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The mission of IITA is to be the leading research partner facilitating agricultural solutions to overcome hunger, poverty, and natural resource degradation throughout the tropics. IITA sees a bright future for Africa, a continent that can become a world leader in agriculture and sustainability. The Institute’s 2012-2020 Strategic Plan established an ambitious goal of lifting 11 million people out of poverty and revitalizing 7.5 million hectares of degraded land by 2020. IITA is committed to providing leadership in the region in achieving these goals.
A five-year period of unprecedented growth of IITA leveled off in 2017. The budget of the Institute, which almost tripled from 2011 to 2016, declined slightly. This reduction was felt by almost all the research centers in the CGIAR system resulting from a continued reduction in core (Windows 1 and 2) funding and a reduction in contributions from large donors for certain programs. Through sound cost control in the management of the Institute, IITA was able to maintain its scientific staff and programs, avoiding the layoffs that occurred at some other centers. The increased science capacity, improved infrastructure, and updated scientific equipment that occurred during the period of growth have greatly increased IITA’s capacity to conduct research to deliver on its mission and strategic plan. Effective resource mobilization will be a priority to allow the Institute to continue to improve this capacity. In the new CRP portfolio, which began in January 2017, IITA is a key partner in five CRPs: Roots, Tubers and Bananas; MAIZE; Climate Change; Agriculture for Nutrition and Health; and Policies, Institutions and Markets; as well as three Platforms. IITA’s research programs are well aligned with the CRPs to achieve the CGIAR’s system-level outcomes. Several years ago, IITA established a Business Incubation Platform (BIP) at its headquarters in Ibadan to support the delivery and impact of technologies developed from its research programs. In 2017, there was increased production and distribution of the three products from this facility: Aflasafe, which greatly reduces poisonous aflatoxins in cereals and legumes; soybean inoculum (Nodumax); and breeder and foundation seed of new IITA cultivars from the GoSeed facility. Aflasafe production facilities are now being constructed or planned in several other African countries.
The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program, funded mainly by the African Development Bank, was approved in 2017. This program will facilitate the delivery of proven CGIAR technologies to African farmers. IITA will play a key coordinating role as executing agency for this program, which involves other CGIAR centers and numerous partners throughout Africa. The Youth Agripreneur program, pioneered by IITA, continues to grow. It has now been extended to many African countries under the ENABLE Youth Program, funded by the African Development Bank. The IITA Agripreneur program in Ibadan will provide advice and service to groups that are being established in other countries. The goal of the ENABLE program is to get African youth more involved in agriculture, driving innovation in the sector, and addressing youth unemployment.
A highlight of 2017 was the celebration of IITA’s 50th Anniversary. General celebrations took place throughout the year at the various IITA sites with the core celebration in July, and an international science conference in November, at Ibadan. The core celebration was attended by dignitaries, partners, alumni, and staff and included the official commissioning of the Akinwumi A. Adesina Agripreneurs Building. Over the year, IITA reflected on the many achievements of its first 50 years and the many new initiatives that will foster even greater contributions as the Institute enters its second half-century. It has been an honor to have served as Chair of the Board and Director General of this Institute over the last six plus years. We would like to thank our colleagues on the Board for their dedication to IITA’s success. The Board also expresses appreciation to DG Sanginga and the senior management team for their significant accomplishments and for their vision for the future. We congratulate the scientists and support staff for the excellent research being conducted. Finally, we express our appreciation to our funders who recognize the importance of the work being done and have confidence in the Institute’s ability to do it.


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The AEGIS generic accessibility framework requirements (AEGIS ID1.2.1).
Development of the RIM Blackberry mobile accessibility API and its use by the Oratio screen reader.
The Android v1.6 and later operating system which includes the ‘Talk Back’ screen reading functionalit.
This initial OAF description will be updated throughout the remainder of the AEGIS project with the practical information we gain from implementing it in the desktop, web, and mobile space.
For more information, visit the OAEG OAF section. It outlines the Six Steps to Making an Accessible World: The Open Accessibility Framework.
AEGIS is an Integrated Project (IP) within the ICT programme of FP7.
The Special Thematic Session “Web Accessibility in Advanced Technologies” will be organised at the ICCHP 2012 in Linz, the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs.
This conference will take place on July 11-13, 2012; with the Pre-Conference July 09-10, 2012. Place to be is the University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.
The Web is rapidly evolving and converging with other media and technologies. Today the Web is on mobile devices, televisions, self-service terminals, and computer desktops. It is continuing to be increasingly ubiquitous and indistinguishable from other interfaces and an ambient part of our daily lives, particularly with the advancement of “the cloud.
Given the highly flexible and adaptable nature of the Web, its growth provides a critical potential of increased inclusion and equality for people with disabilities. However, it also raises new challenges for technology, software, and content developers in making their products and services accessible. In particular, the specific accessibility challenges and optimal ways for providing accessibility support are not well understood in all contexts, making it difficult to effectively design and develop accessible mainstream technologies.
This Special Thematic Session (STS) invites contribution and discussion on experiences with the day-to-day challenges that developers, evaluators, managers, policy makers, and other practitioners observe in implementing web accessibility in advanced technologies.
Digital/IP TV and audio-visual media.
This STS also welcomes research, surveys, and discussion of future trends and directions including (but not limited to) web telephony and real-time communication, self-service terminals (e.g. information kiosks, ticketing machines, ATM, etc.), online games, social networks, virtual and augmented environments, 3D Web, multi-touch, and the use of cloud technology for personalized accessible interfaces.
Acknowledgements: This Special Thematic Session (STS) is jointly organized by the EC-funded WAI-ACT, AEGIS, and ACCESSIBLE projects.
Christophe presents the extensions for OpenOffice.org Writer and LibreOffice Writer that enable users to evaluate and repair accessibility issues in word processing documents, and then export them in accessible formats.
“AccessODF” (http://sourceforge.net/p/accessodf/wiki/) is a freeware extension for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, two office suites that are freely available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix and Solaris.
At the same time, 2 new versions of two other extensions: odt2daisy (http://odt2daisy.sourceforge.net/) and odt2braille (http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net/) were released. The former enables users to export word processing documents to digital talking books in the DAISY format; the latter enables exporting to Braille and printing on a Braille embosser.
AccessODF, odt2braille, odt2daisy are software developed in the AEGIS project (www.aegis-project.eu) and are available as “open-source software”.

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I find this to be a good puppy food, we gave it to our dog in his first year. He seemed to thrive on it. Our dog also liked to eat it!
The only biscuits we use when we have pups. When they are young we soak it in boiling water so it’s soft for them, once they are older we give them unsoaked and the puppies love munching on the biscuits all day long.
We have tried almost every brand of puppy dry food available, and this is the one Kitty goes back to every time! Very easy on her tummy, have not had any digestion problems at all. Well priced, and a bag lasts a fortnight with two meals a day. If there was another flavour to choose from, I would have gone 5 stars!!
How would you rate Pedigree Puppy Food Chicken & Rice?

