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The addict and the priest have one thing in common, both are motivated and strive toward a goal based on concepts swirling about in the subconscious. Each crystallizes a reality based on the impulses of a profound imagery.
Our ability to create an imaginary life then act on it can be a blessing or a curse. It is a blessing to the priest who blesses others with thoughtful words and wisdom, but evil to the addict who becomes the affliction. The subconscious mechanism itself is impersonal. It doesn't think, see, or feel. It merely keeps information and returns anything we put into it. With enough material stored in it, it runs a person's life.
What people don't realize is that the mechanism energizes everything they do, and it operates on autopilot. In many respects, the quality of life we experience is due to the autopilot programming running in the background. The mental imagery you subconsciously hold makes split-second decisions for you without forethought and puts you in a situation according to your imagery.
Individuals who overcome insurmountable adversity and poverty, and rise to the pinnacle of success and power are witness to this phenomena. They follow a vision encapsulated in mind. All decision, action, and expenditure are executed based on the reality that exists in their mind.
The same truth binds countless numbers of lotto winners, who end up broke in a few years. What you hold in your mind dictates who you are and the result of your life. Without internal change, external change is impossible.
The ideas that make up our subconscious fosters a reality through which we think, speak, and act. It alone is responsible for the materialization of your present life situation.
Here's the good news. Not only do you have the capacity to change your thought dynamics that run your life, but you can use it for the greater good.
The lesson taught by this verse is similar to what Jesus taught His followers about adopting a new ideology. To make great strides in life, we must cast off the old thought-mechanisms that hold us back and replace them with fresh visions.
Notice that the Bible also tells us how to create that new image. God wants us to build it in His image with truth, love, purity, and holiness.
Another essential element in building an extraordinary life from within is free will. This little verse also teaches that it's up to you to make the decision and move forward.
The ability to imagine ourselves any way we want, and to be automatically supported with a life-sustaining force is probably the most significant discovery in our history.
I believe our ability and the power that supports it can account for all unexplained miracles. It can also explain how Jesus performed many miracles like walking on water, healing the sick and feeding thousands of people with a few loaves of bread.
This statement tells us that Jesus' inner vision is wholly one with God. In other words, there is no subconscious thought to either impede or negate God's power in His mind.
Every human being is blessed with the faculties and capabilities to achieve. We just need to build thought structures that are in alignment with God to bring blessings into our lives.
Our brain is a remarkable, complex, and highly sophisticated organ that is organized and cultivated by what we want in life. If you train your mind to think at both the inner and outer levels habitually, nothing will be impossible for you.
Not only can we create thought-patterns at will, but we are capable of developing them any way we want. Present your brain with high lofty ideas, and it will go to work. Do the same with negative ideology, and it will also go to work.
Here's a quick test. For the next few seconds think of a highly stressful situation. How do you feel? Chances are you feel the tension. Now think of a quiet, serene moment. How do you feel? You probably feel calm and relaxed.
The body takes orders from the invisible mind. Whether you have a goal or not, your brain continually seeks to fulfill your ideology. Your conscious and subconscious thought life is the single most powerful determinant of your future and life.
Our vision must be evidenced by the substance of thought, in other words, we must be able to identify every aspect of the image as real. Without the reality of a vision driving everything, we become victims of circumstantial thought tossed by the highs and lows of life.
Deeply held mental imagery triggers our conscious and subconscious mind to work. What's astounding about the process is that is back by divine power for those who believe.
After days, week, maybe months of hearing about the miracles of Jesus, a woman who bled for years and given no hope of recovery, worked her mind into such an ecstatic state that it propelled her out her death bed and into the crowds.
With just one touch of Jesus, her healing was manifest. Jesus then says this, "Be of good cheer. Your faith has made you well." Jesus applauds her tenacity, creativity, determination, and vision. The story illustrates how God helps when help is needed, and it happens when an idea consumes us.
What you hold in mind will either limit you or free you from limit. If you conceive images in negativity like, "that's impossible, I can't do that," then your mind will automatically go to work on that. It will even present visions of the impossibilities and reasons why you shouldn't believe. This does not take away from sound logically thinking needed in achieving any goal.
Your brain responds according to your beliefs, stored information, and self-image. If you think and feel you can't, then you can't. But if you're like the woman, who sounds like wild horses couldn't stop her from receiving the impossible dream held in her mind, you will probably achieve the impossible.
Your first step to living a great life is learning about the system and how to use it. Then, as with all things you need to practice, learn, and be persistent. The practice will stimulate new habits, new ways of thinking, and creativity. On your journey, you will encounter thoughts that oppose your newly held beliefs. The confrontation is an opportunity for growth if you approach the resistance with thoughtfulness and care.
Addressing ingrained thought habits like, "I can't because..." will develop a new self-image in you, one that supports your vision and its attainment. It just takes practice. All you have to remember is that your subconscious, the mechanism that quietly runs your life, needs to be exercised in a particular way you want, so it's going to take time.
Rest assured the process is easy and becomes natural. Just like you check the fuel in your car and get gas when you need it on virtual autopilot, you can replace resistant thoughts with thoughts that support your goal. After replacing thoughts for a while, it becomes a reactionary mental habit that results in new profoundly ingrained thought patterns.
Envisioning a potential future while cultivating your mind is extremely powerful, but to significantly magnify that power you must experiencing your vision with emotion. All you need is one memory of victory to heighten the experience.
You don't need a huge victory or tremendous success, you just need that, "yes!" moment. Remember what it was like to learn something new and you got it. That's all you need to move forward in a new direction. Apply that feeling of happiness to your vision and watch it come alive.


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Study title: Do psychological concerns drive your bowel discomfort – help us develop a scale to better measure these processes.
Other investigators involved: Dr Pragalathan Apputhurai (Lecturer in Statistics), Dr Rebecca Burgell (Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Alfred Hospital), Mr Stephan Moller (Research Assistant) & Professor Laurie Keefer (Health Psychologist, Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Clinical Center, New York).
Study description: Psychological distress and gastrointestinal symptoms commonly occur together and are frequently reported in community samples. Your responses will help us better understand how thinking patterns impact upon gastrointestinal discomfort. Further your participation will also help us to develop a new scale that can help better identify and target psychological processes associated with gastrointestinal discomfort. The study involves completing an online questionnaire that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
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Jonathan Rea has been named Cornmarket Enkalon Irish Motorcyclist of the Year at the annual awards dinner in Belfast.
Rea won the World Superbike series for the first time after dominating the championship on his Kawasaki.
William Dunlop was National Road Racer of the Year, with Ian Hutchinson top International Road Racer following his hat-trick at the Isle of Man TT Races.
The late Owen McNally was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame, with Rea Short Circuit Rider of the Year.
Janet Acheson, partner of the late Dr John Hinds, who died as a result of an accident at the Skerries 100 road races last July, accepted a Special Recognition Award to mark the significant contribution the 'Flying Doctor' had made to the sport.
British Superstock 1000cc champion Josh Elliott was chosen as Best Rider on UK and Ireland circuits, while Ulster Grand Prix hat-trick hero Lee Johnston picked up an Outstanding Achievement Award, taking into account his work for a charity project.
Hitachi KTM were selected as Team of the Year, with the Injured Riders Fund being recognised for their work by lifting the Services to Motorcycling Award.
Neil Campbell and Ross Graham shared the Off Road Rider of the Year prize and Kevin Keyes is the Young Rider of the Year.
Andy Reid collected the Race of the Year accolade for a British Supersport race at Oulton Park during 2016.

industry_corpus2: Sports


text: 1. Scars 2. Stuck In Your Head 3. Lifelines 4. Come and Get It 5. Chaos 6. Alone 7. Outcast 8. RISE 9. Already Dead 10. Pull the Plug 11. One More Time 12. My Heart I Surrender 13. Worst Part of Me?

