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He was directly confronted with the evil thing he did to me and he was given an opportunity to admit his problem and get better, but instead he denied everything and added insult to the injuries he already left me with.
In 2014 I had an appointment with Larry Nassar for hip and back pain. From childhood appointments and hearing about him professionally from my mom, I knew he was a big deal. Doctor Larry Nassar was a trusted name in the medical field, and I felt lucky to have an opportunity to see such a prolific doctor for old high school injuries.
I showed up full of hope and excitement.
From my past appointments I had with him I gathered he was goofy and handsy but because of his well-known, widely respected title, his odd behaviors that should have raised red flags barely raised eyebrows as they were dismissed and brushed off as part of his quirky personalty. There I was, entering his office and anticipating greatness, placing my personal health and well-being in the hands of that man, a man I was told deserved my trust and my respect with his degrees decorating his walls and enforcing the fact, all riddled with his name and title he used as a shield to hide behind. That man was the hero doctor in town and he had us all fooled, but in late March of 2014 I found out that man’s true identity. Larry Nassar was no hero, he was a villain.
At the end of a long and tiring appointment, that man sent his resident out of the room and then stuck his hand up my shirt and down my pants. He sexually assaulted me in spite of my protests and would not let me leave until I agreed to come back for a follow up assault. It was terrifying and disgusting, and I spent days in shock from the violation I had experienced at his hands I knew he was a praised doctor, a healer of Olympic gymnasts. He was the miracle worker, Larry Nassar, and he had just abused me on his appointment table.
I didn’t know who to tell, and I was scared no one would believe me. Sometimes I even had a hard time believing myself, but at the end I knew I had to report it. He was so smooth and so calculated at that appointment. He used his position of power, his reputation, and his stature to make me feel special and comfortable, and then he sexually assaulted me. I could not let what happened to me happen to anyone else.
After finally finding the courage to make the call, I contacted a doctor I knew that worked with Larry Nassar and told him my story. It was uncomfortable and embarrassing and I felt like throwing up the entire time, but I did it, and I hoped the worst was over with.
Doctor Kovan thanked me for coming forward and told me we would be in touch soon. It was hard telling my story, but I could rest a little easier knowing I was helping protect future potential victims.
I waited to hear back from the university for days and then weeks, and I started to feel uneasy again. I started to give up hope and I worried my word hadn’t been taken to heart.
Eventually I did get a phone call from Kristine Moore at MSU’s office of institutional equity, and I started to feel hopeful again. She asked to hear the details of my complaint, and when I started to explain exactly where Larry put his hands without gloves or another person present in the room, she wanted to meet with me in person immediately. I again relayed my story to her and a police officer and I thought maybe this time I would be taken seriously.
They seemed to be horrified by the details of the sexual assault I had experienced and reported to them in no uncertain terms. This time I just knew my voice had been heard and this disgusting man would never be able to hurt anyone else ever again. At least that’s what I thought, but I was wrong.
The investigation done by MSU was brief and sloppy and it left me feeling disposable and worthless. After asking a few of his friends if what he did was inappropriate and getting a collective answer of, well, I would have done it differently but I guess what he did was okay, Larry Nassar was cleared to practice again under new guidelines that were never actually enforced.
When asked about the assault, Larry gave an answer about how he couldn’t remember the exact appointment but it seemed like something he did and I must have been mistaken about the sexual nature of the procedure. He was directly confronted with the evil thing he did to me and he was given an opportunity to admit his problem and get better, but instead he denied everything and added insult to the injuries he already left me with.
I was not one of his younger victims without words to explain what he did. I was a woman in my mid 20s studying to go to medical school and working at a pediatrician’s office. I knew that he had abused me. I reported it. And Michigan State University, the school I loved and trusted, had the audacity to tell me that I did not understand the difference between sexual assault and a medical procedure. That master manipulator took advantage of his title, he abused me, and when I found the strength to talk about what happened, I was ignored and my voice was silenced.
I spent years trying to get over what happened that day and the damage the investigation did to my life. Years of not being able to trust anyone and messy relationships and feeling so alone every single day. You’re scared of doctors and men and figures of authority. Actually, I’m scared of people all the time. I’m uncomfortable when people get too close during conversations and I jump if someone touches me without warning. I’m jittery and nervous around men, constantly overanalyzing situations.
It was almost four years ago now and I still have nightmares about that day. Sometimes I’m just trapped in his examination room and he won’t let me leave. Other times I’m being held down on the table and I’m yelling but my voice doesn’t work.
What he did shows up in my daily life and also affects me while I sleep. Since this case was reopened I have struggled to even leave my bed on some of my worst days. I wake up crying feeling empty and my anxiety about facing the world paralyzes me. Sometimes I call loved ones, but most of the time I’m too embarrassed to call so I spend another morning crying under the covers for hours before dragging myself out of bed and going to work where I spend the day nervous and restless and uneasy around everyone. What happened to me bleeds into every area of my life and I feel tense and fearful all of the time.
When Larry Nassar sexually assaulted me and MSU covered for him, they altered the entire course of my life. From my career path to just the way I navigate through crowded rooms, everything has changed. Sometimes I’m terrified that these scars are too deep and I will never be whole again, but I cannot allow myself to remain a victim any longer, because I am a survivor. And even though he left me with these scars, I survived what that evil man did to me. Some day I will be whole again.
And, Larry, the thing you didn’t realize while you were sexually assaulting me and all of these young girls and breaking our lives is that you were also building an army of survivors who would ultimately expose you for what you truly are, a sexual predator. You might have broken us, but from this rubble we will rise as an army of female warriors who will never let you or any man drunk off of power get away with such evil ever again.
THE COURT: Thank you. That was wonderful.
You are a survivor. Your scars are healing. Your voice is no longer silent. I have heard it. The world has heard it, and you are not alone. You not only have other survivors but you have a world who is in support of all of you.
This cannot happen. You are ensuring that others will not be violated, not just by this defendant but by other predators. Things are going to change. You’ve been heard.
The system clearly failed you, and I’m sorry about that. It’s not the first time. I suspect it won’t be the last time, but you are part of making that system better.
I applaud you for when the very incident happened for speaking up. It’s interesting to me this morning, I heard from three, I know I will hear from many more today and the days coming, but I also heard the same yesterday, this defendant could also have been charged with unlawful imprisonment. It sounds to me like the number of crimes that could have been charged and weren’t is almost endless, and they are all vile acts, and you were right in pursuing what you did, and I want you to know that I’m taking all of this into consideration at sentencing. He will never be free. The next judge he faces will be God. Thank you.
MS. POVILAITIS: Judge, just for the record, you’ve heard from both of the Thomashow sisters, Jessica yesterday and Amanda just now, and I know you have a binder of statements and obviously those statements include more statements than just those that are being delivered in court. I just wanted to point the court’s attention, because I know you likely probably already read all of them, but that their mother, Doctor Suzanne Thomashow, also wrote statements on behalf of both girls, and particularly her situation is very unique having gone to college with — or medical school with the doctor — with the defendant and referred patients.
THE COURT: Yes. She has a very unique voice. Does she want any or all of that read into the record?
MS. POVILAITIS: I will ask her on a break and I’ll let you know.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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For thousands of years, voyagers of inner space--spiritual seekers, shamans, and psychoactive drug users--have returned from their inner imaginal travels reporting encounters with alien intelligences. Inner Paths to Outer Space presents an innovative examination of how we can reach these other dimensions of existence and contact otherworldly beings. Based on their more than 60 combined years of research into the function of the brain, the authors reveal how psychoactive substances such as DMT allow the brain to bypass our five basic senses to unlock a multidimensional realm of existence where otherworldly communication occurs. They contend that our centuries-old search for alien life-forms has been misdirected and that the alien worlds reflected in visionary science fiction actually mirror the inner space world of our minds. The authors show that these â€œalienâ€� worlds encountered through altered states of human awareness, either through the use of psychedelics or other methods, possess a sense of reality as great as, or greater than, those of the ordinary awareness perceived by our five senses.
"Those who regularly navigate the hyperspatial landscape that some have called the â€˜tryptamine dimensionâ€™ have long suspected that the portals to inner and outer space may be one and the same. This book, a collaboration of the most cutting-edge shaman/neuroscientists working in this field, boldly explores this concept in a stunning tour de force."
"The profoundest inquiries into the nature of reality and the mystery of consciousness are made possible by the psychedelics and other spiritual technologies explored in this astonishing, groundbreaking, and utterly revolutionary book. Written by the maestros of the field, it is exactly the right book at exactly the right time. I found it gripping, thought-provoking, incredibly informative, and--on top of all that--a hugely enjoyable read."
Slawek Wojtowicz is a medical oncologist working in the pharmaceutical industry in Edison, New Jersey, a science-fiction illustrator and the author of Daydreaming.
Luis Eduardo Luna is coauthor (with Pablo Amaringo) of Ayahuasca Visions and director of Wasiwaska--Research Centre for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Arts and Consciousness in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Ede Frecska is chief of psychiatry at the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Budapest, Hungary, and a contributing author to Psychedelic Medicine.

