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Starting a small business can be a daunting prospect. Taking an idea and turning it to fruition takes many steps and precautions in order to be successful. Here is a short guide to aid in growing that seed of ambition into a money-making tree.
Start with doing your research. Market research will allow you to look at other businesses that have started or are about to start and tell you if there is an opportunity to turn your unique plan into a successful trade. It is a way to gather information about potential consumers and pursuits already up and running in your market or area. You can use that information to compete and gain an advantage for your business.
In order to get the best results from your research, you need to come up with a plan. You must ask yourself certain questions about your services and/or products. Ask if there is a need for this product or service in the market. If you live in a hot climate, there is probably no need for a snow clearing company. Likewise, if you live in a dry state (no or little alcohol is consumed or bought) you probably don’t want to open a bar. Ask what are the general needs of the market you are trying to target and how can you improve or add to the lives of the people you are trying to sell to. You can do research fairly easily with the advent of the internet. Get online and google that stuff! There are many online publications that you can read in every aspect of business and business conduct so choose the one that fits your particular endeavor the best. Go to the stores that sell something similar to what you have in mind. Eat at restaurants that you believe could be your competition. Most likely there is an idea out there that mirrors yours unless you are really lucky and the idea has not been done yet.
The main reason why a consumer might leave you for your competition is that your pricing may not be fair or competitive. Maximize your profit by making yourself aware of what your competitors are doing and how the really successful businesses beat out the competition. Stay on the cutting edge even after you begin your business and don’t stop doing research even after you have been in business. The ideas and businesses that stay up and running are the ones that change with the tide. Even a novel idea can become outdated and boring in the ever-changing world we live in. It won’t happen overnight but if you keep yourself aware of your competition and what is changing out there it will help you have a greater understanding of your audience and what you can do to keep your head above water. Starting out is often the hardest part but if you stick with it, it should eventually pay off. If the idea and goal you started out with do not fly like you thought it would do not give up, try modifying your plan and keep going! No one who made it big and it lasted began quickly. Good things take time.
Think of it as a guide to anyone reading it as selling them the idea for your business and why it would be successful. A good plan will guide you through each stage of managing and starting your new venture. It is a great way to sift through the key elements of your goal and help ensure your safety out in the big bad world of business. You will use your plan to grow, run and structure your thoughts and think through the elemental foundation of what you are trying to accomplish. A well-formulated plan will help you get funding or bring together new investors or partners. Your plan is the tool you will use to convince people that they want to work with you or invest in your project.
There is not a right or wrong way to write your plan, what is important is that it meets your needs. One of the most important aspects of your plan is to outline your funding requirements. Your goal is to explain how much you’ll need over the onset of your project, which will usually be a five-year process, and what you will use the funding for. Anyone who wants to invest in you needs to know that they will eventually have a return on their investment. This is where you will detail how they are going to be reimbursed and be profited from investing in your business. Give a detailed description of how the funds will be used. Specify if funds are needed to buy materials and equipment, cover specific bills like insurance, and pay salaries. Be sure to include a detailed description of the future plans, like selling your business or paying off debtors.
This is one of the most important steps in starting out. You need to determine how you are going to cover the costs of starting up and if you will need to borrow money. Most people that start need to borrow or get investors. You need to decide whether you can afford to leave your current job to focus your energy on this project. You will have to be able to support yourself until a profit can be made and will possibly have to adjust your current way of living to supplement your goal. Put away the money now with your future goal in mind. Most small business start-ups fail because of lack of funding before they start to turn a profit. Overestimate what you believe you will need to carry through before a sustainable revenue flow supports your idea. Financial assistance is almost always necessary in beginning a new project so doing research on loans is usually a step in the process.
This step is necessary in order to become a recognized business entity. Your business purpose, name, corporate structure, and other information about your company is necessary to become a corporation. Otherwise, you will just need to register your business name or name you have come up with for your company like a “Doing Business As.” You may want to take the steps to trademark your name for extra protection in the future and to protect against theft. After registering you will need an EIN number from the IRS. This step is not required for sole proprietorships with no employees but you may want to apply for one to keep your business and personal taxes separate to save you the trouble later on. The IRS has provided a checklist to determine whether you need an EIN to run your business and you can register online for free. Certain forms need to be filled out and the forms you need will be determined by your business structure.
It may seem to be something you will eventually get around to doing, but in actuality, it is one of the key elements in starting your business. Purchasing the right coverage and insurance policy, from the right insurance company, for your business is an important step that needs to happen before you even start a launch. Dealing with incidents like theft, customer lawsuits, or business property damage can be so costly, it can shut you down before any of your dreams have been realized. If your business has any employees you need to purchase, at a minimum, unemployment insurance, and workers compensation insurance. You may need other types of additional coverage as well depending on industry and location. Most small businesses are advised to purchase a business owners policy or general liability insurance. General liability covers bodily injury to yourself or a third party and/or property damage. Professional liability insurance is something that you would want to purchase if your business provides a service. It covers you if something is done wrong or neglect to do something causes a chain of events that could lead to a lawsuit. Without this insurance coverage, your business could fail with one small mistake.
When you’re starting a business you are more likely to focus on what must go right instead of what could go wrong. Both considerations need to be brought up. The risk is an inherent part of dealing with customers and it is a part of any type of business ownership. You need to account for risk and purchasing a small business insurance policy is the best way for an entrepreneur to manage and mitigate some of the risks of day-to-day operations. Each insurance company is different with different limits of protection and price points, so avoid the confusion by asking an agent which insurance coverage is the best for your type of endeavour.
Before you start selling your professional service or product, you need to build a following and brand to get people ready to come to your new business or buy your new service. A logo that can help people easily identify your brand and can be consistently used throughout your advertising platform will help leave a mark on people’s minds. Using a company website and social media to help spread the word is a key promotional tool. Use coupons and deals to offer discounts to new users and followers once you launch. Spread the word with the internet and make sure to use keywords to pop up in search engines when a new customer is looking for a service or product. A marketing plan goes hand in hand with the business plan to get the word out about your business. This process is just as important as providing a quality experience for the consumer. Without proper marketing tools, there is no consumer to sell to. If people don’t know you exist it is impossible to gain customers.
Your first sales and launch are just the beginning steps of your tasks as a small business owner in order to stay afloat and make the profit you need to be able to grow your new business. You will get out of your business what you want if you put the effort to continue to grow it. These are just some of the beginning steps of becoming an entrepreneur. It is an ongoing process that takes many years to get to a successful and profitable point. The main point is, DO NOT GIVE UP! If it fails the first time, you must try again, as in every aspect of life.


