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Walmart believes that all people deserve safe, healthy working conditions that are free from coercion. Though we are one actor among many, we recognize these risks and the importance of multistakeholder efforts to improve conditions for workers in the global supply chain. Through our Responsible Sourcing program and collaborative initiatives, we’re working to promote dignity and respect for the men and women who make the products we sell. We are also working with other companies, governments and nonprofit organizations to help improve working conditions and employment opportunities for workers around the world, beyond those who work for our suppliers.
Promoting worker dignity not only benefits the workers, their families and communities, it also strengthens our business. When workers have what they need, product supplies remain more stable, and quality is often improved. In addition, we know that our customers want products that are sustainable not only for the environment, but also for the people who make them.
Walmart values the men and women who produce the products our customers want. We expect our suppliers and their facility managers to provide workers with safe and healthy employment conditions and are working with them as well as other stakeholders to enable them to do so.
We consider the well-being of workers across our supply chain to be a high priority. Our Standards for Suppliers make clear our fundamental expectations regarding—among other things—the treatment and safety of workers. Walmart’s Standards for Suppliers are available on our website. We expect our suppliers and their facilities to comply with these standards. We also want facility workers themselves to know our expectations of suppliers and facility management and to report instances of noncompliance. Walmart uses these reports to inform potential investigations and auditing decisions.
All facilities within the scope of the Walmart Responsible Sourcing program must be disclosed to us and available for an audit. If we find that a supplier is producing merchandise in, or subcontracting to, an unauthorized facility, that supplier may lose the ability to do business with Walmart.
Auditing the supply chain. In keeping with our efforts to promote transparency and measurement in our operations and in our supply chain, we use detailed social, safety and environmental compliance audits to evaluate the practices of facilities within the scope of Walmart’s Responsible Sourcing program. Audits focus on a variety of areas, including whether workers are properly paid for all hours worked; all labor is voluntary; facilities comply with all child labor laws and standards; working hours are not excessive and are consistent with local laws or regulations; and that facilities meet health and safety standards. Audit results are assigned a color rating based on the type and severity of issues found, and facilities can be re-audited on a schedule based on those ratings. We use these ratings to help make decisions regarding our use of particular suppliers and facilities. Audit results are sent to suppliers using that facility, and it is the suppliers’ responsibility to work with facilities to remediate audit findings.
Taking a risk-based approach to auditing. We allocate more auditing resources to facilities located in countries that pose higher potential risks to worker safety and well-being. Using the Worldwide Governance Indicators from the World Bank, we assess potential risk of noncompliance by considering factors such as government effectiveness, rule of law, control of corruption and government stability. In the future, we may evolve our risk-based approach to include additional factors such as industry- or supplier-specific risks.
Piloting a third-party audit approach. Through a pilot that launched in FY2017, we are exploring the possibility of using selected third-party programs for facility audits instead of requiring a traditional Walmart Responsible Sourcing audit. We are reviewing pilot outcomes and exploring opportunities to expand this approach to our global program, using widely adopted and internationally recognized third-party audit programs. In addition to enhancing the impact of our Responsible Sourcing program, we believe this new approach will help us focus our resources on addressing priority supply-chain risks such as forced labor, underage labor and unsafe working conditions.
For more information about our Responsible Sourcing auditing and audit ratings, please visit Walmart’s corporate website.
Responsible Sourcing Audit Orientation provides new suppliers and facilities with training in social and environmental compliance; fire, chemical and machine safety; dormitory and canteen standards; region-specific trends; and more.
Violation Correction Training addresses common trends related to social and environmental compliance by offering root-cause analysis and methods to address those issues in locally relevant ways, culminating in the development of plans to remedy potential violations.
Orange School Program trains facility managers to identify noncompliance issues and develop a systematic approach to continuous improvement using root-cause analysis methodology and procedures.
Supply Chain Forum invites suppliers and facilities from similar sourcing regions to discuss issues and share best practices.
Training Your Supply Chain Guide provides best practices and tools to help suppliers and facilities through large classroom training sessions as well as informal conversation.
Stronger Together Forced Labor eLearning modules (Global and U.K.-focused) help suppliers understand the nature of forced labor in supply chains and possible indicators and risk factors.
Many of the greatest risks to worker dignity are complex, systemic and industry-wide issues that no single organization can solve. By working with industry stakeholders, nonprofit organizations, governments and others, we are striving to improve transparency, empower workers and create positive change throughout supply chains.
Aligning industry associations around a common approach to responsible labor practices. Walmart jointly chairs the Produce Marketing Association’s Committee on Responsible Labor Practices, which aims to drive industry-wide approaches to managing risks in produce supply chains down to the farm level. In 2014, Walmart joined the Fair Food Program, a partnership of farmworkers, Florida tomato growers and participating retail buyers organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). The Fair Food Program encourages humane working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables on participating farms. By participating in the program, we purchase from suppliers who best reflect the principles of the Fair Food Program.
Strengthening supplier accountability. In 2015, we began assessing the viability of combining tools—such as grower self-assessments, supplier capability assessments and verification audits—to better manage risk at the grower level. We will continue to assess results as we work to understand how best to address potential risks upstream in our supply chain.
Promoting responsible recruitment practices. Walmart believes that the men and women who work in the global supply chain should be recruited and employed responsibly. In FY2017, we joined the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, and we will continue working with other stakeholders to foster progress on responsible recruitment practices in the supply chain. We are also a member of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), which announced a resolution in January 2016 to address forced labor as an industry priority. The CGF brings together more than 400 retailers, manufacturers and service providers in the consumer goods industry to create positive change across the retail industry. Walmart also participates in CGF’s Social Sustainability Committee, which works to drive global collaboration in identifying and tackling key social sustainability issues for the industry.
Developing a training marketplace. Asda, Walmart’s business in the U.K., supports Stronger Together, a multistakeholder initiative aiming to reduce the risk of human trafficking, forced labor and other hidden third-party exploitation of workers in the supply chains of U.K. companies. Stronger Together provides downloadable resources for employers, labor providers, workers and worker representatives.
Promoting compliance with environmental and labor standards. Walmart participates in the Seafood Task Force, an initiative established by a group of seafood processors, feed producers, buyers, retailers, government representatives and nongovernmental organizations working together to address issues surrounding labor conditions and illegal fishing in Thai seafood supply chains. The group’s board of directors includes a representative from Walmart’s Responsible Sourcing organization.
Investing in innovation. In prior years, the Walmart Foundation awarded grants to International Justice Mission (IJM) and Issara Institute to develop a comprehensive set of data, and analytics and innovative tools to assess the nature and prevalence of forced labor and trafficking in the Thai seafood sector. A new $2 million, two-year grant from the Walmart Foundation awarded to IJM in FY2017 is helping IJM to apply casework and criminal analytics to end impunity for traffickers in the Thai fishing industry. IJM will use the award to establish a field office in Bangkok to implement the program. IJM anticipates that cases will be generated from a combination of IJM-initiated investigations and referrals from local civil society and nongovernmental organizations. The Walmart Foundation grant to Issara Institute is helping it to use analytics, technology and collaborations to help reduce the risk of slavery from global supply chains by elevating worker voice though education and access to hotlines.
Investing in tools. The Walmart Foundation awarded $2 million to Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization that works to disrupt human trafficking by equipping key stakeholders and communities with tools to identify, map and eliminate trafficking networks. Polaris is working with Consejo Ciudadano, a Mexican nonprofit organization that operates a crisis hotline, to increase capacity to track and respond to reports of trafficking.
Collaborating within the industry. Walmart is a founding member of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a group of brands and retailers seeking to develop safer working conditions for men and women in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh. According to the Alliance’s third annual report, published in October 2016, it has trained more than 1.2 million factory employees on initial basic fire safety; provided a helpline in more than 800 factories that workers can use to anonymously report safety or other job-related concerns; and provided, together with factory owners, wages for more than 6,600 displaced workers. It has also published the results of factory inspections on its website, along with corrective action plans for factories entering remediation.
Investing in training and engagement. Since FY2014, Walmart contributed $1.6 million to the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Academy in Bangladesh. The purpose of EHS Academy is to provide a local, long-term platform for addressing fire safety challenges in the supply chain through technical training and engagement. Walmart also works with the Better Work Program in several countries. The International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation launched the Better Work Program to improve factory working conditions in the garment sector. Program activities include monitoring factories, training workers and engaging with key stakeholders, including workers, factories, communities and governments.
Health and Safety (EHS) Academy in Bangladesh. The purpose of EHS Academy is to provide a local, long-term platform for addressing fire safety challenges in the supply chain through technical training and engagement. Walmart also works with the Better Work Program in several countries. The International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation launched the Better Work Program to improve factory working conditions in the garment sector. Program activities include monitoring factories, training workers and engaging with key stakeholders, including workers, factories, communities and governments.