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In our last gaming session, an NPC wanted to flee the party. The PCs were standing around him, so he provoked a lot of attacks of opportunities against himself by stepping away.
The PCs didn’t want him to get away, so they tried to inflict the immobile bane on him. If the attack roll had succeeded, I was prepared to let him take a defend action and move half his speed without provoking AoOs. First question: would other AoOs that already triggered be cancelled after such a move or would the PCs still attack, even though the NPC isn’t in melee range anymore?
However, the attack did not succeed, so I invoked the rule of three choices. Since immobile is a level 1 bane, it can be inflicted even after a miss. Since it was a miss, the NPC didn’t even have the option of a defend action. In this instance I let him be immobilized, but it occurred to me later, that I could have chosen to move him 10 feet instead of inflicting a bane on the player. In this case, the question would arise: How to explain that he moved 10 feet (out of the clutches of his attacker) but is still suffering from the immobile bane? Could I as GM just lift it, since the PC is too far away now to grab him? Should I forbid the choice of immobile if I am already planning to let the NPC move away?
AoO trigger immediately, they don’t just “untrigger” b/c of a defend action. I would rule all the other AoO happen as well. Now of course, if they are all surrounding him, not all of them would actually get an AoO in the first place, b/c they would move next ot a few of them on their way out, and then they could do the defend and be free from attacks on those they are now next to.
You would explain the optional choices the same way you always can. It’s all happening in the chaos of battle, so as the NPC is running away,the player manages to get the immobile bane off, but it is delayed, so the NPC gets roughly 10’ away.
Note: Allowing a player who fails on a Bane attack to then choose the very bane they were attempting is… not right. You shouldn’t do that (see below), and truthfully, the “choose 3” option was meant just for damaging attacks, but it seems the wording isn’t consistent for that in the rules presently. I would have allowed knockdown instead of immobile I suppose.
Then again, not sure I would did the success with a twist for AoO, I would just do failure but the story progresses (the NPC gets away).
Narratively, I could see a few times where it could make sense, so I might allow it once in awhile, but if the player was attempting to abuse that, probably would stop it.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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We love our coffee. It’s how we function, socialize and cure our hangovers.
The possibilities of coffee are endless; black, white, double shot, macchiato, espresso and so on – the list is endless. But how you choose to have your coffee might be just be an indicator as to your personality type. If its black coffee you have, you are probably a psychopath.
This unsettling nugget of information was noted in a study undertaken by the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
Results revealed that the participants who reported enjoying foods with a bitter taste were more likely to report “malevolent personality traits” – even when sweet, sour and salty tastes were involved.
These results were confirmed by another similar study using 450 participants.
On the flip side, those who scored high on “agreeableness” reported a preference for sweet foods like candy and cake – and a complete dislike for bitter foods *jumps for joy in having a sweet tooth*.


text: Listed below are links to a variety of self-help support groups for people trying to recover from alcoholism, drug addiction, compulsive gambling, and other addictions. These groups are not formally affiliated with nor specifically endorsed by the SHWC. Each, however, has been shown to be helpful for certain types of people seeking recovery help. As noted , some of these groups have online meetings available. SHWC staff are available to discuss any addiction concerns you may have and to help you determine in what ways a support group might be helpful for you.


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It reminds me a little of the shorter novels by Marguerite Duras. It will be interesting to see how it develops.
Yes, Marguerite Duras. Of course. ‘The Lover’. I must pull it out of my book case again to give me confidence in use of this structure. Thanks so much for your comment.
Your writing is terse; with the jump cut style, I feel like I’m being fed potato chips a crumb at at time. Have you written so much that you have to experiment like this? I ask because I’m doubtful that it’s an improvement over more traditional styles, that is, how most novels and most bestsellers are written.
And I ask because I’m not liking it. Given the DATE on your post, and lack of comments, apparently not too many of your 449 followers are liking it, either.
I picked your post by a WordPress search function, I’m very new here. So, I’m going to your blog to see what you’re doing since August.
Thanks for your comment. Writing is very subjective of course. Good luck on your blogging journey. A steep learning curve for most of us.
It’s an interesting technique that we’re used to in movies, but it is a surprise in a written work.I did find myself going back and forth over the paragraphs to try to keep things sorted apart in my mind.
yes, i probably should have mentioned lots of blank space on the page to show it is a new scene. i hope my post wasn’t confusing. i’ll show a page from my WIP showing the jump cuts at another time. good to hear from you.


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LAST WEEK:Meghan Lenczyk had a goal and an assist to give the New York Fury a 2-0 win over the ASA Chesapeake Charge at Old Mill High School Sunday.
The win was the second in a row for the Fury, who improve to 5-2-1, 16 pts. Michelle Betos made two saves to post her fifth shutout of the season, and second in a row, as the Fury held a 15-4 shots advantage.
The Fury took the lead in the 38th minute, on a goal by Jasmyne Spencer. Lenczyk knocked down a free kick by Sinead Farrelly and Spencer finished for her second goal of the season.
New York added an insurance tally in the 55th minute. Team scoring leader Merritt Mathias sent in a cross, and Lenczyk finished with a diving header.
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT: The Boston Breakers are one of three former Women's Professional Soccer franchises playing in the WPSL Elite. The Breakers had been among the high fliers in WPSL Elite this season, but on Monday had three points deducted from the standings and a forfeit called in what had been a 3-2 win over Western New York because of an ineligible player.
Katie Schoepfer has led the way for the Breakers, scoring eight goals so far this season, but three of those were in the wiped-out game against Western New York. She still leads the team with five. In their most recent outing, on June 10, the Breakers defeated the Philadelphia Fever 1-0 on a goal by Kyah Simon, her fourth of the season. They have a game on Wednesday, June 20, hosting cross-state rivals the New England Mutiny.
PLAYER PROFILE: Bay Shore, New York native Jasmyne Spencer scored her first goal for the New York Fury last weekend. A product of the Albertson Fury program, Spencer had a standout career at the University of Maryland, which she capped off in 2011 by starting 16 of 17 matches, scoring two goals and earning four assists, while being named a Soccer America Preseason All-American.
In 2010, she played 22 games and scored 10 goals while assisting on five and was an NSCAA Fourth Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Southeast Region, TopDrawerSoccer.com Third Team of the Season, All-ACC First Team and Soccer America Preseason All-American. After playing in 23 games and logging 10 goals and five assists in her sophomore season, she was named NSCAA First Team All-Southeast Region, Soccer America MVP and All-ACC First Team. In her freshman year, she played 12 matches, starting five.
LONG ISLAND FURY: The Long Island Fury, the NY Fury's WPSL affiliate, is currently in training camp under the direction of head coach Phil Cassella. The team opens the WPSL season on Saturday at Aztec MA. The Fury are two time champions of the WPSL, capturing titles in 2006 and 2009 under the direction of Paul Riley. They also captured division titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

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They round-up a great outfit, they talk much about personality аnd with thе right attitude they саn easily enhance your entire existing wardrobe. Wе аrе оf course talking about shoes, аnd now thаt the fall 2018 fashion season іѕ closely approaching, it’s nоt only nature thаt experiences a change іn colors. Foundation fоr both a functional аnd аn on-trend wardrobe, good footwear becomes mandatory once thе cold season gets settled іn.
And although men’s shoe trends don’t seem tо undergo dramatic changes аѕ thе season go bу, novelty often finds іtѕ way tо those little, but always relevant details. Thе fall season brings along a wide palette оf reinvented staples, spanning over casual, elegant аnd even sportier styles. Here’s what thе runway suggests іn terms оf fashionable footwear options, perfect fоr those crisp days оf autumn.
Nоt necessarily new оn thе fashion scene, but nоt really jaded either, thе monk-strap shoes promote thе double buckled straps аѕ a fashionable alternative tо thе good-old laced oxfords. Providing enough versatility аnd a distinct point оf view, these аrе thе shoes thаt wіll make stand out either іn thе office оr оn thе street. More ѕо, when you dare wear them іn a bold camouflage print.
Love them оr hate them, but loafers provide аn elegant option thаt maintains relevance, more ѕо fоr thе cold season. Made out оf exquisite combinations оf leather аnd suede, thе loafers fоr fall come іn many styles, making them approachable аnd functional. Seek them іn black fоr a timeless investment, оr color fоr a bolder statement.
It’s not only the ladies who will be sporting a cool pair of trainers as part of their on-point wardrobe come fall. Gentlemen will also be accessorizing everything in between jeans and sleek suits with fashion’s newest shoe statement. Forget all about trainers for the gym, as their sporty appeal moves onto the street.
Transitioning frоm summer tо fall with juѕt a quick change іn wardrobe, slippers made a statement оf elegance оn thе fall/winter 2018 runways. Playful, sophisticated оr casual, they саn easily take you frоm lunch tо dinner making use оf thе same aplomb. Seek them іn black suede оr embroidered tweed.
In terms of shoes, nothing speaks оf autumn quite like a pair оf solid brogues. Made out оf leather оr suede they look great аѕ paired with everything building a wardrobe, really. Traditional оr a little bit оn thе unconventional side, thе brogues wіll carry you through fall іn full style.
Judging bу Valentino’s fall/winter ’13 runway, nothing seems tо possibly complete аn autumn look better than a pair оf black leather ankle boots. Both sophisticated аnd edgy, thе boots provide a solid choice іn terms оf cold weather appropriate footwear, аѕ they wіll surely transition you into winter. Style them with a slim-fit pair оf trousers, a white button-down аnd a preppy sweater fоr a little bit оf contrast.

