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Each person that participates in the Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association Softball League must conduct themselves within a certain standard of conduct as outlined by the Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association Softball League.
Therefore, it is justified to assume that all adults participating, including scorekeepers, umpires, fans, coaches, and managers, would set high standards of conduct for themselves.
Managers and coaches in particular, working almost daily with the players must have a moral obligation to be leaders in every respect.
LEAD BY EXAMPLE. Your attitude towards umpires, other managers and coaches and other teams are picked up by our youth as the golden rule of competition. It is also picked up by the parents and coaches of your team. Please set the right example.
But win or lose, I will always do my best!
The umpires are the representatives of the league or organization by which they have been assigned to a particular game, and as such are authorized and required to enforce each section rule.
They have the power to order a player, coach, captain, or manager to do or omit to do any act which in their judgment is necessary to give force and effect to one or all of these rules and to inflict penalties as herein prescribed.
The plate umpire shall have the authority to make decisions on any situation not specifically covered in the rules.
When an injury occurs, the umpire must halt play immediately.
Good conduct applies to all Managers, Coaches, Bench Personnel, and all spectators.
We ask that all parents, adults and young adults at all games and practices remember to follow good judgment at all times around the children.
The purpose of our field conduct rule is to promote conduct that fulfills our commitment to our mission statement.
Please abide by this and be responsible for your actions in a positive fashion at all times.
During the game any discussions with the umpire shall be with one and only one participant from each team.
Make remarks which reflect upon opposing, players, coaches, spectators, or the umpire.
Intentionally disregard any of the rules of the game.
Object excessively, persistently or abusively by word or actions to any decision given by an umpire.
Demonstrate conduct unbecoming of responsible adults and the AHYAA organization.
Use Tobacco at any A.H.Y.A.A. game or practice.
Managers, coaches, players, other bench personnel and spectators shall be cautioned when exhibiting any of the inappropriate field conduct. A caution is a warning that the inappropriate conduct shall cease immediately and play shall continue.
The umpire shall stop play.
A caution shall be given to the manager, coach, player, other bench personnel or spectators committing the violation.
The umpire shall notify the team manager a caution is being issued and any repeat of any violation by any manager, coach, player, other bench personnel and spectators shall result in immediate disqualification of said person.
The manager shall be instructed to inform coaches, players, other bench personnel and spectators that a caution has been issued. The umpire shall allow no more than two (2) minutes for both managers to do so.
The umpire shall inform the manager, both scorekeepers, and other umpires of the caution before restarting play.
THE SCOREKEEPER SHALL NOTE THE CAUTION ON THEIR OFFICIAL GAME REPORT.
Exhibiting violent conduct or committing serious foul play in blatant and intentional disregard of the rules of the game including excessive objections to an umpire’s decision.
Any subsequent act of misconduct after having been cautioned.
A disqualification shall be given to the manager, coach, player, other bench personnel, or spectators committing the violation.
The umpire shall notify the team manager and coaches a disqualification is being issued.
The manager and/or coaches shall be instructed to inform players, other bench personnel or spectators that a disqualification has been issued. The manager and/or coaches shall instruct the disqualified person to leave the vicinity of the playing area immediately and is prohibited from any further contact, direct or indirect, with the team during the remainder of the game. Failure to comply shall result in forfeiture of the game. The umpire shall allow two (2) minutes for the team manager and/or coaches to do so.
The umpire shall inform the other manager, both scorekeepers, and other umpire of the disqualification before resuming play or of the forfeiture as appropriate. The SCOREKEEPER shall note the disqualification on the official game report.
When a disqualification takes place, the umpire must notify the umpire coordinator, chief umpire, and Director of Softball.
All personnel disqualified from the game must appear at the next regular A.H.Y.A.A. Softball Rules Committee Meeting (Softball Commissioner & Softball League Representatives) or a special meeting can be called to address the situation. If the disqualification is not deemed major, a warning will be issued. If it is deemed major, banishment for the remainder of the season may occur.
Multiple occurrences may result in removal from the league that season and/or beyond as determined by the board.
The playing field is normally described as the area bounded by straight lines extended from the backstop.
This affects rulings on overthrown balls, and “legal” catches of fly balls.
Ground or special rules establishing the limits of the playing field should be agreed upon by opposing teams whenever backstops, fences, stands, vehicles, spectators, or other obstructions are within the prescribed area. Umpire shall have the final decision after discussion with managers prior to start of game.
-shall take the field first in any given inning (top half of inning).
-shall occupy the third base side of the field.
No manager, coach, player, scorekeeper, or spectator is permitted to view the game from behind the backstop (i.e. directly behind home plate.) except Melas Park.
Limits for spectators and coaches shall start from the fence opening for each team. Batters are allowed to warm-up in a safe area behind the backstop.
Umpires parents may stand or sit behind the backstop.
The bat must be marked “Official Softball” by the manufacturer for Majors and Varsity.
CPS and Juniors do not require the bat be marked as “Official Softball” .
Umpires will check all bats prior to start of games and only those which they deem as legal shall be used in the game.
Illegal bat usage will deem the batter out and manager will be reported to the league.
Any willful destruction of league equipment will result in the responsible person being charged at retail price for the damaged equipment.
This includes league provided bats, helmets, masks, catchers gear, and/or other equipment.
Please treat the equipment like it was your own.
A shoe shall be considered official if it is made with either canvas or leather uppers or similar materials.
The soles may be either smooth or with soft or hard rubber cleats.
Helmet, mask, throat guards, chest protectors, and shin guards must be worn by catchers in all leagues (in CPS shin guards are not required).
All infielders (Pitcher, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS) must wear protective facemasks with NOCSAE certification.
For safety and the prevention of injury, casts, jewelry, such as wrist watches, bracelets, any earrings, and neck chains, or any other items deemed as dangerous by the plate umpire must not be worn during the game.
The managers should instruct all of their players not to wear any of the above to games so the umpires’ job will be made easier.
“Posts” and facial piercings are prohibited at all levels.
Helmets with facemasks and chin straps must be worn by all batters and runners while on the playing field and on-deck circle.
Coach Pitch Softball (CPS) will use a 10” safety ball.
Girls Junior League will use an 11” softball.
Girls Major and Varsity Leagues will use a 12” softball.
A regulation game shall consist of seven (7) innings in Majors and Varsity, (6) innings in Juniors, and will be timed in CPS.
At Melas Park, no new inning can start after 1 hour and 30 minutes after game start time and the game ends automatically (drop dead ending) at 1 hour 50 minutes from the game start time if there is a game to be played after.
Please shake hands with the other team and vacate dugouts so next teams can enter the dugout.
Teams of next game shall not enter the dugout until all equipment is removed from the dugouts by the previous games teams.
Next game players may do warm-up throws on the field time permitting.
Next game is to start within 5 minutes after managers/umpire meeting has concluded.
Batting practice shall be held in the deepest part of the outfield directed away from any on-going games or outside of the fenced area.
At no time shall batting practice be held at home plate or on the synthetic turf.
No new inning may start after 2 hours from game start time in Varsity.
No new inning may start after 1 hour 45 minutes in Juniors and Majors.
No new inning may start after 1 hour 15 minutes in CPS.
A full seven (7) innings (6 innings in Juniors) shall not be played if the home team is leading after the top half of the last inning is completed.
A game that is tied at the end of seven (7) innings (6 innings in Juniors) shall be continued by playing one additional inning until one side has scored more runs than the other at the end of a complete inning, or until the home team has scored more runs in their half of the inning before the third out is made. All games can end in a tie if both managers agree to end the game after regulation. International tie-breaker rules apply at all levels in extra innings.
Games continuing into extra innings when tied after regulation will use the International Tie Breaker rule.
The player that made the last out in the previous inning will be placed on second base and the batting order will continue as normal from the previous inning.
Each batter will begin with a one ball and one strike count (1-1). The rest of the inning continues as normal (3 outs to change sides, etc).
If time permits and there are no games after the extra inning game, the managers can agree to one additional inning in the event of a tie after the first extra inning.
A game is considered regulation after 5 complete innings (4 in juniors) if the visiting team is winning or after 4-1/2 complete innings (3-1/2 in Juniors) if the home team is winning.
All games stopped after these points will revert back to the last completed inning and the team with more runs will be declared the winning team.
For regular season games, if the specified amount of complete innings in each league is not met, the game will resume at the spot it was called by the umpire. Players that are missing for the makeup will not be considered an out in the batting order. Players not at the original game that attend the make-up will be placed at the bottom of the batting order and all innings played rules still carry over from the original game.
A regular season game having met the complete inning criteria can end in a tie if the game is called due to darkness or weather.
Once a game has started, it is the umpires’ responsibility to call a game at any time because of darkness, rain, fire, panic or any other cause that puts the players or patrons in peril.
If a game is called because of weather, the umpire should wait a reasonable amount of time before calling the game.
NO TEAMS SHALL PLAY OR PRACTICE IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD.
TEAMS MUST WAIT AT LEAST 20 MINUTES TO START AFTER LIGHTNING BEING SEEN OR THUNDER BEING HEARD AT A GAME OR PRACTICE.
If the home team is the leading or meets these run totals in any of these cases, the bottom half of the specified inning will not be played and the game is over.
If after the game has begun, one side refuses to continue to play, unless the game has been suspended or terminated by the umpire.
If after play has been suspended by the umpire, one side fails to resume playing within two (2) minutes after the umpire has called “Play Ball”.
If a team employs tactics designed to delay or hasten the game.
If after a warning by the umpire, any one of the rules of the game is willfully violated.
The umpire will forfeit the game if attacked verbally or physically by any team member of spectator.
If the weather is bad and the game can’t be played it is the responsibility of the home team manager to notify the other manager, the umpire, and the umpire coordinator / assignment chairman, not the umpire rescheduler.
If he or she fails to do this and the other team shows up with their manager and the umpire is there and the field is playable, a win by forfeit shall be awarded to the team present.
Every effort must be made to play the game (either on grass or an alternate field).
If the two managers cannot agree as to whether or not conditions are playable, the umpire shall make the decision to play or cancel.
No game is to be called off more than four (4) hours before the scheduled starting time.
Once the game is started, only the umpire can cancel or suspend the game.
When a game is to be rescheduled, the home team manager after consulting with the visiting team manager will contact the league representative who will assign a reschedule date and a field.
We ask that the managers have two agreed to dates/times to make up the game when they contact the league rep to reschedule.
All games changes must be approved by your league representative.
An inning will end when three (3) outs occur or after seven (7) runs (5 in Juniors) are scored.
Play stops on the 7th run (5th in Juniors).
Run limits apply in all innings, even the last inning.
There is never an inning where unlimited runs are allowed.
There will be a two (2) minute time limit between the third out and the first pitch of the next inning for all leagues.
Violations of this rule will be reported to the appropriate league representative for action.
Managers should prepare a line-up prior to the game to help the team know what position they are at the next inning.
A team must have the required number of players to start and play the game.
The minimum player requirement for Juniors, Majors and Varsity is six (6) players.
The minimum player requirement for CPS is five (5) players.
No unregistered participants are allowed and use of one shall be deemed a forfeit.
Junior, Major and Varsity League field a maximum of nine (9) defensive players.
CPS fields a maximum of ten (10) defensive players.
The 10th CPS player is a short-center fielder positioned behind 2nd base.
The 10th player is NOT allowed to play inside the base paths nor as a 4th outfielder.
CPS is allowed to borrow players from the opposing team if needed.
All girls, in all leagues, must play four (4) innings in the field per game, except when a girl is late for a game.
In Varsity, no player will exceed playing one inning more than a teammate(s) who played the least number of innings.
This rule does not apply if the game is canceled before four (4) innings are played.
A manager may keep a girl out of a game for disciplinary purposes but must notify the opposing manager prior to the start of the game.
Scorekeepers to keep record and home team scorekeeper is book of record.
There is free substitution in all leagues.
A player cannot exchange positions with another player within an inning unless there is an injury or pitching change.
A borrowed player is a player that meets each leagues qualification.
Junior teams can borrow other 3rd graders or 2nd graders from CPS.
Major teams can borrow 3rd or 4th graders from Junior teams.
Varsity teams may borrow 5th or 6th graders from Major teams.
A team cannot borrow the same player more than three (3) times in a season.
A borrowed player cannot pitch.
A team may borrow when their roster falls below ten (10) and may go back to, but not over eleven (11) players.
All borrowed players must play at least FOUR innings or the game will be forfeited.
A borrowed player cannot play more innings than any regular players.
All borrowed players must be put at the bottom of the batting order.
All regular players must bat before a borrowed player except when a regular player comes late.
All regular players must play in the infield before borrowed players.
1 inning in RF and 1 inning in LF equates to 2 OF innings.
In CPS, short-center is considered an infield position.
Lineups shall be provided to the opposing manager at the start of each game showing this rule is being followed.
Infractions will be reported to the league rep by the opposing team manager via email copying the other manager.
No player shall be out more than one inning at a time or three (3) total innings in any game.
A “courtesy runner” for the next half inning’s catcher is required. The last batted out will be used. This applies even with less than two outs.
The batting order in all leagues will be continuous, which means all players bat according to the batting order submitted to the other teams scorekeeper at the start of each game.
All players must bat before the line-up starts over.
All borrowed players must bat at the bottom of the batting order after regular team players bat.
A player coming late, anytime during the game, must be put at the bottom of the batting order.
This player is excluded as a regular player if you have borrowed players.
She does not have to play FOUR innings and must bat after any borrowed players.
She may play less than a borrowed player. Late is defined as after the first pitch.
Bunting is not allowed in Junior Leagues. EFFECT: Batter is out, ball is dead and any runners must return to the base they occupied at the time of the bunt. Major and Varsity Leagues will allow bunting. Slap hitting is allowed in all leagues.
Batters throwing a bat the first time in a game will be issued a warning. If the same batter throws a bat again in the game, the batter will be called out.
An uncaught foul ball that is hit after two (2) strikes in NOT an out.
Manager and coaches are required to refrain from verbally stating their opinion on whether a pitched ball was a ball or a strike, prior to the umpire’s call of the pitch. This includes any comments about the pitcher or about the pitch (“great pitch”, “looks good”, etc).
Similar restraint should also be made regarding out/safe calls on the bases. The intent of this rule is to allow for the umpire’s independent assessment of a call. Umpires have the authority to remove offenders of this rule from the playing field.
This is considered influencing/steering the umpire and is forbidden.
Drop 3rd strike rule will not apply in any League.
In all leagues runners must have at least one foot in contact with the base they occupy until the pitched ball reaches the front of home plate.
If a runner leaves earlier than this, the umpire will first warn the manager and if a second infraction occurs by the same team, play is stopped and the runner is out.
Leadoffs are not permitted in all leagues.
A baserunner may NOT advance from 1st to 2nd base after a pitched ball (in other words, they cannot steal 2nd base).
A baserunner may advance from 2nd to 3rd base after a pitched ball (in other words, they can steal 3rd base).
Overthrows by the catcher on an attempted steal will NOT result in advancement of the baserunner beyond the base they were advancing to.
Overthrows by the catcher beyond the pitcher are NOT considered a live ball in Juniors and baserunners cannot advance.
Under no circumstances will a baserunner be allowed to advance to home plate unless the batter puts a pitched ball into play.
After a ball is hit into fair territory by the batter and a defensive players throw to the 1st baseman goes past the 1st baseman and into foul territory, the ball is dead and play shall stop with no advancement.
After a ball is hit and the ball is not in the possession of a fielder outside of the basepaths, it is still in play and the ball is live. Play shall stop once a fielder has the ball in their possession inside the basepaths.
runners may steal 2nd and 3rd base each time they become a baserunner.
Overthrows by the catcher beyond the pitcher are considered a live ball in Majors and baserunners can advance one base at their own risk excluding home plate.
Under no circumstances will a base runner be allowed to advance to home plate unless the batter puts a pitched ball into play or the runner is forced home via a walk or hit by pitch.
there is unlimited stealing and base advancement on all overthrows until the umpire calls time to stop play.
When a defensive player has the ball or is making a play on the runner and the runner remains on her feet and crashes (this does not include minor incidental contact) into the defensive players, the runner is to be called out.
EFFECT: the runner is out, the ball is dead, and all other runners must return to the last touched base prior to the collision. If the act is determined to be flagrant, the offender may be ejected if the umpire so chooses.
NOTE: This is not a SLIDE rule though we encourage all players to slide when plays are close. The intent of this rule is to AVOID injuries.
If a fielder is not involved in making a putout impedes a base runner’s path to the next base, the runner is automatically safe at the next base (ie. it is the fielder’s obligation to get out of the runner’s immediate path).
This rule applies whether the interference was intentional or not.
There will be no stealing allowed by any team that is leading by eleven (11) or more runs in an innings (8 in Juniors).
Once the lead has dropped to ten (10) runs or less, stealing will be allowed. (6 in juniors).
The strike zone is from the batter’s highest shoulder to the knee, and over home plate.
A pitched ball dropping before or on home plate is to be called a ball.
We encourage all coaches to teach the players to swing to put the ball into play unless the ball is clearly out of the strike zone.
In Juniors, Majors and Varsity, a batter hit by a pitch is awarded 1st base even if the ball strikes the ground first. Play is stopped immediately upon a HBP and the batter is awarded 1B.
Please note, the batter needs to make an effort to avoid the pitch and the umpires should warn any teams not doing so.
In all leagues, if a pitcher hits two (2) batters in an inning, she must be removed from the pitching position for the remainder of that inning.
If a pitcher hits three (3) batters during the course of the game, she must be removed from the pitching position for the remainder of the game.
There shall be only one charged conference between the manager or other team representative from the dugout with each pitcher during an inning.
The second charged conference shall result in the removal of the pitcher from the pitching position for the remainder of the inning.
There is NO restriction on the number of times a pitcher can be withdrawn and re-enter the game except it cannot be done in the same inning.
Innings pitched need NOT be consecutive.
One pitch in an inning counts as an inning pitched by that player.
Extra inning games DO NOT extend these inning limits.
The pitcher will not deliver a “quick pitch”.
The pitcher will wait until the batter is in the batter’s box with both feet, is facing the pitcher, and ready to hit.
In the Junior League, any batter reaching 4 balls during an at-bat will have a coach from the batting team pitch up to three (3) additional balls to that batter.
The batter gets the three (3) pitches from the coach regardless of the number of strikes or balls thrown.
If the batter fails to put any of the coach’s pitches into play, they are called out.
If the batter hits the third pitch foul or hits a foul tip, the batter will get fourth pitch. This can be repeated on the fourth pitch only.
No more than four pitches are allowed.
Coaches that pitch are encouraged to throw strikes to promote putting the ball into play.
Coaches are to start no more than one foot in front of the rubber.
The pitcher must play defense behind the coach on the coaches glove side.
A.H.Y.A.A. encourages all players and coaches to teach, learn, and use official NSA fast pitch pitching rules.
However, to simplify our rules and to avoid on field conflicts between coaches/coaches and umpires, the following rules will apply to the pitcher set-up and delivery to the plate.
The pitcher shall take a position with both feet in contact with the pitching plate.
No foot can move out of contact and behind the rubber during the pitching motion.
Both feet must be within or partially within the 24” length of the pitching plate.
The pivot foot must remain in contact with the pitching rubber or remain in contact with the ground after release from the rubber, until the non pivot foot (front foot) touches the ground or when the pitch is released to the batter.
Any questions regarding pitching rules that are not covered above or in the Rulebook, should be addressed to your league representative not with the umpire during or just prior to the game.
· The ball remains live until the umpire calls “Time”.
· In Juniors, time will be called when the ball is in the possession of any fielder inside the base paths.
· In Majors, time will be called when the ball is in the possession of the pitcher inside the base paths.
· In Varsity, time will be called when the ball is in the possession of the pitcher within a ten (10) foot proximity of the pitching rubber.
· Runners that have crossed the halfway point between two (2) bases will be awarded the next base when time is called and no play is made on a runner.
· Runners that have not reached the halfway point will be returned to the previous base by the umpire.
· Umpires discretion applies and all judgments are final.
Infield fly rule will NOT be used in any leagues.
Foul pop-up to catcher: Any batted ball which goes higher than the batter’s head, if legally caught, the batter is out.
Foul Tip: A batted ball which goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batter’s head, to the catcher’s hands and is legally caught by the catcher is a strike and the ball is dead. However, if this occurs after the batter has two strikes, it is strike three and the batter is OUT.
Time is called by the umpire immediately and the ball is dead.
When such an errant throw is the first play by an infielder, the umpire, in awarding such bases, shall be governed by position of the runners at the time that ball was pitched.
In all other cases, the umpire shall be governed by the positions of the runners at the time the wild throw was made.
In Juniors, an infield ground ball overthrown at 1B results in no award of extra bases.
In CPS, no overthrows result in extra bases being awarded.
When a fielder loses possession of the ball, such as on an attempted tag, and the ball then goes out of play, enters a dead ball area or becomes blocked, all runners are awarded one base from the last base touched at the time the ball entered the dead ball area or became blocked.
Runners intentionally knocking a ball out of a fielders hand or glove with their open hands are to be called out.
When a fair ball bounds or rolls over, under or through a fence, or other obstruction marking the boundaries of the playing field, the ball is dead and all the base runners are awarded two bases from the time of the pitch.
Any equipment thrown at a ball, such as a hat or glove, and hits a batted ball, will be ruled a ground rule triple. If the equipment doesn’t hit the ball, the play goes on as normal.
In Junior, Major, Varsity Leagues when a caught foul fly is unintentionally carried out of play, runners will not be entitled to advance and the ball is dead.
The chalk foul line is fair territory. If any part of the ball is touching the foul line, it is a fair ball.
If a fly ball is hit beyond 1st or 3rd base and lands on the chalk line, it is a fair ball.
Three (3) outfielders must begin at the start of any pitch on the outfield grass, even at Melas Park.
A protest cannot be filed if it is based solely on an umpire judgment.
Protesting a game is a last resort and is applicable only to a stated rule.
Misinterpretation of a playing rule.
Failure of an umpire to apply the correct rule to a given situation.
Failure to impose the correct penalty for a given violation.
Call time BEFORE the next pitch.
If no agreement comes about, the protesting manager informs the umpire and the opposing manager of the protest.
Umpire shall sign both scorebooks and tell scorekeeper to mark that point. (Noting outs, runners on base, count on batter, and score of game).
This protest must be filed in writing within 24 hours to the Director of Softball.
Date, time, and place of game.
Names of umpire and scorekeeper.
The decision and conditions surrounding the making of it.
All essential facts involved in the matter protested.
Protest invalid and the game score stands as played.
Protest is allowed for misinterpretation of a playing rule – the game is replayed from the point at which the incorrect decision was made with the decision corrected.
When a protest is allowed for ineligibility, the game shall be forfeited to the offended team.


