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Doctors of Chiropractic are licensed to practice in all 50 states and in almost all nations of the world. Chiropractors undergo rigorous education in the health sciences similar to that of medical doctors. Following an undergraduate degree program, students must complete a thorough four year academic program that includes 4,200 hours of classroom time followed by a minimum of one year in a clinical based program or externship dealing with actual patient care to the general public. Over 500 hours are dedicated to learning adjusting techniques and spinal analysis. Successful completion of this program results in a D.C. (Doctorate in Chiropractic) degree. Both National Board and Individual State Board exams must be passed to obtain a license to practice chiropractic. Each state has a Chiropractic Board of Examiners to review the potential candidates’ qualifications and to govern the practice of chiropractic in their state.
"Integrative" refers to the use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professions, and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. It is important that the patient's PCP or family doctor is informed of their diagnosis, treatment and outcome. We have worked very hard over the past 30 years to develop an integrative network of physicians that have one thing in common - "the best interest of the patient". The group confirms that annual exams are being performed, including but not limited to physicals, blood work (blood sugar levels, cholesterol, PSA levels, etc.), prostate exams, breast exams, PAP smears and addressing of nutritional concerns.


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Andy Vernon, who recently gained a world and Olympic 10,000m qualifying mark, will take on the in-form Jonny Mellor, while Jo Pavey could challenge the UK over-40 mark in the Bupa London 10,000 on Monday (May 25).
The 10km event acts as the national championships and is the second part of a weekend of road running in central London which starts on Sunday with the third edition of the Bupa Westminster Mile, a preview for which can be found here.
Vernon, who won last year’s British 10km title, returns to race in the UK after clocking a 10,000m track PB of 27:42.62 to win the high-class Jordan Payton Invitational race at the beginning of May. Mellor, meanwhile, was just outside his 28:42.20 10,000m best from 2013 in winning the men’s elite race at the Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs last weekend.
Olympic marathoner Scott Overall, who was third last year, and Glasgow Commonwealth Games finallist Luke Caldwell also form part of the field.
The women’s race is headlined by Pavey, who as well as going for the British title will be chasing the national age-group record of 32:25 which has belonged to Priscilla Welch since 1985. The European 10,000m champion will be looking to improve on the 33:21 she ran at the recent Morrisons Great Manchester Run.
The 41-year-old, who was this week named on the GB team for next month’s European Cup 10,000m in Sardinia, won the British 10km title in 2011 when she beat Gemma Steel and Paula Radcliffe just six weeks after making her marathon debut in London.
Charlotte Purdue, Beth Potter and Elle Vernon are other leading contenders, while Helen Clitheroe was a late withdrawal through injury.
Around 12,000 runners are expected to complete the event that starts on The Mall and takes in Trafalgar Square, the City and Whitehall before finishing on Spur Road in front of Buckingham Palace.
The Bupa London 10,000 starts at 10am.

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The Demetreous Lane Girls Group started in the summer of 2013 and is geared toward young women in the North Dartmouth area aged 12 to 17. The group meets each Friday afternoon for two hours at “the Hive” located at the Demetreous Lane Community Center.
The group aims to create a safe place for girls to learn and lead their communities through their own voices. They chat and journal about issues important to teen girls and empower the girls to rise above life’s obstacles. They accomplish this through sharing sessions with each other and their communities, as well as through workshops, guest speakers and youth leader projects.
The group has had guest speakers including artists, anti-violence advocates and social workers come to speak with the girls and encourage them to seek opportunities to better their futures.

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Arlene F. Montevecchio is a graduate of St. Norbert College and Harvard Divinity School. She previously worked as Director of the Center for Social Concerns at Gannon University and is currently a doctoral student in theology and ethics at Duquesne University. She has published articles and reviews in Political Theology, the Annual Volume of the College Theology Society, U.S. Catholic, The National Catholic Reporter, The Merton Seasonal, and the blog Daily Theology. Arlene and her husband Caesar have two sons, Andrew and Damian.
Michelle P. Egan has been at the Center since 2008 as the Associate Director. She is a graduate of Saint Mary’s with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in English Writing. Prior to working at the Center, Michelle was the Assistant Director in the Alumnae Relations Office at Saint Mary’s. Michelle and her husband have two sons.
Kathy Guthrie has been at the Center for Spirituality for 10 years as the Administrative Assistant. She has a BBA in Accounting from Davenport University. Kathy and her husband Bryan raise chickens and enjoy gardening.


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One facility where onsite wastewater treatment and re-use is working really well as part of water efficiency strategies is the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The center has a packaged plant using membrane technology, rated up to 100 cubic meters a day. The plant processes waste from the facility’s restrooms and kitchens, and generally achieves 70,000 liters of production a day, says Bruce Caister, the center’s wastewater treatment plant operator. The treated water is fed back into the facility’s toilets and urinals, and also is used to irrigate the center’s 6-acre vegetative roof.
There were some “teething issues” as the plant was coming online, Caister says. For one, the system depends on biological activity to remove nutrients from the water before it is filtered, disinfected, and distributed, and its biological population requires an appropriate level of oxygen in the water and enough nutrients to sustain it. In the beginning, Caister had to use dry dog food on occasion to keep the “bugs” alive so the population would be able to handle the influx created during conventions. Now that the facility is fully occupied retail-wise, this is no longer an issue.
Vassos mentions another situation that arose. Early on, one of the restaurants was bypassing the grease traps and dumping grease directly into the drain, which is very detrimental to the membrane technology. However, because the sewage was being treated on site, the team was able to quickly identify the source of the grease and implement grease trap improvements across the facility to avoid the problem in the future. In a typical scenario, the grease would have traveled downstream to a municipal plant, creating problems for the community that would have been virtually untraceable to their source.
Caister says the membrane technology is very reliable and the system has been performing as designed for close to four years now, requiring only periodic maintenance.
Consideration of the larger impact of a facility’s water use on a municipal system in terms of stormwater management, sewer improvements, and the like is what is on the horizon for facility managers, says Tanner.
Where facility managers have oversight of a large facility within a community, Tanner suggests they talk with the local water utility and jurisdiction to see what incentives might be available to facilitate water efficiency improvements. Also, if a facility can shift when it draws down large quantities of water, this can positively affect how the local utility manages its water supply and its energy use, which can make a big difference in their region, Tanner says.

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With the Hype of Bella and Edward on screen, the two had a lot of pressure to be the perfect couple off the screen, so when Kristen was caught cheating with her fiance, the world lost their mind.
Now, K.Stew is happy with her model bae Stella Maxwell, who she was actually with when running into Rob this week. Yikes!
TMZ reports that the three were on the same flight traveling from Paris to Los Angeles on Friday (June 7).
Although it all sounds super uncomfortable, it appears that the two kept their cool, with no drama goin' down. Thank the lord.

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We thought Tuc Watkins had the role of a lifetime as One Life to Live's madcap hedonist David Vickers. Turns out he's got an even greater role these days! Watkins will appear on the Hallmark Channel talk show Marie (Monday, April 29, noon/11c) and reveal for the first time that he's a gay single dad, telling host Marie Osmond that he recently welcomed twins Catchen and Curtis via surrogate.
The happily sleep-deprived star says the four-month-olds are just starting to giggle which "makes all those midnight feedings totally worth it."
Watkins, who will reprise his OLTL role when the soap reboots on the Internet April 29, is joined on Marie by his sister Courtney Watkins, a teacher and host of the Disney web series The Possibility Shop. The actor tells Osmond he was certain about three things when he was young: "I knew I was gay [and] I knew one day I was going to be a dad."
And the third? For the answer, check out this exclusive TV Guide Magazine clip!


