seeing this as wise advice, I felt hurt and judged. I was just trying to be like everyone else.
The rest of the night comes in flashes. I know the line to the club we had tickets for was incredibly long, so one friend and I went to gamble in the casino to kill time. I remember being sternly talked to by staff when my friend snapped at a waitress for skipping us as she took our orders. Time more than got away from me; I looked at my phone and had several missed calls from my friends who were waiting at the door to the club waiting for us to go in. We got to them and they were, reasonably, irritated. I sensed their frustration and, as I was apt to do those days, assumed that my friends hated me, they didn’t want me around, they wished I hadn’t come. So I headed to the bar and I got another drink.
I don’t remember much of the show. I danced a little bit and walked back and forth from the bar to the area my friends were at. I left repeatedly to refill my drinks. The next thing I remember is being outside of the club (which was located in a hotel lobby on the strip) talking to some staff members. I told them I wanted to leave and go back to my hotel room but when they asked where I was staying I couldn’t remember. I wanted to go back inside to find my friends and, obviously, that was not allowed. I texted and called Matty repeated, as did the men helping me, but he was in a loud, music-filled club, also intoxicated, and didn’t answer. At some point, my roommate came out and found me, and the men handed me over to her to get back to the hotel.
She was pissed. “This is my birthday, I shouldn’t have to be taking care of you!” she shouted as we ran through the lobby. “You need to grow the fuck up and get your shit together!”
She was sobbing, as was I. “I never asked you to take care of me,” I yelled back. We were outside on the strip now, bright lights flashing everywhere. Other visitors were walking past, laughing at our drunken show. I don’t remember entirely what was said, but we both ended up huffing off in separate directions.
My phone was dead and I had no idea where I even was. I didn’t remember what hotel I was staying at or even know which hotel I was currently in. I was in my party dress and my hair was sticking to my face and my makeup was smearing. I felt dirty and ashamed and ridiculous. Ridiculous, I guess, for believing that my friends cared about me or wanted me around. I was alone and achingly lonely. I was tired of being stressed and anxious and sad all of the time. I wasn’t myself anymore and I didn’t want to be anybody.
So, a few stories up in the casino, I climbed over the railing. Looking down, I could see the multiple levels of shiny games and flashy bars and people people people. All of these people that wouldn’t care if I was gone. I was ready for everything to end.
Can you imagine hating yourself this much? Feeling like the entire world would be better off if your presence could just be erased? Feeling a sadness so deep and all-consuming that the only viable escape you can think of is death?
Then, though, there were voices behind me. Several officers were surrounding me on the other side of the railing. One tried to grab me and lift me over and I screamed at him not to touch me and stretched away, holding on with one hand. They asked me why I was trying to jump and I said, I was sad. I hurt.
They worked at keeping me calm and trying to get me back over. One female officer named BJ had taken my wallet off the ground. I had lost my ID at some point during this horrendous night, but my debit card was inside, with a picture of my chihuahua, Bella, on the front.
“Is this your dog?” BJ asked me. I said, “Yeah, that’s my baby.” She said, “I bet she loves you very much.” I sobbed harder. “She does,” I replied. “What’s her name?” “Bella.” “Bella would miss you a whole lot if you were gone. What would she do without you?” she asked me. “Okay,” I sniffed. “Are you ready to come back over?” BJ asked. I cried, but through tears, “Yes.”
Two male officers lifted me over the railing and I hugged BJ and sobbed into her shoulder. They took me to their office, located in the hotel. They asked me questions and did some paperwork. I was sobbing, “I’m so sad,” over and over. I remember a young officer sitting across the office watching me. He looked so sorry. I didn’t even care that he was pitying me. I asked BJ if she had kids and she did, a teenage daughter. I told her I hoped she never felt as sad or lonely as I did.
Eventually and ambulance took me to the emergency room. I assume I was given fluids. I woke up in a shared room with a curtain around my bed. I was wearing two hospital gowns and no shoes. I only had one phone number memorized besides my mom’s, and that was my best friend, Cherish. She was still in Arizona, not interested in the party scene or drinking trips to Vegas. She didn’t answer her phone, so I left her a message. “I’m in the hospital. I don’t know what to do. I fucked up.”
She called me back and I was hysterical. I said I was so sorry for fucking up. I didn’t mean to be such a burden. Cherish cried and told me she loved me and I wasn’t a burden and she was going to take care of me. I didn’t want to tell my mom. I didn’t want my mom to be mad, or to worry. I didn’t want my other friends to know what happened. I was so full of shame and self-loathing. My depression, buried for so long, was now a wide open exhibit for everyone I knew to examine.
I was told I was being transferred to another facility and I would have to change into their hospital gowns. I took two into the bathroom and switched. When I came out, a stretcher was waiting for me. They wheeled me out into another medical transport vehicle which took me to the next building. This place was really just like a holding spot. They took my vitals, cataloged my items (dress, heels, necklace, earrings, wallet), and I basically sat in an exam room until another nurse came in and told me I was being transferred to a psychiatric facility.
In Las Vegas, they have a law that basically says they can hold you in one of these psych hospitals for at least 72 hours if they think you are a harm to yourself or others. When I arrived, I changed into yet another set of hospital gowns. Sans underwear, I had to squat and cough in front of a nurse to ensure I had no weapons hidden up any orifices. I met my doctor, a person I would speak to for around a minute and a half every day as a means of affirming my mental health, and he asked me the same questions I would soon hear daily: How are you feeling? Any voices or hallucinations? Any thoughts of extreme anger? Any thoughts of hurting yourself or others? As if this assessment was all that was needed to decipher what was wrong with me and how to fix it. They switched my medications, added a couple. (I had already been on anti-depressants for around a year).
Finally, they walked me down the hall into a room full of girls. There was a TV bolted high up on the ceiling. Markers and coloring pages were strewn about two tables. I sat down and was brought lunch on a Styrofoam tray with a rounded, plastic spork. I can almost see myself: trembling with fear, pale from a night of drinking, dark under-eye circles from lack of sleep, puffy eyes and a red, splotchy face from endless hours of crying. I had never in my life felt so absolutely frail and breakable. I was glass on the verge of being shattered. A couple of girls greeted me and I managed a “hi” in return. My voice broke. I sat, alone in a room full of people. I reached to my lunch tray and plucked a single grape off the small vine.
A kind voice said, “Grapes make everything better.” I looked up to a pretty woman, maybe in her early thirties, with long, red hair. She gave me a warm smile.
“I… um,” I quietly stammered.
“It’s okay,” she said. “I understand.”
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Today marks the first day back to school for our students. For teachers, today really is New Year’s Day as we think about goals and new beginnings. As I was preparing for the new academic year I was pondering all the things I wanted to be and do differently. My inspiration came from the church homily I heard this weekend on living humbly. Upon hearing the words, I began thinking about my role as an instructional coach and reflected on how I could be more humble in my daily work with teachers, students and administrators. I began to ponder: What does being humble look like? To me it means:
Admitting you are wrong
Asking for forgiveness
Admitting you don’t know
Asking permission to help
Asking for help
And most importantly not taking yourself so seriously.
That’s a heavy list but I have decided to take on the challenge of being more humble this school year. To be successful in this new endeavor I will need to keep this list close by as a reminder to myself of this practice. More importantly, I will also need accountability to make this happen. Thank you Two Writing Teachers and the Slice of Life community for providing me with this space to write and share. Posting this resolution makes me accountable to the world!
This summer I was so blessed to babysit my 4 month old granddaughter once a week. It was wonderful to have this special time together and to watch her grow and learn. Last week was the last summer day of babysitting and I marveled at all important things she reminded me to bring to my school year.
Choice: As my daughter-in-law was preparing to leave for work on the first day she told me she would pick out an outfit for the baby to wear. I politely said OK, but secretly I wanted to look through the drawers and find the cutest little thing to put on my grandbaby that day! Well in her rush to get out the door, Mommy forgot to pick out an outfit and grammie was allowed to choose! How glorious! We all love choice. Whether it be the clothes we put on or the book we read, we are happier when there is a choice involved. As a teacher I need to make better use of the need for choice in the people and children with whom I work.
Slow down: Each Wednesday I spent my days hugging, cuddling, reading, nibbling, walking and pushing a carriage. We giggled and smiled and tickled and sang. The days were slow and filled with softness. There was never any rush to get a thing accomplished. The pace was SLOW! How often do I forget about the schedule in my school day and let the children lead the way? I need to take the time to smell the roses and be present to each person I meet, letting go for the moment of the long to do list on my desktop.
Looking to Cues: Since my little one can’t talk yet, I quickly learned (again) how to read her cues. Rubbing her eyes meant nap time, crying meant feeding time, and fussing meant change my diaper. After spending time with my cutie, I got rather good at reading these specific signs. What signs do my students and teachers send me? Am I taking the time to know and read these signs and cues? And once I know these cues do I act on them? I need to be more present to all the learners that make up our school community.
Letting Go: At nap time I discovered that I had to find the just right time to put the baby down for her nap. My granddaughter loved to be rocked, but oftentimes I was too fast to take her from my arms to put her into her crib. When I was too quick she’d roll over eyes wide open and smile up at me as if to say “Grandma please hold me some more.” Finding that “just right” time was tricky and time consuming. In my instruction do I let go too quickly or do I try to set in place scaffolds that are just right that allow my students to do it on their own? Do I walk away too quickly and let students struggle a little bit for picking them up again? Finding this balance can be tricky yet I am always driven by the fact that this is what teaching is all about: producing independent thinkers and learners.
My summer days with my granddaughter are over for this year, but I know that I will continue to learn many more new and interesting insights from her through the years to bring into my life and into my teaching. I just need to keep my eyes and mind open to new insights. I am after all a forever learner!
Thank you to the Two Writing Teachers for hosting this Slice of Life blog which helps me continue in my writing journey!
Grandchild number two arrived yesterday with great celebration and cheers. This makes two grandchildren within four months. So now I am the proud grandmother of a granddaughter and a new little grandson!
How blessed am I?
How blessed am I to see my two children give birth to two happy, healthy children.
How blessed am I to live close enough to see the newborns within hours of their being born and to then be such a part of their days.
How blessed am I to see the new aunts and uncles (my children) proudly hold their niece and nephew.
How blessed am I to be near extended family and friends that celebrate and help us keep wait.
How blessed am I knowing that these two little cousins will be close enough in age to be playmates at family gatherings – and in between.
