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You are about to meet some people. you really can't forget.
People whose ambition and effort have allowed them to overcome great obstacles on their way to professional success. They come from diverse backgrounds, sometimes challenging backgrounds. Today, they will share their stories with you. Their stories demonstrate in a powerful way how much can be achieved through motivation, hard work, and education. I know. More than 60 years ago, I continued my education, even entering high school or college was invaluable for me. My parents were from Mexico, farm workers. My father died when I was six. Two years later, I became deaf from spinal meningitis. Helping my mother hold together our family of seven children was important to me. But my education was important also. I left my family to go and live in a residential school for the deaf, and fulfilled a lifelong dream, an almost unheard of dream for a Hispanic deaf person in those times to graduate from college. Positions in higher education and government followed after I received my degree. Today, I am proud to lead the finest technological university in the world for deaf and hard-of-hearing young men and women, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, NTID. One of the most important endeavors this college has undertaken. This past decade is its affiliation with the Northeast Technical Assistance Center, NETAC. This government-funded program, based at NTID, has its own dream for young deaf and hard-of-hearing people to ensure that anyone who chooses postsecondary education will have all the support and services needed to succeed. As you watch this videotape, I hope that you will be inspired to follow your own personal dreams. With hard work, desire, and having belief in your own talents, you, too, can achieve your goals. Good luck to you.
NARRATOR: Jimmy Libman always knew those hours spent perfecting cookie recipes would pay off. After graduating from RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, he decided to put his family's popular recipe to the test by opening his own business, Gimmee Jimmy's Cookies in West Orange, New Jersey. JIMMY LIBMAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): I had always wanted to have my own business, and that was a goal I'd had for many years. My mother said to me at the time, "Why don't you think about starting a cookie business?" And I didn't listen to her, and I didn't pay attention to what she said. And she said, "Why not try it? " So for an experiment, we went to different cookie stores, and I tasted and tested different cookies and took samples, just to see what they were like. And I thought to myself, this is interesting, my mother's cookies are the best cookies, especially compared to these. So I said to my mother, well, I think maybe I will try the cookie business, or at least give it a try in an experimental way. So my mother taught me how to make them, and we decided to do it here in my hometown. We offered free samples of cookies to people, and everybody said, I love the cookies. Everybody that had them said the same thing. I love them. I love them! But the oven we had at home was so small that it was really time-consuming. So my dad decided that we should get a commercial oven. We got the new equipment, and my father was wanting to put the oven in the back of the house near the basement. But, unfortunately, the oven was too big to fit through the door. So he put everything in the front door, put it in the living room, and that's where I did my experimenting and my practicing. And it was starting to work. Many people came to us asking for cookies. So we sold more and more, and it was a really good start. We moved the store from the living room into the building. The business kept growing, and at that point, I decided to hire some employees to work with me. Through vocational rehabilitation, I was able to hire two deaf employees.
Then we hired a hearing secretary who knew sign language. And she could communicate very readily with everyone, and we had a really good relationship. So we've really gotten along very well.
JIMMY LIBMAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): Every day we get to work, and we make cookies all the time.
We have 19 different flavors of cookies.
Good morning, this Gimmee Jimmy's. JIMMY LIBMAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): But in the morning is when we do our phone calls. We contact the supermarkets. We get faxes. We have corporate programs that we provide for, and so we collect all the orders from these different places.
Then the tins are filled, and they're shipped either by UPS or Federal Express. Sometimes there's 50 to 200, sometimes 300 a day that need to go out.
During December, Christmas season, we have 1,000, 2,000, sometimes even 3,000 a day that go out. And that's normal for us during that time. And my employees are wonderful. They have really fast hands, and they work very quickly. And they save me a lot of labor because of their quickness.
JIMMY LIBMAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): Because I'm deaf, I have a special light system in the store. It helps me to have the lights to know what's happening, and it worked very well. It was a great idea.
Hello, I need some cookies. JIMMY LIBMAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): And as it turned out, I did hire three deaf employees, and they depended on the light system as well, and it's worked great.
INTERVEWER: What's the secret to the success of this business.
Honestly, yeah, they sell themselves. JIMMY LIBMAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): I have several pictures from various famous people, and every once in a while I get a letter from somebody. For example, President Reagan tasted my cookies, and he sent me a letter saying thank you, and said how wonderful they were. My mother always said to me that word of mouth is a great way to get business going. It's the best kind of advertising. And when people start talking about it, that's how your business will grow. I'm very comfortable, and I trust the people that I work with that help me run my business. So I have no worries. They do a great job for me, and they have for a very long time. I think one of the reasons is because we work well together as a team.
God created each one of us, so unique and special with many different talents and abilities. But there's one that's over all, and when we develop that talent, that ability, and try to match that to our career, that's when things will start to take off. I was the kind of young person who growing up would have the lemonade stand in front of my house. People would walk past, I'd try to sell them lemonade. I did good, too. When people walked by, I had these little braids, and a big smile. People ask me, are you deaf or hearing? You felt? I said, no, I'm Theresa, and I fit in both worlds. What God have given me, I have a load of talent and ability, and I know that I can do anything. So as the dream of having my own company became more and more real, I decided at that point that I was going to get the knowledge I needed in order to have a business of my own.
I love life because it really helps me understand other people, and other people have different needs.
So in '94 as I started to go out and speak to more people, the business started to grow. I realized, OK, that's what I will do with my life, and I started writing my book. Actually, the book that I wrote which is called Kingme A Winner, from wishing, oh, wishing to actually having it, talks about when I sat down, and I let God talk to me. And I was talking to God saying, where do you want me to go from here? I said, OK, I want to work for me and not for someone else. And then be willing to let go of working in other businesses and to walk on your own two feet with Kingme Enterprises. And from that point, Kingme has produced three books. As I travel around the country speaking to different groups, I look forward to the day when I can look back and see the fruit of my labor, how much other people are impacted by what I have done today. Should it be a partner or business, but we want to pass on the right information. But today, my business focuses on development, consulting, helping people understand their gifts and talents, and how to apply that to their lives. That's what I want to see, OK? So you will role-play and act it out in such a way that people will understand you have bills piling up. I can see in other people who don't have confidence, people who were sitting in my office will always ask questions as it relates to them. If they're black, "Well, I lack the motivation," or "I lack people skills." And I always find myself saying, not necessarily. Maybe you might lack people skills, but you probably have a lot of other skills in this area. And I found myself always encouraging people who are at home to encourage people to come to my workshop. But that's one reason why I always include role-plays. I could have gone into many other fields, because people said, oh, I think you would be good at that. But I recognized that the people who are the most successful are those who understand what their own talents and abilities are. And they work it, they develop it from an early age. They develop that talent because they love it. It's what they like to do. There was one job I had, it was a home for young people who had some emotional and some mental problems, development problems. And I loved working there, because you see the joy when a person accomplishes something that they never had been able to accomplish before. And at the time that I was leaving, the best thing they said to me was, well, are there any other deaf people who may be interested in working here? And I was like, OK, I mean, that opened the door to show you, don't look at what the person doesn't have, but look at what they do have. And a person who's deaf cares and works as hard, if not harder than other people.
I am motivated, and I want to leave a legacy to other people. When they look back at a black, deaf woman-- I mean, woman, black, deaf, a person who was able to give something to other people so that they can feel excited about wanting to do something with their life, too. Because everyone's life matters. Everyone has something to contribute, and that's what I want to do.
NARRATOR: Elizabeth Rios was born in New York City into a hearing family and moved to Puerto Rico when she was in the fifth grade. In college she studied biology and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico. Later, Elizabeth earned a master's degree in deaf education and deaf studies from Lamar University in Texas. ELIZABETH RIOS (THROUGH INTERPRETER: You know, it's a lot of studying for the degree in biology. And I did it without interpreters at that time. I would always look at the students in my classroom and try to find a person who would write a lot. I would ask that person to become my tutor or note-taker. And for the tests, it was difficult-- biology, chemistry, math-- whew. But I really wanted to do it, and I passed.
NARRATOR: She's also executive director of Sordos de Puerto Rico, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Puerto Rico's deaf and hard-of-hearing population. Empowered by her education, she now lives in Puerto Rico, where she's making a difference for deaf people as account manager for Sprint Puerto Rico Relay. ELIZABETH RIOS (THROUGH INTERPRETER: When I moved to Puerto Rico, I never saw any deaf people. When I started to finally meet deaf people was when I was in the second year of getting my biology degree. Then I met one boy who had two hearing aids, and at that point I thought, oh, somebody's like me, and I felt happy. I feel as though I'm really a Puerto Rican woman, you know, beautiful, same color, same culture. And so the reason that I want to stay is that deaf people need us here for role models. There are no deaf role models here in Puerto Rico. So I decided I need to stay and help all the other deaf people develop themselves to become independent. And show them they can do it, instead of depending on hearing people to do everything.
INTERPRETER: Elizabeth is one of our 22 managers.
We hired Elizabeth because she's well-known and has a strong presence in Puerto Rico. People know her there. She has proficient skills in sign language. Her communication is very effective. People love her. Elizabeth's main responsibility is to provide support and coordination for people, education for deaf, hard-of-hearing, hearing, and voice users.
There's a variety of things for them to be educated on related to the relay service. There are many people who don't know about the relay service, and Elizabeth's main responsibility is to meet people, go to workshops, and a variety of things within deaf schools, public schools, businesses. And go to these places and do some advertising and some information-sharing about Sprint, so that people know that Puerto Rico has a service that can connect deaf and hard-of-hearing communities with voice-using communities. And that they can then work together.
ELIZABETH RIOS (THROUGH INTERPRETER: Really now, I'm happy that I'm successful in getting my MA in deaf education and deaf studies. I'm happy that I did that. It was really difficult, but it was good to become more professional. The technology's improving so much, so Sprint Relay, and what that actually means, is very related to accessibility for communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing people, deaf-blind, hearing, and those who have problems speaking. That means that we have new TTYs wise and that technology has been improved. So really, right now, I've got a lot of responsibility. It's a very big challenge for me, because I'm starting from scratch. I have to advertise, do outreach, and educate all over the 78 towns that we have here in Puerto Rico, disseminate information, telling them that we can communicate.
It's important to have a degree and the knowledge that you can use to associate with hearing people and not be afraid. I have provided many activities for deaf people, not necessarily for kids but for adults and for young people, those who see me as a role model. So I try to tell them, if you want to become like me, you have to be very strong. But don't necessarily think for yourself but for the other kids of the future. Sometimes those parents are frustrated because their kid was born deaf, and they're frustrated by that. I try to have them not feel frustrated. I say, look at me, you see me? The future for your child could even be better than it was for me, and that's OK.
LEE KRAMER (THROUGH INTERPRETER): I'm a certified financial planner, a licensed stockbroker that helps with investments, estate planning, how to lower your taxes, college planning, insurance, life insurance, and long-term care, and a variety of things. I have a whole range of clients. Some have no money, some are pretty wealthy, and then there are some in the middle. I also serve deaf and hearing people.
The first year I engaged in cold-calling, letters, and advertising. The second year, it was all by word of mouth and references through the grapevine. And it's true within the deaf world, the deaf grapevine passes it on. Once they know that someone wants to help, they tell a friend, and then it spreads and spreads and more calls kept coming every day. So I haven't had to do cold calls for 15 years now.
But most of the hearing people have some association with deafness. Either their parents are deaf or they're an interpreter. Or Lee, also, he networks with people he's met through his own home. Like if he had built an addition on his home, if the contractor said, oh, I need a financial advisor. So it's people that have some experience having met deaf people. LEE KRAMER (THROUGH INTERPRETER): We're very successful. We have about 2,000 clients.
ROSENTHAL: --calls, this is Lee Kramer, how are you doing? LEE KRAMER (THROUGH INTERPRETER): We're licensed in 48 states.
ROSENTHAL: Good. I have Peter and-- LEE KRAMER (THROUGH INTERPRETER): The demand is very high here. We're very busy every day.
ROSENTHAL: Maybe we'll use, maybe we'll use the brokerage account. MAN (ON PHONE): Yes.
ROSENTHAL: That would give us a chance to start with Lockwood, then we can build up Claudia's thing. And he'll contact Lee, and then Lee will tell Lisa to write him check.
THERESA KING: That's fine with me. Wonderful.
Lee often tells his clients, he says, I treat you as if you were like my brother or my sister or, like, if I were in your shoes, what I would do? And so I feel both, like among the staff, we're very close here. And so it's a nice working environment. Lisa who's with customer service, she can communicate with Lee directly. Scott's deaf, he's the financial analyst. He can communicate directly. The only person is Mary, she's the office manager, and she doesn't sign. I think Lee's real goal is to give people peace of mind about anything to do with their finances. FRANK (THROUGH INTERPRETER): To better serve clients, Lee, myself, and another person named Danny Lacey who is also a financial advisor, he has an office in Texas. We divided it up into geographical areas from Maryland to Florida in the southeast area, plus California, Nevada, Arizona, Indiana, Idaho, and Tennessee. Danny focuses on Texas and other states. Lee concentrates on other states, and that way we can better serve clients throughout the country. LEE KRAMER (THROUGH INTERPRETER): I was born in Philadelphia. My parents were deaf, but they're oral-deaf. And my sister is also oral. I have a brother who's hearing. We moved to Massachusetts, and I went to the Clarke School. And at that school you couldn't sign. It was an oral school, strictly an oral school. So when I went to high school, I went to a prep school which was a private school. And I was the one deaf person with the whole hearing class. I had no interpreter, so I had to lip-read the teacher and get copies of the notes. I played football, basketball, and baseball. I was captain of the team, and I had help from my friends who were hearing people. College was the same for me. I went to Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and got my MBA from Northeastern in Boston. I learned to sign when I was about 20 years old. I felt like, finally, I was the same as the hearing people. We were understanding the same things that I could participate equally. The game of Monopoly, I like to play that, and I always won the championships every single time. No one could beat me. And that led me to being involved in the business world.
When I started in 1985, deaf people were resistant to meet with me, because the deaf world is so small. Deaf people aren't willing to expose themselves to the rumors that happen in the deaf community. And I had to assure them that this was a very confidential service. Your name will be completely confidential. No one will know your personal issues. So once that trust was built, then the business began to grow. And I had quite a niche, because I was the first certified planner who was deaf with an MBA. And I was a certified funds specialist. And it was the first deaf person who had this in the world. The first question I ask when I meet with a client, I analyze all the questions and all the answers they give me. And then within two weeks we get back together, and I give them recommendations. I'm not like a salesman saying buy this from me and try to sell them something. I design something that fits that individual. And all people are not the same. My philosophy is that nothing is impossible. You can do anything.
There are some deaf kids who say, I can't, I can't, because I'm deaf. And I think that's not true. You can do it. Nothing is impossible.
What are your dreams? What is it that you want to do with your life? Join host Dr. Robert Davila, vice president of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) as he introduces successful professionals who are deaf and hard of hearing. Highlights Elizabeth A. Rios, account manager for Sprint Relay, Puerto Rico; Theresa A. King, owner of KINGME Enterprises, Washington, D.C.; Lee Kramer, certified financial planner and owner of Kramer Financial, Inc. headquartered in Germantown, Maryland; and Jimmy Libman, owner of Gimme Jimmy's Cookies, West Orange, New Jersey. Part of the "Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing" series.


