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Well here we go! Let the chatter begin! For the first time since 2015, the previous year’s National Champion, Penn State, is not ranked #1 even with earning the vast majority of first-place votes. Not a huge surprise to see ECU in the top position with the amount of returners coming back in 2019. They will be a tough team to beat. Two other teams earned first-place votes in the Rawlings NCBA DI Preseason Top 20, so be sure to check it out!
-Next poll released on 2/7/2019!


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Spotify has announced it has agreed to an exclusive media partnership with reality TV show The X Factor for its current season in Australia.
The partnership is the first that The X Factor’s Aussie show has made with a music streaming service, and is the first of its kind for Spotify since launching in Australia in 2012.
It will primarily focus on the finalists’ performance shows, which will be broadcast live on Channel Seven, and the performance recordings will then be available to fans on Spotify.
Spotify will be supporting the show on-platform and via owned media channels throughout the partnership, and will include artist pages for each of the finalists with dedicated URLs, support in Spotify’s famed ‘Browse’ homepage carousel, and dedicated audio and display house ads promoting The X Factor.
The music streaming giant has also launched an official profile for The X Factor today, which features a favourites playlist with top tracks by alumni of The X Factor from across the globe, as well as playlists curated by the judges, host, and finalists of the Aussie show.
Meanwhile, The X Factor will promote Spotify content in-show and via an extensive digital campaign via Yahoo! 7, as well as featuring a Spotify ‘play button’ and a custom-built trends widget that shows who is trending among the final 12 contestants based on their streaming data on the show’s official website and social media channels.
Kate Vale, Spotify’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand, said the new deal with The X Factor is the single biggest media partnership it’s ever launched in Australia.
“To be doing this with The X Factor, a proven and popular entertainment brand that has launched the careers of countless international and local artists, is really exciting,” she said.
FremantleMedia Australia’s general manager of brand partnerships, licensing and digital, Zara Curtis, said the partnership with Spotify is a “truly engaging proposition that brings music fans and The X Factor closer than ever before”.
“It is the perfect mix for us to partner with platforms that resonate so strongly with our entertainment brands and the target audience of our broadcast partners,” she said.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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The Leica SL is dedicated to conserving value in every respect. A maxim that is reflected in its approach to cross-system compatibility. As proof of this, a range of adapters provide access to an entire range of legendary Leica lenses.
For instance, you can take unlimited advantage of the exceptional performance of Leica S- and M-Lenses. In the case of Leica M-Lenses, 6-bit coding preserves all functions, such as exposure metering, automatic aperture priority exposure, and manual setting, to their full extent. Thanks to the Leica R-Adapter L, even the extensive range of proven R-Lenses can be used on the Leica SL.
S-Adapter L Leica S-Lenses are in a class of their own.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: SVLL Connect Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra achieved the record “Largest Single Order of Luxury Buses” by placing an order of 120 luxury buses with SCANIA India. This is the largest single order of luxury buses placed by a company in the history of India.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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A RENOWNED traditional medical practitioner has called for more education on the healing and management of cancer through traditional means.
Newton Mudzingwa said there is an 80 percent chance of success for cancer being healed using traditional means ahead of other means but lack of education has led to people believing that only scientific means are the way to go.
He said there have been several clashes of beliefs in society which ultimately lead to death as Christians have a negative view in as far as healing with herbs is concerned.
Mudzingwa operates the Health Ministry recognized Herbal Wellbeing Clinics in and outside the capital with several cancer and other diseases success stories.
“Lack of education on the power of herbs in treating all cancers is lacking. There is an 80 percent success rate in the cure of cancer of using traditional means than other means but that is not known and some believe only scientific means are the only way to treat cancer which is not correct.
“Some people have a negative view of herbs and some because of their Christian beliefs and this has led to deaths. We have all the medicines and professionals in the management and treatment of cancer,” he said.
Mudzingwa said early detection means high chances of cure than late detection.
“All cancers are treatable if discovered early. The problem is that people seek traditional healing as an alternative after failure of the scientific means and they will not realise the benefits. We encourage people to seek treatment early,” he said.
He also called for people to be on the look-out of wanna-be herbalists selling herbs in streets saying people should turn to renowned practitioners.
“Not everyone selling herbs is a herbalist and knows the cure for cancer. Cancer is a different condition that needs careful management, time and medicine and this can have detrimental effects to people. The problem is in the laxity of control and policing hence we have bogus people in streets,” he said.
Traditional doctor Mudzingwa said there is need for urgent referral system and for the country to revert to the patient charter.
“Patients should be given a choice not everyone should just be pushed into the scientific means. The referral system should be encouraged and that way our people will be saved,” he said.
“Cancer is not a new disease, it has always been there and it has been cured before and it can still be cured. We are open to patients for check-ups, examination and treatment. As I have indicated, traditional medicines have an 80 percent success rate,” he said.
He said the Herbal Wellbeing Clinics also deal with other ailments such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS and many others.
“We manage issues of HIV/AIDS with our immune modulators and immune boosters. We also treat STIs and many other ailments such as diabetes. We have also transformed and have our herbs in form of capsules and concentrates just like the modern medicines,” he said.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Among the more interesting topics in the Illinois judicial system, the Seventh Circuit of Illinois has acknowledged that electronic discovery is at the forefront of current civil litigation, and thus founded the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Committee in 2009. The Committee’s core mission statement is to comingle two initiatives of electronic discovery: fair procedures and cost-effective tools. In doing so, the Committee has conducted a three-phase process and has developed Principles Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (“Principles”).  Throughout the three-phrase process, the members of the Committee evaluate, develop and improve the ways in which electronically-stored information is being used in civil litigation.
Not only is the Committee thoroughly educating Illinois practitioners about the discovery process, but roughly one hundred (100) participating judges in Seventh Circuit Illinois courts have adopted and applied these carefully-crafted Principles to cases in which they preside over. Moreover, the Seventh Circuit’s Electronic Discovery Pilot Program’s Principles have been cited by Courts, stating that litigants are expected to be familiar with the Committee’s Principles regarding case management procedures. Up to this point, the Principles seem to be having a positive effect on the Illinois court system.
Principle 2.04 clearly states, “Every party to litigation and its counsel are responsible for taking reasonable and proportionate steps to preserve relevant and discoverable ESI within its possession, custody or control.” Thus, the issue is determining what constitutes “reasonable and proportionate steps.” Although this is determined on a case-by-case fact analysis, it is extremely important for counsel to preserve relevant information so that practitioners are not faced with unwanted sanctions that could hurt its case or client.
Additionally, the party asking for the electronically-stored information needs to be able to prove the ESI’s relevance by stating the special need for the discovery and proving there are no less-intrusive alternative means in obtaining the discoverable information. Most importantly, practitioners need to be aware that the duty to preserve is an ongoing obligation that not only needs to be discussed during the meet and confer stage, but also throughout the entire course of the litigation. By faithfully and truthfully preserving electronically-stored information, the litigation process will run smoothly and efficiently. The Principles urge that “an attorney’s zealous representation of a client is not compromised by conducting discovery in a cooperative manner.” Thus, if ESI is preserved correctly, the cooperation level between opposing counsel will rise, which is of utmost importance during the discovery process.
According to Principle 2.01, “prior to the initial statute conference with the Court, counsel shall meet and discuss the application of the discovery process set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and these Principles to their specific case.” The duty to meet and confer is absolutely mandatory. During the meet and confer stage, practitioners have the duty of identifying discoverable ESI, determining the scope of discoverable ESI, and resolving any costs and burden issues counsel may have. Overall, the meet and confer stage of litigation is particularly important because not only is this the appropriate time for the practitioners to determine a road map for the upcoming litigation, but this is also the time for practitioners to express any questions or concerns with opposing counsel.
But why is the duty to meet and confer often overlooked? It does not come as much surprise that due to advances in technology, including emails, instant messaging, text messaging and social media, we are in the midst of an era in which people no longer personally meet face-to-face to discuss crucial matters. In fact, recent studies have shown that nearly ninety percent of communication is done via nonverbal communication. While this may be more efficient in the workplace, it can lead to confusion, misperception and chaos.
A recent Forbes article stated: “The idea of doing business on the golf course seems anachronistic these days, but the reason why the concept became so iconic is because it proved that when colleagues spend personal time together – face to face – more progress can be made, deals can get done and relationships can deepen, allowing the colleagues to function more effectively off the course.” Here, the practitioners’ duty to meet and confer is analogous to meeting on the golf course, since the purpose of this stage is to exchange valuable information and express concerns, which ultimately increases effective communication between the parties.
Often times, the duty to collect for production occurs during the meet and confer stage prior to the initial status conference. Practitioners must arrive at the meet and confer knowledgeable about how their client’s data is stored and retrieved. Once the parties have decided what information is discoverable, each party has the duty to collect ESI and produce it to the other party. This duty requires vigilance, honesty, and cooperation. If the Court determines that the practitioner did not act in good faith in collecting and producing discoverable ESI, the Court has the ability to either request an addition meet and confer, or impose sanctions, both of which are costly, time consuming and inefficient for client representation.