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Redwood Bank has been recognised for its accountability, reliability and competence by its own staff, who also admit to being “happy and content” at work.
Employees of the Hertfordshire headquartered challenger bank – including the Executive Management team – were asked to answer a survey compiled by the Banking Standards Board.
All staff, except for the Bank’s Non-Executive Directors, took part. The results placed the firm in the top quartile across all nine characteristics of the Assessment Framework.
The award-winning Bank ranked first out of 26 participating banks and building societies on seven characteristics, which were accountability, competence, openness, reliability, respect, responsiveness and shared purpose. Across the board, Redwood's scores were considerably higher the average.
In addition to those findings, staff responded saying they have a strong sense of “shared purpose”. The majority also agreed that the firm puts customers at the centre of its business decisions and that they believe there is equal opportunity, regardless of gender.
Gary Wilkinson, CEO and Co-Founder of Redwood Bank, said: “We’re thrilled at how high we’ve ranked. We’ve only been in business since August 2017, so I think these results show that Redwood Bank has already made its mark on the industry, and, more importantly, that our staff are happy and content with their workplace and employer.
“From inception, we’ve worked tirelessly to ensure our core values are at the heart of everything we do. Simplicity, Certainty, Integrity and Tirelessness form the basis of our approach to customer experience and its operations, and these survey findings reinforce that.
Words commonly used by Redwood Bank employees to describe our firm were “friendly, open and honest”.
The Banking Standards Board was established in 2015 to help raise standards of behaviour and competence across the UK banking sector. The BSB’s work, including its annual assessment of culture, is intended to provide member firms with the evidence, support and challenge that will help them meet and maintain high standards of both behaviour and competence, individually and collectively.
Participating firms have access to benchmarked results so executive teams can see specifically where they are performing well against their peers, and where there is room for progress.
The same Survey methodology is applied each year, which allows companies to gauge progress over time.

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Felixstowe Warehousing is one of the UK’s leading providers of warehousing and storage services and sustainable, international freight handling solutions. Felixstowe Warehousing benefits from an extremely streamlined supply chain due to its long history of meeting freight demands, since 1833. Currently under the leadership of Director Stuart Gosling, who has over 30 years’ experience in the logistics industry, the company has continued to expand year on year. This type of operation is on a momentous scale and explains why this company demands such a wide and innovative selection of industrial machinery.
To further optimise their workspace and utilise performance, last year, Stuart decided to place an order for a new Combilift SC3 straddle carrier with Fork Truck Direct. Having researched and discussed the numerous benefits with FTD’s own Jimmy Pascavage it was clear that these lifts are perfect for the freight industry. These straddle lifts are mammoth in scale, imposing and complex. They are designed to lift shipping containers and long objects, and really are an engineering feat!
Having been immensely impressed with FTD’s service response and the level of support we provide after taking delivery of the SC3, Stuart decided it was time to review the supply and service support on his full fleet of trucks. New solutions and the need for upgrading is a must for any lively and dynamic business. Subsequently, earlier this year, FTD sealed a deal with Felixstowe Warehousing for the supply of a brand new fleet of 35 forklifts consisting of mainly new Doosan diesel forklifts and electric reach trucks, with FTD being solely responsible for the supply, maintenance and servicing.
During phase one of the deal; FTD delivered 4 brand new Doosan BR16JW-7 reach trucks. As you can see below they are designed to reach great heights, optimising useable warehouse space.

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The Wayne Foundation | Be Nice.
Today, I had the immense privilege of listening to the life story of a very strong woman. Jamie Walton was a victim of child prostitution and currently heads a new non-profit called The Wayne Foundation. She told her story to Kevin Smith (filmmaker and podcaster) on the podcast “SMinterview with @ThatKevinSmith” (Episodes 2 and 3 – free to download on ITunes and worth every minute of your time). What is amazing about Ms. Walton is her ability to forgive, to consider her abusers’ point of view (how many people could or would want to do that?!), and her remarkable transformation into the highly capable, successful woman that she is today. And it is not just her personality that is impressive, it is the mission of her non-profit The Wayne Foundation.
That type of attitude and perseverance should be celebrated, commended, and mirrored by every member of society. And I think it should be rewarded however we can. I hope you will take a moment and visit The Wayne Foundation website (site still under construction) and listen to the podcasts linked in the first paragraph. You will learn more about their goals, plans, and financial agenda in the second podcast.
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I can appreciate the courage it takes to choose healing and resilience over bitterness and anger. I also have had the good fortune to meet Jaime and her husband in person. Genuine. True to their passions and convictions. Outspoken, while remaining kind. The Wayne Foundation is a worthy endeavor that deserves to be made whole, and thrive -like the girls it wants to help.
Last week I came across the interviews with Jamie Walton via Kevin Smith’s SModcast~ amazing. I found myself wanting to know more and came across your comments on The Wayne Foundation Website. Jamie’s story is like the worst horror story you can imagine, then turns into the finest example of the human spirit overcoming evil and finally brings you to a point that you want to help her cause in anyway you can. Thank you for posting your comments and with luck others will find a way to support this wonderful cause.


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Purchasing an existing property or building a new home is the first decision every soon to-be home buyer faces, and it can be challenging to make without the right information. While it can seem daunting, if you do your research and talk to the right people, you’ll be able to see what the best option is for you.
Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as your dream home showing up before your eyes. A number of factors will contribute to making a decision. This includes your desired location, budget and the type of lifestyle you lead. You may feel a traditional home design is best suited for you, but soon realise you’re after modern features. It’s all about knowing what you’re looking for and seeing the advantages and disadvantages in both options.
You will find homes close to the CBD usually cost more because of their unique location. Generally speaking, new homes do cost more than older properties but this trend has shifted in recent years. Due to the rise in innovative home designs as well as smaller lot sizes, newer homes have been made more affordable in a number of regions, compared to the average established house.
You’ll find older homes will most likely be located in well-established areas with existing services and long-term residents. This is because they are often tailored to the community already living in that area. New neighbourhoods not only bring new homes, but also parks, shopping centres, schools and other communal spaces.
A new home allows you to build from scratch to suit your lifestyle and to make you happy. This means no more renovations and it will require less maintenance – saving you time and money! You can tailor each design to suit you and your family.
If you’re a first home buyer, you’re in luck! Governments offer a variety of housing grants and stamp duty concessions, targeted at first home buyers. If you’re ready to buy your first home, check the Government bonuses in Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria to see what’s available for people buying of building a new home.
Having a modern home design over an older property has many advantages. This includes contemporary building codes and standards and insurance-back warranties. Fixtures and finishings are also included, such as appliances, bench tops, lights and door handles – these are ‘standard’ features, which may not have been included in houses built 10-20 years ago. You’ll find current building standards control energy ratings, ventilation, structure, sound, temperature insulation, electrical and fire safety.
If you’re looking for somewhere with great storage options, modern homes are the way to go as they have more storage spaces and focus on outdoor living, which tie in with lifestyle trends.
Modern homes are built with a modern lifestyle in mind. This means they require less maintenance, but things will occasionally go wrong and need fixing – nothing is perfect all of the time! For those who love watching renovation TV shows, you may find redoing an older home might better fit your personality. If you have your eye on renovating a property, take into account that it is an expensive and time consuming process. Whereas with a new home, your builder may be responsible for anything that goes wrong, and all appliances will be covered by manufacturer warranties.
At Stockland, we are advocates for sustainable living. But what is a sustainable home? It’s one that is more energy and water efficient, making the most of natural sunlight and breezes. Sustainable living limits negative impacts on the environment, meaning a more environmentally-friendly home and it will reduce your utility bills.
Modern home designs make better use of available space and often come with the latest energy and water efficient appliances, resulting in a more environmentally-friendly place to live. Having a sustainable home design won’t take away any of the beauty of your new home, despite what you might think. Your new abode can still embrace the most cutting-edge design trends.
Our masterplanned communities are designed to be more sustainable and self-sufficient by having close proximity to shopping centres, schools, parks, transport and job opportunities. This is one of the best things about living in a new community, compared to older suburbs.
Stockland communities are designed from the ground up, making more opportunities to mingle with your neighbours, who could become great new friends. Our tight-knit Stockland communities are extremely high on the liveability scale! Through building these relationships with other residents, there’s likely to be greater opportunities to participate in local events and activities.

