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At his workshop in Midlothian, Virginia, Donald Maass mentioned the PPWC as one of the top ten conferences in the nation. I jotted down “Pikes Peak Writers Conference” and immediately decided to relocate to the foothills of the great mountain. (Kidding. My husband and I saw The Broadmoor Hotel on the Travel channel and were smitten with the mountain views.) I joined Pikes Peak Writers as soon as we moved to Colorado. My genre is Dark Fantasy, but as a newbie I thought I was writing Paranormal Romance. So I also became a member of a local chapter of Romance Writers of America.
The group offered an open critique, and I remember my panic at our first meeting, when I listened to other participants and thought, I don’t have a slightest clue how to evaluate someone else’s writing. “I probably shouldn’t be here,” I said.
She was right. Ten minutes later, I made my first suggestion.
How do you decide which group is right for you?
Every person sees your work and critiques it differently. For example, I will comment on the pace of your story, the conflict and stakes in every scene. I’ll tell you whether your main character solicited my empathy. Someone else might evaluate the dialogue, your tags and beats, or make suggestions about your characters’ emotions. Another critic’s forte might be grammar and typos.
After years of being a member of various groups, I knew exactly what I was looking for in my critique partners. Some of the groups were too large. In others, not every participant brought his or her work for critiquing, in which case a person who didn’t write could offer only a general opinion. I needed deeper insight. That’s why I teamed up with several local authors who write regularly with the goal to get published. We occasionally meet in person, but all critiquing is done online to ensure an in-depth evaluation of our manuscripts.
The main difference between a critique group and an open critique is that the members of your group know your project and know you. My critique partner has seen every chapter of my manuscript countless times. After I finished my first novel, I wanted to hear feedback from people who had never read my work. Pikes Peak Writers offers terrific Open Critiques, and I’ve attended several of them. The benefit is enormous. I received great advice on two of my projects. I also honed my critiquing skills by listening to experienced guest critiquers.
Oh yeah? You don’t know Russian mosquitoes. On a bright late-September morning, I opened the door to the unheated banya, a Russian sauna, hoping the structure would warm up faster with some air circulation. The frost still whitened the grass and fallen foliage, but the first sun rays broke over the birch grove. There was a mosquito just inside the changing room. It sensed my presence. The determined insect tried to find me but kept bumping into the walls. Flying nevertheless. In freezing temperatures. But that was one comment from one contest judge. It didn’t deter me from entering more contests.
I’m a firm believer in soliciting as much feedback as possible. The more people who get to see your work, the broader range of suggestions you’ll receive. Some comments might point out the same issues (definitely a reason for revisions), but the advantage is in getting an unexpected opinion and often surprising advice. I found a critique group that was about helping me and not changing my vision of the story, my idea how the plot should unfold, the pace, the voice. My critique partners helped me every step of the way.
Then, boom—I knew the manuscript was ready.
Ataska, I love this post, and I particularly love that you have embraced writing in such an open-minded fashion. But I'm thrilled you didn't listen to the judge about the mosquitos. And this was just too priceless an opportunity to show why writing is subjective, so are our life experiences. You have educated us. Thank you!
Great post! Critique groups have been the best way to learn the craft of writing.
Thanks for a terrific post! I've been blessed to be in some wonderful groups where my fellow writers have pushed me hard to become a better writer. The best groups leave everyone's egos out of it and focus on the story. The worst critiques are like Russian mosquitos--out to draw blood when you least expect it.


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Happy Thanksgiving! I love this US holiday! I love the abundance of food and the abundance of sports on TV. But most of all I love the time with family and friends. This is the best time to reflect on all the blessings of the year and to let my blessings know, out loud, how much they mean to me. Even if you do not have “Thanksgiving” in your country, I encourage you to take a few minutes to stop and reflect on what you have to be thankful for, and to ensure those you love know you are thankful for them!
A new program Facebook is introducing will help US small businesses grow. Facebook is stepping up and helping people and businesses build their digital marketing skills. The Facebook Community Boost will bring this unique training opportunity to 30 cities in 2018. Businesses will learn how to expand their digital footprint and find new customers using Facebook. Job seekers and entrepreneurs will sharpen their digital, coding and social media skills. Check out some of Facebook’s training resources here.
The US is expected to have at least 1 million computing jobs by 2024. Facebook is helping to equip people for these crucial roles with this initiative. No news on how much these trainings will cost.
This new app will help video creators get inspired with creator success stories, get the latest news about products and updates, learn new tips and tricks for Facebook video and get support and answers to your burning Facebook video questions. Right now the app is only available for Apple product users. But Android is coming soon.
As video take an ever larger place in marketing it will be more important to stay up with the latest features and tips. Being a part of a community that’s trying to accomplish the same thing as you with video can be such a support. The app will even help with video promotion.
Instagram helps influencers and businesses obey the FTC law that demands people disclose when they’re receiving income from a product or service they’re promoting. Instagram has added a tool to make disclosure simple and quick. The new tool is similar to the one that Facebook now uses.
Instagram is monitoring Influencers posts to make sure the content disclosures are added as needed. It has been inferred that these Instagram disclosures will completely satisfy government requirements and are favored by the regulatory agency. Now it’s easy to obey the FTC laws.
Whether you love it or hate it… It’s now official! Twitter now allows tweets of up to 280 characters.
I don’t really think this will make any difference for businesses. We do need to see if user experience grows, lessens, or is not impacted.
Thanks for joining me this week! I’ll be back with more social media network updates next Thursday.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Law Camp, begun in 1994, has established itself as one of the most successful young people related programs initiated in the area. The Crime Commission along with the Kansas National Guard, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Kansas Fish and Game, Koch Industries and a number of other organizations and agencies partner with the Sedgwick County Sheriff in support of the annual event.
Each year, 150 mostly at risk young people between the ages of 11 and 15, spend four days camping in Army tents at Lake Afton. The kids are divided into squads with two Sheriff’s deputies assigned as squad leaders. The campers participate in a variety of outdoor events including swimming, boating, hiking, wall climbing and fishing.
Each evening the youngsters, most of who have never camped out, gather around a bonfire and hear messages about how to avoid gangs, how drugs destroy lives and much more. Bonding between the young campers and their law enforcement mentors is a tremendous thing to observe.
Thanks to the generous support of Koch Industries, Tom Devlin and several other Crime Commission members, embroidered T-Shirts and hats are provided for the staff and campers. The kids are permitted to keep their shirts and hat and are encouraged to wear them in their neighborhoods.
The Law Camp committee, chaired by Stephanie McCurdy has had great success in raising funds to permit the Commission to provide equipment used by the camp each year. In 2008 the Law Camp committee was at the forefront of fund raising to purchase and construct a flag pole and monument, the first permanent structure to dedicate the site of Law Camp at Lake Afton.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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The fibre optic fronds of our 120cm/4ft Red Saturn Fibre Optic Christmas Tree with 130 LEDs glow and shimmer in a beautiful, relaxing suffusion of deep red and yellow light. Full and bushy flexible branches and needle fronds are finished with bright red LEDs and a traditional illuminated star.
Beautiful bushy 4ft tree with glowing ember fibre-optic fronds and pre-fitted LED lights.
Branches are permanently fixed to the centre pole.
Simple and easy to put up and pack away.
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The “lollipop” logo will mark O-Train stations throughout Ottawa, including the one on campus by the canal. Photo: Parker Townes.
While we don’t yet have an opening date for Ottawa’s new light rail transit (LRT) system, it’s a safe bet that the new train will be carrying students to and from campus for the start of the new academic year in fall according to OC Transpo head John Manconi.
The new Confederation Line, which will run through downtown and the University of Ottawa, has largely been touted by the city council and OC Transpo as the next big step forward in Ottawa’s transit system, and our maturity as a city. But the new train has its costs, depending on how short-term our thinking, or how long-distanced our commute to campus.
Let’s deal with the obvious positives first: the train will make things a lot clearer both at U of O and in the downtown core in general. Mackenzie-King Bridge, behind the Rideau Centre, will be free of hundreds of express buses thanks to the new tunnel, meaning improved air quality for the bus-jammed street.
And on campus, Laurier Station will cease to exist as a commuter hub; passengers and pedestrians will not have to fight over the narrow sidewalks outside Desmarais and Tabaret. Instead, train passengers will use the centrally located O-Train station behind Vanier Hall, with its walkable plazas and links to the Rideau Canal.
But while the train will dramatically improve short-distance trips to places like Centretown, Hintonburg or St. Laurent, those with longer commutes from the suburbs are worried their journeys will become a bit more complicated based on the OC Transpo online travel-planner.
“I think it will be good once there’s Stage 2, because as of now it just goes to Blair, and I’m in Orleans which is still another bus ride,” Killeen said.
The Stage 2 expansions will bring the train to more suburbs in the West, South, and East. But for the next few years — and any student who is now in their undergrad — commutes could involve one or even two long bus trips before a short stint on the Confederation Line.
However, OC Transpo claims the LRT will improve the reliability of existing bus routes by dramatically shortening their length. They claim the main cause of OC Transpo’s poor on-time performance is lengthy routes that often see buses travelling across the city through unpredictable traffic. With the new LRT these routes will be cut down to less than half their original length and connected to the new line, reducing the chance that buses will get thrown off schedule.
The Confederation Line will also provide a much faster route, via the north-south running Trillium Line, to places like Little Italy, South Keys, and Carleton University. If U of O students want to head to Carleton for a tussle, a stare-down, or a dance-off, they will now be able to do so in less than 20 minutes by train.
Even this will be disrupted, however, as the Trillium Line will close in 2020 for just under two years of renovations that will see larger, more frequent trains, an extension to the Ottawa Airport, and a complete overhaul to the line’s minimalist stations.
The Confederation Line will not solve all of OC Transpo’s issues by itself. But it lays the foundation for the city’s expansive network plan including links to Barrhaven, Kanata, Aylmer, the airport, and Orleans.
The U of O were also poised to make another OUA championship appearance, but this time around, the Gryphons would spoil those hopes, knocking them out of contention by a score of 27-22.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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As the bus turns into the woods.
You with your earbuds and I with my suit.
And a dank yellow smell.
But then, one fully is oneself at home.
posted by Jonathan at 7/26/2009 11:27:00 p.m.
You and I are strangers mute ,You with your earbuds and I with my suit."
I hate the awkward silence on buses and how everyone tries to avoid eye contact. Drives me mad! Which is why I love to wear my Jacky O sunnies on the bus so I can people watch unbeknownst to them. It makes me feel luck such a badass.
By Anonymous, at 5/05/2010 10:31 p.m.
By Anonymous, at 5/05/2010 10:34 p.m.
By Jonathan, at 7/21/2011 8:40 p.m.

