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Procurement modernization has been a Government of Canada (GC) policy priority for the last decade: regrettably, with limited results. In recognition of the criticality of transformation, the Prime Minister’s 2015 mandate letter to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) directed her to (1) modernize procurement practices so that they are simpler and less administratively burdensome, (2) deploy modern comptrollership, and (3) include practices that support economic policy goals, including green and social procurement.
The choice to assign this mandate to the Minister of PSPC in itself raises an interesting dilemma: how does one determine who is ultimately responsible for the modernization of the procurement function, when procurement policy is owned by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat; strategic procurement and category management are the responsibility of PSPC; and accountability for operational procurement is left to line departments?
The complexity and vastness of the GC organization poses daunting challenges to the establishment of one clear leadership position, responsible and accountable for public sector procurement policy and operations. A model must be implemented that can harness the critical factors essential for successful transformation in support of a modern procurement function while WRESTLING WITH the complexity inherent in the federal system.
Specifically, the position of Departmental Chief Procurement Officer (DCPO) should be created, to achieve the priorities set out by the Prime Minister, as well as modernize the procurement function overall; lead procurement talent-management, and place focus on innovation and results. The issues identified in the mandate letter are relevant and pressing: it is to whom the tasks are assigned, and provision of appropriate enablement to deliver, including permanency of the positions, which will determine the feasibility of success.
The current environment is optimal – the opportunity for real transformation must be seized. A government keen to deliver measurable improved outcomes, combined with an appetite within the Public Service to modernize, work smarter, and deliver world-class services, offers a true opportunity for change. The creation of one departmental authority for procurement will enable the transformation required to deliver on results for Canadians, as well as deliver continued excellence in the procurement community in the future.
What is a Departmental Chief Procurement Officer?
For the purposes of this paper, a DCPO is defined as the principal public procurement official for a Federal organization. This position is responsible for setting a vision for procurement, including overall strategy and direction. In addition, a DCPO provides oversight and guidance to the function and ensures consistency in the application of policy, and its resulting operationalization. A DCPO directs talent and community management and is the champion for innovation and change within an organization’s procurement function. This position is responsible and accountable for operational procurement of goods, services and construction, in accordance with applicable federal laws, rules and regulations.
The rise of the CPO in most high-performing private sector companies, as well as forward-thinking public sector institutions, is a clear demonstration of the critical role procurement plays in enabling organizational success. The CPO has become an essential strategic leader and advocate for greater operational effectiveness. The CPO model can be applied similarly to the public sphere as in the private sector, making an adjustment for the fact that private business is focused on the bottom line, while GC focus is on outcomes for Canadians. In addition, in an organization as vast as the GC, the benefits of the CPO position can be gleaned through the creation of DCPOs, with the same outcomes.
There is not one organization with the mandate or resources required to address GC-wide procurement issues, on both a policy and operational level. Within the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) serves as a policy centre but is not accountable for procurement operations. Public Services and Procurement Canada, while looking for guidance on operations, does not have the mandate to set standards for procurement processes GC-wide.
As a general rule, Departmental Chief Financial Officers are accountable for procurement in departments. However, accountability for procurement operations follows various centralized and decentralized models where ultimate responsibility for planning, comptrollership, efficient operations, socio-economic objectives and community management is diffuse. Unsurprisingly, most procurement modernization initiatives that fall under the responsibility of departments have not achieved desired results and it is unlikely that this will change under the current model. Appointment of DCPOs would facilitate resolution of this issue, and the problems inherent within, by consolidating accountability for procurement policy and operations under one position in each organization.
A potential first step would be to include a requirement to identify a Departmental official responsible for procurement in the new TBS policy on Assets, Projects and Procurements includes a requirement to identify a Departmental official responsible for procurement. This step, along with existing best practice in like-corporate groups within the Federal government, should be used to design the DCPO structure within the GoC. Similarly to the model implemented within the audit function, where Chief Audit Executives exist in medium and large organizations, DCPOs should be created in organizations with a substantial procurement footprint. DCPOs should be at the executive level and have a defined competency profile. DCPOs do not need to report directly to the Deputy Head, but do need to have direct access; additionally, DCPOs should have a dotted line functional relationship with the Comptroller General, similar to the CFO model within the GoC. A council of DCPOs should be created, to facilitate shared vision, and a whole of government approach.
It is important to note that appointing DCPOs is not a panacea; tremendous dedication to enabling the modernization of the procurement function is required.
The DCPOs would provide the required departmental oversight and guidance to ensure standard application of procurement processes and tools in federal organizations, resulting in decreased costs, reduced risk, and improved access for suppliers. Furthermore, such uniformity would lead to a greater ability to address multi-departmental issues, clear accountability for collecting GC-wide business analytics and support the implement modern IT tools and the use of a centralized repository of supplier information. Additionally, standardization could be leveraged to greatly enhance transparency, where the common tools and data would be a catalyst to open data, by being open-by-design.
The DCPO would serve as a focal point for issues that intersect policy (set by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) and operations (undertaken by Public Services and Procurement Canada, as well as line departments and agencies), linking that which is implemented with the objective of procurement efficiencies (for example, the design of pre-competed tools such as standing offers and supply arrangements), to measurement of results achieved ( i.e. proof that said standing offers and supply arrangement did in fact effectively support GC operations and produce administrative savings). The DCPO would also facilitate GC-wide management of procurement-related risks.
Provision of centralized leadership will buoy the struggling public service procurement community. Recruitment and retention continue to pose a challenge, resulting in a scarcity of resources, poised to be compounded by looming high numbers of eligible retirees. First, the management of the community of DCPOs would ensure that ensure that the Government of Canada identifies and develop its strategic procurement leaders. It will also ensure that each department has a leader with responsibility for managing their procurement talent. This will help address the issue of a meagre sense of shared community, the result of the function being fractured throughout the public service. Finally, he DCPO position would create a clear career path for procurement professionals and lend more credence to certification programs, which grapples with dismal enrollment rates.
Finally, the creation of the DCPO positions would remove the systemic barriers that limit the procurement function’s ability to provide strategic advice, as well as safeguard the procurement function’s obligation to play the challenge function, without fear of reprisal. Equipped with clarified expectations, roles and responsibilities, procurement personnel, including those in executive leadership functions, would be better positioned to provide strategic advice based on comprehensive analysis, rather than limited to strictly attempting to uphold rules and regulations.
Previous attempts to transform and modernize public sector procurement have not delivered the expected results. Lessons learned have identified inadequate change management; deficient source of funds; lacking communication plans; underestimation of scope and scale of change required; and tools unusable by end users as contributing factors. However, there is one common denominator in past failed attempts: No one point of coordination, and no one source of holistic authority, the result of which is too many competing drivers and the wheel. Creation of DCPO positions will ensure that all stakeholders are progressing toward a common goal.
The need for procurement modernization, highlighted in multiple mandate letters, notably the Minister of PSPC, as well as the President of TBS in regards to measurement of results, is clear. A shift in focus is evident, demonstrated by initiatives aimed at renewal and transformation, such as the Treasury Board Policy Reset and the establishment of the new PSPC-led e-procurement tool. While this progress is encouraging, it is of critical importance to note that without a designated public procurement leadership positions in the Government of Canada, these modernization efforts are unlikely to succeed.