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Number 1s Collection 60s Volume 7 is an essential compilation of UK number 1 tracks from the 60s! This compilation is DJ friendly and contains important track information on the back sleeve, including the date each track reached number 1 and the number of weeks it spent on the top spot!
"DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH"

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Past year's C3 Healthcare Summit has been supported by weekly, live radio broadcast (reaching an audience of 500,000 listeners and 20 million social media users) and featured two, half-hour segments, every week, of specific attendee and client "profiles."
"The event was impressive and I look forward to next year!"
Neil Cohen, Attendee, Director Business Development, Defense Group Inc.
"We had a very favorable response with potential clients and made lasting connections."
"The venue was classic and the participants were insightful world leaders in their fields. Your conference has certainly put the MENA region of the world on the Kansas radar."
"Thank you for the excellent C3 Summit. It was informative and inspirational. Bravo!"
"Congrats on a wonderful event! I had a really great time, met some wonderful contacts and learned a lot during the sessions. Job well done!"
"Thank you for a wonderful conference last week. It was extremely helpful to those of us looking to work overseas in the not too distant future!"
"Truly, one of the best events I've attended in quite some time for Middle East networking."
"A most impressive, timely event. The speakers and panel participants were all first-rate, providing attendees with an exceptional professional experience and engagement opportunity."
"The C3 Summit was quite a worthwhile, valuable event, which thoroughly defined the new paradigm in U.S.-Arab Relations. Not only did I learn from the various speakers' topics, but also too was the networking opportunity a success - especially with so many important people from the global community present and available to each other at the same place and time."
Arnold Ceglia, Attendee, Cargo Trans, Inc.
"The participants at C3 Summit are such that I would find much interest to continue the dialogue beyond the conference itself. When you listen to the speakers, the message is clear, technology and innovation are going to change the face of the Middle East. The best thing to do in the Middle East today is to invest in the internet space and the youth."
"I'm here at C3 Summit and can't think of a better place for networking and learning what other businesses are doing and hearing from others that are as interested in the region as we are. I am looking forward to many more C3 events like this. The whole notions of community, of collaboration and of commerce—what could be better, it's really a terrific opportunity!"
"This is a great effort by C3 Summit to bring people together. I've talked to people from Israel, Egypt, the UAE, Pakistan and have made significant relationships. I would love to see it come to other countries and other cities, especially Chicago."
Mohammad Adil Khan, Attendee, President, US Halal Association, Inc.


text: Local Native American tribes call the June full moon the Strawberry Moon because it heralds the time of year to pick wild strawberries. Spend an evening walking in the warm air, listen to the dusk bird songs turn to choruses of spring peepers, and try to catch a glimpse of our resident wildlife as spring ripens into summer. We'll enjoy some strawberries and chocolate as a sweet treat to end the night.

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Welcome to another of Organica J’s Top Ten Uses! Here I focus on 10 helpful uses for Lavender essential oil. Remember there are a lot of varieties of lavender, which have different properties and scents. Here we are talking on the variety lavandula angustifolia (true lavender). I have found after much experimenting with other varieties from various countries, to use a French lavender, which I personally like best for therapeutic use and in my products for what I need from its properties, and with its soft, but powerful fragrance.
Lavender is an aromatic evergreen shrub and the oil is made by steam distillation of the flowering tops. It is colourless or pale yellow in colour.
I use lavender in many of my products, such as my Gardener’s Hand Balm, Restful Evening Bath & Body Oil and Pulse Point Roller Ball , Lavender and Lavender flower Soap as well as being one of the ingredients in my Meditation Essential Oil Blend. It blends so well with many oils. I have used it recently in therapy blended with roman chamomile, sweet orange and ylang.
There are many different uses for lavender oil, it has been used for a long time for numerous things, but I include what I view as my top 10 uses.
1. Can reduce stress levels.
2. For insomnia and disturbed sleep.
3. Relief from muscular aches and pains.
4. Can calm anxiety & eases fears.
5. Easing headaches (rub one drop on temples) .
6. Very helpful for minor burns.
7. Relief from colds and flu.
8. A good insect repellant.
9. Helpful for pmt and menstrual cramps.
10. Can provide relief from sunburned skin.
If you feel that lavender would be a useful oil for you, you can buy it here. There is also available a full range of other aromatherapy essential oils, with information on their uses available in the essential oil category on the website. If you require further information on any oils, feel free to contact us by email or phone.
For using essential oils for specific or complex medical problems always contact a qualified aromatherapist or your GP.
Welcome to another of Organica J’s Top Ten Uses! This month we will be focusing on 10 helpful uses for Sweet Orange essential oil. Working as a clinical aromatherapist, I use a lot for its sunny, relaxing, gentle but powerful action. It is good for using with vulnerable folk, such as the young or elderly because of these properties. I used it very regularly when I worked one day a month at a local residential home for the elderly, it was a popular choice there among the residents and staff alike.
Sweet Orange has been a favourite oil of mine since I qualified and I have is a component of my Love Soap and Essential Oil Blend. Also of course in my Orange & Frankincense Soap, Essential Oil Blend and my Reflexology Foot Balm. Here are what I think are its top ten uses.
For using essential oils for specific conditions always contact a qualified aromatherapist.
The organic sweet orange essential oil that I hold in stock right now is Citrus Sinensis. The sweet orange tree is a small tree and it was introduced to Europe by the Portugese early in the 16th century. Sweet orange oil is expressed from the ripe peel of the fruit and is orange. The scent is citrus and very sweet. My current supplies are from Brazil.
If you feel that Sweet Orange essential oil would be a useful oil for you, you can buy it here from Organica J.
There is also available a full range of other aromatherapy essential oils, with information on their uses available in the essential oil category on the website. Always use on the body blended with a carrier/vegetable oil.
If you require further information on any oils, feel free to contact us by email or phone.
NB if you have a medical condition/take medications check with your GP and/or a qualified aromatherapist before using essential oils.
Welcome to another of Organica J’s Top Ten Uses! This month we will be focusing on 10 helpful uses for Grapefruit essential oil. Working as a clinical aromatherapist, I use a lot for its anti-depressant and uplifting properties, but also I use it for the treatment/management of cellulite in blends as well.
It is a very ‘happy’ and ‘bright’ oil in my opinion and really helpful to use in the darker days. Here are what I think are its top ten uses.
If you feel that Grapefruit essential oil would be a useful oil for you, you can buy it here from Organica J.
Welcome to another of Organica J’s Top Ten Uses! This month we will be focusing on 10 helpful uses for Eucalyptus essential oil. Its one of the oils that we use in our Muscle Rub, along with Rosemary and Black Pepper – utilising Eucalyptus’ analgesic properties. Working as a clinical aromatherapist, I use eucalyptus often in blends for clients. The essential oil is often first thought of for respiratory issues, and its great action on muscular aches and pains is often overlooked. For a cold it is what I reach for first in a blend for steam inhalation to use the anti-viral properties, decongestant and to help ease difficult breathing that is often present when you have a cold. Here are what I think are its top ten uses.
10. On a subtle level it can help to cleanse negative energies.
There are many varieties of Eucalyptus that can be used in aromatherapy – the Eucalyptus that I use is Eucalyptus Blue Gum, latin name eucalyptus globulus. Eucalyptus is indigenous to Australia and the oil is steam distilled from the leaves. There are other countries that produce the oil, i.e. China, Spain and Portugal. My current supplies are from China.
If you feel that Eucalyptus essential oil would be a useful oil for you, you can buy it here from Organica J. There is also available a full range of other aromatherapy essential oils, with information on their uses available in the essential oil category on the website. Always use on the body blended with a carrier/vegetable oil.
Welcome to another of Organica J’s Top Ten Uses! This month we will be focusing on 10 helpful uses for Frankincense essential oil. Its one of the oils that we use in our Meditation Essential Oil Blend and Orange and Frankincense Blend, both are ideal for ultimate relaxation.
Working as a clinical aromatherapist, frankincense is one of my most used essential oils, I love it! and I find it so gently powerful. Helping with clearing the mind when over stressed or anxious and with moving forward in life. It is an ideal choice for meditation. I just couldn’t do without frankincense oil – I take it with me anytime I am away from home. Here are what I think are its top ten uses.
5. Can aid in the slowing down the appearance of wrinkles.
6. Soothing the pain of heavy periods.
Frankincense’s latin name is boswellia carterii and is a natural resin from the exudate of the bark of the boswellia tree. The frankincense oil is steam distilled from the resin. Frankincense is sometimes referred to as olibanum, meaning oil from Lebanon. It has been used for centuries often as an incense in religious ceremonies. Kohl used as eyeliner by the ancient Egyptians was made from charred frankincense. My current batch comes from Somalia, which is my favourite Frankincense. In my opinion it has a delicate, deep scent, slightly musky in the most pleasant way.
If you feel that Frankincense essential oil would be a useful oil for you, you can buy it here from Organica J. There is also available a full range of other aromatherapy essential oils, with information on their uses available in the essential oil category on the website. Always use on the body blended with a carrier/vegetable oil.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Cleveland Pinball League – It's more fun to compete!
It's more fun to compete!
Cleveland Pinball League currently runs three 8-week seasons per year.
CPL is a fun and friendly group for players of all ages and skill levels. Each season runs for 8 weeks, plus a finals event.
All players eligible to win a pinball machine!
Registration is $15 for the full season.
Registration is FREE for new players!
You may play once a week at any of the 3 available meets.
All players qualify for finals in a division based on their end-of-season rank.
Joining is easy! Send a message to clevelandpinball@gmail.com, or just show up to one of our league nights and introduce yourself.
Check out our most recent league results and stats!
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With out loss of generality we assume these problems have unique solutions.
An import car company has warehouses in cities $A$,$B$ and $C$ and supplies four different dealers $D_1$,$D_2$,$D_3$ and $D_4$. The cost in dollars of transporting a car from a given warehouse to a given dealer is found in the following table. Currently, $D_1$ needs $100$, $D_2$ needs $50$, $D_3$ needs $65$, and $D_4$ needs $75$ cars. How should the cars be shipped in order to minimize the shipping costs?

