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What do students learn when they participate in the Think First & Stay Safe™ School Program?
The earlier we begin to teach children the basics of healthy social relationships and respecting self and others, the better able are we to stop the cycle of abuse, both by peers and adults. In doing so, we help keep children safe, healthy and ready to learn.
The most prevalent personal safety issues facing children today involve bullying and sexual exploitation, including web-enabled offenses. Fortunately, most of these crimes are preventable with awareness and education.
setting, maintaining and respecting personal boundaries.
developing and maintaining effective communication with trusted adults.
recognizing bullying and sexually offending behaviors & learning prevention strategies.
reporting any type of abuse or threat to a youngster's health and safety.
reducing the feelings of guilt and blame often experienced by children who are mistreated.
Is the Think First & Stay Safe™ curriculum evidence-based?
How often is Think First & Stay Safe™ updated?
Since its original creation, Rosemary Webb and Jennifer Mitchell have continuously updated and expanded Think First & Stay Safe™ to address the latest issues and safety concerns facing today's youngsters. These updates are based on Child Lures Prevention's ongoing research, as well as the invaluable input of educators, parents and students. The program was most recently updated and revised in January 2018.
Educators and parents are also encouraged to visit (and Like) CLP/TLP's Facebook page, Child Lures Prevention/Teen Lures Prevention, for daily posts on research and news related to the health and personal safety of children and youth. For non-members of Facebook, please visit childlureprevention.com, where CLP/TLP's daily FB posts are available for reading.
Does the program offer a balanced perspective?
Yes. Youngsters are repeatedly reassured that the majority of people, including peers, are sincerely committed to the happiness and well-being of children and do not mistreat them. Those who harm or abuse children are the exception.
Has the program been scientifically evaluated?
Formative assessments are incorporated throughout each Lesson Plan. A formal Summative Program Assessment is provided for student evaluation of mastery. To document student progress and program retention in-house, schools and organizations are encouraged to administer the provided Program Evaluations for Grades 3-4 and Grades 5-6 as both a Pre-Test and a Post-Test.
Think First & Stay Safe School Program aligns with recommendations set forth by NCMEC's guidelines for personal safety programs, as well as National Health Education Standards.
Does Think First & Stay Safe™ address bullying?
Yes, students are taught the importance of treating others with kindness and respect at home, at school and online/electronically. Grades 3-4 have a dedicated Lesson Plan addressing bullying, cyberbullying and electronic harassment entitled, Be Kind, No Bullying. Grades 5-6 participate in the comprehensive lesson, Bullying, Cyberbullying and Harassment. Students learn the value of using Netiquette at all times, as well as how to stand up for others and get help from trusted adults.
Does the program address peer-to-peer bullying and abuse?
Yes. The program addresses peer-to-peer abuse. It allows students to practice effective strategies to prevent, deflect and report bullying, based on the most recent research. School/state policies and consequences are reviewed.
As much as 30% of all childhood sexual abuse is perpetrated by children, on children. The Think First & Stay Safe program emphasizes that it is against the law for anyone - even a peer - to cross over the line from affection to sexual abuse.
Is Think First & Stay Safe™ age-appropriate?
Yes. The Presenter's Guide contains age-appropriate lesson plans for PreK-K, Grades 1-2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5 and Grade 6. Presenters are encouraged to fine-tune each lesson, based on the maturity and sophistication of students.
Classroom Activities, Practice Scenarios and Posters differ for Grades 3 and 4, as well as for Grades 5 and 6.
What does the program kit consist of?
Teacher Manuals: Presenter's Guide: Includes age-appropriate scripted lesson plans, classroom activities, practice scenarios, follow-up activities, pre/post tests, and tools for parental involvement. Six manuals: PreK-K, Grades 1-2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5 and Grade 6.
Tom's Secret: All Secrets Can Be Told; for Grades 3-6.
Student Workbook for Grades 3-6: Allows students to follow along with each Lesson Plan and complete activities; may serve as a home reference guide once completed.
Parent Guide: This 20-page parent handbook summarizes the School Program and offers ideal home reinforcement. Available in English and Spanish.
Think First and Stay Safe!
All Secrets Can Be Told.
My Body Belongs to ME!
Too Smart to be Lured.
Be a Good Digital Citizen.
Who teaches Think First & Stay Safe™?
Typically, the program is taught by a school counselor, health educator, nurse, physical education teacher or school resource officer. In some schools, classroom teachers present the Program. It is suggested that guidance counselors act as coordinators and be readily available for victimized children's needs.
Educators who teach personal safety help ensure students come to school prepared to learn - free of the challenges associated with abusive treatment, including behavioral problems, learning disabilities, low self-esteem, depression and peer/self-exploitation.
How long does it take to teach the program?
Think First & Stay Safe™ can conform to the time constraints of any classroom. Its scripted lesson plans are designed to be taught in approximately 10-15 minutes. Many presenters opt to follow the suggested presentation timetables found in the Presenter's Guide manuals; others create their own.
How do we involve parents?
For prevention programs to be most effective, the support and cooperation of parents and guardians is needed.
Prior to classroom presentations, schools are encouraged to send home a Welcome Letter (templates for each grade are included in the Presenter's Guide manuals.) The letter to parents and guardians include a link and password to (3) Parent and Guardian Training Modules, available for free online viewing.
Distribution of the Think First & Stay Safe™ Parent Guide gives parents and other caregivers the ability to reinforce prevention strategies at home. Parents should also receive a copy of the take-home flyer, "Tips for Parents," located in the Presenter's Guide. Schools are also welcome to link to childlureprevention.com for free additional resources and information for parents and schools alike.
Distribution of the Parent Guide is strongly encouraged. Home reinforcement helps ensure students retain this invaluable information. It is also a visible way for schools to demonstrate compliance with federal educational entitlements calling for parental involvement.
Does the Think First & Stay Safe™ curriculum have permanence?
Yes. Once a school district or one of its schools adopts the Think First & Stay Safe™ curriculum, it becomes a permanent resource that may be incorporated into the existing health curriculum. Targeted grades, as well as new students and personnel, can be trained each year.
How do we fund this program for each school in our district?
Schools employ Title I funding, Safe Schools/Healthy Kids Initiative, At-Risk Funds, PTA/PTO sponsorship, as well as general funds. Area businesses and civic organizations are usually more than willing to sponsor the Think First & Stay Safe™ School Program and/or Student Workbooks and Parent Guides for local schools. Click here for more information on funding options.
Can I read references or testimonials from schools that have implemented Think First & Stay Safe™?
How do I preview Think First & Stay Safe™ for my school or school district?
At your request, we send an online link and password.
We encourage you to take 30-60 days to preview the Program.
We can provide a list of References for you to contact in your area.
We are happy to provide additional information or materials, should you need them.
We are readily available to answer any questions that may arise during your preview period.
To arrange a preview of the Think First & Stay Safe™ Adult Training and Youth Curriculum, please call 1-800-552-2197 or e-mail us the name, address and phone number of your organization, as well as a contact name.