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This consultancy project examines an effective way of providing a programme of Talent Management (TM) within Nottinghamshire Police. A programme of Talent Management is consistent with the organisation’s “Policing for You” vision to drive forward change, improve performance and deliver a better quality of service for the public. It aims to ensure that Nottinghamshire Police provides the correct services, in the correct manner, in the most cost-effective way possible for the public.
The organisation is currently going through a re-structure as a result of budget cuts advocated by the government’s spending review (police funding cut by 4% a year). In the process of restructuring, an effective talent management programme is necessary in order to meet the tough financial challenges placed upon the organisation. It aims to become the best performing force in the UK by 2015.
For the research, primary data and secondary data were used. Primary data was collected through interviews and questionnaires. Secondary data was collected from e-books and journal articles from university online databases such as EBSCO. A case study approach was adopted for the purpose of this report, as it provides a good insight into issues facing the organisation on talent management. It broadened my understanding of the organisation. The experiences and opinions of individual officers could be analysed better.
By collecting secondary data through journal articles, I was able to develop my idea of the research field. It helped in defining concepts and the creation of a conceptual framework pertaining to talent management. I covered theory and frameworks on performance management systems, employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, leadership champions, 360 degree feedback, succession planning, replacement planning and different definitions and literature on talent management.
The questionnaire which I used for interviews was developed through the literature review process. The final list of questions comprised of 14 standard questions. The interview method used for primary data collection was a vital tool for gatheri ng viewpoints from interviewees. It formed an important source of case study evidence, which facilitated organisational affairs to be interpreted and conveyed through interviewees. The interviews enabled me to obtain extensive viewpoints and ideas from officers on various aspects of talent management.
I analysed the information obtained from interviews and questionnaires and related it to existing literature. I was thereby able to arrive at implications for my findings and proposed recommendations on the following areas.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Our personalized JoJo Siwa Dream Crazy Big Pillowcase is the perfect gift for any girl who admires the popular dance icon!
This personalized JoJo Siwa Dream Crazy Big Pillowcase is a wonderful gift for any girl who admires JoJo Siwa! This customized JoJo Siwa Dream Crazy Big Pillowcase is the perfect solution to helping your little one fall asleep in no-time. Young girls who are fans of the popular dance icon will take comfort in knowing that their heads are resting on a pillow dedicated to their favorite dancer. Not only that, the JoJo Siwa Big Pillowcase is personalized with their unique name so they will know they can rest easy with no worries! The JoJo Siwa Big Pillowcase can be personalized with a name up to 10 characters.

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Historical novels must keep the spirit of History, by Gabrielle Dubois.
Whatever one may say, I like Louise Saint-Quentin, the story that freed me.
I have a job that is enough for my needs, so no goal of survival forced me to write this story.
If Louise Saint-Quentin is valuable to me, it is because at no time did I think that there could be any consequences for this work, be it publication or rejection of publishers, success or failure; since never during the writing, the historical researches or bibliographical readings, did I think that I would let read what became a novel.
My freedom of mind was therefore complete; my writing as spontaneous, fresh and lively as a mountain river; my work and its fruits, the sweetest of pleasures since they were only for me.
But … I ended up having Louise Saint-Quentin read!
Those who self-proclaim intelligent people found it too easy; people in a hurry found too long; carefree people, too difficult; prudes too licentious; people who ignored the late 19th century’s mores, shocking; people who need to classify everything rejected this unclassifiable novel.
All this ... flatters me! I don’t write like this or that author, I didn’t follow the courses of this or that teacher, and I don’t belong to any literary trend; my imagination makes some jealous, my work force makes some envious, it doesn’t matter — telling stories with a strong historical background makes me happy. And the readers that followed Louise Saint-Quentin’s adventures, have received this happiness in full pages.
I opened up and followed my own path as a writer without asking myself if I was allowed to do it, without asking myself if it would lead me somewhere, without ever imagining to take one of the many paths already traced. And as a path that we open up is like a heart that we offer, readers have joined me to walk together, and this trip is wonderful!
For the Louise Saint-Quentin series, the path is the end of the 19th century. Of course, I only went there by reading known and unknown writers of that time: famous authors, anonymous trade representatives, rapporteurs for the Government, whoever wrote what he saw or thought, everything is good to read to soak up the spirit and manners of a time when one can travel only by the thought, comfortably installed in front of his desk.
So some may think that they are entitled to judge, according to their criteria of the 21st century, the thoughts and actions of the men and women of that time as of another. I don’t think so.
Some may think that the 19th century was romanticism, white-haired writers, political leaders full of wisdom and beautiful quotes, innocent and naive young girls, or married and wise women. Yes, there were some ... as there are nowadays, neither more nor less! But as nowadays, there were men and women free to think and act according to their convictions, according to their desires, according to their heart ... just like nowadays! I will never hide the reality of my characters so as not to upset anybody. Why imagine that our great-great grandmothers were necessarily saints or statues? Our grandmothers also have been young, our grandmothers also were human beings made of flesh and blood.
Louise Saint-Quentin is not the story of the women and men of the years 1880-1900, it is a story of some women and some men of the years 1880-1900, as my heart and my mind created them. Readers hate them, others like them, others love them, some are indignant, some are enthusiastic, in any case, they don’t leave anyone cold, and isn’t this the proof that my characters have a consistency, and that the work was not too badly done?
If Louise Saint-Quentin is a beautiful story, fresh, young, exciting, spontaneous, full of love and adventures that make the reader travel around the world, I also recognize that its writing has some defects, those of a first novel, those of youth. Before having it translated, I could have rewritten some sentences, but I chose not to do it, for fear of losing that spontaneity that makes all the character and charm of Louise's own character. So I left it as it is: a little rough form will say some, but so full of happiness and fantasy, with delicious, lively and sharp dialogues, and so endearing characters.

