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The cost is $3,750 per adult (13 years of age or older) if you attend the full event. For those staying fewer than three days, we offer a rate of $1,100 per person per day (subject to availability), which includes an overnight stay, but excludes air travel. Children 4 years old and younger attend free, but they must be registered for the event. There will be air transportation costs for children 2–4 years of age as airlines require a seat for them. There is a discount of $1,250 for a full-event package for children from 5-12 years old who share a room with their parents. Cost for this age group is $2,500 per child.
What is the cost for an infant or toddler?
Although there is no event cost for an infant or toddler (age 4 or younger), the child must be registered. Baby sitting and similar services are available through the hotel, and those costs will be billed directly to the guest.
The package price includes domestic air travel, ground transportation, hotel accommodations, daily meals, receptions, and group activities. There is a discount for those who choose to drive to the event or to arrange their own air travel.
Is full payment expected upon registration?
A deposit of at least $1,000 per person is required to hold a place for you and your guests. The balance will be due two months before the trip begins.
If you received a hard copy of the invitation in the mail, you can simply return the Guest Response Form to Story Evans at The Carter Center along with your payment in the envelope provided.
Register online. The registration link will be posted here soon. You will need your Carter Center Weekend ID number to do so. If you cannot locate this number or have questions, please contact Dianne Bryant at dianne.bryant@cartercenter.org or (404) 420-5102.
There is no limit on the number of guests you can bring. However, everyone in your party needs to register.
Since space is limited, you should register early. We will accept reservations on a first-come, first-served basis with a paid deposit until the event is full. When capacity is reached, registration will close regardless of the date.
I paid my deposit. When will the balance be due?
All balances should be paid prior to the trip. If you have a balance due on March 31, 2019, you will receive a reminder letter in April.
Can we come early or stay late to have more days at the resort?
Yes, based on hotel space availability. When we arrange your air travel, we can schedule you to arrive at the resort prior to the event or remain afterward. In most cases, this will not change the cost of your package. However, there will be a cost for additional nights at the hotel and payment must be made directly to Lansdowne Resort and Spa.
When we receive your Guest Response Form and deposit, you will be registered for the event. We will then send you a Guest Preferences Form. Please complete all of the information requested for each person who will be attending the event, including infants. If you have special dietary needs, preferred flights, a preference for first-class seats, a need for a handicap-accessible room, or if you will only be attending part of the event, you should indicate this on the Guest Preferences Form.
Can I register for everything online?
Yes, online registration will be available. The registration link will be posted here soon. Once you are registered, we will mail or email the Guest Preferences Form to you. After you complete this form, you may email it to Dianne.Bryant@cartercenter.org or use the envelope to mail it back.
How will we receive our airline tickets, etc.?
You will receive your travel information and other items in the mail about two weeks prior to the event.
We have friends in the Leesburg area who would like to attend part of the event. Would this be possible?
Please contact Story Evans at (404) 420-3811 or story.evans@cartercenter.org to get information about costs for guests attending less than the full event. Every guest must be registered, and their attendance paid for at least two weeks prior to the start of the event, so they can be screened by security and provided credentials. Note: Space is subject to availability for day-rate guests.
Do we need any particular type of identification? Beginning in 2019, travelers from 15 states will need passports for domestic flights.
The following 15 states have yet to update state IDs in compliance with the REAL ID Act, which was passed in 2005. As a result, residents of those states will have to present a valid U.S. passport — instead of a driver’s license or ID — to travel within the United States.
When you arrive at the resort, you will be given a credential to wear throughout the event that identifies you as one of our guests. As we will be at a hotel with other guests, and there are security issues to consider, it is required that you wear this credential whenever you are outside your room.
Can I travel on the charter flight if I am not in Atlanta?
Yes, you can travel from other cities to connect with the charter flight in Atlanta. Once you have registered for the event, you will receive a Guest Preferences Form to complete and return. You should indicate your preferences for air travel on the form.
Flights will be booked for the most direct route. An economy fare ticket is budgeted in the package. Based on ticket price and routing, some flights, including those to meet the charter, may incur additional costs.
I am arranging my own transportation or driving to the event. What is the closest airport to the resort, and what time should I plan to arrive?
The closest airport to Lansdowne Resort and Spa is Dulles International Airport (IAD), and it is about 25 minutes away. Standard check-in time for the hotel is 4 p.m. The welcome reception for the event will begin around 6 p.m. With this in mind, the best time to arrive at the resort is midafternoon on June 26. If you arrive earlier than 4 p.m., there is a chance that your room will not be ready.
Why do you need my jacket size?
Each guest at the Carter Center Weekend will receive an event bag. The bags contain some clothing items as well as information. We ask for your sizes on the Guest Preferences Form so that we can put the correct size items in your event bag. This includes children’s sizes as well. If sizes are not indicated and the item provided doesn’t fit, you can make an exchange if inventory is available.
In addition to contact information and your preference for room accommodations, the Guest Preference Form asks for your full name as listed on your identification, date of birth, and gender . As of Nov. 1, 2010, TSA now requires that airlines collect this information for every passenger. Since we will be making your airline reservation, we must ask for this information to pass on to the airline.
Will President and Mrs. Carter attend the event?
Yes, President and Mrs. Carter will be in attendance and look forward to greeting our guests. They are very accessible during the event, and we limit the number of attendees so that as many people as possible have an opportunity to spend time with them.
Do you have a schedule of events? What is there to do at the event?
A schedule of activities and other event information will be sent to you with your airline tickets about two weeks prior to the event. There will be organized activities on and off-site, as well as time for individuals and families to plan their own adventures to places of interest in the Leesburg area.
A reception for all guests is held around 6 p.m. every evening.
During the event there are opportunities for guests to learn more about the Carter Center's work by attending briefings and talking with staff members. There will also be a town hall meeting with President and Mrs. Carter, a review of Carter-Mondale administration initiatives, a group excursion off-site, and a silent and live auction.
In addition, the resort has a fitness center, hot tubs, three heated pools, luxury spa, 18-hole golf course, and nature walks. Guests can hike, bike, golf, and run right from the resort’s front door.
What kinds of clothes should we bring?
The event is casual/resort casual. In June, typical high temperatures in the Leesburg area average about 85 degrees and low temperatures are around 66 degrees. Generally, people bring shorts, sports attire, warm-ups/sweat pants for outdoor activities, jeans, casual pants, a vest, sweater or windbreaker, rain gear, and comfortable shoes. It is wise to layer clothes for the cooler mornings and evenings so they can be shed easily during the heat of the day. For dinner, some people like to dress up a bit more, but it is not required. On the evening of the family/individual photographs with the Carters and the live auction, guests tend to dress for the occasion.


