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8 Oct. 2015: I have moved debtox.info to another web hoster due to problems with the services from KPN. There might still be some glitches; if you run into unexpected behaviour, please let me know.
13 August 2015: the site has a new look and feel! I moved everything from a php-based web-builder application to plain html. This makes it easier for me to maintain, and to move to another webhoster, if needed. The important old php links should redirect automatically to the new html pages. Some glitches may occur .... so please contact me if you hit an unexpected result.
7 August 2015: moved my DEBtox Research activities to a dedicated website: www.debtox.nl. This info site will remain the place with information on models, sorftware, e-books, publications and courses.
March 2015: the hits counter at the bottom of the page has now exceeded 100,000 hits!
21 June 2012. Check out Roman Ashauer advertising TKTD modelling in SETACs newsletter over here.
5 May 2012. On the discussion board, I started a forum on "Ecotox Essays".This forum will present short opinions and critical comments on an ecotoxicological topic. I will try to regulary write a contribution, but I also highly welcome contributions from others! See the board for further details.
Also at the 2019 SETAC conference in Helsinki, there will be the spectacular “GUTS to the Max”: Mechanistic Effect Models Hackathon, organised by Roman Ashauer. More information.
For 2019, a new round of the DEB telecourse is planned, and also a classroom part (1-6 April), followed by workshops (8-9 April), and the international DEB symposium (10-12 April). This time, the location will be Brest, France. More information is provided on the symposium website. Application to the DEB2019 school is open and the deadline is extended to February 15, 2019.
If you are a young environmental scientist, make sure to check out the YES meeting in Ghent, 5-10 February 2019. I will be teaching a short course on DEBkiss there. Registration deadline is 18 December 2018.
Dedicated 2-day GUTS course, geared towards professionals in risk assessment of pesticides. 16-18 October, Wageningen, the Netherlands. More information.
As part of the 2019 SETAC conference in Helsinki, Sandrine Charles is organising a 1-day short course on GUTS (on 26 May 2019). Download the flyer.
Sandrine is also organising a more extensive winter school 6-10 January 2020 (in Lyon, France) focussing on ecotox effect models.
27 August 2018: the EFSA opinion on TKTD models is now available over here. This opinion will be pivotal for the application of GUTS and DEBtox in environmental risk assessment (in particular for pesticides).
26 March 2018: the 2018 round of the TKTD modelling summer course DynModTox has been cancelled.
24 August 2016. We just finished the third round of the DynModTox summerschool in Denmark. Some impressions from the 2016 course over here.
Wednesday 13 January, at the VU University, Carlos Teixeira defended his thesis entitled "Application of Dynamic Energy Budget theory for conservation relevant modelling of bird life histories." Announcement (in Dutch).
On 2 June 2015, James Maino successfully defended his thesis entitled "The Importance of Body Size: Scaling of Physiological Traits in Insects" at the VU in Amsterdam. Announcement over here.
On 8 May, Bas Kooijman will deliver his farewell speech at the VU University, which also marks the end of the Dept. of Theoretical Biology at this university. See the announcement (in Dutch). The trilogy booklet with Bas' inaugaral and farewell speeches can be downloaded over here.
On 28-30 April 2015, there will be the fourth international DEB symposium in Marseille, France. Abstract submission is closed.
As of 1 March 2015, Tjalling Jager has left the VU University to continue as a self-employed researcher under the name DEBtox Research. I will remain associated with the VU as a guest of the department of Animal Ecology. February-April 2015, there will be a new round of the DEB course. Part in tele-mode, and part hands-on in Marseille, France. More info. This will be the last course organised by Bas Kooijman, so don't miss it!
14 January, we had the succesful defense of Alpar Barsi, who's CREAM project was supervised by Virginie Ducrot and myself. His thesis can be found here.
In August 2014, we provided the second summercourse on dynamic modelling in ecotoxicology. Impressions.
18 June 2013. Elke Zimmer and Ben Martin successfully defended their PhD theses! Congratulations! More info on Elke's thesis and Ben's thesis.
Cancelled: the 2013 PhD summer course "Dynamic modelling of toxic effects". More details about the course over here.
Mike Newman offers his course on quantitative methods in ecotoxicology (in the US) from 17-21 June 2013. See brochure.
Webcast minicourse on DEB principles by Roger Nisbet 31 January till 21 February, see course description. An excellent starting point for people doing the DEB telecourse.
On 24-26 April 2013, the third international DEB symposium was held on the island of Texel in the Netherlands. Details over here.
In 2012, the first PhD summer course "Dynamic modelling of toxic effects" was held on 11-18th of August in Denmark, which focussed on TKTD modelling in general, and on GUTS and DEBtox in particular. Impressions from the 2012 course can be found over here. More details about the course over here.
8 December 2018: a new version of the GUTS e-book has been released at Leanpub. Most important change is in the statistical treatment. See version log at the support page for more details.
15 November 2018: a new version of the DEBkiss e-book has been released at Leanpub.
15 August 2018: update to the ring test results for BYOM. See the guts e-book page.
18 January 2018: The long-awaited GUTS e-book is released in Version 1.0! More information.
24 July 2017: Update of the "Making sense of chemical stress" e-book. Improved readability and update with new developments.
6 December 2016: New version of the DEBkiss book published. More information.
14 August 2015: small update to the technical document, adding a section on joint confidence regions.
11-12 August 2015: the e-books "Making sense of chemical stress" and "DEBkiss" have both been moved to the Leanpub publishing framework, and can be downloaded here and here, respectively. You can still get them for free, but also have the possibility to pay me (which will support future development of this and other books).
4 April 2015: small update of the DEBkiss book.
11 February 2015: New version of the DEBkiss book.
11 February 2015: Small update of the technical background document.
15 October 2014: New version 1.1 of the e-book "Making sense of chemical stress" over here. Added a chapter with two case studies.
15 June 2014. Version 1.1 of the e-book on DEBkiss is now available over here. Some minor changes.
18 May 2014. Version 1.0 of the e-book on DEBkiss is now available over here. Basically an embellished version of our JTB paper.
14 June 2013. Version 1.0 of the e-book now available for download over here. Small changes relative to Beta 1 version.
20 Sept. 2012. The first Beta 1 version of the technical document for the e-book over here.
9 April 2012. The first Beta 1 version of the free e-book "Making Sense of Chemical Stress" is available for download over here.
7 September 2018: small update of BYOM to v. 4.2c and updated GUTS package v. 2.3. More details on the BYOM page.
13 August 2018: a quick update of BYOM to v. 4.2b. This was needed as I found some errors in conjunction with GUTS package. See BYOM page for details.
9 August 2018: updates of packages 'dose-response', 'acute Calanus', and 'support marecotox'. The dose-response package also has a nicer walkthrough. See BYOM page.
7 August 2018: new version of BYOM and the GUTS package, fixing the issue with the likelihood-region method. More details on the BYOM page.
28 June 2018: running simulations for GUTS, I am getting confirmation that the likelihood-region method (as implemented in BYOM) is yielding exaggerated confidence intervals on model predictions. More details on the BYOM page.
In 2018/2019 we will be producing a user-friendly software for GUTS. More information.
1 February 2018: New versions of BYOM and the GUTS package. See the BYOM page.
12 May 2017: Spotted a small error in BYOM when calculatin the intervals on LC50s with the likelihood-region method. This corrected in a small update to version 4.01.
27-28 April 2017: Release of BYOM 4.0 on the BYOM page. This is a major update, with many new features, but old scripts and packages will not work anymore! All packages have been updated; the two GUTS packages have been combined, and some have been renamed for clarity.
6 April 2017: Added the Beta 3 test version of BYOM 4.0 on the BYOM page. Also a new version of the GUTS package is included.
15 February 2017: Added a Beta test version of BYOM 4.0 on the BYOM page. This is still under testing, but feel free to play with it. Also, I added some warnings for users of profiling and slice sampling with BYOM.
5 January 2017: New version of the BYOM platform available for download.
7 April 2016. Small update of the BYOM modelling framework in Matlab.
25 and 27 August: another update of BYOM (sorry, found some small errors again). Additionally, an updated version of the DEBtox1 package (also demonstrating the improved population growth rate calculation). Updates of GUTS1 and DEBkiss1 packages. And ... a totally new package: DEBkiss_tox1, which is DEBkiss turned into a TKTD model. 29 August: update of the GUTS2 and DEBkiss2 package as well. All packages now have a walk through.
21 August: update of BYOM. Corrected a few errors and added some new functionality that will be demonstrated in future packages.
30 June 2015: update of BYOM. Corrected some errors and included a few extra options.
17 April 2015: update of DEBtoxM flavours Surv, GUTS and DEBtox. The DEB3 flavour is no longer offered.
3 April 2015: major update of BYOM. Some alternative optimisation methods are included, plus the possibility to fit parameters on log-scale. And ... the possibility to publish the code in Matlab (see the walkthrough of the BYOM code). Also a new version of the manual is provided.
18 February 2015: update of BYOM and the GUTS2 package. Main change is to avoid warnings with newer versions on Matlab (due to different way of dealing with interpolations), and the option to plot in black-and-white with different symbols (as in the DEBtoxM flavours).
2 January 2015: tiny 2.02 update for BYOM, and extended the BYOM manual, and gave a seperate entry on the BYOM download page.
17 December 2014: New version of the BYOM files to version 2.0. Major change is the possibility to have more than one data set per stage, and a brand new simulation engine. As of version 1.5, cleaner and simpler BYOM scripts. New packages for GUTS, DEBtox and some nice examples for the simulator! (Version 2.01 also has a small update to the manual).
29 November 2014: New version of the BYOM files. Major change is the removal of the calculation and plotting from the basic script into an engine script, which takes away a lot of complexity from the user.
1 May 2014. New version 1.5 of BYOM files posted over here. Also, a new package general package for DEBkiss.
29 Jan. 2013. New version 1.4 of the BYOM package, and the GUTS and DEBkiss packages over here.
29 Aug. 2012. New version 1.3 of the BYOM package over here.
30 June 2012. The flexible modelling platform BYOM is available over here.
19 May 2012. New versions of all flavours posted over here. New versions were needed because of an error in the calculation of the likelihood function for replicated graded data (with different number of individuals per replicate). Further, changes are made to increase flexibility and ease of operation.
9 January 2019: new paper on automated high-throughput measurements of body size (which could really facilitate DEB(tox) application in the future). Open access. Note that this is my 100th (co-)authored paper ;-).
8 August 2018: new paper out on modelling bioenergetics in early life stages of cod: 50-day free download link.
1 January 2017: Our GUTS paper has just hit 100 citations in Web of Science! DOI 10.1021/es103092a.
October 2016: The book "Marine Ecotoxicology: current Knowledge and Future Issues" has just come out. I wrote a chapter "Dynamic modelling for uptake and effects of chemicals" in there. The book can obtained from Elsevier or your favourite bookstore, or via ScienceDirect. The support page for my chapter can be found over here.
Jager T, Ravagnan E (2015). Parameterising a generic model for the dynamic energy budget of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 519:115-128 DOI 10.3354/meps11098.
Just appeared: the 2014 special issue on DEB research in the Journal of Sea Research. Find it here.