Additionally, if any issues arise as to counsel’s good faith efforts in preserving and producing the electronically-stored information in the decided-upon format, the issue must be addressed immediate with the presiding judge.
As stated in Principle 2.03, counsel can request the preservation of discoverable and relevant information “through the use of a preservation letter request or order.” This order must be specific and unambiguous, and request only relevant electronically-stored information. If the order does not meet this specificity standard, the Court may reject the preservation order. While it is not mandatory, the party receiving the order may respond to the order either with the relevant information the requesting party is seeking, or with a rebuttal as to why the information being requested is not discoverable, such as the information may be privileged.
Most importantly, the purpose of this order is to facilitate communication and cooperativeness. Thus, each practitioner must act in good faith no matter if the practitioner is the party sending or receiving the request order.
The most important tactic in reducing the cost of collecting electronic data is to hone in on relevant records. Since it can be extremely costly to collect and produce ESI, parties have the responsibility of reviewing and collecting only relevant ESI. If practitioners focus only on relevant ESI, their costs of copying and preserving the original metadata and converting the ESI to a format available for people outside of the system to view can be drastically reduced.
Another important cost-effective tool practitioners should be aware of is to avoid the duplication of electronically-stored information. “Duplicate files can make up as much as 60-80 percent or more of the records in a collection.” Thus, it would make sense that a practitioner should avoid examining the same document more than once to escape unnecessary costs.  Since there is no such database that performs duplicate consolidation, the people performing the production review are responsible for consolidating each document so that the final production does not include a number of duplicates. In order to do this, the most effective method is for the reviewer to list each document by its custodian, or the person who presently has the document, and “cross-check that against the number of times that person’s name or email address appears as a sender or recipient.” This is effective because not only does it form a pattern in which the reviewer can easily remove the duplicates that will be found in the sender and recipient’s possession, but the process can indicate problems in collecting data if certain documents are not recovered. Thus, practitioners need to be aware that duplicate consolidation is a crucial process that ultimately discovers any errors prior to litigation and reduces the costs of reviewing documents more than once.
After the ESI has been collected, parties are then faced with the process of producing the e-discovery to the other parties. While there are several methods of achieving this process, the most “inexpensive and efficient way to produce the documents is to provide the requesting party with access to a secure and designated section or folder on the application [database].” In essence, the sending party will give the requesting party a URL, user name, and password. This is cost-effective because the sending party is not actually producing an external hard drive, but rather giving access to the original database.
Ultimately, there are many ways in which practitioners can cut costs when dealing with electronic discovery. As seen from the examples listed above, it takes commitment and patience to successfully consolidate only relevant documents for production. However, if done correctly and efficiently, the payoff for practitioners and their clients can be substantial.
Lorraine v. Markel is a fundamental case that confronted authentication of electronically-stored information and established a detailed criterion for admitting the use of ESI in court. Mr. Lorraine owned a yacht, Chessie, which was severely damaged by lightning. After Markel American Insurance Company awarded costs to Lorraine to repair the boat, more damage to the hull of the boat was discovered after the yacht was removed from the water. The parties went to arbitration and came to a settlement agreement. As the court was reviewing the agreement, it noted that the language of the agreement was ambiguous and thus, the court would need to analyze the documentary evidence between the parties, including e-mails and other extrinsic evidence. However, none of the documents were authenticated and were simply attached to the parties’ motions as exhibits. The court acknowledged that “research has failed to locate a comprehensive analysis of the many interrelated evidentiary issues associated with electronic evidence,” and thus, Judge Paul Grimm formulated a specific standard for determining the authenticity and admissibility of ESI.
Quoting Judge Grimm, “whether ESI is admissible into evidence is determined by a collection of evidence rules that present themselves like a series of hurdles to be cleared by the proponent of the evidence.” In fact, “failure to clear any of these evidentiary hurdles means that the evidence will not be admissible.” The court determined that if ESI is offered as evidence, than the court must consider several evidence rules: (1) is the ESI relevant as determined by Rule 401; (2) if relevant under 401, is it authentic as required by Rule 901(a); (3) if the ESI is offered for its substantive truth, is it hearsay as defined by Rule 901, and if so, is it covered by an applicable exception; (4) is the form of the ESI that is being offered as evidence an original or duplicate, or is there admissible secondary evidence to prove to content under Rule 1001-1008; and (5) is the probative value of the ESI substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice or one of the other factors identified by Rule 403.
To simplify this process, there are several ways in which a practitioner can introduce and properly authenticate e-discovery under FRE 901. For example, courts have held that documents provided to a party during discovery by an opposing party are “presumed to be authentic, shifting the burden to the producing party to demonstrate that the evidence that they produced was not authentic.” On the other hand, some courts have taken judicial notice of certain “foundational facts” needed to authenticate an electronic record, such as facts that are (1) generally known within the jurisdiction, or (2) capable of accurate determination by reliable resources.  Most commonly, courts have found that ESI found in databases are business records if they are maintained in the ordinary course of business.
However, the most abundant form of ESI is emails. Lorraine v. Markel establishes the many ways in which an email can be authenticated. Emails can be authenticated by either direct or circumstances evidence. For example, a print out of an email that bears the sender’s email address serves as circumstantial evidence that he email was sent by the individual listed as the sender. Additionally, “the contents of the email may show authentication by revealing details known only to the sender and the person receiving the message.” However, emails may also be self-authenticating since business emails often contain information identifying the employer-company.
Regardless of what form of authenticate a practitioner choses to engage, Lorraine v. Markel hones in on the practical issues practitioners may face during the authentication and admissibility stage of civil litigation. In doing so, the Court’s opinion lists nearly every form of ESI imaginable, from computer animation to digital photographs, and instructs practitioners as to how they are to authenticate that evidence. Thus, Lorraine v. Markel is one of those cases that must be read by all practitioners.
Since most practitioners are more comfortable when confronted with paper discovery, this Article introduces several “Practice Pointers” that are intended to alert practitioners about issues they may face when dealing with electronic discovery. Each practitioner has a duty to zealously advocate for his or her client. In doing so, there are particular “Practice Pointers” Courts are expecting from diligent practitioners. Unfortunately, a party to a case can be adversely affected by his lawyer’s failure to abide by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Federal Rules of Evidence (e.g., the case could be dismissed; severe sanctions could be imposed, etc.). These pointers, which have been integrated into the Seventh Circuit Pilot Program Committee’s Principles, will force practitioners to become more conscious of their role in the litigation process.
Send Preservation letters to the opposition early.
Include a request for production in Native File Format and metadata.
Move for a comprehensive preservation order early – define key terms, such as “metadata” in the order.
CYA – Send Preservation Letters to your clients and don’t forget your client’s computers and social media outlets!
Protect your client from any inadvertent destruction and REMIND YOUR CLIENT OF THEIR DUTY TO PRESERVE ALL ESI.
This should be done at the time you are retained.
You must protect your client from any inadvertent destruction of their ESI.
You should examine your client’s data preservation system and prepare your clients’ production as soon as possible.
There is an affirmative responsibility to cooperate under the Rules and failure to cooperate is grounds for sanctions.
Do not ask for everything in the other parties’ computers since the cost of production and review may make it impractical.
You must produce your client’s document management policy and you must insist on getting it from the other party.
Demand production in a usable format as soon as possible.
Explore means of minimizing the cost of e-discovery.
Follow up production requests with 201(k) letters and offers to meet and confer.
File motions to compel production that include sufficient information to educate the judge on the seven criteria from the Committee Notes to FRCP 26(b)(2) which were adapted from Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 217 F.R.D. 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).
The times and the courts are certainly changing. Ultimately, one thing is true: the 21st Century trial lawyer needs to have a thorough grasp of technological advances in order to zealously represent his or her client. E-discovery plays a major role and threatens to swallow up civil litigation today. Since e-discovery tools and techniques are constantly evolving as technology advances, it is crucial for practitioners to stay alert and mindful of the impact ESI can have on litigation. Practitioners should familiarize themselves with the Federal Rules and the case law that stems from these rules, as well as how the FRCP have been incorporated into the Illinois Supreme Court rules.
In preparing for this brave new world of litigation, there are several must read cases: Zubulake I, Zubulake II, and Lorraine v. Markel. While these cases are fundamental for practitioners, the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Committee’s Principles should also serve as guidance to Illinois practitioners as to how electronic discovery will be used in civil litigation.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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The 2013 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is about to close to new submissions of GNSS application ideas, but organizers have decided to extend the deadline until midnight on Sunday, July 7.
The ESNC prize pool is worth about €1 million, which includes cash prizes, business incubation, coaching, patent consulting, prototyping and marketing support, access to customers and user communities, and publicity.
"With so many new registrations in the last couple of days, we decided to give one week of added time for contestants to submit, complete, or improve their ideas, and give innovators a chance to take the next step with their business case, " said spokesman Andreas Dippelhofer.
prototyping prizes as well as the top award, the Galileo Master.