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"Is that a new perfume, Peepers?"
"It smells kinda FUNKY, if you ask me."
So anyway, it all started early one mornin', when the peep, bein' a peep, informed me that someone had sprayed on a chair. A chair that just happened to have some clothes lyin' on it.
Well if you ask me, chairs aren't supposed to be used as clothes closets in the first place, so if you go around leavin' clothes lyin' about on 'em, you're just askin' for trouble with a capital 'T'.
I, of course, bein' the ever so helpful kitty I am, immediately pointed that out to the peep.
Then, I, bein' the EXTREMELY EVER SO HELPFUL kitty I am, explained to the peep how she should take care not to do stuff like... Well... Well like sprayin' on chairs and clothes and things. 'Cause sprayin' is simply not becomin' of a peep.
I also added that accordin' to several advertisements on TV, there are products available to treat issues like these.
Yeah, well it kinda went downhill after that.
The conversation, I mean. Not the pee.
"Oh sure, accidents can happen," I explained to the peep, "but they don't need to, you see. You just have to..."
And that, my friends, is where the conversation hit rock bottom, for sure.
And when I say rock bottom, I mean the very bottom rock, underneath a whole big ol' pile of rocks, lyin' at the bottom of a bottomless pit of rocks.
But I, never one to give up, forged ahead.
With the conversation, I mean.
"You just have to..." I began, again. "HEY. PEEPERS! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENIN' TO ME?" I politely enquired.
Okay, so maybe not quite politely, for seriously, it was time to switch gears.
"So what you're sayin' there, Peepers, is that it wasn't YOU who sprayed on the chair. Hmmm... Interestin'..."
"WELL IT CERTAINLY WASN'T ME!" I cried with indignation, realising the peep might be tryin' to palm the blame off on a TOTALLY BLAMELESS marmalade cat.
"No one's sayin' it was me, are they?" I enquired. "Because let me tell you..." I huffed. "LET ME TELL YOU..." I puffed. "LET ME..."
"Now um... What chair did you say that was, again, Peepers?"
No, my friends. I was NOT acceptin' responsibility. I was NOT suggestin' there was a possibility, as remote as such a possibility could be, that I, Seville the Cat, could be responsible for... Well, you know... The pee.
I was simply dottin' my 'i's and crossin' my 't's.
I sat back on my haunches and looked up at the peep. "Peepers," I said. "You and I both know I never make messes outside of the litter box. And I hardly ever spray. Oh sure, there WAS that one time when I sprayed on a peep..."
I stopped myself short, for in hindsight, I realised, unfortunately AFTER lettin' it slip, that it might not be wise to remind the peep about how once upon a time, a VERY LONG time ago, I had, in fact, sprayed upon a peep. And that that peep just happened to be her.
But to be fair, that one time, way back when, occurred right after I had recovered from a bout of the crystals.
Plus, it was Valentine's Day.
"But Peepers, that little Valentine's Day incident aside, you and I both know I WOULD NEVER spray on a chair."
I stopped myself short once more.
"What chair was that again? I don't believe you ever actually said."
Well the look on the Peep's face told me all I needed to know.
"ANDY DID IT!" I cried. "It was Andy, for sure. Oh yeah, sprayin' on a chair? That sounds just like a thing an Andy would do."
And the peep, bein' a peep, BELIEVED ME.
Seville, um...your peeps is not gonna fall for that another time, so STOP IT!
Oh no! I hope you don't have crystals again.
Yep, you really do still have it! You sure proved that.
Well done you gorgeous orange cat. You got out of that one easily. You all have a great day.
MOL, dat's what siblings are fur.
Well, that is probably the fastest way to get a peep's complete attention, peeing anywhere but the box.
How many times do you think she will believe that line?


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In ParlAI, you can allow people on Facebook to participate in a ParlAI world as an agent.
Facebookers can be viewed as another type of agent in ParlAI, and hence person-to-person, person-to-bot, or multiple people and bots in group chat can all talk to each other within the same framework.
Facebook agents communicate in observation/action dict format, the same as all other agents in ParlAI. During the conversation, messages are delivered to a person’s inbox from the page that you have set up for ParlAI.
Each messenger task has at least one messenger agent that connects to ParlAI using the Facebook messenger Send/Receive API, encapsulated as a MessengerAgent object.
Each messenger task also consists of a World where all agents live and interact within.
Messenger tasks can be grouped together within an Overworld which can spawn the subtasks and allow people to pick between multiple conversations.
Generic Chatbot: Allow messenger conversations with any ParlAI models, for instance the PersonaChat model.
QA Data Collection: collect questions and answers from people, given a random Wikipedia paragraph from SQuAD.
Overworld Demo: let people select between three different subtasks, namely an echo bot, a demo of onboarding data collection, and a random chat.
Oftentimes it’s important to host a created model against humans to evaluate how well it is performing on a number of metrics. This generic ChatBot world allows you to attach a model to a page, and then users who interact with that page will be paired into a conversation with that bot.
As it is currently implemented, the collected conversations can be observed and rated manually by the ParlAI user. It’s possible to imagine requesting that the human participant rate their conversational partner at the end of the conversation as another way to evaluate the model.
This code will allow users to talk with a bot in conversations like the one displayed above.
One of the biggest use cases of Messenger in ParlAI is to connect people and collect natural language data.
Pick a random Wikipedia paragraph from SQuAD dataset.
Ask a person to provide a question given the paragraph.
Ask the person to provide an answer to their question.
In QADataCollectionWorld, there are two agents: one is the person (MessengerAgent), the other is the task agent (DefaultTeacher from SQuAD) that provides the Wikipedia paragraph.
The QADataCollectionWorld uses turn_index to denote what stage the conversation is at. One turn means that world.parley() has been called once.
After two turns, the task is finished, and the person’s work can be saved during the World.shutdown() call.
ParlAI messenger can also be used to create a multi-function world that users can choose multiple tasks or variations for. This can be used to expose multiple versions of a chatbot you want to test, to allow users to choose what kinds of tasks they do, amongst other things.
As an example, the Overworld Demo displays three separate tasks connected together by an overworld.
The echo task is a simple example of an echo bot, and shows the functionality and flow of a simple single-person world.
The onboard data task is an example that shows how an onboarding world can collect information that is later exposed in the active task world.
The chat task is an example of a task that requires multiple users, and shows how many people can be connected together in an instance of a world and then returned to the overworld upon completion of a task.
To create your own task, start with reading the tutorials on the provided examples, and then copy and modify the example worlds.py and run.py files to create your task.
A conversation ends when a call between parley calls to episode_done returns True.
Your world can utilize the complete set of Facebook Messenger Templates by putting the formatted data in the ‘payload’ field of the observed action.
Quick replies can be attached to any action, the MessengerOverworld of the Overworld Demo displays this functionality.
Tasks with an overworld should return the name of the world that they want to queue a user into from the parley call in which the user makes that selection to enter a world.
Tasks with no overworld will immediately attempt to put a user into the queue for the default task onboarding world or actual task world (if no onboarding world exists), and will do so again following the completion of a world (via episode_done).
To collect the conversation, data should be collected during every parley and saved during the world.shutdown call. You must inform the user of the fact that the data is being collected as well as your intended use.
ParlAI’s Messenger functionality requires a free heroku account which can be obtained here. Running any ParlAI Messenger operation will walk you through linking the two.
Running and testing a bot on the Facebook Messenger Platform for yourself will require following the guide to set up a Facebook App for messenger. Skip the set up your webhook step, as ParlAI will do it for you.
When the guide asks you to configure your webhook URL, you’re ready to run the task. This can be done by running the run.py file in with python.
After the heroku server is setup, the script will print out your webhook URL to the console, this should be used to continue the tutorial. The default verify token is Messenger4ParlAI.
On the first run, the page will ask you for a “Page Access Token,” which is also referred to on the messenger setup page. Paste this in to finish the setup. You should now be able to communicate with your ParlAI world by messaging your page.
To open up your bot for the world to use, you’ll need to submit your bot for approval from the Developer Dashboard.
Note: When running a new task from a different directory, the webhook url will change. You will need to update this in the developer console from the webhook settings using “edit subscription.” Your Page Access token should not need to be changed unless you want to use a different page.
--password <value> requires that a user sends the message contained in value to the bot in order to access the rest of the communications.
--force-page-token forces the script to request a new page token from you, allowing you to switch what page you’re running your bot on.
--verbose and --debug should be used before reporting problems that arise that appear unrelated to your world, as they expose more of the internal state of the messenger manager.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: n. 1. (Zool.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.


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Outside, we have created an imaginative garden, which is especially for you!
Situated at the southern tip of the Arnside & Silverdale AONB, this area has much beautiful countryside to explore. Those seeking an unspoilt area for walking, cycling and bird watching will be in their element. You need only make a short drive to visit Cumbria, North Yorkshire & the Trough of Bowland with wonderful landscapes, villages and country pubs.
Wander around the village, birthplace of the medieval ancestors of George Washington. The ruins of The Old Rectory (English Heritage) is the oldest surviving architecture in the village.
Special events at The Old School Brewery, Warton, may take your fancy!
Explore the coastline of Silverdale and Arnside, enjoy the scenic walks and views across Morecambe Bay and marvel at the sunsets.
Visit the world-famous topiary at Levens Hall. Garden Lovers will also enjoy Sizergh Castle and The Holker Hall Estate which are a short drive away.