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When you are looking for ways to make the most of your garden this summer, you need to think about what it is you want to use your garden for. You may want to grow some fruit and vegetables, or you may just want an area to dine al fresco. Barbecue areas are still very popular, but the type of barbecue you are looking for may determine the kind of area you create to house it. You may want a paved area or even a raised decking. Then you need to think about lighting the area so you can enjoy your garden all evening too.
The wonderful thing about growing your own plants, fruits and vegetables is that they cost so little and save you a trip out to the supermarket. For many home growers, the problem is having enough space for all the different varieties of produce that you want to grow. Fortunately, technology has progressed enough to allow us to grow successfully indoors. You can do it cheaply with LED lighting from somewhere like HydroGrow.
There are plenty of ways you can organise your garden. Your growing area may want to take pride of place in a south facing spot that is reasonably sheltered from cold winds and frost. Your barbecue area will also want to be fairly sheltered from the wind to avoid flames being extinguished and smoke making it unpleasant. You can create lovely shaded areas for eating by using a gazebo. These are great if you want some privacy from close neighbours too.
If you are looking to install some decking, you need to factor in the cost of stain or wood protection each year. This also takes a bit of time depending on how big the area is that you will be decking. The great thing about decking is how good it looks, and how it makes the garden useable all year round by providing a mud-free zone for the kids to play out. Wood in the garden is aesthetically pleasing and makes for a lovely, relaxing feel.
If you are keeping some lawn, it is easy for it to become quickly overgrown. If your lawn is looking sorry for itself and has lots of unwanted weeds and other nasties, you may want to consider starting again with fresh topsoil and turf. A low maintenance alternative is faux grass, that should avoid the problem of a muddy lawn in winter and unwanted pests. It doesn’t require mowing and stays green through all the seasons. It looks so close to the real thing that it is a great alternative if you don’t want to maintain a good lawn.
After your planting, you may want a play area or seating area. Play areas are better with a soft ground surface in case of accidents. Play bark has fallen out of favour so you may want to consider other alternatives. For seating, a decking area can be very pleasant. A patio also makes a good level area for seating. You can use a fire pit or chiminea to keep warm as the sun goes down. Enjoy your garden this summer.

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Welcome to Value-Based Care, Care Management.
This is Lecture b, Care Delivery Challenges and Solutions.
in order to more effectively integrate care management practices.
Discuss important patient-related challenges and solutions.
value-based care, several difficulties may result.
care teams, and healthcare organizations may encounter.
more effectively integrate care management practices is also discussed.
Health IT, and integrate data and reporting into their workflow processes.
facilitating the transfer of information more effectively.
its role in delivering better care in patient experiences.
presents a huge opportunity for healthcare organizations and individual providers.
management practices, they deliver better patient experiences and reduce costs.
care teams may experience significant challenges.
care management in other strategies consistent with value-based care.
Challenges to implementing care management can exist on three levels.
work experiences affect a person's belief about her role in delivering care.
These include technology, culture, and care delivery system design.
Finally, challenges result from patient-related matters.
willingness to engage in their own healthcare.
these influence how individuals perceive their roles and responsibilities.
The foundation for care management is teamwork.
is not necessarily the doctor.
mentality to one where the care manager often leads or facilitates the team.
rather than a member of a care team, the team can't effectively work together.
Another challenge is the fear of litigation.
An individual may think, if I don't do more, then I'll get sued.
I need to do everything that is possible.
This kind of thinking persists, even though it isn't supported by evidence.
Sometimes individual providers or care teams hoard information.
to maintain an intellectual or competitive edge.
care team members are familiar with quality improvement processes.
how to make improvements inside their healthcare system.
have an impact on the care team.
that creates a lot of work without yielding results.
Healthcare organizations can also face challenges with embracing care management.
with the implementation of electronic health record or EHR systems.
The integration of EHRs in the US varies by states and regions.
regions have up to 100% integration, while others are well below that level.
can be easily accessed by those who need it.
version of the software implemented.
involves the interoperability of systems.
a radiology order system, a lab ordering system, and a health record system.
the same organization, let alone exchange it between care delivery systems.
to use the data in these systems to improve the quality of care.
capacity to get and use this essential data.
The culture of an organization has a significant impact on care management.
One barrier might be a culture that isn't grounded in team based care.
practiced some of the necessary skills to effectively leverage team members.
Communicate regularly and share information.
in silos, it can result in someone missing essential information about a patient.
quality will always have an impact on the success or failure of care management.
can also be a challenge to successfully embracing care management.
who can have access to it.
a healthcare system to support value-based care and care management.
complexity of the forms required by organizations in order to provide care.
forms that may be duplicative or not consistent with care delivery workflow.
Now let's consider the patient perspectives that impact care management.
is a fundamental concern to address between patients and providers.
other considerations become more difficult to navigate.
Cultural traditions may be tricky to understand and resolve.
Because cultural norms can interfere with our normal healthcare delivery practices.
For example, typically we talk directly, physician to patient.
the expectation is to talk to an authority figure rather than directly to a patient.
Dietary or religious practices also influence care management.
food choices can complicate consistency with the plan of care.
may not always be possible within a patient's cultural practices.
uncertainty that a patient experiences.
These arise from two sources.
Fear and uncertainty about her condition and the outcome.
And fear and uncertainty around navigating the healthcare system.
insider knowledge of the healthcare system.
The information she hears can be difficult to understand.
outcomes, this increases the scale of this obstacle.
and age that affect a wide range of health outcomes and risks.
through these barriers to care.
all of these issues combine to provide significant challenges to care management.
The patient is the center of the care team.
behavioral health, substance abuse, and geriatrics.
that they will just be told what to do by the doctor.
Instead to produce better outcomes.
what to do and why.
So they can make decisions along with their care team.
resources that allow them to participate in their care.
limited or no access to their medical records, may require additional support.
needs to provide the information to the patient in an alternative way.
providing the patient with information on paper.
Sometimes the complexity of the patient's condition proves to be a challenge.
manage his care, the cost of his care, and the demands of his daily life.
even understand the support he needs.
of not fully treating or managing another.
a predetermined opinion about the right course of action before seeking care.
treatments that are simply not appropriate for them.
his particular needs or condition.
continuity between the health care systems.
by sharing consultation notes, test results, and other information.
not only within the same health care system, but between health care systems.
This makes information exchange difficult.
can make it difficult for health care systems to share patient information.
other providers outside their system to get the information that they need.
shared understanding of value-based care.
the expectations of the required contract.
value-based care delivery models and the implementation of care management.
systems is one way to realize the benefits of technology in healthcare systems.
There has been a great deal of progress made since 2008 in the adoption of EHRs.
interoperability and the exchange of information between health IT systems.
clinical notes to be integrated into one patient record.
Once these integrations are in place.
locations of care delivery that lie outside of the internal healthcare system.
be available to providers and patients when, where, and how they need it.
the following list of work flow and system changes are recommended.
Use a consistent admission discharge and transfer, or ADT form.
Use registries, identify patient panels.
Enhance the capacity for report production.
Use evidence-based guidelines and make care plans available.
some organizations have undertaken active culture change initiatives.
their employees learn to better function in a care team environment.
that they are integrated into the care team.
that are consistent with the patients preferences and values.
about what is important to that patient and what motivates or drives him.
behaviors that are consistent with achieving their health goals.
to improve overall health literacy.
remind patients of their plan of care, or offer guidance.
This also allows the patient to communicate back to his care team.
representative of the organization's population.
floor plan of a care delivery site could be more patient-friendly or supportive.
to deliver care that supports patient goals?
reprioritizing activities and establishing organizational priorities and strategy.
developing a culture that supports teamwork can overcome this barrier.
When moving to a team based culture, there are several considerations.
expansion of a culture of safety is a good place to start.
the safety of patients, first and foremost.
In care management, the concept of safety expands to encompass the entire care team.
taking your role on the care team seriously, without feeling threatened.
helps them understand their roles on the team and in care management.
how some of those roles may change as the patient's needs change.
potential duplication of efforts, and communication gaps.
the care team is the most effective and efficient it can be for the patient.
It requires both system redesign and change management.
It also involves looking for ways to improve quality throughout the system.
And then it requires people to do the work necessary to make the changes happen.
The task may seem daunting, however it is not insurmountable.
ways in which health organizations can effectively approach system redesign.
management and support quality improvement, or QI.
However, that doesn't always support effective QI.
key staff roles to ensure QI measures are met is essential to that process.
Formalizing certain roles for team members helps effectively maintain these changes.
and a data specialist to analyze data.
take the time to map out process flows that support care management.
Examine those processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
where new process change is required.
supports efficiency and a focus on the patient.
can focus on transitioning to alternative, value-based, payment models.
the other part is addressing the difficulties faced by patients.
Care management can help patients address some of the challenges they face.
Providing access to information enables patient engagement.
they can be more proactive partners in their health.
and made them suitable for various education levels.
what foods they should or shouldn't eat.
be aware of that should trigger a visit to their clinic or emergency room.
acknowledging the value of the patient's contributions.
questions in order of priority to discuss at their appointment.
partners to help them follow through with their care plan.
the healthcare facility, for those who do not have access to technology at home.
This is also an example of a way to reduce the technology access barrier.
Some libraries have begun to offer these kiosks as well, further increasing access.
is likely to include social workers and community organizations.
barriers toward improved health outcomes for patients who face social challenges.
gaps faced by some patients.
can reduce the complexity of the system and better engage patients.
access to information and to care.
reviewing test results, and providing care plan information to patients.
Patient access also applies to location.
Increasingly, patients wish to access care as they do many other services.
video consultations, and web based nursing, improve access to care.
providers, allow better support, and provide better care.
thus increasing the value to the whole system of care.
using patient navigators and patient contact centers.
We've explored many of the challenges patients may encounter when seeking care.
adopt a new techniques that engage patients in their care.
challenges and found ways to overcome them to achieve desired health outcomes.
that included programs for patients with diabetes, and/or congestive heart failure.
to patients on two levels, a call center and nurse care managers.
All eligible members were first stratified as either low risk or high risk.
groups, to introduce them to the program and assess their general health status.
not clinical, supervised by nurses, staffed the call center.
low-risk members took two different tracks.
Low risk members received calls and educational materials quarterly.
her to the call center for quarterly contact.
average total claims for the targeted Medicaid program populations.
This concludes Lecture b of Care Management.
when adapting to care management in a value based care setting.
This framework will not solve all the problems organizations may face.
time, in order to have the greatest impact.
point that requires a commitment to a total value based care model.
Organizations are not alone in coping with these changes.
both personally and professionally, to cope with these changes.
facilitating better communications, can overcome these barriers.