How blessed am I to know that each grandchild has an angel of a grandfather to watch over them every minute of every day!
How blessed am I!
Posted in conjunction with Slice of Life Tuesday, a site dedicated to supporting writers in the quest to improve and support. Thank you Two Writing Teachers.
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“Deadly Women fuses bone-chilling story-telling, sumptuous period drama and forensic fact in a bid to explore history’s most alluring female killers. Each episode profiles four famous cases from the past; killers and their victims are brought to life by elaborate dramatized reconstructions.”
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Gentle Giant expands their line of Jumbo action figures with a Concept Darth Vader. Based on artwork by Ralph McQuarrie, Darth Vader features blue highlights and the stylized helmet from the original concept artwork. With an MSRP of $80, and due this Fall, the Jumbo Concept Darth Vader is available for pre-order from Gentle Giant.
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To you all who’ve managed to seep inside. And, to those burnt bridges too!
“What I mean is missing the other persons smile, the way talk or tilt their head when they perhaps are trying to hide something from you. People, and what they do is what changes us. I mean I have a very cold, and iron-thick skin; acquired more than grown out of my own volition. Rarely even does a person peak inside or dares to. Rarer still is another’s ability to stay. Even rarer, is the will of my skin to accept someone else’s touch or presence. Yes, I lose all of my humility when it comes attachments; I call it self-preservation. Because you see, once inside that same person becomes a part of me. I have them with me, and thus carry them with me. I allow them to shape my identity. No, I don’t lose it within them. I let them become a part of me. Because of their tenacity to stay, no matter how cold it gets inside; and, precisely because of that, and them is how I get all warm, and fuzzy on the inside. Because of them I enjoy the rain, enjoy to travel, enjoy to look for more of such people. Because, they’ll stay. Because, in their own way with or without them being around me, they’ll be a support system in their own light; I, in return will be theirs. Because, they’re what I choose to call home. And, that choice of calling someone home is unto us, individually so; unto you, and I. Then, there are times when someone just doesn’t fit; when you just don’t fit in with them; times when burning bridges is the only option left. There are, and will be times when goodbyes too are necessary. And, once I say mine, the skin I wear becomes thicker still; colder, and more ironclad still. Thicker, and thicker it’ll get, until one day it’ll wear off; just like that. “ - indefiniteloop.com
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I enjoy not being certain about most things. But on one burning issue, I’m impatient for clarity. Last fall, a recurring preoccupation of mine re-recurred. (It has to do with being horrified by the foundational narrative of monotheism; I’ll post more on this soon.) This resurfacing of an earlier issue sent me to some fascinating books on psychoanalysis, theology, language, and myth–a couple of which I’d read before, and one new to me–for some solid, or at least plausible, answers.
But then, I had the poetry reading to prepare for, and after that, the holidays were suddenly demanding my attention, and then, a visiting family member treacherously introduced me to the crime series Lie to Me, and I put my reading on hold. Consequently, having stalled in my quest for answers, I put writing about everything on hold.
Then, today, I happened on this tasty morsel from a poem by one of my favorite nature writers, Wendell Berry, that a friend had emailed me months ago:
THE REAL WORK
It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
(From Wendell Berry, Collected Poems)
This lovely passage got me started again. Not on the reading–that will happen when it happens, in the slivers of time between everything else–but on writing, and particularly, blogging. I’d somehow, subliminally, talked myself into the perception that until I’ve untangled the whole knotty theological problem I’m confronting, I won’t have anything to write about it. However, as I told my first-year writing students over and over for twenty-odd years, having everything figured out comes at the end of a writing project (if ever), not at the beginning of it. It’s in the process of writing that I can discover what I think and what I have to say.
This is, naturally, the first thing I learned in graduate school about how to teach writing: writing is a means of discovery. How easy this principle is to forget, though, when what I’m after is an answer, an explanation, a nice, hefty chunk of certainty. But if I attain that certainty, what then? I’ll need to find a new problem to be “baffled” by, since, as Berry says, “The mind that is not baffled is not employed.”
As WordPress is reminding me in the lower right-hand corner of this page I’m drafting (and revising and editing and re-arranging and re-reading), “Just write.” Okay, I will.
More, and right soon,
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The 15th year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign (circa AD 27) coincided with the beginning of Christ’s earthly ministry (Luke 3:1, 23), followed by approximately three to three-and-a-half years incorporating at least three and probably four Passovers (John 2:13; [5:1]; 6:4; 12:1).1 The year of the Lord’s death and resurrection would have been circa AD 30.2 It was springtime in Judea, around March/April just before Passover (Mark 14:1, 12), approximately six weeks prior to ripe figs (Mark 11:12-13; 13:28).
The Historical and Political Setting
When Judea became a province of the Roman Empire in AD 6, the Romans deposed Archalaeus (son of Herod the Great), set up a military prefect,3 and appointed Annas as high priest. Annas was then removed in AD 15 and replaced by his son-in-law Caiaphas, although Annas and Caiaphas continued to jointly exercise authority and influence among the Jews (Luke 3:2). Pontius Pilate was the sixth prefect of Judea, appointed in the 12th year of Tiberius Caesar and governed during the years 26-36 (cf. Luke 3:1; 23:1).4
Jesus was arrested and brought first to Annas, then to Caiaphas (John 18:13, 24) and the Sanhedrin (Matt. 26:57-68; Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:66-71), charged with blasphemy and sentenced to death (cf. John 19:7). The Romans had divested the power from the Sanhedrin to execute the death penalty (John 18:31), so Jesus was delivered to the local prefect Pontius Pilate (Matt. 27:11-14; Mark 15:1-5; cf. John 18:28-38).
The Lord was essentially accused of sedition, treason, and insurrection (Luke 23:2, 3, 5, 14; John 19:12) – a very serious charge.5 Only Luke records Pontius Pilate sending Jesus to Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (4 BC–AD 39), who then returned Jesus to the prefect (Luke 23:6-12, 15a; cf. Acts 4:27) as the one with greater authority as the emperor’s personal representative.
When Pontius Pilate gave the Jewish crowds the choice of which prisoner to be released – the humble Galilean preacher (Jesus) or the defiant patriotic militant (Barabbas) – their decision was no doubt influenced by their misconceived messianic expectations.6 It had become customary during the Passover feast for the Roman prefect in Judea to release to the Jews a prisoner of their choosing (Matt. 27:15; Mark 15:6, 8; Luke 23:17; John 18:39). This was neither a law nor a custom of the Romans or the Jews but appears to have been an attempt to placate the volatile Jewish people in order to deter further civil unrest and maintain some semblance of peace (cf. Matt. 27:24; Mark 15:15; John 19:8, 12).
The Crucifixion and Burial
While the Romans may have learned about crucifixion from the 6th-century-BC Carthaginians in N. Africa, they perfected it as a means of humiliation and torture and a deterrent to insurrection. It was not until the 4th century AD that Constantine banned the barbaric practice. The intent of this brutal form of capital punishment was to inflict maximum suffering with a slow, agonizing death.7
In Classical Greek (until the early 4th century BC), the term staurós referred to an upright stake for impaling (H. G. Liddell and R. Scott, Greek-English Lexicon 595), but in Koinē Greek it denoted the wooden object upon which the Romans executed criminals.8 The condemned was forced to carry the implement upon which he would die to the place of execution. Seeing that an entire Roman cross weighed over 135 kg (300 lb.), it was the crossbeam, weighing approximately 35-60 kg (75-125 lb.), that was typically carried. Jesus was beaten, crucified, and then buried in a borrowed tomb.
Early Sunday morning (the first day of the week), women journeyed to the tomb “while it was still dark” (John 20:1), and as it “began to dawn” (Matt. 28:1) they arrived at the tomb “when the sun had risen” (Mark 16:1). About a year earlier Jesus had issued the first clear prediction of his death and resurrection, saying he would be killed and then raised “after three days” [metà treîs hēméras] (Mark 8:31). In Jewish usage the expression “after three days” is equivalent to “the third day” [tētrítē hēméra] (Matt. 16:21; Luke 9:22); each evangelist has provided his own Greek translation of the Lord’s Aramaic words.
Earlier Jesus had spoken more enigmatically, viz. of raising up the temple of his body “in three days” (John 2:19-22), then making a comparison to Jonah in the fish’s belly “three days and three nights” (Matt. 12:38-40). Before wrestling with any perceived discrepancies in the chronological record, our first consideration ought to be what the Lord intended by these words and how his immediate listening audience would have understood them. Since Matthew is the only Gospel writer to have recorded the latter prediction, another consideration is what this would have meant to his original reading audience. The surest interpretation of a biblical prophecy is to be found in its fulfillment.
According to ancient time reckoning, any part of a day is counted as a full day, and the expression “three days and three nights” is the idiomatic equivalent of “three days” (see, e.g., 1 Sam. 30:12-13; Esth. 4:16; 5:1; cf. Gen. 42:17-18; 2 Chron. 10:5, 12).10 The enemies of Jesus knew he had predicted his resurrection “after three days” [metà treîs hēméras] (Matt. 27:63), understanding this to mean “until the third day” [héōs tēs trítēs hēméras] (v. 64). In other words, after the third day has come, not after the third day has past. If antagonists had understood the prophecy otherwise, they could have (would have?) easily charged the Lord with having made an erroneous claim. What was meant by the prophetic words was indeed fulfilled.
Jesus was crucified “the day before the Sabbath” (Mark 15:42; John 19:31), i.e., Friday. His corpse was in the tomb on the Sabbath, i.e., Saturday. He arose early on the first day of the week (Mark 16:1-2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1), “after the Sabbath” [opsè …sabbátōn] (Matt. 28:1),11 i.e., Sunday. On the day of the Lord’s resurrection, the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, having just described his death, said to Jesus, “today is the third day since these things happened” (Luke 24:20-21).12
The death and resurrection of Jesus provide the cornerstone of the Christian faith (Rom. 6:3-5; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; 1 Pet. 3:21), without which our entire belief system is empty and futile (1 Cor. 15:14-19). Every first day of the week (Sunday) thereafter has been a special day of significance for followers of Jesus Christ (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; cf. Acts 2:1; Rev. 1:10).
--Kevin L. Moore
1The first Passover during his ministry was 46 years after Herod had begun construction on the temple (John 2:13, 20), which was about 20/19 BC, the 18th year of Herod’s reign (cf. Josephus, Ant.15.11.1).