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Hair replacement is a very personal service; not only is it damaging being exposed without your hair on while having a service is being done, but the emotional feelings for each individual in general who go through this. With this being said, I personally can't imagine ordering a hair piece online and cutting it so it looks natural on my head.
There are sites out there that give the potential buyer step-by-step instructions on how to make a mold of your head. They then pick out their color and hair piece. The clients send the mold to the company and they will send the client a hair system in about 12 weeks.
· Will it fit me perfectly?
· Will it be styled to my hair cut?
· Will the color match perfectly?
Now, back to the story… The 12 weeks isn't the issue, making your own mold and hoping you have it right and spending hundreds of dollars with no guarantee or returns! Are you kidding me? I have been doing hair for 35+ years and when I took my daughter in for her first hair system I was scared to death. It cost a lot of money but it was worth every penny. I walked into a whole new world I didn't know anything about; that is, not until I went to school for hair replacement.
When a female client comes in to see me, and they have exhausted all of their options, the last thing is wearing a hair system. This whole process is a very emotional ride. First, tears of sadness knowing that the little hair left on their head is going to give up the fight. Then, tears of joy when they see the new person sitting in front of a mirror with a full head of hair. We become bonded for life. There is a trust between us like no other.
Most ladies haven’t let anyone, family members or loved ones included, see them without their hair on. Once the hair is in place it will stay in place for a month. She can swim, shower, run, go to the gym whatever she would do with her own hair she can do with a hair system. It is a part of her. It is her hair.
For my male clients it's different. Instead of tears they are picky. It is so important that the system looks perfect because they don't want anyone to know they wear hair. We have all seen those bad pieces on men at one time or another, but if they are good and done right by a good hair systems specialist, you would never know that that man wears hair. Hair systems get a bad rap because the only ones you see are the bad ones, this goes for women too.
1. It takes years of learning all the tricks to make a perfect seamless fit. Why would you order something online and think you could do it yourself?
2. More importantly, why would a company have 25 years experience that use to offer personal salon services start a online company and offer inexpensive do it yourself hair?
3. Online sales don’t have the human touch and think they are offering a less expense alternative when all they are doing is making more money and doing less.
There are hundreds of sites out there, some are direct from China. I have them contacting me every day. The only way I would buy from China is by going there and hand picking my manufacturer.
Don't fall for the online sites. The old saying is true, “You get what you pay for.” You need to do your homework and find someone you feel comfortable with. Even ask for a reference, and even before and after pictures. You will be glad you did. I was a mom looking for a solution for my teenage daughter and I know exactly how it feels. I spent hours online searching for the perfect place for us. We drove an hour and a half each way, but it was worth it.
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The Missouri Boys State Memorial Trust is a very important part in securing the future of the American Legion Boys State of Missouri program. It is essential that the Trust flourish in order to ensure a successful program now and in the future.
The Trustees believe that in order to maintain the highest quality program, staff, and participants, and to continue the unfettered teaching of our democratic form of government and the vitality of the free enterprise system, it is imperative that an independent source of funding for Missouri Boys State be assured by its administrators. The Board of Trustees of the Missouri Boys State Trust and the Board of Directors of Missouri Boys State are committed to this goal.
The Missouri Boys State Memorial Trust was established on January 9, 1982 with the primary purpose of providing a strong financial base for The American Legion Boys State of Missouri.
Charlie Bacon, the first chairman of the board of trustees and former national commander of The American Legion, described the Trust as a “rainy day fund” created to ensure that Missouri Boys State would never fail for financial reasons.
Concerned that The American Legion may not be able to provide for the program’s financial stability in the long-term, Commander Bacon and the original board of trustees sought to have the funds that would ensure that Missouri Boys State would exist in perpetuity. The Trust has continued to focus on building the strong financial base needed to reach the goal of financial independence that Commander Bacon envisioned so long ago.
While the focus of the Trust is still the long-term financial health of Missouri Boys State, the Trust also provides for a select few immediate needs to benefit the program as opportunities are identified that will significantly improve the Boys State program.
The general corpus of the trust is meant to ensure the financial stability of the program in the event that the American Legion can no longer provide sufficient support. However, in order for Missouri Boys State to derive some immediate benefit from the Trust, there are restricted funds earmarked for important programs.
The George W. Lehr Memorial Speakers Chair - George Lehr was Auditor of the State of Missouri and a former Boys Stater. Upon his death, the George W. Lehr Memorial Speakers Chair was established by Mrs. Barbara Lehr. Funds cover the fees and expenses for a “keynote” speaker of national notoriety at each session of Missouri Boys State.
The Wayne S. Gregory College Scholarship Fund - This scholarship is awarded annually to the student selected “Citizen of the Week” at the program. The scholarship was endowed by the Springfield Kickapoo Voiture 40/8 in memory of Wayne S. Gregory a former 40/8 member and Boys State Commission Chairman. The selection is based on scholarship, citizenship and leadership.
The Trust also funds a scholarship for a member(s) of the volunteer staff who serve the Boys State program each year. The Dean of Counselors awards this scholarship based on leadership skills and service to Boys State.
The Directors’ Sponsorship Fund – Established in 1999, this restricted fund is reserved solely for covering the cost of sponsorships where The American Legion participation has diminished. The trustees are committed to making the Missouri Boys State experience available to all qualified students regardless of their high school size or location. This fund also provides for sponsorship of participants in the inner city school districts in Kansas City and St. Louis where sponsorships may not be available.
The A.B. Weyer Memorial Fund – All unrestricted funds not designated to a specific Trust initiative reside in the A.B. Weyer Memorial Fund. A.B. Weyer was co-founder of The American Legion Boys State of Missouri and the first Boys State Quartermaster in 1938.
The Trust depends solely on corporate, civic and individual donations and gifts. The Missouri Boys State Memorial Trust is certified as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational youth program under the Internal Revenue Code through it’s relationship with the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
Since no goods or services are rendered in return for a donation to the Trust, contributions are fully tax deductible.* The Trust receives no government support and receives no support from the United Way.
* Check with your tax consultant for more information.

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Parfums MDCI..the fragrance house that charges you an arm and a leg for a bottle of perfume and then tops the bottle off with an armless, legless classical bust. I get annoyed with expensive packaging, and these folks are some of the worst offenders out there.
They do make some wonderful perfumes, though.
Today I'm testing Vepres Siciliennes. It is a fruity explosion. There is no other way to describe it. It opens with a somewhat odd mix of sweet citrus and raspberry and soapy musk. The soapiness soon fades and you are treated to a parade of summer fruits that are both sweet and tart-perfectly believable, in other words. I get some very mild grapefruit, peach, and plum, underlaid with a refreshing greenness. As it dries down, it grows less sweet and a hint of oakmoss emerges. Unfortunately, the fruit notes grow a touch chalky in the drydown as well, but the citrus notes make an interesting comeback towards the end. Of the myriad other notes said to be in this melange, I detect not a whiff. That's somewhat disappointing, since at $610 per bottle, I expect to smell every damn thing I'm promised. Here is the list: mandarin, grapefruit, peach, pepper, green leaves, cardamom, muguet, magnolia, jasmine, ylang ylang, rose, tuberose, heliotrope, osmanthus, raspberry, cloves, plum, coconut, musk, amber, oakmoss, cedarwood.
All told, Vepres Siciliennes is a very nicely done fruity fragrance. The problem is, I'm not generally inclined to smell like a fruit salad, however sophisticated it may be. If more of the floral or spice notes had made an appearance, I probably would be more interested in obtaining a decant of this scent. If you want to sample it or (gasp) buy a bottle, you can get it at Luckyscent. The bustless bottle is a relative bargain at $235 (ha).


text: I really love Elvis, and this album was a must have! It takes me on a trip back in time to when he was still alive and well. But I think I speak 4 any true Elvis fan when I say he will ALWAYS be alive in our hearts and on our iPods, lol.

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Texas A&M Aggies Dog Tee Shirt (Medium) – This was exactly what I needed. Great product.
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I begin the scheme and I try to do a small MasterMind. But I can't structure correctly the programm and I'm not sure to understand the indent style and how use and change the variables.
I don't understand too what is the different between 'and' and 'and?' ?
And why 'not' is not 'not?' , they are twice predicates, no ?
Thanks for your future help !
Here is a good article for the indentation of Common Lisp, that should be fine for scheme/racket too.
What concerns the pairs and/and? and not/not?, without question marks they are just building blocks of boolean expressions, whereas with question marks they combines predicate functions and returns a combined predicate function.