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Organizations can use a variety of methods for the selection of projects. The most common methods seek to quantify the monetary benefits and expected costs that will result from a project and compare them to other potential projects to select the ones which are most feasible and desirable.
Such methods are called “benefit measurement methods”.
Project selection methods are used as an input to the PMBOK process develop project charter”.
Other methods applied calculus to solve for maximisations using constrained optimisation. Constrained optimization methods are mathematical and use a variety of programming methods.
If in the exam, you see the terms linear programming or nonlinear programming, then you will know they refer to a type of constrained optimization method and that the questions referring to techniques of project selection.
You will not need to know how to calculate values for constrained optimisation or linear programming for the exam, but you do need to know that they are project selection methods.
Project selection methods are drawn from the fields of economics, managerial accounting, and cost accounting and are sometimes used as tools for project selection.
It is not necessary to memorise these definitions word for word, however it is important to understand what they are and how they are used.
The BCR is the ratio of benefits to costs. For example, if you expect a project to cost one million dollars and you expect or the and were to sell the main deliverable for $1.5 million, then your BCR is $1.5 million divided by one million dollars which gives you a result of 1.5 to 1.
In other words you get $1.50 of benefit for every $1.00 of cost. A ratio of greater than one indicates that the benefits are greater than the costs.
When you look at the value of a project, it is sometimes easy to lose sight of the big picture of adding value to shareholders. Economic value add, also called EVA, looks at how much value of project has truly created for its shareholders.
It does more than simply look at the net profits. It also looks at the opportunity costs. By taking all of the capital costs into account, EVA can effectively show how much wealth was created or lost over a period of time.
It takes into account the fact that there are opportunity costs to every financial expenditure, and if the project does not make more money than those opportunity costs, it has not truly added economic value to the organization.
To calculate EVA, start with the after tax profits of the project. Then subtract out the capital invested in that project multiplied by how much that capital cost.
For example a company invested $175,000 in a project, and that project returned a net profit of $10,000 in the first year of operation.
Accountants would probably celebrate the net profit, but what does the EVA tell us about shareholder value?
Even though the project returned an accounting net profit, it would have been better for the organization to bank the money instead.
In other words the organization passed up $500 as far as EVA is concerned, since they would have earned $10,500 in interest if they had invested in the bank instead of the project.
IRR or “internal rate of return”, is a finance term used to express a project returns as an interest rate. In other words, if this project were an interest rate, what would it be?
Present Value (PV) is based on the “time value of money” which is an economic theory that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow.
The reason for this is that you will not get your entire $300,000 until the third year, but if you took $300,000 in cash and put it in the bank right now, you would end up with more than $300,000 in three years.
PV is a way to take time out of the equations and evaluate how much a project is worth right now. It is important to understand that with PV, bigger is better.
Net present value (NPV) is the same as present value except that you also factor in your costs.
Remember that a bigger PV or NPV makes a project more attractive, and that NPV calculations have already factored in the cost of the project.
Return on investment is a percentage that shows what return you make by investing in something.
As an example, suppose that a company invests in a project that costs $200,000. The benefits of doing the project save that company $230,000 in the first year alone.
Note that you should not worry about memorising this calculation for the exam, but you do need to understand that for ROI, bigger is better.
The measure of ROIC looks at how an organization uses the money invested in a project, and it is expressed as a percentage. It asks “for every dollar of cash I invest in the project, how much should I expect in return”.
In this case, the word “agreement” is synonymous with a contract. Not all projects are performed under contract, so this inputs may or may not be relevant.