2The traditional date of AD 33 is based on the assumption that the Lord’s ministry began at year 30, even though the biblical record says he was “about” 30 (Luke 3:23), not to mention the 6th-century miscalculations of Dionysius Exiguus.
3Sometimes the term “procurator” is used, but procurators were usually civilian financial officers, whereas prefects were military men. The “Pilate Stone,” an inscription discovered at Caesarea Maritima in 1961, identifies Pontius Pilate as “prefect” of Judea.
4See Tacitus, Annals 15.44; Josephus, Ant. 18.4.1-2.
5Cf. also Matt. 27:11, 29, 37, 42; Mark 15:2, 9, 12, 18, 26, 32; Luke 23:37, 38; John 18:33, 39; 19:3, 14, 15. “Ideologically, the Pax Romana [Roman Peace] was predicated upon the universality of Rome’s political and military authority, as well as its laws, institutions, customs, and cultural mores…. the Romans genuinely believed that whatever means had been used to impose this peace, and however great its human and material costs, the Pax Romana they had established was characterized by prosperity and by physical and spiritual concord. Accordingly, it justified Rome’s imperium and legitimized every effort to sustain it” (A. Parchami, Hegemonic Peace and Empire 26, 30).
6See K. L. Moore, “Barabbas,” Moore Perspective (30 Nov. 2012).
7For a well-researched medical and historical analysis, see William D. Edwards, Wesley J. Gabel, and Floyd E. Hosmer, “On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ,” JAMA 255:11 (21 March 1986): 1455-63. For a more recent medical anthropological perspective, see Emanuela Gualdi-Russo, Ursula Thun Hohenstein, Nicoletta Onisto, Elena Pilli, and David Carmelli, “A multidisciplinary study of calcaneal trauma in Roman Italy: a possible case of crucifixion?,” Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (April 2018): 10.1007/s12520-018-0631-9 <Link>.
8Early patristic authors, writing about the “cross” upon which Jesus was crucified, unanimously describe it as having a crossbeam (e.g. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 15; cf. Epistle of Barnabas 9.7-8).
9Matt. 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-11; John 20:1-2. On the textual integrity of the ending of Mark’s Gospel, see K. L. Moore, A Critical Introduction to the New Testament 71-79.
10Saying to a friend in a modern-day western culture, “I’m here for you 24/7,” is simply an expressive way of conveying long-term loyalty and care, but not intended or understood as a literal commitment of unceasing presence. To say that a job was completed “at the eleventh hour” has nothing to do with precision of time. The same is true of other modern idioms, like “fifteen minutes of fame,” “four letter words,” “put two and two together,” “scattered to the four winds,” “six feet under,” “the whole nine yards,” “six of one and half a dozen of the other,” et al.
11CSB, ESV, NASB, NET, NIV, NKJV, N/RSV. Some English translations have obscured this reference, e.g., “in the end of the sabbath” (KJV); “now late on the sabbath day” (ASV). According to Jewish convention, the Sabbath began at sunset (Friday p.m.) and ended at the following sunset (Saturday p.m.), leading into the early hours of the first day of the week.
12Over a period of 40 days Jesus was seen alive by more than 500 eyewitnesses in Galilee and Judea prior to his ascension into heaven (Matt. 28:1-20; Mark 16:1-19; Luke 24:1-51; John 20:1–25:25; Act 1:11; 1 Cor. 15:3-7). The Passover was on the 14th day of the first Jewish lunar month (Ex. 12:6), and the church was established 50 days later on Pentecost (Lev. 23:16; Acts 2:1-47).
Related Posts: Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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By placing coupons on your website, you are positioning yourself to take advantage of all the traffic resulting from people searching online for coupons. People are also more likely to purchase products with discounts, therefore coupons increase conversions on your site.
The best part is that as long as you help your visitors save money, they will keep coming back for more deals. This not only increases your sales, but also increases the lifetime value of your customers. You will also benefit from word of mouth marketing as these satisfied customers refer their friends to your site.
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Coupons are great for increasing your traffic, boosting your conversion rate and increasing the lifetime value of customers, but the question is, how do you find coupons to place on your site? Where do you find them?
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How To Place Coupons On Your WordPress Page Using The Affiliate Coupons Plugin
To place coupons on your WordPress page, you need a coupon plugin. Coupon plugins allow you to easily create, customize and display digital coupons on your site without having to tinker and mess with your site’s code. This means that you can use them to place coupons on your site even if you have no coding skills. The best WordPress coupon plugin to help you place coupons on your page is Affiliate Coupons.
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A Pro version of Affiliate Coupon has been released this week too. In addition to the features discussed above, the Pro version has a ton of extra features, such as event tracking via Google and Piwik, additional templates and widgets, additional coupon styles, coupon detail pages, click to reveal discount codes functionality, and so much more.
If you are an affiliate marketer looking for ways to increase your affiliate revenue, you should start placing coupons on your website using the Affiliate Coupon WordPress plugin. Coupons are a great way to drive more traffic to your site, boost your conversions and increase the lifetime value of your customers. Affiliate Coupons provides you with an easy way of creating, managing and displaying coupons on your site. To get started, click here to download Affiliate Coupons or get the Pro version here.
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Strategic market management : global perspectives
By: Aaker, David A
Title By: McLoughlin, DamienMaterial type: BookPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010.Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780470689752Program: MARK344 MARK935Subject(s): Marketing -- ManagementDDC classification: 658.8/02
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Strategic market management : an overview -- External and customer analysis -- Competitor analysis -- Market/submarket analysis -- Environmental analysis and strategic uncertainty -- Internal analysis -- Creating advantage : synergy and commitment vs. opportunism vs -- Alternative value propositions -- Building and managing brand equity -- Energizing the business -- Leveraging the business -- Creating new businesses -- Global strategies -- Setting priorities for businesses and brands -- From Silos to synergy : harnessing the organization.
The book is a European adaptation of our current US book: Strategic Market Management, 9th edition by David Aaker. The new edition text will be a mainstream text suitable for all business students studying strategy and marketing courses in the UK and Europe. It will take into account the substantive changes made by David Aaker in the 8 th and 9 th edition of the US textbook. The major differences in these and the 7 th edition of the US book which, was the basis of the first European adaptation are the coverage of branding and greater emphasis of innovation. These were both added into the first European edition. New topics will be identified that are not covered that should be for example the financial aspects of marketing. The new edition will also include revised and updated European case material.A global perspective is an essential aspect of the new edition. This reflects the lived experience of the student reader but also their likely professional challenges. This will be achieved by the use of examples and vignettes. The previous European edition was entirely re-populated with new examples. For the new edition, new examples will be employed to drive the global ambition and to respond to the substantive changes of the 8th and 9th US editions.
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[artinfo] New Media Professor at Merz Akademie, Stuttgart
olia at profolia.org
Fri Dec 31 18:29:48 CET 2004
New Media Professor at Merz Akademie Stuttgart
We invite applications for a full time position in New Media with
focus on Immersive Environments and /or Interactive Installation.
Responsibilities include teaching and curriculum development in the
area of new media art and design. Candidates should demonstrate
critical engagement with theoretical and cultural issues related to
development of the discipline in addition to advanced technical
skills in the production of digital media. We are looking for someone
who is committed to program development within the framework of
co-operation and third-party funded projects, and shows excellence
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More information about the Artinfo
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Ekavir 5 in1 Electric Soldering Iron Stand Tool Wire Stripper Kit 25 Watt Welding Stick Set
₹ 399.00 - ₹ 240.00
(as of Dec 29,2020 19:15:43 UTC – Details)
The solder Iron included is a good quality soldering iron along with a combination of other essential parts
This technique of connecting pieces together allows you to repair PCB’s, Toys, Gadgets, electronic equipments and also create your own electronic devices, make, etc.
Learning to solder can open up a new world of fun and rewarding experience and possibilities for you
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It’s no secret that America is divided across partisan and racial lines.
But a new, nationwide survey of white and Black Americans from the University of Illinois at Chicago illustrates just how deep some of those divisions are, highlighting how differently some people think about what it means to be a good American and how people see the role of guns and violence in political life.
“We know already from existing research that a significant portion of the American electorate understands … what it means to be a true American in one of two distinct ways,” said Alexandra Filindra, associate professor of political science at UIC and the study’s lead author. “(Some) valorize as American being Christian, being white, being born in the U.S. (Others) valorize activity on behalf of the American public, being active in the community, voting, participating. Those are distinct kinds of people.”
The study’s goal was to determine whether people associated American identity with what Filindra calls more “militarized” participation, like carrying guns to a protest or a willingness to commit acts of violence in order to stand up for one’s beliefs. She says the survey did find those associations, and said they’re “connected with ethnoracial understandings of being a ‘true American.’”
Respondents who value whiteness, Christianity and firearms are less connected to “expressions through the political process, and they do not believe that multiculturalism, that respect for minorities, that protecting the rights of minorities, are expressions of true American identity,” Filindra said.
The survey also asked people for their opinions on events like the demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd and the intrusion into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“An event … that we all lived through not that long ago is like a Rohrshach test,” said co-author Isaac Pollert, a UIC graduate student. “We’ve recorded that people live in two distinct realities.”
Pollert says the results point to the importance of language when trying to bridge political divides in a polarized country. “Anytime you’re … trying to break down partisan walls, you have to be very careful with the words you use and the way you frame things … just using the adjective ‘protest’ or ‘riot’ can immediately turn someone on or off.”
For Filindra, the study’s findings on polarization, willingness to commit violent acts and opinions toward guns are extremely worrisome. “This creates a conflict between our First Amendment rights to assembly and to express opinion, and the purported second amendment right to carry firearms in public settings.
“We have to decide as a country whether it is possible to have an open and honest political process when people who are angry and upset and anxious about their views not being listened to as much as other people’s views bring guns to these political activities,” she said. “We’ve already seen what happened in Kenosha. We saw what happened in Washington, D.C. We saw last summer’s armed protests against COVID. … Democratic institutions cannot survive in a context like this.”
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The Hawkeye state is not considering legalizing online casinos with such seriousness as many would have liked. It refrains itself from the Supreme Court's powers extended to the states when it repealed the infamous Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act 2018.
It's true that gambling is legal and is practiced throughout Iowa, but the definition of legal gambling does not include online gambling. Its scope extends to most forms of land-based gambling, poker and horse racing locations.
