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April 16, 2019 April 16, 2019 Sarah Gouin Keerie avid crafter, Project ideas, Promotions & Specials, scrapbooking, Stampin' Up!
Having had the fun and excitement of Stampin’ Up! Onstage in Telford last weekend where Stampin’ Up! unveils new products which are coming in the new 2019-2020 annual catalogue, there is even more excitement. Coming to us on 1 May for a limited time period (until 31 May) is a brand new concept, the Product Medley, Everything is Rosy.
This Everything is Rosy Product Medley is a quite literally a medley of coordinating products and they come packaged in one simple little box.
You get all of the above for one amazing price of £74 (item no: 150059). To avoid disappointment, you will want to place your order for the Product Medley early and I’d recommend you order online through my shop on 1 May.
Seriously, you won’t want to hang about in ordering this Product Medley. It is bang on trend and you get an abundance of products for the price, so please don’t delay!
Take a look at some crafty makes, as you will see, this product medley is not just for cardmaking!


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Entry filed under: weight control central. Tags: losing weight.
This cracked me up!!!! Don’t we get “mulligans” at this age for x number of pounds????

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Depending on type of plastic and the customer’s requirements, Nanogate enhances the components with a transparent N-Glaze Sicralan surface or an N-Glaze Color finish.
Enhanced glazing components open up a number of application scenarios across all sectors: companies are exploiting the numerous opportunities N-Glaze offers, from white goods and the more design-focussed interior field to mechanical engineering.
Companies have access to special solutions for safety applications from the N-Glaze Security brand: excellent visibility with the highest level of safety that replaces traditional security solutions. Customers recognize flat, two-dimensional plastic components by the N-Glaze Sheet branding.

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Included in this fully revised classic are well over 28,000 terms, phrases, acronyms, and abbreviations from the ever-expanding worlds of consumer electronics, optics, microelectronics, computers, communications, and medical electronics. From the basic elements of theory to the most cutting-edge circuit technology, this book explains it all in both words and pictures.
Modern Dictionary of Electronics is the bible of technology reference for readers around the world. Now fully updated by the original author, this essential, comprehensive reference book should be in the library of every engineer, technician, technical writer, hobbyist, and student.

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Electron beam sources are available in a variety of configurations, but the flexibility provided by a multi-pocket source make it the most common choice for research and development. Ensuring that each of the materials in the source are deposited properly requires careful management of the pocket carousel.
Different materials require different electron beam distributions to ensure a successful deposition. For materials that melt, like many metals, a concentrated beam spot will provide a tightly defined evaporation point. For materials that sublimate, like many ceramics, a concentrated beam spot would result in uneven and uncontrolled evaporation. A solution to this problem is to rapidly sweep the beam in a pattern which covers all surfaces of the material to evenly distribute the heat and provide a uniform deposition flux. Beam sweep controllers are standard on all multi-pocket electron beam sources.
Integrating multiple pockets to a single source requires motorized pocket indexing to change materials. During pocket indexing, it is possible for material which has accumulated on the source to break away and cause a pocket jam. If left undetected, a pocket jam can lead to material contamination and permanent damage to the deposition source. Angstrom’s solution to this problem involves using a pocket indexer with torque sensing pocket jam detection; should a pocket jam occur, the motor will disengage and operator will be notified to clear the jam prior to carrying out further processes.

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We recognise that the maintenance of your books and records, together with the burden of VAT reduces the amount of time available for the core issues of your business. Freedom Business Services frees up your time to concentrate on your business.
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A majority of holidaymakers would be prepared to pay more to go on child-free flights, according to a survey.
Those in favour of adult-only planes include some with young children of their own, the poll by travel agent sunshine.co.uk found.
Of the 2,152 people surveyed, two thirds said they had experienced troublesome children on flights.
Asked if they would pay more if they could be guaranteed a child-free flight, 52% of those polled said yes. Of those in favour of adult-only air travel, 23% had children under the age of 10 themselves.
Screaming babies, children running around and children complaining topped the list of things that aggravated adults the most when travelling on planes with youngsters.
Children being too loud and kicking seats also annoyed adults.
As many of 48% of parents with children aged 10 or under admitted they probably did not do their best to prevent their children being disruptive on flights. The main reason for their not being more strict with offspring was that they were “on holiday” so were more likely to let their children do what they liked.
Sunshine.co.uk co-founder Chris Clarkson said: “I was surprised that so many of the people who would pay more for child-free flights were parents with young children themselves. I think it’s unlikely that too many airlines will introduce child-free flights, because there’s too much for them to lose in terms of people who would pay to fly but couldn’t if they had children.
What is your view? Would you pay extra to go on child-free flights?
Having recently returned from a 10hour long haul flight for which we had used our airmiles to upgrade to premiere imagine our horror to find 1 under a year and 2 under 10 kids running amok. The baby had screaming fits every few hours which made sleeping impossible especially as the loud Indian ethnic origin father insisted on singing to the baby.
We will probably never have enough airmiles to do this again and certainly wont be able to afford to pay premiere. How on earth can a father afford 3 child seats in premiere and for himself and his wife? We have never been able to . Our experience was completely spoilt because of his unruly family, the other children were allowed to run around even when the seat belt sign was on.
it is cruel to take them on flights of any length!
When we were kids,we could never afford to to travel abroad let alone on a plane.I think that all kids under 10 years old should not be allowed on short haul flights and under 16's not allowed on long haul ones,i mean,who would be stupid and selfish enough to take a toddler or baby under 2 years old on a flight? No.1 babies cannot equalise theirs ears in flight which is very painful and uncomfortable for them and No.2 these kids are too young to understand or appreciate what is going on around them.therefore yes i would pay more to go on a child free flight,my husband and i plus the other passengers next to us got very hacked off with having the back of our seats kicked and the flop down tables being slammed repeatedly by an undiciplined,spoilt 5 year old brat whose parents thought that it was ok for him to behave like that even though the attendant had a go at the parents.What is wrong with places like Butlins or Haven for holiday makers with small kids?I think that maybe there should be cheaper holiday deals in Britain for parents with small kids,this is just a suggestion.
Why not have playrooms,shops, casinos like a boat!!
If everyone would pay more we could all have a bit more room and everyone could have a relatively, less stressed flight!!
It is down to bad parenting not the children who are fault here, by the way as a teacher you should know it is plane and not plain.
Yes, I would pay extra to go on child free flights. Although I am a mother of now grown up children , with children of their own, I am also a teacher. There are just some moments when you would like to be child free.
I have always said that...when I was travelling with my children and grandchildren that all the people with children could be in one area of the plain, to make it easier for the flight attendants, and some attendants should have child care qualifications.
However...We were all children once, so if it never actually happens, I do hope everyone remembers what they used to get up to when they were youngsters!