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Soar | Dr. James R. Jones, Ph.D.
Dr. James R. Jones, Ph.D.
I help people learn how to learn about themselves, and apply that knowledge for success in all aspects of their lives.
For a period of over 30 years, first as a corporate human resource management professional, more recently as a university professor, and now as a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, a major part of my mission has been assisting individuals in the process of ‘learning how to learn.’ That endeavor has been characterized by a tripartite philosophy of teaching/education that views education as the key to knowledge, knowledge as the key to understanding, and understanding as the key to our continued collective existence. In service of that philosophy I take an approach to coaching that focuses on collaboratively helping clients learn to discover knowledge, rather than relying on a training model or rote learning, and strive to accomplish learning objectives within an environment of mutual respect and dignity. I look forward to partnering with you to achieve your goals!
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It isn’t always easy to live with. Trust me, I speak from experience.
Just over a year ago I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety and dysthymia (mild, chronic depression).
Growing up, I always knew that there was something wrong. But I chalked it up to being a shy introvert. I hated meeting new people and hated going to new places. But what I really hated was that I was TOO AFRAID to meet new people and try new things. I just didn’t understand why I couldn’t. My mom, my dad, and my sister, they are all crazy outgoing people. And it’s not like I didn’t try. I just unfortunately never really got past the “Hi, how are you?” part. From the moment I made the decision to try and talk to someone one, about 50 different scenarios would play in my mind. And the worst part about it was that the scenarios were ALWAYS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. Social Anxiety is something that I’ve lived with for most of my life but until recently I never even knew that it was a thing. It’s something that was never talked about. We have a tendency to brush mental illnesses under the rug. Which is still so crazy to me because so many people suffer from it.
Unlike my social anxiety, my generalized anxiety developed in my early 20’s. I used to think that I was just a typical young adult worrying about typical adult stuff such as bills and work. But then I noticed that I would worry about some of the silliest things. For example, recently I was in the process of cleaning out my room since I was moving out of my friend’s house and in with my boyfriend. I ended up have a few boxes of stuff that I wanted to donate. It took me WEEKS to actually muster up the courage to pack it into my car and make the 5-minute drive to drop it off. I was freaked out. It was a place I had never been to. I was AFRAID that I would get lost and people would see me driving around in a circle. A big portion of my anxiety comes from my fear of being a failure. I have a tendency to put too much pressure on myself. In my mind, I need to be the best that I can possibly be.
Because of therapy, I learned that I had Dysthymia. Sure I had some of the symptoms; lost interest in normal activities, hopelessness, low self-esteem, low appetite, and sleep changes. But again, I chalked it up to typical adult stress and worrying. A lot of dysthymia is due to my anxiety problems, the symptoms only really show up when my anxiety kicks in.
Getting myself into therapy was one of the best things I have ever done for myself and I will forever be grateful for my boyfriend giving me the push I needed. It has changed my life for the better. I learned so much. I am able to stop myself from playing all these scenarios in my head and now able to live more in the moment. I don’t freak out and postpone things that need to be done.
Even though I have stopped my sessions I know that I will never be 100% cured. And I am ok with that. Its a battle that I will constantly fight but at least now I have the tools to help me and people who care about me. Therapy doesn’t make you weak, in fact, it does the opposite, it makes you stronger.
What an inspiring post! Things like this are so hard to get out there and talk about (I’ve done it on my own blog, and lost a valuable relationship in the process), but it will never change if we don’t find the courage to bring it out in the open.
Thank you! I’m so sorry that you lost a valuable relationship 🙁 We should always be able to talk about this issues without the lose of those close to us. Hopefully one day that person will understand.
Great article. This is very relatable. At one time my anxiety was so bad that it was holding me back from the things that I wanted to do with my life. Now I manage my anxiety with meditation and medication.
So glad you posted this. MH issues are rarely talked about, and yet they need to be spoken about. I am still struggling with my depression and anxiety but hope to eventually have them better managed.
I deal with depression and anxiety every day as well. Some days are hard to deal.