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text: November 14 and 15, 2018 mark the dawn of a new era at Signorino, as we celebrate the official opening of Signorino Slim Gallery with the most talented architectural industry professionals from Australia and abroad. Recognising the technology as the way of the future in architecture and design, Slim Gallery is dedicated to displaying slim porcelain slabs from Italy’s three market leading manufacturers: Laminam, Kerlite and Slimtech – all in their impressive full sizes (up to 1620mm x 3240mm). The space also showcases Kerakoll, the latest in Italian surface coating technology, now available via Signorino. Catered by Saluministi, the events encapsulate Signorino’s dedication to quality, excellence and fine taste.

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Spend your days lazing by the pool or curled up beside the fireplace. Joubertsdal is the getaway to lose yourself in easy farm living. Kick your shoes off and unwind.
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Witness the making of time with the skeleton design of the Montabello mechanical wood watch. This self winding mechanical watch offers a clear face, allowing you to see the inner workings of the watch from both sides.
The stainless steel casing is complemented by a wooden bezel with the genuine leather band adding to the stylish appeal. The design of the ‘Montabello’ takes into consideration the larger size with the winder being positioned lower than most watches. This prevents the winding knob from sticking into the back of the hand, allowing for a more comfortable fit.

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games at the end of the month must be bigger than the number of vs A games.
Why is it better than before?
Others can get better place, if they play more, even if someone has 12-0 score. Few months ago we created "+1% bonus for every game played after 12 rule for this purpose".
One thing which it seems you still have to address is how to encourage users to play a bit more games.
If any player manages to win 11 and lose 1, it is so hard to improve the score that the player may refuse games just for this reason.

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text: Of course, this is just the beginning! After Effects has tons of shortcuts and scripts that can help you save time. Do you have a favorite shortcut you’d like to share? Let us know in the comments!

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All courses are held at the Youth Center, 3 Memorial Drive, Croton-on-Hudson.
Love to act or sing? This workshop is for everyone from the beginning student to the seasoned performer. Experience the fun of the theatrical games, audition and having a role in a live production! Taught by a professional actress/director, youth will enjoy nine working classes with a final Spring performance.
Day/Dates: Saturdays, January 26—April 6 (9 sessions) - (no class 2/16 & 2/23) ...You've only missed 1 class; there is still room!
Enjoy elbow deep excitement experimenting with artist quality materials & techniques including 3D fun, painting, drawing, paper mache, and collage in an encouraging supportive environment. Your young artist will stretch their imagination & observational skills to develop their own artistic voice while drawing inspiration from famous artists & art from around the world. Creative risk taking was never so much fun!
Crazy art exercises will help free up that artist in each of us! Acrylic & Watercolor painting, drawing from still life, collage, and more 3D adventures will be covered. Creative risk taking and problem solving is encouraged.
Come mix it up and join us for some creative cooking. We’ll make it, bake it, stir it, cut it and lots more “hot stuff” (and cold cooking too) in this enthusiastic, safe, educational and fun kitchen class. We’ll integrate literature, songs, themes, science, math and many skills while expanding our taste palette and being introduced to some new ingredients and food combinations. Not suggested for chefs with food allergies.
Come mix it up and be a real chef when you join us for some literacy fun and creative cooking. We’ll make it, bake it, stir it and cook up lots of cool stuff! This is an enthusiastic, safe, educational, fun kitchen class. Not suggested for chefs with food allergies. Each week your child will make something different. Each session will teach new material.
Our class will stroke your child’s artistic fire! Princesses, knights, castles, and even dragons highlight the spectacular drawings our students will produce. Not only will they learn how to illustrate period-specific characters and scenes, but they will also strengthen their drawing and coloring skills. After lunch, we’ll learn about exaggeration and drawing facial expressions, personifying animals, storytelling and much more in our cartoon segment. Get ready for five days of exciting, medieval and cartoon imagery! Enroll now!
Meet us at the Cortlandt Train Station as we venture into Grand Central Terminal to take an audio tour of the famous station! The tour focuses on the architectural highlights, little known secrets, history and so much more! Enjoy an afternoon of exploration; a perfect winter break activity. Youth must bring a bagged lunch or money for lunch. Youth MUST be a registered YC participant; spaces limited.
The ARC babysitter’s Training course is designed to provide youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants. This training will help participants to develop leadership skills, learn how to develop a babysitting business, keep themselves and others safe, help children behave and learn about basic child care as well as basic first aid. This fun and highly interactive training will keep youth engaged and allows for hands on practice with use of child care dolls and manikins. Successful participants earn ARC certification. Please bring water and a snack.
Join Julie in the arts and crafts room for some fun and exciting projects! Pre-registration required; spaces limited.
Immerse yourself in the world of theater! This workshop is for everyone from the student acting for the first time, to the seasoned performer. This program takes the students from the audition process to a final performance everyone will enjoy. Not only will this workshop be a source of fun and excitement but it will also increase the skill level of every student; whether their goal is to become a professional actor or use the workshop to have fun and develop life skills. The production is done with some costumes, props and minimal sets. All youth will have a role to play, will receive a script adapted to the students and will be taught the music they need to perform their role. The results will be a wonderful final performance on Friday at 1:00 PM for family and friends. Limited to 25 youth. Many fun roles to play!