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Editor Johnny Mains has scoured anthologies, magazines, and online publications to select the very best horror stories written by British authors, from the insidiously creepy to the outright shocking.
Johnny Mains is a British Fantasy Award-winning editor, author and biographer. He has co-edited two volumes of the critically acclaimed Dead Funny series with Robin Ince, written the introduction for Stephen King’s 30th Anniversary edition of Thinner.
In addition to being signed by editor Johnny Mains, the limited edition hardback features illustrated endpapers by Russell John Morgan, inspired by classic horror movies.
Available as limited edition hardback, paperback, and kindle editions.

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You are identified by your personal data is information like your name, e-mail or postal addresses. Joy Personal Care does not collect any data from you unless the same is provided by you specifically. Your data is stored, used or transferred after your consent only - with respect to your consent & time.
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PNY flash drives are marketed under the Attaché brand. Because just like human attachés represent many different cultures and countries, so does the PNY Attaché come in all styles and colors. The variety is so vast that they’re bound to grow attached to the owner (quite literally) as well as to the closest data embassy near you.
In our second part of PNY Attachés we focus on the Micro. As we know, especially diplomats need to be able to micromanage and that holds true for their electronic counterparts too.
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Lock Change over a period of time from consistent use. Other than attempting to repair the locks yourself, hire a certified locksmithing to help. Our Company takes your safety seriously at your residence and commercial, and we are your preventative forced entry specialists. Facilitating any residential or commercial client in Sahuarita Arizona, with perfect experts you can have Door Security Locks and even Mortise Lock Door services for a minimal lock smith cost. This helps to minimize the amount of stress experienced from how to change a cylinder lock and maximize the convenience associated with hiring a certified lock.
Have you wasted your only set of auto keys, and don't know how to get another? Have you broken-off your ignition key in the lock mechanism, and can't get the other half out? Have you need ignition failure left you stranded in a not so safe part of town? Our company has been offering car lockouts in Sahuarita AZ for many years. We promise to offer you the rapidest, most reliable and perfect locksmith assistance! We know our business services only when clients are truly satisfied! We make it our business to ensure your safety, protection and peace of mind.
We at Locksmith Sahuarita Pro offer our customers services relating to commercial, automotive and residential requirements. The locks we provide are of the highest quality with an added service of helping you out anytime of the day or night. Responding to situations in a time efficient way is what we aim for in customer satisfaction. For residential needs, Locksmith Sahuarita AZ has had many years of experience in padlock removal, re-keying, locks replacement and installation of nearly any type of lock possible. For commercial needs, our trained staff is able to help customers at any time of the day 24-7 in installation and repairing of locks that are used in commercial settings. The product we use comes from manufactured parts of the highest quality and the sales support is ongoing well after our products are purchased.

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Topic: Skyscanner has the best fares!
Re: Skyscanner has the best fares!
I generally get the best airfares when I buy my ticket by the airlines directly.
Cut out the middleman and you pay less. Those websites add hidden extras like beefed up credit card transaction fees and (often non-existing) taxes.
Topic: how much do you spend on menu?
Cajamarca is a very nice place.
A clean and nice hostel would do well in Cajamarca. They are tough to find.
Your money will be less worth after the elections.
As usual prices will go up.
I am thinking of selling my house but my gf told me to wait till after the elections. She thinks that I will get more money for it.
It looks like a nice home.
If I were you, I would knock down that ugly warehouse or whatever it is next door.
His travel insurance should repatriate him home. In the Netherlands, he will get blood immediately and medical care is much better than in Peru.
dupx100 wrote: Sorry for the little aside here, where could I find a nice beef roast in Lima?
At the mercado in Magdalena Del Mar,they sell good meat. And the staff are always helpful and very friendly.
A friend of mine is interested in a car like yours.
What's the lowest price you are prepared to accept?
Save yourself from the hassle.
Sell your stuff in Peru and buy new stuff in the US.
Furniture and other household goods are cheaper in the US.
You'll be bullied by customs and bureaucrcy to the limit.
Topic: Employment agency for expats?
Re: Employment agency for expats?
western world wrote: But none of them are in English.
I need one in English.
I'm in the same boat as those other 2 fellers.
I need a job b/c I'm close to broke.
Why don't you learn Spanish? It will be easier to get a job if you speak Spanish.

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Jan Churchwell assumed responsibility for the Assessor's Office in August, 2014.
Jerome Hoynes, a high school social studies teacher, was elected Township Clerk in 2009 and re-elected in 2013.
Alan Goldberg has been a Township resident for the better part of 63 years and attended Avoca Schools (when Marie Murphy was a person and not a building) and New Trier High School.
View biographies for the Board of Trustees members.