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Elder C, Nidich S, Colbert R, Hagelin J, Grayshield L, Oviedo-Lim D, Nidich R, Rainforth M, Jones C, Gerace D. Reduced psychological distress in racial and ethnic minority students practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2011, 38(2):109-116.
Elder C, Nidich S, Moriarty F, Nidich R. Effect of Transcendental Meditation on employee stress, depression, and burnout: a randomized controlled study. The Permanente Journal, 2014, 18(1):19-23.
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Jayadevappa R, Johnson JC, Bloom BS, Nidich S, Desai S, Chhatre S, Razian D, Schneider RH. Effectiveness of Transcendental Meditation on functional capacity and quality of life of African Americans with congestive heart failure: a randomized control study. Ethnicity and Disease, 2007 17:72-77.
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At JBK we are passionate about paddling skills and safety and love to see people progress through the sport. Whether you are new to kayaking or an experienced paddler looking to improve your skills, JBK’s instructors can put together a personalised lesson plan for you. Conducted by highly experienced ACA accredited kayak guides kayaks including sit on tops, sea kayaks and ocean skis.
You can elect to bring your own gear or use ours - just add the type of kayak you would like as an extra when booking!
Beginner Pack - Kayak outfitting, posture, key safety gear, basis of efficient, injury free paddling technique, key paddle strokes to get you out of trouble, knowing your weather forecasts and basic trip planning, self rescue options.
Intermediate Paddling Techniques - Improving the forward stroke, key brace stokes (high brace and low brace), perfecting self rescue methods (buddy rescue and self rescues using paddle floats and stirrups), the art of edging, sweep and sculling strokes.
Advanced Paddling Skills – rough water paddling, managing surf, advanced bracing skills, blending of strokes, improving edging, rough water self rescue, downwind paddling, overnight trip planning.
Kayak rolling, formal accreditation (sea skills awards), ocean ski paddling and self rescue. Please contact us directly at the store to organise these topics to ensure we have the right instructor available.
We are happy to put together a lesson covering a mixture of the topics above. We can also cater for groups, so please give us a call directly to arrange a group lesson. If you are after a lesson time that is not shown, please feel free to contact JBK either by phone (02 4441 7157) or email (info@jervisbaykayaks.com) and we will do our best to accommodate. See you on the water!!
Please note that children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

