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Michelle Green Willner received her B.M. degree from the University of Toronto and her M.A. and D.M.A. degrees from Columbia University, New York. Dr. Green Willner has received numerous composition awards including five ASCAP Special Awards, two ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers, a Community Relations Council Grant, the Brian M. Israel Prize from the Society for New Music, and the Serge Garant Award from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). Her works have been commissioned and performed by ensembles such as, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Hollywood Master Chorale, American Cantors’ Association, NACUSA Concert Series, Synergy, Shechina, the UCI Women’s Chorus, Speculum Musicae, New Millennium, New Calliope Singers, Premier, the Society for New Music, the CSULB New Music Ensemble, Kol Haemek Chorale, and by Earplay at the Center for the Arts Forum in San Francisco.
Various choruses have performed Dr. Green Willner’s choral works internationally, as well as exclusively by the Tehila Choir, which she founded in Toronto, Canada (1984-1989), Mit Gezang, which she directed from 1999-2003 in Los Angeles, the Kol Ruach Ensemble, which she directed from 2003-2006, and by the Michelle Green Willner Singers, which she is currently directing. Dr. Green Willner has taught composition and theory at the University of California, Irvine, California State University at Long Beach and the American Jewish University. She has also been a Contributor/Advisor for the website, L.A. Opening Nights (laopeningnights.wordpress.com). Currently, she is Artistic and Musical Director of the newly established Los Angeles Jewish Community Children’s Choir sponsored by the Schulweis Institute, Musical Director of the Sinai Youth Concert Choir, and a Max Helfman Music Fellow.

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A great example of strong association advocacy can be found in the malpractice compensation limits in various states. Regardless of whether you agree with them, the limits did not magically appear. They were the result of strong – and ongoing – advocacy. The resulting savings in malpractice insurance for physicians in those states is worth many times the cost of membership.
This may be true to some degree, so associations often have a difficult time arguing that someone should join if advocacy is their primary benefit.
If you are marketing to prospective members, include these ideas if the marketing itself. Acknowledge the sentiment of, “I’ll still get the benefit,” and then prove it to be a poor assumption. Sometimes you have to push it further … graphically describe a “world” without your advocacy. They’ll get the point.
How have you sold your advocacy to prospective members? Let us know.

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text: With a production and research foundation of more than 12,000 square meters we own a professional experienced research and development team and a high efficient management team. Today Spark aims to build Cayin as one of the most world famous audio brand and it has become the development goal of our company. "Develop and reborn like a phoenix rising from the ashes" We are following our oath and working hard to build Cayin the world famous audio brand.

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Leading fuel card provider, WEX Europe Services, is adding to its extensive Esso Card™ acceptance network in the UK to include more than 110 additional forecourts by the end of 2018. The expansion will provide customers with more choice and availability of filling stations throughout the country, helping to improve fleet and route efficiency by reducing the need for detours and shortening journey times.
One of the UK’s fastest growing fuel card networks*, Esso Card™ is increasing the number of fuel stations in its portfolio by more than 8%. The additional locations will provide improved service for fleets across the UK, with increased coverage around some of the major urban centres, including Birmingham and London, as well as the rest of the country.
Now, with greater access to and choice of forecourts, drivers with an Esso Card™ can minimise the amount of downtime looking for places to refuel, leading to improved fleet efficiency. The expansion will also enable fleet managers to use a fuel card at more filling stations across the UK than before, reducing the administration burden by allowing consolidated, VAT-compliant invoicing.
*Based on independent research commissioned by WEX Europe Services Limited.
For more information, visit www.wexeuropeservices.com or www.essocard.com.

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© Provided by AFPRelaxNews The Louvre attracts nine million visitors per year.
According to a study conducted by Holidu, a vacation rental search engine, the Parisian museum tops a list of the most popular museums in Europe on Instagram, ahead of the Tate Modern in London and the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.
With its vast collection of art and antiquities, the Louvre attracts nine million visitors per year.
It is also mentioned in more than three million posts on Instagram, a huge figure that has made the Parisian palace the social network's most popular museum in Europe.
Placed second in the popularity rankings, the Tate Modern has 787,298 hashtag posts. The museum, which is housed in a former power station, welcomes five million visitors each year. In 2016, the London institution opened a brand new building.
Third on the popularity podium, hashtags for Saint Petersburg's Hermitage museum feature in 532,523 posts. The former residence of the Russian tsars is the world's largest museum in terms of the number of objects on show, with more than 60,000 pieces exhibited in close to 1,000 rooms.
With three other museums in the top 10 -- the Louis Vuitton Foundation, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou -- France is the most featured country in the rankings.

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In the immediate aftermath of Emergence Day, the fate of the world rests on the shoulders of young COG lieutenant Damon Baird and his team - Kilo Squad.
The Games on the Demand version supports English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, and Czech. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual".In the immediate aftermath of Emergence Day, the fate of the world rests on the shoulders of young COG lieutenant Damon Baird and his team - Kilo Squad. As the world of Sera is destroyed around them, Kilo must rise up, break the rules and take the fight to a horrifying new enemy in this blockbuster prequel to one of the most celebrated franchises in gaming history.
Review title of JamesCompletely Different But Fun Gears!
This game had a completely different engine then the previous gears, alot of people can't except the fact that it is still part of the gears trilogy. it did not feel like gears like they say, but it is still very fun and something new they tried, the story was amazing and so was the mulitplayer, they also had the horde mode which is super addictive, would recommend to anyone who thinks this game would be bad because of bad reviewers.
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This game is awesome! A truly unique take on a competitive third-person shooter that still feels like a Gears game. I love this game BUT there is a big problem right now and that is you can't PLAY the multiplayer on Xbox one if the Haven DLC isn't available so come on guys get this fixed!
Review title of RoLoSki11zA fun and simplified kind of Gears.
People Can Fly developed this game.So much fun. If you're a fan,its a must buy.
Review title of SebastianI don't see the problem!
Everyone hates this game, doesn't like it, or gives it a low rating. I like the game. i just never understood the hate. if you don't like it, why get it at all?
Lots of fun, great graphics.
action plan and simple play this game u will have some fun.
I really liked how you got to play as different characters. I also liked how you made melee with the chainsaw easier then in previous games that came out, I just started playing Gears Of War 1 and noticed the difference with everything. I don't really have any complaints about this game.
Review title of LizardSpiderWTF were they thinking?
HATED that they changed standard controls that were drilled in since gears 1. couldn't forgive that, tainted the whole game because veterans are pressing what was reload, and end up fragging themselves because some genius thought to make that the nade button.

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text: Mount Abrupt is a steep track that winds its way through Grampians bushland and up sandstone rocks to the summit. Once at the summit, take in the wonderful views of the Serra Range to the north and over Dunkeld in the south. Keep an eye open for wedge-tailed eagles, nankeen kestrels and peregrine falcons. For the best walking experience explore Mount Abrupt in Spring to early Summer.