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At the heart of Seeing Is Forgetting the Name Of the Thing One Sees (1982/2009), Lawrence Weschler’s biography of the artist Robert Irwin, are two intertwined and reoccurring ideas: presence and perception. Irwin (1928-), an American conceptual/installation artist, began his art career in the 1950s with paintings of lines and dots, then, in the 1960s, moved to painting round aluminum discs. By the 1970s he had gone beyond what he felt were the arbitrary edges of canvas and art object to take on the museum spaces themselves as the subject matter of his installation art. Since the 1980s, Irwin has worked on permanent outdoor installations intended to enhance their environments. In the process, his work has become ever less material, and increasingly concerned with getting us to experience a perceptual state in which we notice ourselves noticing.
As Weschler meticulously documents his subject’s evolution through copious interviews, what happened was that Irwin, a self-taught artist, came to realize that art is not about the art thing as much as the experience such things (or spaces) can engender. “It’s about presence, phenomenological presence” (61) he says. Irwin came by his realization organically, early in his career. While working on paintings, he became frustrated by the tendency of his images to signify and the impossibility of a “neutral gesture” (60). Was there a way to escape this? A way to “maximize the energy or the physicality of the situation and minimize the identity or idea or imagery of the situation”? (90) What Irwin wanted was presence without representation, “a reduction of imagery to get at physicality, a reduction of metaphor to get at presence” (200). Presence as affect, as materiality, as spirit, as feeling, as structure.
Remarkably, Irwin came to his insight about the importance of presence by spending massive amounts of time just staring at his works in progress. In looking for extended periods he began noticing differently: “paying attention to my own sensibility and taking stock of it and deciding that too many things in there simply didn’t make sense” (67). Tweaking his work, removing material instead of adding it, Irwin developed a stance in relation to his work that could enlist boredom as “a very good tool” (73). In paying attention, he “just attended to the circumstances, and after weeks and weeks of observation, of hairline readjustments, the right situation would presently announce itself” (74).
Eventually, the right situation would entail jettisoning the conventional equipment of art making and taking on, literally, less material projects. Irwin tells Weschler that some of the inspiration for this shift towards installation art came from drives he took into the California desert. Here and there, Irwin would sense (“intuition is about sensing facts before they materialize” ) something powerful and stop the car to go investigate on foot. He realized that it would be pointless to artistically “mark” such spaces with his own designs, yet was nevertheless inspired by how a naturally occurring space could have such powerful affect. Ultimately, for Irwin presence and perception are a set of relations that constitute the real subject matter of art. “We’re not really aware of what takes place otherwise, the so-called incidentals, the information that takes place between things,” he says, “the kind of things that happen around, the multiple interactive relations” (148).
Reading as I often do with musical things in mind, I found Seeing Is Forgetting one of the more energizing books I’ve come across in a while. To start, it got me thinking about the idea that music is not in the musical object (e.g. score, performance, sounds) but in our perception of it. (True, musics have social lives too, but that’s another matter.) In other words, we pursue music in pursuit of various kinds of presences that give rise to various perceptual shifts. Second, the book also got me thinking through a sonic analog of its title, which might read: Hearing Is Forgetting The Name Of What One Hears. In other words, Irwin reminds us to focus on the what rather than the what does it mean aspect of creating. Lastly, Irwin’s work–not to mention Weschler’s elucidation of it–is a reminder of the vitality of the arts as a kind of intuitive, presence- and perception-oriented inquiry that is open-ended and without goals. As Irwin tantalizingly sums up the equation that implicates us all: “we are the question, and what we are is what we have to contribute” (120).


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Distance from German to Laxey is 1,439 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 894 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between German and Laxey is 1,439 km= 894 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from German to Laxey, It takes 1.6 hours to arrive.
German is located in Isle of Man.
Laxey is located in Isle of Man.

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LAPD detective Michael Gideon and his German shepherd K-9 partner, Sirius, walked through fire to catch an infamous serial killer, and Gideon is still paying the price with his PTSD fire dreams. To assist the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, Gideon has agreed to monthly prison visits with Ellis Haines, a.k.a. the Weatherman. This time, a homicide case the FBI wants Haines to analyze sparks a chilling discovery: A new serial killer has struck, and he's lacing his crime scenes with hidden messages intended for Haines.
Gotta Love Gideon and Sirius !
I wish there were 10 stars!
Detective Michael Gideon is used to being handed L.A.'s oddest cases, but his newest one assigned itself. When Gideon's K-9 partner, Sirius, rescues a lost dog from a pack of coyotes, the duo tries to return her home - only to discover her owner is missing. Heather Moreland has clearly disappeared under suspicious circumstances, and the more Gideon digs into her past, the more he's convinced of her abduction.
After the brutal murder of an art gallery owner, the beautiful and mysterious artist Holly Troy seems to be the key to finding out what really happened on the night of the homicide. Unfortunately, Holly also suffers from dissociative identity disorder, and many of her personalities come straight from classical mythology, from the powerful Cronos and Pandora to the fickle Fates. Holly has no idea who she was the night of the crime - whether she witnessed anything, or even if she was the killer herself. Homicide detective Orson Cheever must unravel the complex labyrinth of Holly’s mind before he can find the truth.
The fog isn’t the only thing wreaking havoc at La Jolla’s landmark Hotel California. A prankster has been hiring employees for nonexistent jobs, a decomposing whale ends up beached in front of the hotel and interrupts a grunion run, and a group of swingers has arrived at the property for a love-in. Not for the first time, hotel detective Am Caulfield is overheard saying, “Hotels are like a circus without the tent.” In addition to those headaches, Am has more than a few mysteries on his hands: Which one of the hotel guests murdered the famed paranormal debunker in room 374?
Capturing the seedy and sordid side of life isn't anything new for photojournalist-turned-paparazzo Graham Wells. But when a shoot turns deadly - secretly causing the car crash that takes the lives of two beloved public figures - he knows the ensuing media spotlight could easily destroy him. Fortunately, no one else knows his shameful secret except for a mysterious CIA operative, and that clandestine agent swears he'll keep quiet...for a price.
Detective Michael Gideon vom Los Angeles Police Department und sein Polizeihund Sirius erlangten einst unfreiwillige Berühmtheit, als sie bei der Festnahme eines Serienmörders in ein Feuer gerieten und schwere Verbrennungen davontrugen. Wegen dieses heldenhaften Einsatzes wird Gideon nun zum Leiter der neuen Einheit für Sonderfälle ernannt. Gemeinsam mit seinem vierbeinigen Partner ermittelt er in Kriminalfällen, die selbst in der verrückten Millionenmetropole als äußerst bizarr gelten.

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The landscape in the workplace is changing rapidly - especially during the holidays. While a holiday party can sound like a great way to increase employee morale, holiday celebrations can also create issues for an organization. This is even true for small organizations with only a few employees.
Decorations: what you allow in the workplace is up to you, but they need to be reasonable, non-discriminate, within your policies, and safe. Be careful about refusing to allow employees to display religious symbols and decorations as these are minor accommodations that are generally acceptable and protected by law. Additionally, according to the EEOC, holiday decorations should not be avoided just because someone objects to them, but organizations should ensure that all holiday decoration displays are reasonable and non-disruptive. Invite your employees to decorate an area of the office with ornaments from their faiths and ethnic backgrounds. A friendly display can be a great way to recognize the diversity of religious practices and customs in your workforce.
Holiday Pay: The law does not require you to pay holiday pay, so begin as you mean to go on. If you start out paying for certain holidays, or giving bonuses at holiday time, it becomes an entitlement and employees not only begin to expect the money, but get upset if it is not forthcoming! The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family Medical Leave Act both address holiday pay for both exempt and non-exempt employees and how overtime pay should be handled. EBR will be glad to help you with this.
It should never be mandatory, but be sure everyone is invited - employees out on leave, interns, home workers all should be invited. It is not necessary to invite spouses, plus ones or other family members unless you want to.
Remind your employees ahead of time about the behavior you expect (same as in the workplace) and if other family members are attending the same behavior is expected from them.
If alcohol is going to be served, be sure at least one supervisor is the designated observer who keeps an eye out for problems. The Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM) reveals that over one-third of U.S. employers report employee misconduct at holiday parties which could potentially lead to liability.
Don’t encourage employees to go on to continue the party someplace where more alcohol will be served.
Appropriate gift-giving should also be discussed ahead of time. Gag, humorous, or otherwise inappropriate gifts can cause problems long after the holiday is over. You should also discuss gift-giving between managers and employees, employees and customers, and fellow employees - all should be workplace appropriate.
Workplace safety is the same as Holiday Party Safety: Risk factors that increase the likelihood of workplace violence include working during times of increased levels of stress and the presence of alcohol. The frantic pace of the Christmas season, particularly for those dealing with the frenzied public, and the common practice of serving alcohol at holiday parties certainly increases these risks. Domestic violence can erupt anytime, but statistics show that it always escalates during holidays. Lowered inhibitions can create an atmosphere that can lead to other types of criminal behavior. It is essential that you and your supervisors maintain the dignity and the decorum that helps everyone have a good time and prevents anyone from becoming uncomfortable or feeling intimidated.
Rethinking the party? It is becoming increasingly popular to turn the party time and money into an opportunity to give back to the community in some way. Instead of having a party, plan events that will make your employees feel good. Collect canned foods for your local food pantry. Donate money to a local charity in your company's name. Contact a local social service agency for information about a needy family, then collect and buy gifts for the family's children. Change the emphasis from holiday giving by scheduling your event when there are no holidays; the need for food drives, helping needy families or even raising funds for pet rescue is year-round.


