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DRACUT -- Dracut Public Schools has a new athletic director.
Trevor Blanchet, who has taught history in the school district for a decade, will begin his new post on July 1. He replaces Paula Chausse, who is stepping down after three years to devote more time to her private business.
"I'm very excited," Blanchet, 33, said. "I've worked closely with the past athletic directors and I'm excited to get started and put my own mark on Dracut athletics."
According to a release issued by the district, Blanchet is a Dracut High alumnus who was a student-athlete during his time at the school, having played football, basketball, and volleyball. At the collegiate level he played basketball and volleyball, and at Dracut High he's coached football and girls' volleyball.
Blanchet's new responsibilities will be overseeing budgeting, personnel, and other aspects of the department.
"I'm very excited for Mr. Blanchet to be in the position. He's a teacher in the building and, when you have that connection with the students and the teachers and the parents, that's a great plus for the position," Richard Manley, Dracut High School principal, said. "The last two athletic directors were great in their role, but they didn't have that advantage of working full-time in the building."
Due to his new role, Blanchet will have a reduced teaching schedule beginning this fall so that he can have dedicated office hours during the school day to support students, teachers, and administrators, according to the release.
The yearly stipend for his new role is $12,500.
According to Superintendent of Schools Steven Stone, about a half dozen people applied for the job.
"He is ever-present at Dracut High School," Stone said of Blanchet. "He's been involved in athletics since his arrival, as a coach and as someone who has supported the athletic department consistently in all of his tenure."
Blanchet, who grew up in Dracut, said Dracut athletics has a storied history.
"I'd like to see that continue not only with the success on the sports field but with the students themselves, seeing them succeed in the classroom and after high school," he said.


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Hidden beneath the green leaves of papaya and banana trees, a hose shoots a stream of water that bounces off the lush crops.
Bernard Makachia’s farm near Mwanza, a port city on the shore of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania, feels like stepping from dry farmland into an oasis.
Beyond Makachia’s farm, the land is almost red in colour and only last season’s dry stems bear witness to any sign of crop farming.
“None of my neighbours are farming because they are waiting for the rain, but I’ve already started. If you have a supply of water, you don’t need to worry about the climate,” 50-year-old Makachia says.
During the dry season, Makachia relies on four solar panels that power a deep-well water pump. The pump supplies 10,000 litres of water daily to his vegetables and fruit, and, since he installed it three months ago, his 3,000 papaya trees have grown tall.
“It is not expertise that makes my plants grow, but water. I want to tell the community that everything is possible when you have a solar-powered water supply,” he says.
Makachia is among almost 100 farmers in the regions near Lake Victoria who have installed solar-powered water pumps through loans from the company Simusolar. Instead of investing in a fossil fuel generator, Makachia pays off the solar panel equipment monthly, and after 18 months he will own it.
Now, a UK-based investment platform, Energise Africa, is aiming to help firms such as Simusolar boost their social and environmental impact, while also providing a potential financial return.
The upside is the potential returns are sometimes higher than you would get compared with other returns in the market, and the investment is helping African communities. The downside is the risk is higher because you are investing in a company and your cash is not protected by any UK government safety net. If the company collapses, there is the potential to lose everything.
Thanks to the solar-powered pump, he hopes to make agriculture a profitable business in this northern corner of Tanzania, where only 1.1% of farmland is irrigated, according to data from Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics. Although agriculture is Tanzania’s largest sector of employment, comprising 67% of all jobs, the majority of farm workers cultivate small-scale farms and earn an average of only US$1.90 (less than £1.50) a day.
However, with solar-powered irrigation, the income of Tanzanian farmers could improve, argues Arnold Mlokozi, an agronomist at Simusolar.
“With solar power, you can irrigate several times a day and increase your area, number of crops and productivity. When you rely on a fuel generator, you are pressed to irrigate before the fuel runs out and you end up irrigating for a shorter time,” he explains.
According to a survey by Simusolar, farmers with solar equipment for irrigation have increased their income tenfold on average, and typically employ two labourers each.
One of Makachia’s day-workers is Osman Leonard, who walks across his own dry farmland to reach the lushness of Makachia’s field. The 28-year-old neighbouring farmer has planted millet for Makachia and has arrived to collect his payment. Teasingly, Makachia tells him to sell off a cow and invest in a solar-powered pump, so that he too can start a similar agricultural business. Leonard shrugs and nods at the same time.
His enthusiasm for solar power reflects a growing trend across the African continent to use the abundance of sunshine as a source of energy. However, solar panels can be too costly for Tanzanian farmers. It was only when Simusolar introduced mobile technology to track payments and allow customers to pay in instalments that farmers near Mwanza began investing in solar power.
“What really did it was the pay-as-you-go system and financing solar power with mobile money,” says Simusolar’s chief executive, Marianne Walpert.
The gradual payment plans allow farmers to pay according to their income as it fluctuates with the seasons and mobile money frees the farmers from sometimes hour-long trips to the city.
As it gets easier to grow a business, the rural communities experience the benefits, Walpert argues.
“We focus on businesses because if people have an income, it solves problems like education, as well as enabling people to care for their families,” she says.
While solar-powered pumps empower farming businesses, they also offer a resource that is increasingly in high demand among Tanzanian farmers: a reliable flow of water. Severe droughts and extreme weather in parts of the country have led to periods of decline in crop production, and in a report from last year, Tanzanian researchers suggested that one of the most effective ways to tackle the effects of climate change is to invest in irrigation of farmland.
The drought last year made farmer and businessman Aaron Magembe realise that he needed an alternative method of irrigation.
“Last year, our problems started in August. My papaya trees were dying, and I had to buy a petroleum pump, but it couldn’t reach all my land,” the 48-year-old farmer elaborates as he walks between his papaya, lime and orange trees while narrowly avoiding the slippery ditch between them.
In July this year, he installed two solar panels next to a stream that runs past his field, and when the sun is bright, the solar panels produce enough power to pump 2,000 litres of water per hour to his farm. While solar power handles the irrigation process, Magembe gets time to tend to his business of selling papaya seeds and fruits to the local and regional market. He proudly estimates his business to be among the top 20 papaya suppliers within Tanzania, and believes that solar-powered water pumps can make the soil a source of larger growth for more Tanzanians.
“If a thousand people in the Mwanza region had this equipment, agriculture would really move forward,” he says.

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text: St. Joseph Abbey Seminary College in St. Benedict, LA. Music, prayer, catechesis, fellowship, and fun. Day-long, outdoor event intended for young people ages 13+. Registration is $40/person.

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text: Sadly, my chapbook manuscript was not chosen by Brian Evenson for the Noemi Press Chapbook Contest. Luckily, Brian Evenson is judging 4,385 other contests in the next few months and so he's sure to pick something I've written as a winner. Soon, everyone will have been awarded a prize by Brian Evenson. Dreams will come true again and again.

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Lines drawn between the “in” versus “out” Madoff victims in the regulator-run bankruptcy case continue to determine who benefits and who loses.
The government-appointed trustee & allied lawyers for the Madoff estate received $543 million from the over $2.55 billion settlement the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York obtained by threatening JP Morgan with criminal charges.
This is a Willie Sutton case—-banks are where the money is, so sue the banks. The complaint against JP Morgan is questionable at best, but banks usually settle and then pass the cost on to their customers and shareholders.
The trustee lawyers had also separately sued JP Morgan, but that civil case was thrown out and their last resort was the Supreme Court—a highly uncertain appeal. So the U.S. attorney’s settlement with the bank is a good solution for the trustee group, though $1.7 billion of the JP Morgan money is going to a Justice Department fund rather than the trustee’s fund (and another chunk to the Comptroller of the Currency).
In any event, Helen Chaitman, an attorney who was herself affected by Madoff’s fraud, filed a notice on behalf of 200 customers of the conman that they intend to opt out of the JP Morgan settlement. On the face of it this makes no sense because these people were excluded from the trustee’s class action on the ground that they are “net winners” who received their investment back. That is, they withdrew their money before Madoff ended his game in December 2008.
Thus the bankruptcy judge who approved the settlement gave the notice short shrift on the ground that the filers were not part of the class action to begin with.
In view of losses from such asset sales, the so-called “net winners” whose gains were clawed back suffered hardship even though they had redeemed their investment from Madoff.
They want compensation for that hardship and since the trustee will not give them dibs on the bankruptcy estate, they want to sue JP Morgan themselves. Under the conditions of the settlement, it is not clear that they could. Neither is it clear that they can get something out of the Justice Department fund.
The previous bankruptcy judge, Burton Lifland, granted the trustee lawyers near-monopoly over Madoff lawsuits. The victims, whatever their status, were not allowed to sue anyone.
Judge Lifland, who died recently, was a great friend to post-Ponzi scheme trustees and lawyers–see Ponzi Regulation. Over the years they notched up many tens of thousands of billable hours thanks to their exclusive control of lawsuits.
Only governmental entities like the Department of Justice were able to defy this and start or threaten Madoff-related suits.
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Located in Budapest, 100 m from the nearest metro station, d.FIVE Bartók Apartment offers a self-catering accommodation with free WiFi.
The studio apartment includes a mezzanine with a bed, a seating area, satellite flat-screen TV, an equipped kitchen, and a bathroom fitted with a shower. A washing machine and ironing facilities are also at guests’ disposal. The nearest restaurant can be found in the direct vicinity of d.FIVE Bartók Apartment.
Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport is located 17 km away. 05. Belváros - Lipótváros is a great choice for travellers interested in food, culture and walking.