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DAYTON (OH) -- The Eric Golz era got underway a season ago, taking over for long-time UD WSOC Head Coach Mike Tucker. Those were enormous shoes to fill and the job was more difficult given a roster of talent disparate from the one that took home the A10 championship a season prior. Any Flyer soccer fan worth their salt knew 2017 would be a major challenge and that’s ultimately how the year started and ended. Dayton took a month to get north of .500 and once conference play started the Flyers more or less traded wins and losses. The 4-4-2 A10 record was just good enough to punch their ticket to the league tournament on the last day of the regular season after a victory at UMass. But their 21st consecutive A10 tourney appearance was short-lived, falling to eventual champ LaSalle 3-2 in the opening round. If nothing else, the loss was by far their best effort of the season. They could have easily beaten the #1 seed Explorers on their home field.
Dayton took all season to play their best however because of inconsistency on both sides of the ball. Keeping teams off the scoreboard – especially early in matches – proved to be all but impossible at times as the team GAA ballooned to 1.40. Yes the Flyers did out-score their opponents on the season 33-28, but the offense was oftentimes too one-dimensional and the schedule lacked quality wins.
Golz’s second season may end up more challenging than his first. He lost A10 Offensive Player of the Year Alexis Kiehl (12g, 3a) to graduation. She was involved in almost half of UD’s scoring output. Kiehl was the lone striker every opponent had to account for; when she failed to score or had limited touches, the Flyer offense often sputtered and the results were disappointing. Perhaps it was an offense that relied on Kiehl too much, but had no choice in order to remain competitive and keep a modest amount of possession in the attacking third. Without her speed and foot skills to target the goal mouth with quick-strike ability, Dayton’s best weapon on a weapons-challenged team is no longer available this year to hide other weaknesses on the field.
Dayton must also replace MF Sidney Leroy and D Nicolette Griesinger – both started 19 of 20 matches as seniors. MF Kaitlynn Kiehl started four matches while D Abby Wiegel also graduated after a career-ending injury erased her senior year entirely.
The good news is it wasn’t a huge senior class. The not-so-good news is 11 freshmen join the team, making for an even younger and more inexperienced group than last year’s 9-9-2 squad. And without an All-Conference scorer to pull rabbits out of hats, things may get worse before they get better.
Perhaps the best and brightest part starts with senior defender Nadia Pestell, a 2nd Team All-A10 selection last year who played more like a 1st Teamer. A terrific athlete with gifted speed, good instincts, and high-IQ reaction time to the run of play, Pestell has a chance to be the best defender in the league despite giving up several inches and 15lbs to most opposing strikers on a weekly basis. Her greatest strength however is affecting the Flyer offense; she loves to overlap with dribble-drives and cheat forward along the left touch lines for dangerous service in the box. She might be UD’s most important attacking player despite playing out of the back; her ability to transition the Flyers from defense to offense is invaluable. From what we saw in the lone exhibition at Baujan Field, it’s safe to say she may be the Flyers’ offensive and defensive MVP in 2018 – usually an unthinkable suggestion for a full-time left fullback. How many defenders led their team in assists (6) last year? Darn few.
Her skills to set up other players in the Flyer attacking third will be even more important this year with the lack of reliable game-changers in the midfield and offense. Junior MF/F Mikayla Livingston (7g, 5a) is the team’s leading returning scorer and has shown – at times – to be exceedingly dangerous with the ball at her feet. Best used on the touch lines, Livingston had the luxury of running with Alexis Kiehl however and Kiehl sucked a lot of attention from opposing defenses. Without that, Livingston must prove to be a capable goal scorer in more 1 vs 1 situations and command a dominating presence up top. It’s within her wheelhouse to be All-Conference, but consistency has wavered at times and the disappearing acts could spell doom this year for a team desperate for an All-League striker. In fairness, the same praise and criticism could be said for others. Sophomore Sara Robertson (4g) and senior Keagin Collie (2g, 5a) must also make significant strides rather than baby steps. No player from last year’s freshmen class made the A10 All-Rookie squad, making the sophomore class a vital one in 2018. They must get better and impact the game and Robertson is our pick to make that improvement.
Collie may be the key to the season – we said the same thing last year. Dayton hemorrhaged far too often with lack of ball-winning and possession in the central third. It cost the Flyers several results for sure, but more importantly it affected UD’s ability to exert influence within the matches. Far too often UD lacked speed, quickness, and toughness around the center circle to dis-possess, shed the first mark, and deliver weak-side service to teammates opening up space in transition. It’s all but impossible to finish in the upper third of the Atlantic 10 – or any conference – without an All-League central midfielder. Golz must impress upon Collie both her importance and ability to make this year the defining measure of her career.
Senior Quincy Kellett (0g, 5a) started 19 matches last year as a wide attacking player and brings a wealth of experience as a player that tasted success when the Flyers were A10 contenders in her first two seasons. Kellett can impact the game, but too often last year the impact was an absence of engagement. She must dig out more balls, get stuck into more tackles, and translate her odometer into touches of the ball rather than watching the match carry on without her. Those second efforts will change her game for the better and rub off on her teammates. She’s a senior and must lead by example.
Junior Caroline Mink (2g) abused #1 seed St. Joseph’s like a rented mule in the A10 title match of her freshman season -- they had no answer for her. Since then, Mink lost her groove and hasn’t quite rediscovered it. At 5-8 she gives UD good size along the touch lines and has a solid burst of speed after the first touch of the ball. She’s a better player than her sophomore form and fans want to see it. Mink can be a 5g/5a player, but she must trust her own skill set, think less, and just play what’s in front of her. She’s most dangerous when keeping it simple.
Juniors Madeleine Morrissey (1g, 1a), and Jordan Pauley (1g, 2a) also return and share 17 starts from a year ago. Like Collie, ball-winning and sustained possession are integral chores on their 2018 to-do list. If UD can finally get some possession and stop chasing the game, everything else will start rolling downhill.
Helping Pestell in the back line is senior Beth Kamphaus, an offensive player converted to defender with good size (5-8) and terrific fitness as a central back. She’s capable of eliminating angles and covering for other players with her speed and reaction times. She’s generally a good distributor out of the back line, but there are inexplicable moments where hospital balls put the Flyers in dire straits. Those lapses seem more mental than anything and a bit more consistency could land her on the All-Conference team with a strong senior year. She was one of just four Flyers to start all 20 games a year ago.
Hanna Merritt started five matches, appeared in 11 overall, and can also play the back line. Sophomore Kara Camarco played just 51 minutes as a true freshman but may be counted on this year to bolster the defense.
Megan Rack, Emily Trick, Emma Thomas, Dani Ruffolo, and Morgan Henderson saw limited action a year ago but have a chance to move up the pecking order. Olivia Brown was UD’s most-heralded 2017 recruit but saw little action a year ago and battled injuries in the preseason. Her status is unknown.
