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As the workplace continues to evolve, so do employees’ expectations of employers. Today, employees are looking for a personalized work experience, with flexible working arrangements and customizable benefits. One area with a growing demand is financial wellness. According to MetLife’s 16th annual U.S. Employee Benefits Trend Study (EBTS), an overwhelming majority of employees, 84%, view financial wellness programs, education or tools as must have or nice to have, yet just 18% of employers offer these types of solutions.
This is a missed opportunity for employers. Not only does the financial wellness of their workforce impact employees, but it can also affect their business. A successful financial wellness program reduces absenteeism/presenteeism; increases productivity; drives loyalty and reduces turnover. It can also be an asset when recruiting, differentiating an employer in the war for top talent.
Despite the improved economy, employees still have significant financial concerns. The EBTS finds less than half of employees, 40%, feel in control of their finances and 52% report living paycheck to paycheck. Forty-six percent of employees feel overwhelmed by financial decisions and nearly a third, 30%, of employees admit to lying awake at night worrying about money.
Employees are looking to their employers for help to improve their financial wellbeing— according to the EBTS, half of employees, 50%, feel employers have a responsibility for the financial wellbeing of their employees. And, these programs can have a positive impact: according to the EBTS, 64% of employees who have some kind of financial education/workshops are more likely to feel financially fit.
Even if employers grasp the need for financial wellness programs, it can be difficult to determine how to get started. An important first step to creating a successful program is getting a clear sense of employees’ current financial health. With a diverse workforce, it can be difficult for employers to grasp the breadth of financial challenges facing their employees. To ensure a financial wellness program meets all employee needs, it’s vital to have a thorough understanding of workers’ financial pain points. This means using all of the tools available, including demographic data, existing benefits data and financial health assessments.
Digging deep into the information resources available can uncover the magnitude to which workers’ experience financial anxiety and the extent to which those anxieties may be affecting the company’s bottom line.
As a key step in gaining a better understanding of their workforce’s needs, employers should take the time to learn who their employees are by gathering current demographic data. By reviewing this information, employers can ensure they have an accurate picture of the employees by age, generation, life stage and income/financial circumstances. Each demographic cohort that makes up the workforce has different needs and faces unique challenges. For example, members of Gen Z and Millennials may be dealing with student loan debt or may be new parents who have a need for life insurance benefits. Gen Xers and Boomers are moving toward retirement and may be sandwiched between supporting children and parents. Employees from the Silent Generation, who are still active in the workforce due to economic challenges in recent years, may be facing higher healthcare costs.
As a second step, employers should take advantage of the other data resources at their fingertips, their existing employee benefits and retirement plan data. Retirement plan and employee benefit coverage data can provide important clues into the financial health of the workforce. For example, contribution rates, average balances and loan frequency/amounts from retirement plan data can indicate whether employees have the funds to meet their daily needs, save for the future and protect against financial shocks. Reviewing coverage amounts for life and disability insurance benefits may reveal whether workers are adequately protected.
Finally, employers should go directly to their employees, evaluating at a high level to see which financial health topics are on their minds. A financial health assessment can result in an objective snapshot of specific areas of concern. Tools such as surveys, focus groups and personal observations will provide important insight into workers’ financial behaviors, attitudes and knowledge about basic money management (e.g., budgeting, managing credit cards and other debt), investing principles, retirement savings and taxes, and more advanced topics, such as the benefits of compounding and the effects of inflation.
After gathering the relevant data, employers can begin to use these insights to define objectives for their financial wellness program. This information can also be used to determine what elements should be incorporated into a financial wellness program as well as provide guidance on the channels through which the program is offered. Depending on the demographics of an employer’s workforce, a program may include a combination of services (e.g., budget creation, debt counseling, student loan assistance); employee benefits (e.g., savings products, insurance protection); and, communication, education and financial guidance.
The insights gleaned from the financial health assessment can also help create benchmarks. Employers can measure against these in the future to determine whether the solution has moved the needle on financial wellness. These benchmarks can prove invaluable as employers move forward with their programs. By monitoring key data points, employers can ensure their solution is on track for addressing employees concerns, or make interim adjustments as needed. This information can lead to more thorough and thoughtful decision-making as the program is implemented.
When designing the financial wellness program, customizing it across today’s multi-generational, cross-cultural workforce is essential for the program’s success. And employees are looking for customization: the EBTS finds that 60% of employees would be willing to bear more of the costs of benefits if they were given options that met their needs, and 73% say they would be more loyal to their current employer if their employee benefits were tailored to their needs.
Workplace benefits are the building blocks for most workers’ financial safety nets. Because of this, the most successful workplace financial wellness programs will place employer-provided benefits at the center of the offering. Integrating information about the benefits available to employees into a financial wellness solution enables workers to maximize the value of those benefits with the knowledge that the programs have been designed to meet their personal financial circumstances. A thoughtful combination of employee benefits, delivered within the context of financial wellness, can make a tangible difference in helping workers understand how to build financial security.


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Boutique hotel, perched on the edge of the French Quarter, offering all the charm and elegance of a French Quarter manor. Located on historic Decatur Street, the location offers a charming mix of the old and the new parts of the French Quarter.
Located in the legendary French Quarter, New Orleans, and just steps from the banks of the mighty Mississippi sits the quaint boutique hotel: Bienville House. The attractions of the French Quarter are on your doorstep from the Voodoo Museum to St Louis Cathedral, as well as Bourbon St and an array of bars and restaurants.
Located in the legendary French Quarter, New Orleans, and just steps from the banks of the mighty Mississippi sits the quaint boutique hotel: Bienville House. The attractions of the French Quarter are on your doorstep from the Voodoo Museum to St Louis Cathedral, as well as Bourbon St and an array of bars and restaurants. The hotel has a delightful central courtyard featuring an outdoor swimming pool. Around the pool is a stone terrace with wrought iron tables and chairs providing the perfect space for a poolside drink. Tropical plants and topiary complete the French colonial feel.
This hotel also provides complimentary daily breakfast for all its guests. As evening falls and the French Quarter starts to buzz with the sounds of jazz and zydeco music, visitors and locals alike flock to Bienville House's unique bar and restaurant. Latitude 29 is a cocktail bar with a difference, bringing Polynesian design and flavours to the heart of the French Quarter alongside an extensive cocktail menu. Deluxe Rooms are furnished in a traditional, French-heritage style and look out over the courtyard and pool or the French Quarter.