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Lawyers - All in Evergreen, Alabama - Lawyers - All in Evergreen, AL: Yellow Pages Directory Inc.
Lawyers in Evergreen are professionals with an extensive knowledge of law within Alabama and who practice law as well. The job of a lawyer demands the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge for solving specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of clients or third parties.
The responsibilities of a lawyer vary significantly across legal jurisdictions. The following are the major responsibilities that are common to most of the states oral argument in the courts: Research and Drafting of court papers, Advocacy (written and oral) in administrative hearings, Client Intake and Counseling (with regard to pending litigation), Legal advice, Protecting intellectual property, Negotiating and Drafting contracts, Conveying, Carrying out the intent of the deceased, and Prosecution and Defense of criminal suspects in Alabama.
Some jurisdictions like Alabama grant a diploma privilege to certain institutions, so that the primary qualification for practicing law is merely earning a degree or credential from those institutions. While in some countries a formal apprenticeship with an experienced practitioner is required. The career structure of lawyers in Evergreen vary extensively. In most common law countries, besides private practice, lawyers can become a prosecutor, government counsel, corporate in-house counsel, administrative law judge, judge, arbitrator, law professor, or politician. Non-legal jobs, such as corporate executive, government administrator, investment banker, entrepreneur, or journalist are the alternate career options.


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With portables more packed than ever, flash memory looks like the future.
Portables: Everybody wants one. But with portables come issues--issues of weight, inadequate runtimes and the trauma that data can experience when the floor breaks a portable's fall. As if those problems weren't enough, new notebooks will be packing extra weight around the middle: Vista and Microsoft Office Suite 2007.
Some claim that a dose of Flash memory is all a portable needs to become a highly functioning member of computing society. Specifically, the latest generation of drives from Samsung and Seagate put 128MB or 256MB of Flash cache in front of your portable's platters so they don't have to spin up as often to feed the processor. In fact, Samsung's MH80 drive remains idle 99 percent of the time, says Andy Higginbotham, director of hard disk drive marketing at Samsung. This greatly reduces wear and tear as well as the drive's vulnerability to sudden stops. MH80's idle platters draw 70 percent to 90 percent less power than a traditional drive and generate less heat, he adds, letting your notebook get by with a smaller, cooler-running power plant.
Hybrid hard drives, or HHDs, also help with Microsoft's new Windows version, which can be quite a load--especially when running its new Aero interface. Turns out Vista can use Flash memory in clever ways to boot up more quickly and shuttle its pudgy Office 2007 offspring on and off your hard drive more quickly. In fact, hybrid drives depend on Vista's new hooks to do what they do, so Windows XP machines need not apply.
But with Fujitsu, Hitachi, Toshiba and other drive-makers also signed onto the hybrid concept, HHDs are pretty much the future. So while they're just trickling out today, expect to find hybrids in 6 out of 10 mainstream notebooks by year-end 2009, says Matthew Wilkins, iSuppli's principal analyst for computer platforms. It's all about the steep price drop of NAND Flash memory, which used to cost almost 100 times as much as an equivalent amount of disk storage. "By 2009, that price gap will dwindle to a factor of slightly less than 14," predicts Wilkins.
Intel agrees that NAND Flash is the future of portable computing--especially for smaller devices. It has long used a bucket of fast memory for most-often-needed data, so the slower parts of a PC don't drag down its ultrafast processors. But Intel takes a slightly different approach: The new Intel Turbo Memory card moves the Flash off the drive and onto the processor side of the I/O bus. Intel manufactures its own NAND Flash; it's also a major provider of all-solid state hard drives with up to 8GB storage capacity--for now.
Meanwhile, U.S. vendors are readying laptops with a 2.5-inch, 160GB version of Samsung's MH80 HHD fronted by 256MB of its OneNAND Flash memory. It will be followed by lower capacities, including an 80GB version in Samsung's own R55 Multimedia Notebook being introduced overseas. Higginbotham expects third-party suppliers to release Samsung hybrids under their own labels into U.S. retail outlets in coming months, selling for about $2 a gigabyte.
Not a bad upgrade because, in tests on near-identical Samsung Q45 notebooks, the portable with the MH80 hybrid drive booted up in half the time and shuttled applications into and out of main memory 30 percent faster than the portable with the traditional drive. Able to fulfill data requests without spinning up its slumbering platters, the drive added 30 minutes to the notebook's battery runtime, reports Higginbotham. Cooler-running hybrid drives need less in the way of fans, heat sinks and other heat and noise mitigators.
Seagate's Momentus 5400 PSD has very much the same operating profile--160GB storage capacity, a 256MB non-volatile cache and 5400RPM platters--and brings the same advantages to the party. Both drive families connect to portable motherboards in standard fashion--via a 3GB-per-second SATA connector. They're interchangeable, so you don't have to worry about checking drive labels when buying a Vista portable.
Why not just go with solid state disks altogether? Price and capacity. As far as Flash has come, magnetic platter technology will still increase storage density and cut per-gigabyte costs faster. Aside from their weight and power advantages over traditional drive technology, independent tests by Samsung and Dell Computer show SSDs logging the fastest data transfer rates. But capacities do top out at 32GB--for the moment--so they're most likely to be found in sub-3-pound portables where weight and battery life are the drivers.
In the near term, expect laptop vendors to follow Dell's lead and just let you choose the Flash option that best fits your budget and the priorities you assign to storage capacity, portability and battery life. Dell offers all three types of Flash on its Latitude D830, D630 and D430 portables, with a hybrid drive adding about $150 to their purchase prices and an ITM card about $110. Dell's 32GB SSD is a speed demon--but it adds about $450 to a portable's price tag. Of course, as with all technology, you're guaranteed lower prices in the future.
Flash can't bring that laptop up to full computing parity with your desktop. But it's a step in that direction.

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I grew up listening to my mother telling me stories of listening to Rem Wall on the radio, watching him on television and even going to dances where his band was performing. Do you remember Rem Wall?
A country-western celebrity in local music on the radio and TV, Rem Wall would have been 100 this year. Do You Remember Rem Wall and The Green Valley Boys?
After graduating High School in 1939, Rem Wall packed his bags and moved to Kalamazoo; and never looked back. Rem began performing on the radio shortly after arriving in Kalamazoo, on WGFG then on WKZO radio and later WKZO-TV (now WWMT). The show on television ran for 44 years, The longest lasting show on that station to date.
Rem passed away in 1994 and this year, on October 2nd, would have been his 100th birthday. You will find one of Rem Wall and the Green Valley Boys performance "Under the Old Oak" Tree to be one of the most memorable.
Rem's son, Rendal also played in the band and was an employee at Gibson Guitars and then for Heritage.

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Opponents argue that the “Blue Lives Matter” bills and other proposals are election-season messaging that ignore policing issues underscored by incidents in Ferguson, Mo., North Charleston, S.C., Staten Island, N.Y., Chicago and San Francisco.
“It’s an issue that’s growing in importance – and you can’t rule out that it will become an issue in the presidential campaign and several Senate races,” said G. Terry Madonna, director for the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Pennsylvania’s Franklin & Marshall College.
Polls show it’s an issue that has political potential: 58 percent of Americans believe that there’s a war on cops in America, according to a September 2015 Rasmussen poll, and 60 percent say critical comments by some politicians make it more dangerous for police officers to do their jobs.
Many jurisdictions already have enhanced penalties or aggravated offenses specifically for offenses against law enforcement.
Americans are concerned, despite the fact that the number of police deaths in the line of duty is declining.
There have been a few highly publicized attacks on police. In December 2014, for example, two New York City police officers were fatally shot execution-style as they sat in their patrol car. The gunman, who took his own life, posted on social media that he was going to shoot officers to avenge the police-involved deaths of two African-American men earlier in the year.
But FBI statistics released this month showed that 41 police officers in the United States and Puerto Rico were intentionally killed in the line of duty by suspects in 2015 – 10 fewer than 2014 and the second-lowest total in 12 years.
Still, Pennsylvania’s Sen. Pat Toomey, one of a half-dozen vulnerable Republican Senate incumbents, has a YouTube ad touting his so-called “Thin Blue Line” act, a bill that would expand death penalty consideration factors if the defendant is proved to have specifically targeted a victim for being a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or public official.
Toomey’s bill has 23 Senate Republican co-sponsors, including five who are in tough re-election fights: John McCain of Arizona, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Rob Portman of Ohio, and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
A similar “Thin Blue Line” act was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., who is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, when he was still in the presidential race, accused Black Lives Matter activists of calling for the killing of police officers.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has embraced the concerns about policing in minority communities raised by Black Lives Matter and other civil rights and civil liberties groups.
Clinton has campaigned in several primary states with the “Mothers of the Movement” – women whose children died by gun violence or in encounters with police.
The “Blue Lives Matter” efforts do have some Democratic support.
Law enforcement organizations also support the legislative efforts, arguing they will send a message and make suspects think twice before targeting officers and first-responders.
“It sends a message to the community … that blue lives do matter, that assaults against police officers, law enforcement officers, and firefighters are assaults on the most basic, most fundamental level of government,” said William Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations.
Critics contend that so-called Blue Lives Matter and Thin Blue Line bills are redundant and that the message behind them is overtly political.
Besides, Johnson and others say, there are already tough penalties and enhanced death penalty considerations for killing law enforcement officers on the books in many states, including California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Texas.
Still, NAPO’s Johnson said the “Blue Lives Matter” movement and the bill it’s spawning are needed. He said that the FBI’s figures don’t accurately reflect what officers are encountering on the streets. He pointed to statistics by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and the Officer Down Memorial Page, which independently tracks law enforcement deaths.

