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Experience : 21 years' teaching and research experience at Lancaster, punctuated by spells at Lehigh University and Dartmouth College in the US, the University of Wales and the Australian National University. I have also worked as a consultant for organisations such as the World Bank and the British Council.
Hours spent teaching : About 30 per cent of the time - I'm an economist first, an educator second. I started teaching as a means to the end of doing more research. If I wasn't passionate about my subject, I wouldn't be passionate about communicating with other people about it.
Hours spent on red tape : About 40 per cent. But being in a leadership role isn't all about red tape. I'm privileged to be in a position where I can, to a small extent, influence what others do - I think for the better. That said, far too much of what we do involves red tape. Audits are necessary, but in the teaching arena, I haven't seen anything that persuades me that the benefits offset the costs in the way these things are done in the UK.
Hours spent on research : About 30 per cent of the type of pure bliss you get by following a football team - a mixture of frustration and ecstasy. My specialism is labour economics, with particular interest in the economics of education.
Teaching bugbear : PowerPoint. If used properly, it can be wonderful, but used badly it is positively harmful. It is often used as an accompaniment to a very didactic form of teaching; it tramlines you. This isn't what the learning experience should be like; it should be interactive. When you're lecturing, you should pick out some students with really expressive faces, realise when they're following you and adjust what you're doing accordingly. You should involve them. You can't do that if you've been tramlined.
How would you solve it? Education, education and education.
Worst teaching moment? My inaugural lecture was supposed to finish with a joke. I referred to Thomas Carlyle's assertion that economics was the "dismal science", planning to shock the audience by doing a striptease to reveal a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Dismal Scientist". I ripped off my gown and jacket, undid my tie and started unbuttoning my shirt bottom-up.
But the hood was attached to the top button and I ended up demonstrating that my university awards chairs to people who don't even know how to undress themselves.
Best? When I was leading a tutorial on the economic aspects of crime, I asked the students how many could say they had never broken the law. No one raised a hand. I asked why. One said: "Because the marginal benefits of breaking the law exceeded the marginal costs." It just shows how our students, by the time they reach graduation, have come to think like economists. The second example concerns a relatively weak student who told me that my final-year course in education economics had changed her life.
That wasn't really anything to do with me - it just so happened that it was during my course that she had a real lightbulb moment. Economics, stripped bare, really is nothing more than the study of choice, of how people make decisions in situations where there are constraints. The moment when you realise how that works, and that the toolkit of economics can be widely used just to help you understand things you see happening around you, that's a really precious moment.
Outside interests : Research, followed by football, birdwatching and astronomy.

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The chassis has very low friction wheels that compensate for unevenness in the floor, with generous space between the wheels, making it easy to kick forwards while sitting in the chair.
The chassis has very low friction wheels that compensate for unevenness in the floor, with generous space between the wheels, making it easy to kick forwards while sitting in the chair. The chassis also has an easily accessible, adjustable brake that does not get in the way, for example, when moving sideways. Brakes on the back wheels are standard, but it is easy to convert to front wheel brakes or four-wheel brakes. The chassis is in two parts, which means that the chair remains level even on uneven surfaces.
A unique patented seat cushion that consists of two moulded foam parts with different hardnesses, which means that they mould themselves to the shape of the pelvis. The firm lower cushion provides support under the thighs, so the pressure is distributed more uniformly, and stops the user from sliding forwards in the chair. The softer upper cushion provides comfort and relief for the seat bones (pressure relief).
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After the first Limited Changeant Edition in Fall 2016, pinqponq drops a new shimmering collection composed of fresh fusions for all those out there who took a liking to our bags. Changeant is a fabric that has been a part of fashion for decades – mostly used in home textiles or evening gowns. What convinced us about the material: The smooth and shimmering fabric catches the light and bounces it back, almost resembling silk. It impresses with iridescent colors, so we combined this fabric with different textures and materials to create gripping contrasts. "Blue Shadow" and "All Black" are our new colorways - made just for you!
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text: Move over, Thelma and Louise! When Lana Mae Hopkins, owner and proprietress of the Wishy Washy Washateria, hires Katie to help out in the laundromat, they soon find themselves up to their elbows in soap, suds, and cheatin’ hearts. Take a ride to Nashville heaven in this musical from Roger Bean featuring the music of Carrie Underwood, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton and more. Tickets include a meal, tip, tax & handling fee. Children ages 6 and older welcome, but no child’s price.

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There are so some lovely character moments, as well as some in-your-face OTP moments. I know I praised the director before and he still does well in many scenes but can someone walk him out the door when it comes to romantic scenes? Subtlety is not his forte. Lol.
Looks like Tdramaland is littered with leads looking for their parents. Lol. Or am I just naturally drawn to that aspect of a drama? Love At Seventeen premiered last weekend to a strong start. The first thing that stood out was the deft hands directing the scenes with a purpose to impact. Along with being in capable hands, we also have a batch of likable characters with a story tell.
You guys should have seen my face when Yi Fen complains about not hearing from the jobs she applied to just a few days ago. Gurl, this missy’s been waiting for months! And unlike you, this missy does not know a handsome manager to get her a job! Oy, the pains of reality. Anyway, the plot is moving at a snail’s pace, and if it weren’t for the likable cast, I might not have continued this far.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez made it rain for four years, eleven months, and two days … but that was in a novel he wrote. This year we’re getting the real thing, novellic as it all may be. We had some lettuce in the greenhouse, growing much too large as it waited for the fields it could not move to. So, on a trial Hail Mary yesterday, that lettuce ensconced itself into old bean beds which had previously been mowed to a thin mulch. It might have been too late, but let’s hope not. That odd string of mid-90s days at the start of September bolted the first fall lettuce — remember, lettuce is a shoulder season crop that does not like the heat. Although I would normally mow that down, some of you have been antsy, so I gathered the bit that I could. A month of plantings awaits after that, plus whatever comes from the new transplants. On the rest of the greens front, Chard is out, but the Asian Greens are in. I harvested some Komatsuna and Tokyo Bekana on Monday, with Bok Choy to follow next week, and Tatsoi, Vitamin Green, and Yukina Savoy the week after that. I will narrow down the varieties in 2019, based upon my and your preferences.
I put together the 2019 Grow List / Year-in-Review. You are welcome to have a look if you are are curious about some of the farm details. If anyone wants a walk-and-talk of the farm and farm plan, we can also schedule that for some near Saturday this fall. It’s always fun for me to explain the agricultural questions this farm is asking.
As a heads-up, I will be putting the Summer CSA up for sale to the wait list / general public beginning in October. You have a head start. :) If you are interested in next Summer, you may either sign-up online, or let me know in person.
Get 5% off your total with 50% down, or 10% off with 100% down … in cash, before December 31st, 2018.
One will be considered “signed-up” after some kind of downpayment. Again, necessity, not preference, pushes that requirement this year. “Some kind of,” means we can figure this out.
I am preliminarily limiting the CSA to 25 shares = 50 Adults — we sold 20 shares this year, with an “average” 15 showing each week. That’s the early limit. As the spring moves along, though, I will have a better sense as to whether I can up that to 30 shares. I’d like to.
The $20/adult/week price is staying still for 2019. 2020 prices might be higher due to: 1) the fact that $23-$24 went out for $20 in when 2018 was such a bad farming year, 2) an orchard — namely blackberry & strawberry — production increase in the future, and 3) some expected impact on the acutal $/adult/wk and % show/wk numbers from the introduction of Farm Bucks — see below — which will likely cut off the lower end of the curve and move it right — i.e., less light eaters, more big eaters, more often.
Farmstand: I will likely be dropping the Farmers’ Market next year in favor of a Farmstand. Woot!
It gives me more time to focus on the farm.
You get a better “I missed Wednesday” option.
Neighbors who just want some corn and tomatoes, not a CSA share, can get that.
Tentatively, Thursdays, 3-7pm. Let me know if there’s an obviously better day & time. This is the CSA pick-up back-up.
This is a 2019 trial, as the future could also simply entail someone live fermenting / pickling all leftovers for the winter, while I dry the herbs, freeze the fruit, and sell-off the flowers. But that would mean no back-up for the CSA, and no accommodation to the ‘corn & tomato’ neighbor.
I could imagine a future possibility in which the farmstand might be closed to all but Farm Bucks folks — 1) this limits strange strangers, 2) this helps to assure there’s something remaining for those who pay early. I don’t suspect high market demand early on, though.
Farm Bucks are new for 2019.
In essence, buy farmstand coupons at a discount, spend them as you wish.
Is the CSA too much food, too much money, too much on your schedule? Come to the farmstand as you like, but still support the farm.
This also helps with the Market to Farmstand transition on my end.
I’m still imagining the particulars of the implementation, but the gist is there.
$95 for $100 in Farm Bucks — that’s 5% off. Or $180 for $200 in Farm Bucks — that’s 10% off.
They expire one year after purchase, with discretionary extensions.
Heavy winds, tall plants, big mess. :) The Jerusalem artichoke do their late summer thing.