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Kid’s bedrooms are spaces to play in. Creative, quirky and holding all their favourite things, they are a soft place to dream of future careers, hobbies – or maybe just the day ahead. Have a little girl that’s always away with the fairies? Decorate her bed in pink, with plenty of storage for fairy dust. Parent to a budding race car driver? Tuck them into a car to the land of nod. Want your kids’ bed to last past their latest fantasy? Design their sleeping space for an industrial or minimalist interior. Take a peek at our top 40 picks for playful and storage-friendly kids’ beds.
Kids’ Low Study Walnut Loft Bed: Your child needs more than just a place to sleep. They need a place to store books, a place to store clothes and a place to study, all provided for in this handy roll-out walnut solution.
Space-Saving Bed For Kids With Storage And Workspace: Kids not old enough for a desk? Make the desk a bedside table, the drawers smaller, and the frame a different colour with this one-piece in natural and navy-painted wood.
Kids’ Metal Trundle Bed: Need some extra space for your child’s friends? This metal trundle bed rolls out an extra mattress when the need arises.
Boys’ Tent Bed With Slide: Bedtime couldn’t get any more fun. This polished pine loft bed lets your young one play house underneath, climb up for a rest, and slide down to Mummy and Daddy.
Girls’ Tent Bed: Buying for a girl? Make playtime prettier in this pink and white construction.
House-Shaped Kids’ Bed: Pine wood with steel reinforcements make a little house for your kids to sleep in. Coated in non-toxic paint, it holds a twin bed.
Princess Castle Bed With Slide: Make your little princess’ dreams come true. Featuring a Rapunzel-esque tower, slide, play tent and sleeping area, its steel and polyester fabric creates an in-house fairytale.
Grey Rustic-Style Low Loft Bed With Tent For Kids: After a loft bed in more muted colouring? This grey-wooden bunk offers fold-up flaps for its play tent below.
Rustic Trundle Bed For Kids: Your bach or beach house has the perfect accessory in this rustic trundle bed. Featuring wooden planks at alternating levels, a roller bed beneath sleeps an extra head.
Tufted Bed With Trundle: Don’t have room for a another bed? Roll out the linen-like sleeper on this beige, quilted couch when small visitors arrive.
Loft Bed With Storage For Kids: Kids come with more than just cuddles. Store their many toys, nappies, clothes and accessories in this white birch, maple and aspen bedroom system.
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Industrial-Style Pipe Bed, Black: Have an industrial home interior you’re keen to match? This black metal pipe bed has a place in your kid’s bedroom.
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White Metal Frame Low Loft Bed: Need a basic design with all the handy fixtures? This white metal bunk offers storage in a ladder, a swing-out desk for homework time.
Mint Colored Kids’ Loft Bed With Workstation: Don’t have room to swing out a table? Place it under your child’s sleeping space, in this mint-coloured bed frame.
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Full-Size Loft Bed With Workspace: Horizontal workspaces can miss out on the view outside. Angle your child’s desk towards the window, as they climb a little higher to the bunk bed above.
Modern Kids’ Loft Bed With Workspace And Storage: Want a bed with a bit more presence? This sturdy white creation is decked out with a desk, wardrobe, ladder, bed and mattress.
Platform With Lots Of Storage: Are your kids scared of heights? This heavy-set solution has all the benefits of a bunk bed, without the fear of falling out. Laminated white particle board won’t easily break, bow, scratch or chip. Storage shelves on the side – and under the mattress – leave plenty of room for necessities.
Trundle Bed With Storage: Buy your child a bed that reminds you of your childhood. This cream-painted trundle bed has all the classic features – and six drawers underneath.
Modern Minimalist Kids’ Bed: Let your children’s bed stand the test of time. This wooden-based minimalist design can weather changes in your interior and the latest fashions.
Kids’ Bed With Headboard Shelf: Have a little one who loves an easy reach? Let their arms stretch up to drinks, books and soft toys, in this bed with a nifty headboard shelf.
Perch Convertible Toddler Bed: Grandparents rejoice in this handy toddler bed option. Sustainably produced from Baltic birch plywood, this seat-come-toddler bed pairs design with functionality.
Wooden Bunk Bed: Make your kids’ bunk beds sturdy. This acacia wood bunk bed offers built in stairs, a metal handrail and deeper beds to keep their sleeping selves in.
Parisot Bunk Bed: Give your children more sleeping space. The twin bunks in this superhero home décor bedroom offer French-made storage and sweet dreams.
Industrial-Style Convertible Bunk Beds: Sleep your kids together when they’re little, and apart when they’re older. This MDF wood and stainless steel bunk can form one unit or two twin beds.
Kids’ Staircase Bunk Bed with Trundle: Nobody likes looking into a top bunk’s bottom. Give your kids room to breathe, with these three bunk beds with staircase storage.
House-Shaped Double Bunk Beds For Kids: Complete with camouflage pockets, this two storey house-come-bunk bed brings an element of play to sleeping time.
Home-Shaped Double Bunk Beds: Add a sense of adventure to bedtime. This driftwood-finish pine wood bed offers a single bed above, a double below.
Metal Jeep Bunk Bed For Kids: Industrial décors can’t go past this creative jeep bunk bed. Two levels clad in steel and mounted on tyres ensure your kids’ dreams will go places.
Fire Truck Bunk Bed For Kids: Becoming a fireman part of your child’s dreams? Featuring a front-of-truck driving space, wheels, two industrial ladders and fire station decals, this red bed is the next best thing.
Space Shuttle Bed: Send your little one to space, with this metal and faux-leather, space-themed home décor addition.
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Kids’ Sofa Bed: Inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s famous Japanese anime, this giant sleeping bag doubles as a sofa bed for unexpected visitors.
Privacy Pop Tent: Sometimes kids find it hard to sleep. Insulate their privacy with this zip-up tent fitting twin bed frames. With mesh sides for ventilation and six colours to choose from, this tent provides a haven on your existing frame and mattress.

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text: View more >Experiments and theoretical studies show that filament turbulence in bounded three-dimensional media can arise due to a number of different mechanisms or instabilities. In this paper, we show that in oscillatory media, as described by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, these different instabilities generate different turbulent filament behaviors that are reflected in the statistical properties on the surface of the medium. We find in particular that the specific filament dynamics in the regime of negative line tension and in the regime of amplitude turbulence can be unambiguously identified by the differing forms for the creation rates of filaments attached to the surface of the medium, as long as the system size is sufficiently large to ensure extensive turbulence. This implies that it is sufficient to study the dynamics on the surface, which allows one to make predictions even if the bulk dynamics is inaccessible. We also find that in the regime of amplitude turbulence the statistical properties of the turbulent dynamics on the surface of a three-dimensional medium are identical to that of a two-dimensional medium.