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Whether you are trying to read a menu in a dark restaurant, the warning label on your medicine, or the fine print on a contract you possibly should not be signing, a magnifying glass can come in very handy. One with a light is even better.
Good news! That phone in your pocket is filled with handy tools, including a magnifying glass. No more squinting! Your phone’s magnifying glass lets you see the small stuff, any time, anywhere.
The iPhone has a useful magnifying glass feature that uses the camera. You must turn this feature on in order to use it.
Settings, then General, then Accessibility, then Magnifier. Turn it to On.
You can also turn Auto-Brightness to on. Auto-Brightness changes the brightness of the screen based on the available light.
To use the iPhone’s magnifying glass, called the Magnifier, tap the Home button three times. That will open the magnifying glass screen.
Slide the yellow dot on the Magnifier to zoom in and out. Slide the dot right to zoom in and left to zoom out.
Tap the lightning icon to turn on the light on your phone and brighten what you are seeing.
Tap the lock icon to keep the camera’s focus level from changing.
Tap the white circle button to freeze the image. The circle will have a yellow edge while the image is frozen. Tap the button again to unfreeze the image.
You can freeze the image on the Magnifier and then zoom in on it. This way the image is stable as you are trying to see it. Move the image around with your finger to see different parts of the image.
Tap the triangle in the lower right corner of the screen to control the image you are seeing. The filter lets you adjust the brightness and color of the image. You can also add colored filters to the image.
In the bottom left corner of the filter screen is an invert button that lets you change the colors. Tap that to invert the colors.
Some Android phones also have a magnifying glass feature, but you need to turn it on for it to work. To turn on the magnifying glass, go to Settings, then Accessibility, then Vision, then Magnification and turn it on.
When you need to use the magnifying glass, go to the camera app and tap the screen three times. To turn off the magnifying glass, tap the screen three times again.
Some Android phones do not come with a magnifying glass feature built in. You can use zoom in the camera app if you need magnification.
Many magnifying apps are in the Google Play app store with different features. Some of these apps are free but have advertisements.
Magnifying Glass Flashlight currently has the highest rating of the magnifying apps in the Google Play store. This app has both magnification and a flashlight to shine a light on what you are trying to see. Like the iPhone Magnifier, this app can freeze the image so you can zoom in and steady what you are trying to see.
This app has small ads at the bottom of the screen. They do not flash or move so they are fairly easy to ignore.
The first time you use the app, you will see that the flashlight is on by default. You can turn this off if you do not need it, and want to save battery, by tapping the lightbulb icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
Tap the “A” button to add a blue filter and invert colors so light becomes dark and dark becomes light.
Tap the Red and Blue button to have the camera light flash like a strobe light.
Tap the camera button to freeze the image and take a screenshot of the image. Pinch and spread your fingers to zoom in and out of the image.
Tap the photo button on the left to see the screenshots you have taken and to share them with others. Tap the back button on your phone to return to the magnifying glass.
You can check out other Magnifying Glass apps in the Google Play Store: Magnifying Glass Apps in Google Play.
Be sure to check for apps having a light, if that is important to you.
I’m Caty Weaver. And I’m Pete Musto.
Have you ever needed a magnifying glass but did not have one handy? Do you like the idea of using your phone as a magnifying glass? Do you use a magnifying glass app that you would recommend?
screenshot - n. an image of the data displayed on the screen of a computer or mobile device.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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At TCEA 2008, I heard a number of teachers say that they are able to use wikis or make podcasts at their schools, whereas blogs were discouraged or blocked. My initial reaction was that it was simply a knee jerk reaction based on popular uses of each. Blogs = MySpace = pedophiles, while podcasts seem safe and wikis are associated with Wikipedia, which at least sounds educational.
But as I thought more about it, I don’t think it’s that simple. I think it reflects a larger issue of assessment and comfort with the status quo. In most schools, curriculum focuses on student product rather than process.
A wiki is a means to collaboratively get to an end product, something a teacher can look at, assess, and grade. It’s easier to adapt existing curriculum to use a wiki, since most curriculum is also product focused. While wikis may offer some terrific efficiencies for group work, and does provide some support for the collaborative process (like a history of changes,) the strength of a wiki is that at the end of the day, it stands as a completed product.
Podcasts are also a product. Student podcasts can be substituted for the traditional report as the culminating product of a unit. Podcasts created by teachers or other experts are simply a lecture. While there is certainly a lot to learn as a student creates a podcast, the end result is a comfortable, known quantity.
But blogs reflect the process of learning, of going through a learning experience that may not result in a final product. Where’s the report, the culminating evidence of mastery, the final draft? How do you grade a student who might be changing over time? How do you not be involved in the conversation? It almost seems like cheating, after all, you don’t sit down with a student while they are taking a test and discuss their answers halfway through so they can try again.
In this light, wikis and podcasts represent an updated and more efficient way to do traditional classroom assessment, while blogs challenge the status quo. Traditional = more comfortable, challenge = change = discomfort.
Good points. It might also be about time. Teachers like projects. You make a podcast and you move onto the next thing whereas blog writing/commenting is ongoing and would require a different way of teaching.
It’s also about control. Blogs can be criticized by anyone on the internet, including parents, administrators, other teachers, other students. With moderated comments, you could control anything inappropriate, but it also opens up people to critique on a wider scale- students and teachers.
However, the digital ocean is all about giving up a sense of total control. As Educon showed us, giving students a meaningful say and voice in a school doesn’t lead to chaos- it leads to community, ownership and involvement. Responsibility. Great power (or freedom) requires a judicious exercise of self-control and responsibility, and I think teachers need to learn to trust kids more often than not. Dr Bob Brooks encourages parents to ask their kids for a job review- why couldn’t teachers do the same?
I think blogs are more visible, that may discourage some teachers. The possibility of losing control may be discouraging too.
But most of all, as you say, wikis and podcasts fit any curriculum. If you set your class to blogging certainly have to leave your comfort zone. And this might be a challenge for some people and an obstacle for others.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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You wouldn't tell by looking at calm Kahlia that football season is the busiest time of the year at Bubba's Sports Bar & Grill (6225 Washington Ave). Bubba's is the official UH football bar, after all. You may even run into the 610 AM sports guys doing their radio show from here.
But whether she's dealing with crazed football fans yelling for drinks or waitresses trying to turn around orders quickly, Kahlia will always be behind the bar with a smile. Last Saturday was no exception. Even with the Big 12 Championship games, the Rockets playing, and a broken credit card machine, she quickly filled tons of drink orders while chatting with us.
Kahlia has been a bartender for the past two years, the last seven months at Bubba's. "I like working at a bar better than in fine dining or hospitality," she says. "You make more money at bars because you don't have to tip out as many people at the end of the night." That's assuming she gets a tip.
"The worst customers are those that come in with a big group, order a bunch of fancy drinks for everyone, and then only tip 10 percent," she says. The classic over-ordering under-tipper - a bartender's worst nightmare. The night we visited, Kahlia had to deal with another kind of difficult customer. He ordered a cosmopolitan, didn't like it and sent it back twice. "We only have two martini glasses in the whole bar," she laughs. "Why would you order a martini at Bubba's anyway? We have holes in our floors."
As a cute, young bartender at a sports bar, Kahlia must get hit on a lot. So, what's the worst pick-up line she's heard? "Does this rag smell like chloroform to you?" Sounds more like a horror movie than a line.