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


text: Have a quest to accomplish? With this pair of Assassin's Creed Odyssey Drop Earrings, embodying your inner mercenary has never looked so glamorous. Stealth your way to victory in no time wearing this stunning style.


text: This ExpressionEngine CMS web site was developed as Blue-Turtle Productions, a multimedia design company, adds an art gallery under the same roof. The new gallery features the art work of Teresa Willis and will be taking on resident artists in the future and needed a website that can grow with ease as the gallery grows. The site will not only feature the art work and online portfolio of both Blue-Turtle Gallery Artists and Blue-Turtle Productions design work but also an integrated e-store for gallery prints to be able to be purchased online.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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When it comes to baking, nothing says Springtime to me more than the flavor of lemon.
And when lemon is paired with bright, juicy blueberries in a delicious bundt cake, it just really brings a smile to my families face!
And another thing that brings a smile to my families face is when we bake together using our favorite Pillsbury Cake Mixes.
For this Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake, I used Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® Lemon Premium Cake Mix and Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Cream Cheese Flavored Frosting that I purchased during my weekly trip to Walmart.
I also bought some fresh blueberries but you can use frozen blueberries as well.
This Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake is super easy to make and it taste like you spent hours in the kitchen.
My family loved it and I know your family will too.
✓ MELTED BUTTER INSTEAD OF OIL: I like to use melted butter instead of vegetable oil because it adds a little extra flavor to the cake and the cake comes out so moist. They taste homemade without all the work!
✓ BLUEBERRIES: You can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake. If you use frozen, no need to thaw them. Most importantly, don’t forget to toss your blueberries in flour before folding them into the cake batter, the flour will help the blueberries not sink to the bottom of the cake!
✓ SAVE ON PILLSBURY™ PRODUCTS: Here is a COUPON for YOU to use to pick up your own mixes.
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray the inside of a bundt pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
n a large bowl, mix cake mix, melted butter, water and eggs together until combined.
In a small bowl, toss blueberries with flour. CAREFULLY, fold blueberries into cake batter.
Bake for 39-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool before frosting.
Frost with cream cheese frosting and top with additional blueberries.
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★ STAY TUNED: I have a delicious NEW BROWNIE RECIPE using Pillsbury™ Brownie Mixes coming soon!

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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TQSL is available for MS Windows (PC), Apple OS X (Mac) and Linux operating systems.
You do not have uninstall older versions of TQSL.
Trusted QSL software is compatible with all versions of the Windows operating systems that Microsoft currently supports.


text: 1. John Williams: Composer pulls out of concerts due to illness. UPDATE: He is now hospitalized.


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Measurements and numerical simulations carried out off Mumbai coast for the period 22 October to 22 November 2009 showed significant variations in water level and currents during cyclone Phyan. Changes in the meridional component of the current velocity were found to be highly significant during Phyan. The strong southward flow due to the cyclone resulted in a complete nullification of a flood current and continued the net flow towards south for approximately 18 h. This enhanced the ebb flow by about 0.12 m/s off Worli and 0.16 m/s off Satpati. The shift in the cyclone generated currents towards north resulted in an enhancement of flood current by 0.3 m/s off Worli and 0.2 m/s off Satpati. During the first 7 h of Phyan, a strong current system associated with an anticyclonic eddy was formed off Mangalore, which propagated towards north up to Ratnagiri and disappeared while the cyclone entered the land. Water level variations of 0.38 and 0.44 m were observed due to Phyan off Worli and Satpati, respectively. Positive and negative surges, that is, a fall in water level up to -20 cm and a rise up to 20 cm, were observed during Phyan and these were associated with shift in the wind direction.

industry_corpus2: Water Resources & Marine


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Are steel warehouses beneficial for the environment?
Choosing steel warehouse buildings offers numerous advantages over the conventional ones. They are easy and quick to build, require less maintenance, and last longer. A lot of retail stores, supply chains and individuals don’t realize that these structures are eco-friendly due to numerous reasons.
Without compromising structural integrity, these strong buildings support thick insulation layers. The benefit of this feature is that the buildings will not lose much heat and even cool during summer.
You don’t require any special treatment to make it resistant to mold. Steel frames are already resistant mold, insect infestation or decay. Moisture doesn’t get absorbed in steel, due to which the people working in steel buildings remain protected against health issues.
Another major factor to keep in mind is that the materials used (mainly steel) is recyclable and reusable. The chances are that the steel that your contractor has used is also recycled. Also, there is almost negligible waste produced during its construction, something totally opposite to wood/brick-based constructions.
A lot of buildings are going solar these days. Imagine how beneficial it will be for the environment if the majority of warehouses are made using steel and use solar energy for their needs.
See, by selecting steel warehouses for sale, you can contribute to saving the environment in several ways. If you are searching steel workshop buildings for sale from a renowned company, you can trust SouthEastern Erectors. The company also offers metal garages for sale.
Learn more about the features of the buildings from this company by clicking this link: https://steelbuildingsystemsinc.com.
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text: Dan has been a Naples, Florida resident since 1971. He is married to his wife, Valerie, and together they have raised six children in Naples. Dan is an Air Force Veteran, and recently completed a 29-year law enforcement career in Collier County. He is active in his community and church, enjoys spending time with his children and two granddaughters, and traveling and exploring new places.


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Razzi provides not only premier styling and quality, but also the courteous service both before and after the sale. Razzi manufactures over 200 different ground effect sets!
What is and why does Razzi manufacture it’s Ground Effects using AERO-FLEX®? There are many different “grades” of ABS type plastic. RAZZI uses the very best grades of ABS (Acrylinitrile Butadiene Styrene), which are then blended together, using RAZZI’s secret formula to make AERO-FLEX®, a special thermoset plastic which is the very best material available for the manufacturing of Ground Effects type products. RAZZI® Ground Effects Packages are not soft, and rubbery like some Ground Effects Packages that are made out of urethane plastic (which are very hard to paint and difficult to install).
The AERO-FLEX® ABS Ground Effects Packages are more rigid like fiberglass but do not crack like fiberglass parts will. Also, parts made out of fiberglass are usually very poor fitting compared to AERO-FLEX® parts. RAZZI’s parts are commonly referred to as the “best fitting” parts in the Ground Effects industry. AERO-FLEX® is not a “urethane” material and it is NOT a “fiberglass” material. The accurate description of AERO-FLEX® is that it is a “co-extruded ABS composite plastic” material—a very “high tech” plastic. AERO-FLEX® is a proprietary to RAZZI® and is a registered trademark of the Razzi Corporation.
It is Razzi’s intent to provide our customers with a pre-painted Rear Ground Effects Kit that will acceptably match your car’s paint. In some instances, there are actually various “shades” of your car’s color code. These “shades” can vary from darker to lighter, even though it is the same paint code. In cases where the factory paint exhibits various “shades”, we have tried to paint our kits with a shade that is somewhat in the middle of the “shade” choices to closely match those that are a shade lighter and also those that are a shade darker. In some cases, our paint match is as close as possible and is acceptable, even though it may not be 100% perfect (which no one could be!). We also want to call your attention to the fact that on vehicles was manufactured before 2005, the vehicle may have to be “buffed” to bring back the original paint luster to match the newly painted Ground Effects Kit.