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Employment Discrimination Category Archives — Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog Published by Chicago, Illinois Business Litigation Attorneys — Lubin Austermuehle, P.C.
Although the number of women attending law school has outnumbered the number of men attending law school for several years now, it seems those women have a harder time climbing the corporate ladder than their male counterparts once they graduate from law school. According to a recently proposed class action lawsuit against Jones Day, the law firm allegedly maintains a fraternity-type culture that consistently treats men better than women – especially women who are pregnant and/or already have children.
The proposed class action gender discrimination lawsuit was filed by Andrea Mazingo, Nilab Rahyar Tolton, and four other women who have chosen to remain anonymous, on behalf of all female associates who are working for or have worked for Jones Day in Irvine, California. Despite the fact that the firm hires the same number of male and female associates, their situations allegedly vary drastically once they get the job. Female associates are allegedly paid less than their male counterparts and are significantly less likely to make partner. The law firm also allegedly has a practice of regularly firing women who get pregnant and retaliating against women who speak up.
Sara Tirschwell, an investor who had been hired by TCW in 2016 to raise and run a new distressed debt fund for the giant asset-management firm, suddenly found herself without a job on December 14, 2017. She had been called into a meeting with the firm’s chief compliance officer and general counsel and informed that she had unethically told an employee in another department about a potential deal. According to TCW, it was Tirschwell’s fifth violation in 18 months and grounds for termination.
Tirschwell said the firm’s chief executive offered her a $500,000 severance package on the condition that she sign an agreement promising not to sue the firm. Tirschwell did not take the deal because she didn’t think her termination had anything to do with compliance – she claims it was retaliation.
The #metoo, can be viewed as a disease in business practice. In its wake, thousands of women have come forward to raise complaints of sexual harassment. Workplace harassment does not simply remain in the realm of celebrity, its reach is much greater. People are getting worked up about it and are taking sides. Statistically speaking, since the movement began, the Legal Defense Fund has received more than 3,500 requests for assistance from workers in more than 60 different industries in all 50 states. Any business anywhere could be targeted for some event that could have happened for a time period prior to the current management in place.
In the past, people have not spoken up because of the fear. With taking a stance can come the loss of job which leads to a loss of financial security. The risk was too great. This had lead to many debates and reconsideration of the way in which business practices transact business and of its operation.
With the increase in sensitivities to gender and race discrimination and the resulting lawsuits, more corporations are seeking ways in which to help cater for the divisions in gender and background of employees.
Sexual harassment suits have gone up in the light of the #metoo and many other ethnic-related and religious identities are not holding back when it comes to taking behavior that they do not approve of to the courts.
Inquiries into the background history of an employee have the potential to affect the salary set for an employee in the future. Questions such as, “how much did you make in your previous job?” have the potential to legally tie up employees and not in a good way. Though the question may lead to the formulation of a salary or not intentionally meant to do a harm, to some the interview question may sound like bait. This is especially when it comes to women being more “woke” in a post-Trump era. Typically, women minorities have had a history of earning less, as with other minorities and the pinch is felt during the interview process.
This salary question may come in pre-screening for an interview, during an interview or after the interview process. Several states have measures in place that now preclude employers from being able to ask employees about prior pay. Does this curtail the gap between race and gender? Employers are generally looking for the standard set by industry but from a legal perspective, these standards are now viewed as being set with an imbalance and huge discrepancy. That is why the courts have also stepped into place to interpret what is legal and not when it comes to this process.
Women and minorities have long struggled with the question of whether to speak out against discrimination and harassment or keep quiet in order to keep their jobs and their reputations. Although the #MeToo movement is doing much to encourage women to speak out about the inequalities they face, especially in the workplace, a movement doesn’t put food on the table or pay rent when someone loses their job as a result of having spoken up.
Wall Street has created an especially difficult environment for women. It remains a male-dominated industry with very few women rising to leadership positions. Women who do manage to climb the ranks consistently find that they need to be more qualified than men who achieve similar positions. After having worked so hard to get where they are, few women are willing to risk their positions by criticizing their employers or coworkers.
The result is that many women are still subjected to discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace and the people who should be disciplining their tormentors are other men, who are all-too-often unwilling and unmotivated to deliver any kind of punishment.
It is unsurprising that under federal law, military servicemembers have the right to resume their civilian jobs when their service ends. But servicepeople also enjoy a right that most civilians don’t: The right to be placed not in the same position they held when their employment was interrupted, but the position they would have attained absent their military service.
This right underlies The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), which guarantees that an individual who leaves his job for military service cannot be denied any “benefit of employment” as a result of that service, and a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Dale H. was a pilot for FedEx Express when he was called up for Air Force Reserve duty in February 2003, during the Gulf War. Dale had piloted Boeing 727 aircraft, but just prior to his deployment had been selected for training as a first officer to fly MD-11 aircraft, at a higher pay grade.
Upon his return from service in late 2006, Dale resumed his FedEx job and successfully completed the MD-11 training, becoming an MD-11 First Officer in February 2007.
Several months before Dale returned to FedEx, the company and the pilots’ union had negotiated a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) whereby FedEx pilots than on “active pay status” would receive signing bonuses applicable to their pay grade, including employees on military leave.
Fox news has recently come under fire for yet another sexual harassment lawsuit involving a political contributor who alleges she was forced into a sexual relationship with Charles Payne, a Fox Business anchor.
The lawsuit, filed by Scottie Nell Hughes, alleges she repeatedly refused Payne by telling him “stop” and “no,” but he allegedly disregarded her protests and forced her to stay in a sexual relationship with him for an extended period of time. Hughes alleges she received extra appearances on both Fox Business and Fox News while she remained in the relationship with Payne, but that when she cut things off, she was allegedly “blacklisted” by the media giant.
In addition, Hughes alleges that, after she brought her concerns over the sexual assault to Fox in confidence, the media company allegedly leaked her name to the press, along with a “statement” in which Payne apologized for the affair. Hughes and her attorney object to both the manner in which Fox handled the situation and Payne’s use of the term, “affair,” which implies she consented.
Payne was suspended from the network, pending an internal investigation into Hughes’s allegations, but has since returned to work.
At least one Trump supporter is, not only well aware of the issues that face minorities in this country, but is actively fighting to support those minorities.
Because Fox News has been such a strong supporter of Trump, you’d think an attorney who donated $40,000 to Trump’s campaign and voted for him in both the primary and general elections would also support Fox News, but that’s not the case for attorney Douglas Wigdor.
Wigdor started filing lawsuits against Fox News late last year after a reporter for Fox 5, Lidija Ujkic, sought him out after having heard about a case he had settled in which he had argued on behalf of a woman who claimed her pregnancy had led to her demotion at Goldman Sachs. Ujkic’s claims against Fox were similar.
Wigdor took Ujkic’s case, and a few months later, took on another, this time alleging racial bias. Eleven new plaintiffs ended up joining that case in the following month, including Kelly Wright, the only black man to work as a news anchor on the conservative news channel.