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The brief for this project was to refurbish five rooms in a property with extensive water damage. Ceilings and walls in the property were damaged beyond repair and had to be removed and replaced. After assessing the extent of the damage and work to ensure any residual moisture within the property had disappeared, work to repair the property could begin.
The property was completely plastered and redecorated. All pine woodwork was sanded, stained and waxed to create a spectacular contrasting finish on white walls.

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South African all-rounder Jarred Smit has been recruited by St Johnston for the 2019 season.
The Saints have added Smit to their roster as their overseas player for 2019, when they will look to compete for promotion in the North West Championship.
Smit played for Dutch club Olympia CC and will play for Southerners in Thailand before moving to the Railway Road.
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Piece from our December Edition of Straight Six.
By the time you read this Halloween will have come and gone, the clocks will have gone back and we will be well into Greenwich Mean Time. With the evenings drawing in, the loss of light and the prospect of colder, wetter weather, a lot of classic cars are now going into hibernation for the winter months. We are all starting to look towards Christmas.
Sunday 7th October once again was earmarked for me to attend another Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage. The Club members who know me, know that I have attended quite a few of these gatherings over the past couple of years. As my M3 EVO II and M3 CSL are already in storage due to circumstances beyond my control (long story) I decided to attend this event in my Aston Martin and displayed it on the AMOC stand. After giving the car a quick shine up with a bit of detailer spray and a microfibre cloth I went to find my friends at the BMW Car Club stand, grabbed a cuppa and a breakfast roll and went off for a wander. There is so much to see as so many different car clubs attend this event, so there is something for everyone.
I had the pleasure of meeting Brian who was dressed up in the ‘Home Guard’ uniform. He was stationed here in 1965 as he was in the RAF regiment. He told me he remembered the Queen paying a visit that year to the airbase.
BMW Car Club always attends this event and if you book your tickets through the Bicester Heritage website and use the BMW Car Club discount code which is published in the Club magazine or can be found on the Club pages website, you get discounted entrance tickets for you and your car. So whatever BMW you drive, bring it along and come and enjoy this event.
I will be at the next Sunday Scramble which is on Sunday 6th January 2019 from 9.00am to 2.00pm. What better way to start the year! All we can hope for is a cold, crisp January Sunday with no rain.

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A favourite amongst scuba divers around the world, sea turtles have been on Earth for more than 100 million years. But having survived the extinction of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, they now face many modern, man-made pressures. So, how much do you know about these ancient sea creatures?
Sea turtles can be found in all oceans except for the polar regions. Some species travel between oceans. But the flatback sea turtle, for instance, is found solely on the northern coast of Australia and southern Papua New Guinea. Of the seven, six can be found on the Great Barrier Reef. The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle is the odd one out, and in fact the rarest of all sea turtles on the planet. It can be found off the coast of New Jersey, in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
Although they spend their life in the ocean, and the vast majority of that submerged, they are cold-blooded reptiles and breath air. When surfacing to breathe, a sea turtle can quickly refill its lungs with a single explosive exhalation and rapid inhalation. Their large lungs have adapted to permit rapid exchange of oxygen and to avoid trapping gases during deep dives. They have developed an anaerobic system of energy metabolism, meaning they can stay under water for long periods of time. So, when they are swimming, they need to come up for air approx every 20 minutes. But when resting, they can stay submerged for several hours. That’s why it’s important to try and not wake a sea turtle if you spot one asleep on your night dive!
The hard upper section of the turtles shell structure is called the carapace. The flat underside of the turtle shell is called the plastron. And the bony external plates that cover the turtles shell and create the patterns are called scutes. The species are primarily distinguished by their anatomy: for instance, the prefrontal scales on the head, or the number of and shape of scutes on the carapace. For example, a green sea turtle has two plates between its eyes, whereas a hawksbill turtle has four.
The leatherback is the only sea turtle that does not have a hard shell; instead, it bears a mosaic of bony plates beneath its leathery skin. It is the largest sea turtle, measuring 1.8 to 2.1 m in length at maturity, and 1 to 1.5 m in width, weighing up to 590 kg. Other species are smaller, being mostly 0.60 to 1.2 m in length and proportionally narrower.
The beautiful patterns of the scutes on the caraspace of a green sea turtle.
Sea turtles are generally found in the waters over continental shelves. After taking to the water for the first time, males will not return to shore again. During the first three to five years of life, sea turtles spend most of their time in the pelagic zone floating in seaweed beds. Once the sea turtle has reached adulthood it moves closer to the shore. It can take decades (30 to 50 years) for sea turtles to reach sexual maturity.
It is not known how long a sea turtle can live for, but a lifespan of 80 years is feasible for sea turtles.
After mating at sea, adult female sea turtles will come ashore, almost always at night, to lay their eggs on sandy beaches during the nesting season. The vast majority of females return to the same beach where they hatched many years previously. Using her hind flippers to dig a hole, she then deposits around 50 to 200 soft-shelled eggs, depending on the species. After laying, she re-fills the nest with sand and returns to the ocean.
The hatchling’s gender depends on the sand temperature. Lighter sands maintain higher temperatures, which decreases incubation time and results in more female hatchlings. Incubation takes about two to three months. The eggs in one nest hatch together over a very short period of time. When ready, hatchlings tear their shells apart with their snout and dig through the sand, again, usually at night. Once they reach the surface, they instinctively head towards the sea by orienting towards the brightest direction and use the topography of the surrounding horizon line. They have to dodgy a number of predators, such as seabirds, mammals and crabs. The hatchlings then proceed into the ocean, where a variety of marine predators await them. Sadly, only an estimated one in 1000 will survive to adulthood. These natural threats, however, are not the reasons sea turtle populations have plummeted toward extinction.
A hawksbill turtle has four plates between it’s eyes, whereas a green sea turtle has two.
A recent study showed that the marine turtles use a relatively simple navigation system involving the earth’s magnetic field, and this allows them to return to the same egg-laying site without having the ability to correct for the deflection of ocean currents. It is well known that many animals can tell latitudes, or north-south direction, using cues from the Earth’s magnetic field. But a few, such as the loggerhead turtle, also seem to be capable of deciphering east-west direction using a magnetic map. Telling east-west direction is quite a feat because while the Earth’s magnetic field varies predictably with latitude, less information is available about the field with longitude.
Sea turtles feed on a wide range of animals and plants. They are mostly omnivorous (neither carnivore nor herbivore) in their adult life, except the green sea turtle which is herbivorous, changing from a carnivorous diet when young. Some species specialise on certain prey; sea sponges are the principal food of hawksbill sea turtles, constituting 70–95% of their diet. Leatherback turtles feed almost exclusively on jellyfish and help control jellyfish populations. They even enjoy immunity from the sting of the deadly box jellyfish and regularly eat them.
All 7 species of marine turtles are listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Of the seven species of sea turtles, five are listed on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species as either “endangered” or “critically endangered”. The Olive Ridley turtle is listed as “vulnerable” and the Flatback turtle is listed as “Data Deficient”, meaning that its conservation status is unclear due to lack of data. Although they face many natural challenges, it is the human impact that has lead to large turtle population declines.
Turtles face many man-made pressures. Although it is illegal to hunt most species in many countries, sea turtles are still caught worldwide for their shells, and to a much lesser extent, for their eggs and meat on the black market. Tortoiseshell, a traditional decorative ornamental material used in Japan and China, comes from the carapace scutes of the hawksbill sea turtle.
Perhaps one of the most significant threats comes from commercial fishing practices and associated by-catch. Long-lining and trawling has been identified as a major cause of accidental sea turtle death. Entanglement in fisherman’s nets is common in both live nets and abandoned ‘ghost’ nets floating in the sea. Sea turtles must surface to breathe and dive to feed, so when entangled in netting, they are either unable to surface and therefore drown, or unable to dive down in order to feed and starve to death.
Plastics and other pollution are also a significant problem. Plastic pollution is often mistaken for food such as jellyfish and ingested, which can block the intestines and be fatal. An illness called ‘floaters syndrome’ is an obstruction that occurs in the turtle’s gut causing air to become trapped between the shell and the body and impacting the animals ability to dive down to eat. A common sign that a turtle may have floaters syndrome is a turtle found at the surface with a heavy coating of algae on its shell. If these turtles are not found they will ultimately starve.
Onshore and beach development is another area which threatens sea turtles, through habitat destruction and alteration. Since many sea turtles return to the same beach each time to nest, development can disrupt the cycle. Environmental contamination from coastal runoff and dredging can threaten habits where sea turtles live, feed and reproduce.
Boat traffic and propeller damage is another man-made threat. Turtles swimming or feeding at or just beneath the surface of the water are particularly vulnerable to boat and vessel strikes, which can result in serious propeller injuries and death.
Disease is also a major threat to turtles in some areas of the world. A disease known as fibropapillomatosis manifests itself in turtles through external tumors. These tumors can grow to be so large that they hinder a sea turtle’s ability to see, eat, and swim, therefore rendering the sea turtle unable to survive. The majority of the cases of fibropapillomatosis have been diagnosed in the green sea turtle, but it is not known why there are particularly susceptible.
The loggerhead sea turtle is the world’s largest hard-shelled turtle and gets it’s common name from the animal’s distinctive large head.
Although the biggest threat to turtle survival are human-related activities, human intervention can also have a positive impact.
In an attempt to lessen the number of turtles killed by fishing incidents, several new types of turtle-safe fishing equipment have been introduced such as the turtle excluder devices used when bottom trawling and circle hooks in longlining. Hunting and poaching has been outlawed in most countries and turtle conservation education has been growing in both in size and efficiency, although it remains a problem in some parts of the world.
Many rehabilitation centres have been established around the world, to rescue sick or injured turtles, rehabilitating these turtles through various types of treatment and/or surgery, and releasing them back into the ocean once they have been successfully nursed back to health.
Over the last 20 years, ecotourism has played an important role in raising awareness and helping endangered populations of sea turtles. Visiting ecotourists not only get to experience these sea turtles first hand, but their tourist dollars help to fund conservation efforts so that local communities become involved in and benefit from protecting turtles and their eggs. When managed well, this can have a positive impact on local sea turtle populations.
Like many of the sea creatures that SCUBA divers have the privilege of sharing the ocean with, sea turtles are worth much more alive than dead. And the more people who realise this, the better for their long term future.
If you know of any turtle conservation projects, please share them in the comments below.