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The C-64 Scene Database and the latest music from Stardust Music #Commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Via Twitter user @AndyVaisey: Arkanix Labs has just released ‘Stardust Music‘, a small Commodore C64 music collection.
A site dedicated to gathering as much information as possible about the productions, the groups, the sceners, the events and bbs’s in the Commodore 64 scene. You can help this database grow by submitting information about the productions/groups/sceners/events/bbs you know about.
If you are interested in the Commodore 64, even if you don’t have the real Commodore 64, you can still watch and play all you find on the site on your home computer using an emulator like Vice or CCS64.

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Ed Green Electric was started in 1975 by accident. Ed Green turned over a power company line truck. He had worked for AEP (American Electric Power) as a lineman for fifteen years and at the time of the accident had advanced to line crew specialist. No one was hurt and the truck wasn't badly damaged. Even though his job may not have been in jeopardy, it got him to think about his own future. He started to help folks with their electric projects on evenings and weekends. People liked his down to earth attitude. The fifteen years experience with AEP fully prepared him to solve customer electrical problems. This side business quickly grew into a full time job. Ed and his son and a small crew have served the needs of electric customers around the state of Ohio for over thirty years. Ed's son, Matt has continued in his father's footsteps and has added a college engineering degree into the mix. Needless to say this company is growing rapidly and we would love the opportunity to prove how our history has prepared us for your project.
Oh, it should probably be mentioned that Ed hasn't turned over any more trucks.

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We launched Excel Rain Man in May of 2008 to help individuals and small businesses with their Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet needs. Because spreadsheet consulting may not have the same pizzazz that other small businesses possess (though I can’t understand why), we have tried to give our business a cool and funky twist by sharing compelling content and connecting with other business owners.
One way we do this is with hip Excel template giveaways, which are featured in our monthly newsletter. These have included things like a Fashion Week Datebook, M-A-S-H Valentine’s Template, Football Survivor Pools, Golf Gambler and others. Our free NCAA basketball brackets spreadsheet drew national media coverage in March.
We tried to create a social media footprint by banging out a newsletter, posting it to our Facebook page and tweeting about it. We realized it would be hard for Excel Rain Man to join the social media revolution, considering that our product didn’t lend itself to “going viral” as easily as, say, a new online cupcake shop or boutique sandal maker.
So we tweaked our approach to better spread the word. One of the more interesting ways that we have grown our notoriety is by promoting other small businesses. Starting in November of 2009, we added a section to our newsletter called the “Small Biz Spotlight” in which we showcase a small business that we think is spectacular.
The small business community is a tight knit group where help from others is always appreciated.
Our Facebook page no longer only consists of spreadsheet tips and template details. It now has write-ups on other small businesses including tags to their business pages. These small businesses often push out the Excel Rain Man write-up as well as our other content, allowing our page to be referenced on other business pages and to be seen by a countless number of other Facebook users.
Our small business spotlight immediately creates a relationship with the featured business. In many instances, these small businesses have become our clients or have referred us to others.
Lock and Mane was the first small business we featured in our newsletter. Led by husband-and-wife team Jackie and John Cascarano, the company offers fabulous brand-name luxury hair products and a very user-friendly website. I became an immediate customer, and as a small business owner trying to peddle my wares with grace, I offered to be an ambassador of L&M. A year later, we mutually “tweet” and “like” each other’s news and successes, L&M gifts and gift certificates are my go-to gift, and L&M has become one of Excel Rain Man’s biggest customers.
My love affair with Callie’s Biscuits began a few years ago when my mother-in-law was planning our first vacation to Charleston, South Carolina. She read about Callie’s Charleston Biscuits, and since then we have included these artisanal biscuits in our meals both at home and on vacation. About a year ago, my mother-in-law set up a chance for me to meet Carrie Bailey-Morey, the daughter of Callie and the founder of the company.
In addition to the incredible advice and ideas that came out of that first meeting, we featured Callie’s in our next newsletter and continued to recommend these amazing treats to anyone and everyone who would listen, including several local markets that now stock Callie’s in the freezer section. Callie’s has also become a client, as we were able to find some great spreadsheet solutions for tracking inventory and revenue figures.
In short, our love for helping small businesses goes beyond beating up a spreadsheet or two and has paid off in valuable relationships.
OPEN Cardmember Jen Portland is the founder of ExcelRainMan.com, a consulting company that helps people tackle their spreadsheet issues.


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In the district of Monteverde, between the city and the countryside, located in a villas area called “Valle Dei Casali” and close to any service needed (sporting clubs, international schools, markets, shops): 5 km from the Lungotevere and the city centre.
Prestigious 1800 farmhouse for sale near the historical centre of Rome, in the district of Monteverde, between the city and the countryside, located in a villas area called “Valle Dei Casali” and close to any service needed (sporting clubs, international schools, markets, shops): 5 km from the Lungotevere and the city centre. The 944 sqm property is composed of the main building, the guesthouse, the garage, the warehouse and a 3.500 sqm private land. The park around the buildings is of about 3.000 sqm and includes some century-old plants. The possibility of creating a swimming pool in it is included too. The 800 sqm prestigious farmhouse is divided into three levels. The ground floor is characterized by two different areas with triple access from the outside, a service area with a staircase going to the upper floors, bathroom, utility room, lift and good lift. The first floor is composed of six rooms, a kitchen, four bathrooms and a further staircase. At the second floor, six rooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and another staircase for the third-floor terrace. The property, which needs to be renovated, distinguishes itself for its elegance and refinement. It could be used as private home with park and swimming pool, as embassy headquarters or as guest house for important companies.
All the property utilities have been created about 30 years ago.
The house could be a perfect private home with park and swimming pool, an embassy headquarters or a guest house for important companies.


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As the San Antonio Spurs continue to come to terms with a 67-15 regular season ending in the second round of the playoffs, the biggest question surrounding the team remains whether franchise icon Tim Duncan will retire.
If the 40-year-old Duncan – or 38-year-old Manu Ginobili, for that matter – has made a decision one way or the other, he’s certainly not tipping his hand.
Duncan has won five titles and Ginobili four with the Spurs, but they are slowing down. Duncan averaged a career-low 8.6 points and 7.3 rebounds this season, and those numbers dropped to 5.9 points and 4.8 rebounds in the playoffs. Ginobili’s regular-season numbers of 9.6 points and 2.5 rebounds were also career lows.
The Spurs reloaded for a title run by adding LaMarcus Aldridge and David West last offseason, but West reportedly is opting out of his contract. The draft is June 23, and free agency begins July 1, so Duncan, Ginobili and the Spurs have a lot of big decisions to make in the coming weeks.


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The Tall Ship Mug — Illustration, etc.
T is for a totally tantalising tide-turning tea holder!
This product is exclusive to Illustration, etc. and the Tall Ship in Glasgow! Quality white earthenware mug with red T for Tall Ship design. Design is printed on both sides of the mug so you can can see (and show off the design) whether you're right or left handed!

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Research and Innovations Treatment for Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) has not been found yet. Ensuring proper detection and treatment is given in order to slow down and halt the progression of the disease is vital.
As Canadians, we pride ourselves on a health care system that is supposed to provide equal care for all. However, for the 1 in 12 Canadians — mostly children — who live with rare diseases, accessing the treatments they need can involve a litany of barriers and frustration.
Though there is no cure for these diseases, there are treatments for many of them that can slow or halt progression of the disease. Unfortunately, even when these treatments have been approved by Health Canada, they often remain unavailable or very difficult to access while reviews and negotiations happen at the provincial level. These delays can devastate families.
We must raise our voices and ensure that a truly collaborative conversation takes place. It is the responsibility of all Canadians to make it clear that we believe a better solution is possible, and that we want to work towards making it a reality. If our process is leaving vulnerable patients behind, we have the power and the obligation to change that. This can be fixed, if we work together to build the political will to do so.