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Should a new social good organization choose a for-profit model or a nonprofit one? This is a question we face each year at my organization, Echoing Green, when we evaluate thousands of business plans from social entrepreneurs seeking start-up capital and support. This year, nearly 50% of those plans proposed using a for-profit model. And when we asked these entrepreneurs why, some of their reasons were just plain bad.
They are not alone. New entrepreneurs are increasingly starting for-profit firms whose primary purpose is social impact. Supporting this trend is a tremendous increase in capital available for “impact investing.” According to a recent JPMorgan/GIIN report, impact investors invested nearly $11 billion across 4,900 deals in 2013, up 250% from 2011.
At Echoing Green, the social impact of our portfolio is our highest priority, so we’re agnostic on which form the organization takes. With the new possibilities for for-profit models (including B Corps, L3Cs, etc.), social entrepreneurs now have more options. This can be a good choice for the right organization but too many entrepreneurs seem to be making the decision for the wrong reasons.
Bad Reason #1: Only for-profits use “business discipline.” It’s easy to scan headlines and see undisciplined for-profit companies (take GM, American Apparel). If “business discipline” means a thoughtful, hard-nosed, numbers-driven, approach to delivering results, businesses such as Teach For America (with a $250M annual operating budget), the multi-billion-dollar-lending BRAC, or even institutions like Harvard University or the Cleveland Clinic are great examples of disciplined nonprofits. Clearly, for-profits don’t have a monopoly on discipline.
Bad Reason #2: Only for-profits can sell a product or service. This is a misunderstanding of corporate law in most countries. Whether your organization is a for-profit or nonprofit doesn’t typically affect your ability to sell products. There are some nuances in China and India, but in most parts of the world, and certainly in the U.S., nonprofits may sell products (Girl Scout cookies!) and for-profits can accept donations. In the 2013 class of Echoing Green Fellows, five of the 12 nonprofits earn revenue, and five of the seven for-profit companies have received donations.
Bad Reason #3: Only for-profits properly compensate employees. Many nonprofit social entrepreneurs earn a good living. And in sectors such as education or healthcare, nonprofit compensation is often at the same level as that of for-profits. But it is true that when nonprofit leaders earn salaries close to for-profit peers they are scrutinized. And it is certainly true that because nonprofits have no share ownership a Facebook-like founder’s payday is not in their future. Commitment to social entrepreneurship may mean lower lifetime earnings. So talk of “proper compensation” may be a signal that a particular entrepreneur is not a good fit for our model, which demands deep commitment to the social purpose.
Bad Reason #4: Only for-profits have a sustainable revenue model. There are usually two intertwined misconceptions here. First, there is the earned income fallacy (see Bad Reason #2). If an earned income model is most sustainable for a particular company, they can pursue it as a nonprofit. The second misconception, however, is that philanthropic revenue is somehow less reliable than earned income. The official statistics show that more than 50% of start-up for-profit businesses fail within the first five years. Earned revenue can be highly variable. And examples such as the United Way or the Catholic Church make it clear that organizations can rely heavily on donations and still be sustainable. In fact, according to the National Philanthropic Trust, when the S&P 500 fell by 45% after the 2007 recession, U.S. charitable giving dipped only 10%.
Bad Reason #5: Nonprofits are “old-fashioned” and only for-profits earn respect in their sectors. While few entrepreneurs express this sentiment directly, we do hear it. Entrepreneurs are deeply influenced by the people around them. In the early years of Echoing Green our applicants had often worked for nonprofits or gone through social justice-oriented law schools. These days our Fellows are more likely than ever to have an MBA. According to a recent survey by AshokaU, for example, 64% of universities that teach about social entrepreneurship do so via their business school, rather than public policy, social work, etc. And it seems that on a business school campus — and, truth be told, in many parents’ living rooms — starting a for-profit business has much more cachet than starting a nonprofit.
Good Reason #1: When local laws require it. While most countries now allow some form of nonprofit corporation, in several places that classification comes with such challenging restrictions (no government protests in China, need parliamentary decree in Lebanon, difficult to raise money abroad in India) that it is not practical. In these cases, the best way to have a deep social impact may be through a for-profit.
Good Reason #2: If equity investment is the best way to get start-up capital. The rise of the impact investor is an important development in the social sector, and no social entrepreneur should leave mission-aligned money on the table. Joel Jackson (a 2011 Echoing Green fellow) launched Mobius Motors as a social purpose car manufacturer to democratize transportation in East Africa. Philanthropic donors were not able to provide the millions of dollars necessary to support design and production, so selling equity to mission-aligned investors made good sense. The trick here is not to lose sight that this will close off some philanthropic doors, and that equity investors will want to influence the business to get their money back.
Good Reason #3: To send a signal to key partners or others about the role of for-profit markets. In some cases an entrepreneur is working to improve for-profit capital markets or with for-profit entrepreneurs. David del Ser (a 2009 Echoing Green fellow) created Frogtek to provide big-company-quality business intelligence to raise the income of shopkeepers in the poorest parts of Latin America. As a for-profit, David can rely on a higher level of trust from his customers who know that they are facing similar challenges in the world.
Jane Chen (a 2008 Echoing Green fellow) did it right when she and her co-founders at Embrace began with a social goal to save lives with an innovative low-cost infant warmer, and chose the model (and then evolved it) that best served that goal.
The point of all this is not to prove that the for-profit or nonprofit form is inherently best for social impact. In fact, the point here is the opposite. Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact.
Rich Leimsider is the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a global nonprofit that provides seed funding and technical assistance to emerging social entrepreneurs with ideas for social change.


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Discussion in 'Guitars in General' started by zeffbeff, Apr 22, 2016.
I have a Les Paul Special. I also have a spare Les Paul pickguard laying around. I want to install this pickguard onto the Special (it's equipped with humbuckers, so the pickguard fits perfectly).
Instead of drilling into the guitar, I'm considering just using a few drops of superglue. Not a huge schmear of glue all over the fooking place, but just a few strategic drops.
The reasoning is that I don't own a drill and I've never drilled into a guitar before, so superglue may be easier.
The guitar has a standard nitro finish.
Is it a Gibson or an Epiphone?
I figured, I just don't see too many Gibson LP Specials with buckers.
So it kind of depends. Keep in mind, this will significantly lower the value of your guitar. IMO gluing it will lower the value more than screwing it on. You could glue it though. You would have empty screw holes on the pickguard though. And if you wanted to remove it, you would damage the finish.
Your best bet is to just take it to a guitar tech and pay him 10 bucks to put it on for you. They drill for strap buttons, so a pickguard should be just as easy. Will probably take all of 2 minutes.
Super glue isn't as strong as we think it is sometimes. If you glued it then for some reason it got ripped off, the results could be pretty ugly.
Look on e-bay. You can buy clear pick guards that are removable, like screen protectors. Remove them for storage, since the finish may mar.
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Cool, thanks to all. I'll consider the spray adhesive and also just drilling it on.
I have no intention of selling this guitar, ever. I'm going to tour it and it will be all beat to hell anyway, so I don't mind making alterations.
They make stick-on pickguards and pickguard blanks for acoustic guitars. I have no idea what the adhesive will do to nitro.
Use this rather than glue.
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Double sided tape is def the way I would go out of the proposed options.
This. I use Super 77 to glue sandpaper to sanding blocks. If you spray only one side, stuff will peel off with a little effort but otherwise stays put.
I have attached pickguards with double stick 3m tape I use to hold templates on . It has worked so far! And the tape comes off no problem.
What do you guy use to remove the double-sided tape?
I had some stuck on my wall, and I can't seem to get the little bits off that were left behind when I took the tape off.
A porous wall—that'd be more difficult.
Probably this stuff; for tape, price tags, etc.
I think you should nail it on!


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add a field for UTC/GMT day.
I have a watch design that shows local time and date and also UTC/GMT time, but i would like to show it as HH:MM/DD Is there also a way of showing characters between the field, eg a / symbol. How is this done?
I would like to see how many times my watch face was used by other people after I published it.
Have the seconds hand work in ambient mode. This is supported on watches with wear 3100 SOC.
Weather is not accurate. Can you add Dark Sky?
Weather is very inaccurate for my area in the East Bay in California.
Stop trying to up sale me I paid for premium.
Add a section so I can browse just premium faces that I have already paid for.
Is like to set the hours that the hourly vibrate option is on. So that my watches only vibrate from 07:00 - 22:00 for example. This way the vibrations do not happen when I'm sleeping.
I would like you guys to please add the gear s2 to your watch line up please.
New shaders to support gradients for text / shape layers. Gradients may be linear or radial.


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Come experience resort-style living at its best from this truly exceptional former builder's model Coach Home in River Strand Golf & Country Club. Spectacular sunset views beyond the Estuary Course's 9th hole from this select SW rear exposure with both lake & preserve views. Designer fans & light fixtures, custom wall finishes, window treatments & sunshades are above & beyond others. The wide, welcoming foyer opens w/volume ceilings to this spacious open plan. The kitchen boasts a breakfast bar w/granite counters, 42"wood cabinetry & eating space looking out to the course. Generous MasterSuite w/sitting area offers amazing views. 2nd & 3rd Bedrooms are across the home. Privacy abounds, yet situated in the closest Coach Home building to the 39,000SF clubhouse, you are the shortest walk away to a delicious meal, casual/fine dining in the Club dining room, grille room or poolside tiki bar & grille. Your purchase includes Full Golf Equity Membership to the Championship 27hole RS G&CC, w/on-site pros & pro shop. No greens fee, just a cart fee. Plus, access to the Racquet Center with 9 Har-Tru lighted courts, Pickleball courts, on-site tennis pro & shop; 24hr access the 3500SF fitness center w/yoga room; & 2nd fitness center in the Community Center offering a plethora of daily activities. Two resort pools & resistance pool rival other world-class clubs; 6 satellite pools as well. Travel to StPete,Tampa or Sarasota is a breeze as this complex is within 1mile of I-75. Luxury maintenance-free living at its best!
I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #A4429086). Please send me more information regarding 306 Winding Brook Ln #104, Bradenton, FL, 34212. Thank you!
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I offer a safe, non-judgemental and confidential environment in which to help you explore any issues you may be struggling with, in an effort to help you live your life more fully, and ultimately experience a better quality of life.
Specialities : Abuse, Anxiety, Bereavement, Bullying, Cancer / Disease, Depression, Education, Relationship issues, Suicidal thoughts, Trauma, Mourning.
I have been a qualified, practising therapist in the Midlands for almost 16 years, including over 11 years working within Higher Education. I offer a safe, non-judgemental and confidential environment in which to help you explore any issues you may be struggling with, in an effort to help you live your life more fully, and ultimately experience a better quality of life. I believe it’s important to address a person’s individual needs in order to find the most beneficial way of working towards change. I see my main role as facilitating that change and supporting the enhancement of personal growth. I was initially trained as a person-centred counsellor but over the years have integrated some CBT and NLP into my practice.
I was also a Retail Manager for 16 years so I have relevant ‘business experience’ of work-related issues, whether they’re impacting on someone’s personal or professional life.