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Peoria, Illinois – is the largest city on the banks Illinois River and with a population of 115.000 residents, it’s the 7th most populous city in the state. A well-developed manufacturing, cultural and educational center, the city offers a plethora of job opportunities in different industrial sectors such as the production of heavy machinery, brewing, food and accommodation as well as law, finance, administration, healthcare and retail.
Historically, Peoria has been the largest producer of alcoholic beverages with more than 20 distilleries and breweries and a bootlegging center during the prohibition era.
Peoria economy is largely sustained by heavy industry and manufacturing of heavy machinery. Caterpillar Inc., a heavy machinery manufacturer and “Fortune 100” company with revenue of more than 38 billion USD is headquartered in Peoria. The varied job market offers a lot of opportunities in healthcare, agriculture and retail as well as science and research.
Peoria is also the home of the Northern Lab, the largest agricultural research center. In healthcare the largest employers are UnityPoint Health and OSF Healthcare. Other major employers include Ameren, HGS, Keystone Steel & Wire.
Peoria has often been called a “big little city”. It’s racially diverse population make the city attractive for those professionals who wish to experience different cultures and traditions. With its low costs of living and affordable housing, the city attracts those jobseekers who are looking to establish a career and form a family outside of the large metro centers. Several state and interstate highways pass through the city – and the relatively low commute time (of approximately 16 minutes) means that every part of the city is easily available, even in rush hour.
However, drawing roots from the Prohibition days, the city’s crime rate is one of the worst in the state and the authorities have taken significant steps and actions in talking this issue. Also the myriad historic sites and entertainment venues offer different social and cultural activities. Peoria has a strong student and research presence. It is the home of more than 10 colleges and universities and is very attractive for those jobseekers who wish to establish or develop careers in these economic areas.
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text: This worship of food has robbed us of emotional stability, comfortable clothing, and many relationships. The solution that was introduced in The Weigh Down Diet is to trust God with the way He made our bodies. He has created the instincts of all animals, all infants, all children, all men, and all women with the ability to sense when they have eaten too much. Man-made rules have unplugged and confused this instinct to sense fullness and appropriate volume, and they have caused us to be greedier and to expect more self-indulgence than ever before. Dieting, which is the use of man-made rules, works only on making the food behave—not the heart of man. This is big! All animals, infants, and children that have been untouched by the man-made rules still have the strong innate capacity to recognize and respond to correct volumes of food. Dieting—including fat gram counting, pills, bulimia, suction-assisted lipectomies, and excessive exercise—has created and exacerbated an excused greed that has grown to monumental heights in this country. Greed is at its zenith. Our plates of low-calorie, fat-free foods are larger, our demand for more has increased, the seats are larger, and the clothes are stretchier. The present volume that can be eaten in polite company would have been completely embarrassing at one point in our history. Do you know what else? The word binge is understood by even young children. It’s a word that rolls off our tongues on a daily basis with no guilt.

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text: Soothing and immune boosting herbs come together in this tasty vitamin c rich blend. And if you have the cold/flu, or are getting there, reach for this handy little formulation and drink it with abandon. Make like 32 oz, drink and brew it again. Really, you can't have enough! Made from echinacea, elecampane, lderflower, rosehip, eucalyptus, ginger, cats claw, licorice and orange peel. The name is inspired by the song sung by Aretha Franklin...not the Motley Crue one...which isn't their best work!

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ICO a DAO - Can Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Save ICOs?
In January 2018, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a proposal for eliminating the downsides of many initial coin offerings (ICO). Buterin wrote, “the following is a quick exposition of an idea I had for improving the ICO model by merging some of the benefits of DAOs.” The thought experiment highlighted how a “DAICO” could eliminate the temptation for exit scams and leverage the wisdom of the crowd to distribute project funds. In the following post, we will dive into some of the ways in which a DAICO (an ICO for a decentralized autonomous organization, short DAO) can improve on ICOs and better leverage positive community sentiment.


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Thermal bridges are an important instrument for identifying in more detail the heat losses from the building envelope. In highly efficient buildings such as Passive Houses, the influence of these losses has to be minimised. In ideal cases this is referred to as thermal bridge free connections or thermal bridge free design. Besides the heat losses, surface temperatures can also be determined with the aid of heat flow simulations, which allow conclusions to be drawn regarding thermal comfort, moisture development and the risk of mould growth.
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Lagos — The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBDEC) has strongly condemned the spate of assaults and robbing of its staff in three different offices in Ilesa business hub, Osun region within the past week.
Mrs. Angela Olanrewaju, head, Media Communications and Strategy of the company said the dastardly act was carried out by some hoodlums from Bolorunduro and Olomilagbala communities.
"As a customer - friendly company which is always ready to attend to customers' complaints and resolve them, we are disappointed at the attitude of the hoodlums who attacked the staff of the company at their various offices in Isare Service unit, Isokun Service unit and Ilesa business hub office, Oke- Omiru in Ilesa metropolis with various weapons such as guns, cutlasses and cudgels at about 8.30 am," he said.
The company said it was prepared to serve its customers better and cannot jeopardize the safety of its staff at the expense of satisfying its customers.

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text: Paulina Gadamska-Kabata, a M.D. from the Department of Haematology & Transplantology, Katarzyna Gruchała, a Ph. D. student from the Department of Medical and Pharmacy Law, Ewa Orłowska, MUG graduate, prof. Michał Chmielewski, M.D., Ph. D., from the Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases and Damian Szczesny, Ph. D., associated with Tri-City Academic Laboratory Animal Centre – Research and Services Centre and Department of Biopharmacy and Pharmacodynamics took part in the “Race for the Cure – Olga Gajdus Memorial”. Event which took place on September 30 and was organized by OmeaLife foundation was aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer prevention among young women and commemorating Olga Gajdus, co-founder of the foundation. The route of the run led through the demanding area of the Hewelianum Centre. Event was held under the honorary patronage of rector prof. Marcin Gruchała, M.D., Ph. D.


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The Protein Research Foundation (PRF) was founded 23 years ago and during that time we have experienced many highs and lows, but 2012/2013 will be remembered by Board members, staff and contractors alike, as the year we hosted the 9th World Soybean Research Conference (WSRC IX 2013).
With that conference behind us, the remainder of the year reverted to the normal highs and lows, but it included many challenges as well as the satisfaction of successful achievements. As in the past, this report describes the various PRF activities and presents the most important achievements resulting from PRF funding.

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As one of the leading contenders for the few coveted medical marijuana licenses in New Jersey, Pangaea is a vertically-integrated grower, extractor, and producer of high-quality THC and CBD products, and will operate several branded dispensaries throughout the state.
Pangaea was under a tight deadline and needed a logo, brand identity, packaging design, and presentation design to accompany their application for a medical marijuana license in New Jersey. After the application was submitted, they turned their attention to developing an online presence with an informational and beautiful website.
We were able to quickly develop a logo and brand identity that evoked a phoenix rising, and had the primal, ancient feel that the client desired. Renderings of packaging designs were also developed to be included in the presentation to the licensing regulatory body. Working closely with the technical consultants, we ensured the strict labeling requirements were followed down to the smallest detail, while maintaining the brand identity. We also refined the messaging throughout the website to maintain a friendly and informative tone, without feeling overly casual.


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Our workshops include comprehensive strategies for teachers and support staff to apply within the classroom and school environment.
Mind First visit schools in order to identify the unique requirements and devise a programme that meets your schools unique requirements.
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Discussion in 'Android Questions' started by Alkali, Jul 3, 2011.
I have this problem with my HTC Desire Hd.For an unknown reason i downloaded 3 programs from Htc Hub but i cannot see them despite the fact i install after downloading them and can even see them when i check Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > All but i just cannot see and run them.
2. So also with the SPB Mobile Shell 3D, I purchase and am using this wonderful application but it just disappears from within the phone applications. I cannot even see it among HOME SWITCHER and neither can i select it in spite the fact it is listed among all my applications. I contacted SPB but they suggested i use HOME SWITCHER and select it among those listed but when i did and cannot see it they just abandoned my emails.Please help.
Alkali, I do not remember if your phone was rooted or not. Can you see the apparel if you open them using a file manager? SPB should be in main system, not on sd card. Lets go with the easy stuff first!
No it's not rooted. It has been the way it is since the first day i bought it.And i can see Mobile Shell listed in file manager.
Is it installed? Sometimes uninstall and reinstall works.
Sorry dear Sherri i was telling half truth. I now uninstalled and install and it's now working. Thanks.
Yeah! So glad I could help!
(You probably had it downloaded onto phone, but not actually installed.) Either way, glad its working.