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When you think about wedding preparations there is list as long as you can imagine of considerations and bookings to make! Some of the most important tasks to look at are to book any services or suppliers you require for the big day well in advance – particularly over the summer months when weekends are often packed with celebrations, popular venues and suppliers will quickly become booked up. The last thing you want is to be disappointed if the venue that you had your heart set on is already booked for your special day!
When you book a supplier or service you want to know that you are working with someone who is experienced in weddings, who understands how important the day is and will try and ensure this goes to plan. If you are looking for a special venue and want the best possible service around why not consider hiring a marquee for your celebrations. Standard wedding venues in Tewkesbury and the Surrounding areas can offer a wedding package but this cannot be personalised as uniquely as marquee hire in Gloucestershire from Windsor Marquees.
Based in Gloucestershire, if you are looking for Marquee hire in Gloucester and the surrounding areas of Worcestershire, Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury then Windsor Marquees can provide a range of marquees and accessories for any size of event. All packages include installation and erection along with provision of furniture in a style to complement your wedding theme; they can also provide attendants on the day to help with any tasks. Don’t compromise on your wedding venue – choose Windsor Marquees for your special day!

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Advance OHS specialises in providing OHS services to a wide range of industries.
Advance OHS can help your organisation reduce the financial and personal cost of workplace injuries through our unique expertise in your sector. We have specialist consultants who can assist you with all aspects of OHS, they specialise in specific sectors such as construction, manufacturing, retail, warehousing, hospitality, clubs, health and community.
We can guide you through auditing, risk assessments, training, policies and procedures.
Our Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) courses can be delivered at the convinience of your premises or simply join our public courses.


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Online shopping opened a whole new world for book lovers, especially those who collect old volumes of specialty books. Collectors can browse book collections from all over the world instead of just where they shopped locally to find a great deal. But you don’t have to be a collector to find great book deals online. You just need a few tips and tricks.
The most obvious place to look for sales online is under the tab that says clearance. Once you are under the clearance tab, search by title or genre. Keep in mind, too, that most books these days also come in an eReader form, good for just about any tablet or electronic reading device. And eBooks are typically lower price than their paper counterparts. Books on clearance can range anywhere from an additional 40% off to as much as 80% off the original price.
When looking for bargain prices online, pay particular attention to sites that cater specifically to book sales. You can find great deals on auction sites and big online retailers, too. A word of warning, though: While you can find just about any book imaginable, you never quite know the condition of the book like you would if you were buying it – and could touch and feel the book – at bricks and mortar book stores. It’s like buying anything online: do your research and accept the fact that you may get burned a time or two by products that aren’t quite as advertised. Online sites carry both new and used books, and you can often pre-order a book before its release.
Find a book seller you like and trust, and register for their website or sign up for their newsletters. When you sign up or become a subscriber for sites like these, most companies will send you an email of when sales are coming up. Pay close attention to the winter holidays, because that’s when you’ll typically see the most deals. But you should also look for deals after the holidays; if your favorite book seller is trying to get rid of some of its stock or clear out its warehouse, they’ll sell products at bargain-basement prices. Again, though, most companies will alert their subscribers via email when these specials are coming up. Also, if you really want to save money, see if your favorite book seller offers additional discounts or coupon codes; with any luck, you might get free shipping on top of your other discounts.
Lastly, the items that are being discontinued or were not great sellers to begin with will go on steep discounts after a few weeks or months after the initial release. Think about it: the book dealer has to get rid of those books anyway, so the company would do just about anything to clear out their warehouse space. Even if it’s a popular seller, hold out before you plop down any money on it. Book sellers can typically charge a little more when a book is first released; once the buzz has died down, you’ll usually see prices drop.

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This is a blog about life, specifically about living a fulfilling life: what that means, and the internal and external factors that often stand in the way of our experiencing the happiness and peace we want to feel. It will be about my experiences, questions, and insights, but I don’t want it to only be about my individual journey. Ultimately, I would like my posts to be the start of a dialogue among readers and for this site to be a safe place where we can all reflect upon what matters most to us and how to get there. While I have a lot of ideas for what I will write about here, I expect “Full Life Reflections” to evolve as a result of the comments and feedback I receive from readers.
Those of you who were readers of my previous blog, “Recovering Shopaholic,” will likely find that this blog picks up where the last one left off. The tagline for that site was “Trade Your Full Closet for a Full Life.” Over the four years of writing posts there, I focused primarily on the first part of the equation, the full closet. The majority of my writing was on the topics of wardrobe management, conscious and responsible shopping, and personal style. As I explored these subjects and worked through various wardrobe and style experiments, I was able to significantly downsize my closet and streamline the way I shop and dress. Although I still consider myself a recovering shopaholic and continue to experience some challenges with my shopping and wardrobe, I’m confident that my decision to press the pause button on that blog last February was the right one. But I found that I missed blogging and still feel I have things to say and a lot more growth to do in terms of living a full and fulfilled life, so I’m back with this new blog.
You don’t need to have read my previous blog or struggle with compulsive shopping – or any type of compulsion or addiction – to benefit from “Full Life Reflections.” While I will likely still write about wardrobe challenges from time to time, the majority of my posts will delve into all sorts of other life topics: intentional living, life balance, relationships, productivity, health, self-care, success, aging, hobbies and interests, and much more. I will also periodically embark upon personal experiments in the realms of life, health, and wardrobe and write about my experiences.
I’m glad you’re here – welcome! I hope you will enjoy “Full Life Reflections.” If you have questions or topic ideas for me, or would just like to say hi, feel free to contact me. Because I have found that social media cultivates anxiety in me, I won’t be very active there, although I do periodically post my photos on Instagram. While some have said that “blogging is dead” or at least on its way out, it’s still the medium that I’m most comfortable with, so I’m going to keep on going with it and hope that I continue to find a committed audience online. If my reflections can help to shift even one person’s life, it is well worth my while to share them!
Hi, I’m Debbie Roes, the author of this blog. Here’s a bit of information about me… I have been a personal development blogger since 2010 and this is my fifth blog! My last blog, “Recovering Shopaholic,” focused on my journey to overcome a decades-long compulsive shopping problem, downsize my wardrobe, shop more responsibly, and inspire and encourage others to do the same.
Over the course of its four-year span, “Recovering Shopaholic” gained a relatively wide following and I was interviewed by multiple media outlets to share my story and advice. I also published two books that summarized the key strategies I’ve learned over the years for smart shopping and sound wardrobe management. I have been praised by many of my readers for my open and honest writing style and I plan to continue that approach here.
I have been fascinated by human nature and behavior since my teens. I hold a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and am a Certified Professional Coach. In my work as a coach, I helped clients with such diverse issues as weight loss, career transition, dating and relationships, and business growth. For several years, I ran a wardrobe consulting business in which I helped women increase their confidence and improve their body image through defining and enhancing their personal style. My services included closet audits, personal shopping, event styling, and “shop your closet” outfit creation sessions.
I also worked in the high-tech industry for a number of years as a program manager, writer, editor, and web designer/developer and have done freelance writing and editing work in recent years. I was an active member of Toastmasters International for seven years and held many leadership roles within that organization. Over the years, I have presented speeches to multiple corporations and associations on personal and professional growth topics, including stress management, managing change, goal-setting, weight loss, and time management.
I live with my wonderful husband of seventeen years, Mike, and our two adorable cats in San Diego, California. My hobbies and interests include movies, reading, photography, attending classes and workshops, cooking and baking, dining out, learning new technology, and exploring new areas. I still love shopping and clothes but am gradually learning to put these things into their proper place in my life while also cultivating new interests and passions (which is one of the focuses of this blog!).


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Last Tuesday I had the chance to attend to the Pink Fashion Show at the beautiful Manoel Theatre. The event organised by Times of Malta had a Baroque vibe with live classical Baroque music.
The overall trends where the colours: black, white, red and blue while there where some florals and a lot and a lot of sparkles lace and fur.