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Welcome to Review Formula, a review getting solution designed for Amazon Marketers and local business owners. As owners of Operation Web, a web development and marketing company founded in 1996, we know and understand the impact that reviews have on any business. In fact, outside of client-based agency marketing, we own our own ecommerce businesses too.
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Ok, NIU really means it… they’re on a mission, and the mission is a good one: A flagship store in Europes major “traffic cities”. So it does not mean it always will be a country’s capital, but cities suffering most of traffic jams and the daily craziness of transportation.
P.S: Erm, did I mention that the U-Model will finally be available in Europe in September?
they have a store in Budapest too, prices are more than reasonable, an M1 top case would cost €77, probably because they import straight from China without the NIU retail fixed price for Europe. That’s why in the “Accessories” you’d find gloves, jackets, etc all branded NIU impossible to find in Europe.
Did anybody out there tried it already?
dont buy from them, an email I sent was rejected by the server.
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Many of my constituents in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan are rightly angry at this power grab by the SNP. That is one of many such examples.
I have no hesitation in telling the Government, whom I am proud to support, that I want them to get on with Brexit. It will bring opportunities, and we must make the best of them. I want to get on with those free-trade deals across the world. We already know that customers globally have an insatiable appetite for Scottish food and drink, including Scottish salmon, and since Stirling is now the UK’s centre of excellence and innovation in salmon, and finfish aquaculture in general, I declare a vested interest. Those in the House who gleefully seize on every statement by EU negotiators, at the supposed expense of Her Majesty’s Ministers, should consider how their antics appear to the voting public. We must work together across parties to get the best deal for the British people, and I have the utmost faith and confidence in my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and his ministerial team to do just that. We must be, among ourselves, united.
The Bill represents the best kind of pragmatism, for which this country is rightly renowned around the world. It will efficiently allow us to leave the European Union, it will allow our devolved Administrations to make more decisions about the lives and livelihoods of the people whom they serve, and it will allow us to have a statute book that functions on the day we leave the European Union. I celebrate its British pragmatism.

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What were the thought processes on which the foundations of our nation were set? As I have written in the past, the vast majority of our founding fathers were themselves Christian. The prevailing thought processes of the times were centered on and around the Bible. People back then knew the Bible. When references were made to The Almighty, Providence, Supreme Author of all good, Providential Goodness, God all Powerful wise and good, Devine being, Devine Providence, Creator, Author of Existence, Supreme Being, or just plain God, everyone knew it was the God of the Bible that was being referred to. A biblical example of this is when Jesus spoke, he used what the Jews refer to as ‘hinting’. All of the Jews, in those days, knew the Scriptures because they all studied them from early childhood (this was known as ‘studying at the knee’ of the Rabbi). Jesus would give an offhand reference to a scriptural passage, and everyone would know the verse or passage to which He was referring. In the same way the colonists would know what people meant in the above references because 98% of the population was Christian, and had studied the Bible. The basis of thought process in those days was a lot different than today as we have removed Christian teaching from our schools. The Bible was the centerpiece of education in colonial times. The main thrust of education then was to teach to teach the Bible to their children. The expressed purpose of the founding of institutions of higher learning, such as Harvard, Yale and others, was to prepare men for the pulpit. If we don‘t understand the mindset of those times, we cannot understand the reasoning behind the foundations of our nation.
I will use Thomas Jefferson for purposes of example, as he seems to be the founder most thought to be a deist. He did not often express his religious beliefs in public, or family for that matter, and it has taken some amount of research to discover what is available on the subject. The “Jefferson Bible”, as it has come to be described, was an effort by Jefferson to write a manual of moral behavior for the American Indians. He attempted to remove, as much as possible, the religious aspects of the Bible in order to provide a morality guide. His reasoning behind not expressing his personal religious views was that he didn’t think it his place to set himself up as a religious authority, and thus influence others by his stature. He believed that you must study the Scriptures (the Bible) for your self and form you own personal view. He said, “Question with boldness, the very existence of God.” This is in contrast to the current view of some centered on ‘collective salvation’. In his study he most cherished the words he believed to be of Christ in the Gospels. It is my considered opinion, and I will use his own words to establish this, that he had to be a ‘Born Again’ Christian since he trusted so much in the words of Christ and that is what Jesus said you had to be in order to enter the kingdom of heaven.
In their attempts to revise history, the current crop of religious detractors seem most of all to, among others, try to convince us that Thomas Jefferson was at best a deist and most probably an atheist. Most of their basis in theory seems to come from the writings of Jefferson’s political enemies, while he was running for the presidency of the United States. They use the accusations of his supposed immorality, malfeasance in office, dishonesty and lack of religion. Jefferson never responded to these accusations as he thought it beneath his dignity to do so. His response at one point was that those who knew him knew they were not true. He said; “I leave them, therefore, to the reproof of their own consciences. If these do not condemn them, there will yet come a day when the false witness will meet a judge who has not slept over his slanders”. It has also been found that in reference to his supposed longtime affair with his slave, Sally Hemings (‘Dusky Sally’) from which several children were sired; it was not he who sired them but his nephew. Those who knew Jefferson would attest to his honesty and morality.
5. When approached by a man who expressed his disbelief of the Bible Jefferson said, “Then sir, you have studied it to little purpose”. Written by his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to a Jefferson biographer.
Jefferson, while he was president, used government buildings for church services and even used military bands for the music (So much for the separation of Church and state). While president he was known for regular church attendance even riding by horseback in the driving rain to get there.
As I have written in the past, those who cannot further their agenda with facts will attempt to distort the facts and invent untruths that will suit their purpose. Nothing has changed much throughout history. The original source is always superior to someone else’s interpretation, opinion of, or revision of it. That is why I always say that you should research for yourself rather than take the word of someone else, especially for those things that will affect your life.