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


text: Description: Powwows are large social gatherings of Native Americans who follow traditional dances started centuries ago by their ancestors, and which continually evolve to include contemporary aspects. These events of drum music, dancing, singing, artistry and food, are attended by Natives and non-Natives, all of whom join in the dancing and take advantage of the opportunity to see old friends and teach the traditional ways to a younger generation. During the National Powwow, the audience see dancers in full regalia compete in several dance categories, including Men and Women's Golden Age (ages 50 and older); Men's Fancy Dance, Grass and Traditional (Northern and Southern); Women's Jingle Dress, Fancy Shawl, and Traditional (Northern and Southern); Teens (13-17); Juniors (6-12) and Tiny Tots (ages 5 and younger). The drum groups are the heart of all powwows and provide the pulsating and thunderous beats that accompany a dancer's every movement. The powwow is led by three "host drums" that showcase three distinct styles of singing (Northern, Southern and contemporary) and represent the best examples of each style. The drum contest highlights groups of 10 to 12 members each, and they sing traditional family songs that are passed down orally from one generation to the next. The National Museum of the American Indian sponsored the National Powwow in 2002, 2005, and 2007 as a way of presenting to the public the diversity and social traditions of contemporary Native cultures.

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NESworkshop present this headset band is made to fit tactical headsets such as Peltor COMTAC’s and MSA Sordin’s. The cover has breathable mesh padding to allow for airflow and to keep your head comfortable when the headset is worn for a long period of time. There is also velcro on the top of the padded band where you can attach name tapes. Please change what MOD you need.
At the top of the sling used with Velcro colors, for attaching the dominators, grimlocks.
There is a handy loop for hanging your headphones at home, in the workplace, and where you want to.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Oophorectomy is the term medical professionals use for surgical removal of the ovary/ovaries. This surgical procedure is also known under the name ovariectomy. Once a woman is removed ovaries, she completely loses the ability to conceive a child because there are no more eggs which are normally released from the ovaries. So, basically we can say that oophorectomy in women is actually the same as castration in men.
Partial oophorectomy refers to several procedures all of which manipulate with ovarian tissue but do not actually remove the entire ovary. Some of these procedures are ovarian cyst removal, partial resection of ovaries etc. Even though such procedures are performed to preserve function of the ovary and allow the woman to remain fertile, many times complete ovarian failure develops postsurgical.
In women this surgical procedure is typically performed in case of large ovarian cysts as well as suspicious ovarian cysts and ovarian cancer. Furthermore, oophorectomy is done in women already suffering from breast cancer in whom the tumor is hormone responsive. The ovaries are removed alone or the surgeon removes the uterus at the same time.
Also, a woman may undergo surgical removal of ovaries and the fallopian tubes. This surgery, particularly if includes removal of both ovaries and fallopian tubes, is known as bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and is a form of birth control. However, it is not that commonly performed in this purpose. The more frequent approach for birth control used these days is tubal ligation.
Among many therapeutic advantages, oophorectomy can be also prophylactic surgery, helping women who are prone to certain types of cancers. For instance, BRCA 1 mutations in women are associated with high risk of breast cancer. In these woman oophorectomy performed before the age of 40 may significantly reduce the chance that the tumor will even occur. BRCA1 mutations are also connected with the occurrence of ovarian cancer so just by simply removing the ovaries the tumor has no chance to develop at all.
On the other hand, the effects of oophorectomy in women with BRCA 2 mutations is not that impressive and is more connected with side effects. Still, if the procedure is performed together with prophylactic mastectomy, the chances the woman will not end up with breast cancer are much higher.
Apart from the mentioned cancer prevention, oophorectomy is a powerful tool in women suffering from endometriosis. In endometriosis, the tissue normally found inside the uterus starts occurring and growing on different organs and tissues in the pelvis area causing debilitating pain and many additional health complications. By removing the ovaries such tissue will not be stimulated anymore and, therefore, the pain will be successfully eliminated and bleeding will completely stop. As a result damage to the affected tissues will finally cease.
Direct surgical risks are rather rare. One of the most common injuries that occur during the surgery is injury to the ureter. Long-term effects are, however, of greater importance. All the post surgical effects are basically a consequence of the hormonal effects. The woman who has undergone oophorectomy is particularly at higher risk of developing heart diseases, cognitive impairment and Parkinsonism as well as premature osteoporosis accompanied by bone fractures. Decline in sexual function, decline in the entire well-being together with premature death are several more problems occurring after oophorectomy.
One of the major problems regarding oophorectomy is the onset of menopausal symptoms which are in nature more severe than those of normal, timely menopause. Unlike timely menopause, when women continue producing small amounts of certain hormones that are not sufficient enough for certain functions but are still present in the body, in case of oophorectomy the production ceases completely resulting in complete lack of estrogen, progesterone and even testosterone.
Because of potential complications and health issues, the majority of women are recommended hormone replacement therapy after their ovaries have been surgically removed. Such therapy must be administered cautiously because of carcinogenic and thrombogenic properties of estrogen.
Taking into consideration that the risk for developing ovarian cancer in women who have BRCA 1 mutation is rather high, oophorectomy is highly suitable means of prevention.
The ovarian cancer in general does not occur that often and makes only 4% of all malignant tumors in women. Native Americans are most susceptible to ovarian cancer. There are 17.5. cases per 100,000 women. The incidence in the highest among white females, Vietnamese and white Hispanic and Hawaiian women. The incidence is not so high among Korean women as well as Chinese women.
It is estimated that in 2004 in the U.S. 454,000 women underwent oophorectomy. 63% of these operations were performed without any medical indications and such women are actually subjected to hysterectomy at the same time, therefore lost their ovaries for other reasons. Surgical removal of only one ovary is generally performed due to specific medical issues such as cysts, endometriosis, benign tumors, inflammatory diseases etc.