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“Expository preaching has a great assumption to it — that one is committed to the sufficiency of Scripture.” Kevin Smith leads a discussion about expository preaching with Curtis Woods, Victor Sholar, Thabiti Anyabwile, and H.B. Charles Jr. C’mon up and join the conversation.
Victor Sholar, pastor of Main Street Baptist Church in Lexington, KY, explains the grind and labor of preaching as well as why Christians must be committed to sound doctrine. C’mon up and enjoy this talk.


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Wild Plants often stop me in my tracks. On a typical wander through the forest, I usually take my precious time to pause along the trail and examine the plant life. I take a mental inventory of the various species that I encounter, often pondering their ethnobotanical applications and imagining how each plant may have traditionally been used to satisfy the basic survival needs of food, medicine, and fiber back when folks lived a lot closer to the earth. Sometimes it takes me forever just to make my way a few short yards down the trail, since I stop to look at plants so often. What can I say. . . I’m a plant dork, and I’m not afraid to admit it.
The other day as Pat and I were slowly hiking through Stimpson Family Nature Reserve, nibbling on Blackcap Raspberries and Trailing Blackberries along the way, a conspicuous plant stopped us in our tracks yet again. As it caught my eye, my mind suddenly flashed back to the very first time I stumbled upon this species, many years ago when I was a new student at Wilderness Awareness School. With great curiosity I pointed out my new discovery to a fellow classmate at the time, who quickly identified the plant as Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra). He informed me that eating Baneberries might be the “bane” of one’s existence, as the entire plant is highly poisonous and can cause nervous system damage and possibly death.
Wowzers! I had thought. Better be careful of that one. The interesting thing is, throughout the past ten years that I’ve spent cultivating relationships with wild native plants of the Pacific Northwest, I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I’ve consciously encountered Red Baneberry. Perhaps I’ve brushed past it countless numbers of times, however, I can’t recall many instances where I’ve actually stopped to acknowledge the plant.
Flash forward to that recent day at Stimpson, when Pat and I came across Red Baneberry. Like I mentioned, this plant stopped us in our tracks. Its bold berries make a statement. So we stopped to listen to what Baneberry had to say. We lingered there for a while and took note of where it likes to grow, and which plants it likes to grow alongside. We got acquainted with its clusters of conspicuous shiny red berries. We compared its berries to other red berries in the forest, Red Huckleberries and Red Elderberries at the time. We placed a Red Baneberry leaf alongside a Trailing Blackberry leaf, taking note of the similarities and differences. We held its leaves in our hands, feeling the sensation of its sparse hairs on our skin. We didn’t just give Red Baneberry a casual head-nod. We actually took the time to meet the plant. We said hello. We gave it a handshake. We had a focused sensory experience with the plant, and that made all the difference.
Upon further research about Red Baneberry via the PNW plant dork “bible” commonly referred to as “Pojar”—a.k.a. Plants of the Pacific Northwest by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon— I’ve learned that although the berries, roots, and foliage of both White and Red Baneberry are highly poisonous and can induce “vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and paralysis of respiration. . . the Quileute chewed the leaves and spat them on wounds". Hmmm.. I find it truly fascinating how certain plants can be regarded as “deadly poisonous" when consumed in higher doses, yet “healing” when used in much smaller doses! The natural world isn’t so black and white after all. There are indeed many shades of grey. We humans have much to learn from this teaching.
Now that my awareness of Red Baneberry has been rekindled, I’m sure that I’ll be noticing it everywhere from this point on. That’s the thing about nature awareness. Once you begin on this path of stopping to notice things with all of your senses, you will never perceive the natural world in the same way as you did before.
This time of year, as we savor the wild edible berry abundance of late summer and transition into the “East” of this school-year’s programs here at Feather and Frond Forest School, it’s only natural for Patrick and I to hold lots of space to acquaint— and re-acquaint— our students with the potential hazards that wild things may present to us in the forest.
Although I don’t condone living a life full of fear, I do like to err on the side of caution when it comes to teaching children about wild edibles. Patrick and I are firm in our rule that each student must ask permission before harvesting and consuming any plant whatsoever while they are at our programs. Whenever we do encounter a plant that is toxic at programs, we take the time to point it out and closely examine it as a group, noting any edible lookalikes. This year, I’ll be sure to seek out some Red Baneberry so we can all take a real close look at this fascinating plant species and learn from our observations of it.
May we all heed Jim's words and remember to pause and crack open this book of nature each and every day, no matter how old we are. Today I thank Red Baneberry for re-enlivening my natural sense of curiosity and reminding me that although I do know a lot of things about nature, there will always be something else out there to meet and get to know more deeply with my senses.


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I’ve lived paycheck to paycheck. I’ve waited to buy food, worried about rent, and delayed bills. I've worried about money. And that can be a problem.
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How many compliments do you give out? Most of us could give more. Here's why you should.
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Meetings are a dreaded part of almost any job. But when they’re done well, meetings can build team spirit and motivate members to work toward common goals.
While multitasking is a demonstrably inefficient way of getting things done, the illusion that we are multitasking can actually improve rather than impede our efficiency.
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Also see here for my Q&A session with Richard Bauckham about the book.
It is OK that you have reviewed my book and posted comments, but to use this recent photo of me is beyond your rights. I have only sanctioned the old photo of myself, which displays the style in which I prefer to be seen. The more current look is copy right of me, and can only be seen by my family (or the public may see this look in seminars, for a fee). I know it may seem like I've been smokin' the wacky weed for writing such a selfish and cantankerous post, but you know how we scholars are. Gotta' take the stress out somehow. Anyway, if you're ever in my neck of the woods, drop by and share the peace pipe.