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Powered by solar generated electricity, rotating all the time as long as light available.
Rotating at 360 degree to show products to the customers at any angle.
Bear the weight of about 1kg item.
New-fashioned, energy saving, environmentally friendly and long lifespan.
Great for promotional display and advertising use.
Ideal display stand for mobile phones, model cars, watch, diamond, any new item and digital gadget in shop.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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Whole House for Rent! Spacious & Bright 3 BR Home!
Spacious And Updated House with 3 Bedrooms, Extra Room And 2 Full Bathrooms. Large Formal Living Room With Fireplace. Formal Dining Room With Hardwood Floors. Big Eat In Kitchen With Tile Floors. Semi-Finished Basement with Washer and Dryer.


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Family owned, established in 1978.
From the North: 77S to exit 81 New Philadelphia. Go right off the exit. Stay in right lane and turn right onto 39W. Follow approximately ½ mile on the right.
From the South: 77N to exit 81 New Philadelphia. Go left off the exit and under the 77 overpass. Turn right onto 39W and follow approximately ½ mile on the right.
From the East: 250W to the second New Philadelphia exit (77S). Exit to light, turn left going under the 77 overpass (do not get on 77S) and turn right on 39W. Follow approximately ½ mile on the right.
From the West: 39E to Dover. Follow 39E by turning right onto Commercial Parkway. Continue following 39E by turning right at stop sign. Follow approximately ½ mile on left.
If you would like to receive a free information packet in the mail, please send us your address and list the homes you are interested in.
If you are in need of service to your home, please submit the following information.
© 2012 Hartzler's Quality Housing, Inc. All rights reserved. The Hartzler's name and logo are registered trademarks of Hartzler's Quality Housing, Inc.


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Whink will be celebrating its 7th birthday in September. The successful downtown jewelry, art, and giftware shop is well known for its fabulous bling, but meeting owner Kim Paddon showed me there’s a lot more to the store than that.
Kim is the sort of woman with engaging energy and a winning smile, pretty clearly someone who’s happy with the choices they’ve made. Despite her youthful appearance, I was stunned when she told me she was just 30, and started the business at the tender age of 22. One wonders how much she will have achieved by 40.
A graphic designer by training, the business opportunity came her way after college and she grabbed it and opened Whink. “I’m an artist by heart, but a business woman by brain” she tells me. She loves mentoring local artists, and carries a lot of local products. Junks of Wood and Fogo Island Candles are just a couple of the many examples she points out. She scours the island for unique items, and one that definitely catches the eye is the bath bombs wrapped in Overcast pages made by St. John’s Bath Bomb Co.
She’s had opportunities to move from downtown but has always refused them. “Downtown is the heart of St. John’s” she says, and it’s been 5 years at her current location. A bigger online presence is among her goals, but overall “ I just try to live day by day,” which may explain her laid-back vibe for such an obviously organized and accomplished woman.
Her own jewelry line is another ace up her sleeve, available at such places as The Rooms and the Art Gallery of Ontario as well as over 20 other stores around Canada. Clearly a proud Newfoundlander, she’s a great ambassador and the local business community is lucky to have such a dedicated and enthusiastic member.


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The Villa Farnesina was built on the lower slopes of the Janiculum opposite the Palazzo Corsini at the very beginning of the 16th century by Baldassare Peruzzi. It was commissioned by a Sienese banker called Agostino Chigi. The villa is richly decorated with frescos by Raphael, including the notable Triumph of Galatea in the loggia of the same name. There are also works by one of Raphael's prominent pupils, Giulio Romano.
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Low Moisture Cleaning systems are all the rage now a days in our cleaning industry globally. Terms like "Encapsulation (Encap), Oscillating Pad (OP) and Pad Cap seem to advertised everywhere. Before Hot Water Extraction came into existence, Carpet Shampooing (the original low moisture system) was the main method available in our carpet cleaning toolbox. The main downside though was how quickly the carpeting got resoiled and then needed cleaning again.
However, like everything, technology moves aheads and leaps and bounds. Today, Low Moisture Systems are amazing and are proving very popular in the correct situations and have been opening doors to cleaners that previously didn't exist, or that were simply to much hard work to pursue, for very little monetary gain. We are now witnessing low moisture systems that have outstanding abilities to clean the carpets and leave them very dry and doing so without leaving any sticky residue, and thus negate resoiling issues in both commercial and residential situations. While Low Moisture Cleaning systems will never do away with the Hot Water Extraction process, it does fill a need for most carpet cleaners and deserves a considerable amount of attention to learn more about these amazing processes.


text: The Räsymatto pot holder from Finnish Marimekko is handy and soft. With its impressive black/white pattern, the pot holder is not only an irreplaceable support in the kitchen but also a stylish eye-catcher. Räsymatto is one of the most well-known patterns by Marimekko which made the company world renowned. The pot holder is made of 100% cotton and practical and functional. The lining of the pot holder in Nordic look ensures greater safety. The Marimekko pot holder can be washed at 60 degrees. A small loop on pot holder allows it to be hang up and therefore better stored. With the pot holder there are also matching cups and plates.


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Daniela Lanio is one of the most-watched personality of Instagram, mainly for its beauty and for her toned physique and super beautiful. With about 500,000 followers, she delights with her photos like those that we reported in our gallery.
Instagram is a social network that allows users to take pictures, apply filters, and share them on many other social services, including Facebook, Foursquare, Tumblr, Flickr, and Posterous. Instagram beginning presented the peculiarity of the photographic square format which it is often added on top and bottom of the image or of the lateral ones, a thick white border, and this visual feature vaguely remembers the historic Polaroid paper instantly developed. In the last updates we were given the opportunity to put a form at will, up to a certain limit of height and width.
The application, developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, was launched October 6, 2010 initially only available on iOS. It is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch having iOS 3.1.2 or higher. From 3 April 2012 is also available for devices that support Android, from 2.2 or higher. November 21, 2013 was published the version for Windows Phone. The April 28, 2016 was published the version for Windows Mobile 10.
Some instagram functions are: photo opportunities with filters in high definition, ability to support larger photographs, direct or send a photo to a user without posting it. On April 9, 2012 Mark Zuckerberg announced the acquisition of Instagram and its 13 employees by Facebook for about $ 1 billion divided between cash and shares. In September the acquisition of Instagram by Facebook has been completed for 741 million.


text: Turtle Ornament. Sea Turtle Ceramic Christmas Ornament - This ceramic ornament is shaped like a turtle, with gifts on top of his back. It measures about 4" long x 3 1/4" wide x 3 1/4" tall. Has a cord for hanging.


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Ms. Sabira Merchant specializes in helping companies and organizations understand the impact of appearance and personal image on corporate brand. It is about the Visual Appearance, Verbal and Non verbal Communication and Business as well as Socia l Etiquette.
The first impression we give when we enter a roo m is in the basic form of how we look. We need to realize that the way we dress and project ourselves and the colours we wear are our initial form of communication and it is of utmost importance that we make good use of our wardrobe colours and personal grooming.
Your work clothes should be viewed as an investment in your future. The faculty with her ability to visualize the correct mix of color, fabric, and style will guid e you to truly make your image unique.
This 2 days workshop is designed to teach participants to apply the unique tool of image to enhance their own as well as the company’s image and branding.
Build a consistent professional image with organization visio n and mission.
Front Liners, Supervisors, Managers, Executives, Human Resources, Corporate communication Executives, General Managers who wish to enhance their image and to create a good first impressions in order to be effective in the workplace and achieve good interpersonal skills.
Importance of great first impression.
-according to the competitive world of business.
Young Professionals who wish to be star performers.
She is a versatile personality with many admirable qualities. She completed her education in liberal arts from Switzerland.
She is responsible for training FEMINA MISS INDIAS for the local as well as international competitions and her famous students being the representatives of our country for the Miss India, Miss Universe, Miss Asia Pacific and Mr. International Contest.
She is most popularly known as the “Hostess” for the Quiz Programme, What’s the good Word which was televised in the early 70’s on Doordarshan for a record breaking 15 years.
She has also acted in Hindi Films including “Trikal” for Shyam Benegal. Amongst Corporate & Business Houses, she has worked with and held sessions for the Taj Group of Hotels, the Jindal Corp, Oracle, Kingfisher Airlines, Owens Corning for their Top Managerial Staff.,Franklin Templeton Investments, Novartis, PowerGrid etc.