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WASHINGTON -- The ball wasn't flying out of Nationals Park quite as frequently as it did during Bryce Harper's heroic hometown homer binge a night earlier, but it was flying all the same in a dinger-driven, record-breaking 89th All-Star Game presented by Mastercard on Tuesday night.
In the end, the two standout swats were the back-to-back solo shots hit by Astros teammates Alex Bregman and George Springer -- off a Dodgers pitcher (Thomas Stripling), no less -- in the top of the 10th inning of what became an 8-6 victory for the American League.
Bregman was given the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet for his role in the AL's sixth straight win in the Midsummer Classic.
"I took a cutter down the middle of the first pitch and kind of went into battle mode and just was trying to put a line drive in play, and it left the yard," said Bregman. "It was crazy. It was a lot of fun."
But while the result reflects the AL's recent dominance in this summer showcase and, in a way, the Astros' standing as defending champs, the game itself was reflective of the homer-happy times we live in.
"It was like a regular-season game with the home runs accounting for pretty much everything," said Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ, who made a rare turn in the "closer" role by getting the save in the 10th. "Maybe a few less walks than normal, but pretty standard stuff. We were commenting in the bullpen that that's the way it's going these days."
The two teams combined for 10 homers, destroying the previous record of six that had last been reached in 1971 by some gentlemen named Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew and Roberto Clemente -- Hall of Famers, all.
Maybe not all of the blasts on this night were hit by guys who are Cooperstown-bound. But Bregman, Springer, Aaron Judge, Michael Trout, Willson Contreras, Trevor Story, Jean Segura, Christian Yelich, Scooter Gennett and Joey Votto collectively put up a performance for the All-Star ages. All but one of the game's 14 runs was driven in by a long ball.
"To kind of empty your tank and hit homers at this event is probably the best thing imaginable," said AL and Astros manager AJ Hinch. "Just to have that kind of emotion that comes with the home run. Especially when the big boys hit it, and especially when the Astros hit it."
The AL seemingly had the game in hand thanks to Segura's pinch-hit three-run homer off Josh Hader in the top of the eighth. But Gennett wowed the crowd and stunned the junior circuit by taking Mariners closer Edwin Diaz deep in the bottom of the ninth to tie it.
To extras it went, and it didn't take long for Bregman and Springer to summon the Fall Classic magic of old. The AL added another run on -- of all things -- a sacrifice fly from Michael Brantley. And though Votto's solo shot in the bottom of the 10th kept things interesting, Happ was able to close it out before any more dinger drama developed.
So this was a night for watching it fly and letting it fly. AL starter Chris Sale threw a fastball clocked by Statcast™ at 100.7 mph -- his fastest pitch since 2010. NL starter Max Scherzer threw his four fastest pitches of the season en route to striking out four in two innings of work.
The All-Stars capitalized on their opportunity to showcase their skills in the nation's capital, and they let their personalities show, too, with in-game selfies and mic'd-up position players. Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor felt so bad when he couldn't muscle a drive over the wall that he dropped down and did some pushups. It was that kind of night.
There was even some off-the-field drama developing, with reports swirling about Manny Machado possibly heading to the Dodgers as he played what might have been his last game in a Baltimore Orioles uniform. In an in-game interview with FOX Sports and MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal, Machado acknowledged the not-so-subtle storyline by saying, "If this is the last time, hopefully I treated them well, I did everything I could for the organization."
The AL could be losing one of its signature stars. But it won a game that very much resembled a Derby.
Gennett's game-tying homer might get lost to history, given the end result, but he still put himself in a pretty cool spot in the All-Star history books. When he hit his two-run, 396-foot blast off Diaz, Gennett became just the third player to hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of a Midsummer Classic, joining Ralph Kiner in 1950 and Fred McGriff in '94. That sent the All-Star Game into extras for a second consecutive year. The last time that had happened was 1966-67.
This was the first game in MLB history -- regular season, postseason or All-Star -- in which five players homered for each team.
Oh yes, they'll meet again. The 90th All-Star Game will take place on July 9, 2019, at Cleveland's Progressive Field, which last hosted the Midsummer Classic in 1997 (when it was still known as Jacobs Field). The AL will take an All-Star edge into that contest, having broken the all-time tie Tuesday by improving to 44-43-2 against the NL.

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I have been patiently been waiting on an update of the status of where we stand for getting our beloved Carbonite back up and running. I know there have been many changes to the database. I would love to hear where things stand currently and how soon we can expect an update? Even an estimate would be great.
Read the forum its not that HARD!!
Thank you for you "kind, supporting" answer too bad you're not Rythal. I have been reading the forum there is nothing clear about the current status anywhere in the forum. The 6.0 version that is around isn't supported by Rythal. I was around when he got permission to take over the addon.
Im not Rythal but im contributer which is helping developing this addon. Read forums... github version supports 6.03 version of WoW.

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HI, I have the need to count the number of item that are inside the solutions folders inside a change request.
By now I count it manualy, I wonder if there is the possibility to show someware the number of items inside a folder.
I do as, Select the first item in folder > Hold SHIFT key > Select the last item in folder > CTRL+C.
It will show the total count of copied items in the clipboard icon usually located at the right bottom corner of TC.
As a alternative, i use below option.
1. Select the 'Solution Items' folder and go to 'Details' tab. The tab shows the list of objects under 'Solution Items' folder.
2. In the right corner, select 'Print Table' --> HTML/Text.
3. In the resultant window, you can see the object count just above the table.