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Light up your home with the subtle glow of the Amalfi Classic Candle. The light unscented candle will add a calming ambience as it burns to create a soft mood in living spaces or on table top.
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The light unscented candle will add a calming ambience as it burns to create a soft mood in living spaces or on table top.
Ideal with Jago, Maui & Oahu vase.


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Behold my new computer! My previous one, although only 4 years old, constantly gave problems with interenet access> We’d gone to PC World origionally to get a new wireless card, but the prices of computers fall so rapidly, with a corresponding increase in power, that it made more sense just to buy a new machine. This little HP baby came complete with a printer/ copier and scanner all in one. It’s got Windows 7, which I’m still finding my way around, and I also get Word and Excel 2007.
So far so fab! The updated software is very intuitive – for instance when I stick the SD card from the camcorder into it, it instantly recognises the clips and imports them into Windows Live Movie Maker. From there, editing is a doddle, and it’s a push button choice of “Upload to Youtube” or “Make a DVD”.
Same with photos on my phone, which in the past have given me great problems. Now, the computer recognises the pictures and imports them itself, without any need for software from the phone.
Jem has inherited my old one, minus the internet access, but with Word, Excel, Powerpoint and iTunes it’s got lots of features that she needs for homeworks and music.
Now all I need is anme for it – any suggestions?
Well, call the old one “Eddie” – it seems as moody as the ship comp§§uter at “the Heart of Gold”.
The new one? Out of some peculiar reason “Winston” comes into my mind. Haven’t got a clue why, though.
It looks enormous! How about Jupiter?
Is it one of those desktop all-in-one touchscreens?
Oh, and “persianevo” is spamming that stupid video all over the place – I deleted it from my blog.


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Experience in quality control and inspection both in regulations and management systems. Control, management, verification and calibration of measuring equipment, equipment inventory management, scheduling of calibration and testing schedules. Internal Quality Auditor, ISO knowledge, ability to design procedures and instructions applicable to specific production processes and training to various groups within the organization on issues related to quality.
I have great fondness for technology and automation, I have knowledge about electronics, mechanics, mechanical design and programming. Person with assertive communication skills, quick learning, resourcefulness and flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, persistent in achieving goals. Leadership. Ability to teamwork and results-oriented.

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Parents of SEAL Team Six members who were killed in a helicopter downing just months after the death of Osama Bin Laden are accusing the White House of potentially contributing to deaths by revealing for political purposes that team – whose very existence was classified – killed Bin Laden.
“We absolutely know that they put a target on our son’s back,” said Karen Vaughn, whose son Aaron Vaughn died in the incident. “This team was being sought after” for revenge. Vice President Biden was the first to specifically name SEAL Team VI.
The parents also demanded that Obama explain why a Muslim cleric was permitted to speak at the funeral for SEAL team members and disparage them as infidels.
Here’s the video of their interview with Tucker Carlson of Fox News.
No good deed goes unpunished by this administration.
Is that Pakistani Doctor that helped them still in prison?
Maybe Harvey Weinstein will make a movie about him.
I do think outting the Seal Team 6 was a worse faux pas than the Valerie Plame outting. For that I hold the WH responsible for “loose lips sink ships”. Unfortuately for this WH, men died. Plame went on to become a millionaire.
Is anyone else out there tired of all the “PC” kowtowing to Islam? Were any of the dead practicing Islam–if not, why was a Muslim cleric even there–there should have only been a religious rep for whatever religion(s) the fallen Seal Team 6 member(s) practiced.
God Bless and protect these families as they continue to speak out–we thank them for having the courage to speak out as well as we thank them for their son’s service and ultimate sacrifice for our country.
I never heard about the cleric at the time…did I?
are putting us in danger thru sheer stupidity.
God bless and bring comfort to the Vaughns and other family members who spoke out about the outrageous actions of this regime and what occurred during the ramp ceremony at Bagram, Afghanistan. Why in the world did America’s military hierarchy allow a Muslim imam to speak in Arabic over the coffins of our fallen heroes? How unimaginably horrible for these parents to learn of this betrayal. This would be like FDR allowing the Shinto to pray in Japanese over the graves of American heroes lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I’ll never forget that two-day victory lap Obama took around the country after OBL’s death. He made his first trip as president to Ground Zero to lay a wreath; he ‘spiked the football’ at Fort Campbell, KY – home of SEAL Team VI; and he personally met with members of the team that took out Osama. America has reelected a disgusting, power hungry, political whore who has blood on his hands. He betrayed the confidence of our military and brings disgrace on America.
When the Muslim terrorists took down the twin towers they wanted to erect a mosque at ground zero. This is historically how they mark what they conquer. Yes we have a Muslim in the WH that has people from the Muslim brotherhood in top secret positions. Michelle Bachman was smacked down for revealing this. A Muslim has permission to lie as long as it furthers the Islamic way.
If my son’s body lying there, I would have interrupted the funeral and removed his casket right then and right there. There is no way I would have allowed that spawn of Satan to speak over his body.
The parents had no way of knowing what was said in arabic. I suspect they had their doubts and had the entire disgusting eulogy translated.
This is the first time I’ve heard about the Muslim cleric! Despicable!!!!
The grieving familes specifically requested that no photographs be taken of the returning caskets of their loved ones. What did the Muslim-in-Chief do? He snuck into AAFB like a thief in the night and had the oh so creative Pete Souza do a silhouette!
A sociopath has no conscience – no emotions. A malignant narcissist sociopath is the worst of the worst. God help us!


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Adult Guardianship & Trusteeship law deals with the needs of adults who have become mentally incapable in making decisions concerning their day-to-day activities, health and financial matters. To assist this adult, you will need to apply to court of Queen’s Bench for either an Adult Guardianship Order or Adult Trusteeship Order or both.
Guardianship: If you have a dependent adult that has become incapacitated through accidents, illness, old age or developmental disabilities, you can apply to court to become the guardian of that person. When granted a Guardianship Order, you will be legally responsible for making decisions concerning their everyday affairs such as health care, accommodation, and general activities. However, you cannot make financial decisions. Such matters are done under the Trusteeship Order.
Trusteeship: A Trustee’s powers are limited to financial matters only. Your role as the Trustee may involve keeping track of the adult’s income and expenses, sign contracts, manage all assets, manage the leases for apartment and nursing home and prepare the appropriate tax returns when due.
Making a Guardianship or Trusteeship application can be daunting. This requires a great deal of time to complete. The paperwork is massive and require meticulous attention to details. You must conduct a Capacity Assessment Report on the adult and obtain the adult’s financial information and contact information of all interested parties such as the adult’s immediate family.
At Tzedek Law Office, we have years of experience working with such matters and can offer you expert advice and professional service. We can make the process easier for you. We will prepare the application forms and submit the same to court. We can also attend court on your behalf if someone objects to the application or requests a hearing.


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Golden Threadleaf Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea') in Edmonton Ft Fort McMurray Saskatchewan St Albert Alberta AB at Arrowhead Nurseries Ltd.
Golden Threadleaf Falsecypress has attractive yellow foliage. The threadlike leaves are highly ornamental and turn light green in fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The shaggy indian red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.
Golden Threadleaf Falsecypress is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
Golden Threadleaf Falsecypress will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.


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When you lose a loved one, this can create a huge emotional toll on your family members. This can as well lead to extreme financial challenges. There are laws in diverse states that offer the means to ease such financial load. This is best applicable when someone is certified as responsible for causing the casualty’s death.
When a person dies due to someone else’s act of negligence or duty, the grieving family members can choose to open a wrongful death case for claims and compensation. Even if the awarded amount won in such lawsuit may not make up for the loss of the victim, the damages awarded can help reduce the financial burden that may pose as challenge to the family.
Loss of Income: In wrongful death cases, this is one of the most significant damages considered. In the place where the victim was a primary income earner, his or her demise can leave loved ones and dependents in hugely reduced income. In order to determine the ideal amount of wrongful death damages, the courts will hire the services of qualified economists that will help calculate the victim’s expected income for ages to come, putting into consideration factors such as victim’s health, inflation, life expectancy, among others.
Health Bills/Funeral Outlays – In majority of wrongful deaths cases, the victim will be offered significant medical treatment prior to his or her death. Costs attributed to ambulance ride alone can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars and, unfortunately, funerals can be extremely pricey. Such expenditures can place serious financial pressure on an already grief-stricken family. When the court awards such economic damages to the family of the victim, the court will be doing its best to help lighten the stress following a loved one’s death.
Loss of Benefits – Adding wages to this, the working adult demise can deprive his loved ones proper Social Security, health care, retirement benefits and pension plans, among others. The courts will calculate the likely financial total in awarding these economic welfares.
Care of a kid – In past times, if the victim of a wrongful death was a parent that is stay-at-home, the family would get little financial assistance for his or her demise. In current times, the courts know that the loss of a parent that is non-working can put a great financial burden on the loved ones. Courts will evaluate the costs of housekeeping, kid care, among other domestic services that the household must get following the loss of their beloved one.
Punitive Damages – These particular one serves 2 purposes. On the first basis, they help bring a sense of wholeness to dependents and loved ones that are grieving because of someone else’s irresponsible deeds. More pointedly, punitive damages serve as a warning to future negligent deed, much as a fine serves as a warning to criminal action.
How a Florida Personal Injury Attorney Can Help?