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We have started our firm with a clear-cut vision to provide high quality trade and distribution services in the field of pharmaceuticals. In order to successfully bring about these standards, we have laid out latest machinery, tools & equipment at our production house. Also, with the help of expert production team & scientific professionals, we are able to fulfill our goal to provide top quality standards in our entire product range.

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HomeLet Me Talk My *IshFantasia’s American Idol Performance!
Last night on American Idol Fantasia gave life to her single “Lose to Win”. WIth her new album, Side Effects of You, slated to drop this Tuesday, April 23rd, Fantasia is coming back strong. Even though she kept her heels on this time, Fantasia still took it to church. She’s looking great on the promo trail! We can’t wait to cope the album when it drops.
Both Mariah Carey and Nicki tweeted about Fantasia’s stellar performance.


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text: Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) mushroom, aptly named because of its long cascading tendrils, is a traditional Qi and digestive tonic. Recent research has focused on its ability to stimulate the synthesis of Nerve Growth Factor, which may protect nerves in the brain and body from deterioration associated with aging while improving cognitive function. Super Lion's Mane is a hot wter concentrated extract of the fruiting body enhanced with the immune boosting addition of Maitake D-Fraction Free Of Sugar, yeast, mold, corn, salt, wheat, soy, artificial colors, dairy foods, animal source, preservatives or synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Disclaimer These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


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Tropical Cyclone Marcia is slowly tracking towards Central Queensland and is due to make landfall as a category five system on Friday morning.
It is due to hit between St Lawrence and Gladstone.
So far residents in St Lawrence, Clairview, Ogmore and Marlborough have been asked to evacuate.
Police Constable Matt McKinnon said it was in the best interest of locals who had homes built before 1984 to go to shelters.
"The pre-1984 homes are not structurally sound to take that amount of wind gusts," he said.
A very destructive central core of the cyclone could generate gusts up to 295 kilometres an hour, the Bureau of Meteorology warned.
For live updates on Queensland's weather emergency, go to our blog.
Late Thursday night the cyclone warning zone was outlined as between Mackay to Double Island Point, extending inland to Blackwater, Moura, Biloela, Monto, Taroom, Mundubbera, and Murgon.
Once the cyclone makes landfall it is due to track south to reach Biloela as a category one system about 10:00pm.
BoM regional director Rob Webb said Cyclone Marcia started tracking south late on Thursday night.
"It was a remarkable intensification, we still do feel that it could cross as a category five," Mr Webb said.
Scores of schools and regional airports will be closed on Friday and the Whitsunday Islands are in lockdown.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was briefed by the state's disaster management committee at Kedron, in Brisbane's north, late on Thursday afternoon.
She said Queenslanders not only had to brace for the destructive winds, but for heavy rain.
"This is a serious event," she said.
"Queenslanders need to be prepared now."
Heavy rain may be experienced from Mackay to the New South Wales border which could cause flash flooding.
Some 24-hour totals are expected in excess of 300 millimetres on the coast and nearby ranges.
BoM regional director Rob Webb said the cyclone would dump between 200 millimetres and 300 millimetres of rain but some areas may record higher than that.
"Those falls up to 500 millimetres or more are possible," he said.
A flood watch is current for the Wide Bay and Burnett, south-east coast and the Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts.
Gladstone residents have also been warned to expect a massive storm tide at 10:00am on Friday, which is expected to be 70 centimetres above the highest tide of the year.
More than 200 swift water rescue officers have been sent to flood-prone areas.
Abnormally high tides were experienced on Thursday, expecting to continue Friday with water levels expected to rise above the highest tide of the year on the high tide.
Residents between Mackay and Double Island have been warned of the potential for a dangerous storm tide.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said the city's northern beaches were likely to bear the brunt of the big seas and erosion.
Closures were expected to be in place for several days.
"From Main Beach, Surfers Paradise all the way to Nobbys is where it's going to be hit the hardest," Cr Tate said.