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[to Kenya Moore] You can't be a housewife 'cause you can't find a husband.
[to Kenya Moore] What you need to know is that [your sperm donor] needed $10 to get him a medium-size pizza, so he ejaculated into a cup, so you could have a kid.
[on Phaedra and Apollo] I'm done rolling around the mud with pigs.
Permalink: I'm done rolling around the mud with pigs.
Phaedra Parks: BEGGING to Come Back to The Real Housewives of Atlanta?
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Preview: Kenya vs. Kim!
Phaedra Parks on Apollo Nida: We're Through!

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AssignFocus™, the DreamBox feature that empowers teachers to truly personalize instruction using real-time proficiency data about each learner, has exciting new functionality. Educators now have the ability to create assignments aligned to popular print programs like Eureka Math, EngageNY, and Cathy Fosnot’s Contexts for Learning Math. AssignFocus by Print Program is a great way to introduce new concepts, bridge learning gaps, or prepare for an assessment—all while aligning with state and regional standards, and closely supporting classroom instruction.
Today, students in most classrooms have a wide range of prior knowledge and math proficiency, often because districts and standardized accountability tests use a child’s birthdate and age to assign them to a grade level and measure their progress. DreamBox’s Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ engine takes this into account and automatically differentiates lessons for each student based on prior knowledge, demonstrated ability, and readiness for learning.
Teachers access student- and classroom-level usage, growth, and proficiency reports in DreamBox to create short- and long-term assignments for their students. Then, DreamBox automatically differentiates those assignments for each student based on their previous exposure to that topic in the DreamBox curriculum.
New AssignFocus functionality empowers educators to create assignments in DreamBox that align to the print programs they use in their classroom. Starting today, DreamBox supports Eureka Math, EngageNY, and Contexts for Learning Math. Teachers can easily set the desired print program by navigating to the setting tab at the top of their Insight Dashboard. DreamBox assignments are created at the module and topic levels in EngageNY and Eureka, and at the unit level in Context for Learning Mathematics.
When teachers use DreamBox AssignFocus to complement their classroom lessons, they can also access relevant professional development (PD) and improve their understanding of the topics they’re teaching. Whether they need a quick refresher or simply want to deepen their math knowledge in a particular area, just-in-time professional learning content is now just a click away—accessible via the blue PD icon that appears next to the assigned topic. With one-click access to MyFlexPD™, educators can quickly view valuable learning materials, including short videos that demonstrate strategy, sample lesson plans, teacher tools, and more.
To learn more about how educators can leverage the newly enhanced DreamBox AssignFocus feature to personalize instruction and improve outcomes, read the press release.


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When it comes to photography, Martin Parr is like two sides of the same coin: artist and collector. He has influenced photography substantially, and is considered to have changed the way in which the history of the medium is understood.
As an artist, Parr is known to be one of the most established and successful photographers today. His artistic practice focuses on portraying different social classes as well as taking self-portraits, making him a pioneer in the field of "selfies", before this term was even invented.
Parr draws parallels between the obsessive nature within his artworks and how he collects, building a vast collection of over 12,000 photography books over the last 35 years. His collection has not only fuelled the creation of a highly competitive market for this medium, but has also contributed to the discovery of unknown areas of photography. Throughout his career, he has set significant standards. Parr helped to establish Japanese photobooks within the market and most recently followed suit with works from China and Italy, where he recognized a “hidden history of photographic publishing”. In 2004, Parr published the first volume of The Photobook: A History, detailing a selection of his collection, which has since been adopted as a handbook for auction houses. The third volume has come out in March.
Since the late 80s, his collection has grown constantly – partly due to the rise of eBay. Experts consider it to be the “greatest photobook collection in the world” leaving the question open, what will happen to it in the future. For Martin Parr it is clear that he wants to make it publicly accessible to share his special acquisitions with a broader audience, preferably in an institution like the Tate – discussions are already in progress.


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Annita Ray was born in Hudson Falls, New York, possibly in the mid-to-late 1930's. Her first public presence was seen and heard via the movie Shake, Rattle and Rock, filmed during the latter part of 1956. Soon following the movie's release in April 1957 came the release of her first single. After at least 3 more releases on just as many labels, in 1960 Annita hooked up with Ray Anthony and his Bookend Revue, along with Diane Hall. Before year's end 1961, Annita and Diane left the Revue and continued performing as a duo.
After a couple of years, the two women began touring on their own, performing throughout the United States and in many parts of the world, even spending two months in Vietnam in 1967. In the meantime, Annita continued recording on her own with two more singles and an album between the two. Eventually Annita and Diane began recording together for Wand Records as Diane And Annita.
The singer retired in 1970 and later went "full-bore" into commercial real estate. But her voice – the voice that once entertained thousands – started to quiver.
"I would be in high-powered meetings, and people thought I was nervous. But I knew what I was talking about and was completely confident," said Hirsch, who married attorney Ephraim Hirsch in 1976. In August 1984 she began a second career as a licensed Real Estate Broker.


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CHESHIRE Chief Fire Officer Steve McGuirk has angered fire-fighters by accusing them of sleeping for the majority of the time and keeping 'lots of time off ' for second jobs.
CHESHIRE Chief Fire Officer Steve McGuirk has angered fire-fighters by accusing them of sleeping for the majority of the time and keeping 'lots of time off ' for second jobs.
The comments are in a leaked e-mail from Mr McGuirk to regional union officials which has found its way into fire stations across Cheshire.
Mr McGuirk claimed firefighters slept most of their tour of duty and made sure they had plenty of time off for second jobs. He threatened to inform the Inland Revenue of any discrepancies.
He also speculated that Frodsham Fire Station may have to close if a new station was built to cover the area encompassing the town.
An irritated Mr McGuirk sent the message to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) from his Blackberry e-mail device in response to a letter placed by an FBU member in a local paper about mooted changes to fire cover in the county.
Mr McGuirk said as many as 50% of firefighters at one Cheshire station had second jobs and people in the community were being 'denied jobs and livelihoods'.
that locality although the proposal is not contained in the latest draft modernisation plan released this week.
Fire Brigades Union spokesman Duncan Milligan said: 'Our members won't be surprised that these are Mr McGuirk's views because he has expressed them before.

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Healthy eating can be tricky when you’re just starting the habit. With all the do’s and don’ts out there it can be hard to choose what to follow. Here are some tips assembled by nutritionist Karyn Forsyth Duggan on how to eat a diet rich in nutrition.
Did you know that the USDA doesn’t go by the food pyramid anymore? Instead, they use a diagram of a healthy plate and according to it, vegetables should take up the most room. About half of your plate should be covered in vegetables– Green veggies such as brussel sprouts, broccoli, and leafy greens are best. The rest of your plate should consist of a quarter portion of legumes or grains and a quarter of lean protein.
Breakfast is an important meal of the day. It gets your metabolism running, promotes clear thinking, and can help you stay on track with making responsible food choices throughout the day.
Starving yourself is not going to help you to lose weight and can cause serious health complications. It can also lead you to over-indulge when the evening rolls around.