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Podcast Review: Hey Riddle Riddle!
Looking for a ‘major’ change?
OLLU staff member gets featured in academic journal.
OLLU staff member joins San Antonio Business journal.
Free laughs for all. Local student organization host free comedy shows.
OLLU recognizes Henrietta Lacks for dreamweek.
Our Lady of The Lake University will host a social justice reading open to the public with sergeant Reginald Dwayne Betts on Feb. 18 at 7:00 p.m in Thirty Auditorium. Betts is also a poet and memoirist who will share his life experiences from from being a prisoner to a Yale School of Law Graduate.


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Combine first 7 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk. Add lettuce, peas, and almonds; toss gently to coat.
I enjoyed this. I used romaine lettuce and snow peas from the garden. The dressing had a nice lemon flavor and the toasted almonds added a nice touch.


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SKU: ASM-DB4BA-02 (52) Categories: Quick Ship Products, Park Benches, Recycled Plastic Park Benches Tag: recycled plastic park benches Brands: Polly Products.
The Deluxe bench has been selling strong since it was first produced in 1993. This is one of the most popular recycled plastic benches available thanks to its design and comfort. The seat and back are wider allowing for more comfort for the user.
The 2 x 4 plastic lumber is manufactured from 100% recycled plastic making it durable and maintenance free. The arms provide comfort & discourage skate boarders from grinding the front edge off the seat.
Not only is the Deluxe Park Bench made in the USA, but its entirely eco-friendly manufacturing process makes it a green choice for outdoor seating.


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Every February our nation celebrates African American History Month, a time to reflect on the struggles of the men and women and events in the history of the African Diaspora, as well as celebrate the accomplishments of generations of African Americans.
In light of African American History Month, it is important to note the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to strengthen the diversity of its workforce. With one of the most diverse in the federal government, African Americans represent 15.5 percent of DHS’s workforce. Through Pathways, DHS continues to increase the African American workforce by recruiting interns, recent graduates and fellows. In addition, DHS strives for a strong presence at national conferences targeted at African Americans, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week national conferences. Through this effort, DHS has participated in events at more than 10 HBCU-designated institutions.
The Department is also working to develop strategic partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), including HBCUs and Predominately Black Institutions.
In 2014, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson approved a Department-wide campaign focused on outreach to MSIs. Since the launch of the campaign, the Department increased its engagement with MSI cohorts, leveraging both current and upcoming DHS programs and initiatives to foster new relationships with institutions of higher education, key academic associations and other federal agencies. Furthermore, the campaign addresses recommendations from the DHS Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) to support specific programs at MSIs and attract and recruit diverse talent to careers at DHS.
In support of the campaign, the DHS Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) engaged with MSIs in a variety of ways since the launch. For example, OAE partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program, the U.S. Department of State’s EducationUSA network and the White House Initiative on HBCUs to host a webinar designed specifically for HBCUs and focused on international students.
OAE also engaged several MSIs for National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) and National Infrastructure Coordinating Center student events. Designed specifically for students pursuing a cyber-related degree or interested in the field of cybersecurity, each event includes a tour of the NCCIC followed by a panel discussion featuring cybersecurity experts from different DHS Components.
Led by OAE and supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program, the DHS Campus Resilience Program is an initiative that supports college and university preparedness and resilience planning, with a particular emphasis on unique considerations for international students during campus crises. As part of the launch of the program, DHS competitively selected seven colleges and universities to participate as pilot schools, including Tougaloo College. In 2015, Tougaloo College participated in a training event centered on the Campus Resilience Enhancement System, a FEMA-hosted, web-enabled system developed as part of the Campus Resilience Program, that assists colleges and universities as they build and improve upon their emergency operations plans.
Secretary Johnson appointed six new members to the HSAAC last fall. Two of the selected members, Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis and Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, represent HBCUs. Dr. Lezli Baskerville, President and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, has also served as a member of the Council since its establishment in 2012.
Finally, February also is a time to celebrate the Chinese New Year. DHS continues an upward trend of employing Asian Americans at 5.1 percent, 1.4 percent higher than the civilian workforce. Additionally, the Hon. Ruby G. Moy, President and CEO of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Association of Colleges and Universities has served as a member of the Council since its establishment in 2012.
In October 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule that would extend the time during which some international students may engage in practical training while in the United States. DHS plans to publish a final rule on this topic in March 2016.
Higher Education Webinar: What is Cybersecurity?
FEMA Region I is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST, for higher education emergency management and preparedness stakeholders. The webinar will focus on disaster preparedness capabilities, programs and resources. Featured speakers include: Michael Leking, Cyber Security Advisor, Cyber Security & Communications DHS; Mark Beaudry, Corporate Security, IBM; Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team; Dan McElhinney (Host), National Preparedness Division Director, FEMA Region I. To join the meeting, connect via https://fema.connectsolutions.com/higher-ed-cybersecurity/. Call-In information is available at:1-800-320-4330 | PIN: 829796.
DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is the federal government lead for sharing information and intelligence with state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments and the private sector. I&A would like to bring a campus law enforcement officer into their SLTT fellowship program. The I&A Fellows Program furthers DHS’s mission for information and intelligence sharing by bringing talent and expertise from the field to I&A. Through cross-training opportunities in I&A and practical experience in the field, DHS and SLTT entities can enhance and build partnerships to support common homeland security missions. For more information on the program, please view the fact sheet (PDF) or contact Gabrielle Parada, External Liaison Manager, via phone, (202) 447-3591, or e-mail.
The monthly Academic Engagement Message is a product of the Office of Academic Engagement. The office advances the DHS mission by building, improving and leveraging relationships with the academic community. For more information, visit http://www.dhs.gov/topic/academic-engagement.


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The Christine Upchurch Show: The Vibration of Change™: Dream interpretation with guest author J.M. DeBord, aka "RadOwl."
How many times have you had a dream that really captured your attention and you wondered what it means? Join Christine and author and dream expert J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl" for some answers. Discover why J.M. says that dreams are the antidote for a world full of fake everything.


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The La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum is one of the coolest places to visit in Los Angeles. Not only can you see Ice Age Fossils on display, you can get up close to bubbling tar. You’ll find all there is to see and do in our Guide to the La Brea Tar Pits.
9:30 am to 5:00 pm every day of the year (with four exceptions). The Museum is closed on Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
As you wander through the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, you may feel as if you’re walking back in time. In fact, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is considered to be “one of the richest depositories of Ice Age fossils.” On display, you’ll see countless Ice Age fossils from 650 different species, including dire wolves, ancient horses, the Columbian mammoth, coyotes, and more. You’ll learn just how animals could become trapped in just a few inches of tar. At the Fossil Lab, families are given the chance to see paleontologists at work right in front of your eyes! And don’t forget to visit the Atrium, a tree-filled courtyard located in the center of the Museum. Look for koi fish in the pond, keep an eye out for hummingbirds, and more.
The exploring continues outside as well. Marvel at the statues throughout the grounds and the Lake Pit, featuring a still-bubbling asphalt seep with life-size fiberglass statues of mammoths and an American mastodon. Learn about the excavation process,check out the Pleistocene Garden which includes Ice Age-era plants that would have been found in Los Angeles. Stop by the Observation Pit, to see what “a real La Brea fossil deposit looks like.” And take your time walking (and smelling) through the Tar Pits stopping by Project 23 and Pit 91.
The large grassy areas are perfect for picnics, and have fun with the hills that many children just can’t resist rolling down.
The Museum offers two attractions which require an additional fee (though free for members). Ice Age Encounters is a stage show families can watch Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. This multimedia performance runs 15-minutes and features a life-size adult Saber-toothed Cat puppet which helps to tell the story of the Ice Age creatures who once roamed our neighborhood. Seating is limited so it’s best to purchase tickets in advance. Families may also opt to see Titans of the Ice Age 3D. This film shows how some different Ice Age creatures became “trapped in tar, preserved in time, and are being unearthed today.” See for yourself what creatures lived in this area 10,000 to 40,000 years ago.
General Museum admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $12 for students (ages 13-17), and $7 for children. Museum admission also includes a guided Excavator Tour, where visitors can learn about the Fossil Lab, the Lake Pit, the Observation Pit, and Project 23.
Are you strong enough to escape tar?
The Museum offers daily free admission to California teachers with I.D., active or retired military with I.D., and children 2 and under. Additionally, Los Angeles County residents can visit the museum for free Monday through Friday, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, provided they have a valid identification or utility bill with them. The first Tuesday of each month (except during July and August) is a free day for all who visit, and every Tuesday in September is free as well. (Be sure to reserve tickets online, because attendance is usually high on these free days).
Membership options are available which include a number of benefits including unlimited free admission to the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the William S. Hart Museum; free admission to Ice Age Encounters and Titans of the Ice Age 3D; a discount to the Museum store; invitations to special member-only events; and more.
Visitors may park in the Museum’s parking lot (entrance on Curson Avenue) for a $15 charge. Depending on the day and time you visit, you may also be able to secure street parking, but be sure to carefully read the signs for any restrictions and adhere to the meters’ limits. Also keep in mind that there is a lot of construction in the area due to Metro’s expansion of the Purple Line Extension. Allow yourself extra time to navigate road and/or lane closures.
There is no on-site eatery here. However, across the street from the Tar Pits, families can visit The Counter, Baja Fresh, or Callender’s Grill. Additionally, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is located adjacent to the Tar Pits, and families will find many options available at the LACMA Café.
The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is located on famous Museum Row. There are several other nearby museums to visit, but many families find it best to visit the other museums on separate days. Click here to read our post “Family-Friendly Guide to Museum Row in Los Angeles.” This part of town is also referred to as Mid-Wilshire. Click here to read our post “9 Things To Do In (Or Near) Mid-Wilshire With Kids” to give you some ideas about other fun spots to visit while you’re in the neighborhood.