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The End of Life Partnership facilitate a number of Study Days along with our partners. For more information please click on a course title below. If you wish to attend an event please fill out the attached booking form and send it to info@eolp.org.uk. For any other queries about our courses please Contact Us. Please note cancellation charges apply – as per booking form.
FREE to all GP’s [inc.Sessional & Registrars] & Advance Nurse Practitioners working across West Cheshire. A limited number of places may be available to other experienced Nurses attending with GPs from their cluster.
This programme of 6 workshops can be accessed as a whole programme or as individual workshops. ONLY 20 places available per workshop, book early to avoid disappointment.
Each sessions is 13:30 – 16:30. A free lunch is available from 13:00.
Modern challenges of living longer with chronic poor health/frailty or the complexities and risks of multi-morbidity bring a greater degree of uncertainty in predicting when and where individuals will die. GPs have a role in recognising likelihoods and enabling opportunity for patient preferences around future care to be identified as part of decision-making and actions that help avoid unwanted/ inappropriate interventions. Is your experience that these conversations feel difficult. If so, many of your colleagues would agree with you. Challenges often include, deciding ‘how best to’ initiate (including raising the resuscitation question), often involve breaking bad news, managing unrealistic expectations and dealing with emotional fall out. This workshop will provide opportunity to share what conversations feel challenging in Practice. Facilitated interactive role play around some of those common challenges will enable identification and refreshment of communication skills that can help you feel confident in that they can support you to engage sensitively and effectively in such conversations.
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I try to diversify the way I post my recipes and my last recipe was rye bread, but this is a very special bread: black, for Halloween. I intend to make more recipes for Halloween this week and next week, hopefully the time will allow it, as I have a few days busy with work and I’ll also be going to London. I saw that a fast food chain made black buns for Halloween and I thought they look amazing, I should try them. I had the black food colouring and hubby said it should be interesting to eat black bread.
Mix all the dry ingredients. Dissolve the food colouring in the water before adding it to the flour. Make the dough in the food processor or by hand. If you make the dough by hand, stir the water with a spoon until it forms a thick batter, tip it onto a floured worktop and start kneading to incorporate all the flour. Knead the bread for a few minutes and leave it to rise for an hour. If it’s cold, leave it longer to rise.
When the dough is double in size, make it into 6 buns and put it on a baking parchment. Leave it to rise for another 30-40 minutes.
Preheat the oven at 200C / 180C fan. Brush the buns with salted water and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Bake the bread for 30-40 minutes. Test it with a skewer and the bread is baked when the skewer comes out clean.
Leave it to cool for a few minutes on a cooling rack and the buns are ready to be served.
Do you make special breads for Halloween? Leave me a link to your bakes in the comment so I can have a look.
oooh i saw a photo of this on twitter yesterday and thought what a great idea with halloween on the way!
This is such a good idea. I am sure I heard not long ago that McDonalds somewhere in the world has these now? I’m not 100% sur ethough.
Thank you. Not McDonalds, I think it was a Burger King, but I’m not sure, so I didn’t say which one.


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Greatest present I have ever bought for my family.
I bought this set for my grandson for Christmas. He started listening to it while driving back and forth from work. We have noticed a positive change in him spiritually since listening to them. I would highly recommend this set for anyone.
I really enjoyed this reading of the bible. I spend a lot of time for work in my car and it makes it very easy and enjoyable to learn more about the bible.
I ALWAYS LOVE THE NKJV CD. I LISTEN IN MY CAR AND AT HOME BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. IT HAS HELP ME GET CLOSER TO THE LORD BECAUSE THE FAITH COME FROM HEARING THE WORD OF GOD. AND SOMETIMES I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO READ THE BIBLE BUT WHEN I CARRY MY NKJV CD I ALWAYS PLAY IT THE CAR. I LISTEN & MINISTER.
My review of the product is 50/50. I love his voice but the recording in places the dubbing is way off, like it goes high to low and clear to muffled or echo sounding. Also, in one place the verse is from another book in the bible and not the scripture/chapter and verse it says it is saying.
Of all the audio Bibles, this recording is of the poorest quality. The volume and tone of his voice changes from Scripture to Scripture, and it becomes very annoying. He certainly knows how to pronounce the words, but the quality of the recording is poor, and some words are left out. Do not buy.
I am completely satisfied with my purchase. It arrived fast, and was exactly what I was hoping for. Very easy listening. Thanks!
I bought this for my son who is on the road a lot. He is really happy with it. Very clear narration.


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 I have to say, I don’t get the backpack phenomenon. I don’t think I had anything to carry my books in until I was in at least grade 7. Today however, kids carry everything but the kitchen sink in the silly things. Books, water bottles, lunch, gym strip, various treasures collected throughout the day… They are catchalls for every thing that comes your kids way.
There is an entire industry that has cropped up around the backpack. Outside of the oh so important first day of school outfit, the backpack is the next most important item on the kids must have for school list. On day one they proudly strap them on and head to school so they can load them up with all the lernin materials that are sure to come.
It was in this setting that I had the rare opportunity to pick up my girls from school the other day. As the kids flooded from the hallowed halls of academia and into the spring sunshine, I couldn’t help but notice how those prized backpacks were being discarded to the ground like yesterday’s dirty socks. What was even more interesting was how dutifully all the parents who were patiently waiting for their precious progeny, picked (I love Alliteration) up those backpacks and carried them home for their children.
Of course there were a couple moans and groans but they both understood that the pack was their responsibility not mine so they picked them up, threw them over their shoulders and walked home. I was happy, the kids didn’t really care and we had a great walk home.
What is so amazing to me, is how willing today’s parents are to take on the little responsibilities in life that can easily be handled by their children. What seems to be lost on some is how these little responsibilities grow along with their children. If they have never been expected to handle the little responsibilities along the way they haven’t a hope of dealing with the big ones that are sure to come.


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It's a new twist on the River Phoenix classic "Running on Empty"!
Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf will co-star in an adaptation of Neil Gordon's "The Company You Keep," about a '60s radical with the Weather Underground who starts a new life for himself after one of his adventures accidentally kills man. When his true identity is uncovered, he must once again go on the run.
Redford will also direct, working with a script by Lem Dobbs, who most famously wrote "The Limey," and recently re-teamed with Steven Soderbergh for for the black-ops revenge epic "Haywire."
If you were one of the unlucky few who sat through Redford's last directorial effort, "The Conspirator," this has to make you nervous, as Redford's earnest super-lefty streak can often bring out the worst in him as an artists. But Dobbs wrote one of our favorite films of the '90, so they've got our attention.


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We assist in introducing you to the key players in the building industry... We target and infiltrate the main decision makers, including Architects, Asset Owners, Consulting Engineers, Developers, Facilities Managers, Government Departments and Municipalities, Interior Designers, Quantity Surveyors, and main Contractors.
We build rapport with building professionals that serves to your advantage... Building professionals see us as frequently as six to twelve times per year, as they trust us to provide them with a complete bouquet of non-competitive products and solutions. We also offer complimentary information on industry trends, new product launches, conferences, CPD presentations and seminars, as well as the support they need to obtain samples and technical data.
We provide you with an opportunity to be first in line for business prospects... Due to longstanding relationships, we are aware of projects from conceptual or early planning stage, which increases our clients' chances for getting the business. You have immediate access to all of the current project data once you become an active client.
We get to know your business as well as you do and work according to your vision and strategy... It is a priority for us to get expertise comprehensive training on all your products and services and to also do joint meetings with you and your team to gain further experience and knowledge on your products.
We maximise your marketing spend by functioning optimally... We have internal marketing assistants who make appointments for marketing consultants stationed in the various geographical areas to ensure that you get maximum time on the road to generate potential "specific project leads" for your company.
We make a concerted effort to update our database consistently... It is part of our marketers' weekly targets to do a number of calls to new professionals to ensure that we continuously grow our database with new professionals and gain additional leads which in turn increases your reach and exposure.
We are pro-active... We use an advanced CRM system that is updated daily to track progress and take corrective action where needed, almost immediately.
We put you in control... Our CRM system is web-based and interactive to allow multiple users from your company to log on. Representatives from your team can view lead information live, update it or request more data or follow-up assistance from us when needed. Management can retrieve project information or statistics and monitor marketing activity per area, nationally or internationally.
We keep you in the loop... We provide weekly and quarterly feedback reports and we schedule frequent status meetings to discuss progress and customise our action plan to suit your latest needs.
We give you added exposure... In addition, our clients are featured on our website, where various building professionals are able to search for a specific product or services by area.
We have been around the block... Our company was founded in 1996 and we've proudly remained the market leader with a staff compliment, in all four countries, of over 80 servicing a database of over 25 000 professionals.
We create opportunities.... By tracking and prequalifying business leads for our clients we make sure they are at the forefront of the top projects in the building industry.
We offer you exclusivity... It is our sound company policy, to never have competing products or services in our catalogue of products, per branch. We therefore only work for one supplier of a certain type of product per region at any one time.
We can take you places... We have a national and international infrastructure with established branches as follows: eight in South Africa, with a Head Office in Johannesburg, an office in Gaborone, Botswana, an office in Windhoek, Namibia.
We provide objective information... Of what the industry feedback and response is to your product range. We also give our clients a weekly report with up to date project information, client specific feedback and competitor activity.
We are in it for the long haul... We are committed to develop long-term relationships with our clients. Many of our clients have been utilizing our service for up to thirteen years. This is firm testimony that we provide a quality service.
As part of our client services, we maintain an exclusive and comprehensive database. This database is accessed though our online Portal. The content of the database is updated on a daily basis, ensuring currency, accuracy and relevance of all data at all times.
Our portal is accessible through most modern web browsers on a wide range of devices, including, but not limited to, desktop PCs, Macs, tablet devices such as the Apple iPad, Android based devices and Unix/Linux based systems.
The user interface is simple by design, inducing a gentle learning curve, allowing users to swiftly adapt and start utilising the invaluable information available.
Our portal is exclusive to our clients and hands-on training is provided to all clients when they join or whenever they need assistance. Client organisations receive as many user accounts as they require, and each user is entitled to relevant training.
In addition to viewing the content, clients have access to pages from which they could provide direct feedback to marketers, contact professionals, generate and email themselves reports, save notes for future use, and more.
The portal lists hundreds of professionals and associated projects, in each region we serve. Professional company name, professional type, address, contact persons, email addresses, phone numbers and associated project details are some of the information you could lookup. You could use each of these fields to search for professionals from an intuitive search page. For instance, you could narrow down your search to display architects located in Bankstown. Similarly, project searches could be narrowed down to as specific as the address of the project site.
Google map intergration allows you to locate professionals and projects on the go, from within the portal.
We strongly believe in accountability, thus we have included a section within the portal where clients are able to view statistical data presented in tabular and graphical layout. The data presented on this page is exclusive information displaying field sets such as the number of leads produced, types of leads produced, number of meetings conducted and more. Note that all this information is exclusive, pertaing to the client, and is by no means generic information relevant to all clients.
The reporting section of the database is updated, on a daily basis, with leads, project details, feedback and other relevant information gathered through meeting with professionals, regarding the products we market for each of our clients. All this information is transformed into cleanly formatted Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, personalised for each of our clients as leads and weekly reports.
All our clients receive these personalised leads reports continuously throughout each week. Clients could receive a number of unique leads reports each week. In addition to leads reports, a weekly report, is generated and sent to each client on a weekly basis. This report consists of all personalised leads, comments and feedback on each meeting of the week, generated separately for each client.