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With autumn finally upon us or fast approaching (at least here in Sweden) we have seen several important scientific events (besides the Nobel Prize) in the last month or so. First it was Peer Review Week in September celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality. And it comes as no surprise to most of you that this week is Open Access Week, an increasingly important celebration in the name of free research. This year’s theme reflects the importance to ensure that – when open access increasingly becomes the default – these open systems are inclusive, equitable, and truly serve the needs of a diverse global community. There has been for some time a move towards openness and many organizations, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, now encourage open access publishing. If I for example were to receive funding from our Swedish Research Council, they only accept articles that are published with open access in my reporting on grants. The idea is that anyone should be able to learn about current scientific research—that scientific findings are a public good. Of the about 3 million articles published every year around one third is now available through open access and with more than 33 000 peer reviewed English language journals publishing this year, it is hard to keep track of them all. It is therefore recommended to check the list of open access journals available in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Lately, preprints have also become an increasingly important aspect of open access (see for instance the chat with the PREreview team in last week’s post). A preprint, or working paper as they are called in some areas, is basically a scientific text that has not yet undergone peer review for publication in a scientific journal, but the definition may vary between disciplines. Starting in physics – and later fields like mathematics, statistics and computer science – with arXiv and recently in life sciences through the server bioRxiv (where PLOS participates), preprints now spreads to more research domains like engineering (engrXiv), social sciences (SocArXiv) and psychology (PsyArXiv). Some research funding bodies are now also allowing preprints in their applications meaning that applicants do not need to wait for a completed peer review process in order to share their research.
However, while scientific publication is in the middle of a transition from publication in traditional subscription-based journals to open access and general openness, the financial model is still based on the old subscription model, with payment of fees to the publishers. In addition to these license fees for reading, publishers have also begun to charge for online publication – known as an article processing charge (APC). This has led to coexisting models of both traditional and open access where universities not only pay for the license but also to make the research available through fees for open access, which has spurred a rapid increase of costs for both reading and publishing. As an example do Swedish researchers publish approximately 4 000 articles per year in journals belonging to one of the largest scientific publishers and spent around $ 1.3 million on article processing charges last year, on top of the $ 13.6 million that organizations spend on licensing fees for reading the content of this one publisher.
In order to take steps towards the national goal of immediate open access by 2026 set by the Swedish Government the license agreement with this publisher was not renewed this summer after 20 years of collaboration. The reason for this was that the demand from The National Library of Sweden of a sustainable transition to open access was not met by the publisher. Hence, as of 1 July 2018, Swedish researchers cannot reach journals belonging to this publisher which obviously make things harder. At the same time this fight has to be taken and other European nations have already cancelled or are considering termination. In some countries researchers now even refuse to act as reviewers or editors for articles belonging to journals owned by the publisher.
In a 50-year perspective the emergence of today’s modern publish environment as we know it has basically happened from the Millennium and onwards. PLOS started as a nonprofit open access publisher in 2001 and launched its first journal PLOS Biology in 2003 (now celebrating 15 years). Only three years later PLOS ONE was a reality as the first multidisciplinary open access journal. Most of us surely agree that open access is here to stay and therefore sustainable price models that enables a transition to open access must be presented. Obviously, there is also problems with the growing misuse of open access and predatory publishing, which I wrote about in last year’s post for Open Access Week. It is therefore of great importance that ECRs also take the fight for openness and do not take this freedom for granted nor accept the exploit of open access.
Featured image Benefits of Open Access byDanny Kingsley & Sarah Brownis used under a CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons CC license.
Andreas Vilhelmsson. (October 27, 2017). Open Access Week 2017: It’s time to do something about predatory publishers.PLOS Blogs: PLoS ECR Community.
Benjamin Joshua Riley & Roger Jones. (December, 2016). Peer review: acknowledging its value and recognising the reviewers.The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners,66(653), 629-630.
Hilda Bastian. (July 30, 2018). Europe Expanded the “No Elsevier Deal” Zone & This Could Change Everything. PLOS Blogs: PLoS Absolutely maybe.
Inna Sevelius. (September 17, 2018). We must take control of publication costs. Curie.
Jocelyn Kaiser, J. (March 24, 2017). NIH enables investigators to include draft preprints in grant proposals.Science.
Joerg Heber,J. (December 20, 2016). Ten Years of Advancing Science as ONE.PLoS Blogs: The Official PLoS Blog.
Meredith Whitaker. (October 18, 2018). Guest Post: Learning about preprints with PREreview.PLOS Blogs: PLoS ECR Community.
Nick Shockey. (May 24, 2018). Theme of 2018 International Open Access Week To Be “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”.
The STM Report: an overview of scientific and scholarly publishing. Fifth edition, October 2018.
Stefan Eriksson & Gert Helgesson. (2017) The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics.Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. Vol. 20(2), 163-170.
The PLOS Biology Staff Editors. (October 15, 2018). Fifteen years in, what next for PLOS Biology?PLOS Biology.
Andreas Vilhelmsson is an ECR Community Editor and a post-doctoral researcher at the Division of Social Medicine and Global Health at Lund University in Sweden. His research focuses mostly on patient reporting of adverse drug reactions and pharmaceutical regulation with respect to health policy and public health, but he is also interested in broader global health issues like climate change and welfare systems.