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Social research report series, 87-4.
Older people -- United States -- Social conditions.
Older people -- Mississippi -- Social conditions.
Older people -- Social conditions.
Elderly in America and in Mississippi.
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Over 50 scientists have voted in a change which will see the 129-year-old method of defining a kilogramme scrapped.
Scientists in Paris on Friday approved a change which will alter how a kilogramme is defined, the first change to the system of measuring mass which has been in use since 1889.Scientists from over 50 countries voted to change the definition to a scientific formula called the "Planck constant (h)," which works out a kilogramme based on the amount of electricity needed to counteract its force.
The previous way scientists defined a kilogramme was by the weight of a "platinum-iridium lump," called "Le Grand K," which is kept securely at a site just outside Paris, but will now be retired.
This lump was established as the singular measure for all kilogrammes in 1889 and has only left its protective case four times in the last 100 years, Sky reported.
In fact the changes were so small they were about 50 parts out of a billion, or the weight of an eyelash. By definition, whatever the lump weighed was a kilogramme, so if a chunk fell off, then the mass of all the matter in the universe, if measured by kilogrammes, would change.

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Here are a couple more squares for my mishmash blanket. I haven’t actually worked on the squares in a while– I’ve been wrapping up other projects and dreaming of non-blanket weather, but I’m sure I’ll go back to them.
P.S. In case you don’t follow Lisa’s blog, the voting for the best project in the Big Button Challenge has begun! Swing on over and vote for your favorite project, whether it’s mine or not. You could win a free button!
Oh!!!!! I love love love that last one!!! Will you post the pattern or tell me where oh where to find it? Please? Did you do that already and I am a dork?
Love it, you are so talented.


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Vignettes 17th Anniversary E V E N T!
O O H L A L A !
Whether you just landed here for a summer vacation or you’ve decided to do a stay-cation in town this year, make it a point to stop in and see all the gorgeous coastal chic we’re highlighting right now to transform your spaces.
We’ve styled both petite niches and entire homes with our opulent seaside décor and this dramatic, South of France look and feel always adds the Wow factor to any maison.
Also, be sure and come by to see our floor to ceiling front windows - they have recently been staged and magnificently transformed by uber-talented designer Deborah Watts who has just come on board with us. The amazing Debbie of Blossoms Vintage Chic, has evolved from award-winning floral designer to stylist extraordinaire with an eye for vintage goods that is unsurpassed. Her unique creations from seashell tussy mussies and shell collage arrangements to mason jar chandeliers overflowing with flowers and birdcages with chandeliers inside are clever, haute and do not last. As she hung her birdcage chandelier in the front window this past week, it was spotted and quickly sold! Mais Oui! Her tufted chaise lounges and settees have all the magic qualities ~ distressed, time-worn woods, dove grey linens and that look we all want!
Come by and meet this rising superstar of the trade - We are so proud to showcase her work in the front window.

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Persisting in "High top quality, Prompt Delivery, Aggressive Price", now we have established long-term cooperation with customers from the two overseas and domestically and get new and aged clients' large comments for Ear Candles Beeswax , Ear Candle Beeswax , Ear Candles Pure Beeswax , you should send email to us. We're wanting forwards the opportunity to provider you.
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Video archive for the film Crocodile Nile, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Happy viewing!
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Gómez echoes this, noting that the last decade has seen many false approaches by ways of territories, which she asserts are closed and detrimental to creativity. “I try to distance myself from bringing art into an ivory tower – it leads to misunderstanding contexts,” she says. But as much as Remnants steps away from national identity, it is inevitably binding, if only for the fact that Latin American and Middle Eastern artist production is stereotyped by the rest of the world through a lens of “otherness”.
The artists display unique approaches but share commonalities nurtured by their backgrounds. Further connected by conceptual frameworks, a mood of concern and a minimalist aesthetic, the artists on show produce an overall sobering tone. The works embody a poetic cohesiveness that creates a political dialogue that sidesteps cliché and appeals to a more delicate, if latent, element: human awareness.
Remnants, which runs until October 26, addresses an urgent need for redefinition, but it also reinforces the complexity of ‘awareness’: nuanced circumstances cloud clear-cut understandings of active acknowledgement versus being forced to forget and overlook. It reflects as heavily on those enforcing a status quo as those accepting it. Ghaith Mofeed’s Citizen of my world sees the artist cut and re-stitch a map that places his home country of Syria at the centre of it, uncomfortably highlighting in green the few countries that would welcome him following fleeing the war on foot.
Iranian Nazgol Ansarinia builds on the blind eye turned towards exclusion and displacement – Mattress from her Mendings series depicts externalised interior trauma through an unsettlingly “wounded” pink mattress. Similarly abstract, Cuban Elizabet Cerviño’s Sigh in a niche, made in situ, repurposes paraffin into fragile, life-scale monochromatic blocks. “They are alive, they move, they breathe,” says Gómez. “These totems reactivate the candle remains by bringing them back to the proportions of a human.” Meanwhile, Cuban Jenny Feal’s The Weight that counts likewise reignites ‘nothingness’ into identifiable form by covering a functional, barely audible found clock in mud that slowly cracks off to expose a disturbing tension between weight and time.
Breaking down materials to create new forms is further achieved by Bucak’s Scouring the Press: a video depicting three women – poignant for the female role in Turkish society as well as Bucak’s interest in conditions of repression, migration and violence in minority populations – washing Turkish newspapers of their text. “She is searching for how we write history and how to rethink rewriting it so that the remainders become active parts of it again,” adds Gómez.
However, it is Novo’s series of archival photographs of Mao, Castro and Franco paired with the same images blown-up with the dictators removed that underline the intricate push-and-pull of Remnants. “It creates a different temporality, almost atemporal or in transition, because we don’t know if the person has just left or is still coming,” explains Gómez. “It’s perturbing. We don’t know what we, or they, are looking at and waiting for. The situation becomes banal, compared to the historical significance of the original photos, and raises questions on how to read histories.” Underscoring the true trace of most situations – those who are overlooked and passively subjected to imposed narratives – Gómez highlights how the remnants are not who or what is omitted from the photos, rather, the participants within them.
The disquieting works indicate the legions of ideas, objects and people that fall between the cracks, placing blame on power play interpretations and subjective recollections of history and classification. But in an age of inescapable awareness – a symptom of modernity – it begs the question of whether remnants are less a consequence of cognizance and more the blind eye turned to it.
The intricate circumstances surrounding exclusion and omission are rife with varying degrees of force and choice, and the artists are left to act as archeologists for the discarded ‘what ifs’ and ‘could bes’. The viewer? Oscillating between questioning if the works suggest it is too late, or if there is one more layer, a hidden remnant, in the wash of artworks that outline the trauma of discarded thoughts, people and objects: the hopeful proposition that perhaps one day, these remains won’t be remains at all.
The works embody a poetic cohesiveness that creates a political dialogue that sidesteps cliché and appeals to a more delicate, if latent, element: human awareness.


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EndNote, one of the most-used reference managers, is now available free for MSU users. Attend this workshop to see how EndNote X7 makes formatting citations and managing bibliographies easy! Learn to search, import records, add notes, find articles, manage PDFs, and format papers using any one of thousands of citation styles. This workshop covers the basics: how to install EndNote, collect and share references, and format the citations in you document.
Registration is recommended but not required. Walk-ins welcome as long as there is room. Bring your own laptop and install EndNote during the workshop or see the installation instructions to load it ahead of time. You can also use one of our laptops which have it pre-installed.


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Adult Entertainer at DG's A Gentlemen's Club.
Here´s other one! this is one of my favorite songs X3 hope you enjoy! Tokyo Teddy Bear belongs to Vocaloid. Furry video of the song doesn´t belongs to me.
DG are･･･ Vo/梅太郎 Gt/阿部克寛 Gt/斉藤夕也 Ba/柚木尚 Dr/朝季 HP：http://www2.tbb.t-com.ne.jp/dg.original.hom/99_blank.html.
Il nuovo Creative Center di Tokyo di Roland DG. Sono incluse anche opere di stampatori italiani all'interno.
2014 YG Family World Tour -POWER- in Tokyo, Japan.
Les Twins workshop at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo 7/29/15 Part 17 Larry's choreo.
Japanese police man pulls over angry old man in Hamamatsucho Tokyo.
Special thanks to UMF TV.
Дороги Японии. Возвращение в Токио 4 / Roads in Japan. Return to Tokyo 4.
Mendapat kesempatan menyambut n bersalaman dg Pak JK di lobi KBRI Tokyo dlm acara temu masyarakat Indonesia di Jepang.
Live Today, Love Tomorrow, Unite Forever,... www.tomorrowland.com.
20130323 MESOPELAGIC @ Somewhere of Tokyo Underground!!!
The deepwater party "M e s o p e l a g i c" *Description:http://www.facebook.com/events/435708143189090/ *Deejays : S e c r e t ! *decoration artist : S e c r e t !
A morning in Nishi-Shinjuku- the socalled Skyscraper District.
Assoc of Asia Pacific Airlines Annual Meet in Tokyo dinner for delegates. IATA DG Tony Tyler takes a shot at dancing with film graphics in the background.
Some footage from my last trip to Japan of the Azone Labelshop at Radio Kaikan and Mandarake in Akihabara, Tokyo!
Devil May Cry 2 - Playstation 2 - Tokyo Game Show Trailer.
場所：eggman tokyo east 題名：John Lennon Forever 2013 動画：Tetsu Mizuno & DG.