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We want you to be happy with every LeveLok product you purchase through this web site.
At the same time, we realize that we can’t please every person every time – no matter how much we want to.
So if you ordered the wrong item, or for some reason you just don’t want or like the product, we completely understand. You have a full 60 days from the date of purchase to return it.
Non-manufacturer warranty returns are subject, at LeveLok’s discretion, to a restocking fee of 15% of the sales price (plus shipping) of the item.
If it is determined that the product cannot be re-sold due to excessive scratching, dents, dings, etc., and there are no manufacturing defects, the product will be shipped back to you without a refund.
To exercise the 60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee, you MUST first obtain an RMA number from LeveLok and then return the product, transportation prepaid. Within 14 days of receipt of the returned item we will issue and mail you a check for the amount of the original amount paid, less any restocking fee and labor and material costs.
NOTE: All returns MUST follow our Return Policy and Instructions. Any items returned without a valid RMA number will be refused. You can read the Return Policy and Instructions here.


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Many people are faced with the psychological and physical effects of stress that cause disease, illness and emotional conditions. Some people turn to life coaching for anger and stress management.
Life coaching for anger and stress management has it’s roots in executive coaching that draws on techniques from a wide range of disciplines like sociology, psychology, career counseling and psychology. The coach applies the techniques to assist clients toward their stated goals. In the case of executives it might be to improve leadership skills while life coaching for anger and stress management is used to improve coping mechanisms and decrease physical symptoms of stress.
Unfortunately there isn’t a governed training or education standard for a person to achieve the level of Life Coach. Anyone can call themselves a Life Coach and take on clients. There are three accreditation bodies that attempt to self-regulate the coaching industry and provide a system of credentialing coaches, but this doesn’t include regulation.
In other words, although there are three bodies (International Coach Federation, The International Association of Coaching and the European Coaching Institute) there is no one who regulates the Life Coach once they set up shop.
When you are evaluating life coaching for anger and stress management you will want to consider the type of education and training your life coach received and whether it was accredited by one of these agencies. You’ll want to see references and get referrals. This is a decision that will affect your future in business, family, relationships and school since anger and stress management affects all of these areas.
Unfortunately anger is like obesity, it’s everywhere and it does no good for anyone. It can cause serious health problems such as heart attack and stroke. Research has found that people who are chronically angry are three times more likely to have a heart attack than people who learn to control their anger.
Life coaching for anger and stress management will help you to take control and responsibility for your life, clean up your past, learn to say ‘no’ to extraneous requests, eliminate the things you tolerate but irritate you, and set clear boundaries.
Your life coaching for anger and stress management will also help you to recognize, appreciate and embrace the law of attraction while creating an inspiring vision for your future. You have a future with little anger and stress. Not all stress is bad but it still remains stress. For instance marriage and births are stressful times in life but the stress isn’t negative. Unfortunately your body doesn’t recognize the difference between negative and positive stress and the physical and psychological reactions are the same. Your life coaching for anger and stress management can address your needs in both positive and negative stressful situations.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: They say he was a well known and respected human knight in the past. He couldn't find a lord he wanted to serve so he decided to offer his services to Goddess Rhinne and live his life outside of the flow of time. As he was positioned to guard the Road of Regrets, he hardened his heart to protect it from having any regrets. He eventually lost his humanness and became the Ice Knight. He is known to be too strict and too serious, even attacking approved visitors, saying that they will disturb the Goddess' sleep. He doesn't get along with the Temple Keeper because of that.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Select Service Partner UK Limited (“we”, “our” or “us”) are committed to protecting and respecting your personal data as data subject (“you” or “your”). This policy will inform you on how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting this website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
By means of this policy, we would like to inform you of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect through the website.
•	Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, and feedback and survey responses.
•	Usage Data includes information about how you use the website, products and services.
We will only pass your personal data onto a third party where you have agreed to enter into any competitions, promotions (or similar) and we will not sell, rent or exchange your personal data to a third party for commercial gain.
Where we need to collect personal data under any applicable laws, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, we would ask that you provide us with the relevant personal data in order for us to perform the contract (for example, to deliver a product you have ordered).
•	Automated technologies or interactions – as you interact with the website, we may automatically collect technical data about your browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive technical data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.
•	where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
•	our service providers, including logistics providers, such as those who deliver our orders and e-mails.
•	technical and support partners, such as the companies who host our website and who provide technical support and back-up services.
We will only pass your details onto a third party when you have agreed to do this when entering competitions/ promotions and will never sell, rent or exchange your personal information with any third party for commercial reasons. Where you have agreed to allow third parties to send direct marketing communications to you via email or text message, you have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time as further set out in clause 7.2.
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we will rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
We may use your identity, contact details, technical, usage and profile data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion and, in each case, you have opted in for receiving that marketing.
We will get your express consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the SSP group of companies for marketing purposes.
You can ask to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link sent in any email correspondence to you.
Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, registration, product or service experience or other transactions.
Similar to other commercial websites, our website uses a technology called “cookies” (see explanation below) and web server logs to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs includes the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website and the websites visited just before and just after our website. A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
You can switch off all non-essential cookies through the banner at the top of our website.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted under applicable laws.
•	We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the applicable laws. We do not allow our third party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements as determined by applicable laws.
If the storage or purpose is no longer applicable, or if a storage period prescribed under the GDPR or another competent body expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or erased in accordance with prescribed legal requirements.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under the GDPR (or its equivalent), in relation to your personal data.
You have the right to obtain from us, confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is being processed.
•	the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing relating to you.
Furthermore, you have a right to obtain information from us where personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Should SSP transfer personal to a third country or international organisation, SSP will ensure that the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.
Where we have made personal data public and we are obliged (pursuant to Article 17(1)) to erase the personal data, and into taking account the available technology and the cost of implementation, we will take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform any third party controller or processor as is necessary, that you have requested the erasure of the personal data, as far as processing is not required by us or them, and we will arrange the necessary measures or actions to be effected.
•	We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but may be required in terms of our own policies, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
•	you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification thereof, whether legitimate grounds are applicable to us, to override your objections.
You the right to receive personal data concerning you, which was provided to us in a structured commonly used machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit your personal data to another controller without undue hindrance from us, provided, the processing is currently based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, or as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the us.
You have the right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
We shall no longer process the personal data in the event of a reasonable objection, unless we can demonstrate legitimate grounds for the processing, or where for a potential defence of legal claims.
If we process personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to us processing personal data for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for those purposes.
You shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you, or similarly significantly effects you, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the you and us, or (2) is not authorised under GDPR, or (3) is not based on your explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, or (2) it is based on the your explicit consent, we shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on our part, to express your point of view and contest the decision.
You shall have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time.
The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding personal data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of a contract or permitted under applicable laws and our internal policies.
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Over time, telling people I meditate has not been a bad thing; it’s given the impression that I’m in control, know my own mind, am relaxed and open to good and positive thoughts.
This however is not always the case. I tend to meditate days after first thinking it would be a good idea, realizing of course that if I’d not put it off, my stress level would not be so high, my discomfort not so acute. I do meditate, I’m just a little irregular.
I remember reading about a meditation study involving 11 experiments and over 400 people between the ages of 18 and 77. Since I fall within the specified age group and am of a reflective nature, I was immediately interested. Generally I try to avoid “recent studies”—they throw me off balance; I’m either doing something I shouldn’t or I’m not doing something I should. This one got me wondering: is meditation now deemed bad for my health or should I be Zen-ing out at every opportunity?
In this particular study, participants who were allowed to read or listen to music while sitting quietly found the experience satisfying, even pleasurable. In contrast, those required to sit with no distractions of any kind, had a different tale to tell. The study found approximately 25 per cent of women and over 60 per cent of men preferred getting a mild electrical shock rather than being quiet with their own thoughts. These exercises were short, lasting 6 to 15 minutes. Some volunteers, given the choice, said they would pay money not to have the shock; in the event though, they chose zap over Zen!
Now and again I’ve tried meditation classes only to find I get distracted. Someone sniffs at regular intervals; my left knee develops an itch; the snack I’ll have when I’m finished floats before my eyes. I don’t go back. I vow to meditate regularly at home. Home, where there are fewer distractions. Ha! Mundane tasks suddenly become incredibly important and take priority: cleaning the car, sorting the recycling, tossing out recipes I’ll never make, making a to-do list for the coming month.
Meditation takes commitment and time. It’s tricky too, you can’t easily think of nothing, not unless you’re prepared to count, chant or fall asleep. Eventually though, the yoga mat, bolster-cushion and incense sticks beckon from the far side of the living room and the guy with the dreamy voice on the CD tempts me to stop whatever it is I think I should be doing and get on with—nothing—except to become aware of my breathing. Doing nothing, it turns out, affords me unlimited possibilities: a creative nudge, a problem solved, occasionally a short power nap. It puts things in perspective and gives me a nice little break, a time out away from it all.
Minds are supposed to be busy; that’s their job. But my job is to quieten my mind down with a promise, like the shopkeeper’s sign, to be back in 10 minutes. This seems a fair exchange. And when I put my mind to it, I enjoy a meditation and feel my time has been well spent. It’s at this point I resolve to repeat the exercise every day—same time, same place. I never achieve this, but I never stop trying.
Here’s the thing. My “real” meditations sneak up on me unannounced. I think most people would call it pleasant daydreaming. I step into my garden, or indeed anyone’s garden, get on my knees and smell the flowers; I make time to visit with the blue dragonfly that lands on my noodle as I float in the lake; I follow the course of a cloud; watch the light dance through the sprinkler; and search for four-leaf clovers, just for the fun of it. My husband, a geologist, looks at a beach or cliff in admiration for the planet’s beauty with a solid understanding of why things are the way they are. I listen to him; I try to absorb what he’s telling me because it seems important, but the only things that really sink in are my toes in the warm sand. It doesn’t matter: what matters is that I appreciate it all and I marvel in the moment.
If anyone else out there is offering 15 minutes of uninterrupted silence, then, please, count me in. Until then, the tranquility of Okanagan Life will have to do.