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Tech Blog Gizmag is reporting that after some confusion over the past year about the rebirth and production of the Aptera, it looks like a reorganization by the design and patent holder is coming to reality.
The biggest surprise in the new announcement is that there will potentially be 3 models.
• A U.S. produced all gas version that will hold 5 gallons and get slightly over 100mpg.
• A hybrid that may peak at 240mpg (to be produced at a later date).
Any of you that are regular readers know that I am one of Aptera's biggest fans and I honestly see it as the future of the automobile industry. I had even posited that I thought Apple should buy them out and enter the car business and make as big a splash there as with the iPhone and iPad.

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text: The Foreign Mission Board has the overall responsibility for promoting the mission ministry of the Convention abroad as ordained and mandated our Lord, Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19-20. The Foreign Mission Board is charged with the duty of carrying out foreign mission work in ministry with local Christians and church bodies to complete the biblical assignment of the church of Jesus Christ. As authorized by the Board of Directors, the Foreign Mission Board dispatches persons beyond the local church to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ in areas that are without witness, to win souls to Christ and to establish functioning local congregations for the continued witness to the faith.


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Is A Larger Paycheck The Solution?
Do you ever feel like your financial stress and ability to manage debt depends all on the size of your paycheck? When it feels like there is more money going out than coming in, it is easy to become frustrated and feel that the issue can solely be blamed on not making enough money. I am not going to deny that having a larger salary can make a huge difference at times. However, I will argue that an extrinsic issue like this may not be the first step in a solution to your money woes.
At the Center for Financial Success, we have found that the difficulty in managing money lies not in the size of the paycheck, but in one’s resolve to learn how to effectively manage their money and stick with it. People are quick to assume that a larger paycheck will solve all of their financial problems – keep in mind that even millionaires declare bankruptcy.
In our experience at the Center working with students and community members to create long-term practical money management solutions it starts with helping the client learn how to live within their means. What does this look like? It looks like avoiding the use of credit on consumer items that you need every month if can’t pay it off at the end of the month. It looks like breaking the habit of living from paycheck to paycheck and learning how to not spend every dollar you make. It involves incrementally cutting back to the point where there is actually a small amount being saved every month. This eventually leads to addressing debt, getting a month ahead, and the beginning of making progress on your financial goals.
The point of this article is not to dissuade you from pursuing a higher paying job. However, there are certain financial habits that must be formed regardless of income level. Regardless if you are making $32,000 or $1.5 million a year, you will fall into the same problems of being trapped in overspending and unnecessary financial stress without healthy spending habits.
Once you are able to develop basic financial management skills instead of focusing only on the need for more money, it can be a little easier to avoid the financial stress caused from overspending. After you establish financial goals and develop a maintainable spending plan, you will find these principles to be effective regardless of how much you earn. You will be getting “more bang for your buck” – a habit that will pay huge dividends especially as your paycheck increases!
Unfortunately, a one stop solution that magically enables someone to pick up the basics of personal financial management does not exist. Sound financial management skills can be compared to a muscle – it must be exercised before it can be strengthened. Just as a weight room is a great resource to strengthen your muscles, there are great resources out there to assist you in growing your personal financial management skills. We offer resources for these skills through our blog, peer financial coaching services, and presentations. When you visit our website, you can find links to external sources we find helpful.
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This document will guide you through the process for setting up the Data Integration Module (DIM) or Enterprise Dispatch Module (EDM) to use the built-in E-Mail Alert System. The E-Mail Alert System is a basic alert system which sends e-mails whenever any type of error occurs when processing Dispatches / Work Orders.
Setting up the E-Mail Alert System requires that the DIM or EDM have access to a SMTP mail server to send the e-mail alerts. This could be a SMTP server on the local machine or out on the Internet.
Most of this information can be found in the Account settings of an e-mail client application (like Outlook). If you are unsure about the correct SMTP settings, we recommend contacting your Company’s E-Mail Administrator for assistance.
Note You need to have Admin access to read/write to the DIM or EDM Program Files folder. You may need to open Notepad (or your preferred text editor) as an Admin and browse to the file that you need to edit.
Download the config.xml file attached to this guide and open it using your preferred text editor.
Set up your configurations as needed. See the section on Setting Up Your Configurations for more details.
If the SMTP Server uses SSL, replace the "false" with "true"
The E-Mail Alert System is a basic alert system which sends e-mails whenever any type of error occurs when processing Dispatches in each component. This does mean that testing for this is rudimentary. If you have the ability to easily generate a failure (i.e. re-process a known issue), then confirming the alerts system is relatively easy to do. Otherwise, you will have to check the logs periodically to see if any errors occur, and look for whether an email alert was sent or if there was an issue with the email alert.
03/25 04:21:49.11 PM (tid: 5) Error : Could not send mail alert. Caught SmtpException: Failure sending mail.
2013-03-25 16:29:01 Error Could not write PDF. Caught DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path ‘C:\Test\DIM\Form Name - 1 - 2013_03_25.pdf’.
2013-03-25 16:29:01 Info The dispatch has been tried 1 time(s). It will be tried again.
2013-04-16 20:05:53 Caught OleDbException: Invalid object name 'dbo.DatabaseName'.
In version 1.2, the EDM will only send alerts for errors occurring in SQL based Projects. CSV based Projects will not send any alerts at this time. It was be remedied in the version 1.3.
This Alert system was designed to send notifications to an Administrator when there are processing errors. It does not send alerts if the service is stopped manually or due to error. There are a number of methods to check service status within Windows. If you would like to learn about some methods that Field2Base employs, please contact Technical Support.
The e-mails sent from the Alert system are not intended to be guaranteed delivery. If the SMTP server specified is unavailable and the alerts cannot be sent immediately, then they are not retried. If you are interested in a more robust delivery system, you could install and run a SMTP server on the local machine where the F2B component is installed.
The Alert system currently only allows one To e-mail address to be assigned. If you want to send these notifications to a group of people, you will need to setup a group or distribution list account in your e-mail system to distribute the alert.


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Moving homes is one of the most stressful things we do in our lives. One of the parts of changing properties that makes it so demanding are the numerous costs that are involved. But does it really have to be this way? Are empty pockets an inevitable consequence of moving? Well, we think not. With these tips, you can save money on certain moving home essentials leaving you with more cash to play with in your new abode. Let’s get ready to save!
Moving homes is an expensive undertaking. However, what we have shown you is that throughout the process, there are ways that you can cut down costs. This will hopefully take away some of the stress associated with this part of life and allow you to focus on the excitement of moving into your new home.


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‘Project Jal Sanchay’, a water conservation model which is successfully adopted in Nalanda district of south-central Bihar, has been chosen for the national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme (MGNREGP) by the Ministry of Rural Development. The award will be conferred on June 19 at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Nalanda being an agriculture-oriented district remained affected by drought-like conditions that hampered the farming activities in the district. Though the district receives flash floods during the monsoon, the water runoff in the district was very high so much so that the entire water got washed away in a span of 15 days. Under these circumstances, ‘project jal sanchay’ was launched under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP) to offset the water crisis in the district.
Under the project, check dams and traditional Aahar-Pyne irrigation systems were created. In addition, traditional water bodies were desilted and renovated. Campaigns about the usefulness of rainwater harvesting were also carried out. The project was a mix of modern day techniques and technologies with traditional knowledge and got evolved into a holistic program to conserve water.
As a result of the implementation of the project, availability of water got improved drastically which positively impacted the farm production in the district.