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I want Sophie La Rosière to be real. Born in 1867 to middle-class parents in Nogent-sur-Marne, a suburb of Paris, France, La Rosière’s biography benefits from the details it lacks. An only child, she found sibling substitutes in the wealthy Smith sisters, until the intensity of her connection with the youngest, Madeleine, worried La Rosière’s parents enough that they sequestered her in a convent to complete her schooling. After the death of her parents, La Rosière reignited her friendship with the Smith sisters, struck up a relationship with a much younger artist’s model named Florence and focused on her painting. She died alone and unknown in an old-age home established by the Smith sisters at the age of 81.
La Rosière fits into my favourite archetype: the Modernist dame. She’s the ideal blend of moxie, sapphic gossip, Boston marriages, money and overlooked genius. Exchange a few minor details and La Rosière could be Gertrude Stein, Jane Bowles, Louisa d’Andelot Carpenter. I would read an anthology of La Rosière’s correspondence; I would watch her biopic (preferably starring Juliette Binoche).
Her fictitiousness results, for me, in palpable disappointment.
Iris Häussler, the artist who invented La Rosière, has furnished two Toronto galleries with ample evidence of her existence. (“Wonderful to learn about such a fascinating unknown artist,” wrote one enthusiastic visitor in the guestbook.) Dividing her exhibition between the Art Gallery of York University and Scrap Metal, Häussler delights in the precision of La Rosière’s particulars. A reconstruction of La Rosière’s abandoned studio includes Victorian occasional chairs, a fur throw, a copper pot filled with dried rose petals, stacks of doors and odd wooden cut-offs painted over with thick, black encaustic and ashen paint colours: wines, berries, bruised plums and plummy bruises. A series of vitrines display ephemera found in La Rosière’s abandoned home: bits of correspondence, saucy postcards, family photographs and abstract vaginal watercolours that would put any Georgia O’Keeffe painting to shame.
And while these effects combine to create a singular character, Häussler’s project, the elaborate construction of a fake artist, is well-trodden territory, and not just within Häussler’s oeuvre (which also includes work by Joseph Wagenbach, Mary O’Shea and more). At this point, there are probably almost as many fictional artists as there are real ones.
An element of deception makes sense in 2016. We’ve become acclimatized to duplicity. Naomi Klein called 2003 the year of the fake, and this declaration registers almost quaintly in retrospect. Now, we don’t even expect politicians to aim for veracity—the current US election and the climate of fact-check politics proffers the most nightmarish evidence here. If 2003 marked passage into the year of the fake, 2016 firmly ensconced a post-truth world. The most appropriate artist for these times is an artist who doesn’t exist at all.
The market clamors for newly discovered artists or freshly uncovered works of art; the academic trend of the “uncovered genius” didn’t go amiss in the art world. And late-blooming, or lately discovered, women artists have a niche all their own. Louise Bourgeois didn’t garner real recognition until her 70s; Etel Adnan, now 91, only started showing prolifically in the last five years. The market needs objects and personalities, so why not invent more?
And yet, while 2016, and the art world in general, is ripe for deception, expectations of fiction are undergoing reconsideration.
On September 8, Orange Prize–winning author Lionel Shriver took to the stage at the Brisbane Writers Festival and unleashed a screed against the paragon complaint of “political correctness”: cultural appropriation. Pointing to recent low-level controversy at Bowdoin College, where two students wearing sombreros at a “tequila party” faced possible impeachment from the student government, Shriver argued that “ideologies recently come into vogue challenge our right to write fiction at all.” Shriver herself donned a sombrero. “The moral of the sombrero scandals is clear: you’re not supposed to try on other people’s hats,” she said.
Shriver’s talk was the kind of shrill diatribe that primarily reaffirms the beliefs of the already convinced (on both sides of the issue), which is a shame, because the ethical dimensions of fiction deserve nuanced articulation. How does cultural appropriation, or the pejorative sense of appropriation more generally, apply to writing fiction? And how, in turn, do these considerations apply to the visual arts?
Toronto artist Maria Flawia Litwin invented Róża Selawiska (whose name nods to Duchamp’s Sélavy), a prescient Polish artist, and, after constructing and documenting Selawiska’s work, Flawia Litwin began smuggling her catalogues into libraries of prominent art institutions across the world, including the Venice Biennale Library, Istanbul Modern Library and Bibliothéque Public d’Information at Centre Pompidou in Paris.
But while Sawyer and Flawia Litwin explicitly aim to expand, or at least disrupt, the canon, I have difficulty believing that the creation of a woman artist constitutes, by its nature, a feminist act.
Just look at Joe Scanlan’s Donelle Woolford project. Beginning in 2000, Scanlan started fictionalizing Woolford after creating a series of abstract wood collages that he thought would be better if “someone else made them.” This initial construction took on a life of its own, with Scanlan incorporating performance elements, and hiring various performers (especially Jenn Kidwell and Abigail Ramsay) to play Woolford. After the inclusion of Donelle Woolford in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Yams Collective, a group of black artists, withdrew their video from the exhibition, amid widespread criticism of Scanlan’s project.
The Scrap Metal instalment of La Rosière’s forgoes biographical ephemera and focuses on the scholarship that underpins any act of attribution. Psychoanalysts in a video conjecture about the source of La Rosière’s trauma, which caused her to cover her painted door panels in black encaustic. Walls lined with lightboxes that backlight X-rays reveal the apparent under-painting beneath the waxen layers. A researcher from the Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France talks about the process of investigating works. We learn more here about the requisite elements of an artist’s provenance than La Rosière herself. Häussler offers an autopsy of hagiography, and shows her hand: a preoccupation with the grounds of artistic authority.
Sophie La RosièreIris Häussler, The Sophie La Rosière Project, 2016. Courtesy Scrap Metal and Daniel Faria Gallery.
These living artists offer plenty of details about their fictional subjects, but, as the Scrap Metal instalment makes clear, it’s often more useful to make a note of the secrets they are telling about themselves. In the process of assuming a part of someone else, fictional or not, you involuntarily give something of yourself. When Scanlan hires living, breathing bodies in service of his own fictional creation, he tells us more about himself than Donelle Woolford. And when he treats the bodies of black women as interchangeable, assuming that viewers either wouldn’t notice or wouldn’t care that different performers played Woolford, he reveals even more.
This rule extends beyond artists. When the American Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump categorized Mexicans as rapists, he said more about himself than anyone else. “Nobody has more respect for women than I do,” Trump announced during a later debate, revealing something else entirely. (“To put it another way,” wrote Jia Tolentino, “women aren’t going to get more respect from anybody else.”) Lately, I’d take a lie over the truth any day.


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Young Lions skipper Brad Galvin isn’t afraid of taking his side’s ‘scrappy’ style of play into Sunday’s semi final clash with Henwood Park. Galvin has headlined the Lions’ defensive unit from centre back this season, putting together a string of solid performances to contain rival sides to just 28 goals in their 19 games to date. Now, the 27-year-old is relishing the lead-up to a shot at grand final glory and says there’s no reason why his team mates can’t tough out another gritty win against the favoured Hawks. “We really toughed it out against Leeton last weekend but we’ve been doing that all year,” Galvin said. “It was a pretty scrappy win and we defended like our lives depended on it when they threw everything at us in the last few minutes.” Having only just taken over the captaincy from the unavailable Duncan Cameron, Galvin is facing the unusual prospect of being one of the side’s most senior players in just his second season at Hall Bros Oval. The defender also admitted his surprise at Young’s run to the finals but credited the injection of youth into the side. “We were really in a building phase last year and we copped a few floggings with all those juniors blokes coming in,” Galvin said. “Now, we’ve kept that core group together for two years and I think we’ve come along quicker than we anticipated. “That comes down to those younger boys in the side having an impact and guys like Alex Mitchell, who I’d say is one of the fastest blokes in the competition, and Pat Hislop have been real standouts all year.” All eyes are now fixed upon the task ahead - toppling the defending premiers. Galvin knows it’s no easy task but says the result will be vastly different from their 6-0 loss to Henwood Park in July. “We were missing a few players from our back line that game, so I think that probably affected us a fair bit,” Galvin said. “Still, we know they’ll be hard to get on top of and they’ll throw everything at us in attack. “We’ll just have to hold them out and look to hit them through counterattack.” While you’re with us, did you know that The Daily Advertiser is now offering sports and local events as part of its growing email newsletter service? Our sports email will keep the sports-mad up-to-date with a round-up of all the weekend’s sports action - sign up here.
LEADER OF THE PRIDE: Young Lions skipper Brad Galvin (right, pictured tackling Lake Albert's Henri Gardner in 2017) says his side won't shirk away from the tough stuff against Henwood Park in this weekend's semi final.
Young Lions skipper Brad Galvin isn’t afraid of taking his side’s ‘scrappy’ style of play into Sunday’s semi final clash with Henwood Park.
Galvin has headlined the Lions’ defensive unit from centre back this season, putting together a string of solid performances to contain rival sides to just 28 goals in their 19 games to date.
Now, the 27-year-old is relishing the lead-up to a shot at grand final glory and says there’s no reason why his team mates can’t tough out another gritty win against the favoured Hawks.
“We really toughed it out against Leeton last weekend but we’ve been doing that all year,” Galvin said.
But honestly, we don’t mind scrappy games like that - I’d be happy to grind out a 1-0 win every week if that’s what it takes.
Having only just taken over the captaincy from the unavailable Duncan Cameron, Galvin is facing the unusual prospect of being one of the side’s most senior players in just his second season at Hall Bros Oval.
The defender also admitted his surprise at Young’s run to the finals but credited the injection of youth into the side.
“We were really in a building phase last year and we copped a few floggings with all those juniors blokes coming in,” Galvin said.
“Now, we’ve kept that core group together for two years and I think we’ve come along quicker than we anticipated.
ROCK IN DEFENCE: Galvin clears the ball under pressure from Tolland's Ramon Atayde during a Pascoe Cup clash in 2018.
All eyes are now fixed upon the task ahead - toppling the defending premiers.
Galvin knows it’s no easy task but says the result will be vastly different from their 6-0 loss to Henwood Park in July.
“We were missing a few players from our back line that game, so I think that probably affected us a fair bit,” Galvin said.
“Still, we know they’ll be hard to get on top of and they’ll throw everything at us in attack.