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The world is young than ever before since human history. It homes over 1.8 billion young people below the age 25. Most of these young people live either in conflict areas or the less developing world which makes their lives hard.
Truly speaking, young people face numerous critical challenges which deeply affects their lives including Unemployment, Violence, migration, illiteracy, bullies and discrimination, early marriage and teen pregnancies, shrinking civic spaces and many others. In contrary, they are at forefront of creativity, innovation, ideas, and solutions to local and global pressing challenges. They innovate new technologies, new housing systems, new modes of transportation, new medicine and many vision for the future. Therefore, the world needs to hear their voice and empower and engage with them, in order to ensure their rights which will contribute unlocking their potential towards sustaining Peace and achieving Agenda 2030.
Youth empowerment and engagement is cross-cutting issues in the all national, regional and global policy frameworks more particularly on the three UN’s thematic priority areas; Sustainable Development, Peace and Security and Human rights. The adoption of UN Security Council resolutions on Youth, Peace and Security 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018) became a new hope for young people. It is clear that the young people are at the centre of the planet for its present and future. Fortunately, on 24 September 2018, the Secretary-General of United Nations, Antonio Gutters, Launched the Youth 2030: the UN youth strategy, at a high-level event of the 73rd session of the General Assembly. “All hopes for a better world rest on young people. ’’ Mr Gutters said during the launch event. The strategy is designed to guide and to increase the UN’s commitment towards working with and for the young people towards realizing peaceful and prosperous world. The strategy will scale up from national to the global commitments to meet young people’s needs and tap their potential as the champions of disruptive innovation for development. However, the strategy is ambitious by calling to build new and strong commitments and partnerships by the governments, the private sector, the academia, the civil societies, the foundations, and all other stakeholders.
Moreover, The UN Youth Strategy is equally shared by Member of states of the UN system; therefore, the strategy envisioned five key priority areas of youth engagement, participation and engagement; ensuring informed and health foundations education and health care; economic empowerment through decent work; protecting and promotion of human rights, peace and resilience building. The UN committed to being the global leader in engaging and amplifying voices of youth. It will become a knowledge and innovation pioneer, Investment and Solution Catalyst, and champion of Accountability. These four investment interventions will contribute a full-fledged delivery on the five key priority areas for the youth everywhere. A High-Level Steering Committee which will provide the strategic guidance will be composed of: the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Interagency Network on Youth Development (IANYD), co-chairs; a select number of biennially rotating UN entities; and 2 biennially rotating representatives of a global youth-led organization.
The High-Level Steering Committee will be chaired by the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth (as the Secretary-General’s representative on youth issues). They will report to UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) and will monitor all UN engagements which is addressing and contributing to delivering the priority areas of the strategy and beyond. The reports will be submitted and presented to the UNSDG and the Secretary-General’s Executive Committee. There will be flow information by country teams between and the High-level Steering Committee, as well as the Regional Interagency coordination on youth to contribute the report. Therefore, the national youth councils and other youth organisations at the national level should closely work with UN country level on Strategy’s mainstreaming, implementation and review.
A successful UN youth strategy needs strong, and efficient collaboration by the young people with UN country teams, Regional and Global IANYD and the High-level Steering Committee. Also, strong multi-stakeholder partnerships are needed to foster and scale up the promising ideas by the young to solve problems. Therefore, a multi-stakeholder partnership, Generation Unlimited or Gen-U, was launched alongside with the Youth strategy which is its first kind to focus learning, employment and employment for the young people. Generation Unlimited was is aimed by UNICEF to ensure all young people are in school, training, or employment by 2030. Ms Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, stressed during the lunch event “we are creating these solutions with young people in the lead. Supporting them as - together – we design and scale up solutions that address these needs.” Ms Fore also insisted that new global partnerships empower the children and young people to create a world full of opportunities. Therefore, the way the world reacts to this demographic dividend shapes the future of this generation and generations to come.
Cite This Article As: Mohamed Okash. "Everything you should know about the Youth 2030." International Youth Journal, 29. January 2019.