text: The Power Glove– made in the 80’s to help make video games cooler, but only succeeded in making it’s owner look cool while wearing it. Today, one of our favorite Buddies Dillon Markey, has re-imagined this once trendy, now archaic Nintendo accessory into the ultimate stop-motion animation tool. To see it is to believe it. Check out the documentary “Playing with Power”, directed by Ava Benjamin.


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Looking for GED® testing in North Conway NH? The examination is only offered in person and not online. Usually to be able to sit for the exam the student must be older than 17 years old. The GED® examination fee in the state of New Hampshire typically varies from $40 to $90.
The GED® examination covers five topics: reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies. Each section of the test awards a score between 200 and 800. Many states require students to get a score of 410 on each of the five sections and an average of 450 for the GED® test to pass.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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During your visit, he must give you ample time to talk about your skin problem and your status. He would listen to your thoughts and answer your questions honestly. This doctor should not rush a patient and decide on treatments without planning well. Check here to know more about different skin problems.
If possible, you have to spare extra time for your patients, especially when they are experiencing something suspicious like allergic reactions. I know that after office hours, you need private time. But talking and giving an advice to your patient will be very much appreciated.
You would surely have products that are dermatologically tested for use. I believe that you are not a merchant, so you should never force patients to buy cosmetics and beauty products. In my opinion, you are earning as a doctor and not as a businessman, even if some people consider their medical profession as a sort of business.
Now, instead of directly selling products in your clinic, why don’t you first give your patients a sample product? People have different types of skin, which you may check from https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/skin-phototype/. Therefore, what is effective for one person may not be as effective for others.
I guess, the patients will even appreciate it, if you are going to let them try something that might work for them. Through this way, you will know more about the products that you may recommend to the patients. As a dermatologist, you are going to prescribe them, anyway. So, this would make things easier for you.


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We know that analytics is becoming increasingly important because we are told that this is the case every week. Many of the most visible topics in IT — cloud, social media, mobility, and Big Data — derive some or all of their business relevance from tie-ins to effective analytics. But how is the analytics link connecting IT trends with business value forged? In a presentation in Kitchener, Ontario this February entitled "Breakthrough analytics: hot trends that remove barriers and accelerate business goals," Dan Grady, social analytics and enterprise search sales manager with leading BI supplier Information Builders, identified the means by which analytics enables users to extract value from mobile, social, remote and Big Data.
Grady began his presentation by introducing the "three I’s" of these data sources: Integration, (data) Integrity, and (business) Intelligence. It’s likely that many of those in the room understood, at least to some extent, the importance of integration, or the need to connect diverse data sources to create a foundation for advanced analysis. As Grady explained "nobody…has all the data they need for analytics in one consolidated data source. It doesn’t exist" — and cloud and cloud-resident data only increases this challenge. It is also likely that many in the room understood that intelligence is the key outcome of effective BI, and appreciated Grady’s insistence that the tools that extract intelligence from data should not be limited to specialists (such as those working on developing the open source R language, and corporate users of similar tools from vendors like SAS), but built into applications that support different types of business users across the organization.
The third "I", though — data integrity — is a topic that is rarely acknowledged in the rush to discuss the potential uses of the ever-higher mountains of data that surround us. To help position its importance, Grady introduced Gartner research on the annual business cost of data quality issues: a Gartner survey found that over 30% of respondents reported that data quality issues cost their firms more than $1 million annually (with 5% reporting annual data quality-related losses of $25 million or more). Grady focused on the largest respondent group — the 38% who stated that they "don’t know" what their annual data quality cost is — asking, "is ‘don’t know’ an acceptable answer for you?" As he pointed out, this issue becomes more critical in respect to data that is used to produce public reports, and where (as is the case with nearly 50% of Information Builders clients) the data is available "outside the firewall" to customers.
Through the course of the presentation, Grady covered the analytics issues connected with the ‘hot trends’ of social media, Big Data, cloud and mobility. He began the social media section by identifying two important questions: "number one, how effectively are you listening to the voice of your customer? That’s what social listening is. But more importantly, he asked how is what they’re saying impacting your business? Grady stated (supported by research from the Altimeter Group) that the biggest gap in effective business use of social analytics has been this inability to tie social media to business outcomes, and introduced a model that he used to divide the business maturity of social into three broad groups: engagement, listening level and business metrics. The lowest level, engagement, is tracked by counting posts, likes and similar metrics through public platforms, and is not typically used as the basis of business systems. The second ‘listening’ level, which includes metrics like sentiment, share of voice and influence, and as a method of supporting customer responses, provides quantification of public attitudes stemming from announcements, new products, ad campaigns, or similar stimuli, can be applied to understanding internal and/or competitive positioning.
The third level, ‘business metrics,’ extends these data collection and analysis tools deeper into operational systems. Here, organizations are using social data to manage revenue-related issues like reputation and customer satisfaction. This seems like an esoteric future possibility, but Grady used examples from companies in industries as diverse as fast food (Wendy’s) and travel/leisure (Carnival) to show how these systems are used today to effect changes in business activities.
The centrepiece of the session was a discussion of predictive analytics, which has been rated (according to research presented in the session) the BI technology of most interest to CIOs. Grady introduced a graphic positioning the potential value of different BI use cases on two dimensions: the degree of intelligence embedded in an application on one axis, and the competitive intelligence delivered by the application on the other.
The slide demonstrates that the most basic use of BI is reporting — standard reports (answering the question ‘what happened?’), ad-hoc reports (‘how many, how often, where?’), and query drilldown (‘where exactly is the problem?’). The next level up — the one which dominates much of today’s discussion of BI use — involves alerts (‘what actions are needed?’) and statistical analysis (‘why is this happening?’). Forecasts (‘what if these trends continue?’) are often viewed as the ultimate destination of BI, but Grady supplied two additional steps that he believes should be part of the BI planning horizon: predictive modelling (‘what will happen next?’) and optimization (‘what’s the best that can happen?’). Revisiting a key theme of his presentation, Grady repeated his belief that this advanced capability isn’t, and should not be, the preserve of data scientists, but rather, should be an attribute of systems used to support actions across the organization. "That’s the trick," he said at the event, "embedding predictive analytics inside of operational applications. Historically, predictive analytics has been the purview of the back office. You get a bunch of really smart guys, they build some crazy models, they print out a spreadsheet, they bring it to a boardroom, and that’s where the predictive analytics value dies. If you want to maximize the value of predictive analytics, embed the results inside of operational applications." These applications, Grady believes, can be used in many different contexts — in call centres and other traditional niches, but also in areas ranging from child welfare to fraud detection to crime rate reduction, and to areas as wide-ranging as reducing attrition and supporting hospital administration.
success." The ability to reuse both data and code flexibly, and to scale applications to accommodate ever-larger data sources, will be a critical attribute for organizations looking to extend BI into different areas of their business operations. Seamless data access (including access from hard-to-serve — at least from a BI perspective — mobile devices) will dictate, to an important degree, the breadth of utility of BI-based systems. And low cost of ownership is critical: if BI systems require multi-million dollar platforms run by very high cost specialists, BI will not attain the ubiquity that was predicted in the session, and is predicted as well in the stream of reports and articles that testify to broad interest in the subject. In short, while we believe that there are still many chapters to be written in the BI story, we expect these themes will be prominent as we scroll across their pages.