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Since I have come to know Christ as my Savior I've always thought I understood the "why" of the cross, until, that is, I read this...... This so moved me and has brought such a clearer understanding of the depth of God's love, I just had to share. I hope it touches your heart as well.
Enjoy and may God richly bless you.
I was one of seven people who each spoke at our church's Good Friday service on one of the seven sayings of Christ on the cross. I chose, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?"
In my more skeptical days, I viewed the question as odd -- almost ammunition for the cynic. Why would Christ, if he were truly God, need to ask God about anything? Also, why would an all-powerful God have been in such a vulnerable position?
I now realize that these questions are no more unique than the basic misunderstandings of Christianity and Christian doctrine that give rise to them. But interestingly, this utterance of Christ that was once a stumbling block for me has now become a powerful reinforcement for my faith.
I used to wonder how the crucifixion, no matter how much physical suffering Christ endured, could cancel out our sins. After all, other human beings have experienced similar physical punishment. But I was completely unaware of the spiritual wounding that was involved. The Scripture tells us, "The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?"
But Christ was spiritually separated from and abandoned by God. To atone for our sins, he took on our sins, and God cannot look upon sin. We cannot begin to comprehend the agony he experienced in this separation after he had enjoyed infinite bliss with the Father and the Holy Spirit in eternity past.
After having lived a sinless life, the full force of mankind's accumulated sin was heaped upon his human soul. All the spiritual forces of darkness were joined together in their collective hatred and fury in one last effort to defeat the conqueror of death because if they failed, death would be defeated forever.
Human beings had no power either to comfort or deliver him; the Father wouldn't because he had to allow him to complete his redemptive work. At that moment, Christ was the loneliest man who ever lived. Yet consider this staggering irony: At no time was Christ more perfectly in his Father's will. And through it all, he never renounced his Father, referring to him as "my God, my God."
Although we sometimes separate ourselves from God, he will never abandon us this side of eternity. Witness the prodigal son. And consider the martyrs who died joyfully because even in their death, though hated and persecuted by men, God did not abandon them. Ignatius, waiting to be thrown to the lions said, "Let me be food for the wild beasts, if only God be glorified." Christ, unlike the martyrs, did nothing to deserve his abandonment.
Skeptics should note that the Gospel writers never would have invented this potentially embarrassing saying of Christ because it suggests Christ's powerlessness to deliver himself from his own predicament.
But I believe the statement is only comprehensible in reference to God's Triune nature: Christ's nature as both fully human and fully divine and God's salvation plan for mankind.
Christ's question to the Father on the cross shows not that Christ wasn't God but that he was also a distinct divine personality in the Trinity and also fully human. If he had not been fully human, he could not have taken on our pain. Nor could he have died. If he was not God, he couldn't have lived a sinless life or wiped away our sins.
Evangelist John Stott wrote: "We are not to envisage God on a deck chair, but on a cross. The God who allows us to suffer, once suffered Himself in Christ, and continues to suffer with us and for us today. I myself could never believe in God were it not for the cross. In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? Our sufferings become more manageable in the light of His. There is still a question mark against human suffering, but over it we boldly stamp another mark -- the Cross, which symbolizes divine suffering. The cross of Christ is God's only self-justification in such a world as ours."
Despite his indescribable suffering, Christ would not rescue himself, precisely because he was a co-conspirator in the salvation plan, which required him to fulfill his prophesied substitutional sacrifice.
As Bishop Fulton Sheen observed: "Every other person who ever came into this world came into it to live. Christ came into it to die. Death was a stumbling block to Socrates -- it interrupted his teaching. But to Christ, death was the goal and fulfillment of his life, the gold that he was seeking."
Christ died forsaken by God so that his people might claim God as their God; he endured abandonment so we would never be abandoned; he tasted hell so we'd never have to taste it ourselves; he endured loneliness so we'd never be alone.
What an awesome God! I just loved that part where he says "that at no other time was Jesus more in the will of God than on the cross". Even though He was in agony physically, mentally, and spiritually, He was" in the will of God.
Sometimes I think we get caught up in a misconception that everything has to be all perfect and pretty looking to be in the will of God, when just maybe being right in the middle of a painful situation is exactly where God is at work within us and/or others!
I think at one time or another we have all thought our contributuion to the building of Gods Kingdom, to be insignificant. We may even think the same of some of the disciples that followed Jesus, that we don't hear much about, such as Andrew. We don't read about the great speeches he may have delivered, or the thousands he brought to the Lord. But, what stands out to me is in John1:40-42 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him was, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which translated means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas" (Which is translated Peter).
I would imagine even Andrew didn't realize the significance of what he was doing when he brought his brother, Peter, to see Jesus. We've read about Peter's impact on leading thousands upon thousands to Christ, but we don't hear much else about Andrew. Yet the way I see this, is that Andrew did indeed lead thousands upon thousands to Christ, and then some. "He brought Peter", and I am sure, although it's not written, Andrew continued to lead others to Christ. Another point that stood out was, Andrew found "first his own brother". I see this as instructive to us to seek and lead those in our families as priority. Not that we are not to lead another to the Lord when or if the opportunity arrises.
I found this point about Andrew refreshing and fitting to our study with "Made to Count".
No matter how insignificant we may think our actions to be when we are seeking to serve others for the building of Gods Kingdom, we don't know God's plan. Andrew had no idea the ministry Peter would come to when he asked him to come meet Jesus, any more than we do when we do the same.
Not one of us is insignificant in the eyes of God, nor our actions when we are serving Him.
As we approach the Easter celebration, I pray many of us will step out in boldness and ask another to "Come meet Jesus".
Libby passed the Red Cross Babysitting class today !!
Now, she's just waiting for the calls to come rolling in!!!
Its' always been fun when the whole family gets together and the girls start to tell their stories about when they were little. I will hear about things that I never even knew happened back then !!!! But the thing that I have always found the most humor in, is how they will each joke about how "they're my favorite". And they'll argue between them on their proof of just how they know that they are indeed "the favored daughter"!
Yesterday I had recalled one of those times and it just got me to thinking about how God does that very thing. We know that God is not a respector of persons and loves us all the same, yet comes so close and so deep into our hearts that we get that feeling that we just know we have to be His favorite. I couldn't pick one of my girls over another even if I tried. My relationship with each of my girls is so very unique, and I enjoy a multitude of things between them, yet my love for them is uncomparable.
I hope that each time I spend time with my girls I do make them feel like they are my favorite, because I know what that feels like. When I sit down in the quiet and call out to my Father and He hears my voice and He comes to me, I feel special. I feel like He has ears only for my words at that moment, that He has all the time in the world, and it's all mine, for as long as I choose to sit with Him. I know he has an open door policy at all times and at any time I need Him or even just want to sit with Him when I don't need anything except Him.
Once a Mom, we are always a Mom, no matter how old they become they are still your little girls, how precious the moments.
I can't help but think, this is exactly how God feels about all of us, no matter what we do, no matter how old we become, in His eyes we are all His little children, each one His favorite!
we can say it, think it, blog it, sing it, quote it, preach it...but do we, each and every day, LIVE IT?
If all of us would grasp on to this truth and make the change within ourselves we would soon be living life the way its really meant to be. Jesus told Peter, "feed my sheep". That was meant for us also. How many sheep are we feeding in a day?
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Its a convicting message we all need to hear. I'm praying the conviction in my own heart stay strong to seek out the l ost sheep, and not just talk about it any more.
To cap-ti-vate, according to Webster is to fascinate, enrapture; (to delight in).
These past couple of months the Lord has brought me to a greater understanding of who He is, and just how intense and deep His love.
Many times in the past I've made the declaration, "I surrender all to Him" and His plan for my life, and although at the time I believed every word I spoke. I've come to the realization that I was merely speaking the words. To live for His plan, means I had to let go of my own dream for my life. Amazingly, I found freedom, and such an overwhelming peace in the letting go, I have found myself "captivated"!!!! Wonderfully and beautifully captivated!!!!!!!

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"Resumes & The Mock Interview"
We are here to help you as a jobseeker find quality resume guidance and interview prep through our Lunch & Learn (Career Series Edition). "Resumes & The Mock Interview" Lunch & Learn topics covered will include: resume types for all industries new job seekers the "overqualified" changing industries cover letters CVs and federal resumes getting past HR's algorithms interviewing networking job seeker etiquette And lots more. Free and interactive for the mock interview. Presented by publisher and industry professional Aisha Brantley Asare, RGMI Press Publishing & Notary. Deli lunch and resources provided for registrants. Resume specials available. Register today and bring your resume for direct feedback. .