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Misenheimer, N.C. (Nov. 16, 2018) – The Pfeiffer University men's basketball team had five players score in double-figures and hit 22 three-pointers on the way to a 135-127 win over Warren Wilson College at Merner Gym on Friday night.
Pfeiffer's Craig Sabb (Goose Creek, S.C.) and Kyle Riddley (Charlotte, N.C.) each poured in career-highs with 37 points each in the win. Sabb finished with 11 rebounds to secure the double-double while Riddley had nine rebounds. Sabb also finished 13-of-14 from the free throw line. Also with a career-high was sophomore Blake Smith (Wilmington, N.C.), as he had 27 points on a terrific shooting night, going 9-of-12 from the field and 8-of-11 from long range.
Taylan Rowe (Oakboro, N.C.). Avington hit four three-pointers on the night while Rowe finished 4-of-7 from the field with two from distance.
As a team, Pfeiffer shot 51.3% (41-of-80) on the night and was 22-of-37 from long range, good for 44%.
For Warren Wilson, Jordan Gant had a game-high 39 points as he went 13-of-25 from the field while hitting six three pointers. Teammate Brent Davis had a double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds.
In the first half, the visiting Owls went up 13-6 at the 15:22 mark after a Jaquann Lockhard jumper, but the Falcons would pull to within 13-10, but Warren Wilson responded quickly, going up 21-12, their largest lead of the game with 13:47 to play after a Justin Storr three-pointer.
Pfeiffer would tie the game at 23-23 when Rowe drilled a three pointer, then jumped ahead 38-30 on a Smith long-ball with 6:10 before halftime. Warren Wilson would tie the game at 40-40 with 3:00 to play, but Pfeiffer put together a 14-5 run to take the 54-45 lead into halftime.
The Falcons then started hot in the second half, bolting out to a 75-51 lead at the 16:59 mark after a 19-6 run to start the half. Pfeiffer would enjoy their largest lead of the game at 27 points (82-55) with 15:13 left, but Warren Wilson began chipping away at the Falcon lead, drawing to within eight points on three different occasions late in the half. With Pfeiffer leading 133-125, the Owls got a layup from Davis to close to within 133-127 with 12 seconds left, but two late Sabb free throws would provide the 135-127 final.
With the win, Pfeiffer improves to 2-0 while Warren Wilson drops to 3-4 on the season. IN addition, the 135 points scored was the most since the Falcons scored 132 in a 132-76 win at N.C. Wesleyan on Feb. 17, 2018. The Falcons will return to the court on Saturday, Nov. 17, hosting Carolina Christian at 1:00 p.m. in Merner Gym.

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Can you plan to win the lottery?
Endreson siblings (left to right) Emma Pirie, Marie McHenry, Sigrid Endreson and Jennifer Pirie.
Judging from the amazing story of the Endreson family’s $20.1 million bonanza in the New Jersey Lottery, the answer just might be yes.
The family’s lottery pool – originally conceived by matriarch Flossie Endreson, who died in 2004 at the age of 85 – finally paid off big when her 17 surviving children won the Pick-6 Lotto on a quick-pick game board purchased for $1 at a 7-Eleven in Fork River, N.J.
Flossie, the story goes, is said to have had a formula for splitting any lottery winnings among the family. When she died in 2004 at the age of 85, her children gathered and collected funds to cover her funeral expenses. After daughter Sigrid Endreson realized funds were left over, she and her siblings decided to use the money to start a new lottery pool in their mother’s honor.
The winnings “couldn’t have come at a better time,” Marie McHenry, a family spokeswoman, told reporters. Four of the siblings, who range in age from 53 to 76, lost their homes during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
According to the New Jersey Lottery, the family opted to take the jackpot as a lump-sum payment of $14 million – or about $10 million after taxes.

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With hundreds of billions of dollars and many more construction opportunities on the horizon for contractors, some jurisdictions are scrambling to handle the work load for plan reviews to issue building permits. And with recent hurricane-impacted areas along the Florida Gulf Coast and in the Carolinas, jurisdictions will become even more stretched.
For contractors with sights set on starting construction in a timely manner, the question that swirls around often is how quickly can you obtain a permit for your residential rebuild or for foundation repairs or for new commercial build outs? We get this general inquiry all the time. And the response is ‘it depends” on several factors such as if your permit package is complete with requirements satisfied, the current work load of jurisdiction and if there have been any changes in permitting processes. Once we receive a project specific scope, we provide a better estimate on the time to obtain a permit.
Some architects and contractors find the electronic permitting process appealing and believe it is a faster method to obtaining a permit. The truth is, in some jurisdictions, you can only submit electronically, and, in many others, you have an option – manual or electronic. If an architect or contractor selects to submit electronically note that unlike manual submission of permit application and plan set, once submitted electronically the permit application stays electronic, including communications. This becomes frustrating for many architects and contractors who have reached a point where they simply want to pick up the telephone or schedule a meeting to speak with a Plan Reviewer directly.
Uncover Any Threats – Getting started early before the permit plan set is buttoned up allows you to review for any gaps in meeting jurisdiction building codes and standards, plus it allows you to make sure all pre-requisites are on track. This step alone saves you time and money, plus it can minimize delays once submitted for permitting.
Determine Best Plan of Action – Once you have completed your early review of plans, checked jurisdiction web site for clarification or spoken with a Plan Reviewer to clear up code concerns, you can then lay out the best plan of action for your permit, and determine things like is it best to pull one master building permit or more advantageous to take a phased approach.
Refrain from Making Assumptions – There are a lot of dynamics with building codes from jurisdiction to jurisdiction across one metropolitan area, across a state and across the U.S. And blindly assuming the architect or engineer is on top of all the latest building codes and standards can be costly. Also, reviewing the permit set before submission can eliminate delays.
Schedule Pre-Plan Review Meetings – Plan Reviewers are open to having meetings since it can reduce their workloads later during the actual review process. Plan Reviewers are your partners to ensure construction occurs in a safe manner. Be sure to check the jurisdiction web site as some may charge a fee for pre-review meetings.
Use Jurisdictions' Checklist – The majority of jurisdictions have checklists on their web sites based on the type of project you are attempting to get permitted. If not found on their web site, you can call for a copy. From residential to commercial to drainage, you will find the checklist helpful and, when used properly, it can save you time and money and assist in starting construction in a timely manner.
As more and more design and construction projects increase, architects, engineers, contractors and project owners will be eyeing jurisdictions to issue permits faster. To facilitate timely plan reviews and issuance of building permits, we believe getting started early and playing offense is a key strategy. If you have any questions on pulling permits in Texas, Florida and other parts of the U.S., visit www.permitusnow.com or call 1.844.PERMIT.4.