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Although I thanked Cee via email last weekend, I have taken a while to publicly thank Cee. So I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cee once again for conferring this award on my blog. It was totally unexpected.
Knowing that we can leave the kids in charge and that they are old and responsible enough to manage.
This year our special moment(s) have been spent in Africa. We expected to see animals but not as at such close range. Our hosts from Imagine Africa 4×4 Safaris and Sausage tree Safari Camp were the best I ave ever come across. Plans for a Pacific holiday have been ditched in preference for another trip to Africa.
Our travelling companions also made the trip an enjoyable experience and hopefully we can stay in contact, even if it is only via email.
4) What’s your favourite quote.
I love JFK’s “Ask not….” quote. There are times when many of those younger and the very young could/should take note.
Martin Luther King also gets a guernsey for his, “I have a dream…..” speech. Again, there are times when I think the world is nearly there…only to find we have taken one step forward and three steps back.
However, depending on the situation there are many others.
I am a bit of a night owl and tend to sit up until the Melbourne and Sydney fireworks have run their course.
We have a big front and back yard so I will stick with landscaping as well as some ready-made trees to shelter us from harsh winds.
8)What was your favourite class when still at school?
French all through high school and add physics in my last year.
9) What musical instrument have you tried to play?
I tried to learn to play a banjo in my early teens, took some guitar lessons but mainly taught myself to strum a few chords…can’t play any thing now. And I always had to play right-handed which did not make it any easier…..
10) Anything you had wished to have learned earlier?
I wish I had learned that you are never too old to learn at a much earlier point in my life than I did. However, even being a bit slow off the mark, I still think that my timing has been reasonably good. I now encourage others to achieve and have the patience and empathy with older students and understand their frustrations, having experienced most of them myself.
11) Do you like to do Crafts, Drawing or Painting?
The only thing approaching any of these is my love of photography and making home movies, in the past. An occasional bit of woodwork, but again I rate my ability with a camera as higher.
I would like to pass on the Most Influential Blogger Award to the following bloggers. In the nearly nine months since I commenced WoollyMuses blog these bloggers have in some way assisted me and influenced me to keep going. Some are award free blogs. Please don’t be offended if your blog is one. I can read 🙂 I am just taking this time to say thank you for your help and I hope you enjoy the mention.
I totally understand if any blogger does not wish to participate. I just wanted you to know that I think your blog is great.
Over the past few weeks WoollyMuses has been nominated for the below awards.
While totally unexpected they were received with pleasure. I am glad that my Muses have been well received by my seventy or so WordPress followers and all other bloggers who have visited WoollyMuses.
The awards have also given me the opportunity/excuse to play around with my blog, add a new page, links, etc.
If I have breached WordPress/blog etiquette by displaying these awards….please tell me. Please! Nicely will do! Or contact me at dc2012@y7mail.com and I will gladly rectify any errors.
Click, or tap, any image for more information regarding how I received these awards.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Annette Bening recently brought Mar-Vell to the big screen, introducing a new version of the Kree warrior to the MCU. But the Mar-Vell we meet on screen isn’t quite the same as the one we know from the Silver Age of comics.
Created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, Mar-Vell first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967), he became an integral part of Marvel Comics’ roster over the next fifteen years and paved the way for a sleuth of heroes who would hold the Captain Marvel mantel after him, including Carol Danvers. Here’s what you need to know about Mar-Vell.
No hero is complete without an arch nemesis. Yon-Rogg, a colonel in the Imperial Kree Army, was Mar-Vell’s. Yon-Rogg was instantly jealous of the young, optimistic soldier he was partnered with. The colonel was infatuated with Una, a Space Fleet nurse who only had eyes for Mar-Vell.
With Una giving Yon-Rogg the cold shoulder, a rivalry formed between the two men. Yon-Rogg’s jealousy eventually turned to hatred, and he often tried to kill his rival. Mar-Vell would eventually defeat Yon-Rogg in a final showdown when a nearby Kree device detonated—causing an explosion that would also give Carol Danvers her powers.
Becoming aware of earth’s advancing technologies, the Supreme Intelligence (a collection of some of the greatest Kree minds from history combined in a computer) wanted to infiltrate the planet, gather intelligence, and ultimately destroy it. It chose Mar-Vell as the hero for this mission and sent him to earth.
As he settled into life on the planet, he faced increasing inner conflict, torn between his duties as a Kree and wanting to protect humanity. His admiration of human life won and Mar-Vell frequently disobeyed Kree orders which threatened cause harm to his new home, earning him the title ‘Captain Marvel’.
Mar-Vell knew he would need a human alias when he first arrived on earth. He noticed that one scientist, in particular, bore a striking resemblance to him: Doctor Walter Lawson. After witnessing Lawson’s death in a tragic accident as he flew to Florida (an accident caused by Yon-Rogg, who had been aiming at his Kree rival), Mar-Vell decided to assume the doctor’s identity.
This would grant him access to government bases and information on earth’s technological advances to help advance his mission. While posing as Lawson, he befriended the chief of the security base where Lawson worked; Captain Carol Danvers.
Rick Jones often found himself tangled up with the caped cast of Marvel Comics. He was the one Bruce Banner saved from the G-Bomb detonation, ultimately creating the Hulk, and played an integral part in forming the Avengers, who picked up his radio broadcast warning about one of Hulk’s rampages. He acted as a sidekick to Hulk and Captain America, but his closest bond is with Mar-Vell.
Finding himself trapped in the Negative Zone after saving the Supreme Intelligence from an attack by Yon-Rogg and Ronan the Accuser, the Supreme Intelligence connects Mar-Vell to Jones through Nega-Bands. When Jones hits the bands on his wrists together, he switches places with Mar-Vell for a brief period of time. The pair came to develop a close friendship, with Mar-Vell using his own life force to save Jones from death after the Supreme Intelligence manipulated their psionic link to destroy the Skrull Space Fleet during the Skrull-Kree War.
Eon, the cosmic caretaker, is as old as the universe itself. His primary role is to protect life throughout the universe. This drew him to seek out the most powerful champions in the galaxy to conquer any major threats. The Kree warrior and guardian of earth captured his attention.
After persuading Mar-Vell to renounce the Kree’s warmongering ways, he granted the warrior the power of cosmic awareness and pronounced him protector of the universe. His new power was immense, giving him incredible knowledge about his opponents and their weaknesses, as well as an acute awareness of all corners of space and time.
Jim Starlin had one of the biggest impacts on Mar-Vell’s story. He was the one to introduce Eon, the being who would grant the warrior ultimate power, but also Mar-Vell’s obsession, Thanos. Mar-Vell and Thanos faced each other numerous times, with each defeat nail-biting and narrow.
But when the Mad Titan got his hands on the Cosmic Cube, Mar-Vell became intent on finishing things once and for all. And he did (or, at least, for a while). With the help of Drax and Mantis, Mar-Vell robbed Thanos of his power and restored the universe, causing the Titan’s beloved Death to abandon him for his failure.
Mar-Vell received a number of upgrades to his powers over the years, transforming from a laser gun-wielding space soldier to an almighty omnipotent hero. He had incredible strength, high tolerance for harm, could survive in outer space without having to breathe, and could fly at the speed of light.
Zo would later gift him the ability to mentally project illusions, and he even had teleportation abilities for a while. Eon’s gift of cosmic awareness made him almost unstoppable. That didn’t prevent him from attaining more powers: he was later gifted the ability to absorb solar energy to fly and fight with.
During a battle with Nitro the “living bomb”, a member of an extremist group of Kree scientists called the Lunatic Legion, Mar-Vell became exposed to Compound 13. The exposure to this carcinogenic gas would lead to the hero developing cancer. Mar-Vell finally collapsed on Titan.
He was visited by friends and loved ones and was even awarded the Royal Skrull Medal of Valor by General Zedrao on his deathbed, marking the respect even his enemies held for the Kree warrior. With no magic cure or way out, Mar-Vell’s death was very human. He was led into the afterlife by Thanos, the Titan’s way of marking respect to his greatest foe.
Mar-Vell has briefly returned to the comics over the years. He appeared to return during Secret Invasion, but he was revealed to be a Skrull named Khn’nr. The Skrull became so embroiled in the scheme, he believed he truly was Captain Marvel, and eventually turned against his superiors to protect Earth.
The real Mar-Vell would reappear again during Chaos War, where the weakened veil between life and death allowed dead heroes to aid the living Avengers against the Chaos King. He was resurrected once more in Avengers vs X-Men, this time by the Kree who wanted his help protecting Hala from the Pheonix. In both these resurrections, Mar-Vell would sacrifice himself for the good of others.
The Captain Marvel mantle has been passed to various other superheroes since Mar-Vell’s passing. Monica Rambeau was the first to take up the title, eventually joining and leading the Avengers under the name. When Genis-Vell, Mar-Vell’s son, revealed that he wanted to assume the title in memory of his father, Monica gave up the title, becoming Photon. He was later succeeded by his younger sister, Phyla-Vell.
Skrull sleeper agent Khn’nr was the fifth hero to take up the mantle, before passing the duties of protecting earth onto Noh-Varr (Marvel Boy) upon his deathbed. It wasn’t until 2012 that Carol Danvers would give up her long-time identity as Ms. Marvel to assume the title of Captain Marvel.
Next: Comic Legends: How Carol Danvers Nearly Became…Lady Lightning?!