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Planning is beginning for the military parade that President Donald Trump ordered the Defense Department (DoD) to organize in February.
No budget has been set for the project.
The Defense Department can pay for parts of the event out of its training budget, by assigning a fly-by to a pilot who needs flight hours, and troops stationed in the capital region are not expensive.
Officials have recommended that the Parade route begin at the Capitol, pass the White House and end at the National Mall.
A Joint Chiefs of Staff team is putting together a planning order for US Northern Command, which will look at the specifics of the project.
The Pentagon is not responsible for other parade costs including overtime for the Secret Service and police, as well as constructing and taking down risers, stands, and barriers, the report said.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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That divides off the flowers and lawn from the veg.
And the overall smell is of dust and old pine.
Where I often relax amongst plant pots galore.
Kick the mud off my boots; let the chair take the strain.
And then sit back and balance my mug on my knee.
But they don’t last for long once I start to dip in!
While the resident spider’s devouring a fly.
Before progress decreed that we’d have motorways.
And we live in a world of harmonious peace.
And I’m able to think as there’s scarcely a sound.
It’s as if they’re all doing their utmost to please.
From the everyday problems that clutter the mind.
For the solace and peace of my old garden shed.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Bakersfield City Ballet is a non-profit organization, running on the support and donations of our patrons.
We would greatly appreciate your consideration of support. All donations are tax-deductible.
Coda - $20,000 and above - VIP package plus reserved seating, exclusive access to rehearsals, behind the scenes access, and full page ad.
Grand Allegro - $10,000.00 - VIP package plus reserved seating, access to rehearsals, and full page ad.
Promenade - $7,500.00 - VIP package plus special seating and 1/2 page ad.
Fouetté - $5,000.00 - Special seating, merchandise, 1/2 page ad.
Adagio - $2,500.00 - Special seating, merchandise, 1/4 page ad.
Pirouette - $1,000.00 - Merchandise package, business card ad.
Arabesque - $500.00 - Merchandise package.
VIP package - Pre-show reception with Board of Directors, Name on advertising and annoucements, merchandise package.
Merchandise package - Choose from a selection of BCB items.
Contact us for additional information. You can also donate through PayPal using the below link.


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Delaware is a state with a lot more to show than just great history. It is known for being the first state to ratify the constitution. Although it has a small area, it is centrally located between Baltimore and Philadelphia and everything consumers need is readily available. The cost of living in the Diamond State is kept down because of very low property taxes on real estate and the fact that it doesn´t have any sales tax. The area is also a favorite destination for summer tourists and retirees who come here for its clean beaches and low cost of living.
Delaware’s weather is greatly influenced by its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. It is considered to be in the humid subtropical climate zone. The overall state’s climate draws the attention of thousands of tourists every year. However, its high levels of humidity can transform home maintenance into a never-ending task for locals.
Every property needs a home maintenance routine to preserve its curb appeal and extend its lifespan. Unfortunately, places with high levels of humidity can speed up deterioration and require specialized attention. With that in mind, Delaware residents have increased the use of professional services to keep their home in good conditions. The bad thing is that most times, it takes several tries to find a qualified expert in your area. Fortunately, Find Us Now can help you contact the best local experts.


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Okay…it's 6:00 AM and I'm still waiting for a Comcast supervisor to call me back. Did I mention I was told he would call within 30 minutes over 8 hours ago? Why tell someone you are going to do something if you have no intention of doing so? I would have much preferred it if they told me that they were not going to honor my request to speak with a supervisor. At least I would have gotten some sleep!
I can't trust these people anymore. That's why I'm taking this public.
The same thing may be happening to you. Have you told your employees you were going to do one thing and then you did nothing? Hmmm…some of you are taking just a little bit too long to answer this question. Trust is built when you do what you say you are going to do, even if it's not exactly what the other person wants to hear. It takes a long time to build a trusting relationship, yet it only takes a minute (or in my case 8 hours) to destroy it.
Take a closer look at your actions, as it is our actions and not our intent that really matter. Now before you promise something else to your employees or a loved one, be sure you will actually be able to do it.
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Full information about Technident Laboratory Inc in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: phone. address, website, fax, opening hours, etc.
* Hours "Technident Laboratory Inc" indicated for the examination and may not coincide with the real!

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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A war of words has broken out between our foreign office and US Vice President Mike Spence. The latter was on an unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan at Bagram base, and used the opportunity to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. What got the foreign office’s goat were remarks Pence made while addressing US troops at Bagram. He said Pakistan had been put on notice that the days of harbouring terrorists on its soil that attack US, Afghan and allied troops inside Afghanistan are over. This line of thinking stems from the recent foreign policy announced by US President Donald Trump, in which Washington indicated it would work with Islamabad on areas of convergence but was prepared to act unilaterally on areas of divergence. The main bone of contention, not surprisingly, is Washington’s perception that its failure to win the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, or even to persuade them to seek a negotiated end to the conflict owes a great deal to the safe havens they enjoy inside Pakistan, and to which they retreat when under pressure or to rest, regroup, and fight on. Our foreign office’s response attempted to turn the ‘notice’ mentioned by Pence towards the manifest failure of Ghani’s national unity government to scotch widespread corruption, introduce better governance, eliminate poppy production that reportedly finances the Taliban’s operations, and even manage parliamentary elections. That argument notwithstanding, Pence did hold out a measly ‘carrot’ by saying Pakistan had much to gain from partnering the US and much to lose by continuing to harbour terrorists. However, whatever Pence meant by ‘gains’, the ISPR chief Major General Asif Ghafoor responded to Pence by asserting that his words were likely to negatively impact the existing coordination and cooperation between the two countries. On the implied withholding of aid, and in the case of the Coalition Support Funds reimbursement of Pakistan’s expenditures on the war on terror that have had restrictions placed on their release by Congress explicit withholding, the ISPR chief said Pakistan was not fighting for money but trust and respect. Similar sentiments were voiced by Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in a briefing to a Senate committee in which she said Pence’s remarks were at odds with the tone and tenor of the discussions ongoing with the US. Pakistan argues in addition that it has eliminated terrorist bases from its soil indiscriminately and is in turn threatened by the safe havens enjoyed by the Pakistani Taliban in the ungoverned spaces on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. This was underlined by an attack on our troops from across the border in the Mohmand Agency on the very day Pence spoke in Kabul, an attack that killed three soldiers.
However, two points need to be made clear. First and foremost, Pence’s remarks were obviously part of his effort to boost the morale of US troops by emphasising that the Trump administration was in Afghanistan for the long haul and until the Afghan Taliban were persuaded they could not win on the battlefield. Perhaps Pakistan should have resisted the temptation to react publicly to Pence’s comments, relying, as it has often done in the past, on conducting diplomacy discreetly through official channels rather than in the public space. Two, the two sides appear publicly to be talking past each other. Washington insists the safe havens on Pakistani soil exist, Islamabad in turn insists they have been eliminated. This gulf has created a vast amount of (mutual) suspicion between the two ‘allies’, particularly since Pakistan feels aggrieved by the US’s open expression of its intent to rely strategically and in Afghanistan on rival India. Washington could not have been pleased with, and according to our UN Ambassador Dr Maleeha Lodhi, threatened Pakistan not to co-sponsor the UN General Assembly resolution against Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. While Islamabad’s calculations may include the fact that it has Washington over a barrel in terms of the latter’s reliance on Pakistan for the logistical needs of its presence in Afghanistan, this should not be stretched to the point where Trump’s penchant for retaliation comes into play and Washington falls back on attacks and even bin Laden-type raids inside Pakistan while using its clout with the international financial institutions to put the squeeze on Pakistan. This would cause huge problems in Pakistan obtaining the Rs 24 billion it needs to meet its external deficit next year (estimated by some independent economists to be closer to Rs 32 billion). Pakistan and the US need to put their heads together to once again jump start efforts to bring the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table (a stop-start process that is currently conspicuous by its absence) and deal with both Pakistan’s and Afghanistan’s terrorism problem through cooperation, not in hostility and laced with mutual recriminations.


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A Fireside Chat at Startup Grind L.A.
This was a great talk! I spoke about a lot of things I've never discussed before.


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Workable and comprehensive life and accident insurance and pension insurance is important for all of us. It creates security for the future.
We help both individuals and businesses with an overview of the total insurance coverage.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Please write your name with a permanent marker in ALL OF YOUR DANCE SHOES, DANCEWEAR and COSTUMES.
If an item is labeled with your name, we will be happy to put your lost item aside and CALL YOU to let you know we’ve found it! Most lost & found items will be placed in the change rooms: Girls – vanity cupboard, Boys – lost & found bin.
DANCERS – PLEASE CHECK FOR LOST ITEMS OFTEN!
DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN THE CHANGE ROOMS!
dansko is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
NOTE: Worn socks left behind in the studios will NOT be put in the lost and found. Items of value, if found will be placed in our locked Office. Call or email the studio with description and date lost.
Lost & found items will be removed from the studio at the end of each month.


text: Be the next Tiger Woods by impressing your friends with a round of golf or two. A day in the open air on some of the countries most beautiful courses is a sensational activity for any stag weekend. Let your competitive side mix with the relaxation of the gorgeous countryside and enjoy beating your mates at every hole. Lunch and golf hire can be included so please advise if you require these. You can also hire buggies.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Living Area: 1399 Sq. Ft.
Total Area: 1963 Sq. Ft.
The Remington model features three bedrooms, two baths, massive great room, two car garage and covered entryway all in 1,963 square feet with 1,399 square feet living area.