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I spent most of the summer training in the beautiful Saint Moritz, Switzerland. We went to Saint Moritz because Ritchie is training with Brett Sutton again and he’s now based there. He had a great squad of athletes training there and Brett kindly agreed to let me swim with them every morning which was a great help for me. This kind of swim training really suits me. My swimming seemed to be improving and I felt much stronger in the water by the time we left. Brett also ran age group camps and every week there was a new group of people training with him. Saint Moritz was a stunning place to train, the running was the best I have ever seen and the biking was varied with a mix of flatter rides and very tough, challenging mountainous loops.
After Embrunman i recovered well and raced at Gerardmer in France, a tough hilly half distance race where I finished 2nd. After that I wanted to race at Ironman Wales but I was too late to get a start so I entered Mallorca instead. I was asked a few times at the beginning of the season if I would be racing at Ironman Mallorca and my answer was always ‘no’ or ‘Probably not’. I’m not one for making long term season plans as I never know where I am going to be or where I will want to race. Mallorca seemed like a good decision as one of my main sponsors Ferrer Hotels is based in Mallorca and I have trained there a lot this season so it was a great opportunity to represent them at home.
Ritchie and I decided to drive to Mallorca from Saint Moritz and arrived a week before the race to a 30 degree increase in temperature which took some getting used to. The road trip allowed me to have a couple of easier days and when I arrived in Mallorca a picked up the training again with some easy sessions to get used to the heat then did something close to my usual race week. I wasn’t feeling great but sometimes it’s normal to feel tired and lethargic leading in to a big race. Partly because you are more aware of how you feel and also because the body isn’t use to the reduction in training.
Staying at our home from home in Ferrer Hotels made the week leading in to the race much easier and very relaxing. I was really looking forward to racing Ironman Mallorca as I know the roads well and love the island. Before I arrived in Mallorca I had a fair idea that it would be a non-wetsuit swim so I did a little more of my swimming without a pull buoy (I still do most of my swimming with the pull buoy). This would be by first non-wetsuit Ironman and I actually wasn’t bothered about the non-wetsuit swim. In the only other non-wetsuit swim I’ve done (Miami 70.3 last year) I had one of my best ever swims so I took a little confidence from that.
By race day the humidity had dropped a little from when we first arrived. The pro woman had a separate start from the pro men which is always much better for me. I find that I am much closer to the faster girls in the swim when we have a separate start as they can’t get on the feet of the pro men. It was a beach start and when the gun went I had a great start and was one of the first in to the water. A couple of girls got away but I was pleased to find some feet and I was determined to stay with them wherever they went. We got caught by some of the age group men but I stayed with the girl I had been following (Astrid Gonzo) switching positions now and again and we exited the water together. I had a bit of a nightmare in transition as I had to stop to fix my visor which I accidently knocked off and then I ran past my bike. When I went back to it someone shouted, ‘you just lost 10 seconds I really hope you don’t loose by 10 seconds’, I hoped so too.
I set off at a sensible pace on the bike, working alone, just trying to keep it steady as I usually start way too fast. When I got to the first turn at Arta it became apparent that many packs were forming on the bike and that the male age group race was going to impact the Female pro race. 3 minutes separating us from them at the start was not enough. I got a little worried as I could see that some of the slower swimmers weren’t too far behind me and were riding in the middle of those packs. I did what I could to ride fairly keeping my distance from the person in front. I was working steadily but hard, comfortably uncomfortable and I felt ok. I didn’t know where the other girls were but I was riding my race. Suddenly I was completely swamped by a massive group of men with some pro woman riding right in the middle of them. At this point I didn’t know what to do. It was crazy, it was completely stupid and dangerous, one of the girls was making no attempt to ride fairly, she was just enjoying getting sucked along. The others at least were either trying to make a move or trying to get some distance.
At an aid station I made a break for it, it kind of worked and I got away from the girls but 10 minutes down the road I was swamped again. I tried to get away a few times but it was really killing me to push so hard to make a break so eventually I just tried to keep the gap. After 90k everything seemed to spread out and I found myself riding completely alone and working pretty hard. I found the main climb up to Lluc very hard, I wasn’t climbing very well at all but I was happy to hit the descent after the long climb up. It seemed like forever before we got to an aid station and I was so pleased to see one that I slowed right down and took bottles of whatever I could get my hands on. One of them was a sports drink which I don’t use but I drank it anyway. I felt ok and was able to eat so I thought I would be ok. I got to the end of the bike feeling like I was ready for the run and I was kind of looking forward to it.
On the run I started at a slow pace. The plan was to keep it slow to see if I could gain some time back in the leaders without too much effort in the first 21k. The plan was working and the gaps were coming down but suddenly I started to have some bad stomach issues. I thought it might be nothing so I tried to put it out of my head and got on with it but it became more painful and uncomfortable. At around 19k I was no longer running to gain positions, I was running to the next aid station for a toilet stop. It cost me quite a bit of time and after being so close to catching I now had much more work to do to catch up again. Dede Griesbauer was running really strongly in first place and I think she pushed on after she saw that I wasn’t gaining very quickly as it seemed to take forever for me to catch her.
I think that half of the Irish triathlete population was in Alcudia that day as on every corner there seemed to be an Irish flag and they were all cheering me on. It was a great boost for me on a really tough run and it made me want it more. With around 15k to go I took the lead but I didn’t realise that Dede had come with me and was just behind me. When I realised she was there I wanted to make a brake and I ran a little harder to get away. It felt horrible and I couldn’t wait for it to be over but I knew I just had to hang on. After a while I realised I had a bit of a gap but I didn’t want to let up, partly because I didn’t want to get caught and partly because I wanted it to be over sooner. I never believed I had won until I crossed the line. I arrived at the finish exhausted, and feeling pretty unwell but I was so pleased to have won the race and so happy that my Mum was there to watch at what was her first Ironman.
Right now I am still at Ferrer hotels, recovering and enjoying some relaxed training, sea swims and spa days. Not for too long though as in 3 weeks I am racing a half distance at Challenge Sardinia. My plans after that are not confirmed but I will take a few weeks to think about it before making my decision.
A huge thanks to Ferrer Hotels for their support this year and also to Fusion for sorting me out with my kit for race at very short notice.
Well done Eimear on both your latest win and also the Triathlete of the year award. You are an absolute inspiration.


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I work from home as a marketing assistant, while taking care of my 4 children and husband. I enjoy creating handmade primitive decor items, reading, walking and listening to podcasts.
I like to read informative blogs with a side of humor. My favorite blogs are from Christian moms and those geared towards family values.
Thanks so much for the friend invite! Can't wait to check out your blog.
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Welcome to MBC! You are gonna love it here.
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EWG scientists reviewed Baja Baby Unscented Shampoo & Wash for safety according to the methodology outlined in our Skin Deep Cosmetics Database. We assess the ingredients listed on the labels of personal care products based on data in toxicity and regulatory databases, government and health agency assessments and the open scientific literature. Baja Baby Unscented Shampoo & Wash is EWG VERIFIED™.
Apply a small amount to wet hair or skin; rinse with clean water. Best used with Baja Baby Unscented Conditioning Cream. Please test on small patch of skin prior to use.