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November 2 is National Deviled Egg Day, and while normally I feel free to ignore all these silly food holidays, I do have a soft spot in my heart for eggs. And so, for National Deviled Egg Day, which by the way is also my wedding anniversary, I share with you my favorite deviled egg recipe. With truffles, of course. Happy National Deviled Egg Day to all my readers, and happy anniversary to my lovely, egg-loving husband Michael.
Cut the eggs in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and put them into a mini-chopper or food processor with the remaining ingredients. Process until smooth, adjusting the seasoning and the amount of mayonnaise. You should end up with a smooth, light yolk mixture.
Spoon or pipe the yolk mixture into the whites. Sprinkle with a tiny, tiny amount more truffle salt. Serve chilled.
Wow, what a treat! I adore deviled eggs and I can only begin to imagine how good they must be with truffle oil.
Great use of Truffle oil. Really takes them up a notch. Now I want deviled eggs for Thanksgiving!
I would eat nothing but deviled eggs today if given that choice.
And a happy national deviled egg day to you as well. (Yours look much more sophisticated than mine) Love that truffle oil!
Happy Deviled Egg Day...but more importantly...Happy Anniversary! I hope you two had a wonderful day together. He is a lucky man!
@Canuck - trust me, once you've had deviled eggs with truffle oil, you'll never go back to pickle relish.
@Peter - no, but you can have the recipe for free!
@Tim - how does your wife do her deviled eggs?
it is my fist visit.you write good. visit my new blog.
Finally made this recipe today. Oh WOW!! I don't know how you make it and NOT eat it all yourself!

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Gestational Diabetes: What Happens After My Baby Is Born?
Gestational diabetes happens when your pregnancy hormones stop insulin (the hormone that lowers blood sugar) from doing its job of moving sugar out of the blood and into your cells. Th is can cause your blood sugar levels to get too high. If you have gestational diabetes, you will change your diet to help your blood sugar levels stay normal and test your blood sugar levels. Sometimes women with gestational diabetes need insulin shots during pregnancy.
What happens to gestational diabetes after my baby is born?
For most women, their blood sugar levels go back to normal quickly aft er the baby is born. Sometimes women with gestational diabetes will have type 1 or type 2 diabetes aft er the baby is born. If this is the case, you will need to continue taking medicine to keep your blood sugars in a healthy range.
Type 2 diabetes happens when your blood sugar levels are high because your body does not allow insulin to work well. Th is type of diabetes can usually be controlled with exercise and diet. Some people with type 2 diabetes will need to take medicine to keep their blood sugar levels normal.
How can I know if my gestational diabetes is gone?
Your blood sugar should be tested 6 to 12 weeks aft er your baby is born to make sure you do not have type 2 diabetes. Th e best test is a 2-hour glucose tolerance test. You will have a first blood sample taken while you are fasting (have not eaten or had anything to drink except water for at least 6 hours). Th en you will drink a sugary drink. Your blood sugar is then tested twice more: 1 hour and 2 hours aft er you have the sugary drink. The results of this test will tell your health care provider if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, if you have prediabetes, or if your blood sugar is normal.
What if I want to become pregnant again?
Two of every 3 women who have had gestational diabetes before will have it again during their next pregnancy. If your blood sugar was normal 6 weeks after your baby was born and you are not taking any diabetes medication, you should have your blood sugar tested at least 3 months before you start trying to get pregnant. This lets your health care provider know if you have developed blood sugar problems before the pregnancy. This information is important to having a health pregnancy. If you have blood sugar problems, it is important to get your blood sugar levels normal before you have another baby.
What are my chances of getting type 2 diabetes later in life?
Women who have gestational diabetes are more likely to get type 2 diabetes compared to women who do not have gestational diabetes. Of all the women who have gestational diabetes, as many as 7 in 10 will get type 2 diabetes within 10 years. You should have your blood sugar tested for type 2 diabetes at least every 3 years. If you have other risk factors for diabetes such as obesity or a family history of diabetes, you may need to have your blood sugar tested more oft en. Talk to your health care provider about how oft en you should have a blood sugar test after your pregnancy.
How can I keep myself healthy and prevent having diabetes in the future?
There are several lifestyle changes you can make to help your body use insulin better. These changes may help keep you from getting gestational diabetes with your next pregnancy. A healthy lifestyle can also prevent or delay getting type 2 diabetes.
Eat Well: Eat healthy well-balanced meals. It is best to eat 3 small- to medium-sized meals, with snacks in between. Be careful about how much you eat at each meal. Use a smaller plate and split a meal when you eat out. Fill at least half your plate with fruits and vegetables of different colors. Eat 2 to 3 servings of low-fat or fat-free dairy a day. At least half of your grains should be whole grains. Be careful about how much fat you are eating. Drink water or unsweetened drinks instead of sugary drinks like soda and juice, which have lots of sugar and calories.
Stay Active: Exercise at least 30 minutes most days of the week. Your goal is to get your heart rate up and to sweat. Find activities you enjoy. Walk, swim, bike, or dance. You can stay motivated by changing what activities you do. Also, find a friend who will exercise with you. Exercising with a friend or in a class will help you keep exercising regularly.
Lose Weight if You Need to: Losing just a small amount of weight can be very helpful for your health. You can lower your chance of getting type 2 diabetes and heart disease by losing as little as 10 or 20 pounds. Losing weight will also help you feel better about yourself and give you more energy. You can also have a healthier pregnancy next time you have a baby. Set goals and come up with a realistic plan to lose weight. Making changes in what you eat and exercising most days can help you achieve your goals. Any weight you lose and keep off is worth it.
Keep an Eye on Your Blood Sugar Levels: Having diabetes and not knowing it can really affect your health. Th is is especially true if you plan to become pregnant again soon. You have a much higher chance of miscarriage (losing the baby early in the pregnancy) and congenital abnormalities (problems with the development of your baby’s organs while the baby is growing in your womb). You should have a glucose tolerance test every 2 to 3 years if your blood sugar was normal aft er your baby was born. If the results of the blood test you had 6 to 12 weeks after your baby was born showed that you have prediabetes, you need to have a glucose tolerance test every year. Knowing your blood sugar status will help you stay as healthy as possible during your life.