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Do you mean Android Market? What issues are you having with downloading the app? Hope we can help!
Hi, I have a problem. I purchased advance pack 1and 2 for this app from i-tune store but I'm not able to find those packs on app. I remember the message was shown ''successuflly purchased" on the screen when I purchased them.
Should it work when I go to "Practice" from main menu, and then "change pack" after purchasing? If I go "change pack" now, it is shown "Elementary Sample Pack" and "Intermediate Sample Pack"only.
From the Home screen (with the four buttons Practice, Test, Manage, Purchase) go to Purchase.
Click Purchased. You should see a green downward arrow next to Advanced Pack 1 and 2.
Click the green arrow - your pack will be installed onto your device (this requires quite a bit of data, so I would suggest using a wireless connection for this).
Go back to Home and click Manage.
Click Change Pack and select Advanced 1 or 2. Now you're ready to practice these packs!
We're going to release an update soon where this process is much simpler, so look out for that!
We hope you enjoy using LearnEnglish Grammar and be sure to check out our other apps as well.
Hi, I appreciate your quick reply. I could install them successfully!
The update for LearnEnglish Grammar has been released! Be sure to download the update so you can easily download the Intermediate level packs as well (the packs will now immediately download and install).
We hope you enjoy using the app and be sure to tell all your friends about it!
I've got the receipt of the successful purchase, but the app says that they have not been bought.
We're sorry that the purchasing is not working for you. Would you mind providing us with some more information so we can assist with this problem?
What version of LearnEnglish Grammar are you using?
Which grammar packs did you purchase?
When you go to the Purchase section in the app, what does it say next to the pack that you purchased? (It should say Buy, Download or Install).
I've just become a member of LearnEnglish. I want to learn english as quickly as possible. Thanks for the opportunity.
Thanks a lot for the free online contents, nevertheless i think you couls develop a little more the vocabulary section cause it's to small.


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There’s nothing worse than scheduling a service only to find out that the team you call cannot resolve your issue. Fortunately, Portland Glass provides comprehensive glass repair and replacement services in Portland. From auto, residential, and commercial windows to shower units to insulated glass units and more, you can trust that our team of glaziers and technicians is well-equipped to handle all of your glass-related needs.
When you turn to our team, you can look forward to working with our skilled technicians and never subcontractors. We believe the best way to ensure your satisfaction is by taking the time to get to know you and your needs and giving you a free estimate before we get started. If you need emergency glass repair due to an accident or vandalism, we’ll arrive as soon as we can to resolve the problem. We can even talk to insurance companies for you if needed and complete any necessary paperwork.
Contact us at (207) 250-5706 to get your free estimate.
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Our knowledge of all types of glass and proper installation methods have helped us ensure the safety and satisfaction of countless customers across the country and we look forward to helping you, too.

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19/03/2016 · Other than that it isn't really putting money in so much as having Payment accounts on file in your Microsoft Account and choosing one at checkout. I use Gift Cards, PayPal and Debit Card. Log into your Microsoft Account > select Manage Account > on the Payment & Billing tab select Payment Options > add payment options.... PayPal accounts (not available in all regions; see Use PayPal with your Xbox Live account) Online steps: Add a payment option On a computer or other Internet-connected device, open a browser and go to My Account .
I use Gift Cards, PayPal and Debit Card. Log into your Microsoft Account> select Manage Account> on the Payment & Billing tab select Payment Options> add payment options. If you need additional help or have more questions or details to share, please join the site so you can reply in this thread.... Add money to your Microsoft account. Support.microsoft.com Make sure your payment methods are current on your Microsoft account. For more info about this see Change the payment method or credit card linked to your Microsoft account or Payment options and orders.
A good news about Microsoft. According to new decision in Microsoft Co you can now easily deposit your money to your Microsoft Account with Bitcoin.
Fraudsters can double their money, says Razvan Cernaianu, by funnelling cash into a mule account before filing for a transaction refund. To pull off the rort* a fraudster needs three PayPal accounts.
I can buy things with my card but I wanted to use up the points/converted currency on my account first. I have the exact same problem. I have $2.50 on my account that I can't use because it can't pay for anything and the system refuses to subtract it from my total cost.
18/03/2014 · Best Answer: I don't know why Vincent would say that when you can't. If you would like to prove me wrong then explain how to do this. You can't transfer money from a Microsoft Account to a PayPal.


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Unlock the more straightforward side of White Fang with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of White Fang by Jack London, which centres around a young wolf who learns about the cruelty of mankind while struggling to choose between a life of savagery and companionship. Inspired by the author’s travels, White Fang saw immediate worldwide success and has been translated into 89 languages. London remains a popular figure of American literature and was one of the first authors to obtain celebrity status from his fiction works alone.
Find out everything you need to know about White Fang in a fraction of the time!
An adventurous and committed man, Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876. From 1890, his love for the sea brought him to distant lands (Japan, England, the American Far North, Cuba) which inspired his novels. His literary career really took off in 1903 with The Call of the Wild which achieved enormous success.

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Need some guidance on choosing the right standard? In general, you will want to choose the protocol that is best supported by your application/framework/development platform. There are more and more ready to use plugins and/or libraries (Please don't try to build your own implementation; use what is already available and thoroughly tested).
When you decide to go for SAML, have a look at Preparation with SAML 2.0 .
When opting for OIDC, check out Preparation with OpenID Connect .
In case your users (also) login via a mobile app, please read this page.


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First impressions are the most long lasting, whether you're a person meeting another person or a dog meeting a cat. Whether you're bringing a new dog or a new cat into your home and introducing them to a dog or cat who's already a member of your family, you want to make that first meeting a comfortable one. Don't leave your pets' introductions to fate. Give each animal time and space to get used to the other.
Putting a baby gate in the doorway between two rooms. The cat can be on one side of the gate and the dog on the other. Bring the new pet up to the gate. If the original dog or cat approaches the gate, give him a treat as a reward. Over time, the first pet will associate the new pet with treats and be more willing to approach him.
Training your new dog or cat and your original pet will help make the process of introducing them a bit easier. When your dog or cat knows and responds to basic commands, you'll be able to control those first meetings.
While you can train your pets yourself, it's often helpful to work with a professional dog trainer, who has experience teaching pets to behave and respond to commands. CareBooker lets you find trainers in your area who meet your criteria. Once your pets are friendly with each other, you can use the site to find a pet sitter to keep an eye on them when you travel.

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AccessCal provides comprehensive, mandatory health assessments to entrants who reside in Orange County.
Health assessments ensure that entrant health is examined and that entrants receive referrals and linkages to any needed healthcare services. Assessments also help eliminate health-related barriers to successful resettlement while protecting the health of the populations living in the United States. Entrants include refugees, asylees, secondary migrants, special immigrant visa holders, Cuban and Haitian entrants, and federally-certified victims of trafficking.
OC Urgent Care Clinic, located at 631 S. Brookhurst St., Ste 101 in Anaheim.
Mental health assessments are provided by the Counseling and Support department at the AccessCal facility.
Refugees and others seeking social and economic resources may take advantage of additional services AccessCal provides including case management, citizenship and immigration services, employment services, emergency financial assistance, Vocational English-as-a-Second Language (VESL) courses and other educational services that help new arrivals integrate, build knowledge and skills, and learn new social norms and systems to be able to contribute and become an active citizen in this nation.
For more information about the Refugee Health Assessment Program at AccessCal, please call the Program Director at 714.917.0440.