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We are now facing turbulent times and thus looking for stability in confusing global economy. People are paying attention to whether or not Japan's government policy can lead to recovery of global economy, while nations around the world have hard time finding their own solutions. The government draws up a large-scale supplementary budget in the annual budget every fall, but not many people feel economy is getting recovered after all. Managers of small and medium-sized companies are expected at all times to run business considering the flow of times, and they need to bear difficulties and pressure, which has been awaiting across generations.
Our company handled consumables for production materials only, but enhanced a range of business to sell machine associated with various coating businesses due to a change in the economic environment. We found it a great opportunity to enhance business by "improving engineering", "developing new products", "conducting a survey for market needs", and "finding troubles in the market and providing solutions". We try to understand what the field needs by actively providing a wide range of products based on our motto "You cannot understand the field if you just sit on a desk chair." We are working hard to enhance our business area building up a business network.
In addition, we started working on environmental issues actively and currently doing very best to acquire "Eco Stage".
Miyako Roller Industry Co., Ltd.
The DLC coating roll was certified as "Kawaguchi i-mono" brand products by Kawaguchi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Management Innovation Plan was approved by Saitame prefecture.
The multi-functional precision coating machine was certified as "Kawaguchi i-mono" brand products by Kawaguchi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
By train：Tobu Skytree Line (from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) Get off at Takenotsuka Station and take West Exit.
By car：It takes approx. 7 minutes from West Exit.
By bus：Take a bus (displayed as "竹04・05") heading for West Exit of Soka Station at No.2 bus terminal, or take a bus (displayed as "竹06・09) heading for West Exit of Takenotsuka Station via Nissato. Get off at Shitamachi. It takes approx. 6-min walk.

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Cherubim Interests, Inc. Signs MOU With United Cannabis Corp.
BEDFORD, TX / ACCESSWIRE / December 7, 2015 / Cherubim Interests, Inc. (OTC: CHIT), ("the Company") a development-stage alternative construction and real estate development company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Cannabis Corp. (CNAB) to supply, deploy and provide the technical means to cultivate cannabis.
"This industry is moving very rapidly," states Patrick J. Johnson, CEO of Cherubim Interests, Inc. "As we see the front of legalization push across States and even into the platforms of the next Presidential election, companies are scrambling to catch up. The market is there, the demand is high, but the supply from legal cultivators is low. Cherubim Interests and BudCube are uniquely positioned at this perfect apex of an emerging, billion dollar market; we are positioning ourselves to meet the impending demand by supplying the facility necessary to bring existing as well as start-up companies into full scale production in a matter of months."
The Memorandum of Understanding outlines a business model that CHIT and its subsidiary BudCube Cultivation Systems ("BCS") is pioneering in the real estate development and medical as well as recreational cannabis cultivation industries. The Company will lease modular turn-key cultivation facilities to new and existing market participants in a "mini-storage" or "co-op farming" scenario.
"First, we provide the necessary capital investment to cover any land purchase and improvements, as well as construction and deployment to location for leasing, These portable modules when combined, provide the floor space and square footage required for operations. We then deliver, install and connect the modules while providing standard operating procedures and ongoing maintenance as needed."
"We are excited to have Cherubim as a collaborative partner in the construction of cutting edge laboratory and cultivation facilities. It's another vital step in accomplishing our mission of providing cannabis based therapies to patients around the world." Stated Earnest Blackmon, CEO of United Cannabis Corp.
"With their existing industry relationships and the services they offer, we believe that our relationship with United Cannabis puts us a year ahead of schedule or quite possible more." Said CHIT CEO Patrick Johnson. "We no longer have to reinvent the wheel from a client servicing perspective as United Cannabis has already created that wheel."
Cherubim Interests, Inc. (CHIT) and BudCube Cultivation Systems USA is planning execution of its stated business objectives in accordance with current understanding of State and Local Laws and Federal Enforcement Policies and Priorities as it relates to Marijuana (as outlined in the Justice Department's Cole Memo dated August 29, 2013), and plan to proceed cautiously with respect to legal and compliance issues. Potential investors and shareholders are cautioned that the companies will obtain advice of counsel prior to actualizing any portion of their business plan. Advice of counsel with regard to specific activities of the companies, Federal, State or Local legal action or changes in Federal Government Policy and/or State and Local Laws may adversely affect business operations and shareholder value.
United Cannabis Corp. is a bio cannabinoid technologies company. It is built on scientific research, product development, and implementation of its proprietary cannabinoid therapy program. The company provides intellectual property, patent-pending technology, trusted brands, clinical data, technical training, sales tools and methodologies necessary to assist clients businesses. The intellectual property includes ACT Now Program which is a comprehensive full spectrum cannabinoid therapy guide that utilizes the entire cannabis plant by controlling specific cannabinoid ratios, accurate dosing and multiple non-invasive delivery methods. United Cannabis was founded on November 15, 2007 is headquartered in Denver, CO.
BudCube Cultivation Systems USA ("BCS") has developed a fully portable and scalable, turnkey business application for cultivators of legal medical and recreational cannabis, as well as many other plant species. Coupled with a real estate development and property management business model, BudCube Cultivation Systems can position itself anywhere in the world where the cultivation of cannabis is legal.
BCS provides cultivation solutions for commercial application. It offers cultivators quick entry into a fast growing market at a price point that is very attractive when compared to the traditional construction and cultivation solutions. BCS features a business model unparalleled in the industry and stands to benefit greatly as more and more market participants seek to gain entry into this sector.
Cherubim Interests specializes in alternative construction projects, as well as covering the entire spectrum of real estate development: due diligence, acquisition, planning, construction, renovation, and management; providing complete beginning-to-end development programs for mixed use, single, and multifamily projects and properties.