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When securing your small business PCs, blocking viruses will only get you so far. Dell has teamed with Cylance to combat today's rules-changing threats.
Dell has partnered with Cylance, a threat-prevention security software startup, to level the playing field between small businesses and increasingly sophisticated malware.
This week, the companies announced that they are integrating Cylance's technology into Dell Data Security solutions in early 2016. While an enterprise-grade solution is in the works, small businesses can acquire the protection in two ways: on Dell commercial PCs with bundled security, and through Dell's standalone security management suite, which also protects PCs purchased from rival vendors, assured Hansen.
Instead of the traditional signature-based approach to security software, Cylance employs advanced artificial intelligence to unmask dangerous malware. Incidentally, Dell Ventures is one of Cylance's financial backers and contributed in part to a $42 million round of funding this summer.
Downloading anti-virus software is a tried-and-true method of keeping malware off a Windows PC. When it works properly, it acts as a big, imposing security guard, blocking nefarious code at the door and preventing it from wreaking havoc and pilfering important files and data.
The trouble with most of today's anti-virus products is that they're well-suited for spotting known and conspicuous malware, but let they let their guard down around zero-day and other seemingly innocuous code that generally fly under the radar.
Large organizations have the resources to hire teams of data security specialists with the expertise to spot the subtleties of unusual application and network activity, investigate the cause, and ultimately purge their IT systems of the offending malware. Small and midsized businesses (SMBs), for the most part, have been out of luck, according to Brett Hansen, executive director of data security solutions at Dell.
"Small businesses need help with security," Hansen said. Most small business owners will invest in antivirus software mistakenly believing that it provides adequate protection. In reality, they're taking a big gamble.
According to Cylance testing, traditional antivirus products can detect advanced threats like with "at best 50 percent efficacy," Hansen told Small Business Computing. "We haven't seen true innovation in malware protection in the last decade," he said.
In effect, emerging unscathed from a run-in with today's dangerous new malware variants is a coin toss. Combined with the endless variety of malware—"the number of new threats is in the hundreds of thousands every day," said Hansen—an infection is often not a matter of if but when.
To improve detection rates and to protect businesses of all sizes, Dell and Cylance partnered to offer AI-powered advanced threat protection.
Cylance's technology employs artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to unmask malware that evades traditional, signature-based anti-virus software. Instead of looking for outward, tell-tale signs of malware, Cylance's technology digs deeper into malware code, or what Hansen referred to as its "DNA."
The company picked apart "tens of millions of malware through the AI," Hansen said. The result is a fast, lightweight, and intelligence-driven way of evaluating apps, both good and bad, in milliseconds.
Cylance's AI looks at up to 15 million factors—DNA markers of sorts—that set harmless and dangerous software code apart. On a very basic level, most malware share common traits. Coders can get clever and change the contours of that code, but they can't hide its true nature from Cylance's AI.
Able to analyze malware down to its most fundamental levels, and its effect on a device, the Cylance technology boasts a 99 percent malware detection rate (according to both companies). And it gets smarter as it devours more malware, ensuring that new, never-before-seen types of malware don't slip through.

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When completed, the coed shall be certified/endorsed to teach well being and bodily schooling within the state of Washington. As of Might 2013, health trainers earned a imply annual wage of $37,790, whereas recreation workers earned $25,560. The Well being and Fitness Program at Eastern Washington College provides a BA in schooling for well being and fitness.

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Practical Theology used to be a subject where students were left to fend for themselves, using what they had learnt from their scholarly studies in history, biblical and systematic theology and applying it where they could. Things have moved on however and practical theology is a growing discipline in its own right, and the latest thinking in practical theology; of how to use theological learning in practical situations, is fully explored in this new edition of an established textbook.
The authors examine methodologies of the social sciences and questions how they can enable the task of theological reflection. They begin by tracing the development of practical theology as a discipline and comment on current methodological practices, and trace the movement from practical theology as applied theology, i.e. a discipline which simply takes data from the other theological disciplines (historical, systematic and biblical theology) towards a model which understands the practical theological task in terms of the theology of practice.
The authors examine the relationship between qualitative and quantitative methods and highlight the significance of both for the task of practical theology. They also take the reader through the actual process of developing and carrying out a research project using the author's own research as case study examples.
In this second edition, all bibliographies have been updated and a new chapter has been added.
1. What is Practical Theology?
2. What is Qualitative Research?
6. Researching Ministry: What do Chaplains Do?
John Swinton is a Scottish theologian. He is the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen.
John Swinton is Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen. He has a background in nursing and healthcare chaplaincy and has researched and published extensively within the areas of practical theology, mental health, spirituality and human well-being and the theology of disability. Harriet Mowat is an internationally recognised expert in qualitative research methodologies. Dr Mowat is an honorary senior lecturer in the Centre and has been a long-time collaborator with Professor Swinton. Her core discipline is sociology, although she has studied some theology. Her research interests include spirituality and "successful" ageing, use of qualitative research methods and practical theology and action research as an implementation strategy.