In goal once again is senior Kaelyn Johns, perhaps Dayton’s most talented player not named Pestell. A three-year starter with 61 starts to her credit, Johns has – at times – done God’s work in the goal box and kept the Flyers in matches they were otherwise overwhelmed. Part of that necessity came from a team defense that chased the ball far too much, resulting in minimal possession and unmarked opposing players challenging the Flyer goal mouth. Her teammates made her job more difficult than it needed to be and the repetitive bacon-saving circus acts led to several brutal injuries that might have ended the careers of other goalkeepers. Not that she did the wrong thing or made the wrong decisions, but her field players orchestrated the climate for far too many ugly situations with Florence Nightingale defending that forced Johns into dangerous spots where sheer bravery and bodily sacrifice kept a ball out of the net. She needs more help, she deserves more help. She might be the best overall goalkeeper in the league. Her GAA is not reflective of her talents. The Flyers must make her job easier this year to take a step forward.
It’s hard to tell which newcomers will see the field early in the season. Hannah Osland (5-10, Scottsdale AZ) started against Wright State in the preseason and earned quality minutes. Several others also saw the field with the intention of moving into the rotation for the season opener. Considering last year’s incoming class failed to poach anyone on the A10 All-Rookie team, the 2018 class must make an immediate impact. Dayton needs difference-makers on the field and with a couple exceptions, nobody’s job is watertight – that’s the reality on a team that struggles in the three basic areas of play – scoring, defending, and possession. There’s no better time to be a freshman at UD, but competition will force the vets to up their game as well. Everybody wins.
The Flyer non-conference schedule is challenging and road-heavy to start the season. Dayton opens up at JMU on Thursday, followed by William & Mary on Sunday Aug. 19. Dayton opens the home schedule on Aug. 23 vs Louisville then take a bus to Ypsilanti, MI, for a match at Eastern Michigan three days later. Four consecutive matches follow at Baujan Field against Butler, Akron, Florida Gulf Coast, and Xavier to finish the non-league schedule. The Flyers may be underdogs in all but Akron, EMU, and Xavier – and those won’t be “gimmes“ either. Anything close to .500 heading into the league schedule would be considered a huge success, but that’s a tall order.
UD opens A10 play at George Mason on Sep. 20, followed by trip to Duquesne on the 23rd. The Flyers return home for three matches against VCU, St. Joseph’s, and Saint Louis before traveling to Davidson on Oct. 7th. League power LaSalle visits on Oct. 11, then GW hosts the Flyers on the 14th.
Dayton remains on the road with a match at Richmond on Oct. 18, then finish the regular season at home vs. UMass on Oct. 23. Dayton hosts this year’s A10 Tournament. First round games are on campus sites, followed by the semis and finals at Baujan Field.
It’s a program in transition and this year may not be so different from last season where the Flyers probably hit their ceiling with a .500 overall record. The “goals for Golz” this year will likely focus on more player development, tactics, and better balance on the field by the end of the season. Last year was a season of too few doing too much while too many offered too little. That has to change in year two even if the wins and losses don’t necessarily reflect the progress being made. More players must pull their weight and do it on a more consistent basis. More players must affect game play and affect outcomes rather than enjoy a front-row seat. There must be greater accountability when those metrics fall short, and with a larger roster and a plethora of fresh faces, a seat on the bench is the best place to re-evaluate those priorities while others buy in.
Kiehl’s departure cannot be overstated; she made a lot of team shortcomings feel slightly less caustic. UD returns just one All-Conference player on the entire roster and she plays in the back line. That Nadia Pestell is also UD’s most consistent attacking player at the moment is a bit of an indictment on the remaining Flyer offense. It’s time for everyone – both offensively and defensively – to check their hearts and minds into more matches or step aside. Work rate and soccer IQ must take a Paul Bunyon-sized step forward – even if the execution is still a work in progress. This is a program still searching for its old identity; not necessarily Mike Tucker’s coaching fingerprints but the prevailing attitude of a program built on a commitment to excellence.
Neither Golz or the Flyer program can be judged once again under the same lens as past UD teams sporting names like Ashley Campbell, Nicole Waters, and Colleen Williams. Like it or not, Dayton is probably still a year away from being a year away. Expect more teething and indigestion at times as the Flyers turn the simple things into complications. Despite the challenging schedule, absence of star power on offense, major ball possession shortcomings in the central third, and a back line that surrenders too many soft goals, we believe the program is headed in the right direction. Whether that involves existing players getting better or the purging of dead weight, that’s for the coaching staff to iron out. Dayton has something last year’s team didn’t have – a huge class of first-year players not familiar with last year’s struggles. That alone may spark something.
The A10 will pose a challenge once again. There are too many solid teams with fewer question marks that, on paper, stand a better chance of fighting toward the top of the league. The Flyers qualified for the A10 Tourney last year on the final day of the regular season and that could happen again this year. UD’s margin for error remains exceedingly thin and their A10 chances may hinge on the talent of the league as much as their own. A Top-8 finish is required.
The metrics tell us finishing 8th or better won’t get any easier than last year. Yet, Dayton has never failed to qualify for the A10 postseason tournament. By hook or by crook we think UD will punch their ticket again, if even by the slimmest of margins. Perhaps the motivating factor of playing host to the A10 Tournament will give the team an extra incentive. Still, fans must be realistic about 2018’s expectations and grade the team’s performance accordingly. Measuring progress by run-of-play rather than wins and losses will offer a more accurate assessment of program trajectory. The 2018 Flyers can exceed expectations by doing a few things in a few key areas they failed to achieve last season. Knocking the team GAA down to under 1.00 would be a great start. Turning the Flyer midfield into ball-winning, possession-dominating psychopaths would be a great November finish.
Head coach of the UD women's soccer team. Career leader in A10 wins, Tucker's teams have made the NCAA tournament five times including one Sweet 16 appearance. Seven league titles and two NSCAA All-Americans. Consistently develops league Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. Tucker's ability to remain at or near the top of the A10 each season has been a consistent force. Excellent recruiter with proven record of signing prep All-Americans and other talent that's under-rated. Fierce scheduler willing to play anyone anytime.
Coaches have picked the Flyers 7th, the Explorers 2nd, and the Billikens 1st. I do want to reiterate the Flyers sched is much more favorable this year than last, having home dates with both SJU and La Salle helps. So I will say the Flyers have a good chance at 5 wins in conf and a pretty certain playoff spot, as long as everything is good with the incoming group. I don't view 11 incoming freshmen as a weakness but as an opportunity to have renewed competitive balance in many areas of the field. Think of OOC as an audition and expect a lot of shared minutes!