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Frisia Zout is located in the Dutch Province of Friesland and was established in 1996 as "Harlinger Zoutfabriek Firma". The K+S Group took over the plant in 2000 and renamed it Frisia Zout.
Using the so-called solution mining process the esco subsidiary produces high-quality vacuum salt, which comes from a depth of about 2,800 metres.

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The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has moved from Brickdam, Georgetown to Crown Street, Queenstown, and already the semi-autonomous agency has had to quell concerns that the 'gold burning' facility there would sicken residents with mercury emissions.
The Law Chambers handle the sale, gift or other transfer of Guyana properties for Guyanese and foreigners. Conveyancing services are provided for the Guyana Deeds Registry which handles Transports and Leases and the Land Registry which issues Certificates of Titles to Land of properties.
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The Aurora Gold Mine is the Company's flagship mine which reached commercial production January 1, 2016. 2018 Outlook The Company's 2018 gold production guidance is 150,000 – 155,000 ounces with cost of sales of $1,030 -$1,055 per ounce, all-in sustaining costs of $1,025 -$1,050 per ounce, and cash cost (before royalty)¹ of $660 - $685 per ounce for the year.

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Our Signomat S2, Signomat S2 electrolytic marking are used for marking of metal items of different shapes and sizes with letters and numbers, graphics, trade marks, scales, data or logos. This is used in wide range of applications for trade and industry. Signomat S2 is suitable for the smallest series. It can be expandable to full automation due to its construction system and are versatile, sturdy and durable. All devices are certified concerning DIN GS for approved safety and are labeled with the "GS-symbol". End of marking time is indicated by an optical and acoustic signal.
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Tuesday January 3rd – the sky is kind of skummy looking this morning, so I don’t go for a walk in the rocks, but make tea and write in my journal.
After breakfast, we go to the Faywood post office. Back at camp, I spend most of the day editing Princes of Purt, the next book in the Novels of Shannon series by Angela MacDonald (an excellent and exciting epic fantasy series, for anyone who is interested), editing photos for my next blog, and posting past blogs on my wordpress blog site. It is not quite warm enough to play cello outside, so spend the rest of the day reading “Last Juror.” Clifford continues his studies.
Wednesday January 4th – I make tea, put it in a to-go cup, and with journal in hand, I head to a picnic table in the rocks. Once I get to the rocks, instead of sitting and writing, I begin hiking around in a different section of the rocks. They are an endlessly fascinating labyrinth just waiting to be explored.
Back at the campsite, after breakfast, I cut Clifford’s hair, as it is warm enough for us to do this outside. By time the temperature is warm enough for the cello, it is too windy out, so no playing cello today. Blogs and editing take up the rest of the day; I’m grateful for the electricity that allows hours on the laptop. I walk in the rocks at sunset, but don’t take many photos, as the sky is, unfortunately, is too streaked with jet trails. After dinner, I continue reading “Last Juror.” Although I might prefer to edit Princes of Purt, I don’t do good editing later in the day – too many little things slip by.
Thursday January 5th is a better day for photos as I walk in the rocks at sunrise. There is only a brief window of time to get photos with the special warm light of sunrise on the rocks and a bit longer window to play around with catching starbursts of the sun as it clears the rocks.
My organization project today is cleaning the fridge, which I do right after breakfast. More editing and blog writing, as well as checking email. Although it was calm in the early morning, it is super windy all day long, so no cello again today. Surprisingly, the wind calms down at sunset, so I have a pleasant walk in the rocks before dark.

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Skillful Marketing, Advertising, and PR plans have made small businesses into very successful companies.
Skillful marketing, advertising and public relations plans have made small businesses into Fortune 500 companies. Identifying your potential customers and implementing strategies to make them loyal customers is paramount. The articles in this section present a step-by-step process to show you how to achieve even your loftiest goals.
Branding: You Are What Your Customers Perceive - What do your customers think of your company? Learn the basics of building an effective brand.
Build a Business Identity - Learn how to create a business identity – logo, stationery, packaging, web presence and more – that reinforces your image and your brand.
Identify and Develop Your Most Profitable Customers - Learn how to analyze customers in terms of profitability and improve operating margins.
Know Your Market: Market Research - Learn how to determine if a good idea can become a great and profitable reality for your company.
Simple, Effective and Inexpensive Marketing - Simple marketing techniques can complement any advertising campaign. Learn a basic strategy to reach out to and attract more customers.
Pricing for Sales - Setting a price is easy. Setting the right price involves weighing a number of internal and external factors. Learn how to develop profitable pricing strategies for your business.
Sell More Before Customers Leave the Store - Increase in-store sales by improving the customer experience and enhancing opportunities for cross-sales and add-on sales.
Measuring Advertising Effectiveness - Learn simple ways to measure the effectiveness of your advertising efforts.
Small Business Innovation - Innovation is not limited to major corporations. Master a simple approach to creatively solving your small business’ customer and corporate problems.
Mass Market Advertising - Despite the onslaught of web marketing, traditional forms of advertising remain incredibly effective. Learn how print, radio and television advertising can benefit your business.
Planning Your Overall Marketing Program - Marketing is much more than advertising. Learn how to create an overall strategy and plan that generates tangible results and a great return on your marketing investment.
Know Your Competition - Learn how to perform basic competitive analysis in order to stay one step ahead of your competition, as well as to identify potential threats from new competitors.
Gain a Competitive Edge: Create Customer Loyalty - Read here about the different types of customer loyalty – and how you can keep your customers coming back for more.
Know Your Customers: Customer Profiles & Personas - Who are your best customers? Here are some ideas for creating a simple customer profile and use the results to increase revenues and market share.
Know Your Market: Develop a Market Analysis - Learn how to perform a market analysis to decide whether to enter a market, expand territories or offer new products and services.
Grow Your Business: New Products and Services - Innovation need not require expensive research and development. Listen to your customers and adapt and evolve to their needs.
Grow Your Business: New Markets - Growing a business does not always require expanding your product line. Rather, leverage current products and services into new territories.
Public Relations - An Overview - New tools have made getting free publicity easier than ever. Learn the basics, including different ways you can leverage public relations to grow your business.
Create Your Own Public Relations Campaigns - You don't need to hire a public relations firm to get the word out. Here are some good ways to develop your own public relations campaigns.
Write and Distribute Great Media Releases - Learn how to write, format and create attention-grabbing press releases, as well as how to distribute your press releases for maximum impact and exposure.
Partner with the Media - Refer to this section for the basics on establishing a relationship with reporters and journalists, while enhancing your public relations efforts in the process.
PR Resources - This section features an extensive link list capturing nearly every publication, Internet site and organization that addresses public relations issues.
Create Effective Ads - Learn the basic components of an effective ad, including emotional and rational appeals and how to create a call to action.
Build Market Awareness with Promotions - Master the basics of building customer loyalty through sales, memberships, loyalty programs and other promotional efforts.
Maximize Return on Advertising Spending - Don't spend advertising dollars blindly. Learn how to evaluate your advertising to make sure it is as effective and efficient as possible.
Developing Successful Sales Brochures - A successful brochure builds market awareness, enhances image, describes products and services and creates a call to action.
Successful Direct Mail Marketing - Direct mail has made a comeback in recent years. Create an effective direct mail campaign that generates new customers and increased revenues.
How to Write a Newsletter that Works - Newsletters not only inform and entertain, they also can serve as great advertising and promotional tools.
Put Your Best Business Foot Forward: Powerful Presentation Skills - Overcome anxiety through preparation and thinking of your audience first. This section also offers basic tips for handling media interviews.
Create a Unified Marketing Promotion Plan - Reaching potential customers can require a blend of marketing activities. Learn about three ways to generate new customers and build long-term loyalty.
Make Your Website Work for You - A website is often the first impression a business makes on potential customers. Read here for simple ways to ensure your website works for both you AND your customers.
Permission-Based E-Mail Marketing - Refer to this article for jargon-free guidance on market research, mailing lists, HTML and text formats, e-letter design and construction, effective copy writing and more.