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Provide a suitable founding strata for each of the proposed high rise buildings by adoption of ground improvement techniques in Abu Dhabi.
This forward looking US$1.5bn project will transfer wastewater a distance of 40km through a sewer with diameters ranging from 200mm to 2800mm from Saatiyat Island to an area in Al Raha beach involving the construction of over 300 shafts.
Byrne Looby provided engineering design parameters for both the tunnels and shafts, scoped and supervised the additional ground investigations to inform the whole project, provided temporary works designs for the shafts and prepared construction impact assessments. Given that the tunnel passes through a sensitive urban area, monitoring is of critical importance. Byrne Looby prepared the instrumentation and monitoring plans including trigger alert levels.
Planned, scoped, tailored & supervised additional Ground Investigations.
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Provision of ground contour plans, construction impact studies and the engineering parameters for the design of the shafts and tunnel.
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Prepared the instrumentation and monitoring plans including the monitoring of ground movements, ground water and ‘trigger’ alert levels.
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We live in a world where everything changes extremely fast; new products, new degrees, new careers, new methodologies. It is somewhat scary to imagine that school graduates will be in positions that do not even exist in 2017.
However, we are now witnessing a clear trend – companies no longer push products to the market. Instead, they focus on the user to personalise a product and at the end deliver what they, the client wants. This switch provoked some significant changes in careers. For example, whereas up till just a couple of years ago we saw a considerable number of sales positions, we now see more and more posts related to humans, for example, human-centered innovation, user-centered design, and the like. This trend is evident in companies that invest in innovation such as fast-growing startups (say Typeform) and large organisations (such as Banco Sabadell). Moreover, if you look at leading business schools and universities, such as IESE, Esade and Stanford, you will see that they have started implementing user-centered design to their programmes.
User-centered design vs. Human-centered design: User-centered design is very often used interchangeably with human-centered design, but there is a difference in that it is a subset of it. Simply put, all users are humans, but not all humans will be your users (you wish!). Thus, user-centered design requires deeper analysis of users – your target audience. It is not only about general characteristics of a person; it is about particular habits and preferences of target users to come up with right solutions for specific problems.
User-centered design takes into account age, gender, social status, education and professional background, influential factors, product usage expectations and demands and many other important things that may vary for different segments. What is critical for some may be irrelevant for others. User-centered design is about deep research on users’ habits, from their interactions with the product to their vision of how the product should look like and behave.
User-centered design and UX: User-centered design improves the user experience. While it can be applied to almost any product, in this article, we will focus on website or mobile app development. It helps to understand users’ needs and preferences regarding features of a product, task, goals, user flows, etc. At the end of the day, it has become one of the most important user experience requirements – that of being user-centered. It should be implemented throughout the entire customer experience, no guessing, no personal opinion. What matters is what your users say and do. Every “touchpoint” that the customer has with the product should be analysed, well design and developed.
User-centered design in the commercial world: Unfortunately, there are still some companies that prioritise business goals over those of their users, prompting them to first design a product and only then search for people who would be interested in using it. User-centered design advocates the exact opposite. Before developing your idea, you need to find and speak with (representatives) of your target users first. This is because even though you have cool features, breathtaking technological capabilities and other awesome things, if you do not know your target, you have a big problem. Suffice to say that you will find yourself in a situation where, post-launch, you will need to spend a lot of money on redesigning your features or maybe you end up in a situation where you do not have enough interest in your idea to break even. You need to think about the end user right from the beginning.
In other words, user-centered design is about designing and developing a product from the perspective of how it will be understood and used by your user rather than making users adapt their behaviours to use a product. The idea is to offer a product which would support its users’ existing beliefs, values, attitudes, and habits.
As you may guess, the result of employing user-centered design to your process is a product that offers a more efficient, satisfying, and user-friendly experience for the user, which leads to increased sales and customer loyalty.
A clear understanding of user and task requirements.
Incorporating user feedback to define requirements and design.
Early and active involvement of the user to evaluate the design of the product.
Integrating user-centred design with other development activities.
Language: Short sentences are preferred here. The easier the phrase and the words, the better.
What is The Process of User-Centered Design Like?
User-centered design starts by identifying the target end users of the product and specifying the context of use. The main objective is to establish why these users would be interested in your product and how they want to use it.
Then, it is important to group your data to formulate a set of requirements and user goals that must be met so as to ensure that the users’ needs are satisfied.
It is only after these two steps are completed that you start designing potential solutions. The design phase can be iterative in nature and can evolve from a rough concept to a complete design.
Take into account your goals, as you start this iterative process of product design and development. At the end, you need to evaluate the product you developed by doing, for example, usability testing to get users’ feedback. This process should be repeated until the best design is achieved.
Persona: To visualise it better, a persona is created at the beginning of the process to have an example of a target, who you are trying to reach. You can even come up with the name. It is a representation of a particular group of people with the same patterns; behaviour, needs, goals, skills, attitudes, etc. Persona helps to make right decisions about product features, navigation, interactions, visual design and much more. It helps you prioritise the design work, understanding what the user needs and what functions are simply nice to add and have.
Scenario: It is a “daily life of” your target, of your persona. It is about problems persona has. Here, small details both emotional and physical ones, matter.
Use case: It is a series of steps for the persona to achieve the goal.
The user-centered design process answers crucial questions about users, about their tasks, goals and beliefs. The following questions are typically asked during the UCD process: Who uses your product? What are their goals? What are users searching for? What are they interested in? How do your users see the process of completing a task? What do they say and how they do it? How easy is it for your users to understand what they should do using your product? How much time do users spend on figuring our how to actually do what they want to do? And many others.
Agile methods are becoming increasingly common in software design and development, with their collaborative customer focus and iterative, test-driven approach. They are gaining acceptance in organisations as an efficient and effective ways to developing software products that make a difference. And user-centered design fits very well with Agile. Mind you, user-centered design also fits in with other development methodologies, including the (dreaded) waterfall methodology.
Customer Focus: All activities are focused on the user, on his/her needs by providing value through ensuring a useful, usable and engaging product.
Iterative Development: Early and frequent delivery of working software contributes to project visibility, reduces project risk via regular feedback, encourages continuous improvement and enables early realisation of business benefits, time to market.
Testing: Testing plays an integral role in every phase of the project life cycle. User testing is crucial for designing a product to ensure that you are working on the right thing at the right time.
Transparency: As stated by Marc McNeill, all stakeholders are provided with maximum visibility into project progress.
Cost reduction: Costs are reduced because users can understand and use products without additional help. There is also a reduction in training costs. Moreover, there is no need to spend time and money on redoing things.
Higher customer satisfaction: At the end of the day, the user receives what they want and how they want. As you deliver what is requested in your target market, you guarantee increased sales.
Risk reduction: As you work hand in hand with your user, you are sure you are going in the right direction.
Productivity: As you always do what your user wants, there is less need to spend time on unnecessary things or features that users will not use or like.
If you look at leading companies like Mango, HSBC, Edreams and others, you will see that they went through an agile transformation and now they are adopting this user-entered approach. These two methodologies go together, and I believe that they are key to successful innovation.