text: Catch and Release is a series on living in Maine and human relationships with their environment. The pieces explore the mating and behavior patterns of various local Maine mammals, birds, and fish as they correspond to my own personal relationship experiences. Fly-fishing is represented in this work as it relates to my childhood time spent with my father, who is now estranged. I have also been teaching myself to trap and tan pelts as part of the process of making these new pieces. Through the work, I seek to explore empathy and how to relate to others by looking at wildlife and their habits.


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1.45 million viewers tuned in to see Ireland’s opening Guinness Six Nations match on Virgin Media One.
On average, 979,400 viewers watched Ireland in the Aviva Stadium, beating last year’s Grand Slam viewing figure of 951,000 in Twickenham on St. Patrick’s Day. Saturday’s game also topped the 1.3 million figure of people who tuned in for the Grand Slam victory on St Patrick’s Day in 2018.
The game delivered an impressive average viewing share of 68%. Viewing peaked at 1.1 million within the last twenty minutes as Joe Schmidt’s team tried to fight back against an impressive England side. Viewership to the opening three games averaged 524,000. This represents a growth of 51% on last year’s games.
The Guinness Six Nations continues this Saturday 9th February on Virgin Media One with Scotland vs Ireland and Italy vs Wales. Joe Molloy presents coverage starting at 1pm.


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Real-21 is pleased to announce a Partnership with Caribbean Galaxy Real Estate Corporation, the professional real estate development company invested exclusively by Horizon Investment Corporation.
July 1, 2018 - Westminster, LONDON: Real 21 participated in the International Real Estate & Investment Show - London 2018. The expo opened in Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London on 22 June and lasted for two days.
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme: Hurricane Relief Fund (HRF). Citizenship by Investment applicants can make a non-refundable contribution of US $150,000, which will go to the Hurricane Relief Fund.
Changes which take effect from the 1st January 2017 will make the Saint Lucia programme the best value for money in the Caribbean, whether for single applicants or families. Contributors to the National Economic Fund do not have to pay any administrative fees.
Got good response of visitors at Real 21 stand in Citizenship Expo Pavilion at IRES 2016, ADNEC, Abu Dhabi. Residency & Citizenship Expo at IREIS 2016 offered superior expertise in the complex decision-making necessary to gain the right citizenship and residency option.
The Applicant must have made an investment of at least €2 million for the purchase or construction of building or for the construction of other land development projects.
The Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, said today that he was ‘excited’ at the prospect of the first internationally branded luxury hotel in Dominica.
The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica continues in its relentless effort to make the island more attractive to foreign investors, as demonstrated by the passing of the Alien Land Holding Regulation Amendment Act of 2015.
Hon. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has reiterated his Government’s prudence when considering applicants for Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment Programme.
Real 21 LLC offers sound legal alternative citizenship and residency planning for high-net worth individuals and their families who are looking to expand and secure their financial stability, leverage global business opportunities and enhance their quality of life.
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Our goal is to make your child's first school experience a positive one that will provide a strong foundation for a lifetime of learning. Our purpose is to provide a planned program for children appropriate to their age and within a Christian environment. Experiences are provided that meet children's needs and inspire learning in all developmental areas - physical, social, emotional, and intellectual.
First Methodist School's Young School (ages 1-2) and Preschool (ages 3-4) programs prepare children for Kindergarten and beyond through interactive, hands-on learning. Thematic units, developed over our school's successful history, provide learning opportunities through our early childhood curriculum. Preschool students attend music, gym, Spanish, and computer weekly. Young school students (2 years old) attend music and gym weekly. Chapel service is held weekly for 2 through 5 year olds.
Our Kindergarten class is open to children who have turned 5 on or before September 1. Kindergarten class is offered Monday-Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are incorporated into our curriculum to prepare students for the next level of their academic careers. Phonics/reading, math, science, and social studies are taught by a certified teacher in a small class setting. Kindergarten students attend music, gym, Spanish, computer, and Chapel weekly. Our kindergarten student to teacher ratio will not exceed 15:1 in order to provide more opportunities for one-on-one instruction. Kindergarteners participate in several special FMS traditions such as the Kindergarten Circus and the Mother's Day Tea.
Get along with other children and adults.
Improve physical skills and coordination.
Share - time, toys, and attention.
Hear and respond to music.
Experiment with many art materials, using his/her own body and feelings to produce something satisfactory to him/herself.
Gain new security and independence in the world outside his/her home.
Discover many people who contribute to his/her own well-being and find ways to contribute to others.
Play a lot, because play is his/her work. Play is the way children learn best, and we provide equipment and guidance for optimum learning experiences in the child's world.


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Due to intense heat and as per the order of the Secretary of the School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi, the summer vacation for the students of KG-I to Std. VIII begins from Thursday, 28th April, 2016.
School will re-open on Monday, 13th June, 2016 and the school timing will remain the same i.e. from 06:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. till further notice.
Mid-Term Test will be re-scheduled. Students will be informed on the re-opening day.
Parents teacher meeting will be held on Saturday, 30th April, 2016 for the parents of Std. VIII to XII as scheduled. Attendance is compulsory for the parents.
Rabi Shanker Guha was the ISC 2010 topper for Bihar and Jharkhand with 97%. He was felicitated and awarded by Anglo Indian Association, Prabhat Khabar, Hindustan and Kirti Prakashan, besides the school and others.