Gambling is widely legal in Iowa, and the state gambling industry is flourishing, but online casinos are still not regulated or legal in Iowa. Online gambling in the state is prohibited. This trend is expected to continue shortly because the government has focused its efforts more on legalized sports betting than anything else.
Offshore casino sites might suffice as an alternative, but players are always at financial risk when dealing with offshore casino sites. For now, the casino enthusiasts in the state have social casinos such as Funzpoints and Global Poker at their disposal.
The only thing that could potentially push the legalization of online casinos over the edge in Iowa is the grand success of sports betting.
Bottom line, the state isn't making any considerable legislative strides for online casinos, and thus, online casinos remain illegal in Iowa.
Ameristar Casino Council Bluffs
Blackbird Bend Casino
Casino Queen Marquette
Catfish Bend Casino
Diamond Jo Worth Casino
Grand Falls Casino
Hard Rock Sioux City
Harrah's Council Bluffs
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Isle Casino Bettendorf
Here's a quick guide of the most important parameters you should look for in Iowa Casino Sites:
There's a shady side of the online gambling industry that discourages many new players. That being said, we have considered the safety parameters before suggesting the sites as mentioned above. Still, it would be best if you were a tad cautious because ultimately, it's you who will stake money. Look for their history in making successful payouts and internal control procedures in place.
An online casino might offer a 10x bonus to you on signup, but that should not be the only trigger for you to join that casino. If that casino doesn't offer the games you intend to play, then what's the point of putting your time and effort and not getting the desired fun.
Make sure your online casino site offers a safe payout through trusted banking options, along with a reasonable time frame.
Some of the safe banking options for players in Iowa are:
Through Credit and debit cards
Using different Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum
Money transfer programs (Western Union)
Bank transfers or wires
Paper checks delivered to your doorstep
It takes only a couple of minutes to sign up on an online casino site in Iowa, provided you have all your credentials ready.
Enter your email address and create a password.
Enter your valid credentials like name, date of birth, and address. Some sites might ask for the last four digits of your Social Security number.
Set security questions to help you in case you forget your password. Read and Agree to terms and conditions.
Submit your information and wait for confirmation; once the gambling site confirms your credentials, your account is created.
Yes, you can play at online casinos in Iowa, if that is through any of the sweepstakes casinos operating in the Hawkeye state. The model on which the sweepstakes casinos use makes them legal to operate in Iowa.
Remember, sweepstakes casinos can’t ask for monetary contributions, as this is the regulation that keeps them in legal standing.
Tons of games are available at your disposal, much more than any brick-and-mortar casino in the state. There are plenty of exciting games that are not found in their land-based counterparts.
You can enjoy the likes of Slots, Video Poker, Keno Blackjack, Roulette, Caribbean Poker, and Texas Hold 'em all for free.
Until real money online casinos are legal in Iowa, playing casino games on the go must be done via a Sweeps Casino.
Apart from the above online Sweeps Casinos, the following land-based casinos in Iowa also have their version of social casinos:
Harrah's Council Bluffs
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Isle of Capri Casino Bettendorf
Isle of Capri Casino Waterloo
We can expect online slots, poker, roulette, keno, bingo, online blackjack, and plenty of live dealers to come online once online casinos get the green light in Iowa.
Sports betting is legal in Iowa; one can visit any of the 30 retail sportsbooks in Iowa to place a sports wager. Unlike playing at Sweeps Casinos, you need to be of at least 21 years of age and physically located within the state to place any sports bet.
Interestingly Iowa has made it legal to bet on collegiate level tournaments in the state, which is on the prohibited list in many other states. Being able to bet on college teams was necessary because the state doesn't have any professional franchises, and college-level tournaments were the only option to lure betting players.
Currently, all sports bettors can wager on Football, Hockey, Baseball, Golf, Snooker, MMA, Auto Racing, Basketball, etc.
No, visitors from other states paying a visit to Iowa can also gamble online in Iowa. However, they need to meet the following two criteria:
They should be over 21 to bet on sports (or 18 to play at Sweeps Casinos)
They need to be physically located within the state boundaries of Iowa as all the providers use geolocation software for compliance purposes.
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William Hill has been a globally established gambling operator has been in the business since 1934 and offers players an unparalleled betting experience.
We can expect all the operators like BetMGM, BetUS Casino, Las Atlantis, etc., to develop their respective online casino apps. Currently, some sportsbooks at land-based casinos in Iowa provide on-site mobile betting.
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Our approach to Sustainable Investing is entirely consistent with our fiduciary responsibility to meet our Long-Term Return Objective
Why sustainability matters: a world in transition
Sustainable investing is not about philanthropy or giving up returns. The value of investments is influenced by many global drivers, including technology, natural resources and the environment, geopolitics, the inter-dependencies of globalization, and demographics. We need to rethink how externalities impact systemic risks and their long term financial implications. As investors, we strive to avoid risks that may compromise long-term economic value. Considering externalities is essential to ensure the long-term viability of our investments. “The survival of firms depends as much as we do on the maintenance not only of physical and financial capital but also of natural, human, and social capital” (Colin Mayer, Prosperity: Better business makes the greater good, 2018).
Traditional management and investment thinking has been very linear. “Markets do look efficient under certain circumstances, namely, when investors have had a chance to adapt to existing business conditions, and those conditions remain relatively stable over a long period” (Andrew Lo, Adaptive Markets, 2017). A world in transition is not particularly stable, and the fact that integrating ESG considerations systematically in active portfolio management is not yet mainstream presents an opportunity. Asset managers require new technology and alternative data to make better-informed investment decisions and to better evaluate the risk-return characteristics of actively managed portfolios. The challenge lies in the practical implementation of this approach. It requires leadership, a culture of innovation, and perhaps most importantly, effective engagement with all stakeholders.
Our journey on the path of Sustainable Investing
We began our journey towards Sustainable Investing by restricting investments in tobacco and armaments decades ago, reflecting the values of the United Nations. OIM became a founding signatory to the PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) in 2006. This was followed by investing in the first Green bonds in 2008 issued by the World Bank, and being the catalyst investor in Low Carbon Exchange Traded Funds in 2014. In recent years, OIM has been transitioning from a program of ESG related activities to embarking on a process of integrating ESG considerations across all asset classes. OIM believes that portfolios which integrate material ESG metrics into their investment decision-making process, supported by active engagement, have the potential to provide returns that are superior to those of conventional portfolios while exhibiting lower risk over the long term. This view is supported by several published academic studies and our own research. We see evidence that ESG considerations are beginning to enter the mainstream investment world. Rating agencies are implementing ESG factors that could impact the credit rating of corporate issuers. Fitch stated recently that ESG Relevance Scores reveal that ESG factors influence 22% of its current non-financial corporate issuers. ISS reports an increasing number of ESG related items on the proxy voting agendas of corporates.
The objective of our Sustainable Investing approach is to integrate ESG considerations in our investment decision-making process across all asset classes
OIM began introducing ESG metrics into the existing investment process, by giving portfolio managers a broader set of tools to consider in their investment decisions. For internal actively managed public equity portfolios, we are piloting a process tailored around PRI’s recommendations. In 2018, OIM implemented a new custom global equity index which can serve as a benchmark for other global equity investors. This index takes into account investment restrictions on companies which exceed a defined threshold of revenue generated from Tobacco or Weapons. Within Fixed Income, we have been increasing our portfolio of Green bonds in line with net outstanding issuance in this market segment. For private markets, OIM integrates a comprehensive analysis of ESG issues into the due diligence process. We are exploring GRESB as an ESG benchmark for core real estate.
Technology and the availability of alternative data sets enables greater integration of ESG considerations in investment decisions
Integration of ESG considerations requires new tools and alternative datasets that are not conventionally used for supporting investment decision-making. OIM is leveraging its partnerships with key data providers to construct an internal proprietary ESG database, which will help distill material ESG data by separating the noise from the signal and provide the investment teams with more robust screening capabilities. We believe that combining financial and alternative metrics may increase the odds of improving the risk-return profile of our portfolio over the long run, compared to the conventional investment approach.
Our Sustainable Investing approach is beginning to incorporate forward looking methodologies in evaluating the impact of climate change on our investment portfolio
Investors need new tools that integrate energy economics, alternative climate scenarios, and traditional financial data to evaluate return and risk exposures related to climate change and new sources of energy. These tools could help investors evaluate the climate change transition risk as well as achieve greater climate sustainability in their investment portfolios. OIM recently signed a strategic partnership with a leading provider of predictive climate analytics. Our efforts to signal our commitment to a low carbon strategy through passive investment in low carbon Exchange Traded Funds in 2014 was just the first step in addressing the impact of climate change. With this partnership, we are now planning to move to an active strategy by using a highly sophisticated climate and energy simulation model to assess companies’ ability to adapt to various carbon emission scenarios. This “E” score will be used as an input factor in developing our proprietary ESG investment-decision supporting technology, risk management, and reporting.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
OIM is conducting research on developing quantifiable SDG scores by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to leverage big data and systematically measure companies’ impact on the SDGs. This research will aim to provide empirical evidence hopefully addressing the widespread perception that there is a trade-off between financial returns and incorporating ESG or SDG considerations in investment decisions. It will strengthen our understanding of the interdependencies between a firm’s long-term economic value and its societal impact. OIM looks forward to publishing a more detailed white paper on this topic, which will hopefully serve as a catalyst for a broader discussion among long-term institutional investors.
Engagement through encouragement
The last pillar of our Sustainable Investing approach is engagement. An active sustainable voting policy combined with engagement can result in more effective and durable change consistent with the UN’s values. OIM believes in a collaborative and constructive dialogue with company management to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. The Fund is a signatory of the Climate Action 100+ initiative and is in the process of building up its engagement activities in collaboration with other long-term institutional investors.
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Praveen Jha, Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies (CISLS), is
with the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Prior to joining the JNU, he taught at St. Stephen´s College, University of Delhi and at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. He has been a Visiting Fellow to several Institutions/Universities, including University of Bremen, Germany; Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa and Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS), Harare, Zimbabwe; International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva and Kassel University, Germany. He has also been associated with several research studies with UN institutions such as the ILO, the UNICEF, the UNDP, FAO etc. He is one of the editors of the Journal, Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy.