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Hull young peoples project The Warren Centre and Warren Records team up with Discovery 2 showcasing some of the finest young artists in Hull in 2012. The Warren is a hub for music in Hull and is very much the first place new artists are discovered. Funding from Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire show means young musicians now have access to first-rate studio facilities to further develop their musical skills while empowering them by learning more about the music industry.
Discovery has been a keen supporter of Warren Records and has seen first-hand the rising output of artistic talent in the last few years. Continuing their dedication to showcasing new & emerging talent they are providing a platform for Hull artists as part of a Warren Centre takeover later this month. The recent Radio One visit shed light on this growing scene, featuring various Hull artists live on air alongside their A list tracks as part of their week-long Hull residency.

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M: Chest Girth is 15" - 16", Back Length is 11". Soft cotton made,comfortable to touch wear.
Completely handmade without spare threads or sewing disordered.
Adorable dog dress with ribbon in cute dots pattern.
Suitable for Poodle, Bulldog, Yorkshire, Chihuahua, Maltese, Cocker, Teddy, Pomeranian and many other puppies.
Perfect for daily wear, wedding, parties, photos and formal occassions.

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text: The bond a mother & daughter share is hard to put in to words, but it’s something we feel so special to get to witness on a daily basis. “Mom, what do you think?” is a question we hear that makes us smile every time. The mother of the bride is expected to help with the guest list, keep track of the budget, help throw the bridal shower & engagement party, pay attention to details that could easily be overlooked, be the voice of reason, & be the calm in the midst of the storm that is planning a wedding. Here at The Collection, we recognize all that the mother of the bride does & we think it’s so important for her to feel valued & beautiful. Our selection of designer mother of the bride dresses consists of stunning gowns that flatter all different body shapes & sizes that will most definitely make her feel the way she deserves to. The fun thing about picking out this kind of dress is there are really no rules! The mother of the bride doesn’t have to match the bridal party, the dress can be short or long, it can have bling or no bling, but more often than not the look of “less is more” proves to be timeless & elegant. It’s also important to keep in mind that these dresses are special ordered just like bridal gowns & can take up to four months to come in, so not waiting until the last minute is crucial. But, the most important thing you need to know about mother of the bride dresses is that our amazing bridal stylists would be thrilled to help you find the perfect one!


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Exploring the ancient artifacts and sites of India while being introduced to the local culture can be easily facilitated with a Kerala houseboat tour. A Kerala houseboat vacation can allow the traveler to have the modern comforts of home including amenities like modern washroom facilties, luxurious amenities that can bring the comforts of home.
Learning about the various destinations that are available through Kerala, India can be a great way to help the planning process while considering a houseboat trip in India.
Kumarakom is a location that allows the traveler to experience bird sanctuaries and lagoons through the bay that is filled with coconut trees. Along the travels, the traveler can expect to see firsthand the village life in India through the small villages that can be passed through. Docking the boat and completing the excursions to the local villages can allow for a vacation that includes more than sitting on a resort, the India houseboat vacation can allow the traveler to experience the local community.
Vembaned Lake is another popular houseboat tourist destination while house boating in India. This large lake covers more than two hundred meters and allows the traveler the opportunity to take part in events like ‘the Snake Boat Race’. This area has been compared to Venice in the past, as the majority of action and events taking place through the water where Houseboats have become the norm and a great way to experience everything that Kerala has to offer.
The backwaters of Kerala are another important destination to be considered. Through the back waters there are more than fifteen hundred meters of canals that are waiting to be explored and local diverse culture that is waiting to be discovered. Bordering the Arabian Sea, excursions to the various coasts can be easily facilitated. Backwaters Kerala houseboat vacations can be some of the most memorable of a lifetime.
There are thirty-eight rivers that feed into the backwaters and many of these rivers are accessible by the smaller sized houseboats, but also through excursions that can be planned while the houseboat is docked, allowing the traveler to explore the new landscape.
Kerala Houseboating in India is one of the most popular forms of vacationing to allow the traveler to experience the diversity the country has to offer. Derived from houseboats of the past that were created with planks and tied from coconut ropes, modern houseboat vacations have many of the amenities associated with home, on the sea.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Celebration. Pleasure. Looking for a more carefree attitude. To dream of drinking wine, forebodes joy and consequent friendships. To dream of breaking bottles of wine, foretells that your love and passion will border on excess. To see barrels of wine, prognosticates great luxury. To pour it from one vessel into another, signifies that your enjoyments will be varied and you will journey to many notable places. To dream of dealing in wine denotes that your occupation will be remunerative. For a young woman to dream of drinking wine, indicates she will marry a wealthy gentleman, but withal honorable.
To see timber in your dreams, is an augury of prosperous times and peaceful surroundings. If the timber appears dead, there are great disappointments for you. See Forest.


text: Abstract : The role of an interactive music system (IMS) is to accom-pany musicians during live performances, like a real musi-cian. It reacts in realtime to audio signals from musicians, according to a timed specification called mixed score, writ-ten in a domain specific language. Such goals imply strong requirements of temporal reliability and robustness to un-foreseen errors in input, yet not so much studied in the computer music community. We present the application of model-based testing tech-niques and tools to a state-of-the-art IMS, including the fol-lowing tasks: generation of relevant input data for testing (including timing values) following coverage criteria, com-putation of the corresponding expected output, according to the semantics of a given mixed score, black-box execution of the test data and verdict. Our method is based on formal models compiled directly from mixed scores, and passed, after conversion to timed automata, to the model-checker Uppaal. This fully automatic approach has been applied to real mixed scores used in concerts and the results obtained have permitted to identify bugs in the target IMS.


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In North Mainland (The Shetland Isles), you will discover plenty of assorted activities to follow on vacation. Scotland is the spiritual home of golf and has lots of the most well known 18 hole golf courses in the UK. Relish municipal and championship golf courses in The Shetland Isles near North Mainland while you stay in scottish holiday homes.
Scotland draws plenty of people who like hiking either up one of the several Munroes or amongst the dramatic Scottish countryside. Forests, Glens and lochs form the glorious scenery of Scotland. It is possible to locate glorious 'National Parks'of Scotland such as 'The Trossachs' or 'The Grampians' on your Scottish holiday.
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IMPORTANT: Significant changes are in progress for Exam 534 and its content. We estimate the amount of change to be 30% compared to 534.
As a result, we are retiring 534 on December 31, 2017, and replacing it with Exam 535 that covers the new (but related) objective domain.
Exam 535 retains the same exam title as 534, and 535 will be available in English on November 30, 2017, with other languages following soon after.
You will no longer be able to register for Exam 534 after November 30, 2017. The Online training and Instructor-led training Preparation options below are for Exam 534.
Please use them while we prepare options that are specific to Exam 535.

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Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, presents a talk on the complexities and components of climate change.
Robinson served as Ireland’s first female president from 1990 to 1997. She then became the High Commissioner for Human Rights for five years, focusing her efforts on promoting human rights at the national and regional level. Following her time at the U.N., she worked through the World Health Organization to found Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Its core activities address issues such as equitable international trade, health care, migration and corporate social responsibility. In 2010, she established The Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, which focuses on advocacy for people most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Focusing her career on improving the conditions of the world’s most vulnerable populations, Robinson is known worldwide as a champion of human rights. A graduate of the University of Dublin and Harvard Law School, she was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and holds over 40 honorary doctorates.
A long-standing advocate for human rights, Robinson's visit to UCF will include a meeting with campus and community leaders. She will also record an episode of “Global Perspectives” with host John C. Bersia that will air on WUCF TV.
This event is supported by UCF’s Presidential Distinguished Visitor series, which seeks to expand students’ opportunities to interact with leaders engaged in solving the most important challenges facing our society.