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1.1. ‘Agreement’ refers to these Terms and Conditions.
1.2. ‘Company’ means the entity that provides independent research and writing services to Customers according to the defined terms laid out in this Agreement.
1.3. ‘Writer’ is the person, who has agreed to work with the Company on a freelance basis to provide research and writing services under the Company’s terms.
1.4. ‘Customer’ is the person who places an Order with the Company to obtain the Product according to his or her requirements and governed by the defined terms and conditions laid out in this Agreement.
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1.6. ‘Order Status’ defines order progress on a particular stage.
1.7. ‘Product’ is a document in an electronic format that is the final result of Order completion.
1.8. ‘Product Revision’ is an edited version of the original Product initialized by Customer.
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1.12. ‘Verification Process’ is a procedure required from Customer in order to confirm his/her billing identity to prevent fraud.
1.13. ‘Store Credit’ is a money account of the Customer within the Company.
2.1. The Company is committed to protect the privacy of the Customer and it will never resell or share any of Customer’s personal information, including credit card data, with any third party. All the online transactions are processed through the secure and reliable online payment systems provided by Authorize.net. It saves the Customer from the risk of having the credit card data disclosed. The Company, however, does not fully guarantee any disclosures of the credit card data that may occur beyond its control and/or without its fault.
2.2. Certain pages on the Company’s web site require the Customer to provide the Customer’s name, e-mail address, home address or phone number ( for example, when filling in the order-form). The Company does not use this information for any other purpose than verification and to contact the Customer with regards to the Order. All additional files provided by the Customer in order to pass the Verification Process are deleted from the Company’s database right after verification is completed.
2.3. Direct contact between the Customer and the Writer is prohibited to keep the personal information of the Customer safe and confidential. The Customer is welcome to use the numerous interactive features created by the Company for that purpose and a qualified Support Team is available for the Customer 24/7.
2.4. Information provided by the Customer in Order description and in additional files needed for Order completion immediately becomes visible for the Writers once Order is paid. The Company is not responsible for the information voluntarily disclosed by the Customer when placing an Order and highly encourages the Customer to avoid including any personal or billing information (i.e. Customer’s phone number, email address etc.) as well as disclosing the Customer’s identity when communicating with the Writer through the Messaging System.
3.1. The Company offers a service that locates suitably qualified experts for the provision of independent personalized research and writing services provided to the Customer as a unique reference that is designed to assist in the completion of the Customer’s assignments or academic obligations. Thus, it is understood that the Company does not make any guarantees regarding Customer’s grades as an outcome or consequence of submission of the Product to any academic institution. The purpose of this Agreement is strictly to provide the Customer with an original reference document or related services according to the Customer’s instructions. Everything provided by the Company is intended for research/reference purposes only. The Company is also not responsible for failure on the part of the Customer to learn the material covered by the Product or improper usage of research contained therein.
3.2. Intellectual property is owned by the Company and the Customer has the exclusive permission and right to use the Product for a limited period of six (6) months. When the six (6) months period has passed, the Company shall exclusively regain all rights of the Product.
4.1. Placing an Order. When filling in an Order form, it is the sole responsibility of the Customer to register using a valid email address and to provide a correct phone number where the Customer can be reached (preferably both – home and mobile). There may be multiple occasions during Order preparation when establishing contact with the Customer is crucial. Failure to provide a valid email address or a correct phone number may affect Order completion and will result in a violation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This may lead to forfeiture of any claim to the implied warranty or guarantee by the Customer.
The Company cannot begin working on the Customer’s Order until the Customer has paid for the entire amount of the Product(s) and/or service(s). The Company is not liable or responsible for the failure of a Customer to pay on time. The Customer must be precise and attentive when filling in the Order form. The Customer can also use a discount to lessen the price if the Customer is entitled to it. Special offers or discounts on the Company’s Products and services may not be used together at the same time and cannot be combined with any additional services.
4.2. Instructions. Because the Company works based on Customer’s instructions, these instructions must be clear and precise. If the instructions are not clear and additional instructions are needed to complete the Order, but are not provided within the required time schedule, the Company cannot fulfill any implied warranty or guarantee and it shall not be held responsible. The Customer is advised that once the Order is completed any revision request must only be based on the initial requirements and description of the original Order. Any changes from the initial instructions of the Order will be considered “editing”. This is an additional service and the Company will not conduct any free revision request that is different or deviates from the original Order requirements and/or description. Instructions and additional requests must be sent before a Writer is assigned to the Customer’s Order. Failure to meet this requirement will result in a violation of this Agreement and forfeiture of any claim to the implied warranty or guarantee.
4.3. Sources. The Writer is allowed to use any relevant source available for the completion of the requested assignment – books, journals, newspapers, interviews, online publications etc., unless the Customer mentions some particular sources to be used or others to be ignored. If the Customer needs specific sources that are crucial for the completion of the Order, the Company would expect the Customer to provide them within the required time schedule listed below.
4.4. Matching of the Academic Level. In the event that the desired academic level chosen by the Customer is the improper academic/quality level (either by accident or not), the Customer shall assume all liability for such error. It shall be the Customer’s sole responsibility to choose the correct academic level that best fits the required assignment at the time of making the Order. If the Customer has made an error while placing an Order, then the Customer must contact the Support Team immediately for assistance.
4.5. Checking the Messaging System. The Messaging System is an easy and convenient way to communicate. The Customer should check messages for any updates from the Support Team or from the Writer. The Customer should also promptly address any questions, concerns or give additional instructions using this interactive feature. Failure or neglect to check the Messaging System shall not be sufficient ground for a refund of services rendered. If the Customer does not know how to use the Messaging System, the Customer may contact the Support Team at any time for assistance or instructions.
4.6. Incorrect Order Placement. The Company reserves the right not to process or to resubmit the Customer’s Order in the event that the details indicated are inconsistent to or do not match the Order’s original description. Failure to provide the correct description or choosing the wrong Product, deadline extension requests or Writer level upgrade may require additional payments. Please note this is done by the Company only so that it may properly process the Customer’s Order and have the best possible Writer to complete the Customer’s Order. The Customer will always be contacted to approve any additional charges or requests.
4.8. Client can request for a draft from Writer, however, the Company does not guarantee a draft if Order’s urgency is 3-48 hours.
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5.1. The Company strives for the highest level of satisfaction available. However, the Company cannot and will not be held liable or responsible for any type of delivery issues resulting from problems such as spam filters, incorrect email, lack of internet access or general neglect, among others, which are beyond its control and/or without its fault. The Support Team is available 24 hours a day to assist the Customer with any delivery problems of the Order. The Company will do its best to meet the Customer’s academic writing needs by maintaining up-to-date software. However, it is the sole responsibility of the Customer to provide the correct contact information to the Company.
5.2. In case of timely delivery of the Product, the Company will not be responsible for failure of the Customer to download the Product. Please note that the Customer will still be billed for the service rendered and no refund is guaranteed at this point in order to pay the Writer for the work done.
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6.3. When requested to verify the Customer’s billing information, it is the Customer’s sole responsibility to comply immediately to ensure that the billing information meets the Company’s anti-fraud policies and procedures. Any verification requests must be completed in the following time schedule.
6.4. Any unauthorized use of a stolen credit card is prohibited by law and will be reported to the applicable law enforcement agencies for further investigation. The Company works closely with the authorities to fight cyber crime and report all fraudulent Orders for prosecution.
7.1. The Company reserves the right to cancel any paid Order at its own determination or decision in case there is lack of cooperation/communication from the Customer’s side that affects Order completion or a suspicion by the Company that the Customer is engaged in a fraudulent activity. The Company does not guarantee reimbursement in the circumstances described above. Each case is analyzed separately and final decision depends on the number of factors. The Company shall have sole discretion to take action based on the particular circumstances of each case.
8.1. The Free Revision policy is a courtesy service that the Company provides to help ensure Customer’s total satisfaction with the completed Order. To receive free revision the Company requires that the Customer provide the request within fourteen (14) days from the first completion date of the Order/Product and within a period of thirty (30) days for any dissertation, thesis, research proposal, thesis proposal, dissertation chapters writing or any other reasonably large assignments. If the Customer has missed the policy deadline, the Customer may choose to have the order revised but for additional payment or the Customer may place a new one for editing.
8.2. Quality Assurance Department of the Company reserves the right to limit the number of revisions or decline revision requests in cases such as, but not limited to: changes in initial order details; unreasonable return of the assignment; taking advantage of Writer and obvious abuse of revision option.
8.3. If revision request violates original instructions, the Quality Assurance Department has the right to decline it. If request falls within mentioned guidelines, the Company will happily revise the Customer’s Order to meet the initial requirements free of charge.
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Wherever your next work function takes place, there are a few things you know you require; warm and friendly service, a comfortable yet inspired space, food that’s authentic to the place, and a feeling of camaraderie with the folks you’ll be planning your event with. While many hotel restaurants often have the reputation of being too stuffy or manufactured, there’s one family-owned hotel group that prides themselves on their approachable, culture-centric dining spaces. Loews Hotels have locations in cities across the States, from San Diego to New Orleans to New York, and a few additional spots in Montreal and Toronto too. So, all your team gatherings are fair game with this attentive crew. Come along as we explore their oyster and seafood bar in Seattle, Bourbon house in Philly, and so many more spaces you’ll be excited to dine at with your work squad.
Created in partnership with our friends at Loews Hotels.
Located 44 stories above the sidewalks of Toronto, inside Bisha Hotel, Kost offers a stunning dining space with panoramic views of the city and a menu that’s inspired by the Baja Peninsula. There are various options for private or semi-private dining and you can opt to incorporate the in-house sommelier into your team’s dining experience.
Locally sourced cheeses, cured meats and terrines stack beautifully on wooden serving slabs and Himalayan salt blocks at Atlanta’s Saltwood. This cool, casual space is an easy meet-up spot for a team that enjoys sipping microbrews and craft cocktails while talking through life and adventures outside of work.
A true reflection of the Seattle surrounds, this seafood and oyster bar offers a private dining space with rolling glass doors and a bright, approachable setting. Dining here is flexible and easy to adapt to your group’s needs, and you’re sure to feel like you’re in good hands for pulling off an awesome event that feels outside the corporate function box.
Set on the second floor of Toronto’s Bisha Hotel, Akira Back has a kind of secretive, tucked away feel with dramatic carbon black décor and a domed, cave-like ceiling. The menu here offers a slam-dunk combination of Japanese cuisine and Korean flavors, and private dining feels completely luxurious in such a unique space.
Set overlooking the harbor, Crown Landing offers a dining space that’s bright, nautical and filled with sunshine. Locally inspired food runs the gamut from fresh seafood to farmers’ market finds. For your team gathering, start this party right with a few seafood towers lining the table and the best of Southern California wines or local San Diego brews.
Set right along Manhattan’s Park Avenue, The Regency Bar & Grill offers a total escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Unwind with your team over a cocktail crafted with local Brooklyn Gin and order up a few NY Strip Steaks with smashed fingerling potatoes.
Philly’s Bank & Bourbon offers a handful of private dining spaces, one of which feels like an intimate library space. Here, you can kick off your team get together with a little bourbon 101 session with the in-house Bourbon Master before sitting down for a dinner of freshly shucked oysters and dry-aged cowboy steaks.
Housemade sourdough with koji butter and bone marrow, lamb bolognese with handmade rigatoni, and Wagyu Tomahawk steaks are just a few of the decadent dishes from Chef Howard Ko (The Restaurant at Meadowood, French Laundry, NYC’s Daniel) at The Bear & Monarch. The space here is luxurious and warm – a nod to the California gold rush, if you will – with velvety banquettes, champagne finishes and an elegant brasserie feel.
Downtown Chicago’s seasonal rooftop, terrace and bistro space, Streeterville Social does all-day dining with flatbreads, charcoal tacos, loads of seafood, sausages, skewers, and more festive party bites matched with local brews and delicious wine. Head here with your team and you’ll have plenty of options for dining spaces that range from totally exclusive to semi-private from June to September.
Precinct, a local after work hotspot that's buzzing with activity, celebrates Boston’s rich culinary heritage through its relationships with local fishermen, farmers and purveyors. So, you can rest assured that a team gathering at this spot will not only reflect the best of the local culture, but also include delicious, crowd-pleasing food and wine.
Dine with your team in the Pullman Room or Dining Car at ETA Restaurant and you’ll feel like you’ve all stepped back in time to the golden age. Seasonal, rustic American fare is the menu’s focus, and the warmth and friendly nature of the service assures a fun, relaxing event.
Pressed tin ceilings, leather banquettes and an Art Deco inspired dining space set the scene for a relaxed dinner party with your colleagues. For an authentic Montreal dining experience, treat your team to a table that’s dotted with classic charcuterie boards, tartares, terrines and paired wines before diving into a meal that celebrates the best of French bistro fare.
Lure Fishbar in South Beach is a a seafood restaurant specializing in fresh fish selections from around the world, a rotating oyster selection and a world class sushi program. Accommodating intimate parties of 14 to exclusive private events, Lure guests can take advantage of a full beverage bar, private sushi bar and stunning ocean front patio.
It’s all about southern comfort foods at Mason’s Southern Provisions, where bites include catfish po’boys, pork rind tacos, and chicken with black-eyed peas and greens. Events here are completely customizable and flexible, making it easy for any planner to create a dining experience that reflects the best of the local Nashville scene.
When out-of-towners think of New Orleans cuisine, they typically think of Creole or Cajun food, but New Orleans is rich with diversity and has a culture that’s been heavily influenced by the flavors of Southern Italy and Vietnam. Brand new to the Nola scene, Poydras & Peters has embraced those flavors to create a menu that’s authentic to today’s New Orleans. Here, your team might dine on Vietnamese pancakes, traditional seafood gumbo or barbecue shrimp like you’ll only find in Nola.
Inspired by Chicago’s first airport, The Ashburn Flying Field, walking into this gastropub in Rosemont feels a bit like a step back to a simpler time. Rustic, familiar foods like wood-fired pizzas, burgers and bone-in pork chops line the menu while local brews and seasonal cocktails make a perfect match for any group dining experience.
The relationships Cosmos sustains with local farmers, ranchers, foragers, beekeepers, and fishermen are echoed throughout its generous, Americana menu offerings. Dining here with a crew is always fun and festive, and if you’re celebrating a milestone with a group of ten or less, you can opt to have a full Chef’s Table experience.
Ocean & Vine touts sweeping ocean views, easy access to the Santa Monica Pier and delicious, approachable California cuisine. Dine with your team indoors or out, noshing on local sea bass, scallops, crispy croquettes and more.