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The client needs to have a valid Kerberos ticket in the ticket cache before connecting.
NOTE: If you don't have a "/" after the port number, the jdbc driver does not parse the hostname and ends up running HS2 in embedded mode . So if you are specifying a hostname, make sure you have a "/" or "/<dbname>" after the port number.
In the case of LDAP, CUSTOM or PAM authentication, the client needs to pass a valid user name and password to the JDBC connection API.
To use sasl.qop, add the following to the sessionconf part of your Hive JDBC hive connection string, e.g.
For more information, see Setting Up HiveServer2.


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Legal Feeds contacted the province and LSS, but both declined comment.
Govender says plaintiff counsel will be challenging two aspects of the B.C. legal aid regime: the financial cut off and the cap on working hours, which she believes violates s. 7 (life, liberty and security of the person) and s. 15 (equality rights) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The financial threshold to qualify for family law legal aid is extremely low. This leaves people who don’t qualify for legal aid but are unable to afford the cost of legal services with very few options.
“If you are a single person and working full time on minimum wage, you don’t qualify for legal aid. There’s a very significant gap between those who could actually afford a lawyer and those who qualify for legal aid. That’s an unconstitutional bar to access public legal services,” she says.
As for the cap on hours, Govender argues that, currently, the time a lawyer could spend on the case with family law legal aid is not enough to resolve any substantive legal issues. It’s designed to deal with some interim measures and to help people in violent situations get protection orders. It’s difficult to resolve other legal matters in the time allotted, such as child custody in violent or dangerous situations, she adds.
Last fall, the provincial government filed a complete motion to strike, to throw out West Coast LEAF’s entire claim, while LSS filed a motion to strike part of the claim.
Govender says the provincial government disagrees with the remedies the plaintiffs pleaded and have challenged all of their arguments. She says the province has stated the pleadings are inappropriate for a variety of reasons, including a lack of connection between the law and the harm.
At this stage, it’s unknown whether the case will proceed to trial. A three-day hearing about the motions to strike took place Feb. 25 to 27 and the presiding judge has reserved his decision. The results of the hearing are to be determined.
“We have quite a progressive family law system in B.C. and yet, for people who can’t afford counsel, what meaning does that have in their lives if they’re not able to access their rights under that statute?” says Govender.

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Watchlists are user-customisable lists of financial instruments. The Watchlist API provides an interface to watchlists that are managed, and persisted between user sessions, by Transformer’s Watchlist Service.
A watchlist created with the Watchlist API is shareable in real time between a user’s devices. This is achieved by hosting the configuration of the watchlist (the list of instruments within the watchlist) as a persistent container on Transformer. This enables changes to the list to be shared between supporting StreamLink clients as fast as a price update would be.
The Watchlist API provides methods for creating, renaming and deleting watchlists, and methods for changing the financial instruments monitored by each watchlist.
The API is included with Caplin Trader 4.0.3, and requires at least Transformer 6.2.3 running the Watchlist Service 6.2.2.
Watchlist configurations are hosted centrally in Transformer as private containers. Changes to a watchlist’s configuration are automatically pushed to concurrent user-sessions on other devices.
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The proposed rule, ordered in the waning days of the Obama administration, would have required airlines and ticket agents to clearly disclose to consumers all customer-specific fee information, including charges for a first and second checked bag and a carry-on bag, wherever fare and schedule information is provided to consumers. It also would have mandated that the baggage fee information be disclosed, adjacent to the fare, at the first point in a search process where a fare is listed in connection with a specific flight itinerary.
Passengers stranded at Heathrow airport say that they are being kept in the dark by British Airways airline, as disruptions continue for a second day.
The tough part here is designing the algorithms that will control these self-driving rides, and how to teach the artificial intelligence deal with unavoidable harm. It's tricky and raises the question of which lives are more important, those outside the vehicle or its passengers? When humans make split-second decisions, it's out of instinct and self-preservation -- not programming. But if someone knowingly bought an autonomous vehicle that favored passengers over pedestrians, would they be held liable if a loss of public life occurred?
Judge Jennifer Eady dismissed an appeal Friday from the company in a closely watched decision that is expected to have broad implications for those working in the so-called gig economy, where people work job-to-job with little security and few employment rights. Such employment, often for companies that use mobile phone apps to provide everything from food delivery to health care, has surged as the Internet cuts the link between jobs and the traditional workplace.
Ford is giving future 2020 Explorer owners the option to KonMari their vehicle's digital instrument cluster if they want to. Taking into account the number of screens people stare at and the huge amounts of information they have to process each day, the automaker has designed a "mindful mode" for the 12.3-inch optional screen. It will give them a way to get rid of all the information that doesn't spark joy on the display, leaving only the fuel gauge, the speedometer, the road ahead and the time it will take to reach their destination on a calming blue background. Ford says the option was created to help reduce drivers' stress levels while behind the wheel, which in turn could help prevent road accidents. Even if it doesn't help calm them down, it could help prevent information overload and confusion at the end of an especially hard day.

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Pannell Discussions » 122 – Effective environmental policy » Ideas in economics, environment, policy and more.
In PD#121, I talked about the new national environment policy in Australia, “Caring for our Country“. Much of the important detail of how the program will operate is not yet available. Here I will pull together lessons from our research on environmental policy in recent years, to identify key issues that designers and managers of such a program need to address if it is to be effective in achieving environmentally valuable outcomes.
This means making sure that investments are based on good knowledge about (a) the degree of threat or damage to an environmental asset, and (b) the extent to which this threat or damage can be reduced by particular changes in management. Environmental investments usually do account for the first of these, but it is remarkable how often the second one is overlooked, resulting in investments that produce little or no environmental gains. In many cases, generic knowledge about an issue is not sufficient – we need locally specific knowledge. Environmental managers should be allowed (or indeed encouraged) to invest in research to fill key knowledge gaps.
If the works or changed practices needed to protect the asset require changes in behaviour by private land or water managers, ensure that investment decisions consider whether those works will be attractive or unattractive to the people who would have to adopt them. There are many well understood reasons why conservation practices can be unattractive to land and water managers (Pannell et al., 2006). If the practices are highly unattractive, it will be expensive and difficult to get them adopted, and the viability of investing in that asset will be reduced. It is important to appreciate that, even if the works are relatively attractive when implemented at small scale, they may be highly unattractive at large scale. Thus the consideration of this issue needs to factor in the required scale of response, based on the available technical knowledge.
The idea is to create new potential management responses that are just as environmentally beneficial, but are much more attractive to landholders than the existing options. This can be much more effective than trying to force the adoption of existing practices that are highly unattractive to managers.
Not every environmental problem can or should be fixed. Sometimes the best response is to accept the changed circumstance, and attempt to make the best of it. Throwing money at attempts to fix intractable problems requiring extremely expensive works means that many other more tractable environmental problems will not be addressed.
There is a strong tendency for environmental programs to spread their resources across investments of widely differing merits. Some are really worthwhile, and some are not worthwhile at all. The highest priority environmental investments should have at least these four characteristics: (a) particularly valuable environmental assets, (b) facing high threat or high current degradation, (c) with high feasibility of reducing that threat or degradation at reasonable cost, (d) with the required works being reasonably attractive to land or water managers. If even one of these elements is neglected, there is a high risk of selecting poor investments.
6. To achieve 5, use a good integrated decision framework, such as SIF3 or INFFER.
Patience is needed in the planning phase to ensure that good investments are selected. Some environmental programs have a tendency to rush into spending money on on-ground works before the analysis has been done to check whether these works can even make a reasonable difference to environmental outcomes. Patience is also needed in cases where there is a lack of highly adoptable conservation practices, as we wait for our investment in technology development to bear fruit.
Often we make reasonable decisions about which assets to invest in, but then very poor decisions about which policy tool to use. Should it be grants, economic instruments, regulation, technology development, other R&D, communication/education, engineering works, or informed inaction? My Public: Private benefits framework (Pannell, 2008) provides strong advice about these decisions.
Programs often set unrealistic targets. The targets should be consistent with the known bio-physical information about the asset’s response to management, the known behavioural responses of land and water managers to policy interventions, and the resources available under the program. Clearly, you cannot select such targets unless you have already met requirements 1 to 8 above. Mostly we use targets that are, more or less, pulled out of the air.
A much stronger focus on outcomes is needed than we have seen in recent programs, and this includes the focus of monitoring and evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation tends to focus on accountability for funds spent, but to neglect the achievement of environmental outcomes. It is important to appreciate that for those environmental problems with long time lags between action and environmental response (e.g. salinity), the only evaluation that makes sense on a management time scale is through computer modeling. It should use the same sorts of analysis tools that were used to plan the investment. Indeed, such evaluation should really be an outgrowth of the planning process – effectively an updating of it, as part of an adaptive management strategy.
It is all too easy to have unintended adverse consequences. For example, in Australia many trees were planted to try to prevent dryland salinity caused by rising groundwater, but often without regard to their impacts on surface water yields into waterways. Don’t focus the attention of the program too narrowly.
There is a strong tendency for enforcement of environmental contracts or environmental regulations to be weak and spasmodic. The cost of good enforcement is high, so there is a balance to be struck, but the levels we usually see are too low.
Australian environmental programs over the past 20 years or so have created expectations among landholders that they should all be able to obtain benefits from the programs. This makes it very difficult for environmental managers to target their investments in a cost-effective way, especially if the programs require environmental managers to consult with the community in selecting their investments. Again there is a difficult balance to be struck, this time between consultation and hard-nosed decision making, but in recent years we have obviously got this balance wrong.
Policies inevitably involve someone having to make decisions about where and how the public money should be spent. These are very difficult decisions, and the decision makers need strong support to make them. They need good data; advice about appropriate decision frameworks and principles; access to appropriate skills; time and resources to consult appropriately; and they need to not be rushed into poor decisions to meet political time lines.
The system needs to reward and support those managers who can demonstrate that their investment decisions really are leading to environmental outcomes. In my view, programs should often be tougher in withholding funds from environmental managers who cannot demonstrate this, both on the technical side (e.g. through modeling or other analysis) and on the socio-economic side (e.g. economic evaluation of proposed new practices from the landholder’s perspective). One of the traps that programs often fall into is to create pressures for those making the investment decisions to focus on things other than environmental outcomes – things such as getting the money spent by a certain date, meeting various political or community expectations, accounting for financial expenditures, and spending money on on-ground works even if we lack evidence that those works would achieve anything.
I’ve been writing a critique of the “Natural Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality” (the NAP, which is coming to an end in June), to present at the International Salinity Forum in Adelaide next week. Sadly, I was able to create the above list of ideal policy characteristics by listing all the features that the NAP did not have. I’m hoping that the new “Caring for our Country” program will learn from the mistakes we have already made. As Peter Cullen regularly said, it’s better to make new mistakes. Early signs are that at least some of the lessons are being picked up, although it is still hard to be confident about this from the published material (as of March 26).
Pannell, D.J., Marshall, G.R., Barr, N., Curtis, A., Vanclay, F. and Wilkinson, R. (2006). Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46(11): 1407-1424. Access paper at Journal web site here. Pre-publication version available here (161K).
Pannell, D.J. (2008). Public benefits, private benefits, and policy intervention for land-use change for environmental benefits, Land Economics 84(2): 225-240. See here.
Posted on 24 March, 2008 by David Pannell.	This entry was posted in Agriculture, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics.