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Long opportunity for EurUsd ?
1.1610 - 1.1450 is the key area of support. A bullish Pin bar can be spotted on the weekly chart. Will decide whether to Long the market when it opens tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Potential Long oportunity for AudUsd??
Could this be happening again? H1 pin bar formation on top of the previous Daily Inside bar range and TL?

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Relax house with "Swimming Pool "Santorini Class" is located 1km south of Dhermi village, by the national road.
The nearest beach is Dhermi beach, 3km north of the accommodation. The nearest town is Himara, 17 km south of the accommodation. In Dhermi village are located the mini market, the first add center and the post office. The neares ATM is located in Dhermi beach.
Relax House is a new accommodation which offers rooms for 3 persons.
The rooms are furnished with a double bed and a single bed. All rooms have modern bathroom with shower and sea view balcony. The hotel has free parking place and swimming pool "Santorini Class 14x7m.

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2018 8 12 · Vibratory Equipment and machines is a very effective method of conveying, metering, separating and filling powders, foods and granules. Machines are isolated and supported by coils springs or rubber pads on a base frame or suspended. Linear types: LS, OLS. Deck Sizes from 0.6 to 3.6 m2. Circular Security . Vibratory Conveyors . Trough .
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2018 9 23 · Vibratory Equipment Del Sol Foundry and Frac Specialists Our product line includes vibratory feeders, conveyors, screens, coolers, dryers and shakeouts. However, the primary benefit of the counterbalanced and isolated design is the possibility of transmitting vibrations is virtually eliminated.
Dynamically balanced and isolated vibratory conveyor design is a method of vibratory conveyor construction used to eliminate vibration transmission at the foundation. The vibration isolation is so dramatic that you can even balance the edge of a coin on the base frame of the conveyor while the conveyor is running!
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2013 6 3 · Vibratory feeders or vibratory conveyors have been widely used for the transport and orientation of individual parts and bulk materials in many branches of industrial activity. From the designers standpoint, the current endeavor is to conceive efficient vibratory feeders, satisfying constraints of power consumption, vibration transmission and noise emission.
These Vibrating Conveyors are used for conveying hot, abrasive materials like ash, sand and castings. They are also used to convey solids for a wide array of applications, including aggregates, minerals, sand, coal, ash, ore, castings, molds,ticals and food products.
1972 2 29 · A vibratory conveyor in which the conveyor deck is supported on a base by elastic connectors which include directional dampers which permit substantially undamped vibratory motion in the plane of the deck, yet, provide significant damping in a direction perpendicular to the deck.
A dynamic reaction reducer operably connected between spring isolated vibrating equipment and stationary support structure where the reducer permits the equipment to be operated within a range of operating frequencies with inducing excessive vibration to the support structure.
Vibratory Conveyor Systems Equipment. If you run brute force, crank arm, non balanced, or non isolated vibratory conveyors, we feel your pain. Not only do you experience vibration transmission, stress cracks, and angry workers and neighbors, but you can't keep anything on your bookshelves.
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2018 9 28 · Meyer's Vibra Flex II Vibratory Conveyor utilizes an efficient vibrated base frame design that delivers consistent vibration throughout the conveyor system.
2017 5 19 · The Clevelandpanys Model FA Flat Deck Vibratory Table is the most widely used of our products, and is available in both standard and low profile configurations.
Conveyors are usually base mounted like the model at right but can also be suspended from overhead supports. In either case, vibration is isolated from the support structure by a special rubber assembly which forms part of the hanger or base mounting arrangement.
Vibratory conveyors consist of a reciprocating surface plate covered with a durable directional biased brush surface that uses friction and angled fibers to feed materials in the direction of the brush.
Abstract Vibratory conveyorsmonly used in industry to carry a wide variety of particulate and granular materials Although the majority of engineers involved in bulk materials handling will be aware of vibratory conveying as a useful technique, few have the necessary understanding of this method to be able to design or select a system .
The Vibratory Conveyor as such is a stand alone equipment that consist of the conveyor pan mounted on an isolated frame. Vibratory motors numbering one or two is positioned to produce vibration. The length and breath of the conveyor can be modified according to requirement.
2018 9 5 · Meyer is your source for bulk material handling food processing equipment solutions, including belt conveyors, vibratory conveyors bucket elevators.
Dynamically Balanced and Isolated Design Aside from reducing the risk of vibration transmission, a counterbalanced and isolated conveyor is a breeze to install. It requires no massive concrete foundations just set it in place and turn it on.
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The Club does not allow under 8s on the water unless they are in the direct charge of their parents or person with delegated responsibility. The Club does not organise canoeing or afloat activities for unaccompanied children under 8 years of age.
The Club requires parents to sign a form giving consent for young persons aged 8 -18 to take part in canoeing and activities afloat organised by the Club. On a run (journey) each young person must be accompanied on the water by a responsible adult.
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Can be added to an engine's fuel system permanently or temporarily for testing pressure or restriction with the Compucheck pressure tester (part no. TU-32-20) or the Compucheck restriction tester (part no. TU-32-21).

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Wow, June 25th is here already! And as my husband said as I told him what I was doing, "There are only 6 months 'til Christmas, and we haven't even started the shopping yet! Gasp!" He was totally kidding. We are the "shop in mid-December" type! That is, for any gifts that we don't create ourselves, lol!
I have a confession to make. I did not purchase very many Christmas sets from the Holiday Mini this year, until I found out which ones were carrying over. Then I think I ended up with almost every single one! I am a sucker for Christmas sets, and I keep 98% of them. Let's just say that if someone wanted to come make Christmas cards at my house, they might be a tad overwhelmed with the available options... I mean, I have a snowflake section!
Cut a watercolor panel to 4"x5¼", stamp the various snowflakes in Versamark, sweeping from upper left to lower right. Sprinkle with Clear embossing powder and heat set.
Tape the watercolor panel down to a board with painter's tape. Wet the paper with an Aqua-painter or a watercolor brush. Add Dapper denim to the left upper and right lower corner, tipping and turning the board to get some movement and blooming of the color. Dry with heat tool.
Repeat the previous step two more times, using Sweet Sugarplum and Pool Party.
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From a scrap of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper, die cut the "peace" die from Christmas Greetings thinlets.
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Dovetail the left end of the Vellum strip, adhere the "peace" with the Fine-Tip glue pen. Stitch the Vellum strip to the watercolor panel with sewing machine and thread. Add a little Fine-Tip glue behind the diecut on the back of the Vellum strip and adhere to the watercolor panel.
Adhere the watercolor panel to the Thick Whisper White card base.
For the inside, I used a technique to create a subtle watercolor look to the snowflake stamping. I inked the stamps up, stamped off once, then spritzed lightly with a couple pumps with the spritzer filled with water, then stamped on the lower right corner.
I did learn a lesson, again, about the painter's tape... if you reuse it, the tape does not stick as well and will let some of the watercoloring leak underneath it. I am ok with it on this project, but it could really ruin the look of something that needs a nice crisp edge.