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3 How Many Calories Should I Eat to Lose Weight?
Weight loss – it’s an ongoing war.
Let me ask you, have you ever struggled to lose 10 pounds? Or would dropping 50 pounds change your life?
If so, you’re not alone. Every year millions of people battle obesity, it’s truly a worldwide epidemic.
I believe the human psyche doesn’t want to be overweight. Deep down, we aspire to look like Hollywood celebrities. We desire the bodies of pro-athletes and place models on pedestals.
But in the end, we just want to be healthy and feel good about ourselves.
So if we want the perfect body, then why is losing weight so difficult?
Our culture doesn’t make it easy.
Everyday you’re bashed with a barrage of food ads to “super-size this” and “double stuff that.” Our portion sizes are out of control, and we no longer view food for nutritional value because it’s become an emotional attachment.
So what’s the secret weapon? How do you lose weight?
It’s really not as hard as you think.
In this post, I’ll tell you why counting calories is a sure-fire way to lose weight. Then we’ll figure out how many calories you should consume to lose weight.
But first, let’s debunk 2 major myths behind weight loss. Are you ready?
False. You can’t “out-exercise” your diet. It’s impossible.
Now these are crude numbers (lots of other factors come into play), but let’s look at a typical weekly workout.
Let’s say you run 6 times a week for 60-mins and burn 5kcal/min (moderate jog).
1-lb of fat contains 3500kcals of stored energy. Therefore you should lose 0.51lbs of fat every week based on exercise alone.
I don’t know about you, but running 6 times a week sounds like a ton of work to only lose half a pound!
Let’s be honest, you can easily over-eat 1800 kcals per week. It’s much more practical to adjust your diet for weight loss.
False. A calorie is a calorie. Energy IN – Energy OUT.
I do agree that eating whole foods will cause you to eat less. Think about it – have you ever binged on 10 crowns of broccoli? Ever ate an entire large bucket of movie popcorn?
Calories IN and Calories OUT make up the Energy Balance Equation.
Meaning if you eat more calories than you burn in a day – you will gain weight. It’s a law of thermodynamics that humans can’t escape.
First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
Every food you eat has a certain amount of energy that can be used. If you eat more energy than you use, then the body has to store the extra energy (fat). Likewise, if you eat less energy than you use, then the body has to burn stored energy (fat) to stay alive.
To say a potato has “better energy” than a potato chip defies thermodynamics. They both have different amounts of energy and nutritional value. You’re just more likely to eat an entire bag of potato chips and consume more calories than you need.
Calories are calories, we’re just less likely to over-eat whole foods.
First off, let’s find your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) – which is how many calories you would burn daily if you never moved a muscle (just to stay alive).
There’s tons of calculators online, I like Scooby’s fat-loss calorie calculator – but you can Google “BMR calculator” just as easily.
Next, we need to apply the Harris Benedict Equation – which estimates your daily caloric requirements (DCR) based on activity levels.
To lose 1-lb of fat per week, you have to be at a 3500kcal deficit weekly. This comes out to 500kcals per day.
Take your daily caloric requirement (DCR) and subtract 500 – that is how many calories you need to eat daily to lose one pound per week.
Bonus Tip: Weight gain is different. You only need a surplus of 100-150kcals per day to gain 1-lb per week.
Once you know the math behind fat loss, it becomes easy to measure. You simply have to count calories.
I use a daily calorie tracker like Myplate on Livestrong.com. Make sure to only use the verified foods when counting calories on Myplate.
Calorie trackers make you consciously aware of what you are eating daily. Plug in your favorite foods to get an idea how many calories each contain. Also, get insanely good at looking at nutrition labels. Get to a point where you can estimate calories just by eyeballing food.
You should also get familiar with portion sizes. How many ounces in a serving of protein? How many grams of carbs in one serving? These numbers will help you achieve your goals and make sure you don’t over-eat.
We all fall off the wagon, the key in fat loss is persistence. You didn’t get fat overnight, and you’re not going to lose 10 pounds of fat by tomorrow.
Keep counting your calories, stick to your diet 90% of the time, and I guarantee results.
Sahiba Sadana is a content writer, well-versed in SEO writing. Her works have appeared on Business Town, The Business Woman Media and other leading dailies. The English post graduate is a Sherlock Holmes fangirl. You can read a recent article by her on drones at The Absolute Reviews at: www.theabsolutereviews.com.