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Burke • East Burke • 180 skiable acres on 2,000′ vertical • Elevation: 3,267′; Base Elevation: 1,267′.
Cochran Ski Area • Richmond • 30 skiable acres on 500′ vertical. Elevation: 1,000′; Base Elevation: 500′.
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Killington • WEB CAMS • Killington • 1,182 skiable acres on 3,050′ vertical • Elevation: 4,241′; Base Elevation: 1,165′.
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Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.

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I f you are a veteran, you may have faced a traumatic experience, such as witnessing violence, partaking in active combat, suffering abuse or losing fellow service members and friends to war. Trauma may continue to burden you throughout your daily life. You may have frequent intrusive flashbacks, distressing nightmares or overwhelming memories tied to your past experiences. You may experience some of the physical symptoms of trauma, such as fatigue, aches and pains, a racing heartbeat and poor concentration. Perhaps after you were discharged, you felt lost and confused when you returned home. You may now feel distant from your spouse, children, friends, family members or coworkers because they do not seem to understand your experiences. Even though you are ready to get your life back on track, you may not know where to turn for help in your community. In an attempt to escape the side effects of emotional or physical trauma, it’s possible that you have turned to drugs or alcohol to find a sense of escape or security. Your fears, addictions or mood swings may have led to job loss or legal trouble. Without a stable job, support from your family or connections within your community, you may have resorted to living on the street. If you are homeless, you may feel like you have no hope for getting sober, finding emotional stability or building a positive future for yourself. Deep down, you may wish you could find the support you need to get your life back on a positive track and confidently move forward.
If you are the family member of a veteran, you may have noticed a drastic change in your loved one’s mood since he or she returned from service. Your family member may often seem constantly irritable, angry, sad or anxious. He or she may have withdrawn from your family, avoided social gatherings or refused to leave your home for extended periods of time. If you are the spouse of a veteran, it’s possible you have been woken up in the night by your partner’s nightmares or irregular sleep schedule, heightening your concerns about his or her wellbeing. When your veteran experiences a flooding of emotions triggered by a particular sight, sound, taste or smell, you may worry about his or her physical safety and feel helpless to relieve his or her pain. It’s possible you have seen your loved one consuming several alcoholic beverages or prescription pills each day, and now you are concerned he or she is heading toward a life threatening addiction. You may wish your family member could clear his or her painful memories, prioritize his or her truest goals and move forward in a healthy and connected life.
The good news is that no matter how a veteran struggles in life, he or she can always reach out to the Bodhi Battalion for housing assistance, engaging veteran therapy sessions and a community-centered environment tailored to his or her needs.
Veterans who struggle with reintegration issues, PTSD and/or substance abuse problems are not alone. In a Washington Post survey of service members, 50 percent of respondents said re-adjusting to civilian life was difficult after they returned from active duty. Studies by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse have found that rates of PTSD and prescription drug abuse among veterans may be double the civilian rates. For veterans who experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), PTSD and substance abuse may be even more common because of the added physical and emotional stress they underwent during the time of their injury.
The Bodhi Battalion is committed to helping those who served our country find relief and live a rewarding life. Whether you are a veteran who struggles to find emotional stability or you are the family member of a veteran who is concerned about your loved one’s wellbeing, help is available.
The Bodhi Battalion’s safe and compassionate therapy for veterans sessions aim to help veterans and their families heal, find peace and improve all areas of their lives. That is, in addition to addressing mental health needs, we also help him or her find stable housing, positively engage with the community, resolve legal issues, hold a steady job and connect with his or her loved ones. We believe that by broadening our scope and creating the opportunity for veterans to learn and live with more joy, we can offer the most effective environment for growth.
Veterans will work one-on-one with our network of service providers to determine their needs and goals. If a veteran is need of housing, we will first provide him or her with housing assistance – either through offering one of Bodhi Battalion’s units or helping him or her find subsidized housing and make rental deposit payments.
Depending on the individual veteran’s challenges, the Bodhi Battalion may work with him or her in one or more of the following therapy sessions: PTSD treatment, substance abuse treatment or wellness coaching.
Our network of experienced service providers can work with veterans through a variety of treatment approaches, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and brainspotting, in order to clear the effects of trauma and eliminate triggers that lead to drug and alcohol abuse. Depending on the needs and personality of the veteran, we may also choose to practice breathing techniques and muscle relaxing exercises during sessions to help veterans gain a sense of calmness when they face difficult life situations.
In addition to helping veterans move past painful memories and build their confidence, we can also help them improve their communication patterns with their loved ones during individual sessions and military family therapy sessions. Veterans will have the opportunity to learn how to effectively listen and convey their needs to their family members, friends and coworkers. During wellness coaching sessions, we can even go further and help veterans fortify their bonds and maximize their overall happiness in life.
The Bodhi Battalion is committed to serving our veterans who have so bravely made sacrifices in their lives for our country. We believe that no matter how much a veteran struggles in life, he or she always has hope to move forward in a connected and rewarding life.
If you are interested in learning more about seeking therapy for veterans, please contact us or follow the following links for more detailed information: PTSD treatment, substance abuse treatment or wellness coaching We are happy to answer any questions you may have about therapy or other ways we can help you or your loved one.