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AUTHORITIES hope to make Shanghai's rivers cleaner and healthier by building a huge pipe system under Suzhou Creek that would collect rainwater to be purified before being drained to the rivers.
The Shanghai Water Bureau said such a system, now under discussion, would cleanse rainwater from throughout the city that now drains directly into the waterways.
"The plan has been on a strategic phase," Ma Yuandong, director of the drainage department of the bureau, said yesterday.
"It will largely help increase the water quality of the city's rivers," he said.
Ma said rainwater drainage contains a lot of polluting materials.
The city's rainwater would first be drained to the pipes under Suzhou Creek, which are to be 19 kilometers long and 9.2 meters wide.
The water would then flow to the city's sewage works to be purified before finally going to the rivers, Ma explained.

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Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. Hebrews 3:12.
When the Redeemer of the world walked among men, many who identified themselves with Him as His disciples afterward forsook Him and became His bitterest enemies. The Saviour tested their faith and developed the real characters of the most ardent believers by applying spiritual truths to their hearts. . . .
They must be Christlike, meek and lowly of heart, self-denying, self-sacrificing; they must walk in the narrow path trodden by the Man of Calvary if they would share in the gift of life and the glory of heaven. But the test was too great. They walked no more with Him. They could not hear the saying nor comprehend the nature of the truth He taught. . . .
The work of apostasy begins in some secret rebellion of the heart against the requirements of God’s law. Unholy desires, unlawful ambitions, are cherished and indulged, and unbelief and darkness separate the soul from God. If we do not overcome these evils, they will overcome us. Men who have long been advancing in the path of truth will be tested with trial and temptation. Those who listen to the suggestions of Satan and swerve from their integrity begin the downward path, and some masterful temptation hastens them on in the way of apostasy, till their descent is marked and rapid. . . .
We need to be constantly on our guard, to watch and pray lest we enter into temptation. The indulgence of spiritual pride, of unholy desires, of evil thoughts, of anything that separates us from an intimate and sacred association with Jesus imperils our souls. . . . If the thought of apostasy is grievous to you, and you do not desire to become the enemies of the truth, the accusers of the brethren, then “abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good” (Romans 12:9), and believe in Him who is “able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).
Just before my tenth birthday, my mother married a man who was an alcoholic. He drank up most of the money that he earned. Worse than that, he was mean and cruel. Life became unbearable. After nearly four years, I had had enough. I determined that I would run away the next day. (I could not go back to live with my grandparents because they had moved to Florida.) That night, in the middle of the night, he left taking everything of value in the house except my mother’s guitar and amplifier.
Things did not get any better for us financially, but it was a big relief to have him gone.. My mother had to sell her guitar and amp just so we could have food. Our landlord would not wait for the rent until my mother found a job, so we had to move. She took what little money she had and rented a very cheap apartment downtown over a music store. Life was very difficult.
Even though we were far from Jesus, He was near to us. I had been taught to pray the “Now I lay me down to sleep….” prayer and as I got older, I added my own words, and had a sort of shaky faith in Him. He accepted the tiny spark of faith as the best I knew. There were many times that God protected us in that run-down apartment. He helped my mother find work, even though she did not recognize it as a blessing from Him.
After months of frugal living, we could move to a one-room apartment in a better part of town. Life was still a struggle. There were many times when there was nothing to eat in the apartment except a little flour and sugar. Yet, through all of life’s difficulties, God was there protecting us and yearning for us to recognize His love and love Him in return.
Jesus, speaking of His Heavenly Father said, “for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matt 5:45 God loves each person in this world whether they love Him back or not. His Spirit draws them, Over and over, He leads them into circumstances that will give them an opportunity to choose His way. He showers His blessings upon them even though they don’t know the Source of all blessings. “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” 1 John 3:1-3 How loving and kind He is to us. He not only makes us His well-beloved children, but as we behold Him through His Holy Word, He changes us into His image.
May we, in all circumstances, “love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 May we open our heart’s door and allow Him to change us into His likeness. (Rev 3:18-20) May we share His love with others that they, too, may accept His great provision for salvation is my prayer.


text: Wedding of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia and Princess Olga of Greece, and Princess Maria Pia of Italy (wearing the Diamond Wreath and Flower Tiara), daughter of King Umberto II and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, in Cascais, Portugal on this day in 1955. The wedding celebrations were the most lavish among the exiled royal families in Portugal, with guests and relatives from all around Europe. The couple had four children, two sets of twins, before divorcing in 1967.


text: In this paper, we propose a weak regularity principle which is similar to both weak König's lemma and Ramsey's theorem. We begin by studying the computational strength of this principle in the context of reverse mathematics. We then analyze different ways of generalizing this principle.

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If you're starting with bones and water, place them in a large pot.
I didn't include any protein in the baby food version, because my son was still nursing for most of his nutrition. If this was being served as the main course for an older baby or child, I would add the meat or even do an "egg drop" method to enhance the protein content.
We are not "religious" food snobs by any means, but for a family who is recuperating from an illness, I find it is really worth it for me to get the best quality meats and eggs that I can find. I get grass-fed beef bones from a local company, as well as pasture raised eggs. There really is a nutritional difference.