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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What I have done... replaced water pump and thermostat took the car in to have old coolant vaccumed out and new coolant vaccum filled no air in the system. Also the system held a vaccum. I have pressure tested it and fixed the only leak I found. It held 15 psi for quite some time. I started it under vaccum and experienced a slow climb I pressure of about 5 psi. It was not a sharp spike. I have block tested and the liquid didnt change color. I believe I ruled out intake manifold gasket or head gasket. There is no coolant in the oil and it doesnt blow white smoke. I can run in 3rd gear on interstate rpm between 3 and 5 and heat works great, car doesn't overheat. Put it back in drive and starts blowing cold again. I had it vacuum fill to eliminate air in the system as a problem. The temp flex is 195 to 220. I dont know what else to do or what else it cold be... think I covered everything. What am I missing?
Sounds like you've done most of the standard stuff. Have you checked your electric fan(s) to make sure they are working properly and perhaps checking the fan temperature sensors to make sure they are working / calibrated correctly? I am wondering if the fan is coming on and off at the wrong temperatures. For that matter, you might check your fuses for the radiator fan. Also check the electrical connections on the fan for corrosion or dirt contamination.
Can I assume for your note above that you are running 50/50 mix water to antifreeze?
Is thermostat bad or maybe it didn't seat correctly when installed. It's happened to me before. Like to much cold water going through. Maybe try a hotter thermostat????
Are you 100% sure that the system is full including the heater core..??

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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Will you need more information before starting a vinyl fencing, wood fencing, or metal fencing project? Northland Fence has been providing installation, repairs and supplies for wrought iron, vinyl, aluminum, chain link and wood fence projects for years throughout Minnesota. Our fencing company is well known for high quality fencing installations, superb construction, and high class customer service.
Each installation that our company provides is unique, and we work to treat every customer as such while providing them with the high quality of service that they need. We give each client a free estimate and an itemized quote. This allows them to be aware of the cost before installing a fence starts.
We all know that durable, attractive fencing can be installed without needing to cut corners on workmanship or materials. Most importantly, the clients we have are educated on this, too. Our company is the fencing company to do the best quality work on your project.
A home is the biggest investment of an individual. You also want to beautify and protect it. Installing a new vinyl, wrought iron, or chain link fence on your property will provide you with some of the best possible safety and security for your house and yard.
Locating an experienced contractor is a crucial part of this, much like choosing the right fence. It may be tempting to pick the first company that you find on Google, but you will have better results if you get estimates and do your research. It seems as if there are fence contractors everywhere, but it isn't easy to find fence installers that are competent and experienced.
Go with Northland Fence of Minnesota. In the city of Cambridge, we are the industry standard!
A fence is a large investment. It makes sense to spend quite some time selecting fencing materials and designing the fence itself, which many home and business owners do. Even if you use the best materials available, if a fence is not installed correctly it will not hold up well over time and it may not function correctly. Northland Fence provides quality work throughout Cambridge and we are very affordable. We are committed to making sure that our customers are able to choose from professional fencing services that will endure for years.
Do you want to add fencing to the perimeter of your property to increase its value or boost its security? If so, Northland Fence has the solution.
The Cambridge Area's Commercial Fencing and Installation.
Northland Fence offers commercial fence installation to businesses throughout Cambridge. Weâ€™ve partnered with property management companies, townhome communities, gated residential communities, automotive dealers, state and local governments, and federal agencies, and even big box stores such as Loweâ€™s and Home Depot to help them design, install, and repair their commercial fences. This is the reason why we are the premier fencing company in the area of Cambridge.
Why should you consider hiring none other than a Cambridge Fence Contractor?
There are many reasons, knowledge, safety, experience, and a beautiful and appealing fence are just a few of these reasons. Before you install a fence, contact a local Cambridge Fence Contractor like the ones at Northland Fence. Call them to make sure that you are able to get the best possible outcome when installing a fence.
Northland Fence has been in the business for many years and is committed to quality, which is why they should be your first contact when you need a Cambridge fence installation. The greater area of Cambridge is served with not only high-quality and efficient services but representatives that are highly friendly as well. Our pride lies within the range of fence installation service categories we can provide. These items may also include attractive wrought iron fencing, vinyl fencing, and chain link fencing. No matter what size you need, what style you are interested in, or the use you intend for your fence (such as keeping others out or garnering a sense of privacy), we have you covered from start to finish. Work with a company that has been around for a while and that will provide you with a quality Cambridge fence installation, so that you know the finished product will be up to your discerning standards.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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Chemical Jar with Squeeze Lock CRC Cap | U.S. Plastic Corp.
Squeeze lock caps keep the jars' contents from being accessed by children.

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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[Event] IGG Anniversary Wishing Card !
[Chat] Is this the highest prisoners capture record of offensive side in this game?
[Chat] An Appeal to All Lord and Ladies.
[Event] How Well Do You Know IGG Games?
[Chat] Help for a Newbie !
[Bug & Suggestion] Remove a costruction?
[Off-Topic] Play in multiple regions.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Kutuzovsky 12 challenges the customary approaches to apartment layouts. This house offers space, not apartments.
A two-level penthouse with a second-level space. A high-status residence combined out of two neighboring apartments. A family residence that occupies the whole floor… The buyer is the one who determines what kind of space it will be.
Kutuzovsky 12 makes it possible to create unique and functional spaces though horizontal combinations of any number of apartments.
Quiet shopping. Quiet banking. Doubled-up doors in offices and private areas in restaurants. Luxury favors quiet, but it took elite homes a long time to accept this fact.


text: Precise Smile works through a network of highly skilled referring doctors to provide comprehensive dental implant and restorative care. If you do not have a general dentist, no worries, we also consult with patients who come to us directly. Additionally, you can be assured that the dental health professionals providing treatment at Precise Smile have all the required training and are Board Certified in Prosthodontics, Periodontics and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. Be assured that your care will be administered by fully licensed and accredited dental professionals.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Longtime advocate for social and political change, Sister Simone will speak about poverty in America, the effect on women and children, and the path for progressive change.
This event is presented by St. Mary Student Parish. Cosponsors: School of Social Work, IRWG, Department of Women's Studies, Ford School of Public Policy, and the Ross School of Business.

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This course teaches the principles of macroeconomic policy in an international setting. The course focuses on developing a framework for understanding the forces that determine output, employment, inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, the trade deficit, and other key macroeconomic variables. This framework is used to evaluate different macroeconomic policies in the context of different national economic environments.
By the end of the course, students will understand: (1) How an open macroeconomy functions, and why there are business cycles. (2) The role of the Federal Reserve and other central banks, and the challenges they face in designing and implementing good monetary policy. (3) The impacts of fiscal policy choices such as government budget deficits and large levels of public debt.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


text: This game offers the option to skip one or more scenes, usually on subsequent play-throughs after you read it once. This is an alternative to the usual fast-forwarding through the lines you read before, that most games use. Since this allows you to skip large amounts of text and images completely without forcing you to fast-forward through them.