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It can be a fine line — and one that many parents are struggling to define.
It’s all about making the line as clear as possible, to yourselves and to your kids.
‘Having expectations is really about helping people reach their full potential’, explains our staff psychologist Jessica Levetan.
Childhood and adolescence involves learning about the world, and finding your place in it.
And parents need to help them find it.
‘It’s really important to have expectations of kids, adults, anyone, because if you have no expectations then people don’t strive for things,’ explains Jess.
Parents — and teachers — are the most influential people in children’s lives.
Meeting their parents’ expectations that they should do these things can provide the best source of motivation.
It also has a significant impact on attitude and self-worth.
And were at least three months ahead of their peers by year 9.
A result that is likely due to increased motivation levels, but also increased confidence.
Because without high expectations, kids ‘don’t feel they are capable and competent’, says Jessica.
‘So saying I believe you can do this, I have faith in you, I believe you can reach your goals, lets work towards it… that’s what high expectations are about’.
Whether expectations are set by teachers or parents — a child can feel confident that that the goals that are set for them can be met.
Expectations can spill over into pressure when they are inflexible, unrealistic, or inadequately supported.
As Jessica explains, ‘Pushing kids, not being empathetic to their struggles, not being supportive of their struggles, and to make winning or being the best the be all and end all… that’s not what having high expectations is about’.
Pressure pushes them to be THE best.
Pressure can make kids feel unable to live up to expectations.
Pressure can lead to avoidance, anxiety and low self-esteem.
And the reality is: kids put enough pressure on themselves.
No child actively wants to do badly at school, to disappoint their parents or to ‘fail’ at something they’ve tried to excel in.
So you can work on upping the expectations and lowering the pressure on your children by adopting these attitudes and approaches to home and school life.
1. Adopt a Growth Mindset.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, a Growth mindset is the key to success.
While a Fixed mindset may put high pressure on getting good grades.
Support a Growth mindset in your children by emphasising the important of hard work — as the key to good grades, and also as something of value in and of itself.
2. Make expectations clear, realistic and reasonable.
Their parents want them to do well at school… but what does this mean?
To get good grades? To top the class? Or to acquire knowledge and skills?
Set achievable expectations for your kids and make sure they know exactly what they are, and how you expect them to achieve them.
This again places the focus on the processes, rather than outcomes.
Unclear high pressure: ‘I expect you to get a 99 ATAR’.
3. Aim for personal bests and fulfilled potential.
Nor can every student get into their first university preference.
But they can still play sport, improve and even excel in it, and they can still find a pathway to their desired degree.
But putting high pressure on numbers and ranks is unproductive, and often detrimental.
Kids are expected to be competent enough to independently fulfil all of their school-set obligations.
By helping them too much, you can send the message that your expectations are low, and that they can’t meet those set by their teacher.
And even if they do struggle, ‘failure’, in it’s many forms, is an inevitable part of life.
By understanding that from a young age, kids grow to be motivated by their mistakes, to discover where they went wrong, and to strive to fix them in the future – on their own.
5. Offer support and encouragement through the process.
And that importantly — hard work is what’s needed to get good results.
Offer them whatever emotional and practical support you can, and that they may need, in order to achieve their goals.
Or listening to them go over what they learnt in school over dinner.
However, it’s important to be restrained with both reassurance and praise in the face of disappointment.
Not only does it suggest you have low expectations, it also negates the impact of genuine praise.
It can suggest that you have a lack of confidence — and therefore low expectations — of your child’s ability, and it can be an ‘easy out’ from addressing failure’s head-on as learning experiences.
All in all, the best emotional and practical support you can offer your child is during the process, not after the outcome.
And one of the best ways you can support your child, boost their confidence, and increase their motivation, is to have high expectations.


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Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. Yes, I did make my maiden journey to Sri Lanka, and like you, I found it somewhat blasphemous to head to Sri Lanka, but not partake in a meal that includes Sri Lankan crabs. As a Singaporean, food is most definitely at the top of my must-do list while travelling, so imagine my disappointment when I was whisked away by travel planner Amala Destinations to a nondescript hotel for a quick meal after touching down in Colombo.
But after my first mouthful of Sri Lankan spicy beef curry, all was forgotten. No crabs, no problem. Thus began my journey in Sri Lanka.
Instead of the usual Colombo-Kandy-Galle route most are used to, Amala decided that the best way to experience Sri Lanka would be to pluck the city-loving dwellers out of us, and transport us to Gal Oya in the south east.
After sixty minutes of treacherous turbulence in a seaplane and three hours in a car — keep your eyes peeled for the emerald green paddy fields — we finally arrive at our lone accommodation for the next three nights: Gal Oya Lodge. It’s by no means luxurious, and exactly what you’d expect from an eco-friendly lodge that’s located in a jungle. There’s no mobile phone signal, you’re surrounded by an abundance of critters (read: insect bites are to be expected) and electricity gets cut off on a regular basis. Unfortunately, neither mosquito coil nor repellent is available in the room, so be sure to bring your own, and when you’ve run out, ask the staff for more.
The lodge is home to just nine single huts and a lone two-room bungalow. The rooms come with a L-shaped sofa in the living area, a mosquito-netted king-sized bed, and a sheltered open-air bathroom with twin sinks. Materials of stone, unprocessed wood and bamboo provide that rustic feel, and with geckos and other insects sharing your space, you can’t help but reflect on urbanisation and its effect on wildlife. While there aren’t any monkeys to steal your belongings, it’ll be best to keep your toiletries after use given that lizards will leave their droppings just about anywhere. Local fowl run around the resort and disappear into the jungle, the odd green vine snake makes an appearance and grizzled giant squirrels rustle between trees. You learn to adapt and live with animals in their habitat, with creature comforts like a cold shower (or hot, if that’s what you’d like) and a fan-cooled room as prizes at the end of the day.
Whether a brilliant move or mistake by Amala is entirely dependent on what your expectations are like when planning a holiday. It takes some adjusting to get used to Gal Oya, but once something in you clicks, you’ll begin to view the National Park with a different lens. The 26,000 hectare National Park is home to wild elephants, crocodiles, sloth bears, leopards and monkeys, making sightings rather exciting.
I’d not have thought that peace would be something I’d associate with Sri Lanka, and yet, I find it by the dozens in Gal Oya. You’ll find nary a wandering tourist soul here. In fact, the lodge makes a great place to recharge, given that you’ll have no contact with the outside world. After a breakfast of appam and fresh fruit, settle in the lodge’s open-air ‘living room with a book from its library. I also highly recommend taking part in the jungle cooking class. It’s less gimmicky than it sounds, given that you’ll be making a deceivingly-delicious millet paste, fish curry, and a semi-cooked salad on open fires in a wooden hut.
We ride an open-air jeep to Gal Oya National Park, armed with expectations of wildlife sightings. Our guide, Arun is a 26-year-old naturalist who’s spent much of his life studying wildlife in Sri Lanka. Along with two other staff, they take us to the river for an early morning cruise. We spot a lone baby elephant, a couple of Marsh mugger crocodiles, and flocks of comorins, grey herons and darters. Just before we get comfortable, the boat stops in front of large, sloping boulders. It’s time for breakfast. Arun and his team lay out the tinkat tins comprising breakfast wraps, buffalo curd, granola and fresh fruit. With a killer view to boot, there’s really not more one can ask for.
If you’re not a morning person, perhaps the picnic by the Gal Oya river would fare better. It’ll be a pity to sit out on this, as Gal Oya means rocky river after all. Forget settling by the banks and set up instead on the boulders on the river. The cold tomato soup, I’ve to say, was my favourite of the lot, with its salads coming a close second. Jump in and wade in the water, or if you’d like to stay (relatively) dry, follow the path of the rocks that’ll take you to the other side of the river.
For a dose of culture, pay a visit to the Vedda tribe, where you’ll get to meet the chief and his second in command. While most members of the tribe now don modern-day clothes, both our hosts have graciously showed up in traditional wear — wrapping a sarong around their waists, walking around barefoot and resting an axe on their shoulders. They take us foraging through the jungle, plucking inconspicuous leaves to the untrained eye, that turn out to be herbs used for various ailments including colds and migraines.
The short four-day trip means that I’m back in Singapore quicker than expected. For a more authentic experience, Amala recommends doing a two-week journey which also covers Tangalle (sun, sand and sea, anyone?) and Galle Fort.
I would have really rather embarked on a road trip for my return journey — it takes roughly six to seven hours by car, and is far more pleasant than a three-hour car ride followed by an hour in a seaplane — but as they say, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. But no matter, for a return trip is in order.
Photos by Amala Destinations and Gal Oya Lodge.