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Forget Florida; southern New Jersey is a goldmine of great golf…all year long.
Most of us assume that golf in New Jersey becomes as dormant as the grass in winter. So, we either shelve our clubs or tote them down to Florida, turning a theory into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Yes, a good number of courses close, but most near the New Jersey shore remain open, not to mention the heated driving ranges and indoor golf simulators located all over the state. With outerwear as effective as ever and greens fees at their lowest of the year, there is really no excuse not to zip up, get out, and let fly.
The New Jersey and Pennsylvania state golf associations set the dates for their “official” golf seasons, usually April through October. But that doesn’t mean you can’t play before or after that time. It doesn’t mean golf courses have to close. All it means is that golf scores posted outside of these dates are not valid for handicap purposes. That’s it.
In fact, when the official season ends, some groups are just getting started. Take, for example, the John Caliendo Winter Shore Golf League, which has been conducting a full schedule of tournaments from November to April in New Jersey for the last 40 years. The league is comprised of 140 members (75-80 percent amateurs, 20-25 percent pros) who compete in stroke-play tournaments around the New Jersey shore. Though that number drops significantly with the temperature, don’t start limbering up just yet. New members usually can’t join until the third week of the New Year, and even then it’s on a space-available basis.
One reason the Winter Shore Golf League has been able to stay active for so long is that it concentrates its matches in one of the most advantageous parts of the state for avoiding snowfall, the southern coast. Despite New Jersey’s small size, there can be dramatic differences in weather patterns from the inland areas to the coast and it mainly has to do with the water.
The staff at Sea Oaks Golf Club in Little Egg Harbor, N.J., can certainly testify to the warming effects of the ocean. Because of its proximity to ocean, the course remains open 12 months a year as long as there isn’t an accumulation of snow or ice.
Another feature that makes Sea Oaks a great winter golf spots is the positioning of its golf course. While the parking lot and clubhouse sit atop a hill and are susceptible to the wind, the course is nestled several feet below and is insulated by fairway-flanking pine trees. Starting October 1st, greens fees drop to $55/$65 (weekday/weekend) with a cart. In December, they fall further to $40/$50 until March 1.
Another feature of the New Jersey shore region that makes it advantageous for winter golf is its sandy soil base. Bob Herman, head professional at Mays Landing Golf & Country Club in Mays Landing, N.J., considers this as important as the favorable weather conditions.
Mays Landing is another area course that remains open all winter long. “The only day we’re closed is on Christmas day or if there is snow on the ground,” says Herman. In addition to discounted rates, Mays Landing puts on special events during the fall and winter season, starting with its annual Birdie Bowl on October 30th. Open to the public, the event fields three-man teams (with a combined handicap of 15) for a scramble tournament in the morning followed by a clubhouse viewing of a Philadelphia Eagles game. This year the birds take on the Denver Broncos.
Nearby, The Links at Brigantine Beach is considered ol’ reliable when it comes to off-season play. This links-style course, located on a barrier island, is a favorite among New Englanders, New Yorkers and North Jerseans who don’t want to take chances if they’re traveling so far to play. If there is the occasional snowfall here, any accumulation is usually gone in a few days.
In addition to being one of the most reliable sources for winter golf, Brigantine’s $39, play-all-day rate also attracts the die-hards. That rate begins on November 1st and is based on availability, but it includes the greens fee and a GPS-equipped cart. The easiest way to know whether the course is open is to sign up for email notifications at brigantinegolf.com. In addition to getting up-to-the-minute status reports, new “members” get a buy-one-get-one-free coupon.
A little farther down the Garden State Parkway, Avalon Golf Club is another good bet and a favorite of snowbirds coming down from the North. Unlike other courses, it even stays open sometimes when there’s snow on the ground. “We don’t allow play when there’s ice and frost, but the snow is not damaging,” says head professional Ted Wenner. “Our snows down here are usually windswept, so it tends to accumulate around the greens rather than on top of them.” Avalon is also blessed with tree-lined fairways, rare for a seashore course, that help distinguish the lines of play despite the snow blurring them.
As one of the most popular courses in Cape May County, it can be tough to score a prime tee time at Avalon in the height of the summer. While not quite as hard in winter, when there’s snow up north, “the phone rings off the hook,” says Wenner. Undoubtedly, it’s because there’s a weekday winter special for $35 that includes greens fee, cart and lunch. On weekends, it’s $39 for greens fee and cart.
Toward the southern end of the Parkway lies Cape May National, which, if measured latitudinally, is actually south of the Mason Dixon Line and experiences weather more like Washington, D.C. than Philadelphia. More importantly, it’s surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Delaware Bay on the other, which create a pocket of warm air that insulates the course from snowstorms.
In October, Cape May’s rates drop to $55/$65 to ride and $40 to walk (weekdays only) In November through February, they dip to $40/$35 and you can walk seven days a week for a mere $25.
“When people feel like they’re shut out and they can’t play because it’s wintertime, they should give us a call because, odds are, we’re open,” says head professional John Petronis. At the very least, there will be someone to answer the phone because the course never closes.
Even if you don’t want to commit to a full round of golf, there are places where you can work on your game or just keep loose until spring hits. Many driving ranges have semi-enclosed and/or heated stalls that can keep you comfortable down to 30 degrees. And, if being outside in winter is just too much for you to handle, several retail stores and dedicated indoor golf centers around the state have simulators into which you can hit full iron, fairway wood and driver shots — either in practice mode or by playing a simulated round at a courses such as Banff Springs or Pebble Beach. So, when you get the golf itch this winter, call up your friends instead of your travel agent and play right here in the great Garden State.
Harbor Pines Golf Club in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., is offering Individual Winter Memberships for $495. In addition to offering unlimited golf from November through February 2006, these memberships include: 60-day advanced tee time reservations, unlimited number of accompanied guests for a reduced member-guest fee; “sending” privileges for four unaccompanied guests per day at a reduced member-guest fee, driving range balls included with each round, and a 10 percent discount on select pro shop merchandise. For membership information, call 609-927-0006 or visit harborpines.com.
The loose impediment part is easy: it can be removed without penalty. As for casual water and/or ground under repair, the ball can be lifted and dropped within one club length of the nearest point of relief, but not nearer the hole.
In most cases, these local rules say something to this effect: “If embedded or muddied or resting on a extremely soggy area, your ball may be lifted, cleaned and placed within (some specified distance) of the spot it originally lay, not nearer the hole or on the green.” Again, the rules need to be clearly and explicitly defined on a course-by-course basis. If the golf course you’re playing doesn’t have such rules posted, you can always agree upon some for yourself or among your group.

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Bio: Fishboy is a Denton, TX, indie rock band with an unhealthy love of power-pop and narrative songwriting. Imagine Danielson minus the crusades and of Montreal minus the perversion and disco . Fishboy was founded in 2001 by native Texan Eric Michener. Eric was given the name Fishboy after a dare on a middle school field trip to the Dallas World Aquarium in which he grabbed a fish out of the water and swallowed it. The group has released a handful of story-based albums, EPs, and 7" records that are often accompanied with comics which further expand the story beyond the lyrics. The first album that got the band noticed was Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock N Roll, in which the band and the ghost of Buddy Holly go on a crime spree and tour performing all the songs Michener had written in his sleep since he was in the womb (fact: that would be 8,030 songs). Their follow-up record Classic Creeps took the story concept a bit further being a rock opera where all the characters have intertwining lives and their names all begin with the letter A.
In fall 2014 the band will unveil An Elephant: an album and wordless graphic novel about the ghost of Topsy, the elephant who was publicly electrocuted by Thomas Edison in 1903, and her attempts to avenge her death and pass into the afterlife. The results are as if Tarantino scrapped a remake of Dumbo after commissioning a full soundtrack and storyboards resulting in an unmade supernatural-historical-sci-fi-all-ages-revenge-thriller-rock-opera-comic-book.
An Elephant will be self-released as a traditional vinyl LP and as 5.5x5.5” 160 page read-along comic that will be specially formatted, animated, and posted online in the weeks leading up to its physical release. The album is currently available to stream and pre-order through the band's website and includes a direct PDF download of the entire book.