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When we speak of finance in a parish it is not unlike speaking about finance issues around our own homes. There are costs associated with running a parish the size of Holy Redeemer just like the costs of maintaining a household. This section of our website will help to explain what these costs are for us as a parish and how we are attempting to meet this fiscal challenge each year.
We currently have 5 buildings on the campus of Holy Redeemer Church and so there are costs associated with each building. These costs include: staffing, heat, light, cleaning, supplies, insurance, safety, maintenance, equipment. There are also additional costs similar to these costs which apply to the parish grounds.
Where does our financial support come from?
The majority of our funding comes from the very generous contributions of our parishioners through the ‘planned giving’programme. This source of income is vital for the parish and we would encourage parishioners to contribute in this manner. No amount is too small. Every contribution helps enormously towards meeting the ever increasing annual financial challenge. Other sources of income are; Donations, Bequeaths and 25% of Wedding/Funeral/Baptism stipends.
For last years financial overview please contact the parish office.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for an epoch-making attractant capable of luring a large amount of fishes, bringing about stable attracting effect and antimicrobial effect through adding itself tofishing baits or fishery baits or scattering the resultant baits, and capable of simultaneously producing the other objective baits through adding itself tofishing baits, and to provide a method for the addition.
SOLUTION: Theattractant is such one as to be capable of maximally luringfishes by a method of using the active ingredient(s) of spice, have effect of being usable for erasing the odor of raw baits, and enable the other objective baits to be further stably produced by using the active ingredient(s).
PURPOSE: To obtain thefish attractant for ground bait which is light, but not voluminous, converts into gel by simply adding water or sea water to give a desired amount of ground bait by admixingfish attractant components to dried fine particles of high water-absorption resin.
CONSTITUTION: A high water-absorption resin of fine particles with 100μm to 10mm average particle size such as self-curing type acrylic acid alkali salt polymer obtained from acrylic or methacrylic acid or their alkali metal salt is combined withfish attractant components such as odor components, color components, luminescent substances in an amount of less than about 50wt.% based on the total bait dry weight.
PURPOSE: To obtain the titledattractant having low dispersibility even in use in water, durability, giving out a faint offensive smell in production and use, comprising a monoglyceride or a diglyceride of a highly unsaturated fatty acid as an active ingredient.
CONSTITUTION: The aimedattractant comprising a monoglyceride and/or a diglyceride of a highly unsaturated fatty acid (preferably one containing 18W22C and having 2W6 unsaturated groups) as an active ingredient.
PURPOSE: To enable prolongation of a useful period of a fishattractant material, by pelletizing powder of a cyclodextrin clathrate compound of thefishattractant material using metallic soap, liquid paraffin, etc.
CONSTITUTION: Thisfish attractant material is formed by granulating powder of a cyclodextrin clathrate compound of afish attractant material with any of (1) metallic soap and liquid paraffin, (2) metallic soap and polyethylene wax or (3) metallic soap, liquid paraffin and polyethylene wax into the form of pellets. A horizontal method with a disk-like die is preferably used for the granulation.
PURPOSE: To obtain an excellentfish attractant, by compounding a fish bait component with fiber powder and a carboxymethylcellulose alkali metal salt.
CONSTITUTION: Afish bait component such as chrysalis powder, rice bran, etc. is compounded with powdered fiber such as natural fiber and a carboxymethylcellulose alkali metal salt. The metal salt is preferably composed of 1W99pts.wt. of carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt and 99W1pts.wt. of carboxymethylcellulose calcium salt, and is a hardly soluble mixture of sol and gel acting as a binder. The ratios of the metal salt, fiber powder and thefish bait component are selected according to the purpose. For thefish-luring purpose, the agent should be disintegrated within a proper time when thrown into water. For example, a paste bait can be produced by mixing 20W40pts.wt. of the metal salt, 25W40pts.wt. of the fiber powder and 40W60pts.wt. of thefish bait component.
PURPOSE: To prepare afish-attracting agent having high attracting effect, economically, by crushing crustaceans having strong attracting effect tofish, and adding a proper additive selected according to the kind of the fish to be attracted.
CONSTITUTION: The gut containing fat or the whole body of one or more kinds of cuttlefish, shrimp, crab, starfish, etc. which are the most acceptable foods forfishes, is crushed, mixed with an additive (e.g.fish extract, fish meal, steamed blood of animal, gluten, etc.) selected according to the kind of thefish, formed, and dried at low temperature to a water content of 10W15% to obtain the product. The forming is carried out by continuously pelletizing or extruding the above paste 2 in the form of granules or a rod (1W2cm in diameter), or packed continuously into a synthetic resin tube 1 of about 1cm diameter, and cut to a length of about 2cm. The product is packaged to obtain theattractant 3.
PURPOSE: Afishattractant that is made by mixing powders offish and crustaceans and a powder of green leaves with oil fish and mashed potatoes, thus acting on fishes' senses of smell and taste to attract them for catching.
CONSTITUTION:Fish flour made by powdering driedfish such as sardin, a powder of crustacean made by drying boiled shells of young crabs and green leaves, preferably a dried powder of silkworm tree leaves picked up at the beginning of spring are mixed with mashed potatoes and an oil of small sardin and formed into a desired shape, then half dried.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain afish-gathering agent exhibiting its effect in a short period of time and having a small effect imparting to an environment.
SOLUTION: Thisfish-gathering agent is obtained by mixing a carbon dioxide gas-generatingagent with a fish-attractingagent having a smell or a taste which is a fond of afish and solidifying as a particle state. It can be simply poured in water on its use, and since carbon dioxide gas is generated in a large amount, thefish-gathering agent rapidly spreads by that energy and its effect is exhibited in a short period of time. Since the raw materials are dissolved in water and no solid material remains, it does not become a cause of polluting or destroying an environment as those of conventional ground baits.
PURPOSE: To provide an emulsion-typefish-attracting agent which releases an oil substance into the sea water for a long period and exhibits fish-attracting action, by mixing an oily substance and an emulsifier.
CONSTITUTION: An oily substance (e.g. chrysalis oil, sesame oil, rice bran oil, other vegetable oil or fat,fish oil, squalane, animal oil or fat, etc.) is mixed with an emulsifier (e.g. a nonionic surface activeagent such as polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan monostearate, etc., an anionic surface activeagent such as carboxylic acid salt, etc., a cationic surface active agent such as a quaternary ammonium salt, aromatic quaternary ammonium salt, etc.) by heating at a specific temperature in the presence of a proper amount of water. The emulsion product thus obtained is mixed to a fishing bait or applied to the surface of a fishing bait, and scattered over a desired sea area.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spreading liquid which makes it possible an angler to simply, quickly and arbitrarily perform a luminous treatment, a fluorescent treatment, and a baiting treatment to an artificial bait such as a fly, EGI, SUTTE, IKADUNO, artificial fly, SABIKI, or hard lure to enhance afish- gathering effect, improve a baiting property and obtain an excellent angledfish result.
SOLUTION: This spreading liquid for artificial baits is characterized by comprising 40.0 to 98.799 wt.% of a volatile solvent, 0.001 to 1.0 wt.% of a fluorescent brighter, 0.1 to 55.0 wt.% of a favorite baiting component for fishes, and 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% of a luminous agent.
PURPOSE: To obtain afish-luring agent showingfish gathering effect with a small amount.
CONSTITUTION: Krill.petide is included as an active ingredient, is preferably further mixed with an adsorbent and a specific gravity adjustor and more preferably is blended with an emulsifyingagent, a binder, a stabilizer and a release auxiliary.
PURPOSE: To provide afish gatheringagent capable of maintaining afish gathering effect over a long period of time, improving marine pollution measures and bearing long-term preservation.
CONSTITUTION: Thisagent is the one for which a smell generatingagent 2 for gatheringfish is contained in an adsorbent 1 composed of an inorganic material and the contact area of the smell generatingagent 2 forgathering thefish with outdoor air is made small. Then, when it is immersed in water, the smell generatingagent 2 is gradually emitted and thefish are gathered over the long period of time. Also, a preservation effect is improved by containing an antisepticagent and sealing it inside a casing.
PURPOSE: To obtain afish gatheringagent composition eluting a constant amount of fishes-attracting substance in water for a long period of time comprising a crosslinked polymer derived from polymerization of a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer and a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing crosslinkable monomer in a specific ratio and a fishes-attracting substance.
CONSTITUTION: 96-99.999wt.% of a monomer containing a piece of polymerizable unsaturated group having ≤9 solubility parameter is polymerized with 0.001-4wt.% of a crosslinkable monomer containing at least two pieces of polymerizable unsaturated groups. Next, preferably 2-70wt.% of the resultant crosslinkable polymer is swollen by absorbing preferably 30-98wt.% of a fishes- attracting substance to afford afish gathering composition having sustained fishgathering effect and high fishes catching efficiency.