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After years of property disputes, trail destruction concerns, and a search for an endangered species, one of the DC area’s newest public transportation projects may encounter its most significant obstacles under newly elected Maryland governor, Larry Hogan.
The purple line was originally conceived under Maryland Governor Glendening as a connection between the New Carrollton station on the orange line and Silver Spring on the red line. Under the Ehrlich administration, the project was merged with the Georgetown Branch Light Rail Transit, which was proposed to run from the Silver Spring station to Bethesda, both on the red line.
Initially, the purple line was proposed as one of three options: heavy rail (think Metro), light rail, or bus rapid transit. Heavy rail was quickly eliminated as too expensive and light rail is highly favored over a rapid bus line. The current proposal is a 16.2 mile line with 21 stations, which will serve approximately 70,000 riders daily, at a cost of approximately $2.5 billion to build. Having cleared several regulatory hurdles already, construction is scheduled to begin in 2015, but that appears unlikely with Governor Hogan’s refusal thus far to make a decision about whether his administration will proceed with the project.
To build the purple line, the Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) will likely have to seize part or all of nearly 350 properties, including condemnation of 12 homes and apartment buildings and between 15 and 20 businesses, according to estimates from 2012. A more recent estimate of the number of properties affected by the purple line was not readily available.
In addition to residences, MTA also had to contend with the Columbia Country Club, a private golf course located near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and East West Highway. The purple line will bisect the course, which the club says will jeopardize its standing as a competitive course and filed suit to prevent this. Through a series of negotiations and deals, the route through the course was modified and parcels of land were swapped in order to save the competitive layout of the course through the preservation of trees. The club has promised to refrain from participating in any lawsuits to delay or prevent purple line construction.
In a bid to prevent the purple line from moving forward as a light rail line, Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail (FCCT) used a $10,000 donation from the Town of Chevy Chase in order to search for three endangered species: one small shrimp-like creature and two small crustacean species. The creatures have never been found in this area and the survey, completed by David Culver of American University, found none of the targeted species. Undeterred, the Town has given FCCT another $20,000 to sample DNA of the water and sediment to determine if any of the target species could live in the area. The results of the DNA sampling should be available this summer.
Maryland’s current governor, Larry Hogan, campaigned on a promise to kill the purple line (and a related project, the red line, in Baltimore). Closer to the election, Hogan reneged on his plan to scrap the projects and is still “considering” whether to cancel them or allow them to go forward. Governor Hogan’s biggest concern is the cost of the project which, at $2.5 billion, is high. This number is mitigated by $900 million from the federal government, $220 from Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, and further contributions from the public-private partnership. After months of delays on a decision, the Governor is saying he will issue a decision in June.
A new report from Transport for American combats the governor’s arguments about the project’s costs, claiming the purple line would create over 20,000 jobs, cut travel times, increase property values, and save residents money. The line would also increase access to jobs, including nearly 100,000 local residents who will have access to transit. Hogan’s Transportation Secretary recently stated he believed $200 to $300 million could be cut from the total cost. Time will tell if these benefits and potential cost savings will be sufficient for Hogan to move forward with the projects.
The purple line will provide incredible benefits to residents in this area and contribute significantly to reduced automobile congestion in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. Business leaders, local residents, and the local municipalities have been planning for these projects and have a strong desire to see them through. Governor Hogan should stop kicking this decision down the road, recognize the immense benefits the purple will provide, and allow the project to move forward.
Jessica Christy is a second year law student at the University of the District of Columbia and a mother of three. She’s originally from Colorado, but has lived in DC for almost nine years. Before attending law school, she worked in industrial hygiene, including asbestos litigation and workplace safety. In her spare time, she enjoys beating her oldest child at MarioKart and needlepoint.
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There has been increasing attention paid to the role of insects as a protein source for humans in the place of meat. Insects do not create the same climate and human health impacts as livestock and they can be raised on a vegetarian diet. Many cultures around the world enjoy insects as an integral part of their diet. There are over 88 countries where insects are consumed regularly and over 1900 species of edible insects worldwide.
The concept of eating bugs has received a lot of press lately. However, this is not a new practice. As the world struggles to keep up with burgeoning human populations, we are searching for new sources of protein. Insects require much less land to raise and are more efficient at converting feed to protein than most livestock. They also emit fewer greenhouse gases than livestock. The UN has been actively promoting the use of insects to meet our protein needs, and it is an area of major innovation in the food industry.
Currently, there is a $20 million industry around entomophagy in the US, and the concept has received widespread support. However, cultivating and consuming insects on a mass scale is not a simple solution. There are many questions about the real rates of protein conversion, best practices for husbandry and the ideal diet. Regulation has yet to become tailored to this industry and the market is still in its infancy. The Washington Post highlighted that high-density cricket farm operations are still governed by the same USDA regulations as those for livestock.
Some commonly consumed insects are crickets, mealworms, beetles, black soldier flies, butterflies and moths (mostly eaten in their larval and pupal stages), bees and wasps, ants, termites and grasshoppers. Apparently mealworms have a nutty flavor and ants and termites have a lemon flavor to them.
There are some very unique offerings for insect-based foods. Popular Science reported this month on several new companies, (with 30 insect-based startups since 2012 nationally) including, Critter bitters, Jungle Bar and Chirps (cricket chips) among many others. There are several manners in which insects are being brought to market and the most common is as a protein bar or powder. This powder can be used in a wide variety of recipes, including cookies. Time magazine recently released a list of recipes, including a recipe for deep fried tarantulas.
While insects provide a diverse and more sustainable form of protein than many forms of livestock, integrating them fully into our diet will mean learning to eat in new ways. A nonprofit called Little Herds in Austin, TX has taken on the challenge of changing perceptions and creating markets, and Open Bug Farm is an open forum for insect farming enthusiasts. As consumers and environmentalists, we are presented with the opportunity to help this industry grow in a sustainable way. It will be interesting to see if home production of insects grows in urban environments. An additional challenge is that of bringing production costs down to compete with conventional foods.
Some local DC restaurants, such as Oyamel, are serving insects on their menus. In addition, there is an annual event, the Pestaurant, where restaurants serve insects worldwide. Last year’s event featured a DC restaurant. We can hope to see more insect products on the shelves and I for one will be getting more used to the idea!
KC Stover works on programming for DC EcoWomen and on wildlife conservation issues. With a background in entrepreneurship and the environmental field, she believes that new businesses can create opportunities to address some of our most challenging problems.
This salad is everything I love about spring – crisp, tender asparagus; the first juicy vibrant tomatoes of the season, creamy pasture-raised goat cheese, and a light dressing featuring sweet local honey. A satisfying crunch from toasted hazelnuts brings it all together.
In each recipe I create, I choose ingredients that are good for you, people, and the planet. I believe that we have the power to support our bodies, strengthen our communities, and live our commitment to the environment through what we buy, where we make each purchase, and how we prepare and enjoy each meal. This salad was inspired by last weekend’s stroll through the Takoma Park Farmer’s Market and a quick trip to the TPSS Co-op.
I encourage you to make this salad a local adventure – seek out your local farmer’s market for the asparagus, tomatoes, goat cheese and honey. Support a food cooperative or independent grocery store for the hazelnuts and other dressing ingredients. Each dollar you spend is a vote for the kind of world that you want to live in. Not sure where to start? Visit Local Harvest to find markets, farms, and co-ops near you.
As you enjoy the flavors of spring, know that you’re supporting your own health in addition to your community and the planet. This salad is rich in folate, a B vitamin that is especially important for women’s health. It also contains fiber, protein, and healthy fats for a well-balanced and nutritious meal.
Since local produce is harvested just before being brought to market, it contains more nutrients than food brought in from faraway places. Asparagus contain a wide variety of important vitamins and are a good source of prebiotics, which improve digestion. Tomatoes contain, lycopene, potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin E, as well as other nutrients that have been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol and blood pressure.
Purchasing local honey supports honeybee populations, beekeepers, and the health of our local ecosystem. Honey has been used as medicine since ancient times and locally produced honey has been shown to have much stronger antibacterial activity than conventional honey.
Choosing goat cheese from pasture-raised goats is a responsible way to indulge in a little dairy. Learn more about the importance of selecting animal products carefully at Eat Wild. Following a vegan diet? Just double up on the hazelnuts, which are full of protein, healthy fats, and promote heart health. You can substitute another natural sweetener for the honey.
Most importantly, take time to prepare and enjoy this delicious salad! Know that you will be supporting your own health, people near and far, and living a little lighter on the planet.
Snap the tough ends off the asparagus. With a vegetable peeler, shave the asparagus into thin strips and toss into a bowl.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and add to the bowl with asparagus.
Crumble the goat cheese into the bowl with the vegetables.
Make the vinaigrette: combine all ingredients in a separate small bowl and whisk well to combine.
Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well.
Divide the salad onto two plates and top each with half of the hazelnuts.
Make it a meal: top with a poached or hard-boiled local organic egg.
Tip: If you can’t find toasted hazelnuts, simply roast them in an oven at 275 degrees F for about 15 minutes.
Elizabeth is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Yoga Instructor who created Siena Wellness to inspire people to live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives that positively impact the world we share. She believes that each of us has the power to change the world through daily choices that positively impact our own health, help lift people out of poverty, and protect the planet.
This year I started Simply Put Strategies. I’m a few months in, and learning like there’s no tomorrow. Turns out it’s not all rainbows and butterflies, but it’s still pretty awesome.
Should I work for free? – There are other ways to work.
There are also other ways to work besides for money or nothing. I started my organizing business by working pro-bono in exchange for testimonials for my website and before and after pictures. I also barter: a graphic designer friend is designing my business cards in exchange for social media consulting. You could trade babysitting services, pet care, etc. Offering these deals eases pressure on your spending, establishes mutually beneficial relationships, and gives you experience.
Learn everything but don’t do everything – With the Internet, there is no end to the things you can learn to optimize your success.
You do not need a business degree to start a business. The Internet abounds with resources for everything, which means you basically have no excuse! You can learn to be your own bookkeeper, market yourself, design your own graphics, advertise, ramp up social media, and so on. Of course, doing everything yourself is not necessarily a good investment. If someone else can do it faster and with expertise, it’s worth outsourcing. Weigh if it’s cost effective for you to do, or trade with/hire someone else.
How to cope – Everyone will give you advice and tell you that running a business is hard. Don’t be deterred!
Everyone and their uncle warned me that starting a business is hard. It got old: I knew it would be hard and I like working hard! But it has been challenging in ways I didn’t expect: I didn’t expect the loneliness I feel by spending so much time alone. I didn’t anticipate how easy it would be to get distracted. I hadn’t considered how long some decisions take to make.
Before I started my business, I imagined leaping out of bed every morning and producing badassity until dusk. But sometimes I hit snooze, plant flowers all day, or schedule Skype dates during “business” hours.
When you’re doing your own thing there are no boundaries unless you set them. This is a blessing and a curse: you can work wherever and whenever, which is freeing and invigorating. However, this means that at any given time you may feel like you should be working. Since “working” and “not working” look the same now (they can both be done on your couch or in a cafe) you must consciously designate time not to work.
Work your Network – It may be your best resource.
I put off sharing my business with my network. I worried that sending an email blast to my extended family would be awkwardly self congratulatory. I explained this to my aunt and she said, “you’re going to have to get over that.” She was right.
Part of your unique contribution to a business is your network. You have no idea who wants your services/product or knows someone who does. Take advantage of that as soon as you can – it’s all about people.
Starting a business is a great time to expand your network. If the thought of wearing a blazer and schmoozing grosses you out, think again. Networking isn’t about meeting as many people as possible to use them for your career. Networking is about investing in your community. Putting down roots by meeting people, joining organizations, and learning about your area makes you feel grounded and connected. It has two benefits: it’s good for you as a person, and it’s good for business.
Eva Jannotta is a professional organizer, social media consultant, and the founder of Simply Put Strategies.