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Quick Synopsis: The mother of an autistic child finds herself an a seemingly endless cycle on a ship.
Triangle is another time loop film, possibly one of the best constructed and detailed of its kind. There are a few ways to interpret the film and your personal philosophies will play a large role in determining what will be your specific interpretation. The three main interpretations that are obviously possible include the presence of some type of purgatory, a different type of supernatural element (Bermuda triangle), or a mental breakdown/disorder. No matter what you feel the film is, the more important issue revolves around the deeper themes of the film. One major theme is guilt and how someone is able(or unable) to move on from it. It is quite evident that the main character does not feel she has been the quality mother that she should have been. The goes into the second major theme of self perception and stepping outside those perceptions to see who the real person is. This is presented through the loops, literally seeing yourself, and through mirrors shown throughout. Whether this is the type of film you enjoy, you have to respect the research that was put into the film. Two main inspirations were the Greek myths involving Sisyphus and the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, however, there are many other myths and stories that play minor roles in the film. Looking at the movie from a more narrow view, the acting is solid and movie has decent pacing and flow. Triangle is both a thoughtful and thought-provoking awful horror movie.
Fun Fact: The film is set in Miami, Florida, but was filmed entirely in Queensland. Both Florida and Queensland are known as "The Sunshine State"; a nickname used on a road sign in the film.
Hidden Gem: There are several references to The Shining throughout the movie including the number 237 popping up a few times, in addition to the presence of ax, a ballroom and a mirror with blood written on it.


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Ward Hadaway has chosen BigHand SmartNote to create and store attendance and file notes.
David Bullock, Director of IT at Ward Hadaway explains the issues and the main drivers behind the project.
“BigHand SmartNote comes as an extension of our existing investment with BigHand. We have BigHand Digital Dictation, and wanted to improve the way we completed time consuming documentation like attendance and file notes. The time it takes to Dictate and type up an attendance note for example, meant that the secretaries were at capacity with low-priority work."
With BigHand SmartNote, the process is simple.
The file - along with the original audio transcription - then being exported and saved for review at a later date, if ever needed.
Currently, the technology is being piloted by a number of users in the Healthcare department at Ward Hadaway.
Bullock says: “We use iManage Work (formerly WorkSite) as our Document Management System (DMS), so we needed to find a solution that ticked all the boxes, including an integration with our existing systems. BigHand SmartNote is the only product on the market that gives us not only the integration with iManage but the peace of mind in knowing that two of your technology suppliers can work together to create efficiencies for the firm, and on a larger scale – the legal sector. It’s great to see”.
“With this technology we’re not only seeing a reduction in the time it takes to produce such documents, but it also helps greatly with resourcing. BigHand SmartNote enables secretaries to spend their valued time more effectively. It’s an exciting time for us as we embrace new ways of working."
Moving forward following a successful pilot, Ward Hadaway plan to roll out BigHand SmartNote to a number of other departments within the firm.

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Federal authorities have arrested dozens of people over a $US25 million ($35 million) scheme to help wealthy Americans, including Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman and Full House actress Lori Loughlin, cheat their children’s way into elite universities, such as Yale and Stanford.
The largest college admissions fraud scam unearthed in US history was run out of a small college preparation company in Newport Beach, California, that relied on bribes, phoney test takers and even doctored photos depicting non-athletic applicants as elite competitors to land college slots for the offspring of rich parents, prosecutors said.
“These parents are a catalogue of wealth and privilege,” US attorney Andrew Lelling said at a news conference.
Federal prosecutors in Boston charged William ‘Rick’ Singer, 58, with running the scheme through his Edge College & Career Network, which charged up to $2.5 million per child for the services, which were masked as contributions to a scam charity.
Some 300 law enforcement agents swept across the country on Tuesday to make arrests in what agents codenamed “Operation Varsity Blues”.
Prosecutors have named 33 parents, 13 coaches, and associates of Mr Singer’s business, but said the investigation continued and more parents and coaches could be charged.
Mr Singer is scheduled to plead guilty on Tuesday in Boston Federal Court to charges including racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice, according to court papers.
Ms Huffman and Ms Loughlin were due to appear in Federal Court in Los Angeles later on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
The alleged masterminds of the scam and parents who paid into it could all face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Ms Huffman, a former best actress Oscar nominee, who is married to fellow actor William H Macy, starred in the ABC TV series Desperate Housewives.
Court documents said Ms Huffman paid $15,000 that she disguised as a charitable donation so her daughter could take part in the college entrance exam cheating scam.
Court papers said a cooperating witness met with Ms Huffman and Macy at their Los Angeles home and explained to them that he “controlled” a testing centre and could have somebody secretly change her daughter’s answers.
The person told investigators the couple agreed to the plan. Macy was not charged, but authorities did not say why.
Ms Loughlin, best known for her role in the ABC sitcom Full House and the recent Netflix sequel Fuller House, is married to clothing company founder Mossimo Giannulli, who was also charged in the scheme.
Prosecutors alleged the couple gave $500,000 to have their two daughters labelled as recruits to the rowing team at USC (University of Southern California), even though neither participated in the sport.
Their 19-year-old daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli, who has a popular YouTube channel, attends USC.
On a call with a wealthy parent, prosecutors said, Mr Singer summed up his business.
“What we do is help the wealthiest families in the US get their kids into school … my families want a guarantee,” he allegedly said.
Prosecutors said it was up to the universities to decide what to do with students admitted through cheating.
Yale University and USC said in separate statements they were cooperating with investigators.
The coach, Rudolph Meredith, resigned in November after 24 years running the women’s soccer team.
Mr Meredith, who accepted a $400,000 bribe from Mr Singer, is due to plead guilty, prosecutors said.
How did the alleged scheme work?
The parents were then advised to choose one of two test centres that Mr Singer’s company said it had control over: one in Houston, Texas, and the other in West Hollywood, California.
The test administrators in the those centres allegedly took bribes of tens of thousands of dollars to allow Mr Singer’s clients to cheat, often by arranging to have wrong answers corrected or having another person take the exam.
Mr Singer would agree with parents beforehand roughly what score they wanted the child to get.
In many cases, the students were not aware their parents had arranged for the cheating, prosecutors said, although in other cases they knowingly took part.
None of the children were charged on Tuesday.
Mr Singer also allegedly helped parents stage photographs of their children playing sports or even Photoshopped children’s faces onto images of athletes downloaded from the internet to exaggerate their athletic credentials.
John Vandemoor, a former Stanford University sailing coach, is also scheduled to plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges.
Three other cooperating witnesses, including a former head coach of women’s soccer at Yale, have agreed to plead guilty, prosecutors said.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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industry_corpus2: Gaming