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Determining when a dancer is ready to go on pointe is an extremely important decision in terms of a dancer’s advancement. While many ballet dancers will be eager to get their first pair of pointe shoes, many don’t realize until they are up on pointe, how much dedication is involved, how much work and discomfort actually coincide with it and how strong the body and mind need to be to move onto this level. This week Angela D’Valda Sirico answers questions for you in terms of when a dancer should go on pointe and what her protocol is for determining this decision.
1. Angela, while every dancer will inevitably be different, what is the average age range that is appropriate for even considering a dancer to start pointe?
I would generally not consider a child for pointe until they are 11 years old. However, there are exceptions to every rule. What are some of the things you look at when deciding whether a dancer is ready for pointe? The things that I look for in a dancer that I am considering putting on pointe are: Upper body strength and stability, good muscular strength in the legs and ankles, enough mental strength to deal with the pain that is involved. Anatomically, what are we looking at in terms of their structural foundation to decide readiness for pointe? Anatomically they need to have enough strength and control in their movement and use of turnout to be able to execute pointe work correctly. They need to have strong core muscles to support their legs and feet.
2 What are your requirements for both student and parent when deciding to put a dancer on pointe?
When I decide that a student may be ready for pointe work the first thing I require is a meeting with parent and student where I tell them that they need to see an orthopedic surgeon and get an xray of their feet. I do this to make sure that although outwardly they seem ready I want to be sure that there is not something internally that is not sufficiently developed to withstand the stress on the feet caused by pointe work. I work hand in hand with all doctors to make sure that by putting the student on pointe I am not causing any unnecessary damage to their bodies that could possibly manifest itself later on down the road. I also require the student to take a minimum of 4 Ballet classes per week as well as 2 pointe classes. Once the doctor has let me know if they are ready to proceed I have them go to be fitted for their pointe shoes but always insist that they show me their shoes before sewing any ribbons or elastics on them. I want to be sure that the shoes fit like a glove and will give each individual the correct support that they need. Once I approve them then I show them how to sew everything on and then have them bring them back to me. I always tell them that getting the ribbons right is trial and error and often needs to be done more than once until they are absolutely right. I also insist that the student sew their own ribbons and elastics on as I feel that it is a personal thing and they need to be able to do that for themselves.
3.How do you handle dancers and parents that are disappointed when you tell them they are not ready for this advancement?
When a student wants to go on pointe but I feel that they are not yet ready I will meet with them and their parents to discuss options. If I feel that the student is close but not quite ready, I will encourage them to take as many ballet classes as possible and also to take the beginner pointe class in regular ballet shoes. If I feel they are not ready and may never be I will also discuss all options that will be available to the student that do not involve going on pointe. What do you tell dancers to focus on to work towards going on pointe? I tell my dancers that they should do some ankle strengthening exercises sometimes utilizing a Theraband and to work on strengthening their core muscles and legs through their ballet classes and exercises that I give them to help them achieve their goals. How do you deal with dancers you know will most likely never be physically, technically and mentally prepared to ever take pointe? For those dancers whose goals include going on pointe but who do not have the necessary requirements I encourage them to set more realistic goals for themselves. There are so many opportunities in the dance world for dancers who are not suitable for pointe that I show them all the positives of not being on pointe and for developing other areas of their dance.
4.What do your beginner pointe classes look like? How do you design your lessons?
In my beginner pointe class initially I go over with the students the importance of taking care of their feet and the products that they should keep with them to protect their feet. I always give them a handout with all of this information. We go over the correct way to tie the ribbons. When a student first goes on pointe I will do very basic exercise facing the barre making sure that their posture is correct and I will go to each student when they are on pointe and shape their feet with my hands to make sure that they are in the center of their block, their knees are fully pulled up and that their core muscles are supporting the upper body correctly. I go very slowly in the beginning with no more than 15 minutes actually on pointe and then gradually increase the time on pointe. The first year is mostly spent at the barre with some introduction of simple exercises on 2 feet in the center as the dancers become stronger and more comfortable in their pointe shoes.
5. Any last words of advice for teachers?
My advice to any teacher is to make sure that it is safe for your dancers to go on pointe. I have seen many instances of dancers who were put on pointe too early, before they were physically ready for it and who have suffered with not only deformed feet but also injuries in other parts of the body caused by them doing pointe work prematurely. My interest is in creating dancers who will either have long careers or who will physically be able to enjoy dance for many years to come. In my experience, if a student is put on pointe when they are physically and mentally ready for it they will be able to master the technique very quickly.


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The Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) and the Center for Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends (FIRST) at Drexel University have partnered to help you FOCUS on your safety culture. The Fire Service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey is the first safety culture tool developed specifically for the fire service through the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) R&D Program and will provide your fire department with objective data to assess your safety culture.
National Safety Council and Emergency Responder Safety Institute find far too many drivers post to social media and take photos or videos when emergency personnel are responding to an incident.
The Symposium, the first event of its kind, will be held July 10-12, 2019, and will empower cadet programs with the tools they need to maximize their learning outcomes.
National Burn Awareness Week is an excellent opportunity to increase burn awareness. We encourage you to help prevent fires and burn injuries by increasing your fire safety and prevention measures.
On this episode of Everyone Goes Home® Speak Up, Chief Trisha Wolford talks about the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives that are most meaningful to her and what they should translate to for company officers.
The Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative and the Denver Fire Department will receive the award at the 31st Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner on April 25, 2019, in Washington, DC.
In this episode of Everyone Goes Home® Speak Up, John Dixon reflects on an impactful moment at the National Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Are you part of a High School Fire or EMS Cadet program?
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is planning the 2019 High School Fire and EMS Cadet Program Symposium and have developed a survey to identify specific areas of interest.

industry_corpus2: Safety Management


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The idea of opening the coming season in Seattle sounds so good to the Rutgers football team that it has decided to do it again in 2016.
Rutgers announced Thursday afternoon the addition of a two-game home-and-home series with the University of Washington beginning Sept. 3, 2016 on Washington’s Seattle-based campus. Washington will make the return trip to Piscataway on Sept. 2, 2017 in the season-opener.
In a corresponding move that allows the Scarlet Knights to have seven home games in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Rutgers and UCLA agreed to push back their previously scheduled home-and-home series from 2016-17 until 2020-21.
Rutgers will visit the Rose Bowl on Sept. 5, 2020 in a season-opener while UCLA comes across the country on Sept. 11, 2021.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences are longtime partners – their respective football champions meet in the Rose Bowl unless one is playing for the national championship.
Rutgers will play its first game as a new Big Ten member Aug. 28 against Washington State at CenturyLink Field (home of the Seattle Seahawks).
The 2016 schedule, which includes a non-conference home game Sept. 10 against Howard, is still one game away from being complete, while the 2017 schedule, which includes matchups with Morgan State (Sept. 9) and Eastern Michigan (Sept. 16), is set.
Rutgers also is scheduled for visits to Kansas (Sept. 15, 2018) and Miami (Sept. 21, 2019). Kansas plays at High Point Solutions Stadium on Sept. 26, 2015 and Miami does the same on Sept. 22, 2018.
Big Ten conference schedules have been revealed through the 2019 season.
One day after announcing 2014 season-ticket three-game mini-plans that allow fans to choose between Penn State or Michigan, Tulane or Tulane, and Indiana or Wisconsin for the price of either $210 or $177 per seat, Rutgers unveiled single-game pricing for groups of at least 20.
Groups of 20-49 pay $55 for sideline and $40 for end zone, with a $5 discount on each ticket for groups of 50-99 and a $10 discount for groups of more than 100. Large groups of fans also have a range of options in four hospitality areas, with Rutgers-based organizations eligible for a 10 percent discount for games against Howard, Tulane and Indiana.
More information can be found at scarletknights.com.
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So i have combined week 5 & 6 together!
Generally, its good news all round. I have had a few comments here and there from friends about how much my skin has cleared up. I noticed too but didnt wanna jinx the progress. But yes there is a definate difference.
In week 5 i still have huge white heads on my cheeks but the concentration and area of inflammation had significantly decreased! The right side of my face especially! In week 6 there was a cluster of large white heads on my left cheek and on my chin. These have been very stubborn and refused to dry up quickly! however i resisted the urge to squeeze!
Well i woke up this morning and they seem to have "evaporated"! yaay! well i know its early days yet, and i'll still get some break outs but its good to celebrate the little victories!!!
My lips are still dry but the combination of DCT during the day and Bepanthen at night has gotten thins under control and its not driving me nuts any more. Also, my lips seemed to have stopped going pink and pretty much look normal. So i have averted the red/pink tell-tale Oratane lips!
I have been drinking 3-4 litres a day of water and i think this has helped hugely with the dry eyes. I hardly ever feel the dryness. but i still put i drops in every couple of days just as a preventative measure.
My skin is definately showing signs of dryness. when i hop out the shower and dry off, i am instantly ashy! but full body moisturising seems to help with that.
I have always been a keen fitness enthusiast but i am embarking on some new goals this year! Want to be a fitness model and also want to run a half marathon in July/August. So i have been training for a 10km on the 7th of may!!! woop woop! the Fitness Model Training starts on the 1st of May! So yeah! a lil nervous abt the oratane effects! but as far as i can see, my being active seems to have quelled the joint pain saga i felt in the first 2 weeks! so im gonna do this!!! i refuse to be held back by acne!!!
NIGHT SWEATS ARE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!!!
not quite sure how to manage this side effect though? i'm totally stumped! its the worst since winter is here too! i wake in the middle of the night freezing and soaked thru! dnt knw what to do!
Also, i am really struggling to get up in the morning! feel tired and lethargic sometimes and can't concentrate on my coursework!! i have a masters degree to get through!!! i can't afford to keep having these late mrnings!
Anyhoo! I am still keeping a weekly set off pics to monitor everything!
I must say though as my face clears i cant help but worry about the hyperpigmentation! its really bad. my not squezzing doesnt seem to have help! so even as the acne is clearing, its not revealing clear skin, but instead it read like a bad story of acne break out's past!!! especially the last severe one! my clear neck and jawline are no more!!!! that gets me down and makes it hard to be excited about the clearing!
Much love to you all! mwa!
Previous entry ONE MONTH IN!!!