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These products are guaranteed to work with your Canon i-SENSYS MF8040CN printer.
The Canon i-SENSYS MF8040CN assures professional outputs at the most economical price for small offices. It is a multifunction colour laser printer with scan, copy and print capabilities. The flatbed scanner comes with a 50 sheet automatic feeder and provides up to 9600 dpi outputs. The optimised print resolution is as high as 2400x600 dpi. The control panel has a 5-line LCD display and a handy group of buttons. It is network ready and can be connected with a computer with a USB 2.0 port or Ethernet.


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Especially the 250 partner companies exhibiting as well make Dscoop stand out. Some used the Dscoop even to launch new products and features – such as Highcon with a 40% speed increase of the Euclid die cutting and creasing system. With more than 50 partners presenting on the show floor print service providers had a great opportunity to get an overview on such diverse topics such as laser cutting, specialty substrates, workflow software and foiling. Interesting to see was the in-line integration of presses with finishing equipment as well, such as with Horizon’s Smartstacker, in-line laser cutting (Digilase from ABG International) and inline coating from TRESU.
Despite being a large scale event, Dscoop EMEA falls behind in size compared to the US event. This can likely be attributed to the more diverse nature of the EMEA market, compared to the US market. Distances within EMEA can be huge (think about South Africa to Norway), languages differ (only few have English as mother tongue) as do printing industry practices and even the availability of software and finishing solutions in local markets. Considerable efforts are exhibited by Dscoop in finding speakers who can present in English to appeal to the widest audience. In several sessions, interpreters were present to translate content presented in other languages to English. Despite language barriers, participants in the educational sessions were able to ask questions of speakers with the help of interpreters to further their understanding of the topics ensuring all learned from the content presented. Dscoop is also attempting to solve the conundrum by holding a number of local events as well. Currently 8 local chapter groups (Germany, South Africa, Spain, Italy, UK, Russia and France) hold regularly local meetings. This includes local educational content and speakers. Dscoop plans to increase number of events and countries covered.
Not only for Indigo users do the three days of educational sessions, solution showcases and awards offer the industry a lot to learn. The considerable contributions of the user community continue to make Dscoop a powerful event in Europe and reinforce for those considering an HP digital press the value of a user community willing to share their expertise to help others reduce learning curves and grow their businesses profitably.


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Michael S. Wilder and Shane W. Parker. Transformission: Making Disciples Through Short-Term Missions. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2010. 247 pp. $19.99.
Transformission, by academics and former youth pastors Michael S. Wilder and Shane W. Parker, takes on the subject of how short-term missions (STM) can be used to develop disciples of Christ. Although there is no definitive length for STM, the authors narrowly define STM as trips of one to two weeks in length for the purposes of their book. The audience they have in mind are those people from a sending country—presumably the US in this case—who are involved in the process of planning and executing STM.
Commendably, the book’s focus is in many ways the practice of discipleship independent of its connection to STM. There is a lot of wisdom in the content on discipleship, much of which the authors connect only casually to STM. Wilder and Parker assert that God intended the Great Commission to include not only making disciples of people of all nations but also the transformation of the believing Christians who take the gospel message abroad. In light of this assertion, the authors challenge the misguided practice of sending ill-prepared young people to far-away lands in the name of making disciples while little thought is given to making disciples of those being sent. They expose the tendency to treat STM as the end when they should be seen as a contributing means to the greater task of disciple-making.
The authors are emphatic that STM are subordinate to the making of disciples and that if the local church is not serious about disciple-making, then it should reconsider sending people on STM. In making this point, they go so far as to state, “We see STM as having little value for long-term initiatives and intentions of the Church and kingdom unless they occur, primarily, as an element in the discipleship process of all who go” (173). While it may seem odd for proponents of STM to describe them as “having little value,” the quotation clearly demonstrates the primacy they place on discipleship. The authors also recognize the oft-heralded shortcomings of STM but counter that the problem lies in the traditional focus of STM. If the entities that commission STM would see making disciples—especially of those being sent—as the goal and adjust their preparation, execution, and expectations accordingly, then STM would yield more abundant and longer-lasting fruit for the kingdom.
The authors dedicate several chapters of their book to reporting historical precedence, academic research, and anecdotal evidence in the attempt to change the mind of those cynics who do not believe that STM have a place in serious long-term missions. While these chapters lay an interesting foundation for the rest of the book, they do not seem to have the weight of argument necessary to convince those who doubt the value of STM. The recounting of the history of student-led STM as carried out by the likes of the Wesley brothers, Hudson Taylor’s China Inland Mission, and others is unconvincing due to their abbreviated treatment. The encapsulated summaries do not tell enough of their stories, especially with respect to the results of their work, to sufficiently make the point. Similarly, while some of the academic research is compelling, in the end even the authors admit that the dearth of information and lack of consensus among researchers make it difficult to draw a convincing conclusion as to the efficacy of STM with respect to the development of disciples. As for the testimonies from former STM participants, their inclusion certainly makes for interesting reading, but few skeptics will be convinced by a handful of biased anecdotes from former student missionaries.
The authors devote a considerable portion of their book to the persuasion and instruction of those leaders (e.g., youth and campus ministers, parents of students) who already employ STM and those who may consider it in the future. The members of this group are in need of field-tested principles and practices which might convince them of STM’s potential role in discipleship and provide them a means for realizing it. Unfortunately, with regard to such content, the authors offer too little, too late. Only the latter chapters cover this subject and even then fall short in developing clear and concrete proposals that the reader could synthesize and apply to his or her context. On one hand, I sympathize with the authors’ disclaimer that they cannot prescribe “a [mission] trip in a box” (174) due to the complexity involved in considering the cultural specifics and diverse objectives that each mission point presents. Yet, it seems reasonable that most readers of a book whose title is Transformission: Making Disciples Through Short-Term Missions are going to expect a bit more how-to material than is given by two men who have the wealth of STM experience and education that Wilder and Parker have. Certainly the reader will not go away emptyhanded, but they still seem to have left room for developing more universal principles and practices without running the risk of handing the reader a cookie-cutter STM program.
As a whole, the section on STM apologetics is likely too light to convert many skeptics while the portion devoted to practical application may be lacking for those looking for STM best practices. As such, it runs the risk of not satisfying either audience. At the same time, this book may well serve to pique someone’s interest in STM’s potential for discipleship and serve as a primer on how best to pursue them in their context. If that is indeed the case for some readers of Transformission, then Wilder and Parker should consider their contribution successful.
Speaking personally, I can relate to the premise of Transformission, since I became a career missionary as a result of STM experiences while studying natural resource management at Texas A&M. Without those experiences, it is doubtful that I would have ever considered missions as a career. As a missionary on the field I have worked with a number of short-term student missionaries and interns and have seen some of them return to the field. In fact, I am currently assisting one former campaign participant and his teammates to settle in Chile, where they will begin their work as career missionaries. Of course, the majority of those who have come to Chile on STM have not returned, but many of them are more involved in mission ministries through their local churches than they would have been otherwise. In a fitting twist, a young married couple who spent 18 months on the field as interns under my supervision are now serving on the missions committee at my supporting church in Denver, Colorado, as my supervisors. Without this couple’s service on the field, which inspired a greater commitment to world missions, my family may have been forced to return to the US when we lost financial support in our tenth year. In my supervision of STM workers, I consistently tried to make sure they had a personally transforming experience by approximating as much as possible genuine missionary life while facilitating meaningful interactions with the local people and culture. Any results produced for the work on the field were always a secondary concern. The priority was given to who the volunteers would become through what they experienced. That reflects the premise of Transformission, and I am confident that the aforementioned results testify to the efficacy of that philosophy.
Hopefully more of those involved in planning trips and receiving groups will be awakened to STM’s potential in the critical area of disciple-making. The success of STM should no longer be measured by whether people had a good time and were kept sufficiently busy for ten days, whether they went home with a feeling of mission accomplished, however fleeting, or whether they returned with good stories to post on a social networking site. Surely the Great Commission, as envisioned by God, given by Jesus, and carried out with the help of the Holy Spirit, was meant to play a greater part in the transformation of lives and the expansion of the kingdom than that. Being made into disciples while making disciples of others is what Christians are to be about; everything we do should be a means to that end. With that in mind, Wilder and Parker ask the hard questions, Should we even be doing STM? and, if so, Should we be doing STM like we have always done? Perhaps Transformission will inspire us to ask the same of our STM plans and convict us to give honest answers.