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Morocco is a land, exceptionally diverse in its geography. However, despite this natural variety, the Moroccan people have developed an extraordinarily rich and specialized culture of their own. Indeed, the cultural base of the Moroccan society is the most prosperous For centuries. Moroccan craftsmen and craftsmen have created some of the most recognizable and beautiful works. Thus incorporating an important part of value and prosperity in the shared artistic heritage of humanity. Moroccan artists have worked for centuries from different branches of art. Perhaps the only medium that has made Beni Ourain Moroccan rug themselves.
Moroccan rug is well known all over the world. This is the art form that has been proven by Moroccan people. These unique and exciting works are the product of an extraordinarily complex process of cultural development.
Naturally, Beni Ourain rug Australia had tremendous utility for those who made them. They used as bed-covering, for self- adornment, as burial shrouds, and as saddle blankets. The weaving of rough and hard rugs, which employed in so many different ways, represented a skilled cost-benefit relationship for the Berber peoples.
A group of Berber people from Beni Ourain, RIF and Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Which actually made up of 17 different tribes? They traditionally have shepherds and goat shepherds who go ahead of their pasture from a grazing land, high within the mountains, though all these tribes produce all types of designer rugs which are similar and go to be known as Beni Ourain. There subtle variations in the design elements and colors: all natural pigments or no dye at all. A major factor in the quality of these area rugs the best organic wool produced by sheep in this area.
Beni Ourain Moroccan rugs are hand-woven by women only, and skills and knowledge are passed from mother to daughter. The Berber weavers would imbue their work with the symbols and designs that were important to their culture. As such, these oz design rugs represent the most tangible manifestation of Moroccan cultural heritage.
The design elements used in Beni Ourain rugs online reflect the real life of weavers. Traditionally, carpet compositions record events of regular life and represent major topics such as birth, fertility, nature, rural life and religious beliefs. Some people who weave area rugs believe they are against the evil spirits. So they include objective fortunate attractions and tribal formal symbolism.
Patterns are usually a white or cream against the backdrop of brown and black line or abstract shape; Some designs emerge from ancient Berar alphabet and even cave paintings. Most Beni Ourain Moroccan rugs do not have a border. While Some have fringe and others do not, while some have fringe on one side only. The rugs online tend to last a lifetime or more.
Though they typically used and known to be rugs, Beni Ourains traditionally produced to be blankets or bedspreads and not floor coverings. Their loose structure has to be consistent with the body, they have a thick, soft pile that is deep or shallow as per the purpose.
Knots tied in very specific ways. To follow the rugs woven without any pattern or diagram, so they are all unique designs and ornaments are instantly born from the focus of weavers, who often pray as weaving.
The age of the area rugs that are available today according to the beginning of the 20th century. They received their world recognition when the famous architect Le Corbusier used them for his home interiors. They are a real hit among fashionable designers of New York and California. Easily washed and cleaned, the carpet has become popular in modern home decor culture, especially for nursery rooms, wedding decorations, and Christmas gifts.
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L. Roger Owens and Donna Claycomb Sokol, authors of New Day in the City, say re-imagining worship to better reach new people involves more than asking if they prefer a traditional, contemporary, or blended style. The starting point must be a clear understanding of the theological purpose of worship. Then, asking how your worship engages your cultural context and your worship participants.
For years, many congregations have battled over which style of worship to embrace — traditional, contemporary, or blended. But this “worship war” is premised on a misunderstanding of what those outside our congregations seek from worship, and deep confusion about what worship really is. Flourishing and faithful congregations understand that re-imagining worship involves something much deeper than style.
Congregations seeking renewal need to ask questions more foundational than the worn-out questions about what style of worship people want.
How does the worship-style debate relate to those beyond our congregations?
Often, adding a contemporary service will attract the people the congregation hasn’t been able to reach with its current worship service. But what does this suggest about the people who might show up for the first time? That they already know what worship is and what they want in worship. These people are those who are switching churches, or who have left a church because the style of worship hasn’t met their preferences. They are people who think worship should cater to their tastes and are shopping around. When we advertise a new contemporary service or put on our billboards the times of different styles of worship, we are inviting a particular type of worshipper to join us. An informed consumer. Such a strategy might get a few new people to show up, but it does little to help a congregation introduce non-Christians to life with God and in God’s kingdom.
Worship is the place where we enact our core human purpose, the end for which we exist, to worship and glorify God.
Worship is the place where we have our vision trained to see the signs of God’s in-breaking kingdom.
Worship is the place where the community remembers its identity as God’s called, gathered, and sent people.
Worship obsessed with matching a particular style to people’s shallow preferences does none of these things. In fact, it does just the opposite: it reinforces the disorder of lives that believe that their own preferences are at the center.
1. Is our worship deeply contextual?
While the gospel challenges any consumerist approach to worship that evaluates worship based on shallow, changing preferences, the gospel has always been enculturated, contextual. It is always embodied and expressed in the culture in which it seeks to take root. Music, language, and other forms of expression imported in an attempt to emulate “successful” congregations often don’t fit. Those planning and leading worship can’t pay too much attention to what ways worship is being expressed through the language, images, idioms, and other embodiments of the culture of the congregation and the city in which it lives.
2. Is our worship deeply visual?
One key cultural phenomenon facing the vast majority of congregations is the re-assurgency of the image. Walk through any city center and you will be overwhelmed with the visual display — its immediacy, power, and brilliance. The Reformation, with its emphasis on the words of Scripture, ushered in an era of visually sterile churches. But we ignore the power of image to our peril. Worship that is forming people who can see God’s kingdom will learn to use images to shape the imaginations of people present.
3. Is our worship highly participatory?
This might be the most important question, one that encompasses the previous two. Does our worship invite people to bring, offer, and engage their whole selves in worship — body, mind, and heart? Are those gathered for worship actively involved, and are all their senses engaged? Do they get to touch the water, gaze upon the icons, approach the altar, adopt postures for prayer, and connect physically with their neighbors? Or do they sit and observe, while the clergy perform the acts of worship?
Sitting in your pews or seats on Sunday morning are musicians, artists, decorators, computer programmers, storytellers, comedians, writers — the gifts are endless. What are the elements of a worship service these people could help create? Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. There’s no better way to have appropriately contextual and deeply participatory worship than to have worshipers themselves use their gifts to create the elements of worship.
Some people might think to stop here, but we suggest taking it a step further. Don’t look only within the congregation. Look around the city and find the culture-makers within the community. What are they doing and creating that can find a place in Christian worship? These creative voices can help us renew worship from the ground up.
The article is adapted from A New Day in the City: Urban Church Revival (Abingdon Press, 2017) by Donna Claycomb Sokol and L. Roger Owens. Used by permission. The book is available at Cokesbury and Amazon.
Donna Claycomb Sokol is pastor of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, a diverse, thriving church in downtown Washington, DC. She is co-author of A New Day in the City (Abingdon Press, 2017), available at Cokesbury and Amazon.
L. Roger Owens is an Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality and Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and adjunct faculty member in the Upper Room’s Academy for Spiritual Formation. Previously, he was preaching pastor of Duke Memorial UMC. He is co-author of A New Day in the City (Abingdon Press, 2017), available at Cokesbury and Amazon.