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Convert enumeration timer to new periodic task API.
milestone: NEEDS_TRIAGE => SSSD 1.12 beta
rhbz: => 0
This turned out to be a prerequisite of #1963. Pulling in (a patch is available already).
milestone: SSSD 1.13 beta => SSSD 1.11.0
owner: somebody => jhrozek
patch: 0 => 1
status: new => assigned
resolution: => fixed
status: assigned => closed
Metadata Update from @pbrezina:
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On a blessed and prosperous sunny day the last thing I found funny was counterfeit money. I hadn’t seen Funny money before. I honestly had no reason to look for it. Funny money is no laughing matter. I always thought the funny money looked like monopoly money. I thought that nobody passed fake bills any more. Nobody would dare waste their time floating funny money. I thought that nobody would until I got caught up in the funny money scam. What happened in my funny money incident.
How did I get funny money: Counterfeit Cash
My lady and I at the time had a tendency to take cash from one bank and deposit it into another bank. We simply wanted to make sure that the Cash would show up in the account as quickly as possible. On this day, we happened to go to the first bank to withdraw $2,000. The transaction seemed straight forward. I actually went directly into the bank and collected the money. All the bills were large bills. I didn’t ask the teller for anything in particular. They gave me all $100’s because it was easier for them. I was completely fine with that. The teller counted the money, fed it through a machine, and gave it to me. At that time, I said “Thank You” and proceed to the car. The money withdrawn from the savings account can be carried in the leather cable strap wallet for safety. The durability of the strap will provide long life to the wallets.
My lady and I headed over to the other bank which in our area was less than 400 feet away across the street. I pulled out of one parking lot and right into the other parking lot. We filled out a deposit slip from the second bank and made the deposit. We didn’t take a dime out of the cash from bank 1. In fact, we simply took the money and placed it with the new deposit slip into the drive through window.
The teller was a bit dim witted. They wanted to see if my lady was with me in the car as I made the deposit. There was no reason for them to see her but she let them know she was there. They said they wanted to be sure that she was there because of the size of the transaction and the balance in the account. While this bank’s over all customer service is high, this particular branch of the bank has had consistent problems. In any event, the tell gave the receipt for the $2000 deposit and we were on our way.
What went wrong with the funny money: Who found the Counterfeit Cash
I dropped the my lady off, and proceed to head out of town. I had a prior engagement that I need to attend. 30 minutes into my trip I get a call from home. I pick u and here:
“You WOULD NOT believe what happen!” My lady stated
“What” I replied
“The idiots at the bank called and said we deposited a counterfeit bill.” she explained
“WHAT” I replied.
“Yeah, that and they are deducting that $100 from the balance.” She said in a perturbed tone
“Why did they give a receipt if the bill was counterfeit” I asked
“They said the teller didn’t realize it until we were gone. And to top it off they said there are going to report it to the FBI.” She said as if to only make matter more annoying
“OK FBI aside, what is the bank policy on deposits made where they give a receipt then state there was a bank error. My take is they should give us credit, for the 100 considering we were non informed immediately. If we were informed we could have addressed the issue with the other bank right at that moment”. I stated calmly realizing that she was a powder keg of anger.
She said she had been on the phone with them bank ever since I’d left. She said that it was my banks fault for given the counterfeit bill. She also said that her bank said that there was nothing they could do about it. She spoke to the branch manager of bank 2 (her bank) and they supported what the teller stated. My lady proceeded to call the bank closer to our home. The branch manager gave the Regional VP’s contact information. The regional VP was in charge of everyone and could rectify the situation.
What we did to fix the issue with the funny money: Who was at fault with the Counterfeit Cash
I spoke to my bank about the issue. Just as I expected they stated that they have a machine that counts the money before they give it to the customer. They mark all the cash with a marker to ensure that the money is legitimate. If they some home miss something, they still count the money in the automatic counter. The machine will reject any money that is not real cash. Big picture, they felt that the counterfeit cash issue was not theirs to address. The funny money was found at the second bank. So the second bank must deal with it. Even more so, they stated if it had been found immediately, they could perhaps see the issue. But at this time it was hours later. The first bank was not willing to take responsibility for the second banks error in judgment.
Armed with the knowledge that the first bank would do nothing, we pushed forward with the regional VP of the second bank. We spoke to him and they understood the issue. The did state that it was bank policy not to give credit for counterfeit bill. The VP also stated that is was standard policy to have the matter refereed to the FBI. However, because of the strong banking relationship with our local branch the VP was authorized to give us credit for the $100.
We spent about 6 hours dealing with this issue between us both. I spent most of my time burning up cell phone minutes. At the end of the day, it was worth every penny. I now know what the bank policy is on counterfeit cash. It was a blessing to be able to learn from this experience. I also keep a bill highlighter with me to check them my self. Just in case someone tries any new funny money business, we are watching.
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Procter & Gamble celebrates Pride with branded trikes and employees in the World Pride Parade on June 30, 2019 in New York City.
Bryan Bedder | Getty Images
More than ever, brands are signaling support for the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month. But experts say that true support has to come from more than a rainbow-hued post on social media.
A slew of giant brands this June have launched ad campaigns or marketed Pride-themed clothing and food. Kind Snacks has its own line of “Kind Pride” bars, for instance, while Skittles turned its packaging and candy gray to call attention to “the only rainbow that matters.”
But with consumers giving a more watchful eye than ever to the brands they buy from, it has to go deeper than rainbow packaging, experts say. For instance, brands are being called out for purporting to support the LGBTQ+ community even when the companies have a history of donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to legislators who sponsor anti-trans legislation.
Also, though brands might feature the community prominently during Pride month, many still have a long way to go in representing LGBTQ+ individuals in advertising the rest of the year. A study from Unilever released last week found that 66% of LGBTQ+ individuals between the ages of 18 and 34 believe people from diverse backgrounds are featured in ads “just to make up the numbers.”
The right approach
As soon as June 1 hit, brands switched social media avatars to rainbow-hued versions, made posts in solidarity and released a slew of Pride-themed products. But Rich Ferraro, chief communications officer at GLAAD, said it’s important to go deeper.
“There’s power in brands participating in Pride Month, and it’s important for their employees and their consumers to see support for the community during Pride Month. But it can’t just be during Pride Month,” he said. “If a brand doesn’t have a 365-day-a-year plan for LGBTQ inclusion, they really need to prioritize that over prioritizing a one-off Pride campaign.”
He said it’s important to also create marketing and advertising that’s inclusive of the community year-round, and go beyond just those efforts to take a stand on anti-LGBTQ legislation.
“That’s where brands can have immense power — is by using their influence in politics and stepping out and educating their stakeholders, whether it’s employees, or consumers, or politicians, about anti-LGBTQ legislation and pro-LGBTQ legislation,” Ferraro said.
He said he wished every brand participating in Pride promotions this year were also actively pushing for the Equality Act, and pushing for the Senate to move the act forward.
“Otherwise, the Pride campaigns feel very empty to our community. And it’s a huge missed opportunity,” he said.
Ferraro said Kellogg’s “Together With Pride” cereal is one powerful example of how a brand can help create change. The company is donating a portion of sales to GLAAD, and the cereal box also has a section that encourages people to write down their pronouns.
“This campaign is reaching parents that might otherwise not think about pronouns, or might not be experiencing media outlets that are reporting on pronouns in fair and accurate ways,” he said. “So I think Kellogg’s is helping to educate the general public, in addition to sending a pretty powerful message to trans youth that a beloved brand like Kellogg’s is supporting and standing with them and accepting them for who they are.”
Kind also says it’s donating $50,000, along with an additional dollar for every “Pride” text it receives at a certain number, to a nonprofit to help homeless LGBTQ+ youth. It’s also doing a rainbow light display near the Stonewall Inn in New York City.
Avoiding ‘rainbow washing’
If a brand opts to build a campaign around Pride, but has taken actions in the past that fly in the face of the cause, it can be viewed by consumers as shallow and opportunistic.
For instance, Popular Info this week highlighted 25 brands with Pride campaigns that have together donated more than $10 million to politicians who have pushed anti-gay legislation in the last two years.
So when a brand swaps its social media avatar to a rainbow version of itself, or otherwise shows some support in June, savvy consumers are aware of whether its ads feature the community year-round, whether it hires LGBTQ+ individuals and puts them in leadership positions, and whether the brand actually supports the community with resources and legislative support. And if the brand doesn’t, the sentiment falls flat.
Katherine Sender, a Cornell University professor who wrote “Business not Politics: The Making of the Gay Market,“ said brands at the very least need to have corporate policies to ensure management supports a safe and supportive environment for employees. Using corporate clout to make broader changes is where companies can be truly helpful, she said.
She used the example of companies pulling out of North Carolina because of legislation against trans people using bathrooms of their gender identity.
“It’s a very powerful move, and it caught a lot of attention in North Carolina, and hurt them in the pocketbook where they weren’t going to get corporate funds, they weren’t going to get people coming to watch athletics, they weren’t going to get jobs for their employees, because companies weren’t going to put factories and other places that were otherwise bringing money into the state,” she said. “I think that’s another level of support, which goes beyond the company itself into something that actually can have some more meaningful change.”
Danisha Lomax, senior vice president of paid social at Digitas, said brands are also better served if they remember the origins of Pride being protest.
“It started because queer and trans people were not able to have their rights and be taken seriously, and police brutality,” she said. “I don’t think a lot of brands have actually included that in their marketing efforts on a broad scale.”
Brands doing it the right way
Tamara Alesi, sector head of agencies and media for the Americas at YouGov, said other brands are honoring Pride in a way that is deeper. She cited companies like Tinder as working to build a deeply inclusive workplace culture year-round, while companies like Jagermeister are trying to support communities in a tangible way with campaigns like its “Save the Night” campaign to support lesbian bars.
Bombas, a seller of socks and other undergarments, has a socially conscious model for all of its sales: For every item sold, it donates an item to homeless individuals. CMO Kate Huyett said the number of LGBTQ+ individuals in the homeless population is significantly higher than the general population.
“This year … we’re focused on black transgender individuals who experience homelessness at a rate five times higher than the general U.S. population, which is just mindboggling,” she said. “So since 2019, we’ve done this with specific products and a specific giving focus.”
The company has a Pride product collection that it makes available year-round. Huyett says the company has donated more than 300,000 pairs of socks through the Ally Coalition.
Then there’s The Body Shop, which is encouraging its consumers to sign a petition supporting the Equality Act, and promises to donate $1 per signature to the Equality Federation, an advocacy accelerator to support LGBTQ organizations.