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I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Ring, on his appointment to the Cabinet. We know him as someone who has a great commitment to his community in Mayo, the west coast and all parts of rural Ireland. He is a tremendous worker on the ground and is well respected across party lines for that work and his delivery for constituents in Mayo. He will do a wonderful job in the Cabinet.
I acknowledge the work that the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Humphreys, has done since May 2016. I worked in that Department alongside the new Minister, Deputy Ring. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, worked hard on an array of responsibilities and has been the voice for rural Ireland in the Cabinet for the past year in the role that the new Minister will now play.
Some Deputies discussed the abolition of the previous Department. In 2011 and in light of the need to split the Department of Finance into two Departments and two Ministers, given the workload and the economic crisis that the country faced, and the Government’s commitment to establish a new Department of children and youth affairs, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was subsumed into other Departments. In 2016, I took part in the negotiations with Independent Deputies on the formation of the Government. Some of them are present now. We had long days in Government Buildings discussing a programme for Government. Clearly, rural affairs and issues were to the fore in those talks and in the subsequent commitments in the programme for Government. If the Minister and I are granted responsibility in the new Department, we will seek to implement that programme and ensure that we have the funding necessary to fulfil the commitments that were made as part of those discussions.
Now that just one Minister is serving at the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance, it is right that the opportunity be taken to put on a senior level a full Ministry of rural and community development. That is what this is about, namely, ensuring that the Government puts its efforts into developing rural Ireland.
Cuirim fáilte roimh na rudaí deasa a dúirt an Teachta Ó Cuív ar maidin maidir leis an ról a bhí agam mar Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta. Bhí mé an-sásta nuair a bhí mé ag obair sa rannóg sin laistigh den Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta. Rinne an Taoiseach cinneadh maidir leis na dualgaisí Gaeltachta. Tá an tAire Stáit, an Teachta McHugh, ag obair sa Roinn sin anois. Tá a fhios agam go ndéanfaidh sé jab maith as seo amach mar Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta.
While I enjoyed my time as Minister of State with responsibility for the Gaeltacht, the Taoiseach made a decision to realign the Department and remove responsibility for rural affairs and establish the Department of culture, heritage and the Gaeltacht. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, will do an excellent job in that Department and I will be working closely with him. The Taoiseach also realigned Government committees; he has reduced the numbers and given them a broader reach. That is reflective of the issue of rural Ireland. While we will have commitments to rural Ireland in this Department, rural issues reach across every Department. Every Department plays a role in regional and rural areas and every Department also plays a role in urban areas. The Taoiseach will be chairing those realigned committees and the Minister, Deputy Ring, will be sitting in on issues of rural affairs which will encompass issues of education and health and issues that come under the remit of other Departments.
The Minister pointed out earlier that all the responsibilities of this Department have not been fully finalised. We know the nature of what we will be getting in this Department but more responsibilities may be transferred over time as things are sorted out. It is important to acknowledge that. It is not practical, as some have suggested when talking about rural Garda stations for example, to have a Minister with responsibility for rural education, rural health, rural justice or rural transport. There can be sections, but there has to be an overarching Ministry for justice, education, health and so on. The role the Minister, Deputy Ring, and I will have will be predominantly in the responsibilities we are given but we will also have an overarching role as a voice in Cabinet to disagree with or fight against proposals that may come from other Departments. We will also work with them to push forward the agenda within the Department. I see the Minister, Deputy Ring, as having a key role as a voice in Cabinet and also within the committee structure to address the important issues that arise in rural areas, which we have all come across, in terms of regional balance. It has been commented on and I agree with a lot of what has been said. I have said this before when we have had debates. A Private Members’ Bill introduced by Deputy Kenny a number of months will go to committee and be discussed. There was a lot of commonality that we agreed on in that situation. I am sure the Minister will be participating in the committee discussions on that as they arise.
All Deputies in rural Ireland have the interest of rural Ireland at heart and none more so than the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring. I appreciate that amendments have been tabled and there will be votes and all of that, but I hate to think there would be any delays in establishing this Department before the summer recess. There is no point talking about not having funds for rural Ireland if we are going to stop a Ministry from being established for rural Ireland so we have the Minister there fighting over the summer for the budget to put in place for the plans we have. There is scope in this Dáil and new politics for suggestions to be made about things that can be done. We are interested in hearing them. We are interested in hearing any coherent arguments on what we can do to improve rural Ireland. There is a lot going on in rural Ireland and much that is positive. It has become fashionable for certain people to talk down rural Ireland and say it is in decline. It is under pressure. Many areas of the country are under pressure. It is under pressure from urbanisation because 50% of the population lives in Leinster. That did not happen overnight. It did not happen in the past five years. It has been happening continually. It happens across the world where there is a change and where people move from rural to urban centres. It is a pressure that many cities and countries face. It is about ensuring we put in place the infrastructure.
I agree with everyone who talks about the importance of broadband and how crucial it is. It is great to see in my townland and many others in my parish of Moycullen that eir is rolling out broadband with a commitment to the Government contract; there will be State fines if it does not roll out broadband to 300,000 houses. It is ongoing and extra customers are being connected to fibre broadband in homes in rural Ireland. There are positive things taking place. As Minister of State, the Minister said we should look at schemes such as local improvement schemes. There have been reductions in roads budgets. It came up during the Government formation talks and even though there have been increases in the last two budgets, road infrastructure for rural Ireland is under pressure and it needs more investment. We will continue to fight for it and it will be one of the things we will be looking at.
I am looking forward to the challenges ahead and working with the Minister, Deputy Ring, and Government colleagues to push forward the case for rural Ireland. I hope the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017 will be progressed today through the House and through the Seanad tomorrow so we can get the Department established. When we do that, we will see what extra functions, responsibilities and budgets we get to ensure we invest in improving the lives and opportunities of people in rural Ireland.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


text: These wires are absolutely great for me. I have recommended them to all my friends who alter bras. They are sturdy and supportive, without being too hard and painful. I can once again wear bras comfortably: they don't ride down or dig into my stomach, which is fantastic. I wear size UK 40JJ in RTW bras and I have replaced all the wires in my favorite bras with these wires in size 56. I have a very serious omega shape and the only problem I have with these wires is sizing down to get the right width I end up with wires that are quite short at the gore and sides, and they sometimes dig in to my side underarm fat and sternum, especially on bras with tighter bands. I would love to see keep this wire in this height for plunge bras and a slightly taller height for those of us who are omega shaped! P.S. I normally wear size 48 or 50 in regular vertical wires.


text: Below are weather averages from 1971 to 2000 according to data gathered from the nearest official weather station. The nearest weather station for both precipitation and temperature measurements is FOREST GR which is approximately 2	miles away and has an elevation of 180 feet. Because the nearest station and this geographic feature may have differences in elevation and topography, the historic weather at the two separate locations may be different as well.


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Can anyone tell me how I can manually destory a persistent variable, either from my browser or the server?
and now my app's a bit broken and I cannot render any controllers or their views. Can anyone help with this?
That is to serialize the Acl object and store in a text file, everytime you update your access control list rules, you can delete that file and the new Acl will be serialized and stored again.


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Poker games are played all over the world without expertise the games you can’t invest too much money in it. Everyone cannot visit a casino as too much money involved in it. You can start train yourself in online casino websites and expertise yourself in an easier way. For each and every game there is a different website. 1scasino provides all kind of games in a single platform it comes under Judi online, there are four varieties of games available roulette, blackjack, slot games and online poker. Roulette is the European game which was played both in board and wheel there are two versions available French roulette and European roulette.
Three type betting will happen in roulette wheel. You can predict where the ball will land, whether it will land on black or white space, it will land on odd or even number. Predicting the perfect number will involve lot of betting. California roulette is the latest version of the game played only in few casinos in use. It doesn’t have numbers on the wheel it has only red and black colour after the ball was rested in the wheel. The controller takes two cards from the pack of cards and keep it in the red and black space of the table depends on the ball rested the card number will be revealed.
As too much money involved in these games you should not take steps drastically. After expertise in these games you can invest more. In roulette another 3 type of betting is available basket / first four – in this game you will bet on 0,1,2,3. Trio – the bet involves three numbers like 0-1-2 0-1-3 or 00-1-2. Six line/ double street – in this game you can bet on consecutive numbers like 21,22,23,24,25,26 that form horizontal lines .these games all comes under judi online as it comprises all types and versions of the game which are available in the south east Asian countries. These games are mostly played in these countries as all of them legalize it so there won’t be any trouble during money transactions. The above steps tell you the details of the roulette game and how to play it online. The betting and process of the game is same in both online and offline version of the game.