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In the second week of June on a very popular morning TV show, Minister Eran Wickramaratne confided with passing wisdom why SL has continuously missed the development bus. He believed the main problem was that people with expert skills in a particular field think that they are suited to hold any position in that business.
The Minister may give a short time to also reflect why the 2015 government that people believed would be honest and voted to victory, so very quickly became riddled with cancerous dishonesty. So much so that the people now believe that it came into power with a pre hatched plan to outdo their predecessors in making themselves and not the nation rich.
He pointedly cited the worn out case of a pilot, skilled in operating the most advanced commercial planes, managing an air line. The airline, he said, would not be a success as the pilot did not have ‘management skills’ which he thought are essential to deliver. These skills were presumably like those the Minister and his ilk have in abundance. He had ignored, maybe for good reason, leadership skills. They are found in abundance in the military that appears to be anathema to government politicians.
Minister Wickramaratne may recall that late President JRJ in the late 1970s requested Lee Kwan Yew to release one Wickramanayake who was a pilot in Singapore Airlines to be the CEO of the newly formed Air Lanka (AL)? The foundation for the ruin of AL and its successor SLA lay in that ill considered request.
On the other hand the minister should ask the SLAF why no one other than a pilot can ever command that organization. What do military commanders have and politicians never have to be successful?
Wickramaratne also tossed in for good measure an equally worn out sermon on the lack of wisdom in constructing an airport at Mattala and a harbour at Hambantota. The harbor, situated 12 miles from international sea routes, was first mooted about 3 decades ago and not by MR. It stalled only for the lack of funding. The Finance Minister in 2017 however declared that the harbour would become a ‘world class port’. While there were only 34 ships in 2012, there will be nearly 350 calling by year end.
Who was it in 2003 who wanted an international airport built at Wellawaya and also to relocate the Ratmalana airport to Aluthgama? Is it the same PM RW who now condemns Mattala? He wanted the Ratmalana land for a housing/building project. Thankfully for the country and its armed forces these nightmares did not haunt SL during the conflict years. The PM gaily offered chewing gum, gold chains and Volkswagens at 2 million bucks at diverse elections for a people struggling to make ends meet.
What was the worse choice? Wellawaya as a diversionary sop to collect votes but no money to build or Mattala with adequate Chinese funds, a huge harbour next door, plus attractive business and tourist potential though it was considered a white elephant until a pragmatic Finance Minister in 2017 vowed it would come through hale and hearty.
SL has had a bellyful of ‘management’ skills by its politicians for 70 years of ‘freedom’. The people decided so in the LG elections in 2017. In 1979 they ‘managed’ under the UNP to convince themselves that they could solve by year end what was essentially a political problem by military force. It silenced habeas corpus too. It then declared mission accomplished. Instead it all blew up in 1983 .The conflict that followed for another 26 years saw about 100,000 killed. While the country grieved, the same and other politicians sought personal comfort by attempting to placate the fascist LTTE for decades until they were destroyed in 2009. In 2015 at Geneva the same lot then agreed to exhume the dead to please the west. Eerily no enemy dead have since been found.
It had not struck the present ruling politicians in 1977 that the Clausewitz quotation that ‘war was a continuation of politics by other means’ was not a license to go to war without first using pressure, then negotiations and finally diplomacy. They declared war first and then abjectly instead chose appeasement for ever after. The rest is history.
The PM appointed his ‘regal’ school mate, no longer a citizen, as Governor Central Bank. This resulted in the biggest Government ‘managed’ financial swindle since independence. The latter is now absconding with an Interpol Red notice issued for his arrest or so we are told. The PM now shows no interest in ‘managing’ him any further. None of those the PM manages stood tall in this stink. Did they then not acquiesce?
This Minster and his Regal Eagle group should know that while management has its benefits especially to make profits, it compares ill to what is needed by the people. Management at its best, but surely beyond most politicians, is of the mind, more a matter of accurate calculation of statistics, of methods, time tables and routine; its practice is a science. The trade mark of SL political mangers is however is financial sharpness, deceit, arrogance, selfishness, and bombast but little of the above qualities. One third is also ignorant. They are unmanageable.
The greatest CEOs “build enduring organizations. They make an impact, are resilient and can lead through a major transformation or crisis. Their financial performance is peerless. They connect to the organizations they run. They do not see themselves as elite measuring their pay and privileges against other CEOs. They reject the CEO club. They belong to their company club. They have a true corporate ethos which in the original and not business sense means united or combined into one. They know that the company depends more on the CEO than any one individual and only he can make really big decisions yet he knows that his role still represents only 10% of the total puzzle. Much depends on them but it was not about them. They don’t talk too much. They let others talk. They build the stage on which they all played on. They put profit second and think big. They leave a legacy. They have the personality of a promoter but the soul of an operator. They know the cult of personality seldom lasts. They act before a crisis hits. They have a disciplined creativity. They take a burning house, save it and build a cathedral”.
They ‘’have a humble and dedicated culture. They believe those who create wealth have a moral right to share in that wealth. They share equity and profits with all employees. They are not afraid of fear. They believe courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to act in its presence. They don’t flinch. They believe that assured survival by selling one’s soul is worse than surviving. They hire smart, depend on data, and blunt the Boss, bet on technology and think long term”. They combine management and leadership.
A note on leadership exclusively a military trait for ages may also help. Leadership represents one of the oldest, most natural and most effective of all human relationships. No amount of study or learning or expensive certificates from the USA will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one. It is inspiration rather than rules that produce the highest levels of leadership.
A natural leader will still inspire confidence and respect based on his personality and motivation. In times of crisis followers will rally to the leader in whom they confidently believe.
Military leadership and general management have much in common but in the last resort there is a subtle difference. Military leadership and its successful Commander must have genuine interest in and a real knowledge of humanity, the raw material of his trade. The military leader has the responsibility for good management and economy in matters more important than money- men's lives.
When will the pensioners at Geneva, sorry Diyawanna, ever understand?