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I am a recreational birdwatcher, and proud of it! Even if I could get organized enough to keep a life list of birds I’ve seen, I simply enjoy just watching them and attempting to get some decent photos of them to share with you.
Blue jay. Photo by Greg Wagner.
Birders, or avid birders, as I call them, are easy to identify. They each keep a remarkable log of bird sightings to include the description of the species, numbers of them, date and time seen, as well as habitat and weather conditions along with any bird calls heard at the time the bird was spotted. These folks generally have huge binoculars and/or expensive cameras on tripods with massive lenses.
That’s all well and good. In fact, these knowledgeable, avid birders are an impressive lot! They are also generous about helping a novice (like me) understand the nuances of exceptional birding. I remain a recreational birdwatcher though who is always interested in obtaining new and exciting facts about birds!
Dark-eyed junco. Photo by Greg Wagner.
But, there’s one thing I do know that I want to convey to you: Birds matter.
American robin. Photo by Greg Wagner.
They are important because they keep ecosystems in balance. They pollinate plants, disperse seeds, eat insects, scavenge carcasses and recycle nutrients back into the earth.
Red-bellied woodpecker. Photo by Greg Wagner.
They are a barometer for our environment. But they also represent a sense of wildness and freedom wherever they exist. They mark the passage of the seasons. They feed our natural spirit. Imagine a world without birds!
Female brown-headed cowbird. Photo by Greg Wagner.
Here at this place we call Nebraska, is a broad, vast location where plant and wildlife communities reach their northern, southern, eastern and western limits, giving us rich biodiversity, and, therefore, offering abundant birdwatching and birding opportunities. Geographically, Nebraska is situated on a major bird migration route further adding to the spectrum of birds that can be seen, even by the casual observer.
Eastern bluebird. Photo by Greg Wagner.
Have you ever taken the time to stop, look and listen when it comes to birds around your area? To me, they are all so variable and such fascinating wild creatures!
As a recreational birdwatcher, here are seven tips I have learned that I would like to pass along to you to increase the possibilities of seeing a variety of wild birds.
1. Be prepared. It is not as trivial as it sounds. Before you visit a particular tract of public land, review the site descriptions, maps, laws, regulations, do’s and don’ts along with viewing information for services, road conditions, etc. Try to go with a partner. Carry water and a healthy snack or two. And remember, Nebraska’s weather can change abruptly so pay attention to the weather forecast and bring the appropriate clothing.
2. Go early, go late. The single most important way to improve your chances of seeing wildlife, especially birds, is to be there at dawn. Dusk is also good. One of the most active feeding times for birds is early morning as the sun rises making it easier for various birds to forage, and other species are also refueling after a long night. Late evening is similarly active period for feeding birds as they store energy for the night.
3. Use field guides, apps. Even the most experienced birders depend on credible field guides or apps for positive identification of birds. Many of these also greatly assist by describing preferred habitats and habits for different species. The Nebraska Bird Library and Joel Jorgensen’s Nongame Bird Blog plus the Nebraska Birding Trails are fantastic online resources for obtaining all sorts of information about birds in the Cornhusker State.
4. Have good optics, binoculars. Good optics mean everything for viewing birds! Ideally, a pair of good binoculars should be waterproof, provide long eye relief with an adjustable, twistable, eye piece and be comfortable in your hands as well as easy to focus. Choose good quality lenses over higher magnification. Sure, you will see closer with a 20 power binocular, but not with the clarity or stability of an 8 – 10 power, and handshake will reduce its effectiveness even more. Best for all around wildlife observations, including bird watching, is the 8 or 8.5 power because the lenses are brighter, provide a somewhat wider field of view than the 10x, and typically provide a closer focus to see details on a bird in nearby brush.
5. Equipment for taking good pics of birds. Any DLSR camera, low or high end will allow you to shoot images of birds. All cameras can take excellent photos. It’s just the technique or skill required that will change depending on your camera model. With the faster models, a photographer can capture more frames per second when using continuous shooting. With the slower models, the photographer can still use continuous shooting, however it might take a little more patience and time to get the shot they’re wanting. The most useful lens for bird photography is no doubt one that is 400mm or higher. Another piece of camera equipment that can make a big difference to bird photos is a tripod.
6. Blend in, move slowly, be quiet, do not disturb. Try to blend in to your surroundings as best as you can, either by using a blind (your vehicle can work very well) or by wearing camouflaged or neutral-colored clothing and staying still. If you walk, tread lightly and slowly, stopping often to look and listen. Use existing trees and vegetation as makeshift blinds. Remember, the number one rule when viewing birds is not to harm or distress them!
7. Join a group of birders. Avid birders are very friendly and helpful. They are always willing to offer their expertise. You can find out about connecting with these birders by visiting the Nebraska bird and birding websites page.
Pair of northern cardinals. Photo by Greg Wagner.
*The month of May in Nebraska is International Migratory Bird Month. This month is intended to celebrate birds, bird migrations and bird conservation.

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Client Control is an internationally active order to cash service centre for customers and professional clients. We take care of the complete collection process for you and use to most advanced technology to do so, combined with the right professionals. The result is an improvement of your collection results, cash position and client satisfaction. We strive to revolutionise the world of credit management.
Client Control was founded in 2016 in Woerden, the Netherlands, as a collaboration of the debt collection and bailiff organisation Flanderijn and Career Control: two leading parties in the credit management industry.
Flanderijn is a renowned company offering debt collection services for the top players of the Dutch and Belgian business communities. Career Control has been a market leader in the mediation of credit management specialists for years. On the basis of the growing client demand for outsourcing processes and process components for order to cash, the parties decided to join forces. Together, they founded Client Control: a qualitative service centre with custom solutions and the ability to switch quickly and flexibly. Client Control is a member of the Incontrol Group.
The power of Client Control is its chain of ‘best of breed’ systems in credit management, from (e-) invoice to collection. As a result of a complete integration of these systems and of making everything measurable, we continually test which actions lead to the results we want: better, faster and cheaper performance. We don’t just focus on debtor management, but we can also integrate the entire client contact chain within our systems and/or link to the CRM system of the client.
Outsourcing debtor management has many advantages. If you hire Client Control, you can profit from our expertise and use our systems. You don’t have to hire your own staff while still having flexible access to professionals. And because you only pay for the hours we actually work, you also save money. At Client Control we highly value a good relation with our clients. Our working hours are flexible, and because we hire native speakers we can communicate with your clients in their own language. This, as well as a strict protection of data, allows Client Control to offer its services globally.
At Client Control we believe that debtor management is about the optimisation of the automation of the process and the qualitative approach of loss. Because loss is minimal, we can spend much attention on telephone contact in case of failure to pay or complaints processing. The platform of Client Control has a debtor module for the management of all clients with an invoice in arrears. The module can import every format of outstanding cost lists and can be linked to every ERP. If required, we can also take care of payment processing. Together with our commissioner we organise a separate processing trajectory per client group, where we can choose from various forms of client contact.


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what version? 2.1.0Beta1? DateTime? What package is DateTime in?
If you read the forum policy you would know that you should : provide enough information so someone can help you, including source code, exception stack traces, log excerpts, Seam versions .
This is probably a bug. I will look into it asap. I think the converter it the problem.
BWT since build about 2008-9-4 the Latest 2.1 Unstable seam is terribly slow. I return the build 2008-9-4.
And in the Latest 2.1 Unstable Nightly Build if i write identity.addRole( somerole ) once more the role somerole will lost.
I change my mind. I added this to the example.
(added public java.util.Date getDate() on Person as well). Works fine :-) Have you got the latest code etc? Otherwise I think you have to create an JIRA with an example on how to reproduce.
However, there is a bit of a mismatch between csv/jxl exporter. jxl may actually take a Date object as input. (The cell in excel will be of type date), but with the CSV exporter you will get the toString value.
File a JIRA for the role disappearing.
And another for the performance if you can pinpoint it more closely with profiling etc.
Yes, file a JIRA with the involved entities as well.
The casting is done only after it has been determined that the value indeed is a Date but perhaps there is a situation where the converter might have an undesired effect. But as I said, file a JIRA. If it can be reproduced, it can most probably be fixed.


text: The instance [To authorize sale of timber on certain lands reserved for use of Menomonee tribe of Indians, Wisconsin.], (electronic resource) represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Electronic.


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Ascend Clinical thrives on advancing patient care and clinical and operational processes within the ESRD and renal care profession. We have led the field in numerous improvements and modernizations leading to more efficient and accurate testing and laboratory practices.
As an example of our innovations, we were the first to launch LabCheck™, a web-based ordering and reporting system, and first to implement the Agilent ICP-MS platform. We led again in reducing blood draw by the use of plasma vs. serum.
We pride ourselves greatly on our ability to respond. Based upon recent surveys we hold a customer satisfaction rating exceeding 98%. When calling Client Services you can expect to be answered within 30 seconds. Our Client Account Specialists are continually in contact, and whether conducting an on-site visit, or conducting a training seminar, you can expect a consistently impressive level of professional service.
Knowing that we are limited by proximity, we went the extra mile and developed Ascend University, an interactive online training portal. Now our clients can receive the highest level of training, tailored to their specific roles in ESRD, anytime and anywhere.
We are still the largest and fastest growing ESRD laboratory for independent dialysis providers. We remain committed to you!


text: Concepts and relations in ontologies and in other knowledge organisation systems are usually annotated with natural language labels. Most ontology matchers rely on such labels in element-level matching techniques. State-of-the-art approaches, however, tend to make implicit assumptions about the language used in labels (usually English) and are either domain-agnostic or are built for a specific domain. When faced with labels in different languages, most approaches resort to general-purpose machine translation services to reduce the problem to monolingual English-only matching. We investigate a thoroughly different and highly extensible solution based on semantic matching where labels are parsed by multilingual natural language processing and then matched using language-independent and domain aware background knowledge acting as an interlingua. The method is implemented in NuSM, the language and domain aware evolution of the SMATCH semantic matcher, and is evaluated against a translation-based approach. We also design and evaluate a fusion matcher that combines the outputs of the two techniques in order to boost precision or recall beyond the results produced by either technique alone.