text: This study addresses technical skills for packaging sales. Based on the results of the study, a training manual and course of instruction have been developed to introduce an innovative approach to packaging sales. "Technical Skills for Packaging Sales" defines the packaging sales professional, or PSP, a new kind of professional combining the skills of the salesperson with expertise of an engineer. Firmly grounded in the customer-- comes-first philosophy, the PSP is a problem solver, able to evaluate any packaging application to satisfy the customer's needs. "Technical Skills for Packaging Sales" explains an engineer's approach to packaging, including analyzing details, writing specifications, reading drawings, evaluating materials, understanding manufacturing machinery, flow-charting applications, solving problems, and writing proposals. The addition of the engineering perspective to the sales person's selling skills creates a versatile PSP- It also establishes a common ground between the two professionals and builds a long term working relationship with the common goal of solving the packaging problem.

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In a little under just one week, the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has met with members of 21 cooperatives throughout four provinces of the Oujda Region in Morocco. We have learned the stories behind the development of their cooperatives, about their products, unique manufacturing techniques, the highs and the lows of establishment, ongoing challenges, and impressive achievements. These details, of course, differ across each cooperative, but one common sentiment was reiterated time and time again: members from provinces stretching across Oujda have all shared gratitude for the knowledge and skills they acquired through HAF’s cooperative-building training, made possible by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
While we are overjoyed to hear the different ways in which our MEPI-funded training has significantly impacted the progress of cooperatives in Oujda, we recognize that is just the beginning of how we can help pave the way to success. We assist along many steps, such as helping cooperatives build relationships with their provincial authorities. On September 9th, HAF staff met in one large room with members of seven cooperatives of the Guercif province. It is perhaps no coincidence that facilitating a meeting utilizing the participatory approach—the very core of all of HAF’s sustainable development projects—proved to be extremely fruitful.
One result of having a participatory meeting with multiple cooperatives was the revelation of the commonalities and shared needs among the large group, followed by equally beneficial solutions. For example, Haoud Jdi and Elmanousri are two women’s cooperatives, both established in 2017, that sell food products: olives and couscous, and cookies and couscous, respectively. Each cooperative expressed a need for a central location for production as it would not only be more able to acquire certification from the food inspectors and thus enable the product to reach national markets, but also increase the quantity of their products made daily. Seeing this shared need between two similar cooperatives, HAF President, Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, suggested Haoud Jdi and Elmanousri join forces for shared benefit. The women agreed and identified a goal to submit a proposal to their local governmentto create a coalition, including an invitation to a third women’s cooperative, and identify with them available land and a building structure for their production activities.
The participatory meeting also consequently highlighted the importance for cooperatives to consider how they can bridge their internal resources (i.e., skills) with their external ones (i.e., funding, land, etc.). For example, the TamzrayneCooperative, created in 2009, sells oil from different medicinal plants, mostly rosemary flowers. They have a partnership with Morocco’s High Commission of Waters and Forests, which has provided 3,000 hectares from where they can harvest the wild medicinal plants, and they also have members who skillfully sell their products. Again, seeing the cooperative’s strengths, Dr. Ben-Meir suggested Tamzraynemaximize the use of their resources and widen their cooperative’s production, based on the vision of the cooperative members. Specifically, since theyalready have land, water, and members skilled in selling plants and plant products, it would be feasible to establish fruit tree nurseries and cultivation (carob and nuts), thereby giving them the opportunity to make more profit from additional products.
Further, the meeting exposed to cooperative members the significance of considering what resources they already have or that they can access on their own. Several cooperatives reported utilizing the ministries and other agencies to submit project proposals for potential partnership-building and financial support. The Hikma Agriculture Cooperative, for example, submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Agriculture to fund land, water well construction, supplies, and a building for production. On the other hand, the men’s bread-baking cooperative, Chebab Hamria, used their existing network to secure a production site rent-free for six months.
Over the course of HAF’s Oujda trip thus far, it has been made clear that trainings such as our MEPI-funded cooperative-building training is vital for giving members the tools, resources, and confidence to pursue their goals. Attending the workshop gave participants knowledge about how to establish their cooperatives as well as helped them acquire or build upon skills necessary for managing successful businesses. However, it has also been made clear that beyond knowledge and skills-building training, cooperative members need guidance on how to utilize not only already-existing resources but also how to team-up and utilize each other for shared benefit. The participatory planning meeting in Guercif proved to be a crucial tool that cooperatives can use to identify common needs and share experiences. Moving forward, HAF will urge members of different cooperatives within one municipality or province to develop a supportive network through the participatory approach as we continue our efforts to help cooperatives throughout Morocco excel.