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(HealthDay)—Claims that fish oil supplements help prevent death from heart disease, heart attacks and stroke may be unfounded, British research suggests.
Millions of people take fish oil supplements, hoping to benefit from the omega-3 fatty acids they contain. And the American Heart Association recommends omega-3 fatty acids supplements for people with a history of heart disease.
But a University of Oxford researcher and colleagues who reviewed 10 prior studies found only a small effect for those who already had heart disease or had a heart attack.
Fish oil supplements reduced the risk of death by 7 percent in these patients and the risk of nonfatal heart attack by 3 percent—not enough to be considered significant, according to the study.
"The results of this analysis of large studies provide no support for current recommendations to use fish oil supplements to prevent heart attacks and strokes," said lead researcher Dr. Robert Clarke. He's a professor of epidemiology and population medicine at Oxford.
"Based on this study and many others, patients should stop wasting their money on omega-3 fatty acids supplements," said Dr. Byron Lee, of the University of California, San Francisco.
Most of the reliable research has shown no benefit, said Lee, a professor of medicine and director of electrophysiology laboratories and clinics.
"I would much rather have my patients save their money to buy an exercise bike or treadmill," added Lee, who wasn't involved in the study.
The trials reviewed involved nearly 78,000 patients in all. They were given omega-3 fatty acids supplements or a placebo. The researchers found no significant benefit of supplements in preventing death from heart disease, heart attacks, stroke, or death from any cause.
In all, nearly 2,700 died from heart disease, more than 2,200 suffered nonfatal heart attacks, and 12,000 had strokes or other major circulatory problems, the researchers found.
A spokesman for the supplements industry found some positive news in the report. Duffy MacKay is senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition.
"The new meta-analysis hinted at potential, though not statistically significant, benefits in a number of heart disease outcomes suggesting omega-3 fatty acids may help in promoting heart health among patients with a history of coronary heart disease," MacKay said in a statement.
"Even though these results are not statistically significant, they come close, thereby validating nutritional interventions, such as omega-3 fatty acids, as having subtle, but important, effects," he added.
Dr. David Siscovick is senior vice president for research at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City.
He was also the first author on the American Heart Association's recommendation on omega-3 fatty acids supplements.
Siscovick agreed that the supplements have no benefit in preventing death from heart disease, heart attack or stroke in people without a history of heart disease.
Among those who have a history of heart disease or heart attack, however, he said the heart association found that fish oil supplements are associated with a 10 percent reduction in death.
Siscovick said that figure isn't far off from the 7 percent reduction in deaths that Clarke's study found.
Siscovick said it's worth discussing fish oil supplements with your doctor. Although the benefit may be small, it's worth considering, "given the low risk of using these supplements," he said.
The report was published online Jan. 31 in the journal JAMA Cardiology.
For more on fish oil supplements, visit the American Heart Association.


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1977 Datsun 280Z; the Datsun 280Z was available to the U.S. market from 1975 to 1978. Many consider the 280Z the best of the Z series as it featured the fuel injected motor but not all the extra weight and frills of the future ZX cars.
This 1977 Datsun 280Z was restored approximately 10 Years ago, and has since been maintained in great conditions from the cosmetics to the mechanicals. Overall this 280Z which is equipped with the option 5 speed transmission drives and appears that it only has 41,000 miles as shown on the odometer although the title reads 141,000 miles.
The value of Z cars are on the rise this is a great opportunity to own a fantastic rust free Z at a reasonable price.

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Upholstery Cleaning Royalla provide same day couch cleaning, sofa cleaning, leather, fabric lounge Scotchgard protection services. Call 1800 284 036 for the same day service.
Thumbs Up Upholstery Cleaning Royalla provides you immaculate upholstery cleaning services in Royalla. We make your delicate upholstery refreshingly soft by removing all the dust and grime from it. Apart from the usual contaminants, kids and pets add a load of dust to the existing mess. At the same time, they are also prone to uninvited germs and microbes which can have an irreparable damage to their health and hygiene.
Thumbs Up Upholstery Cleaning Royalla provides upholstery cleaning services in Royalla that remove the deepest stains and spots from your upholstery without affecting the fabric. We use the latest techniques to ensure that your upholstery does not take the toll of machine cleaning and drying. We employ anti-microbial BioDefense solution to safeguard your upholstery against unwarranted aging.
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If you are looking for upholstery cleaning solutions in Royalla for your residence or office then Thumbs Up Cleaning is what you need. Provide us with an opportunity to serve you with our professional, reliable, and affordable upholstery cleaning service. With our state-of-art equipment and technology, we ensure to deliver excellence and a new look to your upholstery.
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As many as six million Americans remain at risk of foreclosure over the next three years, according to a recent press release about the government’s Home Affordable Refinancing Program (HAMP).
“We recognize that any modification program seeking to avoid preventable foreclosures has limits, HAMP included,” wrote Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Michael S. Barr.
Some of these foreclosures, Barr observes, will result from investor borrowers who did not qualify for the program, or because borrowers did not respond to government outreach.
“Still others will be the product of borrowers who bought homes well beyond what they could afford and so would be unable to make the monthly payment even on a modified loan,” Barr says.
The Home Affordable Refinancing Program was intended to help homeowners whose existing mortgages were up to 105 percent of their current house value, but has since been expanded to help those with mortgages up to 125 percent of current value.
“Overall, the GSEs (government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae) have refinanced more than 2.7 million loans since the announcement of the Administration’s comprehensive housing plan,” Barr notes.
Home foreclosures in August jumped 18 percent from a year ago, but decreased 0.47 percent from the previous month, according to a new report by RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosure properties.