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text: Lianne Adams is a freelance artist and graphic designer who works with a multiple discipline approach to create unique, bespoke pieces. Drawing from her background as an international artist, she crafts her own artistic style, melding together strands of computer-based design and traditional art, amplifying a personal touch within her works. She enjoys telling visual stories through her art that make a lasting impression on the viewer. Our Garden of Earthly Delights celebrates small parts of this amazing country, Aotearoa -New Zealand and the connection we have with it. The more often we see things around us, even the beautiful and stunning things, the more they become invisible to us. Consequently, we often take for granted the beauty of this world; the ocean, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less. Lianne hopes to encourage people to see with their eyes, feel with their heart and connect with their soul to this unique place we call home. Taupo Museum is open 7 days (closed Good Friday and Anzac day morning) and is free for Taupo District ratepayers and all children, Adults $5, Seniors and Students $3.


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Why does 'Create Config Item' (AutoCreate Configuration Items), create star-item program, create items and Bills in an inactive organization?
org. Moreover that org is not defined as a source in any other active org.
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My Story of Life with Lyme and MS: Backing to the beginning.....???
Before this last doctor's visit I had been feeling really bad. I was waking up with hands I could hardly use, like I had been clinching a fist all night in my sleep. I had several episodes where my legs would be numb or feel like parts were asleep, my right foot is almost always numb, and the other one is sometimes. Both hands have their moments as well......I have also lost a lot of grip in my left hand, dropping things all the time. I decided to go see another rheumatologist that came highly recommended. He ran every blood test imaginable (about $1000 worth) and told me everything I already knew. He did not even bat an eye when I told him I was Lymes positive. He did not think the problems I had been dealing with were due to that. I had a feeling I was in a serious Lymes relapse, but did not really know where to seek help. It is horrible when you can't find a doctor to treat you, or one knowledgable to do so. That doctor classified me in a catagory called UCTD or undifferentiated connective tissue disease...to me meaning he has no idea what I have. Again, no mention from him about or pointing to Lymes.
Prior to this visit, I have bounced in and out of my GP's office for respiratory infections like crazy. My immune system is just a mess. The slightest sick person around throws me into a full blown case of bronchitis. I have had it 3 times this year (2008) alone. Other problems have had me at the Gyno for bladder/uniary tract infections, to the back doctor for all kinds of pain and neuropathy I thought were nerves being pinched or something. Looks more like it may be Lymes related, although I do have other back problems that are all on their own!!

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Bookstores are full of garden books suited for other climates, but the 5 best Arizona gardening books share the wisdom of experienced gardeners in the low desert of Arizona. Although Arizona’s climate seems severe (it is at times), it is an outstanding climate for gardening. Learn more about summer gardening in Arizona in this post. Gardening year-round is possible in Arizona, but learning how, why and most importantly when to plant is critical for success.
“What to do each month to have a beautiful garden all year.” Mary Irish shares her knowledge in this “when-to” and “how-to” book for Arizona gardeners. My copy of Month-by-Month Gardening in the Deserts of Arizona is dog-eared and referenced all the time. It’s a great resource for vegetable gardening, perennials, roses, trees, cactus and more. If you garden in Arizona, this book will demystify the process and help you be successful.
You don’t have to be in the Master Gardener program to purchase this book (although I highly recommend the program!). The Arizona Master Gardener Manual is a comprehensive book for all aspects of gardening in Arizona. It is technical at times, but a great resource for any gardener in Arizona.
Although All New Square Foot Gardening is not written for gardening in Arizona, the principles in it are easily applied. Raised-bed square foot gardening is a great way to get started gardening in Arizona. This was the first gardening book I ever purchased. I read it cover to cover several times, did just what it said (except for the planting times) and was successful. Great step-by-step method for starting and maintaining a garden in Arizona.
Another book by Arizona gardener Mary Irish makes the 5 best Arizona gardening books. Each entry in Arizona Gardener’s Guide is for a plant that grows well in Arizona. It discusses which areas of Arizona the plant grows well in, and how to properly grow it. It is a great resource for gardening in Arizona.
Desert Gardening for Beginners is a gem. The beginning of the book gives a good overview of gardening in Arizona. The real treasures of this book are the planting guides at the back of the book for hundreds of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Timing is critical when gardening in Arizona and this helpful book takes away the mystery of when to plant.
Looking for more gardening books? Here are my 5 favorite gardening books.


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Each of us who suffer from COPD has their own unique combination of airway illnesses which requires specific treatment. For some it is emphysema and shortness of breath which stands out while others may have asthma/COPD combination (ACOS) and still others have frequent illness caused by every flu or pneumonia bug they come across. know your ailment! Know what sends you into an exacerbation and know what overwhelms your day. We're totally influenced by our environments be it air freshener, germs, or inclement weather.
@Which Patients With COPD Are Affected the Most by Extreme Weather?
I live in high altitudes which many COPDers would find intolerable while the next person could not take the extreme heat of desert areas or the extreme humidity of beachside locations. While many of us are not likely to relocate due to COPD it helps to become familiar with how your climate effects you and what you can do about it. The main thing is be aware! Knowledge is power and can make all of the difference in maximizing your quality of Life!
That's what we're all about - smoke, pollution, air quality, all factors make another good day or another hospitalization, ER trip, and missed work.
Cold dry air, i.e., Minnesota in winter, is what gets me. My doctor said wear a scarf! This whole COPD thing is new to me. But it certainly can slay one. I will do anything within reason to avoid another exacerbation. It may mean staying in the house more. Which is bad for my depression. So... What does one do?
I have a combination since I have asthma and emphysema and I have had lung volume reduction surgery so I am not dealing with a full set of lungs here. I started to write deck but thought better of it. The cold doesn't seem to bother me but humidity does and so does dry heat. I use my inhalers as prescribed and I use my nebulizer when I need it which is more often these days than it used to be. I work out five days a week...six if you count working and walking back and forth carrying trays and checking people out. I have the worst chronic back pain I have EVER had but I accept that it may not ever go anywhere so I have to do whatever I can to keep moving. It is, for the most part, less intense when I am active and distracted. I do walk with a decided limp these days but that's no big deal...I thank you, Thomas, once again, for the information. My father had emphysema and it was aggravated terribly by cold weather, that does not seem to be the case with me.
bsheats If you have to stay in the house more, develop a plan. You can work on crafts, you can allow yourself at least short periods outside, you NEED fresh air...I certainly do. Make yourself a peaceful spot and meditate. Exercise if you can, it really makes a difference with depression AND COPD.


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Ah, the lazy days of late summer. They might just be the best part of the season. August is always tinged with a little nostalgia; summer is nearly over, and the evenings let you know that fall is just a breath away. They call to mind all the summers of yesterday—the places we went, the people we met, the things we did.
One of the most iconic images of summers past is the drive-in movie. Which of us doesn’t remember family evenings at the drive-in with a picnic supper? Or seeing how many friends we can pile into the car—maybe even sneaking a crazy friend through admission in the trunk? Drive-ins were one of the best parts of summer. But drive-ins, like so many other things, are a dying breed in the digital age. As of last year, there were fewer than 350 left in the whole country.
There’s hope, though, for drive-in lovers. Outdoor cinema is making a comeback, and it might be even better than the old drive-in model. The same technology that’s dealt a death blow to the drive-in has created a new kind of outdoor film—the pop-up cinema. Pop-up cinemas are…well, popping up…all over the place. Mobile screens and projection equipment can turn virtually any place into a movie theater—which means we can have outdoor movies nearly anywhere, not just at the drive-in. People all over are using this technology to turn film into a communal experience, screening everything from classics like Casablanca to cult favorites like Little House of Horrors in outdoor public spaces. And that’s pretty amazing.
This August, we’re having our own bout of nostalgia. We’re partnering with Nomad Cinema to bring the drive-in experience to our own lovely beach. If you’ve never experienced outdoor cinema, or you think wistfully of summer’s past and the good old days of going to the drive-in, this is an event not to be missed. Pack up your beach blanket, round up your friends, and join us for a movie on the beach. You won’t even have to sneak anyone through in the trunk.