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You are here: Home / Coca-Cola Campaign / You have built this …. they will come!
Today the Coca Cola facebook group has received a big boost in terms of content but I am a bit concerned that it is not growing as fast as it might. So PLEASE join if you haven’t done so already and invite your friends to do so as well.
In terms of content. Fully narrated photos have been uploaded by Nand Wadhwani of the Rehydration Project in India. Fantastic stuff.
Nand also emailed me and the email is reproduced here with permission.
My understanding is that the logo to the left was produced in 1985 to support a UNICEF report that Nand mentions.
1985. Please see [ https://rehydrate.org/resources/selling_survival.htm ]. I’ve also updated that page with links to the Campaign pages.
made perfect sense to me … great advertising and good will as well.
The proposal got lost in the maze of Coca Cola’s management.
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This is a beautiful Justice card.
A woman in a flowing blue gown that shows off her bare breasts stands and balances a huge set of scales on one finger of her left hand.
In her right hand she holds an sword with the point facing upwards.
Blue ribbons are entwined around the scales.
This is a card about balance, Universal balance.
It's number is eight, the number of Universal balance.
The Sword is the sword of truth and also of action.
The Justice card reminds us that everything in this Universe of ours is balanced. Our past actions are responsible for the present and the future.
It's a card about taking responsibility for everything that we think, say and do.
It's a card of fairness and of putting in the right amount of effort to get the results that we want.
This card tells us that we will get what we deserve, according to our actions past and present.... This will be perfectly fair, even if it's not always what we want.
It is a lovely looking card isn't it? I love the colour of the dress!
This one poses a little problem for me as I have learnt with Justice being 11, not 8. But I don't really see that as a major problem, just a slight adjustment to my thinking.
The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that the scales are held up by one finger. Which made me think of a delicate balance, and that it wouldn't take much to tip the scales.
It looked as if she is willing to use the sword, to slash the ribbon, which then may fall into the scale, the ribbon would not weigh much, but would it be enough to tip the scale? The seemingly small things we say or do or think for good or ill that may have a bearing on our future course. The small things matter.
Unlike other Justice cards, she doesn't look straight on. Past deeds being weighed to determine the future path perhaps.
The bare breasts indicated to me, a naked truth, or something becoming exposed or even feeling exposed.
I then turned to the accompanying book, where it said that the "female figure is a link with the Egyptian Goddess Ma'at".
Now I don't think I would have gotten that association from the image itself, there is nothing that really screams "egyptian". But I suppose in many ways all Justice cards can be linked to Ma'at, the Goddess of truth and order.
So I did a bit of research on Ma'at as I know virtually nothing about Egyptian Mythology.
One thing that really interested me in connection with the Justice card was the "Weighing of the Heart". Where the dead were judged by Anubis, using scales and a feather (that represented Ma'at). To be accepted into Aaru (the heavenly underworld) the heart must weigh the same as the feather.
I found that interesting in connection with only one finger holding up the scales, and the ribbon surrounding them, both implying the lightness of a feather would be enough to effect the balance.
I always remember what Thirteen said in her tarot meanings on this forum, in connection with this card. "It's not a nice card, but a wise one". I find that to be true.
Oh I love your thoughts about the balance being very delicate and the fact that if she cut the ribbon with the sword it may be just heavy enough to tip the scale.
The ribbon being synonymous with the feather makes sense too.
I couldn't for the life of me see any significance for the ribbon being there but that makes sense.
As for the numbering of Justice, I'm a Marseilles user so I just cannot see Justice being at any other position than 8.
It's one of the main things that puts me off or attracts me to a deck. If I get a deck and Justice and Strength have been switched around, it really puts me off the deck..
The ribbon was bugging me too. I thought I had read somewhere in the book when I first got this deck what they represented but I couldn't find it. So I looked again, and it said that the ribbons represent energy.
That makes sense with what you were saying about them being thoughts and words, as that is all energy. So in connection with this card, energy being expressed negatively or positively, be it in words, thoughts or actions have weight and are something that we are ultimately responsible for and will be held accountable for.
It reminded me of that saying "energy goes where thoughts flow", or something like that.
Perhaps you could explain to me a bit more about Justice being 8? For me that whole High Priestess (2) - Justice (11) - and Judgement (20), makes a whole load of sense and is just the system that I am used to. So how does it work in the Marseille tradition? Anything that will help me connect this to 8?
Thanks Mariana! That is starting to make sense for me. I like what you said about the consequence of your choices, that really made a lighbulb go off. I would like to get a handle on looking at it either way round.
My eyes were also drawn to the scales balancing so tenuously on the tip of one finger. It looks to me like the ribbon has already been cut, and she is looking to see which way the scales will tip.
I'm with WooMonkey here - I think she has cut the ribbon in order to 'weigh' the positive/negative energies. It's a meticulous assessment..... not an iota will be disregarded.


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This course covers planning the camera positions and angles that will be used in filming. The skills include creating a shot plan/ storyboard; and, conveying the plan to relevant staff.
It covers the process of blocking and how to break down a scene into required shots and angles; by determining which shots, lenses, filters, camera moves, and angles will best cover the scene and provide maximum dramatic effects.
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Acts as a scavenger receptor on macrophages, which specifically binds to OxLDL (oxidized low density lipoprotein), suggesting that it may be involved in pathophysiology such as atherogenesis (By similarity). Zusätzlich bieten wir Ihnen CXCL16 Antikörper (166) und CXCL16 Proteine (47) und viele weitere Produktgruppen zu diesem Protein an.
injured hepatocytes up-regulated CXCL16 expression, indicating that scavenging functions of CXCL16 might be additionally involved in the pathogenesis of NAFLD.
CXCL16 suppresses liver metastasis of colorectal cancer by promoting TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis by tumor-associated macrophages.
CXCL16 was constitutively expressed by CX3CR1(+) intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) and coexpressed with IL-23 after Citrobacter rodentium infection.
CCL2 and CXCL16 chemokines produced by tumor-conditioned Gr-1(+)CD11b(+) myeloid cells synergistically induce angiogenesis in vitro by stimulating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway.
CXCL16 expression inhibits liver metastasis in a murine model of colorectal cancer.
our results indicate that CXCL16 plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of angiotensin II-induced renal injury and fibrosis through regulation of macrophage and T cell infiltration and bone marrow-derived fibroblast accumulation.
Renal dendritic cell-derived CXCL16 might attract protective CXCR6(+) iNKT cells.
Study data link innate immune stimulation to CXCL16 up-regulation and neutrophil infiltration into skin. CXCL16 could therefore represent a potent future target for treatment of psoriasis.
activation of cancer-associated fibroblasts and expression of CXCL16, shown to be a monocyte chemoattractant.
Enhanced CXCL16 expression in lung cancer tissue promoted the proliferation and invasion of lung cancer cells. CXCL16 might promote proliferation and invasion of lung cancer by regulating the NF-kappaB pathway.
increased plasma sCXCL16 might be implicated in the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia and have a relationship with Th1/Th2 imbalance.
IFN-gamma, CXCL16 and uPAR are promising as effective biomarkers of disease activity, renal damage, and the activity of pathological lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Study showed, for the first time, highly significant relationships of circulating CXCL16 level with cardiac injury markers in dialysis patients.
Women with gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia had a dysregulated CXC chemokine ligand 16 during pregnancy, and in gestational diabetes mellitus, the increase in CXC chemokine ligand 16 early in pregnancy and after 5 years was strongly associated with their lipid profile.
eGFR and serum albumin had an independent and significant negative correlation with plasma CXCL16 in diabetic kidney disease.
The expression of CXCL16 and and its receptor, CXCR6, their immunolocalization in disc tissue and their presence following exposure of cultured human annulus fibrosus cells to proinflammatory cytokines are reported.
Inflammation contributed to foam cell formation in the radial arteries of ESRD patients via activation of the CXCL16/CXCR6 pathway, which may be regulated by P2X7R.
CXCL16 single nucleotide polymorphisms significantly impacted myocardial infarction risk in a Chinese Han population.
Transmembrane-CXCL16 specifically acts as a receptor for soluble-CXCL16 in human meningioma cells.
Higher levels CXCL16 may be a biomarker for predicting stroke incidence and might contribute to plaque destabilization.
CXCL16 is released into the circulation as a result of cardiac surgery and that high post-operative CXCL16 levels are associated with an increased severity of post-operative organ dysfunctions.
Acts as a scavenger receptor on macrophages, which specifically binds to OxLDL (oxidized low density lipoprotein), suggesting that it may be involved in pathophysiology such as atherogenesis (By similarity). Induces a strong chemotactic response. Induces calcium mobilization. Binds to CXCR6/Bonzo.