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With so many Open Source CMS available today, you may wonder why is that many professionals from web developers to serious programmers choose In-Portal for their projects?
In-Portal has been around for about ten years (longer than Drupal and Joomla). It started as commercial software with millions of dollars invested into its development.
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Stuart Freeborn, the makeup artist who created such beloved Star Wars characters as Yoda, Chewbacca and Jabba the Hutt, died Tuesday in London, according to Lucasfilm. He was 98.
Born in London, Freeborn went on to design the hair and makeup on several films, as well as do puppetry work for creatures like Jabba the Hutt.
"Stuart was already a makeup legend when he started on Star Wars," George Lucas said in a statement. "He brought with him not only decades of experience, but boundless creative energy. His artistry and craftsmanship will live on forever in the characters he created. His Star Wars creatures may be reinterpreted in new forms by new generations, but at their heart, they continue to be what Stuart created for the original films."
When Freeborn created the character of Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back, he modeled the creature's facial expressions after his own.
In addition to Star Wars, Freeborn also worked on 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Great Muppet Caper, The Omen and Dr. Strangelove.
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Set in a small suburban town, a young man finishing up High school and soon enlisting into College is struck by the death of his father. Mysterious circumstances surrounding the death are only the beginning of his problems as he learns that his family is in dept to a group of shady criminals. Adding to the list of problems, our young hero needs to save enough money before his College semester begins and find a date for his prom night!
- Added night version of the treehouse wood pile, the scroll at the hill and the stick at the hill.
- Fixed save resetting when taking the Pregnax pills.
- Fixed Diane being in the shed when entering for paint.
- Fixed being able to check the school's lockers at night.
- Fixed being able to start the school delivery (Diane quest) on the weekend.
- Fixed Tony meeting you for the first time twice.
- Fixed "Debbie's sleeping" dialogue triggering when Debbie isn't in her room for one reason or another.
- Fixed Diane's outfit being the wrong one during the pie quest.
- Fixed Day 0 Sleep issue.
- Fixed daytime scene on using the workshop in the garage when it's night time.
- Fixed a bug that would trigger a night scene during daytime when entering the bedroom after watching a movie with Debbie for the second time.
- Fixed a bug that caused Diane to never see you jack it.
- Fixed an issue that caused Debbie to be forever naked by the pool, if you slept before bringing her a towel.
- Fixed the game.timer.image() function. It now displays images correctly regardless of period (Christmas, Halloween, ...), time of day and extra information.
I download this app but I can't install it, what will I do?

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The interest rate on France's benchmark 10-year bonds opened down slightly on Monday then stabilised after Socialist candidate Francois Hollande won the French presidential election.
The measured reaction contrasts with concerns that his victory could trigger a run on French debt, force up bond yields and derail Paris' deficit-cutting plan.
At 0610 GMT yields were 2.810 percent, up from 2.809 at Friday's close.
However, at Capital Spreads in London, trader Nam Truong commented that the votes in France and Greece "brought eurozone fears back to the fore."
He said: "The strong bond formed between Merkel and Sarkozy has been broken and investors are concerned that austerity talks between Merkel and Hollande will collide and if additional stimulus will be used to prop up ailing eurozone economies."
He noted that "Hollande told supporters in Tulle in central France – 'Austerity is not an inevitability'."
And he commented that in Greece "if a majority coalition cannot be agreed another election is likely to be called bringing new political and economic uncertainty."
At IG Markets, institutional trader Chris Weston said that among negative headlines for financial markets as the week begins were "Mr. Hollande's (much expected) victory in the French elections" and "most prominently uncertainties around the Greek election."
He suggested that a coalition to emerge from the Greek election may seek changes to austerity measures demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in return for releasing rescue funds by stages. He also noted that the IMF had suggested it would "withhold aid if the new austerity measures are not finalised."
Weston said that it might not matter who formed the new Greek government "as long as the $3 billion (2.3 billion euros) in initial spending cuts and $11 billion in cuts to be identified for 2013/14 are realised."


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“This year it has been incredible to see the growth of sports analytics both in breadth and depth” conference chair Jessica Gelman exclaimed to kick off the 2015 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Continuing as the preeminent sports industry conference, SSAC15 also grew in breadth and depth as it pushed out the limits of data analytics and sport, delivering two days of groundbreaking innovation and discussion. The conference welcomed three commissioners: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, and MLS Commissioner Don Garber, once again highlighting the growing acceptance of sports analytics.
The much anticipated 2015 conference brought together leading sports innovators, influencers and technologies at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center February 27-28. The ninth annual conference drew more than 3,200 attendees (a 50% growth from 2014), representing over 100 professional teams and 300 sports industry organizations. Featuring 29 panels and 15 Competitive Advantage presentations, the conference delved into themes for every fan and industry professional with topics ranging from early analytic adopters, player contract negotiations, entrepreneurship, sports betting, the future of sports media, the value of digital media for fan engagement, adapting and expanding the game for the modern fan and the future of sports analytics. Attendees enjoyed insights from Shane Battier and Sue Bird equating data analytics to another tool in their arsenal similar to a jump shot or strength training; Commissioner Silver, Jonathan Kraft and Marie Donoghue shared their unique vision on media rights and the ever-changing landscape of fan consumption; and SSAC veterans Brian Burke, Nate Silver, RC Buford and Scott Pioli got into heated discussions about how much to attribute the improvement of sports to analytics and how analytics will contribute to the future of sport over the next 5-10 years Other conference speakers included industry veterans such as Wyc Grousbeck, Sean Payton, Oliver Luck, Bob Myers, Jackie MacMullan and many more.
The SSAC research paper competition continued to remain at the forefront of sports analytics research and showcased some of the most exciting and cutting-edge developments in the theory and practice of sports analytics. Several teams of researchers and academics presented their findings to a panel of expert judges, who produced a split outcome, with two teams sharing the first-place prize. The first team, a group of statisticians at Harvard University, introduced “Counterpoints,” a framework for quantifying basketball players’ defensive contributions based on their ability to suppress and alter shots. The second team, a duo of analysts at Baseball Info Solutions, developed a method to quantify and more finely assign credit for pitch framing to catchers, batters, pitchers and umpires.
The conference featured two inaugural and fully interactive events: the Data Science and Visualization Zone presented by Booz Allen Hamilton and the SSAC Hackathon presented by ESPN’s Stats & Info Group. The Data Science and Visualization Zone included groundbreaking technological demos, conversation areas, and presentations. The SSAC Hackathon featured students from top universities competing for a coveted internship with ESPN as well as professionals from industry leading companies. Participants analyzed and presented innovative ways to visualize NFL data in order to improve the fan and media experience.
The conference continued to be a leading recruiting and hiring tool for the sports industry. Lines were out the door early Saturday morning for “Career Conversations” as students met 1-1 with sports business leaders to learn about roles in the sports industry, followed by a panel on breaking into the coveted industry.
SSAC 2015 built on the successes of previous years’ conferences and continued to pioneer the field of sports analytics. With its original content, invited speakers and showcase of advanced technological innovations, SSAC 2015 once again set the industry conference standard in sports analytics.
Sponsor Presentation (ESPN): Is Analytics Taking the Joy out of Sports?