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Helix Sleep mattresses with targeted cushioning conform closely, which makes them ideal for those who sleep on their side. While mattresses that have moderate cushioning don’t conform as much and are ideal for pretty much all sleep positions. Lighter individuals may feel most comfortable on variants with balanced support, while people who weigh 130 lbs or more tend to favor the models with additional support.
Helix Sleep also markets 2 models with dual-firmness, the Helix Dual Balanced (with balanced support and targeted cushioning) and the Helix Dual Extra (with extra support and moderate cushioning). Both these variants have one ‘Firm’ side and one ‘Soft’ side, which makes them ideal for couples with different preferences. Lastly, the Helix Nightfall is a hybrid designed for bigger, heavier individuals. This model has an extra layer of memory foam for optimum support.
Cover – Originally, all Helix mattresses have exactly the same cover, made of 100 percent polyester. I found it to be thin and stretchy, allowing for some great breathability. But, if you would like something more luxurious, you can choose to swap out the standard cover for the brand’s UltraCool one, which is composed of a phase-change material to regulate heat.
Comfort Layer – On top, you will discover a thick layer of memory foam. This type of foam has a slow response to pressure, which means you’re likely to encounter some great body shaping. Even though it may seem strange for a supposedly medium firmness mattress to feature a memory foam comfort layer, it’s crucial to remember that the existence of deep sinkage doesn’t always translate to softness; in fact, most of the time it generates quite a firm feel.
Support Layer – The bulk of the mattress consists of this section of individually wrapped coils. This system brings a supportive lift to the structure, working to position the sleeper “on top” of the bed, instead of “in it”. Since the coils are wrapped individually, they are also likely to encourage extra breathability as air flows through the spaces in the coils.
Base Layer – Lastly, you will find a thin section of high-density poly foam. This layer does not affect the feel of the bed too much, working mostly to provide the pocketed coils something off of which to respond.
The firmness of the Helix is going to vary widely depending on the variant you pick out. The Helix Midnight and Dusk, have moderate firmness levels, which will be very versatile and therefore very popular. If you have more specific needs, however, Helix Sleep is happy to provide you with more choices.
Laying down on the Helix Midnight, the uppermost foam comfort layer feels soft and generates some quality body shaping, while the rest of the materials within the Midnight work to control this and create an overall firmer composition. The individually-wrapped coils and the firmer support foams also help with re-positioning.
For those who sleep on their back, there’s just enough good comfort material in the Midnight to conform to your lower spine while supporting your upper spine in a neutral position. For larger sleepers or those who prefer a firmer bed, there are two more models for you in the Helix Dawn and Helix Twilight variants.
Most side sleepers will feel perfectly comfy on the Midnight, however, if you are wanting less pressure while still going with a versatile medium firmness, you might decide to take a look at the Helix Dusk, which uses a body-conforming latex-alternative foam that’s breathable and provides the surface a small bit of bounce.
Those who sleep on their side typically need to be mindful of pressure since they sleep with most of their weight on a smaller area. People who are lighter than average or people in the market for lots of pressure relief may want to stay with the plusher variants.
Those who sleep on their stomach will feel comfortable in the Midnight, especially if this is not their main position or they have a tendency to switch things up a lot. Firmer choices might be preferable for exclusive tummy sleepers so that they can ensure their hips don’t dip and over-arch their spine.
Lastly, Helix Sleep recommends Helix mattresses for sleepers up to 350 lbs or couples that weigh up to 250 lbs each. If you or your partner are significantly bigger than average, the company has also created a mattress called the Nightfall that’s made to accommodate a total weight of 1000 pounds.
Keep in mind that if neither of those models seem quite right, you may always check out the 4 other beds in the newest collection: the Sunset (plush, softer than the Moonlight), Dusk (medium feel, a little firmer than the Midnight), Twilight (firm, designed for side sleepers), or Dawn (the firmest option of the bunch).
According to my research, Helix Sleep surpasses expectations for hybrids in this space because of the quantity and quality of foam it contains, in addition to the individually wrapped coils which help trap motion at its source. If you’re a light sleeper worried that motion from the opposite side of the mattress will wake you, you shouldn’t have much concern with this mattress. I’d say that all of the Helix mattresses are a good option for couples.
When getting a brand-new mattress, most people want to know whether they’ll feel like they’re sinking “into” the it or lying “on top” of it.
Even though you may encounter some immediate sinkage in the soft foam at the top, by the time you sink through these layers, you are going to hit the individually-wrapped coils and find great support. This combination will appeal to a vast range of individuals, but will suit stomach and back sleepers in particular.
While I do feel the foam collapse as I sit near the edge of the bed, the individually-wrapped coils prevent the mattress from collapsing too much beyond that. I feel quite secured seated on the mattress.
In my opinion, Helix mattresses perform above average when it comes to edge support in comparison to other bed-in-a-box brands, which is because of their recently updated edges containing reinforcement in the coil system. There can be some compression in the comfort foams when you sit with all your weight on the side, but laying on the side will feel comfy and safe. Partners who want more space to stretch out normally love stronger edges.
Laying down, I feel like I could get near the edge of the bed without feeling like I will roll over or be ejected from the bed. Overall, I believe the Helix has great edge support.
One of the best features of purchasing a mattress-in-a-box online is the sleep trials they usually come with. Helix Mattress is not any different. You customize the mattress that’s made for you, place your order, and in 2 weeks, it is sent to your home. From the minute you click to order the mattress, you have 100 nights to test it out (minus the time for delivery, so it’s more like 90 nights). If it is not what you wanted, you can return it free, and receive a complete refund.
Helix Sleep offers an awesome 10-year guarantee that covers defects, but it comes with some limitations, exceptions, while the burden of proof is on the customer (like most warranties). Of course, you should be the original owner of the mattress to use the guarantee, and you will need to be sure that you keep your receipt as proof of purchase.
Provided that you follow all of Helix’s expectations for use, your warranty is valid. That means you will need to have a suitable base (no adjustable bed frames or slats over 4″ apart) and that you don’t use the mattress improperly – no jumping on it!
If your mattress begins to have an indentation of 1″ or longer, something that typically happens when low-density foams break down, you could qualify for a replacement or repair of your mattress.
If you’re certain that a Helix mattress is ideal for you, you can find the pricing and size information beneath. However, please bear in mind that these prices reflect standard pricing, and doesn’t include my special discount. Click here to receive my special discount and get up to $125 off your Helix today.
For routine cleanup, it’s suggested to use cold water with gentle dish soap to clean any stains or dirt. Be sure that you clean using gentle circular movements, instead of rubbing.
The features of this mattress were thoughtfully constructed to deliver choices whether you were looking for a mattress that stays cool all night, if you needed one to support your shape with a thick comfort system, or both! The coil unit should provide great edge support and motion transfer is minimal with their individually-wrapped build.
I hope that I’ve given you some notion of what the typical customer can expect from the Helix, but it does provide an impressive range of customization with an option for literally every specific need or desire. Your next best sleep may just be a short online quiz away.

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text: Finally, my choice has fallen on HP c8180. At this moment, openprinting.org, the source for Linux printer support information, does not list this model (it’s quite new). But having configured it as “HP C8100 series” in Ubuntu 9.10, both printing and scanning work just fine right out of the box without any additional installations or configurations.


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Apr. 24, 2018 - As companies introduce connected technologies into the workplace and on the jobsite, they increase the risk of cyber attacks.
Apr. 10, 2018 - The CF Shops at Don Mills is a high-end, open air shopping centre that invites patrons outside to enjoy their shops, restaurants and services while taking in their ambient surroundings. To further the experience, Don Mills needed signage with brightly visible, backlit graphics to provide wayfinding and parking space information that would extend from daytime to nighttime.
I heard an interesting statistic the other day on Fareed Zakaria’s excellent international affairs show on CNN. Between 2013 and 2016, income for the lowest 20 per cent of Canada’s wage earners increased 20 per cent. In the U.S., incomes for their lowest 20 per cent fell 16 per cent over the same period.
Mar. 1, 2018 - Innovative architectural and structural design in taller and larger mass timber buildings headlined the 2018 Wood Design Awards event at the Vancouver Convention Centre (West) this evening. The 14th annual event, organized and hosted by Wood WORKS! BC, honoured excellence in wood building and design, and recognized leadership and innovation in wood use. Nearly 500 guests attended this year's celebration of wood, including distinguished building and design professionals, owners, local and provincial government representatives, industry sponsors and guests.
Feb. 20, 2018 - EllisDon is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Chaplin to the role of Vice-President of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE).
As we kick off the new year I’m excited to begin this column. The window industry is changing and we are seeing unprecedented pressure to manufacture better windows with lower U-values. However, along with this pressure there are many opportunities. At the WinDoor show held in November at the International Centre in Mississauga there were many great presentations regarding the trends in our industry.
Feb. 5, 2018 - The Marvin Family of Brands invites architects in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Israel to submit their work to the annual Marvin Architects Challenge, which honors outstanding residential and commercial design projects that demonstrate creativity and ingenuity. Architects can submit their entries to marvin.com/ArchitectsChallenge, which will be evaluated by an independent panel of esteemed architects, including Matt Kreilich, AIA, Takashi Yanai, FAIA and Jane Frederick, FAIA, ASID for a chance at national recognition and other rewards.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 18, 2014) — Top student of the Charlestown Secondary School (CSS) Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) Valedictorian Ochanta Parris expressed gratitude to teachers for her accomplishments and that of her fellow graduands when she delivered the valedictory speech at her class graduation on November 12, 2014.
Parris also spoke of the pride she felt.
“Achieving the first certificate in the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence examination for CSS is indeed an accomplishment for us. I was literally forced by my teachers to do Spanish. It was with much fear I made the decision to forge ahead. Now I have no regrets. I understand that our teachers had faith in us. A working faith that caused them not only to believe in us but help us to do the work necessary for us to return successful results. To them we say thank you,” she said.
Parris also thanked their parents and their School Principal Edson Elliott.
“It is truly our day. We can do what we want to do. This is our time. We can use it anyway we want to. This is our life and we are responsible for every action. This is our day, our time, and our life. I hope we all choose to use our life and our time wisely,” she said.


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Celebrating their third year as a group, NU’EST has put out the single I’m Bad a commemoration. About a man that realizes that he’s done wrong by the woman he ended things with and is eager to get her back, the track is a little more lighthearted in its production than you might expect from some of the lyrics and the visual’s imagery. In fact, the effect is so jarring that I though I was watching a fanmade video after a while.
Member Baekho isn’t on this track due to him still recovering from his vocal cord polyps surgery. He is, however, on the single’s second track, A Scene Without You. The single will have a limited edition physical release on March 15.
pop!gasa is responsible for the lyrics.
Should I say I’m sorry right now?
Should I run to you and say I love you?
If I do this, will you call me crazy?
Should I just call you tomorrow morning?


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Brandy makes life simple for our members by managing the Agency Bill Accounting side of the business.
Tasha reviews each and every Direct Bill Statement each month ensuring that there are no problems and that all things direct bill run smoothly in our member agencies.
Lisa handles all of our new agent and agency onboarding.
Devin has been with Agents Alliance for almost 4 years now. She recently moved off the receptionist desk and now does Account Current Reconciliation full time.
Andrea sarted out as receptionist, but moved to Direct Bill Reconciliation almost 2 years ago. In addition to Direct Bill, Andrea also handles MVR fees every month.
Nic processes all the mail, phone calls, and emails for both Agents Alliance Services and Ramey and King Agency.