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This 22.5-hour online continuing education course presents topics of major concern to real estate professionals—fair housing and agency—and also explores personal safety, recent major changes to tax law, a changing customer base, advertising laws, and common legal issues for real estate licensees. Students will receive all the hours of continuing education required to renew their license, while staying on top of current issues and trends in real estate. This course includes video-based and text-based instruction, with over 75% of the content delivered through video.
Teach the history and application of national and Arizona fair housing laws with this 3-hour continuing education course.
This course covers the evolution of fair housing laws, from the 19th century to today, so real estate professionals can serve their customers to the fullest extent of the law. From the Civil Rights of 1866 to the latest updates of the Arizona Fair Housing Act, this course covers the gamut of real estate guidelines affecting sales, financing, and advertising. Includes true/false progress questions, interactive activities, comprehensive unit exams, and a summative final exam for continuing education credit.


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Staines Musical Theatre Group is a friendly society that provided quality music and entertainment to the Staines community for over 50 years.
We meet at St Paul's Church Hall, Thorpe Road, Staines TW18 3HJ, next to Magna Carta School. We rehearse on Mondays from 8pm to 10pm. Nearer to showtime we then also rehearse on Wednesdays, and rehearsals start at 7.30pm.
Please contact us if you would like to join as an acting member, helping behind-the-scenes or become a patron.
In 1966 Alan and Gwen Davies put an advert in the local paper for members to form a new group to sing and perform musical shows. The first meeting was on a cold wet evening in Laleham Village Hall, but fortunately, enough people turned up to form the group. The local paper in September 1966 states that it was agreed that the club should be called ‘The New County Light Opera Club’, and that the first production was to be a Music Hall followed by Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Trial by Jury’.
At the start, Alan and Gwen allowed rehearsals to be held in their house, and in the run up to the show, built and painted the scenery in their garage. However, when the club membership outgrew Alan and Gwen’s home, the rehearsals moved to Laleham Village Hall (which just happened to be conveniently close to ‘The Feathers’ and ‘The Turks Head’). From 1967 the club put on two major shows a year at St Peter's Church Hall, Staines.
Among the other early member of the group were husband and wife, Percy and Maureen Raison. Both were lifelong members, Percy becoming Business Manager of the group and Maureen singing and acting, taking many lead roles over the years. Percy’s job as a lock-keeper at Penton Hook put him in contact with people from all walks of life, one of those being Jack Warner, famous for his role as Dixon of Dock Green. He was invited to become President of the group, an invitation which he readily accepted. Louise Smith, another of the group's founder members, remembers him as a very courteous man who attended shows when his schedule allowed him to do so, and was overheard to remark after seeing Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Ruddigore’ for the first time, “If that’s Ruddigore, it’s ruddy marvellous”.
Other famous names associated with the club during those early days as Vice Presidents have been Mr Raymond Baxter OBE (BBC commentator), Glynn Edwards (actor in Minder) and more recently Mr Johnny Briggs MBE (aka Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street).
While the conversion was taking place SLOS went through an unsettling time and moved to Chertsey Hall for several years. When the Staines Town Hall re-opened as an Arts Centre it became clear that it was no longer suitable for groups such as ours, so a search began for another performance venue. It was around that time that the Magna Carta School put in an application for a lottery grant to change their ordinary school hall into a theatre. SLOS joined the local groups supporting the venture and in 1998 SLOS became the first group to perform in the new Theatre with ‘Half a Sixpence’.We are rather proud to be able to say that we were awarded ‘The NODA Award for Excellence’ for that show.
With a mind to keeping up with the times, in 2001 the group changed its name yet again. This time, from Staines Light Operatic Society to Staines Musical Theatre Group. It was felt that ‘Musical Theatre’ was a better description of what the group actually does. Hopefully, the name and the group will continue far into the future.