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Olie Brice Quintet - Immune To Clockwork Ian Mann 2015-01-21T17:46:15+00:00 Rating: 4 out of 5 "Immune To Clockwork" represents an impressive début from Brice and strikes a good balance between the written and the improvised with the quintet delivering a highly distinctive group sound.
On his website http://www.oliebrice.wordpress.com Olie Brice describes himself as “a jazz and improv double bassist, based in London”. In this capacity he’s also appeared on the Jazzmann website, most notably on “Glimmers” and “Beyond These Voices”, the two album releases by the quartet led by trumpeter Nick Malcolm. I’ve also heard him on albums by Birmingham based saxophonist Mike Fletcher and by Catatumbo, a trio also featuring saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Javier Carmona.
In a live context I’ve witnessed Brice on a number of occasions, the most recent at the 2014 London Jazz Festival with saxophonist Dee Byrne’s group Entropi. However perhaps the most notable of these was with the Chicagoan improv giant Ken Vandermark as part of a trio with drummer Mark Sanders at the Hare & Hounds in Birmingham back in 2012. He’s also a fairly frequent visitor to the Queens Head in Monmouth with Nick Malcolm and others.
Brice is also involved in a number of other projects on the close knit London improv scene as a visit to his website will attest. He is a very busy musician and “Immune To Clockwork”, released in October 2014, represents his first album as a leader. The band he has assembled is an interesting one, a group with no less than three horn players but with no conventional harmony instrument. Brice is joined in the engine room by the experienced drummer Jeff Williams, a musician with whom he has had a long and productive association. Trumpeter Alex Bonney is another close musical ally who has worked with Brice in a number of contexts and he is joined in a distinctive front line by British tenor saxophonist Mark Hanslip and the Polish musician Waclaw Zimpel, who plays the little heard alto clarinet. In effect Zimpel is the “wild card”, the musician most British listeners probably won’t have heard of before. It’s perhaps as a result of his presence that the album appears on the Polish Multikulti label which has released several other albums featuring the clarinettist.
“Immune To Clockwork” exhibits a similar aesthetic to the two Nick Malcolm albums upon which Brice appears in that the music treads a thin dividing line between the written and the improvised. The seven pieces are all ascribed to Brice implying that all have some degree of a compositional element. This is no shrieking improv skronk fest and the music remains accessible, if occasionally challenging, throughout. The three horns allow for the use of rich colours and textures plus some terrific creative interplay while Brice and Williams form a fluid and flexible rhythm section who are fully attuned to the sensibilities of their colleagues.
Opening piece “The Hands” takes its inspiration from a poem by Denise Levertov (1923-97). It begins with the breathy, conversational whisper of Hanslip’s tenor sax gently shadowed by bass and drums. The three horns then coalesce on a vaguely Ornette-ish theme before the focus returns to the thoughtful sax probing of Hanslip, a musician who has come to improv from a more conventional jazz background and always retains a strong sense of melody in his playing. He receives wonderfully sensitive support from Brice’s grounding bass and Williams’ subtly detailed drumming, qualities that continue even after Hanslip passes the flame to the excellent Zimpel. There’s a hint of bluesy dissonance before the whole group comes together again to reprise the theme on a piece that sets the tone for the album as a whole with just the right balance of freedom and structure.
“The Old Yedidia” is dedicated to the memory of one Angela Brice and features the melancholy sound of Bonney’s trumpet on an elegant and fluent opening solo. It’s interesting to hear Bonney playing wholly acoustically and with such sensitivity after witnessing a number of his electronic excursions on the instrument in other contexts. When Zimpel takes up the reins he initially adheres to the established mood but subtly mutates it, gradually increasing the levels of energy and intensity on a spell binding solo. Finally the melancholic, East European folk tinged theme returns on one of Brice’s most arresting compositions.
The title track is more freely structured and obviously collectively improvised than either of its immediate predecessors. The horns murmur and whisper, their lines twisting and turning about each other as bass and drums shuffle furtively around them. Eventually Brice is left on his own but his solo bass continues to hold the attention, joined eventually by Williams’ subtle percussion shadings.
“Crumbling Shyly” erupts with another Coleman-esque theme with slurred horn lines and powerful drumming, the opening fanfares eventually subsiding and leading to a solo drum feature, this in turn the gateway for a thrilling series of high octane exchanges by the horns above a roiling rhythm section. There’s actually not much that’s shy and retiring about this piece at all!
“What Might Have Been” opens with sombre and deeply resonant solo bass subsequently joined by brushed drums and quietly rueful but effortlessly fluent and fluid tenor sax. Essentially it’s a ballad, albeit one couched in improv terms. Hanslip’s beautifully controlled performance is genuinely emotive and moving.
The following “Snake Path” is more abstract with the three horns once more coiling sinuously about each other and exuding a vague air of menace as they are stalked by Williams’ mallet rumbles and cymbal shimmers. The occasional use of multiphonics adds to the unsettling atmosphere on a piece that sounds largely improvised.
The closing “Tell Me Again” features a more obviously written theme but is again full of spiky and sparky horn interplay on another powerful collective item with the spirit of Ornette Coleman never far away.
“Immune To Clockwork” represents an impressive début from Brice and strikes a good balance between the written and the improvised. Brice’s themes are strong enough to provide fertile soil for stimulating improvisation and although there are some excellent individual moments this is very much a team effort with the quintet delivering a highly distinctive and interactive group sound.
I was already familiar with the work of the London based musicians on this record but Zimpel’s playing was a revelation and I’d like to hear more from him.
Enjoyed your lovely review of the Olie Brice CD. Very astute, if I may say so.
"Immune To Clockwork" represents an impressive début from Brice and strikes a good balance between the written and the improvised with the quintet delivering a highly distinctive group sound.