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This scarf pattern is pretty different from anything else I’ve seen because it uses two shorter pieces of material instead of one long one. You don’t always have pristine, long pieces of fabric, when you’re trying to ‘bust your stash!’ This project is great for those pretty cotton prints you can’t figure out what to do with but can’t quite get rid of, either. I hope you enjoy this lightweight infinity scarf sewing tutorial!
For an attractive seam and finished edges, I folded over and hemmed the short ends. This also makes the snaps more secure. The long seams are simply rolled hems done on the serger. If you don’t have a serger, you can still follow the same basic pattern – just turn the short ends under twice and hem and either turn the long ends under the same way or do a rolled hem by hand. I actually prefer hand rolled hems on lighter fabrics to all that ironing and stitching for a more traditional hem!
We had a great time being goofy, and then we spread out our towel to watch the sun set behind the mountains. I wish I’d brought my tripod because the almost full moon was simultaneously rising in the East.
But enough of that! Let’s move on to what you need to make your own convertible infinity scarf. Maybe I should start by explaining the name – this scarf has snaps along each open narrow end so you can either wear it un-snapped like a traditional scarf or snap it together for use as an infinity scarf.
I do not cover using a serger in depth. If you own own one and don’t know how to change the tension dials or do a rolled hem, check your machine’s instructions for specific directions. If you don’t own a serger, just seam and hem everything in your favorite manner on a “regular” sewing machine. If you don’t have access to a machine at all, that’s totally okay! As I mentioned above, I like hand rolled hems and you can totally sew the entire scarf by hand.
Fabric – My favorite online source is Fabric.com. I used two 32″x15″ pieces of a designer print cotton. Your scarf can be one piece or even three or four pieces! Just go with what you have on hand. My scarf is relatively short, but you can make it longer. You can also use heavier weight fabrics instead of a cotton print. I’m a huge fan of customizing projects to meet your personal needs!
Self-healing cutting mat and rotary cutter (preferable) or cardboard cutting mat and fabric scissors. I use this rotary cutting set because it’s a great bargain.
I tried making a scarf with sew-on metal snaps, but I really didn’t like them. The plastic snaps are, in my opinion, easier to instal and more attractive. I used gold-toned snaps from this set of metallic-toned KAM snaps and this set of KAM snap pliers.
1. Iron your fabric! Seriously, iron it, even if you think it isn’t wrinkly. Your finished scarf will be much nicer as a result.
2. Cut your fabric. This is pretty easy if you have a rotary cutting set! Simply cut a couple long rectangles. As noted above, each of my pieces was 32″x15″.
3. If you don’t have a rotary cutting set, lay you fabric out on a cardboard mat with a grid, like the one shown below, and carefully cut with fabric scissors.
If possible, try to line your fabric up so the pattern will be continuous across the back seam. This may not be possible – it wasn’t for me because of the large print and limited amount of fabric – but it makes the finished scarf look so nice!
4. Once you have your fabric cut, pin it, “right” sides together, along the center back line.
5. Set up your serger to flatlock. If you haven’t done this before, check out this fabulous guide to flatlocking on your serger. Basically, only use one needle, put your lower looper tension really tight, and keep your needle thread tension very loose. You’ll probably want to practice a little on scraps to ensure the tensions are correct before moving on to your scarf! I’ll show you a bit more on hemming with the flatlock stitch in a few steps.
6. Serge along the pinned edge.
7. Using a large, blunt needle, work the tail ends of the thread under the stitches, just like with any other serged seam.
8. Pull the two pieces of fabric apart to create a ladder-like appearance. The raw ends will be encased in the stitching – neat!
9. Apply a simple rolled hem down both long edges.
10. Heat your iron again and fold each remaining raw, short edge down/in 1.5″.
12. Serge along this outside edge where the fold and raw edge meet, then secure the thread tails and pull the fabric apart to separate, just as before. Repeat for the second short side.
13. All that’s left is applying the snaps! Measure the short ends of you scarf to see what their finished length is.
14. Decide how many snaps you want to use then mark where they will need to go. As you can see in the picture above, I started my measurement about 1/4″ in from the edge of the scarf because that’s where I wanted my first snap. I then marked every 2″ right down to the 14″ mark on my ruler. Mark the opposite side, making sure to use the same spacing between snaps.
15. Apply your snaps. To streamline the process, apply all the male snaps along one edge first.
16. Make sure the marks you made still look aligned with the snaps, then apply the female snaps down the opposite side.
How do you prefer to sew? Do you love your serger? Stick to a classic sewing machine? Are you a dedicated hand seweist? Or, like me, do you a bit of all three!?
Looks like you had fun at the beach taking photos. I love the print of the fabric.


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Dozens of Chibok girls have been freed by Boko Haram militants.
While some sources say up to 80 girls were freed, sources quoting Nigeria government officials say at least 62 girls were released on Saturday.
The release reportedly came after talks with government, though few details are confirmed.
Last October, 21 girls were released after negotiations with the Red Cross.
Boko Haram militants seized 276 pupils from a government school in Chibok town on the night of April 14 2014.

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At the World Internet Conference held in China, several Chinese tech giants discussed their plans for the future in the research and development area.
According to MyDrivers via GizmoChina, at the conference, Yu Chengdong, the Huawei CEO hinted that the company is in plans to launch a 5G smartphone in the second half of 2019. Within that time frame, it is clear that the 5G technology would be functioning fine and would be rolled out by several mobile carriers across the world.
Right now, the 5G technology is being tested on prototypes such as the ZTE Gigabit phone. Also, ZTE, Qualcomm and China Mobile announced the successful completion of the test of the world's first 5G New Radio System.
The Huawei CEO, Yu Chengdong further revealed that the past couple of decades have marked the era of rapid development in terms of mobile telecommunications industry. He further noted the fact that the smartphone development has paved way for tremendous changes in the lives of people. He also revealed that 5G and artificial intelligence technology are the upcoming trends.
Huawei has already started the AI journey with the newly introduced Kirin 970 SoC that is capable of rendering AI. The company is believed to launch hardware products those are capable of supporting 5G connectivity in 2018. And, in the following year that is 2019, the chipset from Huawei will pave way for the launch of 5G smartphones.
The previous reports have tipped that the commercialization of the 5G technology is important for several companies such as Nokia, Huawei, and Ericsson that make network equipment gear. Moving to the new networks will ensure to enable new mobile services and new business models but the same can pose challenges for the other industries that are unable to invest in upgrades.
Unlike 3G and 4G, 5G connectivity will not only delivery fast phone or computer data but also link up machines, cars, crop and cargo equipment to the internet. Let's wait until 2019 to witness the emergence of 5G to take over 3G and 4G standards.


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I Stand Corrected — Mysteriously So – Foreign Courts Doing Business Here! Fraud!
There’s just one problem — this acquisition occurred in 2012 and in 2018, Compass Group, PLC, is still appearing as the owner operator of Trinity Services and not H.I.G. Capital.
Something similar happened when the U.S. Attorney General acquired Wells Fargo and continued to use the “Wells Fargo Bank” name and trademark to mask a securities corporation owned and operated by the US AG.
Who knows what H.I.G. Capital’s stance on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is?
Well, apparently, it’s time we found out.
I should also note that I got several questions about my statement that there are “25 million Americans in prison tonight” —- from people bringing forward statistics indicating that the number is more like 2.5 million.
They changed the names of most federal “prisons” to “correctional facilities” and that caused an instant and very dramatic drop in the official “prison” population!
Hahahahah! —- except that just as many people remain behind bars. And those of us who know the verbiage routinely ignore their sophism.
Let’s also make it clear that I am including the populations of the federated “State of State” prisons and jails and “correctional facilities” and “reform institutions”, for the simple reason that the people who are incarcerated in these facilities are suffering under the same system and the same false legal presumptions of the same parent corporations.