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Yosvany Terry - B Natural, Inc.
Born into an illustrious musical family in Camaguey, Cuba, Yosvany Terry is an internationally acclaimed composer, saxophonist, percussionist, bandleader, educator and cultural bearer of the Afro-Cuban tradition. After immersing himself in the European classical tradition at Havana’s prestigious National School of Arts (ENA) and Amadeo Roldan Conservatory he went on to perform with major figures in every realm of Cuban music, including celebrated nueva trova singer/guitarist Silvio Rodriguez, pianists Chucho Valdes and Frank Emilio, José Luis Cortes y NG la Band and Don Pancho y Los Terry, the band led by his father, violinist and chekeré master Eladio “Don Pancho” Terry.
From his earliest days in New York, Terry has been embraced by the jazz and contemporary music community, performing with Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Rufus Reid, Dave Douglas, Steve Coleman, Roy Hargrove, Henry Threadgill, bassist Avishai Cohen, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Taj Mahal and the Eddie Palmieri Afro-Caribbean Sextet. While best known as a blazing improviser, he’s rapidly gaining renown as a composer, bandleader and educator with a string of high-profile awards, appointments and commissions. In 2015, Terry was named a recipient of the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award, and was hired by Harvard University as Director of Jazz Ensembles and Senior Lecturer on Music. He has received commissions from San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Garden Festival (“Noches de Parranda” for a 12-piece ensemble with support from The MAP Fund), the French-American Jazz Exchange with support from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (“Ancestral Memories” with French pianist Baptiste Trotignon), and Harlem Stage (for the score of the opera “Makandal,” premiering in 2018).
Terry also received a grant from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and New York State Music Fund to create “Afro-Cuban Roots: Yedégbé,” resulting in his 2014’s Grammy Award-nominated album New Throned King (5Passion). The music is based on cantos and rhythms of the Arará people of the Cuban province of Matanzas, who hail from the Dahomey kingdom’s Fon culture in what is now Benin.
2012’s Today’s Opinion (Criss Cross), was selected as one of the Top 10 Albums of the Year by the New York Times’ Nate Chinen, features his working Quintet and various guest artists. Yosvany Terry’s two most recent releases feature co-led groups. The unique chamber ensemble “Bohemian Trio,” with cellist Yves Dharamraj and pianist Orlando Alonso, released Okónkolo in January 2017 (Innova), and “Ancestral Memories,” a quartet with French pianist Baptiste Trotignon, released its eponymously titled debut album in June 2017 (OKeh/Sony).


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I spent 38 days in pure mental hell!
When I was twenty one years old, my new husband's family offered to sell us a house that had been in his family for generations at an incredibly cheap price.
They had a difficult time keeping it rented and did not want to hassle with it anymore. We jumped at the opportunity and moved in almost immediately. It was only a matter of hours before strange things began to happen.
It did not take me long to decide there was something or someone else other than us in that house. Almost every night we would hear something coming up the staircase.
The steps were old so you could hear every creak. Nick, my husband would jump up out of bed whenever he heard it to go make sure that someone hadn't broken in. It would always end the same, no one was there. The ghost appeared to get braver as time went on.
We could hear the steps eventually come down the hall; they were getting a little closer to our bedroom door with each visit. Finally, the night came that we had both been dreading. Nick was sound asleep, exhausted from working hours of overtime. I heard the steps dare to pass the doorway of our bedroom and enter our room.
I felt slightly aware of something or someone approach the side of the bed I had my back turned to, but I was afraid to look. I just kept my face in Nick's chest and closed my eyes tightly.
I felt as though there was someone right behind me, right behind my head just staring at me. I knew one thing for sure; I was not going to turn around to check. I just wanted to fall back to sleep as soon as possible.
My back felt ice cold; I tried to bring the covers up tighter around my neck and back. That\'s when I felt it. Something moved briefly on the bed behind me. I did not acknowledge it.
I forced myself to stay still as if I were still asleep. I felt that if I suddenly reacted, I would see something horrible, so I did not turn around, I did not move. That seemed to upset whatever was behind me. I felt the bed move again, but just ever so slightly.
I felt that whatever was behind me was so close to me it was almost touching my hair. I had the feeling on my scalp similar to when you have static electricity in your hair. I was sure it must almost be standing on end.
I felt another movement on the bed directly behind me again. I actually could feel the blanket I had wrapped so tightly around me tug on me a bit as if someone had laid some weight on it behind me, I was sure that something was trying to get even closer to me.
Suddenly I felt air blow on my cheek. It was just the same as if someone had breathed on me, except it was a lot colder, ice cold. I tried rubbing Nick's hand again only I did it more aggressively this time. He moaned a little and turned to face me laying his arm across my side. That made me feel a little better, if there was someone or something directly behind me he would have struck them with his hand when he put his arm around me.
I no sooner had the thought when Nick's arm went flying off of me and back towards him. It was as if someone had picked up his arm and flung it off of me. At that same exact moment, I felt a very strong tug on my hair, and heard a whisper in my ear.
"Get out of my room," the words struck me like a knife in my stomach. It was a very raspy mean voice. I woke Nick instantly, but once again there was no one there.
Many things happened in that house. We only lived there for thirty six days, thirty six days of pure mental hell. That was when I started to believe in ghosts and spirit hauntings.