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RE: The tariff classification of woman’s knit long cardigan from China.
In your letter dated March 12, 2002, on behalf of Bernard Chaus, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, you requested a classification ruling. As requested your sample is being returned to you.
Your sample, style 50522-1, is a woman’s cardigan constructed from 100% cotton 2x2 ribbed knit fabric. The outer surface of the garment measures more than nine stitches per two centimeters in the horizontal direction. The cardigan features a hood, long sleeves, and a full front opening with six button closures. The placket and hood are finished with 1x1 ribbed knit fabric. The garment extends from the shoulder to the knee area.
The applicable subheading for the woman’s cardigan will be 6110.20.2075, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, waistcoats (vests) and similar articles, knitted or crocheted: of cotton: other: other: other: women’s. The duty rate will be 17.3% ad valorem.
The cardigan falls within textile category designation 339. Based upon international textile trade agreements products of China are subject to quota and the requirement of a visa.


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A June 2011 accident involving a California Zephyr passenger train and a tractor-trailer left six people dead and dozens injured. Truck driver Lawrence Valli was among the deceased, as well as the conductor and four passengers. The wreck took place in the Nevada desert.
According to officials, the semi truck skidded for more than 100 yards before shattering the crossing gates and hitting two train cars. The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting an investigation, and a report on the cause is expected in the next few months.
Amtrak filed a federal suit against John Davis Trucking Company of Battle Mountain, Nevada, the carrier that owned the tractor-trailer involved in the accident. This suit claimed that the trucking company negligently owned, operated and maintained its tractor-trailer. Amtrak also claims the trucking carrier failed to properly train its driver.
In response, John Davis Trucking Company filed a lawsuit against Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad (UP), in the U.S. District Court in Reno, claiming the rail companies failed to maintain a safe crossing.
UP has filed a countersuit against John Davis, also claiming negligence on the part of the trucking company.
Additionally, five other lawsuits have been filed against John Davis Trucking by passengers on the rain or families of the victims. One employee has also sued Amtrak for locking one of the train doors, which the employee said contributed to injuries.
Accidents that kill and injure this many people and include two companies are bound to be complicated.However, even a smaller wreck involving one passenger vehicle and a semi truck can turn complex once the trucking company and its insurance company become involved. Victims of accidents or their families should be able to focus on recovery but often find themselves dealing with an onslaught of paperwork, communication and quick decisions brought on by trucking carriers and insurance companies who want the matter wrapped up quickly and on their terms. Hiring a trucking attorney with years of experience dealing with pushy and often unscrupulous lawyers for insurance and trucking companies alleviates this stress and lessens the chance that an accident victim will be taken advantage of.
If you have been injured or have lost a loved in a trucking accident, contact us for a free consultation. We will listen to an account of the accident and explain your legal rights and options. Once hired, we will immediately launch a full investigation into the accident and ensure that evidence is not overlooked or tampered with by insurance companies who hope to pay out as little compensation as possible. To see some of our past case results, click here.

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Over what was a relatively slow news weekend considering our daily newscycle whiplash, the world turned its attention to the first round of the Brazilian elections, which took place on Sunday (10/07). Even John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight turned his attention to the state of affairs in Brazil, which is both a useful summary and much more entertaining than what you’ll read below.
As familiar as this story [Bolsonaro] sounds, the Brazilian people that I’ve spoken with aren’t yet convinced of the inevitable ascendance of Bolsonaro. As if seeking to validate my hypothesis on the ability of outsiders to evaluate a political temperature, they claim that cooler / more sensible heads will prevail, and that a more palatable, middle-of-the-round candidate (such as former Governor of Sao Paulo Geraldo Alckmin, or former Governor of Ceara Ciro Gomes) will rise above the fray to become the next President of Brazil, as if asking a populace to eat its vegetables, as opposed to the more immediate and attractive short-term “sweets” of Bolsonaro – the law and order, by any means necessary, candidate. To me, this seems like an inevitable outcome and a continuation of the global populist trend.
While there has certainly been a great deal of twists and turns since March, the economy has remained sluggish, with extremely high rates of unemployment and unabated and alarming crime statistics. Several weeks ago, the Financial Times published a series of helpful charts that contextualized much of the malaise felt by Brazilians leading up to the Presidential elections, entitled In charts: what is bothering the Brazilians?.
Combine these depressing statistics with Operation Car Wash, and it is easy to see why Brazilians are so disgusted with the state of affairs in the country, leading about 85% of voters to conclude that the country is heading in the wrong direction. The wide-ranging investigation into political corruption implicated most of Brazil’s ruling political class and leading political parties, namely the Workers Party (PT) (home to the now-jailed Lula), the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB, President Michel Temer’s party) and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), as well as several of its prized private and private-public sector enterprises, including Odebrecht (construction), Petrobras (oil & gas), and JBS (meat) in graft, bribery, and corruption that totals in the tens of billions.
Amid these circumstances, Bolsonaro’s first round supremacy, where he captured somewhere around 46% of the vote (just short of the 50% threshold for outright victory) is hardly surprising. In a now all-too familiar story, despite Bolsonaro’s lack of access to the typical political organization and traditional campaign tools (including the support of a political party and minimal representation on tv ads), he was able to achieve a massive victory. Using social media (the NYTimes amazingly reported that Bolsonaro spent just $235,000 in support of his campaign, against Haddad / PT’s $6.3M), specifically Facebook and Whataspp, to spread political memes and personal messages directly to the electorate, Bolsonaro was able to build a broad coalition of individuals young and old and across the country (excluding the North East). Like Trump and as a seven-term representative, Bolsonaro was hardly an outsider, but he sold himself as incorruptible and unconnected to the political class, which is technically true, given his limited record of actual Congressional legislative success.
Brazilian voter dissatisfaction did not merely extend to the Presidential elections. Impeached President Dilma Rousseff, who continues to be seen as a martyr by her supporters after being impeached from office in 2016, was romped in a senatorial election in her local Minas Gerais that she was expected to win on name recognition alone. Former Environmental Minister Marina Silva, who won over 21% of the vote in the 2014 elections, received just 1% of the 1st round vote, just shy over 1m votes. To the delight of most Brazilian voters, many of the mainstream politicians have been thoroughly rebuked.
As the world is beginning to notice via the #EleNao campaign and international election coverage, Bolsonaro is a well documented homophobe, misogynist, and racist, as well as a former military commander who expresses sympathy for the torture-laden military dictatorship regime that led Brazil for more than 20 years. In one of the world’s largest (and relatively young – just since 1988!) democracies, a man who is being likened to Trump (somewhat simplistically), and more recently to Hungarian President Viktor Orbán and Filipino President Rodrigo Duerte for his populist and authoritarian bent is just three weeks away from assuming the Presidency.
The always-fascinating Robert Muggah of the Instituto Igarapé, a Brazilian think-tank, wrote an op-ed piece in the NYTimes that I think is a useful summary of the uphill climb that Brazil must undergo over the next years, which will only be further complicated by Bolsonaro inevitable election. Trust in politicians, whether at the local, state, or national level, is as low as it’s ever been, which is part of Bolsonaro’s appeal. His solutions are extragovernmental, or overly simplistic so as to ignore the political process.
His challenger, the PT’s Fernando Haddad, winner of 29.3% of the vote, represents a party that was at the forefront of much of the graft and corruption that has made Brazil a source of national embarrassment, and continues to be maligned by much of the Brazilian populace.
The New Republic optimistically posted an article in the wake of the first round results, entitled The Man Standing Between Brazil and Authoritarianism. In the coming weeks, I believe we’ll see many such articles imploring Brazilian voters to unite around Haddad as the lesser of two evils. Unfortunately, I believe this article, and the hopeful opinions of many are too optimistic about Haddad’s chances. While I believe the economist and University Professor Haddad is much more of a centrist than he lets on (or at least hardly the radical communist his detractors paint him as), his party has chosen to tether him directly to the jailed Lula, rather than trying to offer any nuance to the Brazilian electorate. As lampooned in John Oliver report (and personally seen in campaign posters), the Workers’ Party has essentially created a situation where Haddad is a glorified Lula ‘stooge,’ as the Party has tried to capitalize on the jailed former President’s popularity rather than actually try and field a differentiated candidate.
Two interesting graphs shared by economist and Linkedin commentator Ricardo Amorim contextualize the ubiquity between Haddad, Lula, and the Workers’ Party, and the PT’s decline in popularity, and continued stronghold on the Northeast region of Brazil. As many point out, Lula’s tenure saw millions of Brazilians brought out of poverty, both via macroeconomic headwinds and as recipients of Lula’s most famous government program that won plaudits around the world, the cash-for-school attendance Bolsa Familia.
As seen by the lower proportions in the South and Southeast regions of Brazil, it is not hard to see how resentment has been stoked by the right-wing Bolsonaro against the PT and the North East, leading to further division and a stark choice between the right-wing Bolsonaro and leftist Haddad. Playing into this false dichotomy, the Brazilian real and stock exchange (up 5%) were strongly positive today, indicating a clear-preference for Bolsonaro’s simplistic calls for privatization and market friendly policies, and his temporary deputization of the economy to the Chicago-educated Paulo Guedes. For those in the US reading this – remember Gary Cohn?
In a country with tens of political parties, it is hardly surprising to see the second round results pit the anti-party Bolsonaro (with 50% disapproval ratings) against the entrenched Workers’ Party (with 50% disapproval ratings). Unfortunately, most centrist voters who voted for other candidates in the first round are likely to opt for Bolsonaro over the Workers’ Party. The socialist failure of Venezuela is at the forefront of the minds of many, and given the pandering / squandering of the Dilma Rousseff regime (Lula’s successor from the Workers’ Party), with its political corruption, redistribution of wealth, and mismanagement of government-run businesses.
As the Economist summarizes in an article alarmingly entitled Brazil is shaping up for a unique kind of financial crisis, the next President of Brazil will have to tame an ever-increasing government spending situation, including a bloated pension system that will only continue to grow (now at 55% of public spending). As the Magazine notes, an inability to adequately address the fiscal deficit and indebtedness in the 2020 Budget will spell near-collapse, and certain capital flight, a falling currency and rising bond yields.
This is the situation that the next Brazilian President will inherit. Outsider or not, we will soon see the result of the will of the Brazilian people, and its downstream impact. In typical lighthearted yet dour Brazilian fashion, all I can say is that it won’t be boring, and will continue to be educational.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