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currently, the projectdesigner calendar also sets task times (for start or end date).
added checkbox to switch on this behaviour, default: use dates but keep old task times of day.
Resolved in Opto's patch a while back.


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It is essential that applicants to be qualified to NVQ Level 3 in Carpentry & Joinery, possess a teaching qualification, an assessor qualification and have extensive industrial experience within the sector. An additional construction craft qualification to NVQ Level 2 or 3 would also be desirable.
All applications must be received by 12 noon on 08 March 2018.


text: Amoraea is an Initiator who holds the mirror up for your Mastery to become visible and transmute hidden aspects you have veiled yourself from. Through 20 years of consistent internal exploration and esoteric education, ‘The Phoenix Code’ has taken shape as an extensive experiential approach to breaking through our false identity and awakening to our Ecstatic Potential as Divine Humans on a dynamic and infinitely evolving journey. Amoraea draws from many ‘Alchemical Arts’ to create a whole-systems transformation in your psyche, soul, heart, and body so that the resurrected new light in you is grounded without old patterns finding root again.


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Need a Porta Potty Rental in Riner, VA?
Porta Potty Rental are available* in Riner.
Portable restrooms are the perfect solution for residential or commercial construction job sites. These single user units are generally a one-toilet facility and can be used alone or in multiple units depending on the need. Some extras that can be included with your single user portable restroom are options such as hand sanitizers or hand wash stations. AW Waste Management of Riner, VA can also provide services such washing the unit, keeping supplies stocked and removing the waste from the tank.
At AW Waste Management of Riner, we can provide you with any type of portable temporary restroom from a single user unit for construction sites or weddings, to our high end multiple user units for corporate events, school functions or festivals.
AW Waste Management of Riner, VA is renowned for providing the best service and highest quality portable toilets as well as the largest variety for you to choose from. At AW Waste Management of Riner we are ready to help you determine how many and what kind of restrooms you need while paying careful attention to budget concerns.
The disabled unit from AW Waste Management of Riner is designed for the comfort and convenience of individuals requiring special portable restroom facilities.
Privacy: When you use a Open Top Construction unit on a work site, the traffic it gets will prove the value of providing a restroom with full privacy. Workers will be more content to stay in the work area where it is located. Would you like to see increased productivity? If so, ask about renting an Open Top Construction Portable Toilet with Full Privacy from AW Waste Management of Riner.


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Stefano Giovannoni, architect, industrial and interior designer, born in La Spezia, lives and works in Milan Collaborates with companies including Alessi, BM, Deborah, Fiat, Flos, Henkel, Helit, Inda, Laufen, Magis, Normann Copenhagen, Oras, Oregon Scientific, Seiko, Siemens, 3M, Voismart, etc. He has designed a number of products which have met with great commercial success, including, for Alessi, Girotondo and Mami, plastic products, the Bagno Alessi and the “Bombo” range for Magis. Winner of numerous prizes and competitions, his works are part of the permanent archives of the Georges Pompidou Centre and the collections of the MOMA in New York. Elisa Gargan Giovannoni, born in Pordenone, industrial and interior designer, Stefano’s partner and wife, collaborates as a designer with Giovannoni Design and other companies including Alessi, Magis, Millefiori, Bisazza,VenetaCucine, Bertazzoni, Marzorati&Ronchetti, Viceversa. Winner of numerous prizes and competitions, she runs courses at the Domus Academy and the Polytechnic School of Design.
Designed by Elisa and Stefano Giovannoni, Alu Green is composed entirely of recycled and/or zero-mileage recyclable materials, it comes with sinuous, embracing forms that are extremely versatile and dynamic, thanks to the modular fibreglass wash units. The wash unit frames come in three different shapes, to create infinite combinations to suit any setting.
Stefano and Elisa Giovannoni’s design research has led to a collection which features curved wood and three-dimensional chairs which have no “back”, as they are designed to be freely positioned anywhere in the room. The two work chairs have 3D curved wooden frames which contain the padding. The joint between the two materials is inspired by traditional leather chairs, making them domestic and comfortable. The wash unit comes with a new concept, designed to create a feeling of exclusivity and comfort in the user, with no superfluous ostentations. This chair has a wooden structure which contains the ceramic wash basin and many accessories, and is reminiscent of an air plane cabin; it can be placed anywhere in the salon, like a piece of domestic furniture, without hindering the operator’s work, which is made easier by the generously sized washbasin. The large, wooden-framed mirror has an elegant design, reminiscent of elegant tailor’s mirrors.


text: This paper is focused on personal information management system (PIMS) that are aimed at helping students to manage all kind of data they might need during their academic life. Whilst the research on PIMS is not specific to a particular domain, we claim that it is necessary to understand users’ tasks and which data they manipulate in order to design successful tools. As far students are a concern, few works have investigated the challenges that they face for managing personal data in their academic life. In this paper we describe those challenges and we propose centralized approach for managing students build upon the metaphor of a student’s portfolio. The approach relies on standardization of data forms for allowing the communication and data sharing between the portfolio and third-party application. The approach is illustrated by a set of cenarios that demonstrate its feasibility and describe how dedicated PIMS might help students to sort out their duties related to their education.

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I was shocked when I moved to Tennessee as a freshman in college and my mom bought me an umbrella. “It’s summer, Mom,” I protested. California summers are hot and DRY. I did not need an umbrella.
It rained weekly in Chattanooga that summer and fall.
When winter came, though, I was sure I’d be prepared. I grew up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. We skied in Tahoe when I was a kid; sometimes it snowed at home. I knew about winter.
My hometown on a wintry day.
I did not know about winter.
In an era of global warming, pictures like the above are becoming less and less common in my hometown. Most of California rarely sees a daytime high below 40°F (5.5℃); in Chattanooga, though, it’s common. I remember walking across campus that January and marveling that, at noon, I could still see my breath. I learned to wear gloves and scarves and hats in Chattanooga. I’d never really needed them before.
This year, as a graduate student in Knoxville, I have again been struck by the weather. Although we haven’t had deep snows or sub-zero temperatures like other parts of the nation, we have had some really cold days — days in the low 20s that have frozen lakes and ponds . . . Days that chill you to the bone and require hot cocoa and cuddling by a fire (or, in my case, a heater) . . . Days when, to keep from going stir crazy, you put on six layers of clothing and go for a run to feel alive . . .
I remember really cold winters in Taiwan and Hong Kong, too. There’s something about humidity that penetrates the soul.
It was 22°F and felt like 12°F (-5.6℃, or -11℃) with a when I took these photos.