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This is a story of a poorly executed ICO scam called Langpie. The Langpie pre-sale is planned for later today and the ICO is set for November 2017. As an editor in chief, I have a strong nose for BS. As anybody who has been in the Bitcoin space for awhile can tell you, this industry attracts the absolute worst BSers in the world. After being made aware of certain scammy aspects of this particular ICO, I had to take a deeper dive. I’ve read the Langpie “whitepaper” so you don’t have to, but I still recommend that you do just for a few laughs.
I was contacted by Nastya Moroz, also in the same team, on Facebook messenger at first she said that she have some questions about the blockchain. I thought it was strange that a random person is just reaching out to ask me about something I have very little knowledge about. So I was looking into her profile and that’s how I found the website.
The Langpie website no longer has K’s profile picture and social media links – they have been replaced with another person’s profile picture, Facebook and GitHub link. This new blockchain developer profile, along with Nastya Moroz’s profile, both claim to be a former employees of Open Solutions – a Russian tech consulting company. I think it’s safe to say that Langpie doesn’t have a blockchain developer, or any developer whatsoever.
Both Open Solutions and Langpie did not respond to requests for comments by the time of publication.
Wait a minute, I thought your profits came from 5% commissions? And aren’t those commissions burned (technically having their value evenly distributed among the remaining coin holders, even those that didn’t participate in the transaction)? Wouldn’t Langpie’s profit, if they did even keep 5% of every successful Langpie smart contract transaction, be a lot smaller than $171 million? And jeez that sure sounds deflationary if 5% of every transaction gets burned – in the event that people actually use this scam coin, what happens to the supply?
That’s right, they’re promising current pre-sale and ICO participants a chunk of their future crowdsale which will happen in several years. The money generated from the planned pre-sale and ICO are earmarked as such: 46% for marketing, 7% for tech infrastructure, and 15% for R&D – they clearly have their priorities straight, just check out their Bitcointalk thread and see the type of marketing they’re currently promoting. One big ICO scam sin is having bounty programs for publications to write about your ICO – and Langpie is no different. Langpie paid for press releases on several cryptocurrency news publications and claims on their website that they have received “coverage” by these sites. Langpie proudly displays them on their homepage with a simple message: “Press love us!” Let’s not get into the current sorry state of the digital currency media space, that such a project was able to gain any steam at all. Very technically, I could try and claim a chunk of the Langpie Blogs/Media promotion bounty with this article – not that I’m likely to ever get a response from this fake project.
The current effort, and planned future effort, is all for marketing and nothing for tech/dev. If the dev work on the translation app is completed, and that’s the reason why there aren’t any real blockchain developers on this supposed blockchain project, then why not demo it? I could sit here and ask questions all day, but we already know the answer.
If you didn’t notice any of these red flags, you just might be wearing rose colored glasses – and you definitely shouldn’t be involved in ICO speculation. They’re hoping to raise a minimum of $150,000 and a cap of $400,000 in their pre-sale tomorrow – let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. They’re planning their full ICO in November – for the sanity of this industry, that can’t happen either. If you see someone tweeting or talking about Langpie or any other sketchy ICO – please, please, please link them to this article.
Thanks again to K for bringing this to my attention, I truly hope that revealing the Langpie ICO scam for what it is helps to make up for any potential damage that Langpie has caused for K’s and the blockchain industry’s reputation.
Unless that’s completely fake too or his claim to be an app developer at Landpie.
K asked specifically to be called K and not be named. App developers are a dime a dozen compared with blockchain developers. The point is that it’s a huge red flag when a supposed blockchain project doesn’t have a real blockchain developer. Thanks for your comment, Andrew!

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Being mistakenly flagged as deceased on your credit report is a pretty distressing error to have to deal with, but a more common error than you might think.
In almost all cases, an erroneous death indicator originates with a real death. If you shared an account with someone (either as a joint holder or as an authorized user) and that person passed away, the account may have been flagged as belonging to someone who is now deceased. This is done to prevent potential fraud. Unfortunately, sometimes the tag is placed on the wrong account holder (or on both).
Being flagged as deceased on one account triggers the notification to potential lenders (again, to prevent fraud). If you’re flagged on a single creditor account, you’ll need to contact the creditor and have them update their reporting. They may require certain documentation to prove that you are in fact alive. If your entire credit file is tagged, however, the problem may have originated with documentation provided by the deceased’s estate or with the Social Security Administration. If that’s the case, you may need to provide a letter from Social Security in order to fix the problem.
The whole process is admittedly a bit of a hassle. Thankfully though, it’s just a clerical error and not a bad omen. Good luck!
In your case, a debt consolidation would involve opening a new account (either a new credit card or a consolidation loan) and transferring your three credit card debts to this new account. It’s impossible to say what the exact impact on your credit score would be, and even whether the change would be positive or negative.
Part of your credit score is based on the age of your accounts, so it seems likely that your score would drop as the older accounts were closed and replaced by a brand new account. Long-term, however, the damage would probably be minimal, especially if you successfully managed and repaid your new account.
In a debt settlement, all three accounts would go unpaid until they reached the point where the company holding those debts (likely a collection agency by that point) was willing to accept less than the full debt amount as payment. Your credit score would be essentially ruined. The missed payments and settled accounts would negatively impact your score for years after the fact.
There may be circumstances where debt settlement works for you, but if you’re concerned about your credit and your ability to make major future purchases, consolidation may be a better option.
If you’re struggling to make the minimum payment on your credit accounts, consider speaking with a credit counselor. There may be an alternative solution that works better for your unique situation. Good luck!
Congratulations on turning things around and paying off your student loans. You’re definitely moving in the right direction.
The best way to build your credit history is by using credit wisely. Start by opening a credit card. I don’t know exactly what your credit rating looks like at the moment, but if your previous hardships make it difficult to get a card, trying applying for a secured credit card. After you’ve used your card responsibly for a year or so, your financial institution will usually convert the account into a regular credit card.
Use your card often and pay off your balances before they incur interest charges. If you find an offer for another card with attractive terms, consider opening a second account. If you find it’s time to buy a new car, start hunting for a loan. Simply use credit and pay it back as agreed upon. It takes time to build a history of positive credit usage. Just stay responsible and you’ll eventually have the credit score you deserve. Good luck!


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I had the wonderful opportunity to taste the Delamotte Brut in a blind tasting of six wines, and this stood out as one of my favorites. My notes were riddled with adjectives like zesty, fresh and zippy, which can be attributed to the Le Mesnil Chardonnay fruit. There is also an amazing balance of stone fruit, Meyer lemon and a touch of toast on the finish.


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Candidates will be passionate about working with children and will be able to demonstrate a caring attitude to the individual, personal and social needs of this age group. Excellent communication, literacy, ICT skills and ability to work as part of a team are essential requirements for these key roles. The roles will involve guided group work so applicants will need to use initiative, be able to support learners and contribute towards assessment data. Teaching Assistants will be an integral part of all teaching and learning.
Please note that applications must be submitted using Graveney School’s application form. Completed applications should be returned to the school either by, post or fax. Electronically submitted applications will not be accepted.
Please be advised that due to the high level of applications received; only successfully shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


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Stuncroft is a men’s & ladies clothing manufacturer of suits, jackets, trousers coats. For over 40 years we have supplied some of the world’s largest and best known retailers from our manufacturing bases around the world. Stuncroft has become synonymous for both its quality of service and garments.
The business is family owned and possesses a European manufacturing facility which is complimented with manufacturing partnerships across Asia. Our customers have come to expect high standards, they know they can trust us to work ethically, offering supply chain solutions and ensuring the process is trouble-free & profitable.
We understand the dynamics of corporate clothing from the fabric & raw materials, design, sampling, manufacturing and quality assurance through to the necessity of timely logistics. We offer a flexible service; our customers mix and match the many services we offer.
Our head office is based in Yorkshire, housing a well structured data center. Our small UK support team includes a technical manager, designer, merchandiser & sales manager along with a dedicated shipping & logistics department. We employ a dedicated team of technicians who are based in all our manufacturing facilities, overseeing pattern making, production & quality control, helping to drive the wheels of a modern supply chain business.
If any further evidence is required to underline our tailoring credentials we also make luxury made to measure garments for department stores & tailors around Europe.