text: Jay Bryan lives in Orange County, North Carolina, with his wife, horses, guineas, dogs, a cat, and a cockatiel. He served as poet laureate of Carrboro from 2010 to 2013. With the Carrboro Arts Committee, he helped to establish the Carrboro Poets Council, on which he currently serves. For 15 years he coordinated poetry readings on Carrboro Day for the town’s celebration of its residents and their gifts. He compiled and edited the Carrboro 100th Birthday Poetry Anthology (2011). His chapbook Selected Poems was published in June 2013 by Finishing Line Press. Other poems have been published in Blink, they wrote us a poem VII and VIII (Health Arts Network at Duke), Ecozoic Reader, Legal Studies Forum, Haibun Today, Cowboy Poetry, and Stone House, an anthology of haiku from Bolin Brook Farm.


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Today the sales process is rarely as simple as selling widgets over the counter for cash to one customer at a time. Rather, it has evolved into a complex collection of interrelated processes that may involve some, if not all, of the following: production planning, inventory and logistics management, ordering, billing and dunning, and maintaining customer relationships as well as seeking out new sales opportunities – all of which are covered in SAP Business One.
Closing business, turning leads into sales, is the lifeblood of your company’s revenue stream. You have to monitor all the leads to view the sales stream as a whole and tend each lead as if it were your only sale. The SAP Business One ERP and business management solution gives you a simple way to enter and manage your sales opportunities, providing vital information for reporting and analysis. In addition, the day-to-day work of turning leads into sales, such as making calendar appointments, setting up meetings, and sending e-mails, can be managed either in SAP Business One or in Microsoft Outlook.
You need to track what is most important to your company’s bottom line: the deals in the making that will become your revenue stream. You create a sales opportunity record in SAP Business One for each sales opportunity and, since you may well be working on more than one deal per customer, SAP Business One sales management enables you to track by opportunity, not just by customer and lead. And you need to maintain service levels; by promise accuracy, efficient back order handling, and returns crediting.


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There were abt 20+ Malaysians among the crowd at WOW, including Mei Ling who came with her husband, Allan, Mr & Mrs Leong, the famous Lim Sisters from JB, the mummy Evelyn & Linda from Penang, Joanne Wong & some students, and the 8 of us: Wendee, Margaret, Soo, Janice, Maggie, Lesley, Jan and myself. We painted Shanghai RED!
I’m most happy to meet Robert Mah who is the late Carmen Mah’s husband here in Shanghai. He had brought along a plaque which will be place in Carmen’s Crematorium for people to sign. We had some “tearful moments” when we reminisce about her. Carmen and I were supposed to meet in SHanghai but I’m glad I get to meet Robert, in place of her.
Our dances (both Mei Ling’s and mine) were very well received, especially on the last day when the number of dancers in our classes increases from day 1 – 3! I’m so glad that the line dancers from other parts of the world noticed us, thanks to Judy Chen for giving us an exposure platform.
I’m really glad I attended the event, as I not only get to meet new friends, but I get to learn many new dances and techniques from the choreographers and great instructors. I also pick up many tips and how to teach certain steps etc. It is definitely a great experience for me, and I do look forward to more international events in the future! We’re all talking about attending the next WOW in California next year… hmmm…. 1 year to “save $$$” !!!
Till then, got to sign off now cos the cab has arrived to bring us “Shopping” for dance shoes!! Heard they are REALLY cheap here! 😉 Will write more in detail when I get the chance to! Ta!
p.s. I can’t facebook from China, so this a way, u get to see my updates!
Thx Sue for taking your valuable time to write this short article. While reading, I can really feel the atmosphere in the WOW!!! I really miss this event. Just hoping to have this such great opportunity in years to come.
Really can’t wait to see the pictures of ALL OF YOU.
Take pictures, alot, a whole lot of pictures and show us.
ha…don’t forget to put up in your FB yeah!! wait till i see it after 15 sept.
Glad to hear from you Sue & WOW, glad u guys had a blast… awesome! Next, shop till u drop… lolol!
So exciting to hear everything you said. Thanks for sharing, have fun in China!