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Favorite Thing About SEO Helping others accomplish their Internet goals, and bringing life to a website.
When I told her respectfully she was wrong and explained why that portion of the interview was ended. It is a challenge when the interviewer has zero SEO knowledge but rely on Wikipedia or random blogs to become an SEO expert five minutes before an interview.


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I found a course on cybrary, which is only about 3 hours long and which is free.
Module 1 – Threat Intelligence Maturity Model is the intro, with an interesting analysis about maturity levels of organisations related to threat intelligence which I found pretty informative.
Module 2 – Campaigns and Open-Source Threat Intelligence comes with some information about OSINT and visualization, which is also covered a bit broader in the course that I took previously.
Module 3 – Sharing Operational Threat Intelligence is a bit more interesting, since here we start with “Sharing Operational Threat Intelligence”. This comes with some information about Crowdstrike & Alienvault, Yara, TLP, CybOX and STIX, TAXII. Finally some information about Tactical/Operational sharing, which was interesting, because the author seems to know that things like ROI etc. are also important when talking about security programs, the explanation of Analytic Confidence was also useful. The video about “Words of Estimative Probability” will almost certainly be useful in the future.
The tools are not explained in depth or compared to each other which is a pitty. I strongly suggest to have a look at sigma ;).
For me the course was interesting and infomative, especially Module 3 & Module 4 brought a new perspective to me. Some of the example could be shown with more length. Further I got some more tools that I might try in future. I give the course 4/5 points.

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Austin Ivers (Ireland) is an artist, teacher and curator based in Galway, Ireland. He is co-founder of the 126 gallery, lectures in Fine Art at GMIT and has recently exhibited in Graz, Kiev and Galway. An active member of the Irish video arts community, he is also on the board of the Galway Film Centre and has previously worked for the Galway Film Fleadh.
Matt White (UK) is an artist, film maker and lecturer. His work has been shown in gallery based group and solo exhibitions as well as screenings at EFA Project Space, New York; SMART Project Space, Amsterdam; Spike Island, Bristol; Chapter Arts, Cardiff; Bergen Kunsthall, Norway and Unit 2 Gallery, London. Past awards have included an Arts Council Research and Development Award, The Rootstein Hopkins Award and a Stanley Picker Fellowship. He has also been artist in residence at Apartment Project, Istanbul; Heathrow Airport, London and The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Matt lives and works in Bristol and is senior lecturer in Photography at the University of South Wales.
Shelly Nadashi (Israel) lives and works in Brussels. Her work juxtaposes video, sculpture, writing and performance. She graduated from the MFA programme at The Glasgow School of Art in 2009 after having finished her studies at The School for Visual Theatre in Jerusalem. Recent presentations of her work include Etablissement d'en Face, Brussels, Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgow, Lux&ICA Biennial of Moving Images, London, Performa Biennial, New York, and Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
The ‘Filmpodium’ has been in existence for many years and was founded to give an opportunity to screen low budget and less well known movies in Switzerland. Its tenth anniversary was in fact the reason for the first Gstaadfilm Festival.


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PLOT: In this animated three-quel The toys are back, but Andy is all grown up and about to leave for college. Woody (Hanks) and Buzz (Allen) must try to figure out where to go, but they run into trouble at Sunnyside Daycare.
WHO'S IT FOR? Everyone who even just kind of liked the first two films, likes Pixar films, has a heart, and remembers what it feels like to be a kid.
Read Bayer's full TSR on Friday, June 18, when Toy Story 3 opens in theaters.


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The Honda CB 350 is a 4 stroke, Classic bike with a Air cooled 325.00 ccm (19,73 cubic inches) Twin, 2 Valve type of engine. This engine then gets the power to the rear wheel with a Chain driven transmission.
If you are searching for Honda CB 350 Tyres then you will need to look for the correct sizes. On this model the Front Tyre size is 3.00 - 18 and the Rear Tyre size is 3.50 - 18 so before buying a tyre, check that it is the correct size.
To stop this bike you will need reliable brakes. The Honda CB 350 comes with Expanding brake brakes on the front and Expanding brake brakes on the rear to ensure you will stop quickly if you need to.
Are you looking for a specific part for the Honda CB 350? Leave a message and our other users may be able to help!

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Join national brownfields experts to learn about the new EPA Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) brownfields grant competition and key tricks of the trade as you prepare your FY 2019 grant applications. This webinar will also include a "how to" for TAB EZ*. Hosted by the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR), the KSU Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Program (TAB), and the New Jersey Institute of Technology Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Program (NJIT TAB).
TAB can review drafts of Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) grant proposals at no cost! Please contact the TAB provider for your Region. Provide at least one-week notice of sending drafts for review.


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February is the time of year when romance blooms and we collectively celebrate St Valentine by spending valuable time with the one we love.
To mark the occasion - and the reopening of Greenhills from our winter break - head chef Lukasz has designed a Valentine's menu to truly savour, available from Wednesday the 14th until Sunday the 18th February.
To begin, you could try our refreshing gin cured salmon with wasabi emulsion, or a charming ham hock terrine accompanied by tonka bean mayonnaise and side of brioche.
Following the opener, the main courses are set to warm the cockles of your heart, from succulent beef Jacob’s Ladder & oxtail tortellini to roast brill served with gnocchi potato, heritage tomato and seasonal muscles.
Bringing the intimate dinner to a close are our selection of fruit-infused desserts: choose from an orange & dark chocolate bavarois, Malibu & coconut cheesecake with pineapple ice cream or a delightful strawberry & Champagne parfait.
Whether the evening is your first date together or your one hundredth, we would love you to dine with us this February and enjoy the comfort & hospitality for which Greenhills Country House Hotel is renown.
Greenhills re-opens from the 9th February, and is ready to welcome our valentine guests to stay the night - or perhaps a whole weekend.