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No pressure, but there will probably be spectators as you make your moves toward checkmate in Studebaker Plaza. After all, you’re hefting a knee-high knight across a chessboard built into the pavement. Making movements along the St. Joseph River between sunset and sunrise triggers LED lights to change colors at South Bend River Lights. Flying discs clang into metal baskets at Ferrettie/Baugo Creek County Park disc golf course and at Rum Village Park’s 18-hole course. Brought your clubs? Hit one of these golf courses. South Bend’s Blackthorn Golf Club course accommodates all abilities with four sets of tees at each of the 18 holes. Juday Creek Golf Course in Granger lives up to its name: There are creeks or ponds at 13 of the holes. On the University of Notre Dame campus, views from Warren Golf Course include the Basilica of the Sacred Heart spire. You’ll have to use technology to find the treasures hidden when geocaching on campus, in St. Joseph County Parks and at Potato Creek State Park.
If exploring high and low appeals, navigate between 60 platforms in the trees while conquering rope ladders, ziplines and more at the Aerial Adventure Course at Rum Village Park. At Potawatomi Zoo, trees shade the oldest zoo in the state—home to 400 animals—near a new splash pad. Kids also splash in 25 jets of the illuminated fountain in Central Park on Mishawaka’s Riverwalk.
Interactive exhibits at Healthworks! Kids’ Museum teach kids about healthy eating and exercising. Play the jumbo Operation game, and piece together a skeleton X-ray film puzzle. Tropical plants like rubber trees and bird of paradise bloom next door to desert plants like cacti and a monkey puzzle in three conservatories at Potawatomi Park. Buy a day pass and gain access to a basketball court and an indoor water park (with a lazy river and aquatics center) at The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. It’s easy to work up a sweat bouncing and jumping across wall-to-wall trampolines at Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Mishawaka. A pit filled with 10,000 foam cubes cushions landings.
SOUTH BEND CUBS / (MAY 26-29; JUNE 6-8, 13-18, 30; JULY 1–6, 12-17, 26-31; AUGUST 1, 10-17, 25-28, 30-31; SEPTEMBER 1) Root for this Chicago Cubs minor-league affiliate at renovated Four Winds Field, with a playground and splash fountains. Grab a mac and cheese dog or some chili cheese nachos for dinner, and stay for the fireworks show after the final inning of Friday night games.
YOGA ON THE GREEN JUNE THROUGH AUGUST The Yoga Association of Michiana leads drop-in classes at 6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Howard Park.
OUTDOOR FITNESS SERIES SATURDAYS / (JUNE 10 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30) Sweat in the sun as pros guide classes in yoga (8 a.m.), Zumba (9 a.m.) and Fit Camp/Boot Camp (10 a.m.) at Gridiron.
KIDS’ TRIATHLON / (JULY 8) Tykes, tweens and teens compete in a 25- or 50-yard swim, 1.3-mile bike and half-mile run at Potawatomi Park.
URBAN ADVENTURE GAMES / (JULY 29) Teams of two run, bike, swim and … (the rest is secret) to conquer checkpoints during a scavenger hunt through South Bend, Mishawaka and the Notre Dame area.
From the editors of Midwest Living, Visit South Bend brings you your guide to getting active in the South Bend area! Whether you want to hike, paddle, spin, run, explore, play, eat or celebrate, get it all here.

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MLS: Optimum insulation for more warmth and differentiated multi layer liner for more comfort.
MPC: Pre-formed fingers for a better fit and inner hand leather reinforcement for higher durability.
SSP: In combination with MPC we put a special protection on the edge of the index fingers.

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text: Grade your students’ tests and quizzes with confidence and with ease using our World Geography Video Teacher Kit, made specifically with you, the classroom supervisor, in mind! We know that with a schedule as busy as yours, you want to save time wherever you can; that’s why our answer keys provide you with both the answers and the point values, making your job as simple as possible! Included in this kit are World Geography Answer Key, World Geography Quiz and Test Key, and World Geography Map Studies Key—everything you need for a smooth and successful school year!


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I can't login to Yola. Has something gone wrong?
I was in the middle of editing my Laurel and Hardy website http://laurelandhardy.yolasite.com, when I found I couldn't save my work.
So I logged out, then I tried to login again and the screen just gets stuck on the Yola homepage!
We just had a very brief problem. Could you try again now? It should all be fine again. If not, please let us know.
Thanks! I've managed to login again! I lost some work, but thankfully only a paragraph!
Great! Sorry about the lost paragraph, but glad it wasn't worse!
I have the same problem; my account seems to have disappeared, even though my site still exists, (www.tanyasbeautybar.yolasite.com). When I click the "I have this problem, too!" button, it asks me to login, but my email is not recognized there either.
Are you using the correct email/password combination?
3. Check your email inbox (and the junkmail folder if you don't receive it.) An email will be sent to you with a link to click on.
You will then be able to log into your account with your original email address and your new password.
if this doesn't help would you be able to email us at support@yola.com and we will be able to assist your further.
I am using the right email/password combination. When I try the "forgot password" button, it just tells me that my email does not exist as a user.
tanya... I would recommend that you send an email to support@yola.com. Please give them as much info as you can, including your site url, the email you used to sign up with, etc... I'm sure they'll be able to resolve this for you.
Hi Tanya - please send us an email so that we can look up your account details. Thanks for the help littleus!