“We of course want to lend our platform, but we’re really focused on action,” said Hilary Lloyd, The Body Shop North America’s vice president of brand and values. “For us, often, it’s the case that action is fulfilled through policy change and legislation. And policy change and legislation are a super long game. It’s not a done-in-a-day thing.”
Inclusivity year-round in advertising
A 2020 study by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media found only 1.8% of characters in ads in the Cannes Lions festival were LGBTQ, slightly down from the prior year. But representation is still a major factor when it comes to driving purchasing decisions for some consumers. In a survey by NPD Group, 21% of respondents said LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion influenced their decision to purchase when buying apparel, footwear, or accessories.
“There’s been a huge shift from a time when brands were hesitant to include LGBTQ people, because they worried that they would experience backlash from anti-LGBTQ voices,” Ferraro said. “Today, brands and advertisers are concerned about responses from the LGBTQ community over the authenticity of their campaigns.”
GLAAD recently partnered with Getty Images to create guidance for advertisers on how to use images to better represent the LGBTQ community.
“If you look around on some of the recommended images, they include LGBTQ people of different ages, of different gender identities and different races, to better depict the full diversity and intersectionality of LGBTQ people,” Ferraro said.
Procter & Gamble worked with GLAAD on the Visibility Project, which aims to increase LGBTQ representation in advertising. A minority of advertisers and agencies are actively recommending that LGBTQ people be included in advertising, Digitas’ Lomax said. That’s why it’s crucial for those in the marketing sphere to think about hiring and promoting people who are part of the community.
“If you’re hiring these people, if you’re paying the people, if you’re bringing them on board to your teams or… even using an outside resource if you need to, I think that’s what’s going to change the game, because then it’s going to be done from the heart, and it’s going to be real,” she said.
Through P&G’s own vast portfolio of brands, which include Tide and Charmin, it’s been using its own advertising and marketing to reflect common LGBTQ experiences. For example, the company’s research found that about 60% of people change their hair when they come out of the closet. The data point has inspired an advertising campaign for haircare brand Pantene.
“It’s a fascinating insight, but it’s based on a bigger human insight that hair is one of the biggest ways that people can present who they are in the world,” said Brent Miller, P&G’s senior director of global LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion.
But Miller says that the ultimate goal goes beyond just selling a product. He gave the example of a letter from a young man who was touched by P&G’s 2018 campaign with Gus Kenworthy, an Olympic freestyle skier. In the ads, Kenworthy talked about his experience as a gay athlete. The campaign inspired the letter writer to come out as well.
“At the end of the letter that he wrote Gus, he said ‘Thank you for saving another soul.’ When you have someone that responds in that way, you know that the work you’re doing goes beyond the product,” Miller said. “You have the ability to connect with people that haven’t been able to see themselves in the world.”
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The Tea Party and the Evangelicals have joined forces. They believe the Black Church was employed to get White People to pay the way for Black People and other “parasites”. In the video I took of Kim Haffner, she says she takes my daughter’s side in why we had a falling out. Heather Hanson bonded with a Tea Party Radical who called me a “parasite” on the phone. I had him put my daughter, and she also said I was a “parasite”.
Three day before this video was taken, Kim and I got along. She did not have time to research my blog, and read about MY DAUGHTER in three days. In the nighttime video, Kim Haffner begins to the make the case I am a “parasite” and, do not deserve to live at McKenzie Meadows. She is suggesting I don’t deserve SSI. She and Krista work for the Government and State. Did they have some insider check me out?
This is clearly a case of STALKING, but does it qualify as being a HATE CRIME? Thursday I read about a young man attacking a man in his 60s outside a Trump rally. We have seen Trump encourage guys to go after guys at his rallies. I just got back from Wal-Mart and heard on the new 20 people were killed by a REAL LUNATIC! For Kim and my neighbors to make a case I am a DANGEROUS LUNATIC, and suggest they are in contact with my daughter is truly a evil, hateful, and dangerous thing to do. You got to be out your fucking mind to fuck with a man’s daughter – you don’t know! How hateful. How Un-Christian! Their motive, is, I said, and wrote derogative things about their religion! This is on par with ISIS and the Taliban – who beheaded Journalists – and mass-murdered people!
The Evangelical President is clearly labeling people of color “parasites” knowing this is how the Nazis labeled the Jews. Trump hears the talk that he is AIMING HOT-HEADS at people, knowing they may commit acts of violence. To pretend to be sympathetic Cummings house was broken into – can be an invitation to LOYAL FOLLOWERS who are RELIGIOUS FANATICS!
I believe Kim Haffner and Krista spend much time on the internet investigating me. They got other neighbors involved – and riled up! They needed to be investigated for HATE CRIMES! The terrorism my friends suffered at the hands of Real Terrorists, is now famous due to Tarantino’s movie. The Manson murders need to be catalogued as HATE CRIMES, as well as the Cadott Murders.
A Kentucky man has been arrested and charged with assault after being seen on video attacking a protester at President Trump‘s rally in Cincinnati on Thursday.
The Washington Post and local news affiliate Fox 19 reported that 29-year-old Dallas Frazier of Georgetown, Ky., will face a misdemeanor assault charge after video showed him getting out of a vehicle outside the rally and exchanging blows with 61-year-old Matt Alter, with whom he had exchanged words.
Alter told Fox 19 he was struck six times by Frazier, who was held overnight without bond and is due in court Friday morning.
“I was standing with a group of people around and the truck pulled up. He was yelling at people. People yelling back anti-Trump stuff whatever, nothing specific and he just started getting violent and I’m like come on guy,” Alter told the
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- Set of 12 A2 (4.25"x5.5") flat note cards.
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Looking for something to do on Whidbey Island? Sail with us…back in time! Experience a leisurely 2-2.5 hour cruise in beautiful Penn Cove, or an all-day charter in nearby waters aboard historic Schooner Suva!
This Gatsby-era schooner was built in 1925 for Coupeville resident and attorney, Frank J Pratt, Jr. She was designed by Ted Geary, a noted Seattle naval architect. Built in Hong Kong, then shipped to British Columbia for spars and rigging, Suva sailed into Coupeville making a grand entrance. Since that time, Suva remained in Puget Sound waters. She is now the proud flagship of the Whidbey Island Maritime Heritage Foundation, only her sixth owner, and is open to the public for tours and sailing. Come discover her charm. Welcome aboard!
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[ESS] Possible trivial bug in ess-eval-function
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Wed Feb 27 23:59:20 CET 2008
Good catch. Here is the diagnosis.
The problem is in ess-end-of-function in file ess-mode.el
The repair is probably to expand the line
(unless in-set-S4 (forward-sexp 1)) ; move over braces
We need to confirm that we are at the beginning of set of braces.
If so, (forward-sexp 1) is correct.
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which could be either a name or a name followed by a set of parentheses.
I am not ready to do that bit of regular expression detection.
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From a small mining town in northern England, in 1984, to the warm and promising California of 1959. From classical ballet, tights and spikes to rock and roll, slick hair and leather jackets (those of the band from the T-Birds, which are not just any). From an 11-year-old passionate about dance, who breaks prejudices and dreams of training at the Royal Ballet School, to a working-class student at the Rydell Institute, a good friend of Danny Zucco. From Billy Elliot, in the homonymous musical, to Roger, in Grease. And Pau Gimeno in both cases, at his current 17 years: shining. “I want to keep trying, improving and not stopping, because this is what I like,” reaffirms the young actor from Barcelona.
For two seasons, at just 13 years old, Pau Gimeno left his skin on the stage of the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá in Madrid to give life to the character of Billy Elliot. It is currently being produced at the Teatre Victòria in Barcelona, which Pau continues to be the image on the billboard. Billy Elliot was his debut on the big stage. The adventure began in October 2017. “I was very nervous [risas], but it is true that, although the play lasted almost three hours, it passed me in 5 minutes. I have a very nice memory of that day ”, he remembers.
I want to keep trying, improving and not stopping, because this is what I like “
But the beginnings of Pau Gimeno, the ones that turned him into an actor and dancer without hardly realizing it, date back to his early 6 years, when he began to attend theater workshops at the Cercle de Gràcia in Barcelona, as his parents had also done. . Shortly afterwards, dance training also arrived at the IEA Oriol Martorell in Barcelona –where traditional subjects are joined by intensive and integrated learning of music and dance–, as had also been done by her sister. “My parents wanted me to dance and be in the art world like her. And the truth is that I liked it a lot from day one ”.
There he learned to dance classical, contemporary and Spanish, talents that he demonstrated in the casting of Billy Elliot. Of the 300 initial children who appeared, he was one of those chosen to play the protagonist, since there were six actors who took turns in the role. “The level that the character required was very high for our age and we had to work very hard. I am very grateful, because we all received a super good training ”. In the very school that the producer –SOM Produce– created to prepare its cast: the Billy Elliot School, under the baton of Víctor Ullate Roche.
An unstoppable career
Four years have passed and when Pau Gimeno looks back, only beautiful memories remain. “Without a doubt, thanks to Billy Elliot, my interest in the scenic world grew a lot. Also the friendships, because we made a very good pineapple, both the Billys, the Michaels and some of the girls. The training we receive is also going to stay with me forever… Like David Serrano [el director] He taught us interpretation, how he directed us, the different teachers we had … I remember everything very beautifully. From Billy Elliot, I realized that being an actor could be a possibility in my life, because I liked it a lot. ” And so it has been.
The young actor has just inaugurated a new professional stage with Grease, The Musical, the next step in his promising career. It was on October 2, at the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá in Madrid, where a special edition celebrating its 50th anniversary was staged. Pau Gimeno repeats with Billy Elliot’s creative team, including David Serrano in directing and adapting the montage.
“Above all, Grease is fun. Unlike Billy Elliot, where the Billys were practically acting alone, because the character required it, in this musical we are with friends all the time, and the characters are much more fun and hooligan. Each function we do is a total enjoyment, apart from the fact that we have formed a pineapple, we are very friends and that, in the end, helps a lot when it comes to work: you understand each other ”.
In the super production, Pau Gimeno is Roger, one of the friends of the male lead, Danny Zucco. “He is like the one who always laughs at everyone. He is not a bad person, but he is always joking around, making jokes and he ignores everything ”, he describes him. The biggest challenge of this musical? “The style of dance. We went from ballet, which I had done most of my life, to rock, which I had never done. And rock as a couple, who had not danced either. It was the hardest thing for me, but once I worked it, I’m really enjoying it ”.