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So interesting. Hawking is a perfect example of the specialist, corporate capitalism's perfect citizen. The specialist knows nothing outside his field of expertise. In Hawkings' case, this means he does not even know of himself as a being within the company of other beings. He has become the perfect cog in a seamlessly working machine, and as the machine has worked so well for him, he assumes it is a good machine. It is not for most.
Susan, I read the article by O'Brien a very long time ago and had totally forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder and link. It reminded me of McBryde Johnson's essay in the NYT magazine section.
Julie, Hawking is about as specialized as a specialist can be. I have no idea what his ties are to the corporate world. I would like to think he is simply an ivory tower scholar with little ability to interact with us regular folk. What I find remarkable is the number of people who read his Brief History of Time. I could not get past page 25.
The Ivory Towers are all funded by corporations. Whether that is public knowledge is another story.
Julie, Yes the Ivory Tower is funded by corporations. But universities are supposedly non profit institutions. Flawed as they are, universities do support dissent.
i recommend reading the chapter entitled "The Illusion of Wisdom" in Chris Hedges' "Empire of Illusion."
Universities do allow dissent, up to a point. Identity politics dominate over a class based understanding of oppression, which contributes to the oppressed continuing to fight amongst themselves instead of those with real power. Those who offer seriously dissenting views that pose a threat to the assumption of capitalism's supremacy face challenges including passive censorship (not getting published, not being given tenure) unless they are as well known as Noam Chomsky.
Hawking actually provides a really interesting case study in the decoupling of disability from its usual social repercussions. It is a rare person who has lived the experience of severe disability, yet has *not* experienced having the value of his life questioned or outright dismissed by others, has not been treated as if his opinion carried less weight (quite the opposite, as we're seeing), and has not had to fight for the right to speak for himself in spite of communication barriers. The great respect that is afforded him on account of his intellect and his accomplishment is deserved; but it has insulated him from what most people with disabilities experience in society. It's no wonder that he cannot relate to the implicit threat that is so obvious to many whose lives are overtly devalued by those around them. A person who always been surrounded by respect and support for his own self-determination cannot fully appreciate where his own autonomy leaves off and the societal affirmation that so many others lack begins. He has little reason to feel vulnerable when "death with dignity" is discussed, and he cannot speak for those whose visceral experience of that vulnerability needs to be heard.
Lynn, As usual spot on comments. Hawking will indeed never have a person question his quality of life or status as a human being. This has insulated him from the gritty reality most people with a disability live with.
Middlechild, I was not surprised at all. Hawking's observations r.e. disability have never been insightful. I doubt he has given assisted suicide much thought. Steve Drake really took Hawking to task the other day. I thought he was too harsh. I was wrong.
Wow, the comments this blog gets are as good as the posts. Fascinating!
Claire, One of the reasons I so enjoy writing this blog is the outstanding comments that are routinely posted.
Since this, I have had people say to me and I feel it is pointed - as they know my thoughts - that if Hawking said its okay then he would know... just because you are intelligent in one aspect gives you no more intelligence in other areas than the rest of us.
There is something very ugly and cold about purposely setting up to kill someone and making it out to be mercy... mercy for extreme pain is adequate pain relief - not to be pressured to die.
I completely agree about him not understanding the position of privilege he speaks from, and I was struck by something similar in this piece http://abcnews.go.com/Health/stephen-hawking-flip-assisted-suicide-divides-die-movement/story?id=20291577 where a proponent of assisted suicide says "we couldn't imagine a person with more experience with medical care who is more vulnerable." The view is of disability, vulnerability and assisted suicide as all purely medical things. Stephen Hawking has access to all the care and equipment he needs and a recognition of the value of his existence from society at large: it's very frightening that people can be so blinkered as to see nothing of that and how different things are for other people.
But for me the most obvious problem with what he said is the simple logical flaw. How can you possibly think "We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?" is a sound argument while also saying it must be the person's choice? It's precisely the argument many people would've used for turning off his ventilator. His view is being given special weight because of his position as an extraordinary thinker and yet his reasoning on this is utterly dire.
Hawking seems to be imagining a fictional world in which the safeguards he lays out as the condition for supporting assisted suicide do indeed exist.
In his imaginary world, Hawking is able to justify support for a right to assisted suicide. In the real world, his conditions for such support cannot be met and his comments actually form an argument against assisted suicide.