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In the past, I've ended up writing a custom process plugin or callback to convert the date into the proper format for Drupal core's date field, but I recently discovered the format_date process plugin (I'm pretty sure I'm late to the party on this) and realized I was doing more work than I had to.
The short version is this - the format_date plugin takes a date in any format (as long as it can be described using the standard PHP Date patterns) and converts it to the format Drupal requires. Oh, and it also has timezone support!
Here's an example of taking a datetime in the format of "11/04/18 08:30:00" (EST) and converting it to the format that Drupal's core date field requires, "2019-11-04T08:30:00" (UTC).
It's pretty simple! Less custom code usually means less opportunities for mistakes and less code to maintain in the future!
As someone who has been building Drupal sites for over 12 years now, I'd like to think that my knowledge and expertise has grown at a rate similar to the power, flexibility, and complexity of the Drupal project itself. For well over 10 years, Drupal training and development has been the focus of my consulting business; over the holidays I took some time to look back and really think about the lessons I've learned and how I can utilize them moving forward.
In addition to documenting the process for myself as well as my current and future clients, I also wanted to share what I've learned with the Drupal community. After all, it is this community that has made it possible for me to have the success that I have found so far. I have worked on projects of all sizes from large Fortune 500 companies to small local businesses. I’ve been alone on project as well as with large teams of developers. There have also been projects with massive budgets as well as projects with no budget. The breadth of this experience has really contributed to my ability to provide more value for my clients.
One word I use often when speaking with current as well as prospective clients is "sustainability". I always want to be involved in a solution that provides good value not only now, but for the lifetime of the project. I want to build sites that are easy to maintain, easy to update, and easy for different developers to cycle in-and-out of. With sustainability, and all of the elements that contribute to it in mind, I present the 11 tips to start a Drupal project right.
Having a professional developer workflow should go without saying, but I often come on-board small, single-developer projects that have a remote development environment and a live environment - and nothing else. At the very least, projects of all sizes should have not only a dev and live environment, but developers should have local environments as well.
There's a lot of focus on DevOps in the Drupal ecosystem (with good reason), but before you jump into a continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) system, be sure you have the basics first and then add complexity only as necessary. I've seen way too many projects invest in a full-on CI/CD system only to have it ignored because developers didn't have the time and/or expertise to utilize it properly.
This is a bit of a pet-peeve of mine. I'm a firm believe that commitment to a project tracker must include 100% of the development team and stakeholders. Note the "and stakeholders" - this includes project managers, content and QA folks, and anyone else who has a role in the project. How often is a project ready to launch and then at the last minute a stakeholder chimes in requesting changes? This is demoralizing and frustrating for the entire development team.
Project tracker tasks should be focused. Large tasks like "theme the site" aren't very helpful and comment threads in tasks like this often become unwieldy, defeating the purpose of using a project tracker. Train the entire team on using the project tracker and committing to using it for the majority of project task communication.
You're not using Git yet? Seriously? Stop reading this and go get yourself and your team trained up (we offer training). Also - commit early and often. Smaller, more focused commits (like project tasks) are easier to manage.
This is an article about Drupal 8, so this isn't really optional. While there is work in the community on various Composer-related projects, for now the Composer template for Drupal projects is the de-facto standard for managing your Drupal 8 project's codebase. Don't know how to use Composer? Learn it (we also offer Composer training).
Avoid "it works on my machine" conversations for the rest of your life by ensuring that the entire development team is using identical local environment configurations. Docker-based solutions are tailor-made for this type of thing, but it has been possible for awhile with virtual machine-based solutions as well. A solid local development environment will pay dividends - making it easy to get new developers up-and-running, and allowing developers to focus on building the project, not monkeying around with their local environment.
I've been a fan of DDEV-Local, a Docker-based solution, for awhile - I provide training and I also wrote a book about it!
This is where I see projects go sideways more often than not. When defining the information architecture (IA) for the site, all stakeholders must be involved. This tip really goes hand-in-hand with the next one, but the bottom line is that this needs to be a discussion. There's nothing worse than getting near the end of a project and showing it to a content author and finding out that there are gaps. Generally, the goal is to get the granularity right when defining IA. This is next to impossible to do without feedback early in the process from all stakeholders.
Review any existing content that is to be migrated to the new system, ask content authors what the issues with their current system are, and be careful not to over-engineer a solution that won't provide enough bang-for-the-buck.
This tip goes hand-in-hand with the previous one - an important part of defining the IA is testing and confirming that everything is accounted for. In my experience, the absolute best way to do this is by prototyping the system. Allow your actual content authors, editors, and admins to test-drive the new architecture by adding and editing content on a prototype of the site. This needs to be done very early in the development process, so the focus should be 100% on the add/edit forms - not the output. In fact, I recommend not putting any effort into theming the output at this point, making it crystal clear that the prototyping exercise is to confirm that the set of entities, bundles, and fields designs are on-target.
I really cannot stress enough how important this step is. IA mistakes made early that are not corrected will be a burden until they are corrected (if ever). It's normally relatively easy (and inexpensive) to fix IA mistakes early - quite the opposite if they are left to fester and other parts of the site are built upon them. I have never been part of a project where the IA prototyping didn't result in important updates to the IA.
If you're building a custom theme, then you probably need a style guide. Part of a solid UX/UI design is consistency in design. Consistency brings user comfort. When users are more comfortable on your site, they'll spend more time there.
Style guides can be as simple or as complex as they need to be. At the absolute minimum, I would recommend that a style guide contain basic typography and a color palette. You'll need to consider how/if typography will change based on responsive mode (are H1s the same pixel size on mobile as they are on a desktop display?) Similarly, you'll want to think about how the header/navigation/footer respond to various screen widths as well. Have an element that appears throughout your site? Then define rules how it looks in various places and various screen widths.
Similarly, if your project is going to have a custom theme, then you're going to need to design the layout of key pages. How are landing pages arranged? How do they respond at various screen widths? Think about the entire site and design wireframes for a representative sample of pages. Only 2 or 3 wireframes are necessary for many projects (home page, content page, interior landing page).
Consider these representative pages as a group, not individually. Look for common elements (easier to theme) and value consistency. If every page is a one-off, then implementation costs will rise.
Start with wireframes and generate only the mockups you need. Often, between a solid style guide and some good wireframes, mockups aren't necessary in many cases. Think of the style guide as a box of LEGO bricks that can be assembled into mockups in various configurations. If time and budget is limited, favor the style guide over mockups.
Drupal 8's configuration system provides a powerful tool to easily push non-code configuration changes between environments. The "trick" to using it is that the entire team has to understand and participate in the process. If the development team is five people, and only two are using the configuration system, you're going to have rough sledding.
The configuration system will help enforce a solid developer workflow, encouraging team members to update and test configuration (like a new View) locally before pushing it to remote development environments. A byproduct of using the configuration system is that config changes can easily tracked by the project tracker via commit messages.
There's not much that kills developer morale and confidence in a project more than lack of project leadership. At the core of this is often a lack of project planning and milestones. All team members should be involved in the setting of goals and milestones for the project. A single milestone of "the site must be done in 5 months" doesn't cut it. The entire team should work together to define realistic and meaningful milestones. Take into account non-project responsibilities of team members, identify and plan for potential pain points in the project.
Project leaders need to listen to team members and provide training and professional guidance when necessary. Most developers are problem solvers who like to learn new things. Project leaders should embrace and leverage this for the betterment of their projects, the result will be a positive one for the entire team!
Mike Anello is the architect and instructor for DrupalEasy’s Drupal Career Online, which includes intensive live online sessions, rich learning resources, an active learning community and hands-on projects designed to provide those who need to get skilled up in Drupal with the best possible start. The next session of the DCO starts February 25th. If you’d like to learn more, you can sign up for a no-cost Taste of Drupal mini-webinar.
Drupal 8's text format system provides a way for developers to manage user generated content, regardless of if the user is trusted staff member or an anonymous commenter. With intelligent configuration of various text formats for the various roles on the site, the security and usefulness of a site can be maximized.
Much like Drupal 7's Better Formats module, Drupal 8's Allowed Formats module allows a developer to limit the text formats that are available on the field level. Normally, all formats that the user has access to are available on all fields, this module allows developers to force a particular format to be applied on a particular field.
The configuration is available on all formatted fields' "edit" page. For example, take this configuration for a "short summary" field.
In this example, only the "Minimal HTML" format will be available for this field, regardless of if the current user has permission to use any of the other formats. For this application, the "short summary" field can only have links, strong text, and emphasized text. By limiting authors to only the "Minimal HTML" text format for this field, these parameters can be easily enforced.
Like their arboreal namesake, Rosewood Marketing is amazingly sound and particularly suited for very specific applications. Where the Rosewood tree serves to form the structure of certain fine musical instruments, billiard cues and chess pieces, Rosewood Marketing serves as a bridge for dozens of Amish and Mennonite small businesses to mainstream society. Their growth and development over the 22-year span of their success is not just in their marketing prowess, but in their inherent, sincere understanding of their client culture.
If you really think about it, Rosewood has perhaps one of the most focused and secluded market segments in the US, which interestingly enough allows them to bring a type of diversity to the Drupal Community we don’t often consider. They do this amazingly well in their approach to business development and hiring. They first truly match new employees to their market and their company culture, and then leverage training programs to ensure the team has the skills and best practices in technology and communications to meet their business standards. A person hired as a graphic designer receives training in tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, design principles and customer service. An online marketer receives training in analytics, SEO, and PPC, while a new manager learns time management.
The Fall 2018 session of Drupal Career Online starts September 3rd. Group rates and government discounts are available. If you‘d like more information, join us for our no-cost mini-webinar Taste of Drupal on Monday, August 27.
If you're looking to move your local development environment to a more modern solution, then we believe this workshop is exactly what you're looking for. DDEV is a Docker-based environment built on modern principles and designed to be flexible, customizable, and powerful.
We have been using DDEV with our current Drupal Career Online students, and are confident that our workshop is providing the skills they need to use it as their day-to-day local environment. The workshop (and DDEV) is designed for developers on Mac OS X and Windows 10 Pro - at the end of the day, you'll have the confidence you need to make the switch.
In addition to the full-day of training, you'll also leave with access to our 20+ page workshop handout (PDF) as well as access to all of our DDEV-related screencasts.
So, if you're interested in making the change, be sure to sign up for one of our in-person workshops this summer!