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Fiteval is the most efficient sports software program used to optimize multisport training plans. Sport training software FITéval is used to analyse and monitor physical preparation. Our sports software programs developed by the most highly recognized experts in sport training, physical preparation and health preservation would allows you to assess physical preparation, plan training and prevent overtraining. Download free demo our sports software, training plan and physical preparation. Our sports software programs are designed for PC/MAC ( FITeval Elite - Mac).
“Online” training sport software programs such as PROfitsoft and ISIS make it easier to prepare and monitor physical preparation and health preservation. Physiotherapists, personal trainers, and health preservation managers used our sport and health preservation programs for team and individual sports. Our sport programs are tested, used and appreciated by hundreds of physical preparation and prevention professionals across the world. Sport and health preservation software programs are usable on MAC and PC, only a web browser is required.


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Some faculty at the University of Cincinnati have been using lecture capture technology since 2009, but the capabilities of the old technology are just a shadow of what faculty can do now. Instead of just documenting what happens in the classroom, faculty are now using next-generation, interactive tools that increase student engagement and bring new resources to both students and educators.
Nelson Vincent, vice president for technology and chief information officer at the University of Cincinnati, said the exploding technology use on campuses today can historically be drawn back to student demand. At the University of Cincinnati, it’s more than that.
Modern lecture capture at the university is done through an “active learning platform” built by Echo360. Faculty can poll students in class or before, incorporating responses into the day’s lecture. They can post questions to discussion boards before class and use interactive slides that require student responses. During a lecture, students can flag confusing content, ask questions and take notes that will be incorporated into a study guide that is automatically populated based on their notes time-stamped against lecture slides. And of course, the traditional lecture capture itself can help students prepare for exams or make up missed time.
The University of Cincinnati debuted the new system last summer with a few “e-Learning Champions,” in three of its 14 colleges. Now there are 81 devices in use across all of the colleges, and expansion is happening organically as faculty decide they want access to the tools.
At Indian River State College, a community college in Florida, the student body demographics have contributed to high demand for the interactive tools. Two-thirds of students also work while taking classes, and they need around-the-clock access to course content to fit in studying between other commitments. In a prepared statement, Vice President of Institutional Technology and CIO Paul O’Brien said it is these students who have driven adoption of the new technology.
“Students are telling us they’ve changed courses because they wanted to take the class with an instructor who was using Echo360 to incorporate video into learning and facilitate interaction with faculty, peers and content,” O’Brien said.
As with many of the technology advances on campuses today, using the active learning platform brings added benefits because of data analytics. Usage data can help faculty assess student engagement, and at the University of Cincinnati, some are even converting this metric into the participation portion of a student’s grade.
Tina Meagher, senior video strategist at the university, said one faculty member has been using lecture capture for more than seven years and has only now begun to track how students watch video and look at interactive slides. Because most students weren’t watching videos to their completion, this faculty member started making the videos shorter and adding elements of interactivity in between them.
The University of Cincinnati has been offering training for faculty members interested in learning how to incorporate the new tools into their own classes. A high priority will be bringing faculty on board who teach massive lectures for mostly freshmen and sophomores in the UC Great Gateway initiative. These courses traditionally have high rates of failure, dropouts and withdrawals. Even with smaller supplementary sessions to the large lecture, faculty find it hard to engage students.
Meagher hopes the active learning platform can promote that engagement.
The university also plans to advance the way it uses data analytics produced by the platform. As faculty and administrators learn the ropes, the analytics have mostly been used descriptively — to find out what is happening. Soon, though, Meagher would like to see the data used prescriptively — to identify whether certain students are struggling and offer an early opportunity for intervention.
So far, UC has about 5,500 students using the platform and it expects that number to double by the fall semester. The university’s total enrollment is about 44,000 and one goal of the institution is to create media fluent students. The active learning platform is one more way to make that happen.


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A US citizen, who was put on a no-fly list, declared a threat to national security and tortured in an UAE prison after refusing to become an FBI informant, is having a hard time proving it happened at the behest of the US authorities, his lawyer told RT.
Yonas Fikre is an Eritrean born American citizen who immigrated as a refugee to the US when he was 13 from neighboring Sudan. He became a US citizen and in 2006 settled in Portland, Oregon. His problems began soon after 2010 when he went back to Khartoum, where he still had relatives, to start an electronics import business.
In Sudan he was summoned to the US Embassy on false pretenses and was told by two FBI agents from Oregon that they wanted to ask him a few questions about his mosque in Portland. When Fikre demanded a lawyer and hesitated to answer questions about people he had prayed at the mosque with but barely knew – the agents told him he was placed on a no-fly list. Although there was “absolutely no factual justification” for that, his lawyer, Thomas Nelson, told RT.
Taking threats into account, he still managed to fly to his relatives in Sweden. He concluded that he was not in fact deemed a serious threat and the FBI agents had been bluffing, although he wondered whether had he flown to a close US ally such as Britain that this would also have been the case.
He got a chance to find that out after he went to the UAE, one of the US’s closet allies in the Middle East, and was suddenly arrested by the local police.
Fikre was held and tortured in UAE prison for 106 days from June to September 2011. During this time he was continually beaten and repeatedly asked about events in Portland, Oregon – the same questions that the FBI asked him earlier.
“During the torture he was always blindfolded, and so he could not see who was doing the interrogating and who else was in the room, although he was aware that there were others. With the exception that he could occasionally look underneath the blindfold and see pants, trousers, shoes and dress of that sort. Sometimes there was Western dress, sometimes there was Arabic dress,” his lawyer explained to RT.
After eventually being released – without any charges – Fikre managed to return to Sweden and over the next three years managed to prove that he had been tortured while in custody in the UAE, although he and his legal team are convinced they can not prove that this was at the behest of the US authorities.
“During the course of 3 years there, the Swedish authorities investigated what happened to him and they came to a conclusion that Yonas indeed had been tortured. Their problem was that they had a hard time proving that it was the FBI or the American authorities that instigated and performed the torturing. It was not a question of whether the torture occurred, it was a question of whether they can prove that the Americans were behind it,” he explained.
Although there is overwhelming circumstantial evidence, Thomas Nelson says they are having hard time proving the US authorities took part in the torture.
“It’s one of those difficult things because when the most powerful nation on earth wants to hide something, it can do it very easily. We have litigation going on here where, we’re going to try and chase down those avenues and to prove who was involved, what they did and how they did it,” Nelson said.

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The enrollment card has security features comparable to state Driver's License.
The following Tribal enrollment cards may be used as official ID for age verification for purchasing alcohol and tobacco. As additional Tribes notify the Liquor and Cannabis Board, additional samples of enrollment cards will be available on this page.
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