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Congratulations! You have decided to pop the question and soon you will be down on one knee saying those all-important words: “Will you marry me?” But first, you need to have the perfect engagement ring to go with your proposal. This task can be as intimidating as the actual proposal and this is where we step in and help. We have put together this “engagement buyers guide” just for you. Here are our best tips and tricks to guide you along your way.
Make sure you know your budget.
This sounds obvious but many guys walk into the jeweller without a figure in mind and very soon disappointment sets in when they cannot buy that amazing 10ct diamond for their fiancée. It is all about managing expectations, yours as well as the jewellers.
How to choose the perfect stone.
Diamonds and sapphires are the top two most popular stones for engagement rings. It would be a safe bet if you choose one of these stones for the ring. If your girlfriend’s taste is a bit unconventional she might like something different but make sure you choose a stone that can stand the test of time. Diamonds and sapphires are hard stones and can take the pressure of constant wearing. Once you put that ring on her finger, you wouldn’t want it to come off.
Cut – the most popular cut or shape for a diamond is round brilliant. The cut of the stone is what makes the light reflect and the stone shimmer. Other shapes include: princess (square), emerald, pear, marquise, cushion and even heart-shaped that may be less expensive depending on your budget or the style of the ring.
Carat Weight – this term refers to the actual weight of the diamond. The higher the carat rating the larger the stone is.
Colour – not all diamonds are white. They come in a host of different colours: black, pink, yellow, green, red and even blue. The normal colour range is done on a letter scale starting with D (rare and colourless) to Z (visibly yellow in colour). Choose a stone with a colour rating between F and H and you will be guaranteed to get a good-looking stone at a reasonable price.
Clarity –Every diamond is a miracle of nature and as such comes with “clarity characteristics”. Clarity is determined by the amount and position of clarity characteristics. A diamond with a rating of IF is a flawless diamond and has no imperfections…and yes you guessed it, a rare find.
Now that you have the basics out of the way the more challenging part is upon you.
This is the tricky part and you are going to have to do some snooping, or as we like to call it investigation work. Have a look at her jewellery style and see what she already has. Are the rings flashy and large or does she prefer a simpler more elegant style. Another way of finding out what she might like is to ask close friends or family members. Check with her BFF, she might have told her what she wants and it could be as easy as showing you the perfect ring. Make a remark about someone else’s ring or a picture in a magazine and judge her reaction.
We hope that our tips have opened up the scary world of engagement ring buying but if it remains an intimidating task then we suggest you contact Julie so that she can guide you with your decisions. She will ensure that you are fully informed and educated so that you receive the engagement ring of your girlfriend’s dreams.
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H.E. Iain Lindsay visited Károli University on 9 April 2019 and gave a public lecture on British-Hungarian relations and the UK’s relationship with Europe after the UK’s departure from the EU.
The International Relations Office hosted the representatives of 13 Ukrainian universities on 21st March 2019.
Upon the joint invitation of Károli Gáspár University and the Hungarian Ministry of Justice, H.E. Mr. Ferdinand Grapperhaus visited the Synod Hall of the Reformed Church in Hungary on 21 February 2019, and gave a lecture titled „ Judicial Cooperation in the European Union – Shared views and justice in Europe” which was followed by a Q&A.
Károli has welcomed students from 4 continents and 20 countries for the 2018/19 Spring semester. Most of them came for one semester to study within the framework of Erasmus+ Programme and some of them continue their scolarship and full degree programme started earlier.
Senior university officials from Kaichi International University visited our institution on 29 January, following the signature of a cooperation agreement in December 2018.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its foundation the Faculty of Law of our university organised a celebratory conference on 4 December 2018. The conference was held in the magnificent building of the Hungarian National Assembly.


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How does the Government of Bermuda work?
Find out everything you need to know about your government, from its early history to the current premier and cabinet.
You can also find background on the senate and legislation, the house of assembly, the judiciary, and Bermuda’s working groups and committees.
Commission of Inquiry into the Report of the Auditor General on the Consolidated Fund of the Government of Bermuda for the Financial Years: March 31, 2010, March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012.
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When the Kai Conscious Cafe started in April, it attracted a small crowd. A handful of people showed up to help cook and then eat food rescued by various businesses on the island from landfill. These days, the crowd regularly numbers over fifty, made up of residents, people spending a few months on the island, and some who are passing through for as little as a few days. Locals chat with Germans who chat with Argentinians who chat with Israelis who chat with Americans; people from various countries and cultures can talk and share over a beautiful meal. After the meal has been eaten it’s not uncommon for guitars and ukuleles to appear.
Each week those in the kitchen are faced with a mystery basket of ingredients. One week we had so much asparagus that it was present in almost each one of the many dishes made for the crowd of around sixty. We had asparagus soup, asparagus frittata, roasted asparagus, pasta carbonara with asparagus, and even raw asparagus for people to munch on. Another week a group of students visiting Waiheke from Malaysia came to join us, and they cooked up a tasty and spicy Malaysian fried rice. We’ve had boxes full of capsicums, a whole hand of bananas, some of the smallest (and cutest) potatoes we’ve ever seen, and greens picked directly from the community garden in Surfdale. Because the mix is different each week, our cooks have to get creative in the kitchen, coming up with ideas only moments before beginning to cook. Regardless, each week the food turns out delicious!
On Friday, 16/12/17, we are celebrating the last Kai Conscious Cafe meal of 2017 and the holiday times with a special meal, Kai Conscious Festive Dinner. Taking the place of the usual lunchtime meal, the Kai Conscious dinner will not only feature delicious food, camaraderie, and music, but also a Love Food Hate Waste quiz and the opportunity to win some great prizes. We’re hoping to make some special seasonal treats, keeping up with the festive spirit of the holiday times.
We can’t keep the Kai Conscious Cafe running and growing without your help. Businesses including Countdown, Foursquare, Francos, Sophia’s Gourmet Food, The Organic Shop, and the Island Grocer donate regularly, but we need all the help we can get, especially at for this special meal. We can take any fruits and veggies, cans, dairy products, grains, and even leftovers; all foodstuffs other than meat. All food donations are protected under the ‘good Samaritan’ clause of the Food Act 2014, releasing liability for the original owners. You can bring your donations to the Waiheke Sustainability Centre on Mako Street, or we can pick up directly. If you have any donations (or questions), send us a message on Facebook at Kai Conscious or The Waiheke Sustainability Centre, or call us at the office at 372 2915.