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The PowerLight 3 Series is designed for the most demanding live audio users, whether in touring rigs or fixed installations. The most requested features of the PowerLight 2 series have been upgraded to deliver "the ultimate analog amplifier", while the QSC Dataport ensures full compatibility with Q-Sys and QSControl.net systems.
The PowerLight 3 Series is designed for the most demanding live audio users, whether in touring rigs or fixed installations. The most requested features of the PowerLight 2 series have been upgraded to deliver "the ultimate analog amplifier", while the QSC Dataport ensures full compatibility with advanced digital processing and QSControl.net. Three models range in power from 1250 watts to 4000 watts per channel at two ohms, all in two-rack space chassis that are only 15.6" (40 cm) deep and 22 lbs (10 kg).
In addition to higher power, the PowerLight 3 Series offers higher input voltage, selectable sensitivity, and easily adjusted rear panel switches with color coded LED indicators. For those users who simply want a high performance amplifier to go with their existing processor or console, the PowerLight 3 Series is an ideal choice, offering high power, excellent value, and zero signal latency. When complete integration of amplifier control, monitoring and DSP is desired, the PowerLight 3 Series is fully compatible with the QSControl.net BASIS networked audio platform, with its comprehensive drag and drop DSP functionality. Simpler DSP requirements can be met with the DSP-4 processing module.
Comprehensive full range power ratings with explanations can be found in the following paper: Full Range Power Ratings for PL3 Series (PDF 308K) The flagship of the PowerLight 3 Series is the new 8000 watt PL380. This highly refined, all-switchmode amplifier incorporates nearly 40 years of QSC engineering experience, resetting expectations for Class D audio quality. The PL380 combines a pair of 4000 watt Class D amplifier channels with the well proven PowerLight supply, to deliver more than twice as much audio power as previous 2 rack unit PowerLight amplifiers. Reactive "back EMF" from the speaker is recycled to the power supply, and unmatched "plug-to-plug" efficiency of 85% keeps AC power needs to a minimum, while delivering more energy to the speaker.
Years of patient development have resulted in outstanding 20Hz - 20kHz audio performance, plus complete protection from normal hazards of the trade. Even simple features such as dependably silent, surge-free on/off switching indicate the special care taken to keep things safely under control. The most pronounced "sonic signature" of the PL380 is one of immense headroom, sailing through even the most difficult loads with no signs of stress or change of tonality.


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Newark’s Prudential Hall at NJPAC throbbed with the sounds of Tchaikovsky, Gounod and especially Prokofiev Friday, Jan. 9, when Sir Jacques Lacombe led the mighty New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in a program dedicated to three seminal works inspired by Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” Only the maestro’s hallmark imaginative programming could unite four major art forms—opera, ballet, theater and symphony—on one stage, producing a unique, powerfully moving experience.
Opera and strictly symphonic music occupied the concert’s first half, opening with Piotr Tchaikovsky’s “‘Romeo and Juliet’ Fantasy-Overture” (1880), a rousing performance that guaranteed goosebumps throughout. Maestro Lacombe extracted both sweeping melodies and forceful climaxes punctuated by terrifying cymbal crashes from the distinguished ensemble. Conductor and musicians collaborated as one, making magnificence look simple.
Next the orchestra displayed its penchant for opera. American soprano Rachel Sterrenberg and Chinese tenor Mingjie Lei intoned an aria each and one of four love duets from Charles Gounod’s five-act opera “Roméo et Juliette.” The soprano’s delivery of “Je veux vivre” (I want to live it up), imbued with girlish excitement, was technically spot-on in all its vocal ornamentation and filigree. The tenor’s ravishing and slightly smaller voice with a beautiful top wafted the sweet strains of “Ah! Lève-toi, soleil!” (Arise, oh sun!), filled with wonderment, which caressed the ear and touched the heart.
The program’s first half concluded with the demure “O nuit divine” (Oh divine night), a quiet duet that teases with continually alternating passages before finally uniting both voices in hushed rapture. All the while the orchestra provided delicate support and practically shimmered in its calm, tranquil conclusion.
After intermission, the huge orchestra erupted with the violent, devastatingly dissonant chords that rip open Sergei Prokofiev’s 1935 ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Soon seven actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, guided by Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte, entered and exited in front of the orchestra, declaiming monologues, dialogues and brief scenes excerpted from Shakespeare’s inspired stage tragedy.
At times the acting took place in pauses between musical sections, at others the actors spoke above the orchestra. During strident orchestral passages, such as both sword fights, occasional balance problems occurred when the powerful orchestra nearly overwhelmed the discreetly miked actors. But losing a few words here and there did not prevent the drama from coming through.
The double performance of actors and musicians, each intensifying the other, reinforced the drama inherent in Prokofiev’s masterful score and in the Bard’s artfully crafted iambic pentameter lines. Unlike incidental music for a play or a film score, which are meant to complement the work’s dramatic line or enhance the emotional content, this music was created to convey the drama itself. So at times the audience heard a virtual clash of titans, producing riveting moments that will never be emulated anywhere.
The talented cast members were led by Jackson Moran and Lindsey Kyler in the title roles, whose scenes together came across as the true awakening and maturation of intense young love. Rounding out the cast were richly costumed Jacqueline Antaramian, Jon Barker, Robert Cuccioli, Stark Kirby and Derek Wilson, all wholehearted in their portrayals, some of multiple characters. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is on the verge of announcing its 2015 season, which runs May to December. It would be great to see their complete “Romeo and Juliet” fully staged in Broadway-caliber performance, which has become their trademark.
From the Tchaikovsky and Gounod through to the Prokofiev, NJSO showed its chameleonic ability to adapt to any musical style. Their passionate performance ended in an incandescent blaze.
In the next two weeks, NJSO’s Winter Festival continues with the two-week residency of superstar violinist Sarah Chang. Again, Shakespeare-inspired works populate the two programs being presented in all six venues throughout New Jersey that the orchestra regularly visits.

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This yellow leather jack from Zara is my new favorite thing, whats even better is I got it 50% off during the Zara summer sale. (So unfortunately, it's no longer available) I love how bold it is and even with temperatures reaching 90*degrees in sunny SoCal I had to wear it. Because how loud the color is I opted for a monochromatic outfit. I opted for a basic white tee and black pants look, with some fun grey boots. Annnnnd of course, I accessorized with a choker from Whim Things.
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This custom-tailored charcoal grey wool three-piece Armani 1920's style suit flecked with black and white threads was worn by the character Agent Oscar Wallace portrayed by actor Charles Martin Smith in the 1987 gangster epic “The Untouchables”, starring Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, and Sean Connery. The suit was custom made for Mr. Smith and has the name “Wallace” handwritten in the interior waistband of the pants.
This is the signature suit worn by Mr. Smith throughout the film, and appears in many of the most notable scenes, including when Smith is first seen as he sits at Eliot Ness' (Kevin Costner) desk and introduces himself, and then as the four newly formed "Untouchables" raid a distillery at a post office and go to dinner afterwards to celebrate. The photo taken at this dinner is shown again near the end of the film, after Agent Wallace has been killed. This screen worn artifact was acquired directly from Paramount Studios following the end of production and has the character name "Wallace" handwritten inside one of the garments.
The suit is in very good screen used condition and is accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Presented by The Golden Closet, your premiere source for screen used wardrobe, props, and music entertainment memorabilia.


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Powerful and well balanced, Roadtec Milling Machines will outwork the competition. Our cold planers offer solid design features, systems that are simple to troubleshoot, and low cost of operation. Three of our four models are available in 3-track and 4-track configurations, and each Roadtec machine is compatible with the exclusive Guardian Remote Telematics System.
Engine Tier 4i, Cummins QSB 4.5 130 hp.
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Cutting Widths 23.62", 39.37", 47.25"
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ToppCock’s Pinned Hair Gel is the hold. Be as bold as you like or simply add body to fine or thinning hair. Pinned Hair Gel will perform as you like while rinsing clean when washed. It is a must-have for any Proper Gentleman!
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Expect a lot of sweet treats in many homes today.
Mexican bakeries will be busy selling thousands of Latin King Cakes for Kings Day.
Rosca De Reyes or King's Ring Cake is eaten on January 6th to commemorate the arrival of the three Magi or Wise Men.
The oval shaped cake is filled with fruit and cream cheese. A figurine of baby Jesus is also hidden somewhere inside to celebrate the Epiphany.
If you find it, traditionally you are suppose to hold a dinner at your home and host friends, family and neighbors. So enjoy!


text: Every West Indian home has split channa as a snacking staple. But let’s be realistic who has time to split channa unless you have 3 hours to kill watching Indian movies. Why not make the alternative fry dhal !