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Karachi: Pakistan won final approval for an emergency $7.6 billion International Monetary Fund loan on Monday to avert a balance-of-payments crisis in the strategically vital country.
Pakistan will immediately access $3.1 billion under the 23-month facility with the rest phased in subject to quarterly review, the fund said.
The programme has twin goals: to steady the economy and restore confidence by tightening macroeconomic policy, and to ensure social stability and support for the poor and vulnerable, the fund said.
Why does Pakistan need an IMF package?
Foreign exchange reserves from fell $100 million to $6.64 billion in the week that ended on 15 November, or just enough to cover nine weeks of imports. The central bank’s own reserves fell to $3.46 billion from $3.50 billion a week earlier.
Imports for October totalled $3.46 billion, while exports were worth $1.52 billion.
- he current account deficit almost doubled in the first four months of the 2008/09 fiscal year that began on 1 July from the same period a year earlier. The deficit stood at $5.9 million in the four months to the end of October, compared with $3 billion in the same period last year.
Pakistan has a $500 million bond due to mature in February. The market had priced in the risk of a default but the IMF loan removes that risk.
The fiscal deficit, excluding grants, will be brought down to 4.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2008/09 (July-June) fiscal year, and then 3.3% in the 2009/10 fiscal year, compared with 7.4 percent of GDP in the fiscal year to June 2008.
Inflation, at 25% will be brought down to an average of 13% in the 2009/10 fiscal year and to 6% by the end of the next year through tighter monetary policy.
There will be an end to central bank financing of the government. According to bank data, the government borrowed $2.48 billion from 1 July to 8 November.
Expenditure on a social safety net will be increased to protect the poor through cash transfers and targetted electricity subsidies.
Analysts say Pakistan needs serious structural reforms. Otherwise its balance of payments will remain stressed.
The most difficult task for the government will be to bring net borrowing from the State Bank to zero, they say.
The IMF said “the programme also envisages a tightening of monetary policy to bring down inflation". This may be criticised by industrialists and members of capital markets as an increase in interest rates typically slows down growth.


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Is the Seaview that bad??
Hi glittergal1 i am glad that you enjoyed the Seaview. We are also going to be going on her on the 2nd November sailing out of Barcelona..What was your weather like last November? We have done a few cruises with MSC, I think their ships are magnicent.
Glittergal1 thanks for the info.. I hope we are as lucky as you with regard to the weather but I know we will have a fabulous time anyway.
I saw the same type of reviews for the Divina and Seaside. I went on both and enjoyed myself royally.


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Creep or Soar? “One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”~~Helen Keller. When life gets you down, remember to spread your wings even more, and an updraft will take you to places you never thought you could get.
Remember, there is always someone with a worse story, a worse problem. Be happy with the little things and shake off whatever is bothering you. Seek advice of someone more knowledgeable in the area you’re struggling. It’s easier to seek help from someone wiser than to allow yourself to fall deeper into distress, melancholy, or something worse. Don’t forget to pray for your situation (1 Chronicles 16:11) and to ask others to be praying for a situation.
I miss life as I use to know it, and as I began to get a handle on the “new norm” for life, it changed drastically. As I began to adjust to life as it was, it changed once again.
After reading so many FB posts of sicknesses, loss of limbs, deaths, tragedies, murders, robberies, and missing individuals, I am thankful and happy to be alive.
I’ve heard people say “It’s God’s will” or “I’ll just leave it up to God” when faced with a serious illness, tragedy,financial crisis, and/or economic & political crises. Don’t listen to that mindset; it is not true. God wants us to pray to him for help, whenever we are in need of anything. HE wants us to pray for ourselves(1 Chronicles 16:11), our families, for others(1 Timothy 2:1), and for our Nation(2 Chronicles 7:14-15).
The problem is, many wait to pray when we are in trouble and not when all is well and we’re happy. Understand that if we pray regularly(e.g. 15 minutes, several times a day),we stay in a constant state of prayer. “Pray without ceasing.” Thank HIM for HIS blessings(our loved ones, clothes, your home, a bed to sleep in, water to bathe in & purified water to drink, food,the electronics you use each day (tv, phone, computers) , eyes to read and to enjoy beauty, ears to enjoy music, and so on).
God wants a relationship; He’s not a convenience store.
He wants to be YOUR Closest COMPANION. If HE lives within you, HE’s closer to you than your spouse, parent, or child. Why ignore HIM?
HE wants to see you in HIS house of worship, worshipping and praising HIM. He wants you to speak to him, to see you begin your day in prayer and end it in prayer and talk to HIM on your way to work or while out and about. HE wants you to talk to your children about HIM.
What happens when you don’t talk to a spouse? a child? a parent? a friend? The relationship ends, splits apart, or at best, isn’t too good if it still exists.
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I have a samsung galaxy s5. I found that that the internal space was full while the sd card was having a large available space, so. I moved all the files on the internal storage to the sd card while i was in a hurry without thinking that it may be a proplem. After that now when i open the gallery it tells me unfortunately. It's stopped i tried to see the application manager on settings but when i opened it, It was also stopped. I tried to create a new memo but also it tells me the same thing. I tried to move some files again to internal storage but there is no files there and I cannot create one. PLEASE HELP.
I've observed something similar. Various apps crash and i get the same error message. For me, this has only started to happen about 2 weeks ago.


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Lilly officials said they decided to offer the drug free of cost to some patients in recognition of the overall expense of health care.
Migraine sufferers will soon have another option to treat their pain: a monthly injection from Eli Lilly and Co. that aims to prevent them from developing the condition in the first place.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week approved Lilly’s Emgality, self-delivered as a subcutaneous injection, for adults.
In the wake of the approval, Lilly announced it will make the drug available to patients with commercial insurance free of cost for as long as 12 months as part of the company’s patient support program.
The list price of the treatment will be $575 a month, adding up to an annual total of $6,900.
In a statement announcing the decision, Lilly officials said they decided to offer the drug free of cost to some patients in recognition of the overall expense of health care.
“We know the impact high deductible and rising out-of-pocket costs have on families, and Lilly takes seriously our role in ensuring affordable access to Emgality for as many patients as possible,” said Christi Shaw, president of Lilly Bio-Medicines.
More than 30 million adults in the United States suffer from migraines, about a tenth of the population. A person is considered to have migraine disease if he or she experiences five or more headaches that last between four and 72 hours and those episodes interfere with daily activity and come with nausea or light and sound sensitivity, according to the American Migraine Foundation.
Only about 10 percent of those who suffer from migraines take a prophylactic medicine to ward off the condition.
Emgality, which will be available at retail pharmacies, went through three trials, involving more than 2,500 patients. The dosage started with an initial dose of 240 mg and then continued each month with a 120 mg dose.