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“This is the most extensive development of existing models in our company’s history,” said Lex Kerssemakers, a senior vice-president at Volvo Car Group. Said development includes interior and exterior redesigns to the 2014 S60 and XC60 as well as showcasing the company’s V60 diesel-powered Plug-in Hybrid (which will not be sold in Canada).
The 2014 S60’s “road presence” starts with a new front design and encompasses new headlamps, a wider grille, daylight running lights and a new LED light guide on the tail lamps. Inside, there are upgrades such as new wood inlays, a new headliner and trim.
Volvo’s best-selling model, the XC60, gets a more urban persona, according to the company, with a new hood shape and new headlamps. Interior upgrades include new wood inlays, new headliner, textile B-pillars and silk metal frames around the air vents and light controls.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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A great weekend away again, exploring South Australia.
We left Adelaide on Friday evening quite late as we had dinner first and still had to pack the car etc. This time we managed to get out of the city without any drama’s and soon we were on our way to the Yorke Peninsula. Just before midnight we arrived and soon our tent was pitched on a lovely camp site called Cable Bay near the ocean.
The next morning we had a late breakfast and drove to the information centre for some advice on kayak trips and the up-to-date weather forecast. It’s a good thing we did as there was a 4m swell coming in from the ocean and a strong wind that was expected to grow to gale force winds later that day. We decided to give the kayaking a miss this time and opted for some hikes.
We watched some people and dolphins enjoy the waves that looked quite big even from a distance! Had lunch overlooking the ocean and then started our hike to Gym beach. This was a sheltered hike as it is more inland. We saw a Mallee Fowl on the hike! Awesome, they turned out to be common in this park as I saw another one later that day on my run.
we see a mallee fowl on our walk!
When we got back from my run we found the tent in a rather sad state. As we were already down to 3 poles since last year, the tent wasn’t very stable any more anyway. And these winds had broken another pole and left another one quite badly damaged. So with only one pole left, we moved the tent to another spot so we could put the car in front of it to protect it from the wind and tie the guy ropes to the car as well. We used rocks to stabilise the tent as pegs weren’t really an option in this wind and the rock hard soil… And then to top things off, it started to rain when we were just finishing our dinner!
We went for a short walk the next day (sunny again but still windy) and then headed home to prepare for a load of concrete to be dumped on our garden as we are building a shed!


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industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


text: The Seven Pointed Faerie or Elven Star Denotes the Seven Pleides, Also Known as the Star of the Seven Sisters. Each of the seven points is believed to have a different meaning. Each point represents a pathway of the Seven Rays of Manifestation of the Higher Self. They are - Power, Personal Will and Determination Unconditional Love, Wisdom and Growth Knowledge and Intelligence Harmony and Tranquillity The Powers of Mind and Science Devotion and Honesty Magick Another idea is that the points signify the Seven Magical Elements - Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit, Life and Magick. While another suggestion is that they represent the Seven Directions - North, South, East, West, Above, Below and Within.


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industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Here’s this weeks question: Do you see doctors on a regular basis? Does your car seem to only visit a grocery store and a doctors office?
Pretty much what’s happening to me. This morning I’m having two procedures done and one required a prep from Hades (I’ll bet the over 50 crowd knows about this procedure). It seems I’m going to one doctor or another for something all the time. Getting old isn’t for the weak of heart. If you’re young enjoy it.
Hi Sandee, I thank God that I do not need to visit the doc regularly. I only go for my checkups twice a year and I hope it remains that way. Well, my car goes a lot more places than just the grocery and doc office….Have a wonderful day.!
There is no room on my calendar for me to have many doctor visits… what with my husband's, cat's, mother's and father's appointments. Srsly.
I am having some medical problems currently, and seem to be at different doctors all the time. but my car find it's self most often driving my teens somewhere.
Funny, I was just at the doctor's office yesterday for check ups for two kids. Where we had to make a follow up appt. for one of them at the dermatologist. I seem to always be going to one medical person or another, for me or someone in the family.
We aren't there quite yet, fortunately. We still go to the vet for our pets more often than we go to the doctor for us, yay! Our car also goes to the Denney's, the library and church every week. Coming up this month it will be going to some grad parties too!
Mom and dad knows the feeling LOL, from Laika.
Oh yes, I do go to the doctor but usually only twice a year for the regular doctor and twice a year for the oncologist.
Sure hope your procedures go well for you Sandee. You are so right, it is not fun getting old, but the alternative is even worse. Hope you and Zane and Little Bit all have a great day.
My car goes to a few more places than the grocery store and doctor but it doesn't roam too far from home—80 miles at best. I've never in my life enjoyed driving.
Yeah, I see doctors regularly and take a slowly-creasing number of pills. Mostly it is for maintenance visits, and that occasional procedure from Hades! My main worry is glaucoma, because it seems to have my doctor worried. My vision is still okay, an my numbers are fine on three drugs via two prescription drops. Nothing else to do for the moment except to actively enjoy the beauty of the world.
I'm still working, so my car goes to more places than yours. But I know what you mean. I can envision the day that we really only need one car.
This year I've seen my doctor to many times, nurses and blood tests ( my arm has so many holes marked ) I've had three colonoscopys since I turned 50 and I seem to have a swinging door at my hospital. Part of life I guess.
Try to enjoy your day my friend. Have an interesting Wednesday Sandee. See ya.
Our doc sez hubby and I are bad for his business…we go once a year for check up and bloodwork. And that five-year visit from hell! Although I did go Monday for what will be only a minor issue. Waiting on bloodwork report.
Well, I think I don't see the doctor very often and I hope that it will continue that way.
Lately I see more docs than average, but besides that and the grocery store my car also is blessed to see my office, my family and travels quite often. But working hard to getting the doc thing fixed! Next up is OB to find out why no babies yet?!
Hope all goes well with your procedure! Scritches to Little Bit!
This is a bugaboo for me. I hate doctors and dentists because it seems to me that the more you go, the more you need. I'm over 50, but I don't get the Hades reference. Gosh, maybe it's some other test I need to do to feed their ever-loving need for a mansion and a Mercedes. Yes, I'm a bit jaded about this subject.
've always been out of the loop.
Consultation with my doctor is purely need based on specific issues and not a regular one. My vehicle used for all purposes including occasional visit to doctor.
I see the dentist 2 times a year, the doc a few times also….grocery shopping more than I like, and the library and fabric stores a lot! Cheers and hugs!
I do have regular doctor visits, but I take public transit, as I don't have a car.
For regular stuff and when pesky crap rolls in. By and large I prefer not too. Costs hubby's company too much. They are self insured.
I haven't been to a doctor in quite a while which doesn't mean that I don't need to go. You know how bad I am about making appointments for groomers right? I'm just as bad about making appointments for other things.
Yes, I see my dentist and two doctors on a regular basis. There are times when it seems like I have more medical professionals on speed dial than friends.
Too much of the time, yes.
My life is now to short to spend those long hours in the doctors office. The grocery store as well as the local liquor store is becoming more attractive.
The doctor is once a year, unless someone is sick.