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This practicum and seminar based course offers in-depth advanced dental therapy experiences providing primary and preventive oral health care services to a special needs patient population of the oral health care practitioner student's choosing. Emphasis will be placed on providing primary and preventive oral health care dental services under the guidance of a dentist preceptor to one of the following underserved populations: pediatric; geriatric; medically; mentally; or psychologically compromised patients; financially and/or motivationally impaired patients. Competent, professional dental treatment requiring considerations outside of routine patient methodology and comprehensive management of patient-centered dental problems within the context of advanced dental therapy practice is the course focus.
Provide, administer, and dispense medications appropriate to dental therapy/advanced dental therapy practice and patients dental need(s) while under supervision of a dentist.
Recognize physical and mental health conditions that can affect the delivery of oral healthcare and modify treatment to achieve successful outcomes.
Self-evaluate the dental therapy/advanced dental therapy care provided to special needs patients.
Understand and prevent barriers that may affect the special needs patient accessing oral health care provided by dental therapists/advanced dental therapists.
Deliver and manage comprehensive oral health care within the dental therapy/advanced dental therapy scope of practice and by appropriate referrals to collaborative management dentists and other professionals.
Demonstrate compassion and respect in all communication with patients.
Demonstrate professionalism and ethical judgment and behavior while providing patient care and associated activities.
Demonstrate willingness for self-improvement of dental therapy/advanced dental therapy care provided to special needs patients.
Gather data; analyze and assess the data, determine a prognosis and treatment plan, specific to the patient's needs with authorization from a collaborative management agreement dentist.
Identify and implement modifications to treatment planning and delivery of oral healthcare that may be necessary special needs patient.
Identify and manage preventive oral health strategies and procedures for special needs patients.
Maintain accurate, ethical and legal records of all patient encounters.
Partner with special needs patients and caregivers to enhance informed decision-making and the delivery of oral healthcare.
Prevent, identify and manage dental emergencies.
Prevent, identify, and provide initial treatment and management for medical emergencies that may occur in the dental setting.
Provide dental therapy/advanced dental therapy oral healthcare in a culturally competent manner.


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I came across an article recently that best describes my personality.
It is difficult to try to explain to anyone but I thought some of you who has been a regular reader of this space might wanna know a little more about me. Since I do not have a platform to converse and in a matter of fact I really do not feel like (apologies).
I'm really thankful for everyone that has been supporting this space, this is (me).


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Is it your passion to glorify God, make disciples, heal the broken hearted, reach the lost, and advance Christ’s kingdom in all areas of life: marriage, family, business, education, media, arts, social & civil services? If so, it is our desire to empower you to do just that. We would like to extend an enthusiastic invitation to you to attend our CORE Family Group Impact Weekend on Friday and Saturday, February 15-16.
Our team of speakers (Tim Johns – Jesus Tribes, Michael Sullivant – CEO The Life Model, Steve Wilson – Founding Pastor Dayspring Church) will be sharing the essentials for this next era in the Kingdom of God, such as family as a key to building His Kingdom, knowing and dealing with 6 negative emotions, and Holy Spirit encounters in family meetings, and others. We are experiencing a present day outpouring the New Wine of the Holy Spirit into the New Wineskin of the Trinity – loving Family. God is raising up families-of-church-families that incarnate the love of Jesus for God, one another, and to our unbelieving neighbors. Come learn with us ways of walking out spiritual family through teaching, activations, and impartations.
Michael Sullivant was converted to Christ in 1973 at the age of eighteen. He entered the ministry while a university student in the midst of a spiritual awakening on his campus. Since then, he has been involved in church planting, pastoral/prophetic leadership and leader development.
In 1987, Michael relocated to Kansas City, MO and served in senior pastoral leadership at Metro Christian Fellowship. He currently serves in multiple areas of ministry. Michael and his wife, Terri, are co-founders of Radius—an equipping/consultative ministry. In the last few years, Michael has been equipping the Body of Christ by bringing greater hope, joy and reformation to many movement leaders and movements that touch the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Michael frequently ministers throughout the U.S. and internationally seeking to inform and inspire spiritual renewal, team ministry, healthy church life, discipleship and evangelism. In 2014, Terri and Michael also founded New Hope Community, a network of Jesus followers based in Kansas City.
His frequent coaching of ministers focuses on spiritual formation, building greater hope and joy and forming healthy leadership teams and spiritual communities. Michael & Terri are the interim Senior Pastors of the Rock Family KC church.
Steve and Sally celebrate more than 48 years of ministry together. After pastoring a small Baptist church in Texas, they served for seven years as missionaries in Kenya, where they began to see a powerful move of God. After that, they spent eleven years in England, where they pastored, planted churches, and worked with an apostolic team.
They returned to the States in obedience to a word from the Lord that revival was coming and in 1995, Steve and Sally planted Dayspring in Springfield, Missouri, a church, which serves as their ministry base.
Over the last few years Steve and Sally have witnessed a dramatic increase in the miraculous and they are committed to seeing the miraculous restored to the gospel message. They now lead teams into the nations, equipping and activating the church to live a naturally supernatural lifestyle as they watch the power of God change lives.
Steve and Sally both serve on the leadership teams of International Christian Leadership Connections (ICLC), a relational network of churches. And they also serve as members of the advisory board for the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening.


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When IBASE Technology Inc. was tasked with creating a new kind of bedside terminal for use in hospital patient care, the result was a pure-purpose machine used for patient information and video-on-demand that could replace a variety of other hospital systems. And while this application was great for budget-limited hospital situations, we knew we were onto something big.
So we worked from that lower-budget starting point and created a new device with uses ranging from hospital staff medical file access to patient infotainment. The result is a multi-touch bedside terminal, called the BST-1850, which is currently in use in three hospitals in Japan and Spain with more than 1000 units sold.
The bedside information terminal is practical and powerful. We built it atop the 1.6 GHz, AMD G-Series T56N Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) to give the terminal both processing and graphics muscle so that it can handle myriad uses and applications—from patients who want to do online gaming to physicians wanting to examine a video replay or 3D scenography. The AMD CPU had better thermal performance than competing solutions we looked at, and it offered the correct price/performance we needed for this application.
One of the most important considerations for us in developing the BST-1850 was that it had to serve two equally important constituencies.
For patients, the BST-1850 is a device they can use for watching television and movies, surfing the Internet, gaming, placing orders at the hospital shop, making phone calls, choosing meals, accessing email, paying their hospital bill and viewing hospital information such as facilities guides.
The medical staff puts the device to use in other ways, including accessing it as a portal to the patient’s electronic health records, for instance, or monitoring vital signs. They also use it as an input and review device for the treatment regimen. The system can be set up so it will alert staff to a patient’s specialized dietary needs quickly, so they can review orders from the physician, and more. The goal is that the BST-1850 will lessen the burden on doctors and nurses.
Because it’s used for viewing all kinds of information, the system includes a projective, capacitive multifunctional, slim, LCD (16:9) 18.5” touch screen (1366 x 768) with a front panel ingress protection (IP) rating of IP65. The unit operates on a 12 VDC power supply, and weighs in at just under 10 pounds for the monitor and about 5.5 pounds for the main body. It has built-in cellphone-level functionality, as well as a 16 Gbyte solid-state drive (SSD) and 2 Gbyte DDR3-1066 memory.
We created the BST-1850 to support a variety of input/output modules. A 1.3 megapixel Web camera, 2W + 2W speakers, IC card readers, 2D barcode readers and RFID are all standard input/output devices. Interfaces include Bluetooth, IEEE802.11 n b/g standard wireless LAN, two LAN interfaces, four USB 2.0s (two on the main body and two on the terminal), two SATA 2.0 interfaces, as well as audio in (1 port) and audio out (2 ports). It operates between 32° and 104°F, and can be stored in temperatures ranging from -4° to 176°F. The unit can withstand humidity of between 10% and 90% at 104°F.
We also designed the BST-1850 with local area network and wireless connectivity support, so there can be two-way transfer of real-time information between the terminal and the nursing station or other areas of the hospital. The physical integration between the terminal and the hospital’s existing medical software typically is handled by the hospital’s service provider or IT staff.
The system is expandable for options such as fingerprint scanners, IP phones or other peripherals, depending on the customer’s needs. For instance, a built-in Webcam (with privacy shutter) can facilitate physician joint consultation via Skype between different divisions in hospitals or small clinics or with the patient’s family members.
Because it conducts so many types of functions, we view the BST-1850 (with its various expandable options) as a replacement for nearly a dozen other systems one might typically see in a hospital setting: IC card readers used for accessing patient information and through which nurses and doctors log in and check in; barcode readers, used for accessing patient information; fingerprint authenticators, used for security and identification purposes for accessing patient information; medical touch panels; patient bedside record keeping devices; cameras with network connectivity for bedside real-time monitoring; emergency handsets for call communications; emergency call buttons; television displays; stereo speakers; and microphones for hands-free communication.
Future features we are considering include having voice noise cancellation with stereo Bluetooth, and voice control and wireless entertainment capabilities for patients who are physically unable to handle the standard control system.
The design of the unit is also one of its greatest differentiators. Unlike other medical bedside terminals, the BST-1850 is not an all-in-one design. The bedside terminal with its 10-point multi-touch panel can be placed on a table or in a cantilever position on a swivel arm. The unit’s separate control box is secured to the wall, which allows us to keep the bedside unit small while also keeping any residual heat from the unit away from the patient—significantly reducing potential patient injury—since the terminal generates almost no heat. The screen and wall units are connected via a customized cable that can convey low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS), USB, power and control signals.
The unique design also limits the weight of the unit; the display terminal is at least twice as light as all-in-one systems, making it easier to move around or carry. With malfunctioning medical devices considered “one of the leading causes of serious injury and death in the U.S. between 2006 and 2011, and with 23% of the recalls reported due to computer-related failures,” according to an article in IEEE Security & Privacy, “Analysis of Safety-Critical Computer Failures in Medical Devices,” we believe having the system divided into two separate pieces makes sense.
The unit secured to the wall handles the processing power and is less prone to failure because it is not being jostled or carried around, and it better protects the hardware. And, more importantly, as noted in the same report, with approximately 94 percent of computer-related failures presenting “medium to high risk of severe health consequences (such as serious injury or death) to patients,” it also makes sense from the patient health perspective. Additionally, the unit was designed to meet the UL-60601-1 safety regulations.
While it is designed for bedside nursing care, the BST-1850 also has applications in clinics, for instance, where it can be used for designated applications such as patient screenings.
Because safety is paramount in the medical field, we designed the bedside medial information terminal to meet the exacting safety requirements of a healthcare setting. For instance, the system’s touch screen is made to be easily disinfected and cleaned to keep it medically sterile. The plastics used in building the system are certified anti-bacterial and dust-proof, as well as chemical and alcohol wipe resistant. For privacy considerations, the webcam includes a mechanical shutter the patient can close for privacy. The camera can be disabled altogether as well.
The approximate overall dimensions of the terminal are 18” x 14” x 1.4”, while the main body is about 5” x 12” x 2.4”.
IBASE is committed to delivering innovative, practical and dependable solutions for an ever-evolving industrial computing landscape. For more information, please visit http://www.ibase-usa.com.
*Source: IEEE Security & Privacy, “Analysis of Safety-Critical Computer Failures in Medical Devices,” July-Aug, 2013 (Vol. 11. No. 4), by Homa Alemzadeh et al.