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After yesterday’s Google event, we know that the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL will be coming with Android Nougat 7.1. Equally, we also know that some of the features of 7.1 will be exclusive to the Pixel lineup but for the Nexus devices and other devices, the water was left a bit murky. Thanks to the team over at Android Police, we have a little clearer picture of what is exclusive and what is not to the Pixel lineup. They have gotten hold of the 7.1 change long which details what is coming for each train. For Pixel devices, the new Pixel Launcher and Google Assistant are exclusive to the Pixel lineup. That is in line with what was expected and told to us yesterday at the event. Customer support via the new chat/screen share function is also an exclusive as is an updated Smart Storage that backs up photos to Google Photos in full resolution to recover storage. There are also improvements to the Pixel camera and the sensor software used in the Pixel devices.
fingerprint scanner and touch screen, Daydream VR mode, and a long list of developer items including support for rounded icons.
While those who have tried the Pixel Launcher on their Nexus devices will be disappointed that it isn’t coming to Nexus devices, me included, it is also understandable. Google clearly took aim at providing a fully integrated personal Google experience and these updated phones are part of that experience. The Launcher is also a part of that, at least for now.
Take a look at the complete list of changes coming in Android Nougat 7.1 over at Android Police.


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Full Title: European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer - Trial 4. Combination versus single agent chemotherapy in resectable pancreatic ductal and peri-ampullary cancers.


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We understand that your home is more important to you than just bricks and mortar. That’s why we consider all of our clients to be individual as the homes they live in. Whether you are looking to insure your buildings, contents, or both, we will assign a personal account manager to you from our specialist team who will look after you, right through from negotiating policy terms with an underwriter, to being by your side in the event of a claim.
Finding the right insurance for your home is not always as straightforward as you might think. Firstly you need to decide what it is that you need to cover. A combined home and contents policy will provide you with protection against damage to your physical building such as your walls or roof and also covers the contents of your home such as your furnishings and personal belongings.
Alternatively you may decide that you need a standalone policy for either contents to buildings separately. We have access to some of the UK’s leading insurers, so whatever it is you need to protect, we can find a policy which suits you. Once you have decided exactly what cover you need, we will work on your behalf to ensure that the correct cover limits are in place, and that you have the right policy for your property.
If you live in a period home or a listed property, getting cover at an affordable price can be difficult. Our team of insurance specialists have a wealth of experience in helping clients ensure that their properties are properly protected. With access to a panel of specialist insurers, we can provide bespoke policies tailored specifically to your individual home and contents.
Underestimating the value of your home contents is a common problem, and sadly one which often only comes to light in the event of a claim. Whether you have antique heirlooms or a collection of designer handbags, our Private Client team can visit you in your home and will spend time with you to correctly identify and value the items you need to insure, and ensure that you have the right policy in place should you ever need to make a claim.


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KANDY: Central Bank Chief Arjuna Mahendran had been cleared of his allegations by the Supreme Court, but Opposition kept on accusing him of a fraud, Plantation Industries Minister Lakshman Kiriella told a news conference on Thursday (20).
Three persons filed action in the Supreme Court but they could not prove the charges against the Central Bank Chief, the minister said.
Minister Kiriella told the media conference in Kandy that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was making the promises that he had failed to implement while he was in power and the most ludicrous among them was the promised salary increase to public servants and financial assistance to youth. "Why couldn’t Rajapaksa do that for them through the 11 budgets he presented as President?"
Mahinda Rajapaksa had tabled his last budget in November 2014, Kiriella said.
Minister Kiriella said that foreign industrialists and business tycoons were visiting Sri Lanka in their numbers to invest in ventures because they had found that situation in Sri Lanka was conducive to such investments. There were peace and amity among the communities. Justice prevailed in the country, he noted.
Sri Lanka had no capital to invest in large scale industries. Therefore, Sri Lanka should seek the assistance of foreign investors. For that purpose a friendly atmosphere must be ensured for the foreigners, Kiriella said.
He said the construction of roads, highways and expressways should bring in profits and benefits. Industries must be established alongside the roads, but that had not happened.
The election was peaceful unlike in the past because the law was being enforced strictly.


text: Red Oak Village senior living community is a retirement community that sits on 20 acres on the east side of Rock Quarry Road. The entire area was heavily wooded and therefore required clearing the land prior to earthwork operations beginning. This site required moving 35,000 cubic yards of dirt to get to grade as well as installing 7764 square feet of modular block walls. Large excavators and articulated truck were utilized to move the dirt and we even turned the building pad over early to the general contractor. We also installed over 2500 linear feet of the storm drain and roof drains. The sanitary sewer was tied into an existing manhole at a sewer easement and ran up to the building. Also, the water line was tapped on a mainline along Rock Quarry Road. Rock Quarry Road was also required to be shut down for half a day while we prepared and installed a decal lane going into the project. Curb, base and paving, and striping are still to be installed. However, they are on the schedule very soon to complete this project.


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The newest chapter of the iconic fight franchise marks a triumphant return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the fan favorite Fatality is back and presented in more gory detail than ever before.
In addition, Mortal Kombat introduces a number of new game-play features including tag team and the deepest story mode of any fighting game. Players can choose from an extensive lineup of the game’s iconic warriors and challenge their friends in traditional 1 vs. 1 matches, or take on several new game modes.

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In Its Discretion, Court May Determine That A Voluntary Mediation Was Reasonably Necessary To The Conduct Of The Mediation.
"Mediation costs are not listed among the costs that are expressly allowable or expressly not allowable. (Code Civ. Proc., section 1033.5, subds. (a), (b).)" Berkeley Cement, Inc., v. Regents of the University of California, F073455, F073586 (5th Dist. 1/7/9) (Hill, Detjen, Snauffer) (slip. op. at 35). However, in its discretion, a court may determine that a cost item is recoverable if "reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation rather than merely convenient or beneficial to its preparation." Court-ordered mediation, for example, for cases involving less than $50,000, may be the easy case, because if the court orders mediation, then it is reasonably necessary to the conduct of the mediation. And in fact, an earlier case so held. Gibson v. Bobroff, 49 Cal.App.4th 1202 (1996) (cost award for court-ordered mediation could be made under discretionary provision of costs statute, Code of Civ. Proc., section 1033.5, subd. (c)(4)).
What about the harder case, which Gibson did not decide: "whether a party prevailing after a trial which is preceded by unsuccessful voluntary mediation would be entitled to such costs." Id. at 1209.
Berkeley Cement now holds that "mediation fees incurred for mediation that was not ordered by the court are not categorically nonrecoverable as 'not reasonably necessary to the conduct of litigation.'" (slip. op. at 37). In other words, it's up to the court, acting within its discretion, to determine based on the facts and circumstances, whether the voluntary mediation was reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation. In Berkeley Cement, the mediation fee award included $7,500 to University, representing 1/2 of the $15,000 mediator's fee, for a mediation canceled by Berkeley Cement on short notice, for which the mediator could not fill the time slot with a replacement, making the fee nonrefundable.
COMMENT: We can see this discretionary rule generating future fee disputes. "Reasonably necessary" based on the facts and circumstances, within the discretion of the court, is not a bright line rule. In the case of a court-ordered mediation, the rule is easier to apply, because the parties, while they can offer input that the court should consider in deciding whether to order the case to mediation, may themselves readily view mediation ordered by the court as reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation.
Cost-shifting of the mediation fee raises issues for the mediator. Mediator fees can be expensive, and thus, cost-shifting can add to the risk of the unsuccessful party if the mediation fails, or embolden a party that believes it has the upper hand. While attorney fee disputes often end up driving litigation, attorneys and parties may not be focused on cost-shifting of mediator fees and administrative costs incurred in an unsuccessful mediation. So what should the mediator tell the parties, especially if a party is unrepresented. It is not the mediator's role to offer legal advice, but the mediator can certainly educate a party or counsel if that will be helpful to move the matter toward resolution. Perhaps the best rule for the mediator to follow is to consider the facts and circumstances, and educate a party or counsel about the risk of cost-shifting if that seems reasonably necessary (or useful) for resolving the mediation – similar to the rule the court applied for shifting the cost of the mediation fee in Berkeley Cement.