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Catharina Shields' Romantica Blog: Chapter 3 (or 2 if you're from SOL) has been submitted.
Chapter 3 (or 2 if you're from SOL) has been submitted.
It's going to be a loooong chapter to read, so brace yourself! Don't ask me why I felt the need to make the chapter so long, though. I couldn't tell ya! I guess it just turned out that way. I'm already working on Ch. 4 (3 for SOL) and, hopefully, this one won't be as long as the previous chapter.
Blood, Lust & Spawns: Some of you have asked me when I'll finish Blood, Lust & Spawns, but I'm not going to continue with it until I've made the many corrections that it needs. Now that I look back, I'm kind of ashamed I'd even put out a story with so many grammatical errors! I know there isn't a book or story out there someone, somewhere won't find errors in (even the traditionally published books, btw), but I want to put out only my best possible work. Anyway, until I've updated the previous chapters to BL&S, there will be no newer ones posted.
Of Vinegar and Honey: I'm currently writing Chapter 11 and hope to have it done soon. It will be offered as a $0.99 cents e-book, though, but it will be offered at Amazon, Smashwords, and now Bibliocracy as well! Bibliocracy is a new distributor I've teamed up with to offer my e-books although they only carry it in EPUB (which I have) and MOBI (whatever that is). The good thing is, you get them both for one price.
I want to thank all of you for your wonderful feedback for Only You. I'm a bit puzzled by the low voting score it's getting at Lit, but the feedback has been nothing but positive and enthusiastic, and I can't thank you enough.
And very special thanks to those who have purchased my e-books. I really appreciate it that you consider my work interesting enough to help support my endeavor as an Indie Author/Publisher. As you know, it takes a lot of time to put an e-book out there from proofing, editing, copyediting, and designing the book covers, it all falls on me to do the best I can. My sales have been rising and I know it's because of you all. Thank you so much.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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The empath's guide: Living powerfully, what will it take to defy the odds?
Self-worth also has nothing to do with what you know, what you can do, what other people think you can do or can't do. Self-worth is how much you think, deep inside, when the chips are down, when life looks hopeless, how much do you think you are worth then?
Self-worth is just another name for self-esteem. Maxwell Maltz was a great authority on self-esteem. His knowledge was largely fueled by his profession: he was a plastic surgeon, and he had a chance to see and hear patients before and after the surgery that made them more beautiful, or removed the outward parts of them that they thought was ugly, unsightly.
He found that self-esteem does not change with the circumstances, because self-esteem is a deep-seated belief based on an old-old circumstance, or some failure, or someone speaking. Often it is even older: you inherited your estimation of yourself.
Maxwell Maltz developed a technology to change self-esteem, but it works only for a few people... it never worked for me, just like most things I did didn't work for me.
Maxwell Maltz's technology is based on visualization, playing out scenes in the theater of your mind.
Why would not it work for me? Well, for one, just like about 40% of the population (and 80-90% of those that struggle) I am kinesthetic, which means that I do not approach life through visuals, I approach it with feelings, inner and outer.
The second reason is that changing deep seated beliefs with methods that don't go deep is not possible.
I have only had success with two modalities, and I hear that a third one may be effective too.
I have become a practitioner of the Healing Codes and Theta Healing, because they worked for me. The third healing modality is EFT, where (I am only guessing here, I'll do my research when I write about that specifically) tapping confuses the system, and this way your mind gets access to the deep seated regions of the mind.
Why would self-worth or self-esteem be so important to living powerfully? Because we always live consistent with our inner guidance system, and if our inner guidance system says we can't, we won't. If it says we are not deserving, we either won't go for it, or won't hold onto it in case by accident some good fortune falls onto our lap.
What does it mean "living powerfully"?
Let me show it on an analogy from the car world for high performance. Ingredient one: A vehicle that performs according to its design, has all part in pristine working condition, oiled well, fueled well, the tires are balanced and aligned, the breaks do their jobs well. Ingredient two: A driver that knows how to drive, where to go, how to drive in any road and traffic condition, drives with ease and grace without driving other people insane with their driving.
That, translated to human conditions, to your life, would mean "living powerfully". Not an easy feat to accomplish, is it?
But it all starts with the belief system.
I watch people drive their Lexus or Mercedes Benz like it is a beat up old clunker, or they drive the car like it's made of eggshell and will fall apart if they reach the speed limit, ever.
The vehicle is powerful, but the driver's belief system limits the performance to the driver's level. That is not living powerfully.
What would living powerfully mean to you? What would be the requirements? What things would you have to change?
My new course answers that and provides one-on-one support in changing the limiting beliefs.
Why do some people get fantastic results from the activators or the remedies and others get nothing or not much?


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Loda in the practice room!
Some nice-looking pastries from the breakfast.
The practice room. It’s basically a normal hotel room but they removed the beds and added some desks. Works fine though!
Tomorrow is media day so we are gonna go to their studio to take some pictures and record something. Other then that we have scheduled some scrims to warm up before the group stage that starts the 26th for us. All groups are played on different days so group A play the first day, group B the second one and so on. We are in group B so we are playing the second day.
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Short update from my phone. On our way to the airport now, bootcamp has been good! We went to the cinema after practice two days ago and watched Deadpool, really liked it! Would recommend you to see it if you haven’t already :).


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By serenawestra, March 27, 2013 at 12:09 pm .
The second conference day of Unlike Us #3 ended with a smashing party at Op de Valreep. Op de Valreep used to be an old animal shelter, but the building functions now as a squat with a big variety of cultural, political, and social events. It appeared to be the perfect – although a bit cold – location for the Unlike Us participants, speakers, fanatics and hackers to have a party.
For the special occasion of the Social-R-Us party, new media researcher and poetic rapper John Haltiwanger performed a special rap about Bitcoin. DJ Eindbaas played nostaltic ‘chiptunes’ from game consoles favorites like Gameboy, Atari and Sega, and managed to get the crowd to dance and jump around. Although the venue was very cold – some say -15 degrees – and even the music performers were wearing warm coats and gloves, it did not stop the Unlike Us crowd from having a steaming party!


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The homemade sauce is so simple and absolutely delicious! It only requires a few ingredients as well. This recipe is very easy but the flavor is amazing, and you won’t believe how cheap it all was to make!
Optional: Parmesan Cheese, Basil or Parsley to Garnish.
Add sausage, ground turkey or chicken, egg, worchestershire sauce, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, italian herbs, red pepper and bread crumbs into a medium sized bowl and mix together using your hands until well combined.
Ball the mixture into small to medium sized meatballs and set aside on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Wash hands and add 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil into a medium sized pan over medium high heat.
Cook meatballs in batches until golden brown, turning over on all sides to make sure it is thoroughly cooked through. Add more olive oil if necessary to cook all meatballs. Remove meatballs from pan and drain on paper towels until all are done.
Begin on the sauce by turning the heat to medium low and adding a bit more olive oil then chopped onions and cook until tender.
Next add in garlic and cook for only 30 seconds making sure not to burn.
Add in your crushed tomatoes, and stir in red wine, Italian seasoning, sugar and salt and pepper. Allow to simmer for about 4-5 minutes then add in your meatballs and cover to cook for 15-20 minutes over low heat to thicken and allow the flavors to come together.
Either toss your cooked spaghetti pasta in or spoon spaghetti sauce and meatballs over cooked spaghetti. Garnish with parmesan cheese, basil and/or parsley and serve.

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Wash and trim any browning/rusting of leaves, and trim off the stem end. Depending on the size of your sprouts, I prefer the smaller to medium sized, half or quarter. Remember, you’re looking for bite size.
Toss with 3 tablespoons of olive oil, Soul-Licious Seasoning, and roast at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes or until fragrant, tender and partially caramelized. Remove and spoon out into a mixing bowl.
In a fry-pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, fry the pancetta until the fat is rendered and pancetta is crispy. Add the sliced shallots and cook until tender. Remove the crispy pancetta and shallots, reserving the pancetta grease in the pan. Sprinkle the pancetta and shallots over the brussels sprouts.
In the fry-pan with the heat on, add the sugar and mix into the pancetta grease. Add the vinegar and bring to a light simmer. Stir the dressing to combine. Immediately pour over the sprouts and toss in the dressing. Pour into a serving dish and serve warm.