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Every year, New Orleans parties like no other. The most well-known blowout in Crescent City is undoubtedly Mardi Gras, what if you’re visiting when Mardi Gras has passed?
There are tons of other social gatherings at any given time in this congenial city. Dozens of annual celebrations and galas honor a love of the city’s rich culture, history, food, and music. Nobody does festivals quite like New Orleans. Here are the top six most exciting festivals in New Orleans.
Since 1984, the French Quarter Festival has been a celebration of the most lively neighborhood in NOLA. The now famous French Quarter Festival was once celebrated by locals but the festival has drawn so much attention to itself that tourists have caught on. The festival honors the city’s most prized music and food.
Musicians are set up in nearly every corner of the French Quarter, from Bourbon Street and beyond, with 23 stages for local bands to play live music. Music of all genres can be heard, including New Orleans jazz, Latin, funk, zydeco, swing, rock, and more.
Some of the city’s finest restaurants set up booths in Jackson Square. More than 60 booths of food and drink will be set up throughout the French Quarter for hungry festival-goers. There are plenty of activities like photo booths, book giveaways, and crawfish eating contests.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival celebrates the history of jazz music in its birthplace, New Orleans. Visitors of the music festival can not only expect to hear some of the best jazz musicians, but also many other genres of music like gospel, R&B, and rock. The many types of performers make this festival appealing to music lovers of all sorts. It’s no doubt that music is the primary lure of this festival, but there is much more to experience.
The fairgrounds are filled with food vendors that offer hundreds of types of food including traditional Cajun and Creole favorites. There are two cooking stages at the festival that offer typical New Orleans fare like po-boys, fish tacos, and an assortment of crawfish dishes. Along with dynamic music and appetizing bites, creative arts and crafts vendors display unique cultural art, paintings, photographs, jewelry, and more.
Oyster Fest is held in Woldenberg Park annually. Every year, local and visiting foodies come to experience the “Oyster Capital of America” and watch professionals execute oyster shucking and cooking demonstrations. Visitors get the chance to enjoy local Louisiana Gulf oysters and learn about how they can contribute to raising money for coastal restoration in Louisiana.
There are two stages, one for musical talents and one for the cooking demonstrations. Aside from cuisine, the all-day affair presents live music from several local bands, arts and crafts vendors, and exciting contests. The oyster shucking and oyster eating contests provide the crowd with plenty of amusement.
Country music lovers will appreciate the Bayou Country Superfest that has been held every year on Memorial Day weekend since 2010. This huge country concert has hosted some of the biggest country stars like Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Miranda Lambert.
The past two Bayou Country Superfest concerts have held a free outdoor kickoff celebration before the weekend begins. There are different ticket packages available to fit a range of budgets. VIP packages include exclusive access tickets, a parking pass, access to a luxurious club, and other benefits like private buffet dinners and massages. The ticket packages and musical lineup have not been announced for 2019 yet, but check their site for the latest details.
The French Market Creole Tomato Festival welcomes tomato season every June by honoring Creole cuisine and one of its most significant features: tomatoes. This festival celebrates traditional Louisiana cuisine, local ingredients, and dedicated farmers that provide the city’s freshest ingredients for the delicious native fare.
The tomato-centric celebration provides festival goers with cool attractions like auctioning off the season’s first tomato crops to resident chefs, tomato eating contests, and a Bloody Mary Market.
There are several music stages that offer guests a fun atmosphere, along with cooking demonstrations and free recipe handouts. Food vendors provide some of the best tomato dishes like fried green tomatoes, tomato crepes, Creole tomato and shrimp salad, and tons more.
Southern Decadence, also known as a Gay Pride Mardi Gras, is celebrating its 48th anniversary in 2019. The Southern Decadence Festival honors the LGBTQ+ community and the music and culture of New Orleans. The culture of NOLA is open-minded, accepting, and diverse and Southern Decadence is a tribute to these principles.
The festival, held in the French Quarter, includes many events including drag shows, block parties, and bead tossing. Many bars hold events or themed parties during the festival. Festival attendees indulge in the pride and merriment of the occasion with brightly colored clothing, flags, and signage to showcase their self-love and spread awareness. Southern Decadence is one of the most recognized gay pride celebrations in the country.
Book your stay for any of these festivals in this two-bedroom, two-bathroom Domio vacation rental. Located in the Central Business District, it is centralized to all that the city offers and close to downtown and the French Quarter, where most of the festival action happens.
The spacious layout of the apartment allows up to six guests. The apartment is within walking distance to the Mississippi River, restaurants, and more. Modern, comfortable furnishings, chic style, and homey amenities make this a cozy place to stay for a group of festival-loving friends.


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This is at least the 3rd time (past topics: here (https://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=44627.msg528759#msg528759)and here (https://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=44058.msg524986#msg524986)) I post about interface alignment and I never got an answer or devs haven't shown that this is a real issue.
Looks like the big text alignment is fixed, which is good because I've posted about this in 2014 (https://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=43711.msg521911#msg521911).
PS: SPLIT THE ELEMENTS (https://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=44627.msg528759#msg528759), PLEASE.

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A bit on waiting in a prepared way.
Jesus tells stories and offers explanations and provides examples so that his followers have his way to interpret things and don’t have to use their own ways or other people’s ways.
Jesus often talks about the Kingdom because it’s his kingdom and he doesn’t want us to get it confused with our kingdoms.
In a story in Matthew 25, Jesus says imagine that there are 10 young women, signed up to help with a wedding celebration. When the groom came to meet the bride at her father’s house and take her to his house for a celebration, they were simply to be present and to celebrate. All of these young women fell asleep because it got so late. In fact, it was midnight when the call came.
Half the young women had anticipated that it could take a long time. They brought oil to refill the lamps. The other half thought things would happen quickly. They didn’t bring any extra oil.
We can try to fill in all kinds of details that Jesus doesn’t. But Jesus is telling the story to help people understand that the kingdom IS coming and that the coming IS unpredictable, and that our opportunity and responsibility are to be ready. The waiting is PART of being in the Kingdom. And it is a hard part.
Most people at some point care about something.
We are committed. We care. We belong.
But things that matter take time.
Or they have their own timing.
The caring is hard to make last.
Because the adrenaline runs out.
The distractions inside and outside our heads are constant.
Our caring and commitment disappear.
And when the important moment actually comes, many of us are caught by surprise.
And we miss, irretrievably, an opportunity, an event, a possibility.
The answer is not more adrenaline. The answer, Jesus suggests, is more oil. Live faithful, not frantic.
The answer, Jesus suggests, is living in a way that knows that things aren’t going to happen in our control, in our timing, in our understanding. To prepare, we can live. That’s what the oil is, I think, taken from the two stories after this. One is about offering our lives back to God, and the other about looking for Jesus in hospital beds and homeless shelters, lonely faces and empty stomachs, hurting hearts and chaotic minds.
And if we fall asleep, as we fall asleep, we know that we’ve done what we could.


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Omantel, the first provider of integrated telecommunications services in the sultanate, recently held its annual gathering attended by over 200 dealers, to honour its partners and reward them for their continued support. The gathering served as a platform for attendees to discuss key learnings, concerns, as well as ways to collaborate with Omantel to ensure the best results.
Omantel also presented its latest promotions to the partners; these included the ‘Hayyak your way’, Marhaba World and ‘1 Million Prizes Scratch & Win’ offers and the latest starter kit promotion. Omantel’s new ‘Hayyakum Programme’ and Dealers Incentive Scheme was also highlighted, and 50 dealers were honoured for best performance and were awarded with gifts and prizes.
The business meet is conducted annually to build relationships with Omantel’s dealers and partners and highlight their efforts in promoting Omantel’s innovative products and services.
As the demand for mobile and fixed broadband services continues to rise across the sultanate, Omantel is investing heavily in network expansion and modernisation. Guided by the Omantel 3.0 transformation strategy, the company continues to innovate, streamline and revolutionise its digital smart home and business services.
Positioned as the digital partner of choice in the consumer arena as well as for public and private sector businesses, Omantel is enabling the digital society to flourish and grow across all sectors in the sultanate.