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Online "sorts" have arrived! Students can now create personal accounts to complete virtual sorts online and update answers on an enhanced report view. Student-generated reports automatically appear in your account.
One of the most exciting new features is Corsava Reports. In a fun and professional presentation, it summarizes the student card-sort results by category and level of importance to the student. The report helps counselors and families alike by opening discussions on factors students may never have considered.
The "Students" page is completely revamped and now includes robust search features. You can search by a student’s first and/or last name and class-of year, or filter to only show paused sorts and/or include archived students. Select "View All" to see a complete list of all your students—similar to the view in the previous version. Names that appear in red are students who have not created their own account; those that appear in teal are students who have created an account.
Anyone who has used the College Choice 101 cards will acknowledge that three choice categories were never enough. Rather than Really Want, Don't Care, and No Way, Corsava Cards now includes a fourth option, as students often wrestled with having to make such a clear distinction between what they truly wanted and what might be nice. With this new version, students sort the cards into Must Have, Would be Nice, Do Not Care, and No Way. Students will no longer have to add a column on your table!
Many of you who are familiar with the original cards will see significant changes in the Corsava Cards artwork. After having discussions with hundreds of counselors and students and reviewing years of feedback, the artwork for each card image was updated to reflect images that would resonate with this new generation of students and a more global audience. You will notice consistent themes that appear in different cards, highlighting the connections between these factors in college life.
Included with the new Corsava Cards case is a US regional map aimed at replacing the geography cards. We heard from counselors that many students used the geography cards to rule out parts of the country before discussing the benefits of certain areas concerning fit and cost. By placing certain geographic regions in the No Way pile, many students reduced their options and closed the door on discussions to new areas. The map is intended to open these discussions upon completion of a sort. An enhanced pack of geography cards is available if you miss them, but please let us know that you think.
Lots of new majors have been added to reflect this generation's world of new careers. These were added based on requests from counselors whose students are asking more questions about jobs and changing academic offerings.
We designed more cards that reflect a student's deeper preferences because studies show (and counselors know!) that students who match their preferences to a college environment are more likely to thrive and graduate. Key factors that are important to this generation of students, like collaboration and the opportunity for co-op programs, have been added to open the discussion on these important topics. And there are two new cards to help counselors ascertain how students learn best—do they perform better when they are surrounded by students who push them (Pushed by My Peers), or do they prefer being at the top of the heap (Top of My Class)?
Definitions for each card are available on Corsava.com to help students better understand the cards if questions arise. You can share the cards in a group setting or follow along on your iPad, phone, or laptop during the sort.
One of the most requested features of Corsava Cards is the color-coded categories on the side of each card. In addition to seeing specific card preferences, you can quickly see how relevant various categories are to students. While some students may focus more on the educational culture on campus, others may put more emphasis on residential life or campus culture, and the categories make these criteria "pop"!

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Subroutines to extract and use sky WCS information in FITS headers. These subroutines and the I/O and access subroutines below are in the wcssubs tar package as well as in the libwcs.a library which comes with the wcstools tar package. They are also used by the image display and browsing programs SAOimage, SAOtng, and skycat for translating between image and sky coordinates. They were originally written for SAOimage to track image pixel sky positions and display external databases in sky coordinates translated from the cursor's position in the displayed image.
Subroutines to read FITS and IRAF headers and images and to access images with any datatype.
Subroutines to extract stars in a specified region from the HST Guide Star catalog, the USNO J Catalog, or a user-supplied Starbase-format catalog.
Sburoutines used by the various WCSTools tasks, such as source finding and WCS fitting.

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Every organization, school and college is constantly in need of stationery items in order for the smooth functioning of the organization. If you are looking to invest in the right kind of stationery items for your organization and you are tired of purchasing these items at the physical stationery store then you need to start thinking about purchasing them online. One of the things that most offices need is filler paper other related stationery. This is something that runs out very quickly and it is important for every organization to stock up on these items in order to ensure that the functioning of the organization is not disrupted. While you can always choose to purchase these items at a physical store ordering them online happens to be a smart choice since you will never need to worry about the quality of the product delivered. Bad quality filler paper or printer paper can potentially damage your printer and this can harm your services and functionalities for a day. If the paper quality is too thin it could get jammed within the printer and this could mean that the rest of the day is wasted as you will need to wait until somebody comes to rectify the printer. Also when you order products online they are delivered to your office and it eliminates the worry about having to go and pick them up physically. Organizations require high quantities of stationery and while a physical store will not give you any discounts you will end up saving a lot of money when shop for the items online. You can also read customer reviews and see what they have to say about the product. Good quality stationery products will never have any bad reviews and this will make you more confident when you invest in them.
There are a number of Finance Companies and Banks that offer various kinds of loans that you can opt in for. If you are looking for low interest rates and hassle free solutions then you need to contact a licensed money lender when it comes to borrowing money for a personal reason. There are a number of reasons why a money lender is a much better solution and in case you haven’t already figured out why money lenders are better you need to understand that the rate of interest that a money lender would offer is a lot lower as compared to any bank or financial company. It is always a good idea to get in touch with a licensed money lender as they are safer and if you are not so sure where you can find these money lenders then the best thing to do is to check the licensed moneylender review listings. This will help you identify a good money lender and you will manage to contact them based on their rating. Money lenders usually lend you money based on your terms. This makes it easy for you to pay back the loan and since there are flexible payment options that you can choose from it is always easier and less stressful for you. Money lenders do not harass you as much as a bank or any financial corporation. They trust you more and they believe that you will pay them back when the payment is due.
Another reason why banks and financial companies are a big disadvantage is because they call you over and over again with their various promotions and offers that they have and they try to convince you to obtain more services from them. This often leads to loads of spam emails and calls.


text: Our range of hardwood field gates is probably one of the most comprehensive available. Evergreen traditional designs such as the Buxted or Seaford have been supplemented with slightly more intricate designs which offer more individuality. As with all of our gates we can engrave names, or other forms of message onto the top rail of the gate. Please enquire for further details.


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Speaking to a gathering of prominent businessmen, technocrats and dignitaries of the city on Monday night, Mian Ahsan said the Indus Hospital in Peshawar will be built in three phases.
The Indus Hospital has some of the most able and renowned physicians and surgeons as part of its faculty and staff.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Indus announced on January 9, 2007, that the company has been acquired by an affiliate of $1 billion private equity investment firm Vista Equity Partners and will be combined with MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Incorporated, the worldwide leader in enterprise mobile workforce management software.
The proven management teams at Indus and MDSI bring decades of experience and vision which will help them provide the newly combined client base with a single source for managing and optimizing their operations.
DivX has licensed content from Indus Video, a content provider that owns distribution rights to hundreds of Hollywood and Bollywood titles.
Progressive and growing utilities such as Fort Collins understand that there is only one place where they can find a customer management solution with the scalability and open architecture to help them reach their goals," said Indus President and CEO Greg Dukat.
With this venture, Indus plugs into Xoom's India disbursement network, which includes pickup, direct deposit to any bank account and home delivery.
Magnox chose the Indus solution as the work management and compliance system for its Dungeness A, Oldbury, Bradwell, Sizewell A, Trawsfynydd, Wylfa, Hinkley A and Berkeley sites located across England and Wales.
I believe the combination of Indus and MDSI will be a very positive development for our customers, and I wish all of the employees at Indus the best as they enter into a new and exciting era.
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a global not-for-profit organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship.
We feel that a combination of Indus and MDSI will create a company that will be uniquely positioned to offer an end to-end solution for service delivery management.
After an extensive review process, EMWD chose Indus Customer Suite.


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Students3k provides free download of ATM management system with source code. This is a simple ATM project.
Encourage yourself with self-sufficient control of your ATM system atmosphere. Modify the look and circulation of your client encounter, add new marketing information, handle particular ATM actions with international or personal ATM granularity, add new business features, increase the foundation through the Software Growth Kit, analyze and program your change for implementation – all within a GUI development work bench atmosphere.


text: The aim of the study by Tomáš Dvořák is to summarize the basic parameters of the debate on the relation between history writing and the internet which has taken place especially in the German speaking area in the last several years. The author points out the fact that the entry of history writing in the world of the hypertext is connected with a number of doubts and concerns regarding the future of this very discipline. He admits that the inclusion of the hypertext online history writing in the standard outputs of historians’ work will bring about new demands of training the authors and broadening their competencies. According to Dvořák, the history research has already entered the internet and it is thus necessary not to merely passively follow this trend but to actively shape it. For this reason, for example, the author recommends including the “creation of the Wikipedia facts” in the history teaching and at the same time he encourages historians to participate in cultivating this online encyclopaedia.


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The climatic test room control system allows complex simulation programs to be created and executed. Set point and actual values of environmental conditions are recorded and available for future analysis. The chambers can be operated with or without personnel inside.
One mobile rain simulation system is available and can be used in any of the three rooms.