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Polk v. Countrywide Fin. Corp.
LARRY R. POLK, Plaintiff, v. COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, and BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Defendants.
At a session of said Court, held in the U.S.
of Michigan, on July 19, 2012.
On December 29, 2011, Larry Polk ("Plaintiff") filed this action, asserting violations of state law in connection with the denial of his request for a loan modification. Presently before the Court is a motion to dismiss the Complaint, filed on April 23, 2012 by Bank of America, N.A. ("Defendant") pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The matter has been fully briefed, and the Court heard oral argument on June 27, 2012. For reasons set forth below, the Court grants Defendant's motion.
The Complaint misidentifies Bank of America, N.A. as "Bank of America Corporation." Bank of America, N.A. is the successor by merger to the remaining named defendants.
On April 25, 2005, Plaintiff obtained a loan in the amount of $216,000 from Argent Mortgage Company, LLC. As security for this loan, Plaintiff executed a mortgage on real property located at 19520 Stratford Road in Detroit, Michigan. Defendant serviced this loan, which was eventually sold to another lender.
Plaintiff later began having difficulty making the scheduled payments. In a letter dated April 9, 2010, Defendant offered Plaintiff a three-month trial loan modification under the federal government's Home Affordable Modification Program ("HAMP"). See Pl.'s Br. Ex. 1, Dkt. #12. Under this plan, Plaintiff would make three monthly payments of $1,860 instead of his regular monthly mortgage payments. He was also required to provide Defendant with certain documents necessary to determine his eligibility for a permanent loan modification. Id. Plaintiff signed the letter and returned it on or about April 27, 2010. Plaintiff asserts that he submitted the requested documents and made each of the three trial period payments by their respective due dates. Compl. ¶ 26.
Defendant subsequently informed Plaintiff that his loan would not be permanently modified, based on Plaintiff's failure to provide certain additional documents. Pl.'s Br. 5. Foreclosure proceedings were instituted, and on July 27, 2011, the home was sold at a sheriff's sale to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as trustee for the certificate holders of Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WCW2. The statutory redemption period expired on January 27, 2012, and Plaintiff has not redeemed the property.
Plaintiff filed this action on December 29, 2011 in Wayne County Circuit Court. His Complaint asserts the following claims: breach of contract (Count I); breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (Count II); negligence (Count III); gross negligence / intentional tort (Count IV); and "declaratory relief and injunction" (Count V). Defendant removed the suit to this Court, and has now moved to dismiss the Complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6).
A motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) tests the legal sufficiency of the complaint. RMI Titanium Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 78 F.3d 1125, 1134 (6th Cir. 1996). Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2), a pleading must contain a "short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." As the Supreme Court recently provided in Iqbal, "[t]o survive a motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 1974 (2007)). "A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Id. at 678, 129 S. Ct. at 1949 (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556, 127 S. Ct. at 1965). The plausibility standard "does not impose a probability requirement at the pleading stage; it simply calls for enough fact to raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence of illegal [conduct]." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556, 127 S. Ct. at 1965.
In deciding whether the plaintiff has set forth a "plausible" claim, the court must accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true. Id.; see also Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94, 127 S. Ct. 2197, 2200 (2007). This presumption, however, is not applicable to legal conclusions. Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678, 129 S. Ct. at 1949. Therefore, "[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Id. at 678, 129 S. Ct. at 1949 (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555, 127 S. Ct. at 1964-65). Ultimately, "[d]etermining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief will . . . be a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense." Id. at 679, 129 S. Ct. at 1950. In conducting this analysis, the Court may consider the pleadings, exhibits attached thereto, and documents referred to in the complaint that are central to the plaintiff's claims. See Greenberg v. Life Ins. Co. of Va., 177 F.3d 507, 514 (6th Cir. 1999).
19. This action is brought to remedy unlawful acts and practices by Defendants in servicing loans for borrowers who are seeking to save their homes.
20. Defendants have made various representations to borrowers about their mortgage loans that are false or lack a reasonable basis.
"Under Michigan law, the elements of a breach of contract claim are the following: (1) a contract existed between the parties, (2) the terms of the contract required performance of certain actions, (3) a party breached the contract, and (4) the breach caused the other party injury." Green Leaf Nursery, Inc. v. Kmart Corp., 485 F. Supp. 2d 815, 818 (E.D. Mich. 2007) (citing Burton v. William Beaumont Hosp., 373 F. Supp. 2d 707, 718 (E.D. Mich. 2005)). Count I fails to identify a breach of the contract between the parties in this case. Plaintiff has not indicated that this is a class action suit. Nor has he alleged that he was harmed by Defendant's conduct with respect to other borrowers. Count I fails to assert a plausible basis for finding that Defendant is liable to Plaintiff for its alleged misconduct.
In his response brief, Plaintiff argues that the allegations of Count I are sufficient to support a claim of fraud. Pl.'s Br. 3-4. The Court disagrees. Fraud must be pleaded with particularity. Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b). "The Sixth Circuit interprets Rule 9(b) as requiring plaintiffs to 'allege the time, place, and content of the alleged misrepresentation on which he or she relied; the fraudulent scheme; the fraudulent intent of the defendants; and the injury resulting from the fraud.'" Yuhasz v. Brush Wellman, Inc., 341 F.3d 559, 563 (6th Cir. 2003) (quoting Coffey v. Foamex L.P., 2 F.3d 157, 161-162 (6th Cir. 1993)). Count I fails to identify any specific false representation concerning Plaintiff's loan. The general assertion that "Defendants have made various representations to borrowers about their mortgage loans that are false or lack a reasonable basis," Compl. ¶ 20, is insufficient to satisfy Rule 9's heightened pleading standard.
Plaintiff asserts that Defendant breached an agreement to modify his loan. He points to a letter in which Defendant offered him a three-month trial loan modification, as well as an accompanying document entitled "Home Affordable Modification Trial Period Plan." See Pl.'s Br. Ex. 1. Plaintiff argues that Defendant entered into an enforceable agreement to provide him with a permanent loan modification, so long as he: (1) timely made the three payments required by the Trial Period Plan; and (2) submitted all of the documents requested by Defendant. Plaintiff alleges that he satisfied both conditions. Compl. ¶ 26.
(a) A promise or commitment to lend money, grant or extend credit, or make any other financial accommodation.
(b) A promise or commitment to renew, extend, modify, or permit a delay in repayment or performance of a loan, extension of credit, or other financial accommodation.
(c) A promise or commitment to waive a provision of a loan, extension of credit, or other financial accommodation.
Michigan Compiled Laws § 566.132(2). The closing of the trial modification letter reads: "Loan Modification Team, Bank of America Home Loan Servicing, LP." This could arguably satisfy the statutory requirement of "an authorized signature by the financial institution." The Court need not resolve this question, however, because it does not appear that the agreement required Defendant to permanently modify Plaintiff's loan.
In the next few days, you will receive a package with additional details and documents that we will need returned to us so we can complete the three-month trial modification process and determine your eligibility for the permanent modification of your loan. There are no fees associated with this program. If we determine that you are not eligible for a permanent modification under the Home Affordable Modification Program, we will contact you and review other options.
I understand that after I sign and return two copies of this Plan to the Servicer, the Servicer will send me a signed copy of this Plan if I qualify for the Offer or will send me written notice that I do not qualify for the Offer. This Plan will not take effect unless and until both I and the Servicer sign it and Servicer provides me with a copy of this Plan with the Servicer's signature.
Pl.'s Br. Ex. 1 at 9. These statements all clearly indicate that Plaintiff's submission of trial period payments and documents does not obligate Defendant to permanently modify the loan. Defendant is entitled to review these submissions and approve or deny the request. Defendant denied Plaintiff's request, Compl. ¶¶ 26-28, and it is undisputed that Defendant did not return an executed copy of the Trial Period Plan to Plaintiff. The Court therefore concludes that Plaintiff's allegations fail to establish a breach of an enforceable contract.
If I am in compliance with this Trial Period Plan (the "Plan") and my representations in Section 1 continue to be true in all material respects, then the Servicer will provide me with a Home Affordable Modification Agreement ("Modification Agreement"), as set forth in Section 3, that would amend and supplement (1) the Mortgage on the Property, and (2) the Note secured by the Mortgage.
Pl.'s Br. Ex. 1 at 7. While this provision does not specifically describe further review by Defendant, it refers to sections that do. It states that Defendant will provide a modification agreement "as set forth in Section 3." Section 3, which describes the process for executing the permanent loan modification agreement, mandates Plaintiff's compliance with "the requirements in Section 2." Pl.'s Br. Ex. 1 at 9. Section 2, in turn, includes paragraph F, which is cited by the Court above and provides for a review by Defendant prior to granting a permanent loan modification. The Trial Period Plan may not be a model of clarity, but it does not obligate Defendant to permanently modify Plaintiff's loan without further review.
Even if the Court were to accept Plaintiff's interpretation of the cited provision, his reading of the contract as a whole does not accord with Michigan's principles of contract interpretation. "[C]ourts must . . . give effect to every word, phrase, and clause in a contract and avoid an interpretation that would render any part of the contract surplusage or nugatory." Klapp v. United Ins. Grp. Agency, Inc., 468 Mich. 459, 468, 663 N.W.2d 447, 453 (Mich. 2003). Plaintiff's reading of the agreement would nullify provisions that allow Defendant to determine his eligibility for a permanent loan modification. The Court must instead "strive to harmonize apparently conflicting terms or clauses." Wonderland Shopping Ctr. Ltd. P'ship v. CDC Mortg. Capital, Inc., 274 F.3d 1085, 1092 (6th Cir. 2001) (citing Fresard v. Mich. Millers Mut. Ins. Co., 414 Mich. 686, 694, 327 N.W.2d 286, 289 (Mich. 1982)). Here, the conflicting provisions could be harmonized by finding that the loan would not be permanently modified unless: (1) Plaintiff complied with the conditions of the Trial Period Plan; and (2) Defendant approved the request to modify the loan. Under this interpretation of the agreement, Defendant's actions would not constitute a breach. The Court concludes that Plaintiff has failed to set forth a plausible breach of contract claim relating to a permanent loan modification.
In Count II, Plaintiff asserts that Defendant breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by failing to modify Plaintiff's loan under the HAMP program. In his response brief, Plaintiff concedes that there is no private right of action under HAMP. Pl.'s Br. 7 (citing Hart v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 735 F. Supp. 2d 741, 748 (E.D. Mich. 2010)). It is not clear from Plaintiff's response brief, however, whether he agrees to dismiss Count II in its entirety. Count II does not cite a breach of an agreement other than the HAMP agreement between Defendant and the government. To the extent that Plaintiff alleges a breach of the "Home Affordable Modification Trial Period Plan," the Court has already concluded that this claim fails.
Plaintiff's discussion of this count claims violations of Michigan's loan modification statute, Michigan Compiled Laws § 600.3205a et seq. See Pl.'s Br. 7. If Plaintiff claims a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing based on violation of Michigan's loan modification statute, his claim fails as a matter of law. The implied covenant relates to the performance of contractual duties. See Flynn v. Korneffel, 451 Mich. 186, 213 n.8, 547 N.W.2d 249, 260 n.8 (Mich. 1996). The Court is unaware of any authority indicating that a violation of a statute implicates the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; such a violation would instead entitle a plaintiff to remedies under the statute itself. The statute here creates a remedy for an aggrieved borrower, as it allows the borrower to convert the proceeding into a judicial foreclosure. See Michigan Compiled Laws § 600.3205c(8). Plaintiff did not avail himself of that remedy before the sheriff's sale was held, and courts in the Eastern District of Michigan have held that this statute cannot be used to set aside a completed foreclosure sale. See Adams v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 11-10150, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90226, at *12 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 10, 2011); Stein v. U.S. Bancorp, No. 10-14026, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18357, at *29 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 24, 2011).
The Court notes that these allegations are not set forth anywhere in the Complaint.
Count II also includes the allegation that Defendant failed to provide Plaintiff with a notice of the sheriff's sale. Compl. ¶ 35. Even accepting this as true, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to set forth a plausible claim for relief. Under Michigan law, a sheriff's sale may be set aside based on defective notice only if the plaintiff demonstrates prejudice. Jackson Inv. Corp. v. Pittsfield Prods., Inc., 162 Mich. App. 750, 755-56, 413 N.W.2d 99, 101-02 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). Plaintiff has failed to plead facts indicating that he was harmed as a result of the defective notice. Allegations of defective notice have routinely been held insufficient to set aside a foreclosure sale where the borrower has not tendered payment to redeem the property. See Worthy v. World Wide Fin. Servs., 347 F. Supp. 2d 502, 510-11 (E.D. Mich. 2004); Sweet Air Inv. v. Kenney, 275 Mich. App. 492, 502-03, 739 N.W.2d 656, 662 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). The Court therefore concludes that Count II must be dismissed.
In Counts III and IV, Plaintiff asserts that Defendant's conduct in servicing his loan was negligent and grossly negligent. These counts include no supporting facts, and it is clear that merely reciting the elements of a cause of action will not suffice to plead a claim for relief. See Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678, 129 S. Ct. at 1949. Plaintiff clarifies in his response brief that his claims are based on: (1) Defendant's representations that loan modification efforts were ongoing; and (2) Defendant's subsequent refusal to modify his loan. Pl.'s Br. 8. A lender has no duty to modify a borrower's loan under the HAMP program. Hart, 735 F. Supp. 2d at 747-48; Houston v. U.S. Bank Home Mortg. Wis. Serv., No. 10-13780, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46878, at *16-18 (E.D. Mich. May 2, 2011); Ahmad v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 11-15204, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36300, at *17-24 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 27, 2012) (citing cases). Thus, Plaintiff cannot assert a plausible claim of negligence for breach of this alleged duty.
Count V requests declaratory and injunctive relief based on the allegations set forth in Counts I through IV. See Compl. ¶ 57-58. The Court has concluded, however, that Counts I through IV fail to state plausible claims for relief. There is no basis for granting the declaratory and injunctive relief sought by Plaintiff.
The Court also notes that to the extent that Plaintiff seeks to set aside the foreclosure sale or the sheriff's deed, his request is barred by the expiration of the redemption period. Under Michigan law, once the redemption period has expired, the former owner's rights in and title to the property are extinguished. Piotrowski v. State Land Office Bd., 302 Mich. 179, 187, 4 N.W.2d 514, 517 (Mich. 1942). At that point, the former owner loses standing to assert claims with respect to the property. Overton v. Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc., No. 284950, 2009 Mich. App. LEXIS 1209, at *3 (Mich. Ct. App. May 28, 2009). At oral argument, Plaintiff suggested that this lawsuit might toll the redemption period, but the Michigan Court of Appeals rejected this argument in Overton, holding that the filing of a suit before the redemption period expired was "insufficent" to justify tolling. Id. The Court therefore concludes that Count V must be dismissed.
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant's motion to dismiss the Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is GRANTED.