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The Northern Fibres Guild had its origins in 1974, when a group of weavers met in October 1974 in Whitehorse to form the Yukon Weaver's Guild. The group held its first workshop a few months later, which was a 3-day workshop on weaving with 4-harness looms led by Julie Aldis. In 1977, the name was changed to the Whitehorse Weavers' and Spinners' Guild. The group continued to diversify to include a broad range of fibre arts and in 1984 the name was changed to the Northern Fibres Guild, which was adopted along with a new constitution.
Records of the organization are maintained through the Yukon Archives. Below is a summary of two aspects of past guild activities: workshops led by outside artists, and membership of the executive committee (president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer) over the years. These notes were compiled by Jill Johnstone in 2018 (currently up to 2010). Let us know if you find something missing or can fill in the existing gaps in our records!


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Once upon a time, in a field not too far from you, there was an energetic and happy hare and a sleepy tortoise.
The happy hare was called Noel and the sleepy tortoise was called Archibald. Archibald the tortoise liked to sit and munch his dinner slowly, whilst Noel the hare would gobble up his dinner and run round and round Archibald until he was dizzy.
“I am the fastest animal in the whole wide world,” said Noel. “I’m faster than a cheeky cheetah, a kicking kangaroo and a racing rabbit,” he boasted.
Archibald rolled his eyes and carried on munching on some tasty lettuce leaves.
“Oh you two do stop arguing,” said a blackbird as he flew past.
Noel the hare laughed his head off.
Wallace the wise old owl arranged the race for the next day. All the animals in the field put on their best clothes, groomed their fur, picked up a flag to wave and got ready to cheer the tortoise and the hare on.
“On your marks… Get set… Go!” Called Wallace… And the race was off!
Slowly, slowly Archibald the tortoise set off and quickly, quickly Noel the hare raced off and soon he was out of sight. In fact, he was so far ahead that, when he looked back, Archibald the tortoise was nowhere to be seen.
“Gosh,” Noel thought. “I’ve more or less won all ready! I think I’ll just have a little nap under this tree, it’s such a hot day”. Noel the hare was soon fast asleep.
All the noise woke Noel the hare up with a start.
“Oh my! Oh my! What’s going on? What’s all that noise? Never mind. I’d better finish the race then I can go and have my dinner,” he thought.
Noel the hare raced off down the hill towards the finishing line. But when he got there, to his horror, he saw Archibald the tortoise with a gold winner’s medal around his neck.
And from that day on they became the best of friends and Noel the hare never boasted again.


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SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz will be heading to the NBA playoffs for the third-consecutive season after clinching a playoff spot with Sacramento losing to New Orleans 121-118 Thursday night.
The Jazz currently sit in fifth place in the Western Conference and would play the Houston Rockets in the first round if the playoffs started today.
First round tickets will go on sale April 2 at 10 a.m. MDT and a full playoff schedule will be released at a later date.

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Holly Liu is the cofounder of Kabam, Inc., a billion dollar company, and previously served as its chief of staff and the general manager of Kabam’s Casual Games Studio. She led the design for Kabam’s award-winning "Kingdoms of Camelot" franchise and was the founding mobile designer for extension Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North, which was the top grossing app on iOS in 2012. As chief development officer, Liu is in charge of developing Kabam internationally through key relationships, starting with China. She has significant business strategy and product management expertise from tenures with AOL, Accenture, and Arthur Andersen. Liu holds a BA in communications and East Asian studies from UCLA and a master’s in information management and systems from UC Berkeley.
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Warren Buffett's warrants to buy over 43 million shares of Goldman Sachs at $115 each are almost back "in the money."
MarketWatch's Alistair Barr reminds us that Goldman's rally in recent months has greatly increased the potential value of those warrants.
They were essentially thrown into the deal as a sweetener when Berkshire Hathaway bought $5 billion worth of preferred stock from the firm at the height of the credit crisis last fall.
Buffett's main objective was the 10 percent guaranteed annual return from the preferred shares. In his letter to Berkshire shareholders last month, he called the equity participation a "bonus."
Back on September 23, the day Buffett's multi-billion dollar "vote of confidence" in Goldman was announced, shares of the firm closed at $125.05. Three days later, they finished just short of $138.
Over the next two months, Goldman shares plunged over 62 percent to close at $52.
That's just a few dollars below Berkshire's strike price of $115 a share.
For every dollar that Goldman's stock price rises above $115, Berkshire could potentially make just over $43 million by purchasing Goldman shares at the strike price and reselling them at the higher market price.
Barr's example has Berkshire clearing $1.5 billion if Goldman shares rise to $150. The warrants don't expire until 2013, so there's plenty of time for Goldman to move even higher.