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For Stanley Bagg to make a note of that visit, it must have been a special day indeed.
"Mrs. Mitcheson" was Stanley’s son’s mother-in-law, Fanny Mitcheson, from Philadelphia. She had probably come to Montreal to be present at the birth of another grandchild, Catherine Sophia Bagg, born a month later.
Stanley wrote nothing more about this visit, but I like to imagine what might have taken place. He had been a widower since his wife’s death 15 years earlier, but he probably he had a servant to clean and cook for the occasion. In addition, son Stanley Clark Bagg and daughter-in-law Catharine Mitcheson Bagg lived nearby, so they probably helped with the arrangements.
Perhaps he and his visitor discussed the weather, or the recent birth of Queen Victoria’s seventh child. Fanny was an American by choice (born Mary Frances MacGregor, she had immigrated to the United States from Scotland as a young woman) and Stanley was an American by birth (born in Massachusetts, he came to Canada as a child,) so maybe they talked about the recent California Gold Rush.
Stanley’s son and daughter-in-law probably attended this gathering. Another possible guest was Mary (Mitcheson) Clark, Stanley’s deceased wife’s mother. She also lived nearby, in a house called Clark Cottage. Mary, a widow, would have been age 74 at the time.
Mary Clark and Fanny Mitcheson were also related by marriage: Mary’s brother was Fanny’s husband, Robert Mitcheson.
I do not know whether Robert accompanied his wife to Durham House, or even if he came to Montreal. If he didn’t, someone else must have travelled with her. She certainly would not have come from Philadelphia to Montreal by herself.
Long-distance travel in 19th-century North America was time-consuming, complicated and uncomfortable. Thankfully, transportation was improving, especially after the first North American railroad started operating in 1826.
Perhaps Stanley saw fit to note Fanny’s 1850 visit because he realized what an effort she had made to get there from Philadelphia.
Mary Mitcheson (1776-1856) and her brother Robert Mitcheson (1779-1859) were born in County Durham, in northeast England, and immigrated separately to North America. Mary, her husband John Clark (1767-1827) and daughter Mary Ann (1795-1835), settled in Montreal around 1795. Mary Ann married Stanley Bagg (1788-1853) in Montreal in 1819.
Robert Mitcheson arrived in the United States from Antigua in 1817. I do not know when or where he married Fanny MacGregor (c. 1792-1862). They lived in what was then the outskirts of Philadelphia.
All these relationships boiled down to one central fact: Stanley Clark Bagg (1820-1873) married his first cousin once-removed, Catharine Mitcheson (1821-1914). They were wed at Grace Church, Philadelphia on Sept 9, 1844 by Reverend Robert Mitcheson, the bride’s brother. If the family was upset about the blood relationship between them, no hint of that has survived.
2 An inventory of the contents of Durham House is included in Act No. 3556, dated 2 Nov, 1842, of notary Joseph-Hilarion Jobin, accessed at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) in Montreal.


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Professor Emeritus Howard Williams held a chair at Graduate Business School, University of Strathclyde. His research has focused on issues of technical change, economic development and innovation in the OECD and emerging markets.
Professor Williams has worked as an economist and lead policy advisor for international organizations including the European Commission (DG InfoSoc), the World Bank and the Internet Governance Forum. He has contributed to a broad range of economic and policy debates about licensing, access regimes, investment incentives, wholesale market regulation as well as the application of competition law principles to the ICT sectors.
His work on mobile financial transactions is internationally recognized, and he has pioneered work on competition analysis in the Internet, especially with regard to search. At the University of Strathclyde Professor Williams created and was Director of the Masters in Communications Management (MCM). He has held fellowships at a number of academic institutions including University of Bocconi (Milan) and the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford). He is also currently an advisor to the Skolkovo Centre, Moscow.
Professor Howard Williams is visiting the Institute for Information Systems to moderate a seminar on “Platforms and Springboards – Diving into an Internet of Value” at the chair of Prof. Dr. Stefan Klein.


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Following the 12th International JODI Conference in April 2015 in New Delhi, India, a JODI 5-Year Action Plan was developed to identify ways to achieve greater energy data transparency under the JODI framework.
To date JODI partners have undertaken numerous actions in line with the plan and made significant progress on these objectives. The “JODI 5-Year Action Plan toward 2020” document initially published prior to IEF15 in 2016 highlights the initial progress and accomplishments. JODI Partners continue to make tangible progress on each objective. Additional progress will be reflected in future updates of progress based on the plan.

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Place pork bellies in large plastic bags, mix all ingredients except chicken stock and pour into bag. Seal, place in bowl and refrigerate to cure overnight.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove pork from bag and allow to come to room temperature over one hour. Place pork bellies skin side down in large, non-reactive, rectangular, high sided roasting pan. Pour marinade and 3 cups of chicken stock over pork and roast for one hour. Turn pork over and roast 1 ½-2 hours more until tender. Remove pork from pan and using very sharp long knife remove skin from bellies. You also may want to remove at this point what some may consider excess fat, but leave enough to brown and caramelize in the final step. Return pork to liquid and let cool 1 ½ hours. Cover pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate pork in its bath for 6 hours.
One hour before serving, de-fat braising liquid, remove pork bellies and score their fatty side. Return to pan and roast for 20-25 minutes until fat is slightly caramelized and meat is warmed through. If poaching liquid covers the fat, it won’t caramelize, so you will need to remove some liquid. If there is so little liquid left that the majority of the pork belly is sticking out of the juice, add a cup or two of chicken stock. If the fat fails to brown, turn on the broiler at the end for 5 minutes. Remove 2 cups of the braising liquid and reduce over high heat to the consistency of maple syrup to add as a sauce when serving.
The poaching liquid is terrific for pan steaming bok choi as an accompaniment.
N.B.: This recipe is largely that of Emeril Lagasse’s recipe that is available on the internet, with a few minor improvements on my part.
Cary, Ron and I made the dish following your recipe, accompanying it with Beaujolais, Napa Cabbage and Baby Bok Choy and it was terrific. Thanks so much for the recipe. It’s time consuming but well worth it.

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contribute to more effective and more dynamic sustainable development of the Košice region by creating conditions and mechanisms in the region, which will enable to deal with priority problems, and to implement future goals, according to the approved short-term and long-term strategic development documents.
Close knowledge based cooperation with the departments of the Košice self-governing Region, its field offices, and the institutions established by the Košice Self-governing Region.

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To generate sales leads for BHSF’s employee wellbeing products, specifically the company’s Pay4Sure sick pay product.
We recognised a need to create a clear link between workplace productivity and employee wellbeing. This saw us research, write, publish and promote a ‘Breaking the Cycle’ report – a 16-page employee wellbeing study compiled from a survey of more than 1,000 UK workers in full-time employment.


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