We went from ballet, which I had done most of my life, to rock, which I had never done “
Created by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease, The Musical was premiered in Chicago in 1971, so the show celebrates its half century of life in 2021. It has been performed with enormous success in all corners of the world and in a multitude of languages. And its film adaptation is one of the highest-grossing musical films in history.
A lot of young talent
The musical is made possible by a young cast of actors and actresses who confirm that there is talent in Spain, and a lot. “There is much more than meets the eye, obviously. Luckily, production companies like SOM are giving young people the opportunity to work. There are many young people with a lot of talent who cannot do it until they are older and, in the end, we are wasting talent that we can all enjoy ”, he laments. The SOM Academy is the first school specialized in musicals in Spain, where all the performers of its productions receive support for their artistic training from the best professionals.
And from stage to television. Pau Gimeno has pending the premiere of the second season of the fantasy series Paraíso en Movistar +, of which he is the main protagonist. Interpretive work before the camera has nothing to do with acting, singing and dancing in a musical. Any preference? “I am open to everything. Being so young, she shouldn’t have preferences. I think the important thing now is to try until I am older or an expert, that I do not know if I will be, and I can decide. But now is the time to reject absolutely nothing, “he says convincingly.
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From Billy Elliot to the gang in Grease: the incredible change of Barcelona’s Pau Gimeno
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Copenhagen is one of Europe’s finest cities for sightseeing and tourism. The city of Spires has recently raised up more than a cocktail and Lego and has been crowned as the best city in the world to live in. This city is not only rich in its urban centers, it has unique design centers, historical significance, and an integration of modern and antique infrastructure, which makes it one of the best not only in Europe but also the world.
The Danish capital is known for its quality of life. There is a thing associated with this city that makes it a center of happiness. It is a fact that Danish people are the happiest in the world, which is enough to make us feel secure to freely wander this city at any time of the day or night.
Copenhagen – The city of Spires
Being culturally diverse, Copenhagen enjoys an exceptional place in Scandinavia; from sculptures to art galleries, museums, architecture to the number of cinema screens. It is also considered one of the finest shopping cities for all Europeans. With multiple delights, it has become a top place to experience first-class gourmet. The longest pedestrian street in Europe, Strøget provides the best budget-friendly shopping experience to all the tourists and citizens; and to add extra fun you can also visit 17th-century streets in the vicinity.
Copenhagen also boasts the biggest departmental store in Scandinavia, along with countless boutiques, cafes, and brasseries. It also offers multiple flagship stores of different renowned brands, all across the city. But not only for the tourists coming from Europe, or anywhere in the world visiting this gorgeous city, Copenhagen is a heavenly place to work and live in. It offers the finest living standard to all its inhabitants. The inflation rate has been the lowest in not only Europe but also the world. The economy of Denmark and Copenhagen remains strong even with a few recent hiccups to European Union. One of the major reasons for a stable economy is tourism. It plays an important role to create employment, business, and foreign currency.
Getting to Copenhagen is quite easy now. With the potential this city boasts, airliners have started flights from different cities from all over the world. This demand has created healthy competition, and you can easily benefit from it by getting cheap flights to Copenhagen from the platform of a well-renowned travel agency in the UK. Now we have discussed a few reasons why Copenhagen is one of the best places in Europe for tourists. Continue reading this article and know more about this marvelous city.
Top qualities of Copenhagen
A city of the dispersed archipelago on the Baltic Sea, which is colder than ice, but occupied with the warmest of smiles. This brief explanation might be able to define the hospitable and friendly people of Copenhagen. This city, although, shudders in the strong icy winds throughout the year, still maintains a healthy human scale. Even if you take a small walk in the extremely harsh winters down any pedestrian road, you will be able to feel a large number of friendly striders, and roads choked with traffic.
The never-ceasing attitude of the city is what makes it unique amongst travelers. With amazing scenery, landmarks, parks, and thousands of friendly faces around, Copenhagen automatically becomes the favorite place of a tourist.
No disturbance from traffic
The basic aim of any tourist is to walk around a city and admire its landscape, people, markets, local culture, and food. But most of the shops and places are located on either side of busy roads, and it becomes hard for any tourist to focus on sightseeing when there are cars honking continuously. But this is not the case with Copenhagen as pedestrians are free to roam and appreciate the cultural and historical sights of the city by walking freely on the complete pedestrian streets. This uniqueness is rare to find in any city in Europe or the world.
The longest pedestrian street of Strøget is the best place to wander freely and shop local items or eat local cuisines. As a pedestrian, you are also free to move around and enjoy the centuries-old cultural variety of this city.
The architecture of Copenhagen is unique in many ways. It reflects the rich history of its culture and traditions in its modern, state-of-the-art buildings. Although there are quite a few and extraordinary structures in the city, you can also get a taste of centuries-old civic history which is still preserved to this day.
To mention a few, you can visit 17th century Round Tower, which is still a fully operative viewpoint; and a waterfront of Nyhavn, which has developed from a commercial and trading center to a location for civilized absolution with an extremely amazing and colorful setting. One fine example of Danish engineering is the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden over the Oresund Strait.
Art, Culture, Music
Along with its peaceful waters and friendly people, Copenhagen remains on the top with its art, music, and culture. This city is home to some of the finest art galleries, museums, and operas, which provides a perfect setting to become the best tourist destination in Europe.
Among the most visited location in Copenhagen, is a small yet striking statue of the Little Mermaid. It is a perfect spot for some snaps and provides a unique background. You can also visit the oldest amusement park in the world, namely Tivoli Gardens, and have the best time of your life with your family.
Church, Castles, and Palaces
As one of the few remaining kingdoms, Denmark has beautiful castles and palaces where the royal family still resides. You can visit the Dutch Renaissance palace, gardens, and museums in Rosenborg Castle, or 18th century Rococo composite of palaces, museums and guard marches in Amalienborg.
You can also find some of the world’s most beautiful churches in this city. For instance, visit Fredrik’s Church, Copenhagen Cathedral, International Church of Copenhagen, and more.
You can also visit other places such as Opera House, Zoological Gardens, and Danish Museum of Art & Design, the National Gallery of Copenhagen, and other amazing restaurants, landmarks, nightlife, and shopping centers.
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Happy birthday, Willie Mays (b. 1931)! Known as the “Say Hey Kid”, Mays spent almost the entirety of his career (1951-72) playing for the (first New York, then San Francisco) Giants, framed by two years with the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro Leagues at the beginning (1948-50), and one year playing for the Mets at the end (1972-73).
I am the farthest thing from a sports fan, but when I was seven or eight years old I at least made an effort to appear like one just to be sociable. And that was around the time (1972) when Rankin-Bass (rather randomly it seems in retrospect) made an hour long animated TV special called Willie Mays and the Say Hey Kid. The plot was very Angels in the Outfield. Paul Frees played an Angel named Casey who strikes a deal with Willie (playing himself), stipulating that he will win the pennant if he agrees to be the godfather of an orphan girl. I remember the show plain as day, and recall enthusiastically talking about it with my friends afterwards. In retrospect it seems like a fairly inexplicable item of programming, quite a bit unlike most other Rankin-Bass fare. Was it done as a tribute, i.e. did they know he was about to retire? The closest thing it resembled among other Saturday morning shows was the animated Harlem Globetrotters show, which ran 1970 through 1972. The show aired on the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and appears to have been a bit of an experiment — one not repeated. But entertaining and educational nonetheless!
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Rare food allergies can be a big deal.
We've all heard horror stories of diners getting caught out by a stray peanut or piece of shellfish, but these reactions can, to a certain extent, be anticipated. What's really disastrous is when something takes us by surprise.
Rare food allergies
Beyond the big names like wheat and soy, there are a whole load of dangers that sneak under the radar. These reactions, though sometimes incredibly rare, can be just as lethal.
Read More: Foods that can actually make you hallucinate
To help you stay alert, here are seven rare food allergies you never knew existed.
1. Red Meat
It’s not unheard of for allergies to develop after an external event. The "event" that causes a red meat allergy, however, has to be one of the most skin-crawling on earth.
In the southern states of America, symptoms can develop after a bite from the infamous Lone Star tick, a blood-sucking parasitic arachnid. After being bitten, many people report being unable to eat red meat for the rest of their lives.
It’s not just veggies who need to avoid bags of marshmallows. In very rare cases, some people can be allergic to the protein formed when animals are boiled down to make protein.
Interestingly, it is believed that sufferers from this particular allergy are also more likely to be allergic to certain vaccines.
Avocado on toast might have become the calling card for a new generation of hipsters, but it can still prove deadly. Allergic reactions to avocado have been linked to latex allergies, as both substances actually share a similar protein structure.
Anyone with either of these allergies is also likely to react badly to fruits like papaya, bananas and kiwis.
Similarly to avocado, mango has been known to prompt a reaction in latex allergy suffers. Where the two differ is that it isn’t just mango flesh that can cause problems.
The skin is rich in urushiol, a substance found in both poison ivy and poison oak, so anyone with a bad reaction to either of these would also do well to avoid it.
Though far less common than other problems, corn allergies can be as severe as any on earth. Causing everything from hives to anaphylaxis, corn can be tricky to identify because the symptoms are so similar to so many other, less unusual conditions.
If you do discover you have a corn allergy, doctors recommend that you avoid it in all its forms.
Many people find that coffee disagrees with them. However, as anyone with this condition will tell you, there’s a world of difference between intolerance and allergy.
Caffeine allergies can result in severe anaphylaxis and can be caused by everything from energy drinks to coffee - not good for the sleepier members of society.
There can surely be nothing worse than being allergic to something that makes up 70% of your body. That nightmare is a reality for a few, very unlucky people.
Aquagenic urticaria has only been reported in a few instances in human history, but is surely one of the worst allergies it’s possible to have. Causing hives and blisters as soon as water comes in contact with the skin, this condition is no joke.
Food allergies are no fun for anyone. Even things that sound relatively easy to avoid end up making eating a total pain. Anyone who is allergy-free should thank their lucky stars that they don’t have to worry about what’s in their next meal.
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People invest in businesses for different reasons, and real estate business in Nigeria is one of those businesses anybody can invest in with the right resources.
Before diving deep into reasons why investment in real estate business in Nigeria is the real deal, we will take a cursory look at the meaning of real estate and real estate business.