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The McKinley Station Trail is a moderate walk of 1.6 miles (2.6 km), one hour one-way, from the Denali Visitor Center to the Riley Creek Campground or Riley Creek Mercantile, with 100 feet of elevation change, up to 8.5 percent grade, on a 48-inch compacted gravel surface. It forms a 3.0-mile (4.8 km) loop with the Bike Path. Highlights include historic building remains, geologic features, the railroad trestle, and Riley Creek.
Welcome to McKinley Station: Journey back to a time when a raucous and vibrant community existed here, to an era of gold prospectors, trappers, hunters, and pioneer rangers. McKinley Station was typical of Alaska towns of the era, booming overnight then fading into obscurity. Construction of the Alaska Railroad provided the stimulus for the community and the development of the park kept it going.
Park Road and Early Entrance: Until 1932, the boundary of Mount McKinley National Park lay a few miles to the west of here. Upon its completion in 1938, the Park Road led 92 miles from the railroad depot to the Kantishna Mining District, just outside the park boundary at that time. Much of the road was cut by hand by teams of laborers, at a finished cost of around $1.3 million. In the days before lightweight chainsaws and powerful earthmovers, the road project rang with the sound of axes and handsaws, the clang of shovel and pick, the clop of horses, and the sputtering of under-powered machinery.
Mount McKinley Park Hotel: Maurice Morino's hotel opened for business on Thanksgiving Day 1921. For almost two decades, people from far and wide gathered at this rustic hotel to celebrate holidays, hold dances and socials, and to enliven the long winter nights. Here, dog mushers and trappers mingled with miners and rangers, schoolteachers and itinerants, and once, a U.S. president.
Residents of the Station: The trail here follows one of the original railroad construction access roads that led up out of Riley Creek to the bluff above. The route winds steadily downhill but briefly flattens out on a few small plateaus. In separate arrangements with Maurice Morino, whose land the trail traversed, people built cabins on these plateaus, trading labor for free rent. Residents at the time included Woodbury Abbey who came to conduct the park's first boundary survey; schoolteacher Mrs. Louise Ann Fairburn; miner Elmer Hosler and his wife, Maud, the postmaster.
Who Were Riley and Hines? You are now standing on the south bank of Hines Creek. In the 1920s, your view would have been of a wide, treeless and rocky flat, with two streams-Hines and Riley-converging nearby. Both streams were important to pioneer residents. Riley Creek provided access to the mountains for hunters and wood gatherers; a trail on Hines Creek led west toward the park. One enduring mystery is the identity of the people for whom these creeks were named.
Original Park Headquarters: The park's first ranger, Harry Karstens, arrived in early summer 1921, and began the pioneering work of establishing the rule of law in the new park. After a summer of meeting people and a long patrol through the park, Karstens began clearing land for his headquarters on the northwest bank of Riley Creek, upstream from the bridge. It offered an ideal place to monitor people using the trail leading to the park.
Alaska Railroad Trestle: The steel bridge looming high above looks much the same as it did upon its completion in early 1922, with one exception. Gone is the football-field-length wooden trestle that originally connected the steel structure to the north bluff. In the 1950s, the railroad hauled hundreds of tons of rock and earth to extend the bluff to the edge of the first concrete and steel support. Except for a change of the vegetation, the view of the bridge to the south is unchanged.
The Hole: You are now standing at the northwest corner of Maurice Morino's original roadhouse, built in a wide clearing overlooking the creek. Imagine the isolation here when Morino built his cabin in 1914: No road, no railroad, no easy overland trail, and the Nenana River unfit for navigation due to its thunderous rapids and steep-walled gorge. This area, below the bridge and at the junction of two trails, eventually became known as "the hole," an area off limits to the station's children.　The illicit traits of the "Roaring 20s"-bootlegging, alcohol manufacturing, gambling, violence, and prostitution - were centered here.
Mount McKinley Silver Fox Ranch: Until the late 1920s, raising captive foxes for their fur, called "fox farming," was a burgeoning industry. The cold, long winters that characterized the Riley Creek bottomland offered near ideal conditions for breeding foxes with luxurious fur. Silver foxes, an almost black color phase of red fox, were especially valuable and in high demand both in the U.S. and abroad. The spot where you stand now is the former site of Duke and Elizabeth Stubbs' Mount McKinley Silver Fox Ranch, a business that sold furs both to tourists and fur buyers, and supplied breeding pairs of foxes to fur farms across Alaska.


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British Airways and Solena are gaining momentum in their goal of producing sustainable jet fuel with technology partners for their GreenSky London initiative now in place and British Airways confirming its financial commitment. GreenSky London is a flagship project that will see the construction of a state-of-the-art facility that will annually convert approximately 500,000 tons of waste normally destined for landfill into 50,000 tons of sustainable low carbon jet fuel, 50,000 tons of biodiesel, bionaphtha and renewable power.
Solena Fuels Corporation will provide the high temperature gasification process that converts waste matter into synthesis gas and the overall Integrated Biomass Gasification to Liquids (IBGTL) solution. Oxford Catalysts Group/Velocys will supply the Fisher-Tropsch (FT) reactors and catalyst which will convert the cleaned synthesis gas into liquid hydrocarbons. Fluor has started the pre-front end engineering and design (Pre-FEED) for the project. Fluor is a world leader in project execution and bio-fuel projects, and is providing engineering services to support Solena.
British Airways has committed to purchasing, at market competitive prices, the jet fuel produced by the plant for the next 10 years which equates to $500 million at today’s prices. Barclays has also been appointed as advisor to explore the optimal funding through Export Credit Agencies. A Competitive Letter of Interest has been obtained from one of the agencies including associated term funding. GreenSky London has signed an exclusive option on a site for the facility and consent work for the site has begun. More than 150 jobs will be created to operate the facility, as well as 1,000 construction positions. The partners aim to have the site operational by 2015.

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It’s been an exciting year for us at Contemsa – on top of signing up a number of new customers we’ve also had the opportunity to get involved in a few interesting activities. We wanted to send you a little ‘2016 Round Up’ to keep you up to date on what we’ve been doing and take this opportunity to wish you a happy Christmas and a fantastic New Year!
We joined Natwest’s national business accelerator program, Entrepreneurial Spark, in February of this year. This has given us the opportunity to move into offices in central Manchester and connect with other startups and new high growth businesses.
We launched the Beta version of My Sales Academy, a central online resource hub for B2B sales professionals. Sign up online for our free demo version if you’re interested in providing feedback and accessing our templates!
We pitched at a recent startup event, Opportunity Knocks, and led a new workshop at The Landing co-working space and accelerator in MediaCity.
We took on a new staff member, Angela, who joined us in October as a Marketing Specialist.
We were also lucky enough to have an intern join us during the summer. Greta came over to work with us for the summer before returning to start her studies in Germany.
We were kindly invited to Artesian’s annual conference (Artesian is a social selling software company) where we heard about the psychology of the sale from a former police hostage negotiator and also Alastair Campbell, the former Labour spin doctor.
Our MD, Carrie Morgan, won the Entrepreneur of the Moment prize at the annual Entrepreneurial Spark awards in Manchester – receiving a £10,000.00 cheque!
Nothing can replace the relationship between a sales rep and a customer; BUT, in many cases, sales reps tend not to follow a particular set of processes, as each sales rep has their own way of doing things. This can lead to ineffectiveness and obstacles that can slow down transactions if sales behaviours vary across an organisation. Incorporating AI into the picture can be a win-win situation, both for the vendor and the sales rep; as AI can support the sales cycle by ensuring that sales reps follow processes, speeding them up whilst guiding b2b sales reps through steps so that they spend as little time as possible on admin activities. AI can even coach sales reps to uncover new ways to interpret data, enabling more effective procedures throughout the whole business.
AI should be thought of as complementary to b2b sales reps and customer service teams; taking care of simpler, automated tasks so that individuals can focus on the most demanding activities which require skills such as empathy, relationship building and decision making. Ultimately, the use of AI can help sales reps to spend their time in the most efficient way, taking all the frustrating, costly and time consuming tasks away from them.
So, what else does the future hold? We are already seeing AI-driven tools being used by b2b sales teams today; to keep up to date with clients’ social media activities and guiding reps in how to write the most effective emails for their recipients. The next step could be AI-enabled chatbots to take customers through the first part of the sales process.