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QOB Interiors undertakes fit out, refurbishment and residential projects.
QOB Interiors pride themselves on being a professional fit out, refurbishment and residential business with a management team that have an exceptional reputation and knowledge through many years of delivery within the fast track and residential markets. We ensure that we're approachable and offer the best service at every level, which is defined within our 'Quality without Compromise' culture.
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KARPER, ROBERT EARL (1888–1965). Robert Earl Karper, agriculturalist, was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on October 9, 1888, the son of William Edward and Della Emma (Laughlin) Karper. He graduated from Kansas State College in 1914 with a B.S. degree in agronomy. In 1914–15 he taught and conducted research in agronomy at Oklahoma A&M College. On March 8, 1915, he married Sophia Grace Dickinson; they had two sons.
Karper was appointed superintendent of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Experiment Station at Lubbock in 1915. Largely as a result of station research, improved grain sorghum varieties became an important money crop on the Texas South Plains (see SORGHUM CULTURE). Karper was made assistant director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station System in 1925 (see AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SYSTEM). In 1928 he received an M.S. degree from Texas A&M and was appointed the school's vice director and agronomist in charge of sorghum investigations. At his own request he returned to the Lubbock experiment station in 1940 to devote full time to sorghum research. During World War II, when shipments of tapioca from the Orient were interrupted, Karper worked successfully with the General Foods Corporation to develop a waxy sorghum starch substitute for it. Under his influence the Lubbock Experiment Station introduced the Arizona cypress and Chinese elm to the Lubbock area; a grove of trees in Mackenzie State Park was named for him.
Karper was selected Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture in 1944, and in 1947 he was elected Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. He began work with the Rockefeller Foundation in developing sorghum farming in Mexico and Latin America in 1954 and helped establish the foundation's large experimental station in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1957 Karper was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). He retired in 1958, but as agronomist emeritus at Texas A&M he continued his experiments in sorghums. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 7, 1965.
Sam Hanna Acheson, Herbert P. Gambrell, Mary Carter Toomey, and Alex M. Acheson, Jr., Texian Who's Who, Vol. 1 (Dallas: Texian, 1937). Seymour V. Connor, ed., Builders of the Southwest (Lubbock: Southwest Collection, Texas Technological College, 1959). Houston Post, February 9, 1965.
Handbook of Texas Online, "KARPER, ROBERT EARL," accessed April 24, 2019, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fka03.
Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Modified on October 28, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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The Australian Government welcomes the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report on the Voice for Animals (Independent Office of Animal Welfare) Bill 2015.
On 25 June 2015, the Voice for Animals (Independent Office of Animal Welfare) Bill 2015 was referred by the Senate to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 September 2015. On 18 August 2015, the Senate granted an extension of time to report until 15 October 2015.
The Bill aims to establish the Office of Animal Welfare as an independent statutory authority with responsibility for advising on the protection of animal welfare in Commonwealth regulated activities; provide for the functions, appointment and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and for staff and consultants; establish the Office of Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to advise the CEO; and provide for reporting requirements.
The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report made one recommendation. The committee recommends that the bill not be passed.
A copy of the report is available from the Senate website.
Agreed. The Australian Government supports the committee’s recommendation not to pass this bill.


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Ken Krawzak, 49, of Lakeview, beloved son of the late Armella and Ray Krawzak; loving brother of Donald (Charlene) Krawzak, Dennis (Helen) Krawzak and Kathy (George) Pearson; proud uncle of Caroline, Raymond, Sarah, Ginny, Michael, Eric, Adam, William and Kimberly.
Ken will be missed by many cherished friends and neighbors.
Visitation Friday 4 to 9 p.m. at the M.J. Suerth Funeral Home, 6754 N. Northwest Hwy., Chicago.
Funeral Saturday, 9:30 a.m. prayers at funeral home to St. Thecla Church, Devon and Oak Park Ave. Mass 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials to BEHIV-Better Existence with HIV, P.O. Box 5171, Evanston, IL, 60204 appreciated.
Interment Norwood Park Home Cemetery.


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During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from October 1 1791 to September 1792. It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.
The National Constituent Assembly dissolved itself on September 30, 1791. Upon Robespierre's motion it had decreed that none of its members should be capable of sitting in the next legislature. Its successor body, the Legislative Assembly, operating under the liberal French Constitution of 1791, did not last a year and was generally deemed a failure. It left behind an empty treasury, an undisciplined army and navy, and enormous domestic turmoil.
The Legislative Assembly entrenched the perceived left-right political spectrum that is still commonly used today.
Despite a limited franchise, the elections of 1791 brought in a legislature which -- perhaps even disproportionately to the will of the country -- desired to carry the Revolution further. Prominent among this legislature were the Jacobin Club and its affiliated societies throughout France .
The Legislative Assembly first met on 1 October 1791. It consisted of 745 members, and some historians have attempted to argue that they were mostly from the middle class, though this is not universally accepted. The members were generally young, and, since none had sat in the previous Assembly, they largely lacked national political experience. They tended to be people who had made their name through successful political careers in local politics.
The Right within the assembly (in the wider picture of national politics they are better seen as moderates, since the 'real' right wing of monarchists were outside the assembly and in some cases outside the country as émigrés at this time) consisted of about 165 "Feuillants", guided chiefly by persons outside the House, because those had been made incapable of re-election. The Left, generally dominant during this period, consisted of about 330 "Jacobins", a term which still included the party afterwards known as the Girondins or Girondists. The Left as a whole was openly anti-émigré and anticlerical. They also generally, although often not openly, favored a republic. In these views, they were reinforced by the less privileged classes in Paris and throughout France. The remainder of the House, about 250 deputies, generally belonged to no definite party. The king's ministers, named by him and excluded from the Assembly, are described by the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica as "mostly persons of little mark."
For a detailed description of the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly and related events, see The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy.
The 27 August 1791 Declaration of Pillnitz already threatened France with attack by its neighbors. With both King Louis XVI and the majority of the legislature favoring war, albeit for different reasons, this led in April 1792 to the first of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Legislation against the émigrés, passed 9 November 1791 but vetoed by Louis.
Enforcement of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy: on 29 November 1791 the Assembly decreed that every non-juring clergyman must take the civic oath within eight days, on pain of losing his pension and, if any troubles broke out, of being deported. Louis vetoed this decree as a matter of conscience.
A sparsely populated session of the Legislative Assembly, almost all of them Jacobins, suspended Louis from office and voted that a convention should be summoned to give France a new constitution. Lafayette tried and failed to rally the National Guards in defence of the constitution. He left France and surrendered himself to the Austrians .
At this point, the government of France descended into chaos. The new, anti-monarchical government had no root in law and little hold on public opinion. It could not lean on the Assembly, a mere shrunken remnant, whose days were numbered. It remained dependent on the power which had set it up, the revolutionary Commune of Paris. The Commune could therefore extort what concessions it pleased. It got the custody of the king and his family, who were imprisoned in the Temple . Having obtained an indefinite power of arrest, it soon filled the prisons of Paris. With the invasion of France on 19 August 1792 under the leadership of the Duke of Brunswick, a prison bloodbath ensued, a prelude to the Reign of Terror.
The ensuing elections to the Convention were by almost universal suffrage, but indifference or intimidation reduced the voters to a small number. Many who had sat in the National Constituent Assembly and many more who had sat in the Legislative Assembly were returned. The Convention met on 20 September 1792 and became the new de facto government of France.

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Happiness is not what we can see, happiness is that what we can feel. The most costly thing in this world is time and at this time to earn happiness is hardest. But we people find a way even actually and sometimes happiness find us. But sometimes we behave monotonously. To earn happiness you need not bother about money, enjoying in the weather, listening to the bird’s chattering, feeling the power of the air, seeing the raindrops, all these things affect us for powering up the soul.
I’m sharing all this to make you feel that this isn’t just a rainy season. It is much more than anything, This is the way to happiness.
When the weather is cool then we find those things which energize us like having coffee, samosas, sweet corns. Ahh… all these things inherent those feelings which nobody can describe in just a few words. If you are just sitting in home and working all the time on the laptop, watching television and instructing everybody to do your work then you are blocking your happiness. Go find a place which soothes your mind and I’m sure that this beautiful weather will support you definitely. Some easy ways we can follow to make this happen.
Not just talk over the phone, go and meet your buddies.
Don’t follow the car, go with the bikes on the long empty road.
Hygiene is good but this time try to eat roadside food and that will surely make your day memorable. And it could be your favorite food also.
Forgot to put your rain cost with yourself and let that make your buddies crazy as you are now.
Follow the music of rain and dance to the fullest and I’m sure if you never ever tried this then this gonna be a terrific moment for your whole life. Try all this with your family and make them crazy too.
Try to make your food as followed by the ancient methods like our grandmother or great grandmother used to make the food. This will ignite the excitement in the heart of kids.
When we grow older then these thing doesn’t affect us a lot. We think that as stupid things or we feel that this could be an awkward moment for us. But trust me that kid is still alive in the heart anywhere, we just need to free it from the social prison. Your mother, your father, your grandfather, I mean to everybody who hesitates to do this. Involve them and make their day also memorable. This is the feeling you can never ever have in the summer days or any other season so enjoy this little happiness and capture this in your heart. Do romance, care, love, dance because this day not gonna come again.