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Many autoimmune diseases are characterized by the formation of autoantibodies that bind self-antigens to form immune complexes (ICs). These ICs can recruit and activate immune cells leading to tissue inflammation and damage, and thereby presenting a common pathological mechanism across multiple autoimmune diseases. However, few therapeutic agents exist that interfere directly with these autoantibodies or IC-immune cell activation processes. Today, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and plasmapharesis represent the most targeted approaches to treat autoantibody-driven disease. These therapies are far from optimal for patients and are restricted in use for those patients whose disease is difficult to control.
Momenta is pioneering improved therapeutics for patients with autoimmune diseases, and in particular, those with autoantibody-driven disease. We are applying our complex systems analysis platform to identify potential improvements we can design into presently marketed complex mixture drugs. By evaluating their interaction with biologic systems, we can obtain an enhanced understanding of their function to identify biological activities we can exploit. This is the approach behind our research efforts to utilize the sialylation of intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIg, and our program to develop a recombinant Fc version of IVIg.
The presence of pathogenic antibodies which facilitate tissue damage and organ dysfunction is a hallmark of immune-mediated diseases. In clinical settings, therapeutic plasmapheresis and immunoabsorption are often used to remove autoantibodies and other blood components contributing to disease. The clinical benefit of these procedures suggest that the removal of autoantibodies may lead to improvement of symptoms in some autoimmune indications. Removal of autoantibodies may be addressable by targeting FcRn, the neonatal Fc receptor which recycles immunoglobulin G (IgG) into circulation maintaining the long half-life of IgG.
Using proprietary antibody engineering technology we have developed a product referred to as M281, a fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody that targets the IgG-binding site of FcRn. Blocking FcRn reduces pathogenic IgG through inhibition of IgG recycling and inhibits the transport of pathogenic IgG across the placenta in pregnancy which is vital for our Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN) trial. In pre-clinical models, M281 potently antagonizes FcRn binding of IgGs and rapidly diminishes circulating levels of IgG antibodies. The antibody has been seen to effectively improve disease in preclinical animal models of immune-mediated diseases. A Phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of M281 was initiated in June 2016. In January 2018, Momenta reported positive top-line data showing safety, tolerability, and proof of mechanism for M281 in a Phase 1 single ascending dose (SAD) and a multiple dose study of normal human volunteers. You can read more about our Phase 1 study data results here.
Momenta plans to commence two proof of concept studies in the fourth quarter of 2018. These trials are robustly designed to show best in class differentiation for autoimmune and alloimmune disorders. Our primary objective is to help evaluate dosing to achieve safety, tolerability and efficacy of M281.
Myasthenia Gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease which affects skeletal muscles that are responsible for eye movements, breathing, and moving parts of the body resulting in muscle weakness and fatigue. In healthy muscles, nerve endings transmit signals that are received by muscle receptors to cause muscle contractions. In patients with MG, the immune system mistakenly attacks muscle receptors by producing anti-receptor antibodies (most commonly acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) antibodies) that can block and destroy these muscle receptors thus preventing the signals from effectively reaching the muscles. Over time, this may lead to symptoms such as limb weakness, drooping eyelids, and double vision as well as difficulties with chewing, swallowing, speech and breathing.
Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that affects approximately 4,000-8,000 pregnancies each year in the US alone. The disease is caused by antibodies from the mother which target proteins (also called antigens) on the fetal red blood cells (a process known as red cell alloimmunization). The most common antigen is RhD, although other antigens such as Rhc, RhE and Kell may also be involved in the process.
During pregnancy, antibodies can cross the placenta and bind to the antigens on the surface of the fetus’ red blood cells, leading to fetal red blood cell destruction and anemia. Anemia causes less oxygen to be delivered to all the fetal tissues and can lead to organ damage and ultimately lead to fetal heart failure and even fetal death. In additions, sometimes fetuses that have suffered anemia during pregnancy may have significant consequences like cerebral palsy.
Visit our publications page for more information on M281.
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Antigen-autoantibody immune complexes (ICs) are a common pathogenic hallmark of many autoimmune diseases. The multiple Fc domains of ICs aggregate Fcγ receptors (FcγRs), triggering cellular activation processes that play critical roles in inflammation and tissue damage. The rational engineering of therapeutics that broadly antagonize FcγRs has been hampered by a limited understanding of the molecular determinants directing FcγR activation.
Through the engineering and characterization of Fc structures, we were able to derive novel insights into FcγR modulation and have generated a unique recombinant trivalent human IgG1 Fc multimer, referred to as M230, with optimal physiochemical and biological properties. Pre-clinical studies with M230 have shown enhanced potency and efficacy over intravenous immunoglobulin in animal models of autoimmune disease.
In January 2017, we entered into an exclusive research collaboration and worldwide license agreement with CSL, a leading global biotherapeutics company, to develop and commercialize M230. As part of the agreement, we received a $50 million upfront license fee from CSL and are eligible to receive future milestone and royalty payments.
In September 2017, Momenta announced that it opted into a 50% cost and profit sharing arrangement for all products developed under the CSL agreement, including M230. Under the agreement Momenta will fund 50% of global research and development and U.S. commercialization and manufacturing costs in exchange for 50% of U.S. profits. Royalties remain payable to Momenta for territories outside the U.S. and milestones are reduced. In addition to advancing M230, CSL and Momenta are collaborating to develop additional recombinant Fc multimer proteins that may originate from Momenta's or CSL's research.
CSL plans to initiate a Phase 1 study of M230 in healthy volunteers in the first quarter of 2018. M230 has the potential to be developed as a first-in-class therapeutic for patients with immune-complex driven diseases.
Visit our publications page for more information on M230.
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a therapeutic blood product prepared from the pooled plasma of 3,000 to 60,000 healthy donors per batch. IVIg has been used for more than 30 years for the treatment of a variety of acute and chronic autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases. The global market for IVIg exceeds $8 billion, with the majority of products currently approved being for use in treatment of autoimmune disease.
Despite the beneficial therapeutic effects of IVIg in inflammatory diseases, consistent therapeutic efficacy and the challenges of administration remain major limitations for patients and physicians using IVIg. This has stimulated our desire to generate therapeutic alternatives that could leverage the broad mechanisms of action of IVIg while improving therapeutic consistency and potency.
The identification of the important anti-inflammatory role of Fc-sialylation has presented us an opportunity to create more potent immunoglobulin therapies. Using proprietary sialylation technology, a method to add sialic acid to protein, we have developed hsIgG, a robust, controlled sialylation process to generate tetra-Fc-sialylated immunoglobulins with consistent enhanced anti-inflammatory activity. In pre-clinical trials, hsIgG has been shown to be at least 10× more potent than the parent IVIg product in a variety of animal models of autoimmune disease. We believe our hsIgGproduct has the potential to be developed as a high-potency alternative to IVIg. We have completed the IND-enabling toxicology study and plan to initiate a Phase I/II proof–of-concept clinical trial in early 2019. The dose-ranging trial will begin with normal volunteers and progress to patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, or ITP.
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune syndrome in which abnormal autoantibodies, bind to circulating platelet membranes leading to platelet destruction and subsequent reduction of the number of circulating platelets (thrombocytopenia). This disease affects children and adults and can be acute or chronic. Most common symptoms include petechiae, purpura, and epistaxis. Mortality rates are similar to slightly higher than the age-matched general population; bleeding and infection are the leading causes of mortality in ITP patients.
Visit our publications page for more information on hsIVIg.

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10" tall x 18" wide. A heat loving plant that thrives in sunny, dry areas along baking south and west facing walls and pavement areas. Spreading rapidly on shallow roots when the hot summer weather arrives, give this beauty plenty of room to grow as it will overrun smaller, less vigorous plants. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
10" tall x 18" wide (seed propagated). A heat loving plant that thrives in sunny, dry areas along baking south and west facing walls and pavement areas. Spreading rapidly on shallow roots when the hot summer weather arrives, give this beauty plenty of room to grow as it will overrun smaller, less vigorous plants. Preferring unimproved, well-drained soils, this plant requires little extra water once established. Not generally recommended for gardeners living in cold, short season climates.