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I’ve been nervous about stepping into the Japanese green teas. Sencha seems like the next logical phase of my journey, but I’ve kind of been putting it off. I’ve made excuses to make time with my other new friends, Dragonwell and a house green tea.
Ah yes. That’s a tea I’d like to hang out with.
So, fears pushed aside, I brought out my official “cupping” set and tried to show this tea that I knew what I was doing. It politely smiled at my show. So tactful, this blend is.
It’s warm yellow hues lightened me up considerably. It’s fragrance was a bit grassy, but there was a fruity sweetness to it. Here we go. The first sip.
Now this is how one should be eased into green teas. Summer-y tones of mint and fruit create the lightest backdrop of sweetness that mellow the grassiness that wants to overpower. Within a couple of sips, I got distracted and then even forgot that I was drinking green tea. It was like making a new friend that was so easy and natural they blend seamlessly into your family, it’s a no brainer to invite them to the family reunion.
Shall we meet again tomorrow?
Oh yes! It must have been a nice tea experience.
Try Gyokuro (grown under shade). A very mild and fine tea without bitterness.
Thanks for the recommendation! I will take all the suggestions I can get!

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Christians Rebel! Sermons on these Lessons will examine our context (with its evil, chaos, or lethargy), compare these dynamics to the text considered (Sin), and boldly proclaim that no matter how bad things look, we may rebel against our condition confessing that God will overcome (Providence, Justification By Grace and Sanctification).
All we need. The Sunday invites sermons celebrating that Christians have been richly blessed by God, so much so that all the elements needed for a good life have been provided (Providence, Justification by Grace, and Social Ethics).
From evil to grace and wisdom. This is another Sunday for exploring the depths of our sinful condition and how the grace of God changes this (Justification by Grace). Even more attention is given to Sanctification and Social Ethics than the previous Sunday.
Why we need and what we get from the grace of God. This is a Sunday for exploring the depths of our sinful condition and how the grace of God changes this (Justification by Grace).

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With many years’ experience specialising in disputes within the financial services sector, Healys Dispute Resolution team can advise on all banking and financial services disputes. We have a comprehensive understanding and broad knowledge of numerous sophisticated financial products, and can assist in resolving disputes in this increasingly complex sector.
As well as offering advice on financial disputes, we also offer guidance on risk management, providing commercial solutions that prevent or mitigate potential disputes, and reduce future exposure to risk.

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text: There has been smoke coming from behind the multiswitch on the steering column. The smell of burnt electrical components is noticed when the headlights are on. The low beam lights eventually quit and then the high beams went out while driving. The electrical wires were jiggled now giving me low beams, and no high beams. The electrical wires connecting to the multiswitch was replaced four years before because it had burned the connection in half. Now the multiswitch has been replaced and upon replacement the connection was examined, noticing that it was melted.

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Vanderbilt University’s medical school is among the best in the country, but its officials still wanted to create awareness of it with prospective students—those who are only in high school.
The undergraduate admissions office had deployed a constituent relationship management (CRM) system, but university officials knew from the outset that the system could be used across campus to share information and target students for specialized programs.
“We needed to think about relationships that are bigger than just undergrads, and we had to think in a broader enterprise [context],’’ says Douglas Christiansen, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions. Christiansen, a champion of the Nashville-based university’s Oracle PeopleSoft CRM system, has brought together people from Vanderbilt’s nursing, medical and divinity schools to get a better sense of how they go about developing relationships with prospective students.
As a result of those discussions, admissions staffers will be trained so that when they interact with high school students, “they’re talking about the medical school and planting a seed as part of our full relationship with that student. That would never have happened before,” he says.
Most institutional leaders have long recognized the value of sharing student information to create the fabled “360-degree view of the student experience” and improve retention initiatives, says Nicole Engelbert, a practice leader at research firm Ovum. But cultural, political, process and even regulatory concerns have impeded realization of that scenario in practice.
“The introduction of more flexible CRM solutions, with roots in the corporate sector, offers the potential to manage these concerns,” she says. The systems enable institutions to start with a few departments, expand over time, and then link the installations when the college or university is ready to support that 360-degree view.
This approach also allows institutions to branch out into using CRM within organizational functions outside of the more obvious recruitment, retention and development. These less-obvious areas may include the IT help desk, employer relations, continuing education, conferences and even faculty and staff recruitment.
Additionally, a cloud-based tool such as Salesforce could be implemented on a department-by-department basis, allowing users to view information in a single, centralized format.
United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, recently deployed a cloud-based CRM system for admissions and enrollment management functions. A new student information system is expected to go live in April.
UTS, which has around 650 students and offers masters, predoctoral and doctoral degree programs, is using Enrollment Rx, and will implement its StuTrax cloud-based SIS to improve collaboration for a better student experience, says CIO Marcus Milligan.
“Instead of a laser focus on CRM for admission, we wanted to make sure whatever platform we were on would also be able to handle student information functionality as well,’’ he says. “We didn’t want to get stuck in what I call ‘silo software.’ ” That’s where systems are implemented and then IT has to develop interfaces between them.
When the SIS is rolled out, it will have a portal where students can register for courses and check the requirements for their degree program, among other actions. During the initial rollout of Enrollment Rx, Milligan says, other departments expressed interest in using the system for events management, alumni relations and continuing education.
Milligan has encouraged enterprise-wide usage of Enrollment Rx and StuTrax because, he says, it’s a good way to integrate all departments on the same platform. This will “create synergies and get away from siloed platforms,’’ and automate a lot of their work, he says.
Salesforce has very evolved contact management features related to campaigns, events and marketing, he says. By customizing their CRM down the road, administrators working in these areas can create event and email templates.
Now, Milligan says he tells others on campus that, “once you’re on these systems, as we learned with admissions, you’re going to get very valuable data and be able to act on that data.” It can be used to make decisions that are much more informed and tangible, which in turn moves the seminary in a direction that benefits students.
On some campuses, CRM is first used by an admissions or marketing office. But officials at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J., initially turned to CRM to increase the student retention rate.
The institution has an 88 percent first-to-second-year retention rate and a 59 percent four-year graduation rate. Officials’ goal is to increase retention to 90 percent and four-year graduation to 65 percent by 2018, says Joseph F. Connell, director of student success. The college has about 5,600 undergraduate students.
A task force formed to study retention selected Starfish Retention Solutions, which offers an early alert feature to improve outreach to students identified early in a semester as needing support. With Starfish, officials can determine if a student has missed classes or assignments or hasn’t paid a bill on time.
The school also has deployed Starfish’s Connect feature, which helps students and faculty manage their schedules online. Students can log in to Connect via the school’s web portal and view their team of advisors, faculty and peer mentors, says Connell.
The Starfish system was implemented in the fall of 2013 for first-year students. Ramapo spent approximately $35,000 for the two components, including implementation. Connell says the cost was based on the number of students.
Starfish’s ongoing successful adoption is due to a strategy of including stakeholders, including enrollment and admissions personnel, every step of the way—from selection of the software to implementation, says Connell.
Task force members have made presentations to show faculty the system’s benefits, which include communicating more easily with students and being a one-stop shop for student outreach. And peer facilitators have taught first-year students how to use the system to communicate with faculty and staff, and arrange appointments.
Vanderbilt has been using PeopleSoft CRM since 2012 for enterprisewide recruiting, admissions and reporting. Administrators now reach out to students “who, as incoming freshmen, voiced an interest in a business-related field and were admitted to Vanderbilt, but chose to attend a different institution,’’ says Christansen.
Using information received during the application process, such as test scores, transcript and class rank, the university has the ability to reach out to these students two years later, in the early spring of their sophomore year.
In tandem with Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) system, school officials also have been able to extract data from the CRM system to identify students at other colleges who might attend the medical school.
The business school takes a similar approach. Undergrads and recent grads who attend the Accelerator—Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute, an intensive immersion program, are contacted afterward about considering the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business when applying to b-schools.
Six years into its 10-year road map for deploying enterprise CRM, several departments at the University of Ottawa have had ample opportunity to witness the benefits. The Canadian university has just over 42,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
So far, it has implemented Talisma CRM from Campus Management in recruitment and admissions, the registrar’s office, student finance, housing, and at 10 schools within the university, says Denise St. Jean, information technology manager.
The university is the world’s largest bilingual institution, so all communications to students are in English or French—a big factor in Ottawa officials needing to automate and personalize communications and, hence, become an early adopter of CRM, says St. Jean.
The system is being used to manage all types of interactions, as well as workspaces for various business units.
The most successful example of usage is in the student finance department, which replaced Microsoft Outlook email with the CRM to better divvy up work and identify who is doing what, she says.
Employees are able to better manage their own workflow, and if someone in the department specializes in refunds, all interactions would be assigned to that person. Also, when emails come in, employees can see the contact records and history of interactions with a particular student.
“They got so tied to the tool [and] were excited about the metrics we were showing them,’’ St. Jean says of the staff.
And at Vanderbilt, officials have learned, without the CRM system, the university would not have the ability to strengthen its ongoing relationships with students.
Esther Shein is a technology-focused writer based in Framingham, Mass.