A real estate is an assemblage or aggregation of properties which mostly consists of land or buildings.
Real estate business itself is the purchasing, renting or selling of a property or aggregated properties for a profit. At the point the particular property or asset is purchased, rented or sold, it may or may not have been fully built or developed. From the above, we can conclude that real estate business deals in purchasing of property, as well as renting and selling them for profits or gains.
Examples of real estates include but not limited to the following– houses, undeveloped land, dwelling houses, warehouses, office buildings, retail store buildings, farms, firms, and factories buildings.
In Nigeria, real estate is a lucrative venture to invest your capital due to its large potential earnings.
By picking finely chosen properties to invest your money in, the investor can enjoy a steady cash flow over time, enjoy wonderful investment return, take tax advantages inherent in the property industry while also diversifying portfolio. The above means can be leveraged to build wealth through investment in real estate business in Nigeria.
If you are still wondering if investment in real estate business in Nigeria is worth your time, the following are serious reasons to consider why adding real estate business in your investment portfolio is good business.
1) Cash Flow
As of June 2020, there is an estimate deficit of 20 million housing units in Nigeria. Access to affordable houses is still a very big problem for a lot of Nigeria’s 200million population.
Bridging such a deficit through investment in real estate, coupled with the high rate of urbanisation in the country, will create huge source of income for the real estate investor. This becomes even bigger when you consider the fact that Nigeria is projected to double the population number to 400million by 2050.
- The investor Earns Passive Income
This is by far the main reason to invest in real estate. Real estate portfolio is one of the few portfolio turnkey with the ability to constantly generate a steady active income for the investor. One of the ways to enjoy this great benefit is by investing in real estate markets in Nigeria that are stable and enjoy a well calculated growth pattern. Doing this generates a continuous passive income for the investor during the lifetime of the real estate.
An example of this is buying of properties in developing areas in different parts of Nigeria, then selling or renting it out when it is profitable to do so. Also, many real estate business agents can assist an Investor seek out the best performing real estate markets to build or add to portfolio.
- Real Estate Business is an inflation-protected instrument.
The drop in Treasury Bills necessitated by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s monetary policies has positioned real estate businesses in Nigeria as one of those investments that can withstand any form of inflation both at the micro and macro level of the economy.
What this means in a nutshell is that real estate is not dependent on most of the other market variables and factors which generally affect the economy. Land or housing is an essential need.
- Real estate appreciates.
The ability of real estates to appreciate with time makes it a real deal for asset leveraging. As a real estate investor, you can leverage on the appreciative values of real estates and build equity. The fact that real estates are also inflation-protected or inflation absorbers adds to this advantage.
- Portfolio Diversification
As the name suggests, real estate business in Nigeria helps the diversification or wealth spread without putting or concentrating every wealth in one investment.
By diversifying your wealth through real estate business in Nigeria, you limit the unpredictability of your investment. This will in turn provide a new avenue to generate and guarantee income return.
- Utilisation of Market Cycles
This can be referred to as ‘effective market timing’. It simply involves buying low and selling high. This is one of the major features of any successful real estate businessess in Nigeria.
Although it is not easy predicting the upward and downward trends of an economy, cues are easy to see for a real estate business investor to utilize and take advantage of.
A lot vital indicators can be used to predict and know the market life cycle of real estates. At the top of these determinant factors are population growth, demand and supply, employment rates within a location, security, standard of living and interest rates. With real estates, timing is key.
- Competitive Risk-Adjusted Return
Real estates yields different returns for different reasons. However, all real estates are controlled by factors like the type of property in question, location of the property and management of the property.
Bearing this in mind, an investor will always adjust his investment risks and returns depending on the developmental drives witnessed in the area his real estates are located. This gives the investor a competitive advantage, especially annual earnings from the property.
- Tax Breaks and Deduction
There are many tax breaks and deductions which are open to a real estate business investor in Nigeria.
Generally, you can subtract costs of operating, managing and owning a property by spreading it over a period.
The investor can also spread and depreciate the cost of his estate buildings all through the property’s life span which will help lower his tax deductions.
- Use Leveraging to Maximize Return on Investment.
This applies mostly to capital investments. In leveraging, an investor can borrow money from financial houses to build real estates and spread the repayment over time bearing in mind the potential earning capacity of the asset.
By using loaned capital to expand the earning potential of your real estates, you are using the full power of leverage to maximize your returns. Real estate is a physical asset and potential return is always significantly higher.
- Real estates can be improved.
In a nutshell, real estates are made with tangible materials like wood, metal, brick, concrete and glasses. This attribute means that real estates can be improved upon with time to increase its value or reduce its value to improve returns on investment.
This can be done through a structural readjustment or aesthetic decorations.
Housing is a basic necessity everywhere. It is third in the order of human necessities after food and clothing.
Seeing as Nigeria has interesting ownership rates, investing in real estate business in Nigeria to take advantage of the housing deficit of the population will yield an excellent return on any investment.
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Database of Adverse Events Associated with Drugs and Drug Combinations
By Aleksandar Poleksic and Lei Xie
Adverse events are a major hurdle when testing drugs due to safety models proving unreliable in combination therapies. The quantity of possible drug combinations in in excess of a million. Hence the reality of studying these combinations let alone storing and categorising the adverse events associated with each, is logistically complex. A new statistical computational technique developed by Poleksic et al using 2 databases to compare adverse events of drugs in combination against adverse events of individual drugs. Read the open access Scientific Report below:
European Drug Regulator Recommends Restricted Use of Lemtrada
By Multiple Sclerosis Trust
Restricted use of Lemtrada has been recommended by the European Medicines Agency, in patients with highly active relapsing remitting MS or certain heart, circulation, bleeding or alternative immune disorders (other than MS). The most recent review of Lemtrada follows a previous review indicating several other potentially dangerous side effects.
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Evaluating the Safety of New Drugs for Improving Glycemic Control Guidance for Industry
The FDA have updated the previous Diabetes Mellitus guidance published in 2008. The update comes as new data revealed that inclusion of patients who have diabetes-associated complications in trials testing new anti-diabetic drugs would be beneficial – following valid CV assessment. However, the data provided by several Cardiovascular Outcome Trials provide an indication of reduced risk of CV events.
Q3d(R1) Elemental Impurities
Updated guidance on the level of elemental impurities in drugs.
Contact Dermatitis from Topical Drug Products for Cutaneous Application: Human Safety Assessment Guidance for Industry
New guidance from the FDA Office of Medicinal Products and Tobacco reveals the current draft understanding of the safety risks involved in new drugs developed as a topical agents with respect to inducing contact dermatitis. The data comes from a workshop held in 2018 entitled “Human Dermal (Skin) Safety Testing for Topical Drug Products,”
Non-Clinical Safety Evaluation of the Immunotoxic Potential of Drugs and Biologics Guidance for Industry
Draft supplementary guidance is being created by the FDA relating to immunotoxic potential of drugs and biologics in addition to the advice provided in current ICH assessments. The purpose being to assist non clinical evaluations.
Disruption of Podocyte Cytoskeletal Biomechanics by Dasatinib Leads to Nephrotoxicity
By R. Calizo et al
Clinical trials involving kinase inhibitor treatments often run into critical adverse events induced by nephrotoxicity. New modelling and analysis techniques regularly help provide predictions of drug success based on previous data libraries. Recent meta-analysis of data collected from the FDA Adverse Events Reporting System indicated that dasatabib, a kinase inhibitor, directly affects podocyte function and hence induces nephrotoxicity. Read the open access Nature Communications below:
Esai Will Pull Obesity Drug Belviq off US Shelves after FDA Flags Cancer Risks
By Kyle Blankenship
The FDA has requested that Belviq and Belviq XR are removed from sale in the US market due to its benefits being outweighed by the risks. The drugs initial purpose was to tackle obesity , however, new data indicates an increased risk of some cancers in patients with cardiovascular diseases among other risk factors.
EMA Suspends Picato as a Precaution While Review of Skin Cancer Risk Continues
By European Medicines Agency
Early this year, the European Medicines Agency recommended that patients stop using Picato gel in the treatment of actinic keratosis due to a potentially increased risk of skin cancer in the treatment area. Marketing authorisation for the drug has been suspended until further data emerges from PRC.
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Walk along the Backs, and turn right down Garret Hostel
Lane until you're standing on Garret Hostel Bridge.
At this point, the surface of the River Cam flood plain
is about 4m above sea level, and the bottom of the river is only about
2m above sea level, yet the sea is almost 50 miles (80km) to the north
at King's Lynn. It's only Jesus Lock, Bates Bite Lock, and Denver Sluice
that keeps the salt water from reaching Cambridge and making the River
Boreholes have been drilled under the Cam at Garret Hostel
Bridge and a deep buried channel was found which goes down to at least
ten metres below sea level. This channel was cut about 14,000 years ago
at the end of the last Ice Age when the ice sheets receded from the Wash
and southern North Sea. It was almost as though someone had pulled a plug
from a sink and the water drained to cut out this new course, which the
present day River Cam has inherited. The river has hardly moved from that
Ice Age course and has simply filled up the channel, first of all with
peats and later with floodplain silts and clays, which began forming about
2000 years ago in the Romano-British period.
Go over the bridge and turn left once you reach Trinity
Lane. Keep walking along Trinity Lane until you reach Trinity Street -
where you will see a row of shops. Turn left and walk along Trinity Street
and St John's Street.
Henry VIII stands above Trinity
You will pass Trinity College on your left. Above the
grand entrance you will see a statue of Henry VIII... Look closely, can
you see anything odd about what he's holding in his right hand?
As you face Trinity College, you'll see a small apple
tree in a grassy area to the right. Some people alledge that this tree
is grown from the seed of the apple tree that Isaac Newton
sat under at his manor house somewhere near by!
You will also pass by St John's College and the grand
entrance on your left. St John's College was founded by Margaret Beuford
who was Henry VIII's grandmother, she also founded Christ's College and
they've got similar crests. As you look above the gates and the crest
you will see little white daisys carved into the stone which are there
because the other name for daisy is margarite - so it's a play on her
If you look very carefully at the flowers you can see
the tail of a fox disappearing into a hole with a white swan or goose...
the original craftsman or designer was probably having a little joke!
Turn left at the end of St John's Street, at the Round
Church, and walk up Bridge Street towards the Quayside.
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