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Hot off the presses! Cilantro & Coriander: Herb of the Year 2017 published by the International Herb Association.
Here's a plethora of coriander seeds that I am planting this year to trial the different cultivars--and yes, I did get a few of them just because of the artwork on the packages!
Back cover of Cilantro & Coriander: Herb of the Year 2017. Read all about it!
Here is some info from the back cover: "With aromatic leaves, seeds and roots, this two-for-one plant offers variety as both herb (cilantro) and spice (coriander). Love potion, medicinal aid, fragrant herb, and legendary culinary spice--there is much that is alluring about Cilantro & Coriander, Herb of the Year 2017." Kudos goes to Gert Coleman for compiling and editing this year's herb of the year book.
This year's publication is thick--nearly 300 pages with black & white photos and illustrations--as well as a color insert with photos of the plants, seedlings, roots, leaves, flowers, green and dried seeds and dishes featuring the leaves and seeds. There are 45 articles contributed by members and fellow enthusiasts from fun facts and stories to fragrance and flavor, botany, cultivation, lore and history, poetry, crafts and medical information. And we musn't forget the recipes! Perhaps, I'll share a favorite recipe highlighting this pungently flavorful herb in an upcoming blog--so stay tuned.
In the meantime, you can see from the photo that I have acquired a large number of coriander seeds so I can do a cilantro comparison. I've planted 14 different cultivars out in the garden as well as some pepicha (Porophyllum tagetoides), which is an herb that has a flavor very similar to cilantro. I will keep track of germination, leaf size and amount harvested, height, flowers and seed, as well as smell and taste.
For those of you who want to grow your own it is an easy annual to sow from seed. Just remember to harvest the leaves to keep up production and that it will bolt and send up flower stalks as soon as the weather gets hot; so don't expect it to last all season. This species is a crop for cool spring weather.Moderating heat with 30 to 50 percent shade cloth also extends the period of foliage harvest.
Coriander/cilantro is grown from fruits sown in near-neutral garden loam where it will receive full sun. Fruits sown directly in the field or the garden exhibit a low germination rate, usually less than 50 percent. My dear friend, colleague, and co-author of The Culinary Herbal: Growing & Preserving 97 Flavorful Herbs, Art Tucker, is an advocate of germinating by the following method. Germination may be enhanced above 60 percent by rubbing the fruits until the fruit-halves, or mericarps, separate. The fruit is then soaked for three or four days and dried for eight hours before planting.
For the home gardener, the fruits may be broadcast or planted in rows or raised beds, allowing 9 to 32 inches between rows for cultivation. Sow as soon as soil can be worked and after danger of heavy frost is past. Germination begins about four days after sowing when the scraping and soaking method is used or after about twenty-five days otherwise. Coriander/cilantro does not successfully compete with weeds so mulch or cultivation are important cultural factors. Maintain an even moisture during growth.
If you'd like a just-released copy of Cilantro & Coriander, Herb of the Year 2017, you can go online and order it from the International Herb Association's website www.iherb.org. I will also have it available on my website in the near future although I have not had time to post it there. Better yet, come to the Herb Society of America's annual conference, (www.herbsociety.org) which will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 5, 6, and 7th. there is a great line-up of speakers and a marketplace where we will have copies for sale and signing!


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The financial industry is one of the world’s most regulated. Internal compliance departments are tasked with keeping bank procedures in line with an evolving patchwork of state, federal and global regulations. Fortunately, advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions like Amelia are able to assist financial institutions with maintaining compliance across all relevant business areas.
The constant flow of rule changes make enterprise-scale compliance a challenging endeavor for banks and financial services firms. The good news is that when banks hire advanced cognitive agents like Amelia to automate the user experience (UX), compliance officers can implement necessary procedural changes far quicker than they could when handled solely by human agents.
Currently, most banks’ compliance departments need to train teams of human service agents on new procedures. This training process can result in delays before procedures became routine and ubiquitous — and therefore might place banks in a state of non-compliance during the transition period. When Amelia automates UX processes (either in total, or as a whisper agent designed to provide step-by-step guidance for human agents), new rules can be deployed at scale virtually instantaneously.
When Amelia automates UX processes (either in total, or as a whisper agent designed to provide step-by-step guidance for human agents), new rules can be deployed at scale virtually instantaneously.
For example, a new federal rule set to go into effect on Oct. 1 stipulates, among other things, that “financial institutions must generally provide both a ‘short form’ disclosure and a ‘long form’ disclosure before a consumer acquires a prepaid account.” What would normally be a daunting and time-consuming (and mostly manual) task can be simplified and streamlined through an AI System. With Amelia automating the UX, a compliance team can work with their company’s Cognitive Center of Excellence (CCoE), a multi-disciplinary internal team responsible for upkeep of an AI system, to amend procedural workflows to provide relevant users with access to long- and short-form disclosures. Once the change is deployed, it becomes part of the bank’s standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Not only does Amelia allow companies to deploy large system-wide changes, but she can also execute changes for specific users (e.g. designate that the example above only apply to customers using prepaid debit cards). This ability to pinpoint procedural changes is particularly important when providing service to customers across the country as regulations vary from state-to-state (e.g. Amelia might provide different procedures for users in California than she does for those in South Dakota, while still remaining compliant in both).
Another AI-powered compliance benefit is machine-grade accuracy. Unlike humans who can make mistakes (and therefore accidentally fall afoul of compliance), machines are designed to be error-proof. In the event that an error is made by a human member of the compliance or CCOE teams while training Amelia, the problems can be quickly mitigated as Amelia keeps detailed records of all actions and can be used to send an email to all impacted users with the necessary updated information.
Amelia has a proven track record empowering financial institutions to implement intelligent solutions as scale. Compliance is one more valuable way that AI will help banks remain competitive in an evolving marketplace.