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« Episode 110 – Free lottery tickets!
This week Mel hangs out with evil monkeys and Kelly gets a new toy.
Journalist Chloe Pierce sets out to discover the secrets behind a giant self-help guru’s organization that she believes is behind her fiance’s suicide. As her quest continues, she starts to experience some very disturbing visions/hallucinations. Will a visit to Astrid Mueller’s secret Clean Room answer all of her questions?
Prepare to be disturbed y’all. There are monkeys. Evil demon monkeys.
An inexpensive yet functional smartwatch that works excellently for notifications and reminders without having to reach for your android phone.
It works with many apps you already use on your Android phone with more available regularly.
It also looks pretty good, with numerous wristbands available. Some feel that the bezel might be too big, but for $149 what are you really complaining about here?
Definitely give it a look if you’re in the market for a smartwatch.
David M Latt (@DavidMLatt): has worked with the Asylum, to make many of our favorite Syfy channel movies, AND ZNATION!
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One of the first actions I took as a newly elected council member was to meet with the Friedland Group to do a walk-through of Johnson Avenue. The main goal of this visit was twofold — to highlight the area’s store vacancy problems, and to express my disappointment with its overall dowdy appearance.
Years later, the Friedland Group continues to be a bad steward of their commercial corridors in Riverdale — both on Johnson Avenue and Knolls Crescent. It is clear that Friedland, and many commercial landlords, do not mind having vacancies while they wait for big box stores that will pay top dollar.
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez has an interesting piece of legislation known as the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, aka commercial rent control. This bill attempts to create fair lease renewal terms, but it does not necessarily ensure positive terms for the current tenant. I do not believe that this bill will solve the central problem: vacancies.
I believe that the creation of a vacancy tax, a tax that landlords would be required to pay as their storefront remains unoccupied, is the answer.
Implementing this tax would be a more precise tool for bringing new businesses to our community while discouraging greedy landlords from rent-gouging our existing ones.
This would require state action, but I believe that this is the best approach to achieve fully rented, safe and vibrant commercial corridors in our district.
The author is a city councilman representing District 11.


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The organization traditionally keeps their large amount of information in paper form. The most important file to be stored and maintained in all these homes was the Case Management File of each of their clients, which contained all the important documents related to the client. It contained documents like admission forms, medical documents, school/ work documents, court document, assessment of clients by social worker, care plans created for clients during their stay in a home, etc. Whenever a statistic or some information was required, admin staff or social workers have to browse through all the documents in the file to find the one they need. Limited staffs managing many clients have to keep track of many such case files. Thus, the main focus of the IT system was to build a system to effectively replace the 'thick' Case Management File as much as feasible.
In addition, IT system also included modules to manage their staff and volunteer information, to manage activities conducted by the homes, to track visitors to the home, to track donations and other logistics, etc.
A 7 member student team under the guidance of Dr. Ben Leong began working on the project, with a deadline of 3 months to complete and deploy the system to Pertapis. Our aim was to build a comprehensive, computerised framework to capture the large amount of information in electronic form, in as natural and as intuitive a way as possible, with minimal impact on the original workflow of the homes.
In the first stage, meetings and site visits were held with Pertapis to understand the daily procedures and workflow in each of their homes. After understanding the specific needs, a detailed user specification report was created for each of their homes. The report contained what we understood as the modules needed best to improve the workflow in that particular home. After confirmation with the respective homes, necessary modifications were made and a master user specification report containing the specific modules of IT system that we would be building was presented to Pertapis. Upon mutual agreement, the project advanced to the next stage.
In the second stage, our team got down to coding the actual system. Using a powerful content management system, Drupal, we proceeded to build the system. After passing the Drupal learning curve, developing conventions and methodologies along the way, each student in the team was assigned one or more modules. During this developmental phase, further site visits were conducted to talk to the actual staff (mostly social workers) who would be using the system in order to gain a sound understanding of their workflow. During these visits, prototypes of the system were presented as well in order to work out the best possible solutions in terms of minimizing work for the staff. Once the modules were completed, peer testing was done among the team to ensure the working condition of the modules.
In the third stage, preparations were done to deploy the system to the first Pertapis home : PCWG. The finished modules were uploaded to a server and the PCWG staff was given access to the system for a trail period. Feedbacks from the staff during the trial period were incorporated into the modules and the system was ready for its first deployment.
In the final stage, the server was brought down to PCWG and the system was successfully deployed on 18th September.
Currently, preparation for deployment to the second home, PCH, is underway.
Data entry can now be done with just a few clicks but at the same time capture all the information required. The traditional paper forms, more often than not, contained fields where the information to be filled were repetitive. Now, the system provides intuitive form elements like radio buttons, select boxes and checkboxes where possible for easier data entry, thus saving valuable time.
In addition, visitor sign in/sign out is now done with a barcode system where all the visitor needs to do is scan his/her identity card. This makes visitor tracking a convenient and speedy process. Furthermore, the 'green card' previously used to associate next-of-kin to client is no longer necessary, since the system is able to retrieve such information automatically.
Having data in electronic form enables retrieving data quickly and effortlessly through the search interfaces built in the system. This will save the staff time previously needed to hunt for case files and browse through their contents. Also, client information is preserved in the database even after he/ she is discharged, and the information may be retrieved easily at any later date, if the need arises. Having records stored in an electronic database keeps it safe from being misplaced or forgotten in the process of changing staff.
###Automatic Information Compiling With all the data in electronic form, it becomes possible to automatically compile the data to generate reports that would otherwise take hours or days of work to complete. For example, a list of visits made by tutors and the time duration each spends in the centre can now be obtained with a few simple clicks, whereas previously manual scans through a sizable volume of paper records was needed. Such generated figures also have the benefit of being free from human error.
All in all the system will help improve the workflow of the partner VWO by making previously tedious and repetitive tasks quick and easy. Moreover, there is significant reduction in manpower and time needed to do the above. Thus, Pertapis is able to contribute more staff and much more time to serve the community, even better.
The team comprised an international body of students, hailing from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and India.
Seeing the gratitude on the staff’s faces when we first demonstrated our system to them was very encouraging, and made all the hard work we’ve spent during the three months all worth it. Definitely a very gratifying and amazing experience.
Learning and at the same time being able to give back to the community is a rare opportunity for anyone. Getting to work closely with a dedicated organization like Pertapis and being a part of the good they do for the society was a truly enriching experience. The lessons learned would be cherished much longer than those learned in any classroom.
We built the system on a relatively new platform none of us were familiar with, so it was a challenge learning everything from the ground up - figuring out how to get things done, developing techniques and setting conventions along the way. We also had to deal with an unforgiving time schedule, and struggled to deliver on time, having encountered many unexpected setbacks along the way. Above all these interacting with our partner VWO, extracting and properly understanding their needs, as well as balancing this against the resources we had was in itself an endeavour that proved both challenging and educational.


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You may be able to tell from her flawlessly homemade Halloween and winter carnival costumes and her impeccable style, that Grace Baldwin has an eye for design. Not only does she have an eye for design, but she has a truly innate artistic skill that is possessed by very few.
Grace has been drawing for as long as she can remember.
“When I was younger, maybe three or four, instead of drawing normal things, I would draw things like lamps and turtles drinking martinis, and that’s kind of how it began” she says. Her career as an artist has only escalated from there. Since coming to Episcopal High School as a freshman, she has taken art classes all four years and participated in the “afternoon art” program. She contributes much of her success to her experience at EHS, stating that Mr. Phillips has been an excellent teacher and mentor to her over the course of her time here, and has introduced her to “many new concepts, pushed her outside of her comfort zone, and helped her grow as an artist. Grace “prefers to draw mostly in pencil” and focuses a lot of her time in the art studio to drawing inanimate objects with carefully detailed shading. Most recently, she’s been working on an independent study with Mr. Phillips, drawing still-life objects on a very large scale, and focusing on shading and shadows. One of the pieces in Grace’s study includes a large scale picture of a ladder, for which she won the prestigious Gold Medal in the Scholastic arts awards.
Grace attributes her love of art from her mother who is also an artist, and says she is her “main source of inspiration.” Her mother attended the esteemed University of Pennsylvania as an art major, and mostly focused on painting in her youth, but now owns a mosaic company.
As for her future, Grace wants to go into business or marketing in college, but hopes to be able to minor in studio art, and definitely wants to continue to do what she loves, even if she does not make a career out of it.