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Becoming a practicing, licensed architect is a long process that takes several years to complete even after graduating from an accredited college program. Becoming an architect is a hard, time-consuming path and not everyone that completes a degree in architecture, be it a Bachelor's or a Master's degree, decides to become a licensed or registered architect. To become a licensed architect, in addition to receiving a degree, an architect must complete almost 2,000 hours of on-the-job training under direct supervision of a licensed architect.
So you're finally getting that dream home or building an ideal space for your business. But you're not quite sure what that process is actually going to look like and what it all entails to make your dream a reality? Here's what it looks like from an architect's perspective.
Wagstaff + Rogers Architects considers shelving the Master Bedroom as a room name.
Wagstaff + Rogers Architects are passionate about Green Building. So, as a side effect, energy consumption, conservation is a goal to not only create great sustainable buildings, but will also directly impact your utility bill.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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I began my search by considering what languages to include in my search. As I knew I needed to develop custom software to go with the CMS system to handle my particular kind of data I needed a language that was easy to develop with but also could be maintained in the future. While I was in no way set on PHP as a language of choice, having serious concerns about security, I knew perl was out of the question due to maintainability issues and I had concerns about the server hardware required to run a Java system. I like Java as a language but find that such systems require considerably more hardware to run than PHP systems. Python and Ruby were not out of the question but, as I said, I hope to grow the team and finding Ruby and Python programmers is much harder than finding PHP programmers. As I hope the site is going to grow into a very heavily used site I considered scalability, in all forms, very carefully.
I wanted a system that would be able to grow as my site grew and the staff to develop and maintain it grew. Right now it is just me but if the business takes off like we hope it will this will change into a team and I needed a system where designers and coders could both work on the system without stepping on each others toes too much. This means Model-View-Control as is often done. To me this required a system which used a template engine and I was particularly interested in finding one that used Smarty as that seemed to be the template engine of choice for PHP.
I was also determined to use an Open Source system as I have long been convinced of the advantages of Open Source development a long time ago. That said I needed a license that was liberal enough to allow me to have proprietary portions of the CMS system.
Finally I have had some experience with databases and I knew that MySQL was not going to cut it for my system. I needed full ACID compliance to properly support scalability and so I knew postgresql support was crucial.
Having limited my search parameters some. I began looking at various CMS systems and was disappointed with all of them for one reason or another. Fortunately I stumbled upon BitWeaver and within a few hours of digging into the SamplePackage I knew I had found my home.
Joomla/Mambo I rejected for not having postgresql support and not the license I was looking for.
Drupal had postgresql support but I found the function name system of hooking the code together to be a giant pain and the template system was a mix of HTML and php entities that I found to be completely unmaintainable. The license also didn't work for me.
bitweaver and TikiWiki (from which BitWeaver was spawned) I found to be bloated with complex dependencies between various parts of the system.
There really seemed to be nothing that satisfied all of my needs until I found bitweaver.
All in all BitWeaver met my needs. Maybe it will meet yours.
Although I am not such a pro as you probably, my way was similar. Although I am strugling a little now I hope I keep the track with Bitweaver. I am lazy to start code, that is all it is about (:cry:).


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Airline/Travel Specialist Training Program, for than just flight attendant training.
The travel industry changes daily and so will your work as an airline or travel specialist. Graduates of our program have traveled to foreign cities and exotic locations all over the world. Our program is designed to provide the professional skills, training and confidence you need to compete for entry-level positions in the airline and travel industries such as flight attendant, boarding agent, ticket agent, and more. This program focuses mainly on customer service and airline operations.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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We had our first real taste of winter this week with temperatures near zero. The weather has been awesome, great hiking weather. I put my vegetable garden to bed for the winter with several layers of mulch. Trying to balance the necessary watering with winter temperatures and a dry season is a dance with mother nature. Happy Veteran's Day all!!
We have been very busy this spring break! I have had the opportunity to add more photos to my lineup. I am still using film and I scan the negatives and edit them in Adobe Photoshop so a great deal of work is involved. Wish me luck as I have a steep learning curve ahead of me with the software.


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We are Buro de Vakmannen. We believe that a strong brand identity with a distinctive value proposition is the basis for growth. And that a marketing strategy only works if it is simple and fact-based. That is why we work with practice-oriented models towards a clear and concise marketing strategy, aimed at testing your beliefs in practice. In this way, you can focus on your most valuable customer segments and grow sustainably.
Marketing strategist, business designer, NIMA C marketer. Focus on marketing management, proposition design, value driven channel marketing.
Arjan started his career in IT as a project manager. Long before agile became known, he sought multidisciplinary collaboration and organized stand-ups at the management’s office. In 2011 he made the switch to marketing, where his keenness soon became apparent. Four years later he joined the MT Marketing of a large Dutch corporate, where he became responsible for, among other things, proposition development and mortgages.
Marketing strategist, design thinker, startup coach. Focus on pragmatic brand development and customer engagement proposition design.
René has extensive experience in B2C services. For more than 12 years he worked in various marketing roles at, among others, Startup Bootcamp, de Volksbank and Achmea, always on the cutting edge of strategy, concepting and proposition development. René now has extensive experience with methods such as lean startup, design thinking, value proposition design, Google Design Sprints and agile proposition development.


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By 1945 the Second World War was over, but the war against women and children was not. During the imperialist war women and children were used as comfort women for male soldiers in the battlefields and exploited as cheap labor in the factories in the name of apprenticeship or national labor service. After the war, they were again forced to work in slavish conditions due to poverty.
This Collection reprints 300 valuable source documents on the problems of trafficking and child labor that prevailed under the new Constitution of Japan from 1945.
After the war, the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers abolished state-regulated prostitution and rigidly restricted child labor in order to construct a democratic society in Japan. Nevertheless, Japan’s social structure where poverty directly led to trafficking and child labor was not easily transformed.
This Collection is divided into two sections: on “Trafficking” and on “Child Labor”. The former includes many valuable materials such as magazine articles and official documents on trafficking between 1945 and 1960. The latter includes many pamphlets and books that illuminate not only the real situation of child labor (known and described as “juvenile labor” at the time) but also the circumstances of this labor, which we can see as the abuse of child labor through circumvention of the law.
This Collection reprints valuable historical materials documenting the actual situation of women and children who were forced to work in slavish conditions, regardless of the existence of the democratic Constitution of Japan, on the eve of the period of “high-speed economic growth”. The Collection contributes to understanding of contemporary global trafficking and child labor problems, and of problems of unfair labor practices.
We publish the Collection for all scholars and institutes who research and study not only the history of child welfare, of child education and of women, but also the history of labor, the era of the Japanese occupation by the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers, as well as human rights problems in general.


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The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance’s field trip programs offer the perfect blend of engaging performances and curriculum-connected themes. These concert opportunities introduce students to the wondrous sounds of a live orchestra, professional singers, and the athletic art of ballet, while also relating music to students’ personal experiences and classroom curricula.
Magic Carpet Concerts at the historic Dayton Masonic Center offer our youngest audience members a chance to move and sing along as they’re introduced to the orchestra, opera, and ballet.
Young People’s Concerts are perfect for middle- and upper-elementary students as they dive deeper into a specific theme in the acoustically perfect Schuster Center for the Performing Arts. With provided lesson plans, you can challenge your students to make cross-curricular connections as they listen to and watch the performance.


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Someone tell me if they see this, lol. I love this app for scripture memory!
Chris, did you have to add it through the website?
that's a great idea! I just need to figure out how to add verses to the group now. ha!