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Welcome HomeWoodbridge Hills is a beautifully planned development with an 18-hole championship golf club located one mile east of US-131 off Centre Avenue in Portage, Michigan. Woodbridge Hills offers a variety of condominium and single family homes with additional amenities within the community such as grocery, pharmacy, banking, healthcare clinics and restaurants. Woodbridge Hills truly is a great place to call home!
Whether you are looking for a single family home, a townhome, or a spacious condominium, you can find your home in Woodbridge Hills.
The Woodbridge Hills community is located near many convenient amenities and things to do, providing a great place to raise your family.
With guidelines in place to safeguard and maintain the beauty of Woodbridge Hills, residents can be assured that their property value is being protected.


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Rabat, Morocco --- 8 February 2012 ... Having won the vote of confidence in Parliament on January 31, the new, democratic Benkirane Government in Morocco convened for the first formal session on February 7. To mark the occasion, King Mohammed VI chaired the Cabinet session in the Throne Room, the Royal Palace in Rabat. The main subject on the agenda was the Finance Act of 2012.
The King Mohammed VI opened the session by inquiring about the status of the crop in lieu of the cold wave and frost. The King also inquired about the precipitation rates and their impact on national agriculture in Morocco. Aziz Akhannouch, the Morocco Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, provided a detailed survey of the situation. He emphasized that the quantities of rain to-date were good for most provinces of the Kingdom, although some crops were damaged in the southern regions. He added that weather forecast was promising.
Rabat, Morocco ... 3 February 2012 ... Morocco's new Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane addressed the core issues of his government in the context of the Arab World's "Awakening" in an interview with the Jordanian daily As-Sabil. Benkirane stressed that Morocco has produced its own unique model of reforms that is different from the rest of the Arab World.
"Moroccan officials seized early on the message of the street and responded to it in a positive way, away from any ostracism or contempt for the calls for reform. In so doing, the Kingdom of Morocco has produced its own model that is different from those followed in other countries affected by the 'Arab Spring'," Benkirane explained.
All Moroccans have won, Benkirane argued, "for the population does not claim that the disruption of stability affected the activation and the pace of reform."
Rabat, Morocco --- 30 January 2012 ... Shortly after his new government won the vote of confidence in Parliament, Abdelilah Benkirane left Morocco for the Economic Summit in Davos - his first and most challenging international test.
On February 27, he shared the podium with Tunisia's PM Hamadi Jebali and two Egyptian presidential candidates, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and Amre Moussa, for a discussion of the future of governance in North Africa.
Both Benkirane and Jebali focused on the economic challenges of the consolidation of democratic governments in their respective countries and the region as a whole.
Rabat, Morocco --- 26 January 2012 ... The House of Representatives in Morocco approved today the programs of reforms and democracy of the Benkirane government as presented by the PM in his speech to Parliament. The program was adopted by a vote of 218 in favor and 135 against. No abstained votes were recorded.
The session of the House of Representatives in Rabat, Morocco continued in order to enable the various parliamentary groups to explain their decision to vote both in favor and against the government program.
Newly elected Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane opened the debate by stressing the government's commitment to taking the position of the opposition into account.
Rabat, Morocco --- 21 January 2012 ... Both Houses of the Moroccan Parliament held a plenary session on Thursday, January 19, devoted to hearing Morocco's new Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane presenting the statement on the government's plan. The government's program is now formally presented for debate in both Houses of Parliament as the first step toward formal approval through a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Morocco formally summoned the plenary session "in accordance with Article 88 of the Constitution."
Rabat, Morocco --- 21 January 2012 ... On January 19, five young Moroccans set themselves on fire near a building of the Morocco Ministry of Education in Rabat. The five were saved by passersby, but three had to be hospitalized. They were part of widespread demonstrations all over Morocco protesting unemployment, especially among university graduates.
One of the young people who set himself on fire explained that he wanted to focus attention on the plight and desperation of the young unemployed. The leftist opposition daily Libération commented in an Editorial that the self-immolation was attempted in order "to protest against delays or indifference in the treatment of their case despite the commitment of the new Benkirane government."
These five young men put a human face on one of the greatest challenges facing Moroccan society - and not just the incoming Abdelillah Benkirane government.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 18, 2012 ... The new Benkirane government in Morocco is moving prudently towards assuming power. Formally, the government still has to await the vote of confidence for the government and its programs by the House of Representatives. In the interim, ministers are studying their new fields of action without permission to engage in actual decision making.
Almost all the new ministers in Morocco are in the process of learning their new roles. They conduct meetings with all of their secretariats and senior staff, as well as directors of central and regional services.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 18, 2012 ... During the election campaign in Morocco, Prime Minister Benkirane had repeatedly promised that the fight against corruption would be a high priority for his new government.
Now, the Benkirane government has begun to make good on this promise and embarked on a major anti-corruption campaign. At the instructions of Benkirane, Morocco's Central Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ICPC) is preparing a document with "priority" proposals how to strengthen the fight against corruption in the Kingdom.
The ICPC President Abdeslam Aboudrar pointed out that the ICPC is preparing for a major transformation. With a new priority status, the ICPC is gearing up for a major surge in order to bolster the campaign against corruption in Morocco.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 10, 2012 ... After a weekend of well-earned relaxation, the members of Morocco's new government are starting to work.
There are huge expectations at the grassroots which the new government in Morocco must now meet. For about two thirds of the cabinet ministers and minister delegates this is their first experience in government. Most of them have managerial and or academic expertise in the issues handled by their respective ministries. However, they lack the political experience which can be a huge benefit for launching reforms and enhancing democracy, but also a hindrance in getting programs implemented by the multi-layered government and regional bureaucracies.
Morocco Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane is convinced that the cabinet's commitment to reform and democracy should override all other considerations.
"This new government has a true will for reform and we will keep all the promises we made," he said.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 04, 2012 ... As a quintessential element of their coalition forming, the General Secretaries of the four parties in Morocco, Abdelilah Benkirane, Abbas El Fassi, Mohand Laenser and Nabil Benabdallah, jointly signed on December 16, 2011, a landmark document in the history of Moroccan politics: "The Charter of the Majority".
The Charter is a contractual document that defines the scope of the joint action of the coalition's partners and the basic principles of their government's democratic program. With the swearing in of the new government by King Mohammed VI on January 3, 2012, the Charter of the Majority becomes a legal document of immense importance for it outlines and articulates the Benkirane government's program and modus operandi.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 3, 2012 ... After thirty-five days of arduous negotiations, Morocco has a new government. On January 3, 2012, Abdelilah Benkirane presented his selected ministers to King Mohammed VI for royal approval and swearing in. The ceremony took place in the Throne Room at the Royal Palace in Rabat.
The lengthy process of coalition negotiations and government forming in Morocco is bound to have tangible impact on the performance of both the government and PM Abdelilah Benkirane.
There are huge expectations from the new government at the grassroots level.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 3, 2011 ... King Mohammed of Morocco today appointed members of a new, diverse and democratic Cabinet. The Cabinet will be led by the Islamist Justice and Development Party ( PJD) leader and prime minister-designate Abdelilah Benkirane.
Rabat, Morocco --- January 3, 2012 ... Cognizant of the growing impatience in the public and media, Morocco's PM-designate Abdelilah Benkirane sought to calm down the doubters about the progress in the coalition negotiations toward the composition of his government.