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How many times have you had to explain what PR is to your friends, family and clients? Do you have a set definition or do you muddle through as they look increasingly bored and try to nod as if they understand?
As part of the push to change the perception and reputation of the PR industry, I believe that we need start with the very terminology of PR itself.
The term “Public Relations” was first coined in the early 1900s as the concepts or marketing and advertising emerged, but the industry itself was not truly a separate entity until post-war and only took on its modern format in the 1970s.
Think how much the industry and our individual roles have changed in the past few years alone, from technological developments, the evolution of the media and social media, and how the impact of the economy.
The PR of the 1990s, let alone the 1970s, is no longer reflective of what we do today, and the reputation and name of our industry carries a considerable amount of baggage.
Of course, rebranding PR with a different name will not solve the issue and will generate a higher level of confusion for those on the outside of the industry.
I believe that we need to embark on a sustained, collaborative and transparent campaign to show what we do, how we do it, and why we are important.
These effort needs to be undertaken at a grassroots level, as well as by industry bodies. For too long we have focused on infighting and competition between ourselves – what could unite us more than reaching out to potential clients and generating business for the PR sector that we can all benefit from.
Robert Peston’s recent accusation that PR is “the devil” is a timely reminder that even high level journalists to do appreciate the benefits that the industry can offer to them as time constraints weight heavier on their time.
Please do share your thoughts and engage in the conversation online with #PRable.
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About: The goal of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to understand intelligence by constructing computational models of intelligent behavior. This entails developing and testing falsifiable algorithmic theories of (aspects of) intelligent behavior, including sensing, representation, reasoning, learning, decision-making, communication, coordination, action, and interaction. AI is also concerned with the engineering of systems that exhibit intelligence. Machine learning is concerned with the scientific study, exploration, design, analysis, and applications of algorithms that learn concepts, predictive models, behaviors, action policies, etc. from observation, inference, and experimentation and the characterization of the precise conditions under which classes of concepts and behaviors are learnable. Learning algorithms can also be used to model aspects of human and animal learning. Machine learning integrates and builds on advances in algorithms and data structures, statistical inference, information theory, signal processing as well as insights drawn from neural, behavioral, and cognitive sciences. Data mining is concerned with the applications of statistical machine learning for exploratory analysis and predictive modeling from large data sets. Causal discovery is concerned with algorithms for eliciting the underlying causal (as opposed to the merely predictive) relationships from observational and experimental data.
Areas of Strength: Some areas of strength in Artificial Intelligence in the college include: knowledge representation and inference; machine learning (especially, statistical machine learning, neural networks e.g., deep learning, learning predictive models from sequence data, spatial data, network data, temporal data, relational data); genetic algorithm/evolutional computation; fuzzy logic; eliciting causal effects from experimental and observational data, including temporal and relational data; and applications in bioinformatics, health informatics, social informatics, learning analytics, text analytics, image analytics, and computational discovery, among others.