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The Duquesa Charitable Society of St. George 2017 Children’s Gift Appeal has just been launched and the charity needs your donations to achieve their target to provide gifts for around 500 local underprivileged children this festive season.
Alternatively you can make your donation online via our Christmas Gift Campaign on GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/st-george-xmas2017. Please give generously – all the money will go to providing gift bags which will be presented to underprivileged children on Three Kings in January, and know that your generosity has brought a smile to a child’s face this festive season.

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"Because we gave then the sandwich at feeding time," Ronnie winked. "Waste not, want not. And they wasted not a bit of it."
Gunny, Ski and Billy Ray are arming up venicles and tending weapons in case they're needed.
Gunny and Ski worked on the weapons, from the smallest pistol to the largest crew-served. They were inhumanly patient in a trade that didn't tolerate sloppy work. They knew that it would be a while yet before Meredith felt vaguely human. Billy Ray was running checks over the electrical drive systems.
Cindy was a young girl of about 6, but she was going to be seven very soon, she would assure you if you asked her how old she was. She had been through a lot in her young life, and though she did play with toys as all children did. She was just as willing to work and very rarely complained. She had just spent the past few days in bed with a raging fever, and though up, she still didn't feel like herself.
"They are fed now" she said to Ronnie. Cindy was looking somewhat pale and her excitement over feeding the fish was dwindling quickly. "Maybe I should go help Billy Ray" she suggested, "that boy makes him cranky" she remembering that there was a boy about 11 helping Billy Ray.
"How're you feeling Cindy?" Billy Ray called down from where he was adjusting the clips on a radar emitter. "Want to help me finish arming this up?"
It was pretty quiet, but from down below Meredith could hear music playing through the door and the sounds of the men moving around.
She didn't want to get up. If she got up, she'd have to face everything again. In her sleep, the world wasn't insane. People didn't rise from the dead. Beasts found in prehistoric history books didn't roam the wilds, and the desolated remains of cities. Meredith sighed, and rolled over to her side, her back to the room, and pulled a pillow over her head.
Cindy didn't say anything to Billy Ray. She quietly started to help him with the engine. She was slower than usual and clumsier, but she kept on trying to help him. After a while she noticed the boy was gone, "where is the boy?" she asked not remembering his name. "Did you send him away?" she asked knowing that the boy drove Billy Ray crazy because he didn't know about tools or engines.
I hear you in there," Gunny yelled up. "You hungry? We're making tacos!"
"Oh" she said quietly. She was beginning to feel warm again, though not to the same extremes as the day before. "Can I go to bed" she asked him trying not to yawn. "I don't feel very good" she said shrinking down and sitting on the floor in a slump.
"Of course you can," he nodded thoughtfully. "But Cindy, we have badness and badguys searching the hills for us, Gunny wants us to go back to what he calls a "light alert status" that means we have to wear our pistol belts and have our armor and rifles close by. And I've moved our beds closed together and Bobo stays close to you now."
Gunny stuck his head inside the door. "Meredith," he called to her. "You need to get up, we've got trouble stirring."
"He always stays close to me" Cindy said sounding a bit forlorn about it. "Could badness get into our room?" she asked slightly afraid. She hadn't exactly dropped her guard down while she had been there, but she was beginning to finally feel safe.
She grumbled and pulled the pillow tighter around her head a bit, and for a moment it looked as though she was going to ignore him. But, a heavy sigh later, the pillow was removed, and she crawled from the bunk and padded over to him. Her eyes were bleary, and she couldn't see clearly, nor did she look entirely present and accounted for, but in her defense, she'd had a very trying last couple of days.
"Its not likely, but its always better to be careful," Billy Ray assured her. "We didn't get as far as we have without being careful, did we?" He poked her lightly in the tummy and smiled. "Go lie down," he looked over her shoulder. "I think Bobo is ready for a nap too."
"Are you hungry?" he asked her. "We can make you some tea or cocoa and toast, or something else if you like."
She shook her head slowly, and rubbed a bit at her eyes, trying unsuccessfully to clear the haze from her eyes. Her body was all sorts of confused, now that the toxins were removed from her system. Her body had gotten used to them being there, and working around them, such as it could. Now that those stumbling blocks were gone, it had to remember how to work properly again, which, of course, felt to her like everything was messed up.
Cindy nodded to Billy Ray and went to the beds to lay down. She put her rifle under the bed before she climbed into it. But despite what he said, she did not sleep with a revolver on. She thought that idea was just plain silly.
Bobgo curled up at her feet and slipped into the watchful doze that dogs manage so well. Billy Ray turned in a short time later, he didn't want to wear a pistol to bed either, but made sure the lock was off the rifel rack between their beds.
Stretch and move," Gunny told her. "You need to get your body moving to feel better. Tea? Coffee? Cocoa?"
Meredith shook her head slowly and crossed her arms over her stomach. She didn't feel sick, but neither did eating anything sound particularly appealing.
Cindy sleeps fitfully, again with her temperature rising and falling. But less so than the previous night.
Bobo crept up closr to her in the night until she was mostlu surrounded by him. Something told him that something was up, and she was his, so he watched her pretty closely. You never knew when she needed somebody eaten or peed on, he stayed ready for either.
"How's your brain feeling?" Gunny asked. "There were a lot of things wrung out of it lately. I think they were trying to surpress your abilities to a level where they could control you."
Meredith frowned lightly, and rubbed at her eyes again. "I can't see straight. It's all fuzzy." Her whole head felt kinda fuzzy, but, she was also beginning to notice that the dull ache that had been there for so long was gone. It was strange to not feel it, as if something was wrong now that it was gone, when it had been part of the problem in the first place.
Somehow Bobo sensed when Cindy was waking and he moved to the floor to wait for her. Cindy woke up feeling really well. She was hungry too, really hungry. After her morning shower she was dressing so she could go eat. Something was nagging at her mind, but she was so hungry she couldn't remember what it was. When she finished dressing she walked off to the kitchen with Bobo right behind her and her gun laying under her bed.
"Good morning," Ronnie greeted her as she walked into the dining hall, she was dressed in body armor and wore her sidearms. "Feeling better?"
"You're probably going to feel like your head's in a taffy pull for a while. We have a private head," Ski pointed over to the bathroom. "Maybe a shower and clean clothes will help?"
Cindy nodded to Ronnie, then turned her attention to the breakfast. She worked her way down the line picking her favorite foods. She carefully carried the tray to the table, breathing a sigh of relieve when she finally set the tray down safely.
Meredith nodded absently and turned to where he pointed, closing herself up in the bathroom. A few moments later the sound of running water was heard. It helped, somewhat. But it would still take some getting used to until she figured out what all exactly Gunny and Ski had done to her.
Billy Ray looked like an arms merchant when he entered the cafeteria, he had a variety of weapons on him and set Ronnie's shotgun and Cindy's sub machine gun on the table. "We have uglies getting closer," he said. "Eat up and into armor, we may have a fight soon."
"They're getting closer," Ski pointed to the monitor. "Movement but no body heat here, groaners I think, and movement and heat here," he pointed at another monitor. "So live meat here."
"Chopper is back," Gunny glared at the monitor. "I was a quarter inch from killing him."
"Think we'll have her head in the game in time?"
"Dunno," Gunny shrugged. "Hope so, she got potential."
Ciindy was six years old and had just spent the past few days with a raging temperature. She was feeling a bit better, but was still a little wobbly and cranky. "Is it badness?" she asked Billy Ray. Cindy's cheeks were rosy red but her eyes were no longer glossy.