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Art and technology are two different worlds. Usually they remain distinct. On stage, however, they interpenetrate, unable to exist separately.
We enjoy a spectacle. Our individual solutions are designed not to stand in a way of artists’ vision or disturb audiences.
We offer products that enrich aesthetic experience during a performance and create new possibilities on stage.
Art and technology have been present in my life for a number of years, every day inspiring me anew to work and develop.
I would like to invite you to see the world of stage technology where my dreams come true.


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During your Philippines travel you would discover that it is made up of 7,107 isles, just 2000 are occupied; there are also tropical jungles, acacias, and coral beds to mountain scales, top-standard beaches, stunning isles and a variety of vegetation and animals, this destination also provides one of the lengthiest white sand shorelines in the world, one of its various tourist appeals.
Boracay is a tiny isle 315 km south of Manila in the district of Aklan, popular for its chalky white sands and immaculate blue waters; Boracay is one of the most famous tourist stops in the country. The leading and most popular beach here is the White Beach, which has been titled as the “finest beach in the world”. Since the western part of the island is famous for the White Beach, the eastern part is the residence to Bulabog Beach, which is a ideal site for ventures like kite and wind surfing as it comprises of powerful winds all through the year.
On your Philippine holidays you’ll come across this site which is one of the best beaches and island stops due to its “remarkable magnificence and environment.” It is often known as the country’s last border and is rated No. 14 amid the CNN’s Top 100 Most Stunning Beaches in the World. There are around 50 white sand beaches on this isle, five kinds of jungles, three prime aquatic domains, and various distinct types of birds. The water is also wealthy in ocean animals, which comprises of aquatic fish such as; dolphins and dugong of which six are native, over one hundred types of coral, and nearly one thousand types of various fish, this is also the biggest aquatic keep and refuge in the Philippines with a complete region of about 903,21 square km.
A UNESCO preserved region since 1973, Puerto Galera is situated in Oriental Mindoro district nearly 130 km south of Manila. The title Puerto Galera is utilised amid tourists to introduce the region encircling the town as well, plus Sabang and White Beach. Puerto Galera possesses stunning white sand beaches that are great for snorkelling, relaxation, and sailing as well as swimming. It also provides one of the most varied diving locations in Asia and has the biggest inhabitants of aquatic types in the world.
Samal Island is also noted as the Garden City of Samal; it’s roughly 2 kilometers from Davao city, the metropolis of Mindanao, and an immense 1400 kilometers from Manila. It has the significance of being one of the most evolved holiday stop’s during your Philippine holidays and has a superior amount of white sandy beaches and leading hotels also a number of aquatic reefs as well as transparent blue waters ideal for relaxing.
Situated outside of Bohol, Panglao is the same as Boracay, possessing quality white beaches and transparent blue waters. The diving locations surrounding the island are amid the prime in the country and the marine animals are plentiful in the island, with nearly 250 various kinds of crustaceans and 2500 types of mollusks, some of them are recently found. Alona Beach, the most popular beach on Panglao Island, could be crowded and costly, but comprises of some brilliant diving, the beaches of Dumaluan as well as Doljo are also very famous.
This island is occupied by the Tagbanua tribe and is a jewel of pure charm with sheer sedimentary ridges, white sandy beaches and seven mountain rivers. It’s literally been recorded amid the top 10 leading scuba diving locations in the world by Forbes Travel Magazine. Additionally, beyond stone patterns, there rests an unknown inlet with clear transparent blue-green waters surrounded with sedimentary patterns and white sand coasts. This secluded beach is truly a heaven! You’ll need to make an attempt to travel there, by hiking over hills or swimming down a sea burrow; but, it’s completely worth it to visit.
Thank you for posting your article, It helpful.
I’ve been following and reading your blogs.
Coz I found these interesting.
Philippines really has its own beautiful and stunning beaches also diving spots.

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I drift in and out of my obsession with Youtube. I’m split between the middle-aged father of two reality that I grow more comfortable with each day, and the younger millennial-esque yearnings to lose countless hours within the digital chasm that is the Internet. So it was with mixed delight and frustration that my children discovered Andrew Huang’s Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows. You can watch it below, but be warned; its ear-worm like qualities will leave you languishing for many days if not weeks…please don’t send me your therapy bills when you finally succumb to its maddening rhythm.
If you’ve watched the video…and still reading this blog post, my sincere apologies. It’s this type of silly, light-hearted performance art that stirs my mind, and besides irritating everyone around the breakfast table, gets me thinking about how to leverage the social media world to not only engage students, but challenge them. So I concocted a writing/music/performance challenge that would be a blast to do with students in just about any English, Writing, Music, or Theater/Performance class. I wish I still had students, perhaps in a digital media course, to work on projects like this alongside them.
Andrew likes his subscribers and viewers to submit music challenges. He’s created music with sounds from lightsabers, wheels, and apples, among other more common objects. He also creates amazingly creative lyrical challenges.
Challenge students to create a one-vowel poem, story, or rap in the vein of Andrew’s One-Vowel Rap. It doesn’t need to be lengthy or earth-shatteringly awesome. You could issue the challenge as a way to get students going at the start of a unit (jump right in and get their hands dirty…so to speak), or create smaller challenges each week. You could even use it as an assessment piece; it wouldn’t have to be anything terribly formal for actual performance or presentation; it could just as easily be a video challenge that lives within the classroom, or a daily station rotation for elementary students.
So your students can write short poems and stories with just one vowel? How about challenging them to create poetry, prose, or song with using any vowels except the one they used in the first challenge! Andrew not only did it, but it actually sounds pretty incredible too!
Not challenging enough? Show them Andrew’s 26-genre video and see if students can craft alphabet-driven creative writing that covers 26 literary genres! Make it a group project, or a class project!
I’d like to think that these challenges are do-able in most classrooms, provided the teacher is willing to let go of traditional classroom thought (projects begin, are conducted, and concluded within a rigid framework) and just start creating with students. Language Arts, music, and performance-based classes scream for this type of hands-on learning, where students have agency over how they express not just their learning, but themselves as well. At the very least, I’d love to see projects like this happening more than just at the end of the year.
Sure, it would be messy, but it would be a fun kind of messy, and something that could help rally students after extended periods of vocabulary review, test prep, or lecture. It falls in line with the DS106 ethos of learning by doing, and providing opportunities within the classroom derived from the world in which students live, not just simulations of the adult world, or the world we keep telling them we’re preparing them for.
Haha, I have to say I love that youtube allows kids to really bring out their creativity. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for posting this! I have to say, the “Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows” was certainly an interesting video, but I think you could use this video to show that posting to YouTube can have educational reasons, other than just being silly, like that video. It would be a good challenge to have students post a video or create another digital story using Animoto that teaches something to their peers and is an educational additional to the internet instead of mush for the brain. Thanks for sharing!


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Here we are in the middle of May. So, what ever happened with those big games like Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies that were supposed to become available for Windows Phone 7 on April 6?
Feb. 24, 2011: Angry Birds & Plants vs. Zombies Coming to Windows Phone Starting April 6!
The answer is they are late, really really late. But, they are still in the queue according to Microsoft’s official Windows Phone Blog.