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Phil Gons | Thu, December 13, 2007 | Misc.
You’ve probably learned by now from our posts about Chili Cook-Offs (2007, 2006), Curry Cook-Offs (2007, 2006), Soup Cook-Offs (2006, 2005), Salsa Cook-Offs (2006), Bake-Offs (2006), and Thanksgiving Dinners (2007, 2006) that we like to eat! This is just one of the many reasons that working here is so much fun!
Last Friday we had the 2007 Logos Bake-Off. There were 12 entrants and lots of hungry judges! Here they are in action.
While everything was delicious, four desserts rose to the top.
We also have one recipe to share. While it’s not one that placed, it’s still sure to please.
Preheat oven to 375° (190 Celsius).
Cream butter and sugars (granulated and brown) in large mixing bowl.
Mix in flour, baking soda, salt, milk and vanilla.
Roll dough by hand into ½ inch balls.
Roll dough balls in additional granulated sugar.
Remove from oven, press a chocolate star into the middle of each cookie.
Bake for another 3–4 minutes.
Recipe yields approximately 5 dozen cookies.
Should the 1st 1/2 cup of butter be peanut butter?
I verified that the it should have been 1/2 of peanut butter instead and have corrected it. Thanks for catching this, John!

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Accurate measurements of the damages caused by Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) infringement are difficult at best. Recently, RAND released a study assessing past measurements of IPR infringement, and offering multiple insights into the causes behind IP theft, and ways in which companies can become better at measuring their own losses.
Methodologies to measure IPR infringement include surveys of producers and suppliers, econometric models, and mystery shopping. The RAND methodology examines the relationship between a firm’s sales forecast errors to country-level indicators (such as rule of law, international tourism, and internet access) to estimate what portion of an unexplained forecast error comes from counterfeits.
While this new methodology adds valuable information to the advancement of accurate measurements of IPR damages, it will no doubt generate a good deal of debate on how close it gets to the exact monetary amount lost due to IP theft. Further work on obtaining a more precise picture of the costs of IPR infringement is important because it can provide businesses with important data to advocate for stronger enforcement, inspire cooperation among organizations that are impacted and motivate the sharing of best practices across industries to protect IPRs.

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This intensive, 2-day workshop co-hosted by Cochrane Eyes and Vision U.S. Satellite and the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) will guide participants through steps of developing a systematic review using the latest Cochrane methodology. It will offer lectures and hands-on sessions, providing plenty of opportunities to apply the methods and interact with the faculty. The workshop will be led by a team who has extensive expertise in conducting systematic reviews and in leading the development of methods to improve systematic reviews. Cochrane Eyes and Vision review authors who have a registered title, protocol, or review in The Cochrane Library are highly encouraged to attend. Thank you to our sponsors, the National Eye Institute (UG 1 EY020522) and the Stanford Division of Epidemiology!
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Home»NFL Week 14 Betting Props: Can Mariota Keep it Rolling?
NFL Week 14 Betting Props: Can Mariota Keep it Rolling?
It’s looking like Tennessee may have picked something special with their No. 2 pick in the 2015 NFL entry draft as Marcus Mariota has so far proved wrong the doubters who gave the Titans a C- for taking him where they did. The Heisman winner has emerged as a budding superstar in his sophomore season and has already accumulated 2998 yards and 25 touchdowns while keeping his mistakes to a minimum.
The Hawaii native has the fifth-highest passer rating in the league and has thrown two or more touchdowns in eight straight games. The latter stat is important to note because Bovada has a prop up this week for whether the stud second-year quarterback will continue that streak of two-touchdown games.
Very good timing for the books on this one as the Titans are – conveniently enough – matched up against the Denver Broncos and their league-best pass defense in Week 14. The combination of Aqib Talib, Chris Harris Jr., T.J. Ward and that incredible pass rush has resulted in the Broncos giving up just 10 touchdowns through the air this season.
Mariota’s performances the last few weeks have come against some very suspect defenses and I have serious doubts he’s going to be able to replicate what he’s been doing against these Broncos, who have allowed only two quarterbacks – Philip Rivers and Drew Brees – to throw multiple touchdowns on them in a game this year.
The last time the Titans signal-caller went up against a top-10 pass defense was actually the last time he failed to throw two TDs in a game. This was all the way back in Week 4 in a 27-20 loss to the Houston Texans in which the 23-year-old completed just 44.8 percent of his passes and was picked off once.
There is definitely a precedent here and you may want to take advantage – this feels like free money.
If you agree and you like betting on other people’s failure, you can grab the no option on this prop at a very tolerable +110 price.
Will Marcus Mariota throw two or more touchdowns in Week 14?

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Facebook seeks an Executive Communications Manager to support communications efforts for the Vice President, Global Marketing Solutions, North America.
The ideal candidate will have a diverse portfolio of written material that underscores their ability to convey complicated or nuanced topics in simple but elegant prose for a variety of audiences. This candidate should be skilled at visualizing the written communications and working with the creative services team to bring narratives to life. This candidate also demonstrates a strong understanding of the global marketing landscape, with a focus on advertising. This includes understanding the tech industry and the role that Facebook plays within this community. This individual excels at working collaboratively with executives and colleagues alike and consistently delivers high-quality work even under extreme time constraints.


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Striking a similar theme to a Christian Science Monitor article, Jenn Abelson reports in the Boston Globe about employers, such as CVS, Borders, and Home Depot, that fear labor shortages as baby boomers age and allow workers to transfer to stores in warmer regions during winter. While the snowbird perk is usually available to all employees, it is mainly aimed at older workers. In fact, she reports that CVS has specifically "tried to attract older workers by tapping into senior centers to recruit staff and accommodating employees who have time-shares and second homes."
In addition, to the two-location workers, Ableson notes that employers, such as Bright Horizons, that are already used to offering flexible work environments for employees with young families are finding that older workers are now desiring them, too. Over the past five years, the number of Bright Horizons workers age 55 years and older jumped 81% to 1,054 from 583,and the company says it's willing to accommodate people, even if they want to work from home in warmer locations. Hoffer Serpa, a Bright Horizons spokeswoman, is quoted as saying: "There's a shift that recognized the fact that people without children have their own desires and needs for flexibility, whether it's caring for older parents or changing the place they live....It's easier to retain people than train people and so we want to help support people in every part of their life."


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Sexual violence, or sexual assault/abuse, refers to any type of unwanted sexual contact – including pressuring someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do or don’t consent to. It can also refer to behavior that impacts a person’s ability to control their sexual activity or the circumstances in which sexual activity occurs, like restricting access to birth control and condoms, or sexual activity with someone who is very drunk, drugged, or unconscious.
It’s important to remember that no matter the circumstance, sexual violence is never the victim’s fault. Everyone has the right to decide what they do or don’t want to do sexually.


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Jackrabbit - Transmits the transaction (ePayment) to the payment gateway and receives approval or decline from the gateway. Jackrabbit is not involved in the approval/decline process.
Payment Gateway - Accepts transaction in ‘bunny’ language, translates to ‘bank’ language and forwards to merchant services provider/merchant processor.
Merchant Services Provider - Coordinates the processing of the transaction between the customer’s card issuing bank and the merchant’s bank account; does the approval/decline.
Jackrabbit - When an ePayment is initiated in Jackrabbit, it is immediately sent to the gateway; there is no ‘batching out’ process like there is for many stand-alone processing terminals. Transactions are stamped with the date the transaction was initiated (as per time/date settings in your Jackrabbit database) and are reported on in Jackrabbit based on that date.
Payment Gateway - Transactions are received in the gateway and held until your settlement cut-off time. At that time they are batched and submitted to the merchant processor for settlement. KNOW YOUR SETTLEMENT TIME. This is when the “train is leaving the station” and if you miss it, you will have to catch the next one (which won’t be until tomorrow). If your settlement time is set to 8:00pm (the default setup for most providers), all ePayments processed in your database between 8:01pm – 11:59pm will not be batched out until the following day. What this means is that Jackrabbit's Deposit Slip will show that you received the money on 12/31/15 (for example) but your gateway settlement reports will show that money with a settlement date of 1/1/16. This can create havoc when attempting to reconcile.
It is recommended to adjust the settlement time in your virtual terminal/online gateway account access to as late in the day as possible: most gateway providers will not allow a cutoff time later than 11:30pm. See Set a Settlement Schedule for your Gateway.
Merchant Services Provider - Transactions are also batched out from the merchant processor. Each processor has their own default settlement times. Contact them to inquire as to what their time is.
Deposit Slip Report - Provides a list of payments (credits) received in the designated time frame sorted by payment method.
Advanced Transaction Search - With the search criteria Credits Only click on the ePmt column to separate payments submitted to the gateway (ePayments will have a symbol for approved or declined) from non ePayments such as checks, cash, or a credit card payment processed through a stand-alone terminal (not through Jackrabbit).
If you also process credit cards outside of Jackrabbit create a Payment Method drop-down, for example Visa-nonJR, and use that when recording those payments. This way those payments will be distinguishable from the ePayments you processed in Jackrabbit which is very helpful when trying to reconcile.
Ensure that you are setup with a monthly billing structure for your merchant processing fees. With this method, all fees are taken at the end of the month and the daily deposits to your account will match your Jackrabbit/gateway reports.
Always follow up on bank draft/ACH payments in your bank account; some banks will send out returned item notifications but many do not.


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All types of credit, from good to bad, can qualify for an auto loan. No credit, no problem! We will work with you to secure a no credit car loan if your situation demands it. Luther Brookdale Toyota has strong relationships and is committed to finding you the perfect car loan company to suit your car finance needs.