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Wondering about the different methods of roasting red peppers? This is your guide to the different methods of prepping, roasting and storing roasted peppers. Whether making a few or a large batch, this guide will make your roasting experience a good one!
I’ve used bell peppers but you can easily adapt these methods for all kinds of peppers. The only adjustment you may need to make is watching the time, smaller peppers like jalapenos and mini-sweet peppers will cook faster.
Now let’s get on with how to roast red peppers!
Over the last week, I’ve had the opportunity to try a few ways of prepping and roasting peppers and in the end all the peppers were equally delicious, but the methods of prepping vary greatly. I hope this guide will help you decide which way is best for you. If you have any other ideas and suggestions, I’d love to hear about them in the comments!
For my first try, I roasted them whole in the oven. This is how I’ve always done it in the past. I like this method of roasting and think it’s great if you are planing on making a whole bunch of roasted peppers and saving some for later.
THE PROS: You can get 8 whole peppers on a standard size baking sheet (maybe more depending on the shape and size), and when steaming you’ll get a lot more pepper juice at the bottom of the bowl to use for storing in mason jars.
THE CONS: You’ll still need to remove the seeds. It’s not a terrible thing but it puts this method as my 2nd favorite way to roast peppers.
The next method I tried was to slice the peppers in half, remove the seeds and stem, and place cut-side down on the baking sheet. This is my first try with this method and I’m in love with it. Where have I been? It is so easy with much less mess!
THE PROS: You can do at least 4 peppers, maybe more depending on the shape, no need to flip while roasting, and you only have to remove the skins making the next step so much easier. This is an efficient method and great for most home cooks. It is my new favorite way to roast peppers when not storing for long-term.
THE CONS: You will not get much pepper juice for storing and you can’t fit as many peppers at one time.
Line your baking sheet with either a Silpat or parchment paper. Alternately, you can lightly oil the baking sheet as well. It will make cleaning up a little easier. Parchment paper is probably the easiest way to go since you can simply discard the paper when finished. If using a Silpat or oil, you’ll still have a little scrubbing to do.
The rack can be placed in the middle of the oven or 4 – 5 inches from the roof or broiler flame. When done, your peppers will still be puffy from the air inside but once removed and cooled a bit they will deflate and become wrinkly.
Then there’s the method of charring your peppers on your gas stovetop.
STOVE TOP: If roasting just 1 or 2 peppers, you can roast it over the gas burner of your stove (I suppose you could do 4 peppers utilizing each burner). Place pepper on its side and adjust the flame so it ‘licks’ the peppers. Keep an eye on it and turn it as needed to blacken and char, about 15 – 20. This tends to be a more time consuming method since you have to be so watchful.
PROS: One less dish to wash.
CONS: You have to be very watchful and juices may drip all over.
The oven method is more to my liking, but I’ve added instructions for these methods in the recipe card as well because I want this to be a fairly complete guide to roasting peppers. I encourage you to try whatever sounds best for you and your situation.
You can also use a gas grill to roast your peppers. Since I don’t have an outdoor grill I couldn’t try this method but here are instructions for the grill.
OPEN GRILL: Place whole peppers on their sides over an open flame on the grill, turning every now and then until nicely charred all over. Depending on how big your grill is will determine how many you can do at one time.
No matter how you roast them this step will greatly help with the skin removal. You can do this process a few different ways, fitting into whatever works best.
In one scenario, I steamed the whole peppers using a pot with a lid. Since I was going to cook pasta for the same recipe I was using roasted peppers it made sense. I could simply rinse the pot and use it without creating more dirty dishes.
You may also place them in a bowl and cover it with a plate like I did for the halved peppers shown directly above. Or use a small container with a lid to seal in the moisture.
You get the idea. However you choose, let them steam for about 30 minutes. But if you’re really in a hurry, you can still peel your peppers without steaming, it just may take a little more effort. Just be sure to let your peppers cool down before peeling so you don’t burn yourself.
Above the peppers were roasted whole. They have had the stem, seeds and skin removed. Once steamed, I brought them back to the baking sheet to finish the final steps (again saving a dish to wash).
This is a fairly easy and juicy process. Do refrain from cleaning your peppers under running water to clean or you’ll remove much of the wonderful roasted flavor you’ve worked so hard to get. If you don’t remove all of the seeds, it’s ok.
Discard the skins, stems and seeds. Cut the peppers into sections, maybe 4 – 6 sections per pepper depending on what you’ll be using it for. If canning, save the pepper juices.
Your freshly roasted and prepped bell peppers can be store in the refrigerator, freezer, or canned. This guide to storing roasted peppers will break it all down for you, and you can use whatever method best suits your needs!
REFRIGERATOR: Great for short term storage.
Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a 5 – 6 days.
If you coat them with a little oil they will for a couple of weeks. You can even add some of the pepper juices to the container.
To always be safe, at the first sign of mold or spoilage, throw away immediately.
FREEZING: This is my favorite method of long term storing, as it is not blended with any other flavors, it’s super easy to do, and they thaw out amazingly well.
Freeze your peppers in a tightly sealed container. They thaw out pretty fast once removed from the freezer making this a nice way of preserving your precious peppers.
This method of storing is a neutral way of keeping the full roasted flavor intact as they won’t be tainted with any other flavors.
I would suggest cutting and placing a small piece of parchment paper between the peppers for easy removal.
VINEGAR METHOD: This is method will leave your peppers with a little bit of tang from the vinegar, in some cases it may overpower them, but it’s a great way to store them. Use these peppers for sauces, dips, and soups.
Place peppers in a jar with a little salt, vinegar and pepper juices.
To do this you’ll want to sprinkle your peppers with a generous pinch of mineral salt and mix well.
Place 1/2 inch of vinegar at the bottom of your pint sized mason jar, add peppers leaving about 1 1/2 inches headspace.
Using the handle of a spoon or fork, poke along the inside edges of the jar to release air bubbles (this is important), pour reserved pepper juices over top so peppers are completely covered, leaving 3/4 inch room.
Add about 1/8 inch of olive oil over top to keep air out, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
Seal and place towards the back of the refrigerator. Will be good for up to 2 months, maybe even a little longer.
If you see any sign of mold or spoilage, throw away immediately!
Gather your peppers and let’s get roasting!
A guide to the different methods of prepping, roasting and storing your roasted peppers. Whether making a few or a large batch, this guide will make your roasting experience a good one!
There are two ways to prepare your peppers for roasting.
Oven: Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or a Silpat. Place peppers on baking sheet. Bake 4 – 5 inches from the flame. If using an electric oven or there is no flame, place baking sheet on the middle rack. Roast peppers for 40 minutes, turning at least once during cooking using sturdy tongs (if peppers are sliced in half no need to turn, just rotate the baking sheet 180 degrees). They are ready when charred/blackened and blistered. They will still be full of air and puffy once removed from the oven. As the peppers cool they will deflate and become wrinkly looking.
Broiler: I used to have an oven where the broiler was underneath the oven, now mine is in the oven. Either way, turn broiler to medium – high (or 500 degrees if yours is by numbers) and char peppers turning every so often until browned and blackened. If you’ve prepped your peppers by slicing in half, no need turn the peppers, simply adjust the baking sheet turning it to get all the peppers charred. This may take anywhere from 15 – 25 minutes.
While peppers are hot from the oven, carefully place them in a bowl and cover with a plate, or use a pot with lid. The goal is to steam the peppers making the skin peel easily. Let the peppers steam for about 30 minutes. Once peppers are cool, remove the skins, stems and seeds. I find it easiest to peel the pepper from the bottom to the top. A few seeds left are fine. Do not run peppers under water to clean, you’ll lose most of the roasted flavor that you worked so hard get. Keep as much of the pepper juices as you can if storing leftovers.
From here you can use right away to make hummus, romesco, soups, layer on sandwiches and toss in salads, etc.
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The scenic King Range National Conservation Area.
A Whitethorn woman has pleaded guilty to charges of depredation against the property of the United States, admitting to doing more than $100,000 worth of environmental damage to federal lands as a part of her marijuana cultivation operation.
Melinda Van Horne entered the plea Wednesday, according to a press release, and is free on bond awaiting sentencing in July, when she faces a maximum term of 10 years in federal prison.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Van Horne owned property and a home in the King Range National Conservation Area, which has special environmental protections through an act of Congress, including a prohibition against commercial activity and development.
But, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between 2007 and 2013, Van Horne had vegetation stripped from portions of the conservation area, and excavated and graded land, in order to erect 11 greenhouses to grow marijuana in. Additionally, Van Horne diverted water from nearby Bridge Creek to irrigate her more than 1,600 marijuana plants.
The grading and excavating caused the land to become unstable and erode into two nearby rivers, both of which “provide crucial spawning and rearing habitats for threatened and federal protected salmon and steelhead,” according to the release.
SAN FRANCISCO – Melinda Van Horne pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, to depredation against the property of the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Nathan Mendes, Bureau of Land Management Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge.
In pleading guilty, Van Horne admitted to causing over $100,000 in environmental damage to federal lands in the King Range National Conservation Area through her marijuana cultivation operation. As described in the factual basis for the plea agreement, in October 2007, Van Horne purchased a house next to Paradise Ridge in Humboldt County, California. Paradise Ridge is part of a congressionally designated National Conservation Area administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Commercial activity and development are prohibited on the land, which is to be preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. In 2008, Van Horne proposed to trade portions of her private property for the federal conservation land, but the Bureau of Land Management rejected the trade based on the national conservation status of the land. Van Horne nonetheless decided to proceed with her marijuana cultivation operation.
Van Horne admitted that, with her consent and knowledge, and later at her direction, vegetation was stripped from portions of the federally managed conservation area, land was excavated and graded, and eleven greenhouses and other structures were constructed on federal lands. The work was done in order to grow marijuana plants for sale. Van Horne also used facilities that diverted water from the nearby Bridge Creek to water the marijuana plants.
Van Horne further admitted that, in September 2013, when law enforcement executed a search on the property, agents found 1,654 marijuana plants that she had been growing on federal land and in the adjoining garage in the house. Van Horne admitted that she was continuing to use the land although it had been foreclosed upon by the bank. Agents also executed a search warrant at Van Horne’s residence, where she had moved after the foreclosure, and found over 17 kilograms of marijuana at that location.
Van Horne further admitted that the bulldozing and excavation of federal land she orchestrated caused that land to become unstable and to erode into two rivers that provide crucial spawning and rearing habitats for threatened and federally protected salmon and steelhead. Bureau of Land Management engineers estimate the cost to repair the damage at $107,754.01, which Van Horne has agreed to pay as restitution in connection with her guilty plea.
Van Horne, 43, of Whitethorn, Calif., was indicted by a federal Grand Jury on November 17, 2015. She was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 846; possession with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(vii); possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); maintaining a place for manufacturing marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 856(a); and depredation against property of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1361. Under the plea agreement, Van Horne pleaded guilty to the depredation against property of the United States.
Van Horne is currently released on bond. Bail was set at $130,000.
Van Horne’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 29, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., before The Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Court Judge, in San Francisco. The maximum statutory penalty for depredation against property of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1361 is ten years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the gross gain or loss generated from the operation, plus restitution if appropriate. However, any sentence will be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. Section 3553.
Rita F. Lin is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Theresa Benitez, Rawaty Yim, and Marina Ponomarchuk. The prosecution is the result of a two-year investigation by the Bureau of Land Management and Drug Enforcement Administration.


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