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Every year Microsoft MVPs get reevaluated and some of them are not renewed. Here are some of the reasons why an MVP might lose out. Most of these I have not heard of any Microsoft MVP doing, except as noted.
From time to time someone attending the annual MVP summit forgets about this and posts something really exciting, and sadly lose their status.
One MVP took one of my earlier technical books, reworded and posted it to his site as blog posts. The evidence was clear cut and once it was discovered he was not renewed.


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Ozier Muhammad/The New York TimesReynaldo Rodriguez of the Care Coordination program counseled a patient with H.I.V. on how to adhere to a drug regimen.
Doctors are very good at telling us what to do — but we are very poor at doing it. In fact, the health problems of millions of Americans are directly related to our failure to follow doctors’ orders.
Doctors tell us to take our pills, exercise, go get that C.T. scan, stop smoking, change our diets, cut out salt, quit drinking, monitor our blood sugar. We know we should do it, but we very often don’t. About three-quarters of patients do not keep appointments for follow-up care. In one study of diabetes patients, only 7 percent were compliant enough with their treatment plans to control the disease. Even people at grave and immediate risk do not always take their medicines: a quarter of kidney transplant patients in one study did not take their medicines correctly, putting them at risk for organ rejection. Among elderly patients with congestive heart failure, 15 percent of repeat hospitalizations were linked to failure to take prescribed medicines. And compliance with exercise and diet programs is even worse. Poor compliance is a major reason that sick people don’t get better, and that our health care costs are so high.
It is a reason that often gets ignored. Many doctors are uncomfortable wrestling with adherence. They may even believe that it is not their problem, that their job is done when they write the prescription or hand the patient a diet plan. But even concerned doctors would find themselves helpless in a 10-minute office visit. They are too removed from their patients, too much the authority figure to really get to the bottom of why a patient isn’t doing what he is supposed to.
Bad adherence doesn’t discriminate by social class. Tens of millions of Americans struggle with high cholesterol and blood pressure and yet can’t manage to stick to an exercise program. Far fewer — but far sicker and more expensive to the health care system — are the handful of emergency room frequent flyers: people with multiple serious conditions such as AIDS, diabetes, hypertension, depression, mental illness, social isolation, substance abuse or domestic violence. Such people have extraordinary problems sticking to their plans to get better, and need extraordinary help.
Joe McManus is a 56-year-old former heroin and crack addict who lives in a single-resident-occupancy apartment in Manhattan. He spent 15 years as an addict, about 10 of them homeless. In some ways, he’s far from the typical homeless person. He used to work on Wall Street and still retains some of his Wall Street friends. In 2005, one of those friends took him to the Super Bowl.
In other ways, he is absolutely typical of drug users who have hit bottom. McManus has AIDS, Hepatitis C and liver problems. “My doctors went three or four years with me not showing up,” he said in a recent interview in his apartment. “I had no relationship with her — except for her to put me in the hospital because I didn’t listen to what she had to say. I was still not addressing the fact that I was H.I.V.-positive. I was not taking my medicine and only going to the hospital when I had to be put in the hospital. I was still messing around with drugs.” McManus was hospitalized four times in the year before November, 2009. Then he got a visit from Reynaldo Rodriguez.
When Rodriguez first visited McManus, he had already quit drugs, on his own. But he was still living as if he were homeless. His apartment was covered with soot and grime, the bed had cigarette burns and the refrigerator held moldy food. McManus was treating his apartment like it was the street. “How the hell are you living like this?” Rodriguez blurted out.
It made a difference. McManus started taking his medicines. The medicines brought down his viral load — he was getting better, and that motivated him to take care of himself. McManus is thin and twitchy, but when I saw him was dressed in jeans and a nice zippered sweater, and the apartment was in reasonable condition. McManus is now 100 percent adherent to his medicines, and his hospital stays amounted to only a single night in the last 16 months. He said that part of it was a spiritual awakening, but it was clear that Rodriguez played a huge role. McManus now goes to all his doctor’s appointments on his own.
But that doesn’t mean he follows all of his doctor’s advice. He’s no longer doing crack, but he’s still drinking — several nights a week he goes to hang out in a friend’s bar. He loves the bar — it’s his entire social network.
But his Hepatitis C makes this dangerous behavior, and his doctor was stern: “You can not ever have a drink again. Not even on your birthday,” she told him. “I never have to tell you if I ever have one,” McManus thought to himself.
Rodriguez and McManus worked out a compromise: he could keep going to the bar, but he had to tell his friends about his health problems so they would put the brakes on. He had to try to drink less, and keep doing tests that monitored his liver.
“He’s been very honest with me,” Rodriguez said. Why more than with your doctor? I asked McManus.
“She’s a doctor,” he said.
The Care Coordination program, a city-wide initiative now in 28 sites in different hospitals around New York, was inspired and trained by a Boston-based program called PACT, for Prevention, Access to Care and Treatment. PACT is part of Partners in Health — a nongovernmental group famous for its work in Haiti, Rwanda and elsewhere. Part of Partners’ strategy is to use people from the community who are paid a stipend to visit patients, watch them take their pills and support them. Since 1995, PACT has been using these ideas in tough neighborhoods of Boston, first with H.I.V. patients and now with people with chronic diseases such as diabetes. The PACT project trains people from the community, some of whom have the same diseases and similar problems as their patients, to be community health workers.
The new health reform law encourages pilot programs to try different forms of medical homes, and the better care and cost savings that come from improving adherence with peers or lay people like Rodriguez are attractive. The New Yorker magazine writer Atul Gawande recently profiled two clinics that use this model, in Atlantic City and Camden, N.J.
There are successful programs that use nurses for outreach. The Nurse-Family Partnership sends nurses to visit low-income first-time mothers, beginning in pregnancy and continuing until the child is two. The program now operates in 32 states and has proven to greatly improve the life of both child and mother. The Camden program that Gawande wrote about also uses nurses and nurse practitioners to make home visits.
But nurses are expensive home visitors, and they may not even be the best people for the job. “Given the rising cost of health care, we have found having peer-based health promoters providing care management is an equally effective way to provide high-quality care at a low cost,” said Ayesha Cammaerts, the director of operations at PACT. “Especially with patients who suffer from substance abuse and mental health issues, they need someone they feel comfortable letting into their environment. Sometimes patients don’t feel they can connect to clinicians from outside their community,” she said.
PACT’s methods work. A study of AIDS patients found that the patients’ use of appropriate medicines rose — they were becoming adherent. At the same time, spending on hospitalization dropped by nearly two-thirds. Overall, patient costs dropped by 36 percent. Even taking into account the $6,000-per-patient cost of PACT, patient costs dropped 16 percent. And in a group of people who would likely have died if they had not been in the program, 70 showed clinical improvement.
The PACT method is likely to be an important part of the future of American medicine. Many of the deficiencies of American health care require not more technology, but the human touch. It’s certainly true for high-risk, high-cost patients, but it can help nearly everyone get better health for less money. In Saturday’s column, I’ll write about how.