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Hi! I spent this past June and most of July in Yosemite, where I learned to climb. Then the valley got evacuated due to the Ferguson fire and I flew back home to Colorado for a couple of weeks and did some trad climbing in Eldo, and now I'm here in southeast Minnesota for college. However, classes for me don't start until sept. 10, so I'm looking for some more climbing to do before then. I'm a beginner, but I have plenty of experience lead belaying. I have my own car so transportation won't be an issue, and I'm willing to drive pretty far. I’ll be your best friend if you take me climbing, I’m fun I promise! That’s the best I can offer plus maybe a meal or something haha please take me climbing! My number is 720-301-8069. text or email me if you're willing!
If you're from NH、 did you intend on posting in midwest area?
You may find folks on the Winona Ice Park or Minnesota Climbers Facebook pages. There are several folks I see posting there about climbing events and activities down in south east Minnesota and around the state.
There are a few ice climbing events if you interested. Most have training for beginners to intermediate along with a great opportunity to meet others. Between the colllege rentals and events there are decent priced rentals available.
Look for the Sandstone Icefest etc. the Winona group was planning a gathering but I think they are working on access issues.
Hope you find some good partners.
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This is a wonderful place in a busy Auckland suburb. This award-winning business is Semi managed (operationally) and the costs are incredibly well controlled.
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This cafe is different from the norm. This is a place that you can be passionate about, build a solid relationship with your customer base and enjoy healthy profits.
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Is it any wonder that there are many who love the edgy, energetic lifestyle of living in Downtown St. Louis?
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It’s diverse. It’s fun. It’s a growing community.
Carr Square – In the early 1800s, there was housing for immigrants looking for their dream in America. By the 1920s the community was a melting pot of nationalities. Today the area is a working class community. There are green spaces, neighborhood retail, schools and social services for young and old.
Central Business District – Home to more than 3500 hotel rooms, seven million square feet of office space, and part of a new development that will create more living space for the district.
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My first real job paid me three dollars and thirty-five cents an hour. I worked for the grocery store out on the main road. The main road that was slowly becoming more and more of a main road every day.
Through the years, the town I grew up in experienced a strong influx of people from the boroughs of New York City – people who decided that the town I lived in would be a good place to put themselves for a while. Now, I can’t really complain about all the people who moved into my hometown too much because that’s what my parents did. My parents weren’t natives of our town, so if there was someone from a generation older than me, from the same town, writing a story about the town they grew up in and decided to mention the influx of people, they would be talking about my parents.
There were only three food stores nearby. There was a small IGA, a mid-sized store called Finast and then there was the larger one called the A&P. The A&P is where I got my first official job. This was the store that gave me my first taste of real life. Life that required a time card and life that gave me a lunch break. Life that had me stand behind a cash register for hours on end and worst of all, life that said each cashier was to wear a tie. A tie at fourteen years old.
Back when I worked at the A&P, my fellow cashiers and I were directed by a manager named Jim. This guy named Jim took his job very seriously – for which I’m not sure I can blame him, because it was, well, his job. And his job was to keep the front end of the store running smoothly. He did this by using a whole bunch of tie wearing fourteen year olds to punch numbers in some cash registers. He made sure everyone showed up on time, did their job effectively and that they dressed properly.
I had applied for a job at the A&P in September. I remember it well because I handed in the application on my birthday. The minute I turned fourteen, I ran down to the guidance office in my high school to get my working papers. The very documents that gave me the permission to work in the real world. The documents that somehow also told me that there would be rules to follow out there and that those rules couldn’t be broken.
I followed the rules at the age of fourteen, so the day I applied for the cashier’s job at the A&P, I showed my new working papers to Jim. He stood there and scanned them over. After he found them accurately describing who I was, he quickly and smartly accepted them, made a copy and then handed them back to me. He then proceeded to tell me my start date.
Now, I’m going to try to make a long, and at times disheartening, story short. Jim and I had never seen eye to eye on the tie thing. While wearing a tie was of the utmost importance to Jim, it wasn’t really very important to me. It actually wasn’t important to me at all. It repulsed me and had such little importance to me in fact, that I decided pretty quickly that I was never going to wear one. Not even on the very first day I worked for the A&P. Now, Jim took notice of this. He took notice of this from that office he sat in at the front of the store. The office that was right behind the customer service desk and the office that was elevated just a few feet higher than everyone else’s workplace.
On the very first day of work, Jim saw that I wasn’t wearing my tie, so he approached me to ask where it was. I told him that I forgot to wear it – that I had left it at home. Jim replied that it really was important for me to wear a tie and explained to me that wearing a tie was one of the rules I had to abide by if I wanted to work for the A&P.
Now, you know as well as I do that I didn’t forget that tie. I had never planned on wearing it. I thought I could grind Jim down so I would one day be known as the cashier who didn’t have to wear a tie. Since I had abided by the rest of the uniform, I felt my strategy was innocent enough.
On my second day of work at the A&P, I decided not to wear my tie once more. Jim again noticed this from his elevated office and approached me to ask where my tie was. I told him that I had forgotten it – that I had left it at home.
Jim seemed quite angry at hearing this, but he suppressed his anger and merely repeated to me the critical importance of wearing a tie – the critical importance that a tie had on the operation of the entire store. He then left me alone for the rest of the day to punch those numbers in my cash register.
Now, here’s the dismaying part I’m going to share with you. On the third day I arrived at work, and after somehow forgetting my tie again, Jim hopped down from his floating office and approached me with a beet red face. He asked where in the hell my tie was and when I informed Jim that I had forgotten it once more, I witnessed the emergence of a giant vein in Jim’s forehead begin to throb. Jim wasn’t very happy from hearing this news – not happy at all.
Right after hearing my excuse and not a second after my sentence escaped my mouth did Jim tightly grab my arm to drag me through the store. He pulled me across the front-end, past each and every register and cashier, past the main entrance and down the health and beauty-aid aisle. He continued pulling me back towards the rear of the store and across the last aisle that spanned all the aisles, and slammed through the double doors that led to the warehouse – the warehouse that held the side entrance to the meat department.
Once we stopped in the darkened space, where all the grocery items were stored on pallets for distribution, Jim released his grip on my arm and quickly, with long strides, walked towards and through the meat department double doors to find a meat cutter. A few seconds passed when Jim returned to me with a cutter in tow.
Almost purposefully in front of me and acting as the meat cutter’s manager as well, Jim asked if there was an extra tie floating around somewhere in the warehouse. I saw the meat cutter’s lips begin to curl after Jim finished his question. Apparently, this wasn’t the first time a lowly cashier had to borrow a tie from this department.
Jim and I stood patiently as we watched the meat cutter make his way over to a small wooden bench that held some papers and other junk. A price gun, an apron, a roll of wax paper with neon green stickers. You get the idea.
He looked through a few drawers before he gave an audible chuckle and pulled out the most grotesque green and tan tie you had ever seen. It was about a foot wide with some holiday designs across its face. It looked as though it was a leftover from the seventies and that it may have been worn with some sort of unfortunate costume.
The meat cutter walked back over to Jim and me and handed him the tie. “Is this what you were looking for?
Jim didn’t say a word. He didn’t even turn his head. He just thrust the tie at my chest and said, “Put this on.” As he continued to needle his thumb in my sternum.
As soon as I pulled the tie from Jim’s hand, he decided to clamp on my arm once more – tighter than he had before – to swing around and face me. I could feel his breath on my cheek.
With that, Jim released my arm and with a huff, left through the double doors and headed back to the front of the store – throbbing forehead vein and all.
I lifted my hand to take closer inspection of the tie. I bit my lip and dropped my head slightly while turning it side to side – giving myself a bit of reassurance. I let my eyes wander, lose focus and refocus on all the junk that had piled up in the corners of the warehouse through the years. I took a deep breath in and gradually let it out in an attempt to keep my composure. I stood in place for just a few more seconds before I walked past the meat cutter and towards the desk he had come from almost a minute earlier. I held my hand up – the hand that clutched the fabric – and dropped the tie on the desk.
I turned around and again walked past the meat cutter and made my way to the double doors. I pushed them open and walked straight through them. I continued to walk straight across the rear aisle and straight up the health and beauty aid aisle from which I had come. In fact, I walked so straight that I deliberately avoided making the left turn that would bring me back to the front of the store. I walked so straight that the only place I could walk was straight through the main exit. And I continued walking. Walking so straight that I walked straight home that day. Straight home after making one small stop along the way.
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