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See that pie? That is a prize-winning pie.
It’s a Gizzi Erskine recipe, from her new Season’s Eatings book. My husband baked it on 30th October because Gizzi was running an Instagram competition. If you baked her spooky coq au vin pie over the Halloween weekend and posted a picture of it to Instagram, you could win two tickets to her Thanksgiving event at the Drapers Arms.
As big Gizzi fans, we obviously had to enter, and, well, the first sentence of this post was a bit of a spoiler, really. My husband’s mad baking skills and my (clearly) brilliant food photography skills won us the tickets. So despite not being American in the slightest, yesterday we went to a Thanksgiving feast.
It was a bit scary when we first arrived. The pub was set up with long dining tables, but most people had arrived in pairs. That meant there was a terribly awkward period where no-one was sure where to sit, and then people started to sit at each ends of the tables, until finally latecomers had to ask if they could sit in the middle. Argh.
But then the mulled wine started to kick in, and someting strange started to happen. Everyone started talking to one another. First the people sitting immediately next to them, and then the rest of the table. When the food arrived, it arrived on huge sharing platters, and soon everyone was laughing and joking and passing plates around.
I should say at this point that the food was incredible. Gizzi served up buffalo cauliflower with blue cheese and celery to start, then a spiced roast turkey with endless side dishes and incredible roast potatoes for the main course, followed by a brown butter maple pumpkin pie. There was a cheese plate at the end, but I don’t think many people had room. It all tasted incredible – but then I’d expected it to.
I think I knew the food would be amazing, because Gizzi’s recipes seem to be reliably amazing. I think what I wasn’t expecting was for everything else to work so well. The atmosphere, the conversation – and yes, the wine – were all brilliant. I had an amazing night, and when Gizzi came out at the end to talk about her take on Thanksgiving, the applause was deafening.
If you’d asked me a month ago whether I wanted to spend Thanksgiving with a bunch of strangers, I’d’ve said… well, I wouldn’t have waited for you to finish the question before running screaming in the opposite direction. But actually, I’m really thankful that I did.
Somehow, meringue never seemed like a thing I could actually make. It’s just too … weird.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Rub the butter, salt and flour together in a bowl, then add in just enough of the cold water to bind it together and create a soft dough. Roll out the pastry and use it to line a greased pie dish, prick the base with a fork, and chill it for 10 minutes. Then blind bake the pastry shell – put some greaseproof paper on top of it, weigh it down with rice or similar, and bake for 15 minutes. Then remove the paper etc and bake for a further 5 minutes.
Grate the zest from the lemons, then juice them. Mix the cornflour into the lemon juice in a pan, then add water, lemon zest and butter and heat until the mixture boils, stirring regularly. Keep stirring over a low heat until the mixture is thick and smooth (kind of like a lemon curd, only it takes nowhere near as long). Remove from the heat, and whisk in the sugar and egg yolks.
At this point, it’s probably worth tasting the mixture – mine was very sharp, and I probably could have added a bit more sugar. Once you’re happy with it, pour the filling into the pastry base. Once it’s cooled, stick it in the fridge till the lemon filling has set.
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Whisk the egg whites until they get thick enough to stand up in firm peaks, then gradually add in the sugar until the whole mixture is stiff and glossy. Spoon onto the top of your pie, then bake for 25-30 minutes.

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A well-designed roof system incorporates a slope to the surface supporting the roof membrane – the substrate. Positive flat roof slope towards drainage points allows for accumulated water to drain sufficiently, mitigating the risk of roof ponding. After rainfall, some residual water is expected to remain on the surface of a flat/low-slope roof, but it must be drained adequately and with sufficient time.
Roof ponding often leads to premature membrane weathering and roof failure.
1. Slope is built into the structure of the building—the structural roof deck is sloped so that any roof membrane installed overtop is sloping.
2. Slope is created using tapered insulation—a custom design and drawings for a building’s roof are drafted. Tapered insulation is cut and installed to those specifications and dimensions, creating a sloped substrate overtop the level roof deck. The roof membrane installed overtop now slopes.
If no slope is incorporated into the design, deflections in the roof deck and substrate often tend to create an uneven surface inevitably resulting in areas of ponding water.


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Time Cycles Research has merged these two sciences into one valuable astrology program for the Mac.
Medical Astrology is a fascinating, timeless subject of antiquity. The purpose of medical astrology is to find and prevent conditions and disorders. Just as a doctor will look at a blood chemistry report to gain an insight to diagnose, so the The purpose of medical astrology is to find and prevent conditions and disorders. medical astrologer looks at a birth chart to gain an insight as well. The horoscope does not produce a "diagnosis", rather it provides an insight into the constitution of the native, whether strong or weak, the healing potential, the metabolism whether normal, fast or sluggish, and pathological tendencies.
Interesting, as well as insightful, Io Body & Soul can help everyone from the beginner to the professional learn how to improve themselves physically and spiritually.
The writer Dr. Charles McWilliams, is a noted author and researcher in the world of Medical Astrology. He owns Jade Esthetics, a company based in Nevis that provides all natural cosmetics, cleansers, shampoos, etc. He also holds many seminars a year lecturing on such things as clysmology, massage, detoxification and rejuvenation.


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Rabat – Morocco has decided to retaliate against Sweden, in response to Stockholm’s project to recognize the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Democratic Republic (SADR).
Mustapha Khalfi ,Minister of Communications and Spokesperson of the Government, announced this Thursday that Rabat decided to boycott all Swedish companies and products, in protest against the Swedish government’s “assault on Moroccan sovereignty”.
According to the Minister, the Moroccan government took this decision as retaliation following Sweden’s decision to boycott some Moroccan companies and other foreign companies that have relations with Morocco.
“Sweden has declared an economic war in Morocco in calling for a boycott of Moroccan companies as well as foreign companies that have relations with Morocco,” Khalfi said following the government’s council meeting in Rabat.
Khalfi pointed out that Morocco will “stay put till the end,” adding that Sweden has more to lose since” the trade balance is unbalanced “in favor of the Scandinavian country. He said that Morocco’s total imports from Sweden are estimated at almost MAD17 billion against of MAD2.5 billion worth of Moroccan exports to the Scandinavian country.
Khalfi accused Sweden of offering “financial support” to organizations that are hostile to Morocco.
“Morocco is sure of itself and its reforms in the areas of freedoms, human rights and the implementation of regionalization,” Mustafa Khalfi explained.
The government Spokesperson added that Moroccan foreign Ministry met several times with his Swedish counterpart in the UN’s headquarter, expressing Morocco’s “outrage” regarding Sweden’s assault on Moroccan territorial integrity.
Morocco will not tolerate that its “stability, territorial unity and its commercial interests” be threatened, the Minister concluded.

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text: There are currently 57 builders to choose from in 230 new home communities across the Land O Lakes area. Choose from 1,569 home plans or the 487 quick move-in homes to find the perfect home for you in the Land O Lakes area. With prices ranging from 118,000 to ,1,499,500 and home sizes between 620 and 7520 square feet there is sure to be a home that will fit your needs. Whether you need a small starter home or large family home, you will find homes in Land O Lakes that have between 2 to 7 bedrooms and 2 to 7 bathrooms.


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The key change is that Small Business Rates Relief scheme has been permanently doubled with effect from 1 April 2017. Small businesses who occupy properties with a rateable value of below £12,000 (up from £6,000) will pay no business rates at all from 1 April 2017. According to the Chancellor over 600,000 businesses will benefit from this change. A tapered relief scheme will be implemented for rateable values between £12,000 and £15,000; from 100% relief below £12,000 to no relief above £15,000.
A further change is that the upper threshold for the standard business rates multiplier (UBR) – currently used to calculate business rates on properties with a rateable value between £12,000 and £18,000 (or £24,500 in London) - has been significantly increased to £51,000, taking 250,000 smaller properties out of the higher rate.
More frequent revaluations are to be introduced and Government’s aim is to introduce at least three-yearly revaluations. Another discussion paper will be published later in the year.
Richard adds that whilst this is not the radical reform of the system rate-payers hoped for, the Budget changes have welcome elements that will provide some important cost savings for many occupiers.
Contact Richard Grassly on RichardG@rhrwclutton.co.uk for more advice.


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1. Heat oven to 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6. In a mixing bowl, marinade feta, oil, honey and thyme. Set aside.
2. Lay a sheet of filo on a work surface and brush with a little extra oil. Put another sheet on top and brush with oil. Fold sheets in half widthways.
3. Put the feta into the centre of the filo in a rectangular shape about 6.5 x 9cm (2½ x 3½in). Brush filo with oil around the feta, then fold the two long edges over the feta, followed by the other two, shorter, edges to enclose completely and make a parcel.
4. Put parcel seam-side down on to a baking sheet, brush with more oil and bake for 25min until golden. Switch off oven with parcel in it to keep warm briefly.
5. Drizzle with extra honey and sprinkle with pistachios to serve.