Addressing a Party meeting in Rabat, Morocco, Benkirane reiterated that he was "optimistic" about the formation process of the new Cabinet.
Benkirane explained that the government forming process in Morocco was taking so long because it is a precedent-setting undertaking that, in view of the historic significance of the implementation of the new Constitution, involves the entire Moroccan nation and not just the leaders of the four parties of the coalition.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 28, 2011 ... As anticipated, the recently appointed Prime Minister of Morocco, Abdelillah Benkirane and his coalition partners - Abbas El Fassi, Nabil Benabdallah and Mohand Laenser - are discovering the complexities and length of meaningful, democratic, coalition and government forming negotiations.
Although their reaching of agreement on joint policies toward the key economic and democratic issues facing Morocco was indeed the main and most important challenge to be met, addressing and resolving the precise personnel issues are far more multi-faceted and thus lengthy undertakings. And herein the Moroccan coalition negotiations are snarled.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 25, 2011 ... On Saturday morning, December 24, Morocco’s Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane announced that major progress had been achieved in the coalition negotiations and that the specific ministerial portfolios to be allocated to the coalition’s four parties would be unveiled within the next couple of days.
“The question of allocation of portfolios should be resolved in one or two days,” Benkirane said.
The new Prime Minister of Morocco said that he expects the pace of negotiations to accelerate because “things are more clear” for the other three coalition parties. He plans to soon name “the eligible candidates for the portfolios” for the next government.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 22, 2011 ... On December 20, the new coalition in Morocco elected Karim Ghellab of the Independence Party as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the term of 2011-2016.
In his acceptance speech, Ghellab pledged “to put the Moroccan citizens’ concerns and expectations at the center” of the House’s action.
The coalition negotiators failed to meet the December 20, 2011 deadline they had hoped to achieve. Back on December 17, the eight members of the Commission responsible for developing the government’s joint program reported to the four party leaders in Morocco that they were hoping to form a government as early as December 20.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 16, 2011 ... On the evening of December 16, Morocco took another major step toward the forming of the new coalition government. The leaders of the four parties of the Coalition - Abdelillah Benkirane, Abbas El Fassi, Nabil Benabdallah and Mohand Laenser - signed in Rabat the Charter of the Majority.
Benkirane defined the document as a "contract between the components of the next governing majority." After the signing ceremony in Morocco, Benkirane said that with the signing ceremony, the four majority parties committed to "a common Charter and the structure of the new government."
The Charter of the Majority constitutes a major step forward in Morocco's grappling with the ramifications of the significantly greater authority of the next government as mandated by the new Constitution.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 14, 2011... Morocco’s designated next Prime Minister - Abdelilah Benkirane - continued on the path to democracy by conducting coalition building negotiations and consultations.
Earlier this week he met with the Secretaries General of his main coalition partners - Abbas El-Fassi (the current Prime Minister) of the Independence Party, Mohand Laenser of the Popular Movement, and Nabil Benabdellah of the Party of Progress and Socialism.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 13, 2011 ... Over the weekend, the governing bodies of the three parties interested in joining the coalition in Morocco with Benkirane’s Justice and Development Party formally decided to join the government.
On Sunday, the National Council of the Independence Party and the National Council of the Popular Movement both unanimously approved the decision to participate in the upcoming government.
Moreover, the Central Committee of the Progress and Socialism Party also approved by a large majority the decision to join the Benkirane government. These decisions mean that the forthcoming government will have from the start a comfortable majority of 217 seats (55 percent of the votes) - a profound improvement over the narrow 199-seat (50 percent) government Benkirane had been anticipating late last week.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 10, 2011 ....Abdelilah Benkirane, Morocco’s next Prime Minister, decided to expedite the formation of his new government by immediately forming a narrow, small majority government. This way, it would be possible to begin implementing the new Constitution and the new good governance socio-economic policies immediately. The new government’s focus on domestic issues was clearly stated.
“Social issues will be given priority by the incoming government in Morocco, which will put emphasis on the sectors of education, health, employment, housing and justice,” Benkirane told a gathering of political leaders.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 10, 2011 .... Abdelilah Benkirane, Morocco's first Islamist prime minister said on Friday that his democratic government would not try to make women dress more modestly. Abdelilah Benkirane is to lead a coalition government in Morocco after his Justice and Development Party (PJD) became the latest Islamist movement in the Mid East to win an election in the wake of the "Arab Spring" revolutions. The party is anxious to reassure powerful secularists in the Morocco establishment, foreign investors, and the tourists who provide much of the country's revenue, that it will not try to impose a strict Muslim moral code.
Rabat, Morocco --- December 5 ... On November 30, King Mohammed VI formally appointed Abdelilah Benkirane, the leader of the winning Justice and Development Party, as Morocco's next Prime Minister in accordance with the provisions of the new Constitution.
The King noted that he was following the new constitutional guidelines requiring the Monarch to choose a Prime Minister from the party which won the largest number of seats in the Parliament. Benkirane reiterated his fealty to the throne and stressed his commitment to follow the Constitution and keep Morocco online with the King's reforms process.
Rabat, Morocco --- November 30, 2011 ... The main challenge facing the Moroccan political system was the prospect of voter apathy. In the 2009 local and regional elections, turnout was 37 percent. In urban slums and remote villages, economically poorer elements of society told pollsters that "they did not plan to cast their ballots because they had no faith that legislators would work to improve their lives".
Rabat, Morocco --- November 28, 2011 ...The final results of Morocco's parliamentary elections were released on November 27. Together with assessments based on the parties' own political studies - these results constitute a sound base for analysis of what to expect next on the Moroccan political scene.
The two key factors in the results concern the relative powers of the leading parties.
Rabat, Morocco --- November 28, 2011... The International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA)1deployed a team of experienced election monitors to key areas throughout the Kingdom of Morocco to monitor the conduct of the November 25, 2011, Parliamentary elections, which followed the guidelines laid down in the new Constitution of the Kingdom, approved overwhelmingly by the July 2011 Referendum.
Rabat, Morocco --- November 26, 2011 ... Initial results, as announced by Morocco Interior Minister Taieb Cherqaoui, indicate that voters’ turnout in the 2011 parliamentary elections stood at around 45% nationwide. This turnout thus exceeds the magic 37% of the 2007 parliamentary elections.
Data collected and analyzed by the Moroccan Interior Ministry pointed out to a building voters’ momentum toward the closing of the elections. Voting started slow. By noontime, voter turnout stood at 11.5%. However, by 3pm (15:00 GMT) , voter turnout stood at 22.4%, and at 5 p.m. (17:00 GMT), voter turnout reached 34%. By 7 p.m. (19:00 GMT) when the polling stations closed down, the voters’ turnout stood at 45%.
The voters’ turnout, while still below the 50% mark, does point to a growing confidence in the role of parliament and democracy in charting the nation’s course. ..
Rabat, Morocco --- November 24, 2011 ... With the Middle East in many areas in political flames, Morocco is doggedly pursuing its evolutionary yet dramatic governance reform process which ranges from giving more self-rule authority to the country’s diverse regions to profound Constitutional reforms aimed to adapt to the changing times.
Rabat, Morocco --- November 22, 2011 ..... The November 25, 2011, parliamentary elections constitute a historic turning point in Morocco's evolution into a Western-style Constitutional Monarchy. Morocco has been undergoing a process of democratization and governance modernization since the mid-1999 ascent to the throne of King Mohammed VI.
The November 25, 2011, parliamentary elections will be the first conducted in accordance with the just ratified new Constitution.
Moroccan King Muhammad VI has led the way to several democratic reforms.