Every Drupal 8 site should have a custom favicon that helps to reinforce the site's brand - of this there is really no argument. But, over the past (more than a few) years, the role of the lowly favicon has grown from just the little icon on a browser tab. These days, favicons are also used on mobile devices as the gateway to your site. Keeping your brand strong in all contexts is more important than ever.
Luckily, the Responsive Favicons module, combined with Favicon Generator makes it pretty easy to keep your site's branding consistent across multiple platforms.
Assuming you have a relatively square-ish version of the site's logo, making this all happen is pretty easy.
First - head to Favicon Generator, upload the site's logo, then review/tweak the settings for the various contexts. You'll be asked for the "App name" (usually the site's name), suitable background colors (I selected a nice pear-color for the DrupalEasy logo - you can see it in the iOS mockup above), as well as image overrides (optional) for each context. For the "Favicon Generator options", select the "I will place favicon files at the root of my web site" option (at the recommendation of the Responsive Favicons module maintainers). At the end of the process, you'll get a zipped file full of all the necessary icons and meta data.
Next, download and install the Responsive Favicons module. Head to its configuration area (/admin/config/user-interface/responsive_favicons) and complete the form. For the "Path to responsive favicon files", I just used "favicons". The "Favicons tags" section is provided at the end of the Favicon Generator's process. Finally, point the zip file generated by the Favicon Generator to the final form field. Click to "Save configuration" and you should be all set!
Lessons like this (and much, much more) are taught during our 12-week, 3x/week Drupal Career Online course. Learn more and register for our free Taste of Drupal webinar to dive into the details of the course.
Drupal 8 Development on Windows - Best Practices?
Over the past several weeks, I've been working with three of the more well-known Docker-based local development environments that involve a Drupal focus: Docksal, DDEV, and Lando. The goal is to not only to figure out which one I prefer, but also to figure out which our two long-form online Drupal training classes should potentially standardize on.
Our classes are often comprised of folks from all different technical backgrounds, so it is important that we not only teach them tools that Drupal professionals use, but also something that folks of myriad of skill levels can easily consume. Perhaps most importantly, while the majority of our students are on Mac OS X, we still have a consistent number of students using Windows, so any solution we recommend should work similarly on all platforms.
As a Mac OS X user myself, it is important to me that I can instruct our Windows-based students without having to resort to a separate set of instructions. To that end, I have an actual Windows 10 Pro machine (not a virtual machine) that I've been using to evaluate these local development environment options.
I've decided to focus on DDEV, Lando, and Docksal because I really like the idea of Docker-based containers; being able to customize your local development environments to each project has too many advantages to ignore. Also, as one of our classes is Pantheon-focused, Lando's Pantheon integration is a very important differentiator.
I have a basic set of requirements that a local development environment should be able to handle. These requirements are probably focused more on our introductory Drupal Career Online course, but I'd like to be able to recommend the same solution for any of our courses.
Run Composer commands (including create-project). It doesn't matter to me if this command is run on the local OS or in a container, as long as it works with a minimum of fuss. The "create-project" command can be a bit tricky on Windows - keep reading to find out why.
Run Git commands both on the local OS and in the container.
Be able to get up-and-running with a minimum of downloads. On Mac OS X this isn't much of an issue with Terminal, Git, and PHP preinstalled, but on Windows it is a different story.
Be able to get up-and-running with a minimum of "extra" configuration. Granted, once you're comfortable on the command line adding something to your local PATH isn't a big deal, but for folks new-ish to the command line, it can be a significant hurdle.
Be able to easily (zero configuration) edit text files on the command line (nano or pico).
Be able to modify file permissions and ownership from the command line (chown and chmod).
Be able to run Drush, Drupal Console, and all of the other Drupal-y things that a professional developer should have.
I am very cognizant that my requirements are probably represent the lower-end of the Drupal skill-level spectrum, but I feel these requirements are a reasonable starting point.
Over the past few weeks, I think I've installed, uninstalled, and reinstalled various combinations of Lando, Docksal, and DDEV as well as various command line shells (Babun, Cmder, PuTTY, Cygwin) and the Windows Subsystem for Linux at least a dozen times on my Windows machine. All this in an effort to figure out what is the best combination of tools to satisfy the requirements. At the current moment, I'm circling around recommending Lando and Cmder on Windows (Lando requires Windows 10 Pro with Hyper-V enabled) - both are easily installed with no extra configuration necessary to get almost everything working.
With just Lando and Cmder installed almost all of the requirements are met. I can use Git to clone a site down to my local, get it up and running in Lando and get to work.
One minor issue is that Cmder doesn't come with nano nor pico for editing text files from the command line. It does come with vim, however (which we all know has a steeper learning curve). I can probably mitigate this issue with a little bit of config to have students run a command to open text files in something like Notepad++ or teach some basic vim commands.
We need Composer to get the new code base.
We need the Lando container to be up-and-running to get Composer.
We need a code base before we start Lando.
So, I think I know what you're thinking: just install Composer. Well, this isn't as simple as it sounds, as Composer requires PHP, and as far as I can tell, installing PHP on a Windows machine isn't super-straight-forward. Granted, if the developer already has another AMP stack on their Windows machine, the Composer install can be configured to use the php.exe installed with it.
Docksal actually has a command that allows a developer to run Composer without actually having a set of containers already initialized for the project using the "fin run-cli" command. This utilizes a standalone cli container and completely removes the need to install Composer on the local OS.
So, where does that leave us? I'm not 100% sure, but I wanted to put this out there and get some feedback. Are you a professional Drupal developer that uses Windows as your main OS? If so, what's your setup? Am I missing anything?
While I often try to steer new Drupal developers towards Mac OS X or Linux, sometimes it is not possible due to corporate policies or even just personal preference. I'd love to be able to teach a solution that provides a professional-level Drupal developer experience to Windows users.
As trainers, feeders of the Drupal Talent pipeline, and researchers of strategies to attract and build the numbers and excellence of Drupal talent across the world, we spend a lot of time finding and training people in the ways of Drupal. Through resources, Mike Anello's many sessions and trainings at Camps and Cons, and through our flagship Drupal Career Technical Education program, we pursue our passion to teach more people Drupal. We think we have the training side of this down, but like the Drupal Community's general shortage of talent, it’s finding more people that is the challenge.
Why is that? And why aren’t there people coming in droves to this opportunity-rich, community-based vocation? We think it has a lot to do with a lack of the right information getting to the right people. Here at DrupalEasy, we fill a lot of (sometimes too much) time observing and noodling the various paths people take to find Drupal, aspects of Drupal as a career and reaching those who could benefit. We think if Drupal opportunities were presented more broadly, a bit better, and were more accessible to those who are not aware (especially those who historically have not embraced IT careers,) the floodgates (or at least a stream) might start to bolster up the Drupal talent pipeline.
Drupal's foundations are really quite inspiring. A vocation built on sharing - open source, an engaged community and building and developing the means upon which our societies connect, build relationships, find information, and buy & sell. The story is also quite practical; well-paying jobs a-plenty. According to Indeed.com, the average salary for "Drupal" ranges from approximately $59,980 per year for Web Designer to $110,572 per year for Full Stack Developer.
In addition, the US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook, which provides official salary, job growth statistics and job descriptions for just about any career you might want to pursue, has some pretty convincing numbers as well. According to the DoL, Software Developer, Applications positions have a 30% growth rate, rank in the top 10 for job growth in the US, and have the third highest estimated salary! For web developers in particular, the DoL puts job growth at 15% over the next 8 years, which they cite as much faster than average. To put it in perspective, electrical engineerin job growth is predicted to be 7% – less than half of that of web developers.
So with all of this opportunity, where are all the aspiring Drupal developers? Apparently somewhere they are privy to neither the Drupal narrative nor Web developer job stats. We have several ideas, some big, others not too difficult, on how to overcome our shortage of talent, as we outline in List #5 to provoke some thought and perhaps follow up from those who feel the pain of the Drupal talent shortage. We'd love to hear from you.
But perhaps we can all give small efforts a go to see where it might improve things on a smaller scale; beginning with awareness we can build within and on the fringes of our personal and professional networks. So, in the spirit of spreading the word about how great the opportunities are in Drupal, we thought we would compile a few easily shareable lists you may want to dole out to those around you. We'd also love for you to share with us your lists (and ideas) that may make Drupal a bit more accessible to those who may become a part of this engaging community.
We went on a job finding expedition earlier this week to see where people looking for Drupal jobs or just gauging the opportunities have the best shot. Indeed.com won by shear numbers, but also because they make searching, and compiling information like these lists the easiest. The list includes the site and the number of Drupal and Drupal related jobs in the United States as of January 29, 2018.
For those who wish to get into larger organizations (by Drupal size standards of course) with lots of Drupal people to associate with throughout the day, the companies who have the greatest number of employees registered on Drupal.org, and have headquarters or major facilities in the US are listed in order of Drupaliness, which means according to the number staff members on Drupal.org.
OK, so we’ll preface this by again explaining that we spend a lot of time thinking about, researching, interviewing, writing and presenting a lot of materials on Drupal careers and jobs. That said, you’ll see quite a few entries below with our fingerprints on them. Not sure how to shed the cloak of shameless promotion, but avoiding it does not seem like a good reason to leave out helpful information (we’ll take whatever sneers you'd like to offer.) The list was compiled from a variety of Google searches using several key words and variations, and based on our impressions of the credibility and helpfulness of the information. If you have any additional materials that we missed and you’d like to share, please let us know and we’ll add it to our Career Resources Page.
This one is for all of us, especially the folks on the #3 list, who, we noticed are among many of the companies tallying up the numbers for states on list #2. Since we started Drupal Career Training, we have met with dozens of people, educational institutions, workforce boards, other Drupal training companies and all sorts and sizes of companies about the Drupal talent shortage issues, the lack of diversity issue, and the "lack of experience" issue for those new to Drupal. We feel like if just a few in the community, together or independently, start any of these initiatives, it will go a long way in ensuring that the 15% growth in web developer positions is not lost on Drupal in the future. The only resource for this list is the collection of ideas we have heard, discussed, conceptualized, written into white papers and schemed up during DrupalEasy lunches. If you have another idea, or want our help getting one of these concepts going, let us know.
Collaborate with other companies, especially in the states that made the #2 list, to reach out to regional workforce agencies to get them involved in finding and underwriting training for potential Drupal hires.
Develop geographic mentoring networks for those considering and new to Drupal through the local users’ groups.
Develop a Drupal community scholarship fund for under-represented groups to use one of the many Drupal Training organizations to get skilled up in Drupal.
Partner with Not-For-Profits to fund Drupal training, mentoring and internship programs for women, minorities, veterans, and other underutilized populations.
Promote Drupal as a career in your local and non-Drupal community outreach.
Host/sponsor beginner information nights at Meetups.
Share these lists to spark interest and action.
Contact DrupalEasy to help with these or any other ideas you may have!
The Spring 2018 session of DrupalEasy's Drupal Career Online training begins on March 26th, with two more free informational webinars about the course in February and March. Registration is also open for the Spring Session of Mastering Professional Drupal Developer Workflows with Pantheon, which starts on February 28th.