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Usually tropical drinks pop up when the heat of the summer has us melting quicker than a popsicle. Today’s tiki drink has some heat to it so it will keep you warm while the last of the winter chill still lingers. This weekend is calling for a round of these Jalapeño Pina Coladas, don’t you think!
Jalapeños can cause a burning mouth of fire. Adding sweet, fresh pineapple juice and cool, creamy coconut tempers that heat. It’s smooth and sipable with tinges of spiciness that work in harmony, leaving a linger heat in your mouth that has you coming back for more of this tropical drink!
Be sure to use coconut creme and not milk. It’s thicker and creamier and will help balance the heat from the jalapeño. Trader Joe’s has cans of coconut creme as do most grocery stores. Be sure not to use the saccharine bottled versions, they are like a coconut creme syrup and will make the drink too sweet.
Juice pineapple Slice jalapeño and remove seeds. Place in a shaker. Muddle well. Add the rest of the ingredients into the shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a tall glass with pebble or crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple and jalapeno slice.
Wow, this sounds so delicious!
Thanks, Hannah! It really is!
I’ll never get tired of mixing spicy with rum, pineapple, and coconut!! :-)))) And you HAVE to tell me you’ve tried St. George’s jalapeño vodka. I just did, and it blew me away. If I can’t find any fresh peppers, that would make a divine substitution. PS – I’m in love with these cocktail glasses! XO!
Their green chili vodka is aaamazing, one of the few flavored vodkas that I utilize!
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Sydney, May 24, 2011 (Global Fashion Wire) - Chinese jewellery retailer Chow Tai Fook, controlled by billionaire Cheng Yu-tung Chairman of New World Development Co. ( HKG:0017), looks to be joining the ranks of companies aiming to IPO (Initial Public Offering) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The jewellery retailer has hired a number of banks including Deutsche Bank AG ( ETR:DBK), Goldman Sachs Group ( NYSE:GS), HSBC Holdings plc ( HKG:0005) and JPMorgan Chase & Co ( NYSE:JPM) for a proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) to raise at least US$3 billion, the offering is expected to go to market during the first quarter of 2012.
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Candle wax on the carpet isn't, strictly speaking, a stain, but it is related. A very good method of removing wax involves putting a paper towel (or coffee filter-type paper) over the spilled wax, and then putting a hot iron over the towel.... Make sure you protect your hands and clothes before you get started. Rule 2: Remove excess liquid If you ask someone for advice on how to clean carpet stains this is the part of the process you’re most likely to hear about.
4 How to Get Wax Off a Nylon Jacket Most candles tend to drip as they burn. If they aren’t kept on surface intended to catch melted wax such as a candle holder with a rim around the base or on tin foil with the sides folded up, then potentially, the candle wax can land on cotton cloth such as clothing … how to go to shek o beach 24/01/2007 · Scrape as much of the Wax off as possible. Grab a paper towel and put it over the area of the clothing with the wax on it, apply a hot iron over the paper towel and the wax will melt and the paper towel will soak it right up.
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– It is common to see a white lacy coating on the top layer of lemons a few days into the ripening process. This is normal. Just make sure to completely submerge it in the lemon juice and rinse it out thoroughly before using.
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I dont have any midi to cv modules but i figured out that i could use my Minibrute as a sort of bridge between my DAW and my Eurorack. All i had to do was connect my minibrute to my daw (via usb) and it reads as a midi device. I then sent the midi sequence i wrote in my DAW to the minibrute which automatically converts it to cv/oct and gate outputs for my eurorack.
I used the MI Braids as my sound source for all 3 sequence patches and recorded them one by one(the viola bass patch is what is being played live). I used a lil bit of a sine wave lfo for the flute/clarinet patches to give the tremolo sound that those instruments naturally have. I also used some low pass filtering and fx processing with all 3 tracks.
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Thank you for reading the Summer 2016 edition of The Contemporary! The Contemporary is a journal produced by Trinity University students that serves as a platform for undergraduate thought leadership, advocacy and current affairs dialogue.
We present contemporary issues by students and for students in order to enhance understanding of complex global problems. I am honored to announce that e Contemporary competed for, and won $5,000 from Trinity University’s Stumberg Entrepreneurship Competition. We will be working to develop our organization over the summer in the accelerator program.
This edition combines two new sections in addition to our usual articles. First, we are happy to present our interview with former General Martin Dempsey. Dempsey discusses his career and his thoughts on current affairs in the new interview section Conversations. The second new section, Characters combines synopses of new research, important statistics and people in an engaging graphic format. We developed this section after noticing the need for vivid media that brie y immerses readers in several complex subjects.
Commons contains an array of opinions and subjects. First, Sarah Tipton investigates the gender gap in American politics by analyzing the gendered nature of questions moderators pose to candidates in presidential primary debates. After examining fictional debates from House of Cards and Veep, she turns to a real democratic primary debate in late 2015.
Next, Kassie Kelly addresses the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict over Gaza, and other solutions for resolution. She argues that a critical step for the U.S. is officially recognizing the state of Palestine and brokering a permanent cease re between the two parties.
Continuing in the international arena, Hanna Niner explores whether Latin American countries with more female representatives and instances of female empowerment provide better access to healthcare and reproductive rights. Although the Catholic foundation of recently democratized countries creates a fundamental antagonism between religion and women’s rights, there are still prospects for improvement in education in order to encourage political progress.
William Baynard concludes this edition by scrutinizing the ethics of domestic surveillance. He believes that recent government intelligence programs have dangerously violated central principles of our nation.
We recently co-hosted a public debate on the 2016 American Presidential Election with Trinity University Forensics Society between Trinity and Rice students. In the future, we hope to utilize such events to generate dialogue and content for future editions of this publication. Accordingly, a special September/October edition section will cover the presidential election, so please submit via the “Submit” tab on thecontemporarytu.wordpress.com. As always, we ask for opinion pieces, research papers and art from our readers. In the meantime, please connect with us on Twitter @TUContemporary to send us feedback, contribute ideas and correspond with the editors. In the meantime, please enjoy the second edition of The Contemporary!