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How the young Jedi taught me to be a force for change.
When I was four, I sat in a movie theater and like millions of others in 1977, my life was changed forever. Everything about the movie (and its merchandise juggernaut) enveloped me and engaged my imagination like nothing before.
This is what it takes to be a hero.

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Higher education institutions need to focus on building deep, lasting relationships with students in order to succeed in the new education marketplace.
Over the past decade, we have shifted rapidly from what Peter Drucker characterized as a “knowledge economy” to what is more accurately described as a learning economy — a dynamic, evolving environment in which individuals must continually invest in their personal and professional development.
The traditional approach to the lifelong learning market has been to assemble a course or catalog of courses and then sell them to as many students as possible. In the current market, there are some obvious problems with this approach.
First, because of what the Web now enables, it’s easy for almost anyone to put together a course and promote it. Competition is growing, and it’s as likely to come from the other side of the country or the world as it is from across town; from a solo subject matter expert as from a large organization.
Next, in many cases, very good courses or “course-like” options (think: TED, for example) are available for free or at very low cost. How will you stand out? How will you win the transaction battle in an increasingly competitive and noisy marketplace?
Finally — and most importantly — one-time interventions are rarely enough these days. The learning economy demands that people learn continually. Some of that will happen in classes, but most of it will happen much less formally through, for example, Web searches and social networks.
If you aren’t engaging people in these less formal spaces, thinking of the potential fourth or fifth class when you sell the first class or building relationships, then you aren’t building a fan base of people eager to participate in your educational offerings. Without relationships, you simply roll the transactional dice every time you put out a catalog.
Yes, extreme. I have a colleague in the blogging world who argues that every post you put onto the Web needs to be “insanely useful.” People come to expect that from the best blogs — which are completely free. Imagine what they will expect from the classroom!
It also suggests that what gets delivered in the classroom has to really stand out. Not just the content, important as that is, but the also the delivery and overall experience. Remember, free dominates on the Web. Whatever you charge for has to be exceptional.
Ironically, this means you’re probably going to have to give a lot away to convince people that what you hope to charge them for is really of exceptional value.
This may mean, for example, blog posts, videos, or Webinars that deliver practical learning value and set the stage for more in-depth experiences. As John Jantsch, creator of the highly-popular Duct Tape Marketing brand argues, organizations need to learn from successful Internet marketers: You have to offer free that is better than most paid.
Building on the concept of value, I believe it is going to be increasingly important for continuing education and professional development providers to demonstrate impact.
By “impact” I don’t mean that “x” number of students attended, or completed, or received a certificate from a particular program. Nor do I mean that they filled out post-session smile sheets that give the course or instructor good ratings.
I mean that the program actually resulted in a meaningful change in their performance over time.
Employers that fund continuing education experiences are increasingly going to expect that these experiences actually “move the dial.” Learners who have to invest their own time and money will expect the same.
This means more longitudinal evaluations. It means more controlled studies of retention and application. It also means more monitoring of the Web to see what you customers are saying about the quality of the learning experiences you offer.
If all of this sounds challenging, it is. But I also think it means the bar for lifelong learning is being raised dramatically — and that, in my opinion, is great news.
Organizations have more opportunities than ever to build deep, and truly lifelong, relationships with learners. This is an opportunity not only to educate, but also to lead the industries, fields and communities you serve. We are in the midst of what I see as a veritable revolution in the market for lifelong learning. Organizations that embrace the changes I describe here will position themselves well as leaders of that revolution.
To learn more about how institutions can adapt to the new higher education marketplace, check out Cobb’s most recent book, Leading the Learning Revolution was published by AMACOM in January 2013.
I absolutely agree that relationship building is the key to attracting students in today’s culture. What are some strategies you would suggest for institutions interested in doing this?
You might want to check out the Marketing CE series on this site for some good tips on how to reach lifelong learners. Most of the marketing tactics discussed are very personal and depend heavily on relationship building.
I agree that, in today’s culture, what with the myriad learning opportunities offered on the Internet, institutions need to focus on personalizing the learning experience in order to remain relevant.
Frank – I second Rhonda’s advice. Additionally, I think it is important to recognize that it is a long term process – as relationships tend to be – that generally starts well before the first transaction. As the writer of an article on this site put it a while back, it starts with understanding your audience.
I’m a big advocate of being present and listening/ observing in the places where your prospective learners tend to be and leveraging the knowledge you gain to provide as much value as possible. I discuss this briefly and provide an example in The White Magic of Listening to Your Market. It’s also a topic I go into in detail in the book.
At first, it seems counterintuitive for institutions to “offer free that is better than most paid,” but it makes sense the way it’s described in this article. Good food for thought.
There seems to be growing awareness of the need to demonstrate impact. I’ve noticed more of an effort by colleges/universities to show their programs’ measureable benefits, from subway ads to stories on their home pages that highlight successful graduates.
However, I have yet to see hard, quantitative data on impact. How would you measure this? Are there any mechanisms or methods you can suggest? If it’s not “post-session smile sheets,” as you say, is it follow-up phone interviews, etc.? Qualitative data like success stories are good, but I think there’s still value in having numbers.
Otto – This might very well be an area in which I write a follow up book: there is a lot to be said about it. I don’t have examples of college/university efforts in this area (if any readers know of some, please share), though I have seen medical societies do this. Indeed, I think continuing medical education may be the field that ends up leading the way in this area.
To provide meaningful quantitative data really requires assessment prior to the learning experience, assessment after the learning experiences, and the cooperation of the learner and/or management at an organization in conducting follow-on assessments, interviews, and other types of evaluation activities over an extended period of time.
I’m not arguing that providers need to go to these lengths on everything they offering, but I do think selective sampling along these lines should be done. I less formal – and correspondingly less scientific – approach would be to consistently send out follow up surveys to learners (or, as you suggest, to conduct phone interviews) at regular intervals after a training or education experience to test for both retention and application.
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We are passionate about healthcare and have been supporting Caring for Cambodia as our designated charity for over 7 years. Caring for Cambodia (CFC) is a non-profit, non-governmental, charitable organization committed to ensuring a high-quality education for 6,400 children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. CFC trains teachers, provides clean, child-friendly classrooms and delivers health and welfare support.
It is impossible to teach an ill or unhealthy child and for this reason IMC supports CFC through the provision of free health checks and essential vision screenings. Our staff visit the various CFC schools on multiple occasions throughout the year to deliver healthcare support.
Each child is administered a vision test to identify those who may need corrective treatment. Students identified as needing further evaluation are brought to the Eye Clinic at Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap. Here, they receive appropriate treatment and eyeglasses if necessary. Further to vision screenings, we check the height and weight of every student to identify any underweight children.
In addition to the health checks, we also conduct First Aid training to the teachers and staff of the CFC schools and the surrounding local communities. Our trained nurses also deliver health alerts and updates (for example, we discussed the Zika virus in our last trip).
"Experiencing and being a part of this wonderful project was one of the best things I have done in Asia. We got to work with the amazing, hard working and fun local nurses and met all these friendly students on the campus of two different Caring For Cambodia schools. A week of friendship, culture, heat, hard work, new experiences and many many more things to be remembered for ever. I would go back any time!"
We feel very privileged to partner with Caring For Cambodia and look forward to offering continued medical care and support in the years ahead. If you would like to find out more about Caring For Cambodia or make a donation please visit: www.caringforcambodia.org.