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A screen saver and locker for the X Window System.
The XScreenSaver program consists of three main programs that one might want to invoke explicitly. Each one has its own manual. These should have been installed as Unix ``man'' pages when xscreensaver was installed, but HTML versions of the manuals are available below.
The xscreensaver program is a daemon: it runs in the background, and waits for the keyboard and mouse to become idle. When they do, it blanks the screen, optionally locks it, and launches various graphics demos.
The xscreensaver-demo program is the graphical user interface to xscreensaver. It lets you tune the various parameters used by the xscreensaver daemon, and browse through the graphics demos. In effect, it is a tool for letting you edit your ~/.xscreensaver file.
The xscreensaver-command program is a command-line tool for controlling the xscreensaver daemon; it is most useful when run by shell scripts, or from menu items. It lets you do things like tell the xscreensaver daemon to lock the screen immediately.
This FAQ contains the most common questions and answers, most of which are also addressed in the above manuals; plus a grab-bag of other questions which don't really fit elsewhere.
In addition, all of the graphics demos used by xscreensaver have their own manual pages (since they are standalone programs in their own right.) But they are not duplicated here.


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Under the direction of Executive Chef Evan Treadwell, Sous Chef Dylan is building a name for himself at Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort and Spa, located in beautiful Tabernash, north of Winter Park, Colorado. He would like to invite you to come experience an outstanding meal at the Ranch House Restaurant. With an innovative menu, ambiance, and wide arrange of available dining options, Sous Chef Dylan and his staff will most certainly help you enjoy the vacation of your dreams and offer you a memorable dining experience.
We specialize in a creative chef-inspired menu using locally raised meats and produce when available, and offer a beautiful setting to enjoy your exquisite meal. Whatever your purpose for visiting the resort, whether it be a drive out to the country for lunch, a ski or hiking trip, or a special event, Dylan will make it the most special - small or large, casual or elegant - whatever your dreams may be, he and his staff will make your occasion unforgettable!
Ranch House Restaurant provides the highest level of service, freshly made cuisine, and delicious cakes and deserts. You tell us what you want and we'll make it happen for you and your guests. No menu is too small or too big. Whatever your tastes, our team will design the experience you're looking for.
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Ready for the Halloween Crawl? Our biggest event every year.
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One objective of the Declaration is to create synergies across relevant funding schemes within Europe. The Commission and Member States are working on a plan in line with the call by European leaders on 28 June 2018.
EC Vice-President Andrus Ansip And Commisioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska participate in the session, focusing on the role of AI in transforming European industry. Also on the importance of digital skills and making the right investments.

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This week’s New and Noteworthy focuses on policy and evaluation – in understanding youth savings in the developing world, looking deeper at the potential of conditional cash transfers in the US, and outlining the road to full financial inclusion.
As part of its Financial Inclusion 2020 initiative, the Center for Financial Inclusion this week released its Five Roadmaps to Full Financial Inclusion, which offer recommendations and action points on topics including client protection, credit reporting, and addressing customer needs. CFI’s Managing Director, Elisabeth Rhyne, shared her thoughts on the project on the CGAP blog.
Much has been written about the pros and cons of bitcoins (and their legal and regulatory repercussions), but Gene Frieda shares his thoughts on the WEF blogon the role of bitcoins as an alternative currency and a speculative commodity.
Thailand has made progress in the area of financial inclusion (73% of the population has a bank account and only 3% have no access to formal finance whatsoever) but still has a problem when it comes to prevalence of loan sharks. The Economist highlights some interesting tactics that the government is undertaking to try to curb their activity.
The concept of conditional cash transfers is nothing new and programs like Bolsa Familia in Brazil have shown some success. In the United States, New York City has pioneered the policy strategy domestically. Recent evaluation results of a program administered by MDRC show potential educational benefits, specifically for high school students.
Many microfinance programs focus on access to financial services for adult populations. But if given the opportunity, would youth in developing countries save via formal services? This is one of the questions addressed by the YouthSave Initiative, which recently released a report of findings from its program targeting 12-18 year olds in Colombia, Ghana, Nepal and Kenya.

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Sony Xperia X10 Manual Guide is good choice for you that looking for nice reading experience. We hope you glad to visit our website. Please read our description and our privacy and policy page.
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Laurie Wood joined the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in November 1991 as a writer/researcher for what is now the Intelligence Project, the investigative arm of the SPLC, and then served as the department’s research manager.
Ms. Wood now acts as Director for Investigations. In that role she oversees the Investigative Unit, which is responsible for intelligence gathering and analysis of domestic radical right and radical antigovernment extremist groups. She also serves as the Center’s primary law enforcement trainer for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on hate group and radical antigovernment activity.
She has served as a secondary instructor for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)’s Domestic Terrorism/Hate Crime Training course, a faculty instructor for the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Hate Crime Curricula, a certified instructor for the California POST Robert Presley Institute for Criminal Investigation and a member of an international advisory board for an online hate crime training program sponsored by the SPLC, FLETC and California State University – San Bernardino, where Wood was an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice; of the board of directors for the Gulf States Regional Center for Public Safety Innovations and for the California Hate Crime Investigators Association.


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Music is my life! Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop, Country Rap Tunes, Dancehall Reggae, Culture Tunes, Soul, Funk, Soca, Calypso, Zouk, Compas, Bounce, Go Go, Rake N Scrape, Junkanoo, Rock, & Chill.
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Sparta Gym is known to offer comprehensive support for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.She prides herself on intuitive workout equipment as well as dedicated personal trainers. Every aspect of her health and fitness studio inspires and enhances performance.
Sparta is dedicated to offering comprehensive approaches to fitness and strength that matches up to the community standards regardless of the reason for working out.
She provides dietary supplements used to improve athletic performance while at the same time enhancing the body weight and promoting weight loss. these supplements come in different forms including powders, shakes, bars et.cetera.
Sparta gym has out of this world gym classes that are conducting by fitness pros and boxing champions.
Sparta and the staff team have a good knowledge of excellent gym equipment and where to find them. she will point you in the right direction for strength, fitness and training gear, pilates, cardio equipment and workout apparel.
The gym facilities at Sparta utilize the latest training technology giving clients the privilege of enjoying safe ultramodern workout equipment with effective regimen year round.


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I was interviewed last week by news agency TT Spektra for a “how-to”-article about blogs. These articles will probably be published in several smaller Swedish dailies the coming week and maybe promote blogging on a wider scale in Sweden. The first article can be found online today in Hudiksvalls Tidning.
> Bloggar ger folket en röst.
> Så kommer du igång att blogga.
UPDATE: The article has now also been published in Ljusdals-Posten, Hälsinge-Kuriren and Karlskoga-Kuriren.
For any new viewers who are not sure about how to subscribe to this blog, just copy one of the following two addresses.
Then go to www.bloglines.com and register for a free account. Paste the web address into the frame in the upper right hand corner, choose “Subscribe to this URL” next to it and click on the arrow. Click “Subscribe” and then you will have your subscription in the left frame.

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A guest blog written by Air Marketing Group, specialists in full cycle B2B sales and acquisitions.
So, you’ve got good quality B2B leads coming in and your sales pipeline is growing nicely but they aren’t converting. Why is that? According to Vantage Point, whilst 72% of sales managers hold sales pipeline reviews, 63% say that their company does a bad job of managing their sales pipeline.
These figures are concerning when you consider that a well-managed sales pipeline is vital to the success of any business. It’s the key driver for revenue generation, so much so that the Harvard Business Review found there to be an 18% difference in revenue between companies with a defined sales process and those without. But a well-managed pipeline won’t build or look after itself.
A proactive company will pay attention to the data they gather from their pipeline and use this information to track sales performance, rather than simply reacting to fluctuations in their sales. In paying attention to their sales pipeline, companies can also monitor their sales team. As a closely monitored pipeline will reveal any gaps in team performance, these gaps can be closed quickly, encouraging sales reps to take control of their sales output.
So, how can you effectively manage your sales pipeline?
Today, buyers have more choice than ever and with that comes an increasingly competitive market for sales and marketing professionals. It is therefore key that your sales team is following up on leads with a phone call or email to guide them through the pipeline. However, according to Super Office, less than 3% of companies attempt to follow up with their customers.
In order to make sure that your team are following up on leads and managing their sales pipelines, it is good procedure to implement weekly reviews. This could include reminders to email or call a customer that hasn’t recently been contacted for a specified amount of time, e.g. 2 weeks.
To ensure uniformity and consistency within your team, it is vital that you document every stage of your sales process, from the initial call to acquisition. Throughout your sales pipeline you should ensure that your campaigns are supported by a well-maintained and updated CRM – a sales team will only be as good as the data they are working with.
After analysing the pipelines of hundreds of companies, Implisit found that the average length from lead to close is 102 days, however, this varies from industry to industry. At Cognism, the average length of a sales cycle is 21 days, but it can range from 24 hours to 6 months, depending on the product and target audience. With such a range, it is vital to understand and monitor each lead within the sales pipeline to ensure that they are being handled in the best and most appropriate way.
Although you want your sales pipeline to be full and healthy, you should only convert leads that you feel you can genuinely help. Businesses should make use of a sales manager and a qualifying process to ensure that leads are qualified from the very beginning of the sales pipeline to the very end. In implementing a qualifying process, you will ensure that your pipeline is full of B2B prospects who are genuinely interested and those you can really help. .
Answered simply, at the beginning! Operating a well maintained and structured sales pipeline can make a measurable difference to your business, so don’t delay, get those opportunities working for you immediately!
If you would like to see how Cognism can keep your sales pipeline full with high-quality B2B data and outbound automation, make sure you register for a demo. Alternatively, call us on +44 203 858 0822.

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