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The Brazilian company Rossetti Equipamentos Rodoviarios Ltd. was founded in 1997 and it is based in Guarulhos and Itaquaquecetube, in São Paulo, and Betim, in Minas Gerais. The Company has recently undertaken an ambitious project to optimize and integrate its three plants, which employ over 1,200 workers.
Rossetti will strengthen and improve its production processes and optimize the performance and efficiency of its management software with Lantek´s technological support and the experience of SKA, Lantek partner in Brazil.
This strategic partnership with Rossetti increases a growing portfolio of partners and customers that Lantek maintains in over 100 countries with the continual implementation of branches, distributors and commercial networks. During last year, Lantek expanded its customer base by 7%, positioning itself as an international leader in developing software solutions for the sheet metal and steel structure industry.
“Our global positioning is the result of Lantek´s commitment to be present where others are not. We open branches with our own team and offices in order to support our partners and manufacturers, both technically and commercially, and to be able to respond more quickly to changes and new demands. Other competitive advantages we offer are our ability to adapt to the new technologies developed by machinery manufacturers, as well as our specialized knowledge of the sector´s requirements. These hallmarks have positioned us at the forefront of cutting-edge technology in the machine tool for the metalwork sector”, emphasizes Alberto Martínez, Lantek CEO.

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If you experience a car accident injury, the PIP (Personal Injury Protection) on your auto insurance pays for your acupuncture and massage at no cost to you.
In Oregon, your auto insurance will cover up to $15,000 of your medical expenses that result from a car accident injury. This injury protection will not impact your insurance rates, and applies regardless of fault of the car accident.
Acupuncture and massage can help with whiplash, neck pain, headaches, back pain, shoulder pain, and other injuries from car accidents. All and One Acupuncture directly bills your auto insurance company, so it’s hassle free for you!
Oftentimes, the extent of car accident injuries aren’t fully apparent until several weeks after your accident. Even with small accidents, headaches, back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, arm pain, and leg pain can creep up a month or more later. It’s better to seek treatment earlier to have an objective exam sooner rather than later. Early treatment can help prevent small car accident injuries from turning into chronic conditions months or years down the road.
If you’ve been injured in a car accident, All and One Acupuncture is knowledgeable and here to help. Contact us at (503) 281-6909 or schedule a consultation with one of our skilled practitioners.


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Download Amazon Kindle and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Turn your iPhone or iPad into a Kindle with the free Kindle app, and carry all. Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots and learn more about Kindle. Download Kindle and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Launch the Kindle app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap Library to see all.
Kindle for iPhone iPad and iPod touch Help Fire and Kindle Terms, Warranties, and Notices and Kindle Reading App Terms and Notices · Kindle for iOS Legal. After you purchase content, your titles are automatically made available for download within the Kindle app on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. From the Library. 1 May Are you a happy iPhone or iPad owner? Take a look at the benefits of the free Kindle app for iOS: save for later, listen to audiobooks, enhance.
29 Mar Reading a magazine on an iPhone is less than ideal (left), unless you switch to the Kindle app's text view (right). Screenshot by Rick Broida/. 10 Aug If you have a Kindle, you can quickly send those long articles to read them there Step One: Install the Kindle app on your iPhone or iPad. When you buy a book from the Amazon Kindle Store, you can transfer it to a Kindle reader or another device that supports the Kindle app, such as an iPhone. 8 May The iPad is a great device for reading. Amazon's Kindle app shines on all those fronts. But the Kindle app still exploits its app-ness. 22 Mar As long as you have the Kindle app installed on your iPhone, you'll now get a Send to Kindle option in Safari's share sheet. Just tap the share.
4 Apr But then I lost my Kindle. So I downloaded the Kindle app on my iPhone. And that was cool, too. Because then I had the benefits of being a. The Kindle app puts millions of books at your fingertips. It's the app for every reader, whether you're a book reader, magazine reader, or newspaper reader— and. 5 Apr Apple users: Did you know that you can't buy Kindle books from the Kindle app on your iOS device? In fact, you can't purchase them from the. 24 Mar Wondering where Amazon hid the Kindle store on its Kindle app for the iPhone and iPad? Nope, you're not missing anything—it simply isn't.


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Well, we are finally back into the technological world. I apologize for the hiatus in my blog posts, but our computer broke around 3 months ago and we just bought a new one this week, so I am back into the world of blogging! Oh, how I have missed it!
Chris graduated from his internship program back in June. It was a really neat occasion - the Surgeon General came and spoke (I didn't really get to hear it because Mason started throwing an all out fit right when he started, so we had to get up and leave. Grumble) but from what I did hear, I was very impressed. He was a strong Christian man and charged the graduates to put God first in their lives...only then would they be the kind of doctors they should be. Wow! Not too often we hear speaches like that in the secular world...perhaps especially in the military!
Speaking of the military, I really enjoyed this opportunity to witness a bit of the "pomp and circumstance" of the military's ceremonies. We hadn't had much of a chance to see any of that yet, and we did at this occasion. They were blowing sea whistles, there was a wonderful brass band that played for the ceremony, lots of saluting, orders, etc. It was very neat. Such a wonderful opportunity to explain to the boys a bit of the "military culture." Grant was intrigued...Mason just wiggled! Ha!
So Chris is now a second year resident. 1/3 of the way done. And I couldn't be more proud of him. I hear that second year is by far much easier that the first year, so perhaps we have the worst behind us! Hooray!
By the way, don't all three of my boys look awfully cute? Chris had to wear his "dress whites" so I figured it was a dressy occasion, so I dressed the boys and I up, too. Unfortunately, when we got there, most people were in blue jeans. Oh, well, I was proud of them!
Congrats on another medical milestone!! And another congrats or maybe just an all out HORRAY for returning to the blogging world!!
09.04.09 Studio 77 Disco Party!
08.22.09 Happy Birthday to Chris....SURPRISE!!
Can you tell who's Grandson he is??

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One 15-year-old girl from Russia loved sharing her image on social media. She would take selfies whenever the mood struck her, which was often, and then share them via her phone with her friends, followers, and the world at large. But Karina Baymukhambetova was killed when she stepped in front of a speeding train in Orsk to get the best selfie of her life.
Moments after she told her relative to “be afraid of nothing in life,” the train slammed into the teenager and left her body “cut to pieces” in the devastating aftermath.
Although the conductor of the train applied the emergency brake, there was not enough time for the large, speeding train to stop before it slammed into the teenage school girl. Karina was “cut into pieces” that day on the train tracks in Orsk, Orenburg when she sacrificed her life to stand in front of a freight train to get the selfie.
Because the little girl died because of her vanity, social media published an outpouring of grief and sadness for her loss. It was such a sad and unexpected thing for them to learn about Karina.
The police are wondering if they need to open a criminal case into the death of the teenage girl. However, the true tragedy seems to be Karina’s desire to capture a selfie, which ultimately inspired her to go into a dangerous place and risk her life for social media acceptance and fame.
Although Russian authorities have placed warning signs on train tracks, young Russians are risking their lives to get better selfies than their friends. They want to impress people and know that standing on the track as a speeding train approached would get a lot of “likes” on social media platforms.
However, such risk is simply not worth it as Karina’s parents have made clear.
In another incident, a fourteen-year-old Russian youth received electric shocks while trespassing on train tracks to get a better photo opportunity.


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Mitt Romney's need to "expand the map" is looking increasingly important this morning, as a new CBS/New York Times/Quinnipiac poll paints a picture that has the Republican nominee's chances there slipping away with less than a week until the election.
Romney trails President Barack Obama overall, 50-45, in the poll, continuing the president's stubborn advantage in the swing state. The set of CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac swing-state polls also finds Obama leading by 2 points in Virginia and by a single point in Florida. Though the numbers in the other two swing states have dropped in the past month, the state of the race in Ohio looks exactly the same.
A dive into the Ohio numbers looks even worse for Romney, as he is outpaced by the president on several key issues, including the economy.
The poll gives more evidence of a disparity that pushes Obama to better positions in crucial swing states than nationally— an overwhelming majority of Ohio voters think the economy is improving.
By a 40-30 split, Ohio's voters believe the nation's economy is getting better. The state numbers show an even bigger gap — 52 percent of voters think the economy is getting better, compared with just 17 percent who say it is getting worse.
Forty-one percent of these Ohio voters who say their economy is improving believe that Obama deserves a lot of credit for it. That contributes to Obama's lead over Romney in trust on handling the economy.
The disparity on the question of which candidate better "cares about your problems" also continues to plague Romney here. Sixty percent of Ohio voters said Obama identifies with and cares about their problems. Only 44 percent said the same about Romney.

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