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Ok peony gardeners, for those of you who did not get your orders in before the cut-off date for picking up or would like to add more to your gardens, our annual Peony Barn Sale dates are September 14th and 15th, 2018, from 9 am to 5 PM. Pack your vehicle with friends and family and head out to Swenson Gardens at 10958 70th St SW. Leftover retail bare roots and reduced pricing on wholesale bare roots await you in our processing barn. Sorry but roots are available first come/first served. However, isn’t that the fun of a barn sale let alone a PEONY barn sale!
Hard to believe that the 2018 Swenson Gardens peonies season is almost over. The cut off date for our first shipment and pickup orders are now closed. The pickup dates are September 14th and 15th from 9 am to 5 PM and the first shipment should go out the week of September 10th. More information forthcoming and if a correct email address was supplied to us, you will receive notification via the carrier. If you go to our ‘How to order’ page, you will also see the cutoff date for our second shipment. For our second shipment, online, mail-in and phone orders are still open until September 21, 2018. Thank you to all our existing and new gardening friends who ordered our peonies this year!


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If it looks to good to be true..it might be.
One of the most common pitfalls in dividend investing is whats commonly referred to as a "Dividend Trap". A dividend trap is a high to extremely high dividend yield that cannot be sustained. When a company is paying out 10 to 200% of it's current stock price, something has to give.
Let's take a look at a fictional company called Top Oil. Top Oil's stock was valued at $30 per share and it paid out .37 per share quarterly or $1.48 annually. This means Top Oil has a dividend yield of 4.9%. A few years later the price of oil crashes and the stock looses value. Now the stock is valued at $5.00 a share, and the company is still paying out the same $1.48 per share. Making the dividend yield 29.6% an extremely high and risky dividend yield.
Many people would be tempted to buy this stock in hopes that the price of oil would recover rapidly. This is risky business.
Top Oil has 3 choices, it can lower it's dividend to a sustainable 2 to 5%, it can wait and hope that the price of oil will recover, or it can go bankrupt.
Chances are that if you invest in a company like Top Oil, you are going to get burnt. In fact you might get burnt so bad you turn your back on dividend investing altogether. We don't want that. Please be careful when selecting companies, and don't make the dividend yield your primary factor in selecting a company.
Instead choose a company with a long history of dividend payouts without decreasing payments. A company whos stock price is stable, and most importantly a company that makes a product you understand.

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We work with both Residential and Commercial buildings. Our daily work can include jobs from dual pane measure/installation, commercial storefront to residential showers.
Accurately measure flat glass for Residential and Commercial buildings.
Accurately measure for shower installation.
Remove and Install window units for Residential and Commercial buildings.
Cut flat glass according to specified patterns or perform precision pattern making and glass cutting to custom fit replacement windows.
We are looking for a qualified Glazier/Flat Glass Installer to join our team!
Dan’s Glass has been in business since 1979. Our shop is very clean, comfortable, and fun to visit. We pride ourselves on total customer satisfaction. Our office staff, vehicles, and installers are professional, clean & friendly. We use highest quality products & offer a warranty on all our work. We stand behind the work we do.
Please email your resume to dan@dansglassinc.com and put “Glazier/Flat Glass Installer” in the subject.