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The research group Electrocatalysis and Polymer Electrochemistry of the University of Alicante has developed a new technology in order to regenerate activated carbons. The main advantages of this technology are: it can be used in situ and at room temperature and pressure. This technology can be used in the following industrial sectors: pharmaceutical, waste recycling, drinking water, etc. The research group is looking for companies interested in this technology for licensing agreement or technical cooperation.
The economics and feasibility of the adsorption technology on industrial scale largely depends on the reactivation and reuse of the spent activated carbon. The ideal activated carbon regeneration process involves desorption of the pollutants concentrated in the activated carbon without any modification of the initial properties of the carbon material.
Spent activated carbons are conventionally regenerated using thermal, physicochemical or biological processes; all of these processes are complex, costly and have high energy demand.
In this sense, the implementation of electroadsorption technology permits the possibility of inverting the polarization of the potential producing desorption of the contaminant and the regeneration of the activated carbon in the same system without being necessary transport activated carbon saturated. Then, the electrochemical regeneration method is an alternative technology due to its unique features such as it can be conveniently operated in situ at room temperature and pressure, with low energy consumption and with short time requirements.
•	Allows regeneration of activated carbon in the same place where it is being used (in-situ regeneration), avoiding removal and transport activated carbon.
•	The equipment used is simple (requires no additional handling or transport of chemicals), and provides a very economical process and easy control.
•	It works at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, unlike the heat treatment, which uses temperatures between 600-1000 °C, and oxidizing or inert gases.
•	The treatment can be stopped in seconds, controlling the regeneration process at different time scales.
•	The regeneration efficiency is very high (85-90%).
•	The energy consumption is lower than in thermal regeneration. For example, electrochemical regeneration of activated carbon saturated with phenol has an efficiency of 85%, takes place between 2-3 hours and consumes between 0.20-1.80 kWh/kg respect thermal regeneration, which consumes between 220-250 kWh/kg to obtain a similar efficiency.
•	The textural properties of the original material are slightly modified.
•	It enables not only activated carbon regeneration, but also to enhance the performance of adsorption process increasing the adsorption capacity of the porous material and the rate of adsorption.
•	Electrochemical technology enhances performance in many aspects of currently technologies (thermal regeneration), as already described above. It is characterized by a high efficiency, sustainability and more economical than conventional technologies.
•	It is therefore a real promising alternative that offers a great business opportunity in the growing market of activated carbon regeneration.
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Neonatal hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar in a newborn, occurs when a newborn’s blood glucose levels are less than baby’s body needs. Glucose is the main fuel source for the body and brain. In a newborn, low blood sugar has many causes.
It can also cause problems, including breathing and feeding issues. The condition is treatable, but if not detected, it could be fatal, especially if an underlying condition is to blame.
Neonatal hypoglycemia affects one to five newborns per 1,000 births according to one report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. It is usually associated with risk factors, including the mother’s age at the time of birth, if the mother is diabetic, or if the baby is too small or too large. In fact, the incidence in high-risk newborns can be as high as 30 percent.
Research reported in The Journal of Pediatrics finds more than half of newborns with risk factors could become hypoglycemic. Risk factors, according to the 2012 study, include being born too small or too large, having a diabetic mother, or being born late-preterm (birth at 34 through 36 week's gestation). Researchers in this study looked at 514 infants who were born at 35 weeks or later and identified as being at risk for hypoglycemia. Blood glucose testing was done within the first 48 hours after birth.
A little more than half of the newborns were hypoglycemic, 19 had severe hypoglycemia, and another 19 had more than one episode of hypoglycemia.
The newborns who had three risk factors had the highest risk for severe hypoglycemia.
The researchers concluded the neonatal hypoglycemia is common for newborns with specific risk factors and multiple risk factors put the newborns at a higher risk. The researchers did not make any conclusions about long-term outcomes.
A 2017 study reported in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine found 16 percent of newborns with no other risk factors born at any early gestational age (before 37 weeks) had neonatal hypoglycemia. The researchers also concluded that incidences of neonatal hypoglycemia with classic risk factors were much like those in the general population. In other words, risk factors do not have to play a part in the development of low blood sugar in newborns.
Babies get glucose from their mother through the placenta before they are born. After birth, their sources of glucose are breast milk and formula. Glucose is also produced in the liver. Blood sugar may drop when there is too much insulin (a hormone that pulls glucose from the blood), if the baby is not producing enough or using too much or if the baby is unable to feed.
In newborns, a blood glucose level of 30 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) in the first 24 hours of life and less than 45 mg/dL constitutes neonatal hypoglycemia. Symptoms of neonatal hypoglycemia are not always obvious in a newborn. Moreover, each newborn may experience symptoms differently.
If your newborn is experiencing any of these symptoms, talk to the nurses and doctors about blood tests. Even if the newborn does not have symptoms and you know there are risk factors, it's still best to discuss these with your doctor.
Diagnosis of neonatal hypoglycemia is done with a serum glucose test. It is a blood test that measures blood sugar in a newborn using a heel stick, an easy and minimally invasive way do blood work for newborns where blood is drawn from the heel of the foot.
If blood sugar is low, the doctor will keep checking until it is at normal levels for 12 to 24 hours. Sometimes, additional newborn testing is done to look for metabolic disorders, conditions that affect the normal metabolic process and may cause low blood sugar.
Treatment of neonatal hypoglycemia depends on the presence of hypoglycemia symptoms, breast milk supply, and the ability to nurse or feed with a bottle and formula. Newborns with low blood sugar will need extra breast milk or formula feedings. Some newborns may need a sugar solution (glucose) intravenously, or through a vein, especially if the baby is unable to feed by mouth or if blood glucose is very low.
Treatment will continue for a few hours or days, or until the newborn can maintain normal blood sugar levels. Premature babies, babies with infections, or those born at a low birth weight may need to be treated for longer periods. If low blood sugar continues, the newborn will be given medication to increase blood sugar. In very rare cases, newborns with very low blood sugar who do not improve may need part of the pancreas removed to reduce insulin production.
The outlook is good for babies born with low blood sugar that do not have symptoms and even with symptoms when they respond well to treatment. It is unlikely hypoglycemia will affect babies as they grow, as long as they receive treatment quickly.
Very low levels of blood sugar that remain persistent may affect a newborn’s mental function. They may also affect the heart and cause seizures. However, this is rare and newborns who are affected by low blood sugar long-term usually have an underlying medical condition for which they will need further treatment. If you think your newborn may have another health condition contributing to low blood sugar, talk to a pediatrician or your doctor as soon as possible.
Bromiker R, Perry A, Kasirer Y, et al. Early neonatal hypoglycemia: incidence of and risk factors. A cohort study using universal point of care screening. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Oct 26:1-7. DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1391781.
Harris DL, Weston PJ, Harding JE. Incidence of neonatal hypoglycemia in babies identified as at risk. J Pediatr. 2012 Nov;161(5):787-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.022.
McGowman JE. Neonatal Hypoglycemia. Pediatrics in Review. 1999 July; 20 (7).
Medline Plus. Low blood sugar – newborns. Updated December 13, 2017.
Sweet CB, Grayson S, Polak M. Management Strategies for Neonatal Hypoglycemia. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Jul-Sep; 18(3): 199–208. DOI: 10.5863/1551-6776-18.3.199.


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Karl Hoffmann (26 February 1915, Hof – 21 May 1996, Erlangen) was a German linguist who specialized in Indo-European and Indo-Iranian studies. He is most recognized for his achievements in his studies of Vedic Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian languages.
Karl Hoffmann was born the son of a railway official in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. His family later moved to the state capital of Munich, where he remained for the duration of his childhood.
In 1934, Hoffmann began his education in Indo-European studies, which he continued until he was called in for military service for Nazi Germany at the start of World War II in 1939. Hoffmann took his leave from the war during 1941, just long enough to receive his doctorate for his unpublished dissertation, titled Die altindoarischen Wörter mit -ṇḍ- besonders im Ṛgveda. Hoffmann was at the Russian front until 1943, after which he joined the Indian Legion (Indische Legion), together with other German Indologists, such as Paul Thieme and Gustav Roth.
Once World War II had ended in 1945, Hoffmann returned to Munich, and was able to continue his academic work in Indo-Iranian studies. In 1951, he qualified as a university lecturer with his habilitation thesis, Der Injunktiv im Veda.
In 1952, Hoffmann moved to Saarbrücken, Saarland, where he taught Indo-European linguistics to his students at Saarland University. He continued teaching this course until 1955, when he accepted the chair of comparative linguistics at Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg. He was offered a position at the University of Bonn in 1962, but refused, and thus remained in Erlangen until his retirement in 1983.
Michael Witzel, Karl Hoffmann (1915–1996), Indo-Iranian Journal, Volume 40, Number 3 / August, 1997.
Johanna Narten, "Karl Hoffmann", Encyclopædia Iranica (photograph).