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text: Year 1 have been investigating everything bug related in their most recent adventure! They have been working hard on their writing and they have been learning about nouns during this adventure. Year 1 have been using their writing skills to describe, including Norman, the slug with the silly shell by Sue Hendra. They have also been receiving many learning challenges from Flik from 'A Bug's Life'. He has asked Year 1 to help him throughout their adventure.


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When The Clash played a residency at New York’s Bond International Casino in 1981 in support of their album Sandinista!, Starfleet recorded two nights of shows to broadcast on its network of FM stations. Those recordings have been sitting dormant in an archive until recently purchased by Paste’s parent company Wolfgang’s Vault, and one of those concerts is now available free to stream exclusively at Paste.
The intimate venue, an old department store that had been converted into a swanky dancehall for socialites, was oversold by greedy promoters. When angry ticketholders couldn’t get in (the New York Fire Department counted 3,600 heads for a venue that legally held 1,750), they canceled the May 30 show in what became known at The Time Square Riot of 1981. The Clash responded by extending the run from eight nights to 17 in order to accommodate everyone who’d purchased a ticket. And each show featured a different opening act, including The Fall, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains and Lee “Scratch” Perry.
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text: This gorgeous pendant is in 15ct yellow gold on an 18ct yellow gold chain. The pendant was probably made in the Edwardian period but the chain is more modern. In the centre of the star shaped pendant is a round diamond claw set in a 15ct yellow gold star shaped setting. Radiating from the centre of the pendant at 12, 3,6 & 9 o'clock are 6 gold wires each one being "threaded" with three white/cream pearls of graduating size with the largest at the bottom (approx. 4mm) the medium sized in the middle (approx. 3.5mm) and the smallest at the top (approx. 3mm). There are 18 pearls in total. Each wire ends in a round gold bead. At the back of the pendant is a 15ct yellow gold wire that runs from the centre to the top of the pearl threaded wire that is at 12 o'clock and has been curled round to form the loop through which runs the 18ct yellow gold chain. The pendant appears to have been the centre part of a tiara which were frequently designed to be removed and worn as a separate piece of jewellery.


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Martinez-Michael is Ford reporter for Automotive News.
A redesigned flagship crossover from Mercedes, a Porsche limited edition open-top car and a pickup concept from Volkswagen are among debuts from European automakers at the New York auto show this week.
Ford's two company presidents are shuffling roles: Joe Hinrichs will become chief of Ford's global operations, including Europe, while Jim Farley will take charge of new businesses, technology and strategy, including the company's autonomous vehicle unit.
Ford CEO Jim Hackett said the automaker is better prepared for a recession and promised more positive news in the coming months.
Ford is moving production of the Transit Connect van for North American markets to Mexico from Spain as part of a manufacturing reorganization.
VW Group is preparing to invest up to $1.7 billion in a self-driving joint venture centered on Ford's Argo AI unit, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Ford lost $116 million in the fourth quarter, its first loss in two years, as losses in Europe, China and South America weighed on results.
In 2016, Ford said it would largely pass over Level 3 autonomy, but now it's embracing a more gradual approach to fully autonomous vehicles.
The budding alliance between Ford and VW eventually could include a vehicle program in the U.S., said Jim Farley, Ford's president of global markets.
Ford and VW Group said they will collaborate on commercial vans and midsize pickups, and are exploring the joint development of autonomous and electric vehicles as part of a broad partnership.
Ford and VW, which will host a conference call Tuesday to further detail their planned partnership, are in "final discussions," Bill Ford said.
Ford and VW are expected to reveal some details of a partnership at the Detroit auto show this week. Jim Farley, Ford's president of global markets, said the two automakers were "far along" in discussions.
Unlike GM, which sold its European business to PSA, Ford believes Europe has something worth salvaging. So for the third time this decade, Ford is restructuring its operations in the region.
Ford will buy an electric scooter hire company called Spin and aims to expand the service in 100 U.S. cities over the next 18 months.
Roughly six years after Ford returned to investment-grade and reclaimed its mortgaged Blue Oval, the automaker is once again in danger of plunging into junk bond status.

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So you have a fish tank set up and now you are questioning what type of plants to add to it. In my many years of owning and maintaining fish tanks I have had each reside and synthetic plants. Both types are a wonderful addition to your fish tank, and are important if you want to breed fish.
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Dancehall icons Pet Shop Boys return with a new album Yes, which pretty much says it all. But if you want more, the boys from the UK will have some dynamic stage design and choreography, and yes, play plenty of their hits. Though small, Supermac packs a hearty punch with it’s gourmet mac & cheese’s like the Mac Cheesesteak with shaved steak, caramelized onions, roasted peppers, cremini/shitake, provolone, and white American ($8.25 mini; $10.95 mega). A great place in NYC to get a full-bodied dark beer is at Stout. With a very detailed beer list with descriptions, I’ve never had a bad pint at this bar and restaurant, plus the food menu is American and quite good. Probably the biggest 99-cent store in NYC, Jack’s 99 Cent Store is three floors of some of the finest values you can find, especially in an overpriced area like Herald Square.
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