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United State security and exchange Commission is looking for source for blockchain data and its analysis. SEC is trying to search business capable to provide blockchain data to support monitoring the risk and compliance enforcement activity and inform the commission about the digital documents.
The agency also announced that cryptocurrencies are one of the popular priorities of the people at the current time. The agency also Express the interest in the potential source of Tata concerning which is the most popular blockchain digital ledgers.
The SEC also request information regarding to an overview of the data extraction, conversion and verification structure. The agency also ask for participating companies to design their capability to drive inside from available data. It can help them to measuring risk in better way. These companies are willing to respond to the agency on the request and showed a response via Email. 14 companies have a brief capability of a statement and provide digital document regarding it.
By the help of company data source, SEC can easily measure the risk and also rectify the scam regarding to cryptocurrencies and provide complete security to the people who are willing to invest in cryptocurrencies. To know more about the latest happening about the cryptocurrency world, you can visit Else Coin. We are here to provide latest information about the blockchain industry. If you like the information please type the like button and also share with your friends and circle as well.


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Looking for Sylvester Bail Bonds? Bail Bonds Network makes it easy to find and get in touch with a licensed bail bond company in Sylvester, Georgia. Numerous Sylvester GA bail bond agents can bail you (or another person) out anytime anywhere in Sylvester GA. At your convenience, many bail bond agents will come pick you up discreetly. Payment plans are usually available depending on each case.
Upon arrest anywhere in Worth county, a person is usually processed at the Worth county jail. To be released from Worth jail, a few steps must occur, including being booked into jail and posting bail. When the bail amount is decided, a bail bond agent arrives to post the bail bond at the local jail. Now the release process starts and typically takes anywhere from one to two hours to complete. While cash bonds are acceptable, it is normally not commonly done due to financial limitations.

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Fortnite is an epic game for Android.
Fortnite Battle Royale game was introduced by epic games on play store back in 2017. The game is right now the leading mobile game. People are addicted with this game as well. 9 out of 10 people love to play this game with their friends and family. Moreover, it allows the user to play with other country players and make new friends as well. People love to play this game and due to this many similar games have been developed as well.
People spend countless hours on this game. Most of the people become great YouTuber by making this game video and uploading it on their channel so that normal people visit and watch their game to know how to play this game.
Once to you got addicted with this game. You will never stop or ignore in playing it. It consist of interesting level having user-friendly interface that keep the people engaged with the game.
Fortnite-save the world is the shooting survival game that comes up with the ability to allow four players. In this some zombie creatures are there from which you need to fight while defending the objects. Moreover, you get some kind of fortifications so, that you can survive in it. The game save the world is only available in PCs version not in APK file and was launched in 2017.
Fortnite- creative is a platform that gives you the authority to create free and capture worlds and arenas. In this game you are allowed to capture the worlds and battle arena and the person with most of these things wins the battle. It was also launch in 2017 and is available in PCs as well as APK version.
Fortnite- battle Royale is right now the most famous game that is played all round the world. Each thing of this game is popular either you talk about Fortnite dance or any other thing. In this game you play with 100 players 50 in your team and 50 in the other team. The member that last till last wins the battle and is declared as the winner of the game. In addition Battle Royale is also available in Nintendo version as well.
Currently, there are 8 seasons available of fortnite. As it is growing day by day and no one in the market right now to compete it so fortnite keeps on developing new seasons consisting of new hurdles. Moreover, these hurdles emphasize user to upgrade the version monthly. People keeps on updating it so that they never left behind in this game.
As any new season arrive it comes up with new maps as well as dance floors. Each map consist of many dance floor and it is necessary for the teams to conquer that dance floor and whole team need to dance on it as well. The new maps keeps it engaging and people never lose attraction in it.
The interface designed is user friendly and people find it easy to use. The controls are smooth and the phone never hangs while using it. Due to this reason people love to use it.
While playing this game people interact and talk with each other that helps them in knowing the place of their enemy. Most of the people become good friends and this friendship last for years and years.
After counter strike, fortnite is declared as the popular game as shooting game. It is right now ranking on 1st and is declared as the best name.
The major popularity behind the game fortnite is the fortnite dance that made it the most popular game throughout the globe. People love to do the fortnite dance step.
As the players start getting new weapons and their weapons store start increasing as well so it also helps in increasing the weapon knowledge among the people.
Fortnite consists of many maps and each month some new updates comes up with the new map. Each map consist of some dance floor due to which the fortnite dance takes popularity majorly in kids. It consist of 2 teams each of 50 players. The teams fight with each other and collect some of the weapon from the other team. The team that wins capture that map and move to the next map and the process goes on.
Fortnite apk is an android package kit that allows you to download the game on mobile. As fortnite is gaining popularity day by day so it is necessary that its APK file must be available on other stores or websites as well. So, right now only google play store is not the only platform that is providing you fortnite game but also other websites that helps you in giving downloading this game for free.
Click on the download button to start downloading fortnite APK file.
Once the file start downloading don’t disconnect your internet connection either you are working on data connection or wi-fi.
After the downloading is completed open that APK file. Once again the file will start downloading but this time it will install in your phone or PC.
As the installation is completed now it is time to setup the setting on your own choice.
Play the unleashing game and enjoy it with your friends and family.


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The AIR SHOW is a new milestone in the equestrian airbag sector, it is the first Show Jumping Jacket specifically designed to accommodate our patented Zip’In airbag.
The AIR SHOW is part of the patented Helite Zip’In airbag concept, which means the airbag is very easy and quick to remove and is adaptable in other shells. The rider can change styles and always wear their airbag whatever riding activity: competition (Air Show), training winter (Blouson Air Shell), training Summer (Gilet Air Shell).
The AIR SHOW’s style is classic even though it accommodates a cutting edge safety device. Indeed, protection doesn’t need to stand out, it should only be there when you really need it!
PLEASE NOTE CUSTOMS DO NOT ALLOW US TO SHIP GAS CANISTERS OVERSEAS SO JACKETS WILL BE SENT WITHOUT CANISTERS (WITH A REFUND GIVEN FOR THEM) AND WE WILL SEND YOU DETAILS OF A STOCKIST IN YOUR COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE THEM.


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It was agreed that new people are always initially ‘added’ into the company payroll system. Next, a timeware® HR integration script was developed that checked the payroll, every five minutes, for ‘new personnel records’.
When a new person is detected, their basic details such as name, payroll number, address and works number were automatically copied from payroll into timeware® HR. These ‘new’ people were given a basic terminal policy setting, and allocated to a basic period schedule.
This now means that within minutes of being added to the payroll application, new starters are now able to ‘book-in’ at any location!
This was an easy problem to resolve! We developed two absence management entitlement scripts: one calculating in hours and minutes and one calculating in days.
New absence entitlement polices were then created with the relevant script associated with the ‘Initial Year’ time band. When a new started was created in timeware® HR and this new absence entitlement policy was selected, the system would automatically calculate the employees holiday entitlement based on the criteria specified by the customer.
Before implementing the new scripts, several tests were completed to compare the automatic calculation with previous manually calculated results. Once the tests were confirmed, the scripts were implemented on the live system, saving the HR staff valuable time and eliminating the possibility of operator error.
When developing a bespoke export, it is always useful if the customer knows approximately what information it should contain and the required style of the report.
A hand drawn example, scanned and emailed to the development team is a great starting point. From this we can ask questions about the exact content, totals, and possible summary pages.
Once we have created a ‘test version’, the support team will be asked to implement the export, using remote access facilities across the internet. We would then expect the customer to further test the export, and to ‘sign off’ the export only when they are totally satisfied with the layout and content.
As always, we work closely with each customer to ensure that the bespoke export meets with their eact requirements.
Two separate SmartBooking® scripts were developed for this customer.
The first: to display the employee direction status when booking, and the second: to allow the employee to simply verify their current status by pressing one of the terminal function buttons.
When an employee swipes their proximity fob at the terminal, local verification is performed to check that the person can use the terminal. If this check passes successfully, the terminal utilises SmartBooking® technology to pass the employee details to the timeware® system. The SmartBooking® process then confirms the new status of the employee: either ‘In’ or ‘Out’ and displays the status on the terminals screen along with the employee’s name.
What is great about this feature is that people can book-out at a terminal in one office and book back in at a terminal in another office and the status displayed on the terminal screen would always be correct.
The second requirement was system-wide anti-passback. As standard anti-passback only works on a door by door basis. Utilising SmartBooking® technology enabled true system wide anti-passback.
The approximate cost for both of these bespoke developments was only £628 +vat.


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