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ESPA (European Student Placement Agency) is a recruitment agency whose goal is to find high quality internships for European students in the UK. We work closely with our host companies to ensure the positions provide students with a great experience, both professional and personal.
This company is leading the convergence of Electronic Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM), helping create efficient connected processes which present content in context. More than 1,800 companies in 195 countries rely on this company, including leaders in financial services, healthcare, and the public sector. Since 2010, they have grown ~25% year over year on average, and have helped an increasing number of companies deal with challenges of the modern work place.
The host company is currently looking for a candidate to join their DevOps department, developing Electronic Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) tools. They offer a friendly, dynamic and inclusive working environment with like-minded, talented and passionate individuals. This is an exciting time for the company and presents candidates with an opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation involved in ground-breaking technology that is already changing the industry.
The ideal candidate will be communicative, self-motivated and quick to learn student or recent graduate who is looking for a challenging and rewarding internship in which they can put their knowledge into practice, whilst receiving training and support from the host company.
 To contribute towards the engineering and running of high quality build, deployment and release systems for the host company’s products. To deliver measurable value by providing efficient and scalable build and deploy pipelines and driving down time to release and time to value.
Knowledge of some of the following would be useful.
• Familiarity with or awareness of Maven or Ant.
• Knowledge of coding languages, for instance Python, Ruby or Java, C++ etc.
• Some experience of Source Code Management Systems (SCM), for example SVN and Git along with associated tools GitHub/GitLab.
• A basic understanding of the theory and practice of Configuration management tools such as Chef or Puppet.
3) Commuter travel to work (accommodation will be found within an acceptable commuting distance from the workplace, if that requires more than a sensible walk then a bus/train ticket will be provided).
This will be sourced and managed on your behalf by ESPA. These benefits have an approximate value of 700€-1000€ per month (depending on location).
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And that’s a very wise and reasonable point of view. But what happens if an upper management team fails in their attempts to improve the organization’s situation and, as a result, can not deliver on their part of the contract?
That’s where yesterday’s article left off. It’s a genuine catch-22 scenario, not just for musicians but for managers too. How do you convince a group of musicians who have already given their management the benefit of the doubt and agreed to concessions to do exactly the same thing for you?
This is a trap a number of managers fall into. They arrive on scene at a troubled orchestra and hit the ground running, they pull together some of the stronger board members and put together a multi year plan for financial recovery.
Although they’ve looked into every option they conclude that more artistic cuts are necessary. So they tighten the operational belt to show their sincerity (“again” in the eyes of the musicians mind you) and go out soliciting large donors based on their sound plan for economic recovery.
They’re usually successful at pulling in some initial support and just when they think things are going the way they’ve planned the players have decided that they’ve shouldered the financial responsibility for too long so they refuse to accept any more cuts in pay, benefits, or working conditions and they’re willing to go on strike over it.
And just like that, the financial support coming into the organization begins to crack. You get phone calls from your donors saying “you said the musicians were going to take these cuts, what happened?” And no matter how hard you try to reassure everyone that everything will be fine it all falls apart in a matter of weeks.
The moral of the story is include the musicians in your financial planning in order to gauge what’s acceptable and what isn’t before you go out selling it to donors. And don’t assume you’ll be able to convince them to take the cuts because of the brilliance of your plan or your skill as a negotiator. In the end no one wins.
Some managers are great people; they truly care about the musicians, the art, and the community they serve. And some managers are jerks; they’re opportunistic ladder climbing bullies that enjoy reveling in their deviant behavior.
If you’re a senior executive, you had better make sure that you don’t have any managers in your fold that fall into the latter category. Don’t judge your new staff merely by how they behave in the office, many of the best “bad managers” are superficially nice people and talk a good talk.
Review your orchestra’s grievance records, talk to the musicians, and find out if there are any bad apples in the bunch. If you don’t, these parasites will thwart your attempts to create good will with the musicians before you even start. Every twelve good acts on your part are all undone by one improper act from your “bad manager”.
You’ll be left sitting around wondering why the musicians hate you so much.
If you’re going to ask others to take a cut you’d better be willing to share more than an equal share of the pain. Although having everyone take an equal percentage pay cut may seem like a fair solution, more often than not it isn’t.
A senior executive who earns $100,000 a year and takes a 10% cut doesn’t feel it the same way as the twelve year veteran musician who earns $32,000 a year or one of the administrative assistants who earns $19,000 a year. The more a manager or music director earns the more they should be willing to sacrifice for the organization.
If you’re asking the rank and file musicians to take a 10% pay cut then you had better be willing to give up 25%. And your return in pay should only come about once everyone else has had their concessions returned. Take a clue from the old Marine philosophy and be the “first one in and last one out”.
And may God have mercy on your soul if you’re dealing with the board behind closed doors for extra perks or “quiet” bonuses for yourself. Even if they approach you turn it down right away.
It’s crucial for everyone leading the organization to make additional sacrifices. The music director needs to be included in this scenario too. Many music directors have a bad habit of taking a pay cut but it also comes with a reduction in actual work; so essentially they aren’t really loosing anything equally compared to everyone else.
The senior executive shouldn’t go out and praise their willingness to take a pay cut (when in fact, they’re actually working much less) as some sort of generous act on their behalf. Someone will eventually point this out and you’ll look like a jackass.
They have to lead from the front every bit as much as the senior executive should.
5) Are your actions motivated by humility or pride?
If you want to give donations to the orchestra instead of taking pay cuts then keep it to yourself. Your charitable donations are exactly that, charitable. You shouldn’t make a donation with the expectation of trotting it out like a circus animal to make you look like a “nice guy”. If by chance someone else slips it out unwittingly then play it down and let that person know it’s something that should be kept quiet.
Worse yet, don’t send out a press release about it. If we can all learn something about how not to handle this sort of situation then we can all look at Joe Kluger. He actually had the Philadelphia Orchestra board chair, his PR manager, marketing manager, high priced PR consultant, and himself all out telling the world how great of a guy he was because he was giving money to the orchestra.
Right. My hero. Fortunately, just about everyone in the country who knows the difference between right and wrong saw though this as the shameful self promotional sham it was.
Here’s how you make a donation to your organization: anonymously.
A senior executive should never ever approach the musicians and staffers and tell them that they must take a pay cut because if they don’t the organization won’t get this huge financial gift that Donor X wants to give.
If you answered “no” then you’re not evil and you’ve got some more work to do before you talk to the players and staffers. Get busy.
If you answered “yes” but the donor still won’t budge on those conditions then you’re not evil but your conscience will cause you to have trouble sleeping at night.
If this question never occurred to you and you actually asked Donor X to attach those stipulations then yes, you are committing blackmail, you are evil and in the afterlife you’ll be damned to spend eternity as a low level civil servant whose job is to untangle an endless drawer of rusty, sharp edged, knotted paperclips (the small ones).