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Jack is very quiet. His busy, rumbustious family is VERY NOISY. Sometimes it seems as if no one really hears what he has to say - or is it that they are just not listening properly?
It takes the help of an imaginary friend and encounters with a lost wolf cub and a terrifying grizzly bear for Jack to grow in confidence and find his own voice.

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"I am very close to being a happy man, but I hope never to become a contented one. I must always be subject to the goad of curiosity, of wonder and the greatest necessity of all -of doubt."
This entry was posted in Quote of the Day on October 30, 2009 by Robert Patrick.


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so i’m actually scrapping a lot of the initial summer series topics because there’s a lot to write about! and i don’t think i’m fully ready to write everything i’ve had on my mind just yet. still processing. it’s okay. at least i’m writing!
anyway, i’m writing this from monterey, ca on day 3? of sophomore college. sand falls from my journal pages every time i open it and i’m really running out of pages. we’ve eaten beneath christmas lights in an old car port every night for dinner. driving home at 4 o’clock after an afternoon on the beach; salty, dry, warm, sleepy. coming home and taking a warm shower and crawling into bed or standing out on the balcony as the coastal breeze dries you off. i’m a romantic. i love it.
i keep trying to write, but i don’t really know what to say. i’m happy, i’m excited, i’m a little sweaty. we just packed the cars to go camping for 3 days, and we’re just about ready to leave pacific grove to head for the mountains.
if i can say anything about this soco, i can honestly say that everyday i find something else to love deeper. whether it’s the people here, the skies, the ocean, cooking breakfast, jellyfish, strangers– there is so much in this world worth loving, and it is such a privilege to participate and witness humanity in its smallest, purest, most beautiful forms.
kath and i made a homey little home out of our small room tucked in the corner next to the kitchen of our apartment. we’re roaming around the greater monterey area, all 15 of us, and hopping from beach to beach, camping, and appreciating nature and humanity for everything that it is.
one thing that i have finally come to internalise while having this moment to reflect and recharge at the pace of this beautiful program and this beautiful city is that holding expectations about people, places, experiences, and things is so dangerous. thinking that something should be this or should be that is unfair to the reality you are experiencing. i remember thinking things were “unfair” because i “should” have been _________ instead of whatever was happening to me. but the fact of the matter is that what i was living the life that was playing out in front of me, not whatever fantasy i cooked up in my head. and that’s that.
the longer i’m alive, the more i realize that it is best to simply take things as they are. go with the flow, don’t stress over a change in plans, be intentional, and take your time. forgive yourself, forgive others, talk about your feelings, take deep breaths, watch a sunrise, don’t skip out on swimming in the ocean just because the water is cold, share music, sit down for meals, listen, enjoy silence, laugh, and find the best in everything.
i’m built to love and built to smile.


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The plan was to ride along the valley to Villaroger and then try the un-surfaced road up to Les Arc 2000, keeping high above Les Arc 1600 & 1800 and linking with Peisey Nancroix ride that I did last trip. A higher than average balcony ride above the Isere valley was what I had in mind.
The Ride. I set the alarm to ensure an earylish start, knowing that the weather was wall to wall blue sky and I’d better make the most of it. It was cold as I set off along the valley to Bourg and I had to use my ‘*imp jacket’ (a black incredibly thin and clingy shower proof jacket that looks like a dustbin bag but is incredibly effective and reduces to the smallest of sizes ……have you got the picture?).
Once I’d skirted the less pleasant aspects of Bourg, I was treated with the lovely quiet forest road that climbs steadily to Villaroger, from here I took the road up to Le Planay, where the tarmac ends. I stopped for a bite, which unfortunately allowed my legs to cool off just before the most gruelling kilometer of the day. The track was rough and the gradient 12% + in places. I didn’t know whether to concentrate on keeping the bike upright, or keeping the front wheel on the ground and really thought my planned ascent was doomed, but soon enough the track turned into a steady easy gradient (made from powdered marble) and remained like that for the rest of the ascent. Perhaps the bottom section was there to test peoples resolve or put people off.
Along the bumpy road ….
The track came out on the tarmac road that runs between Les Arc 1800 and 2000. The sight of Les Arc 2000 looming over me was not a pleasant sight, and it had the added down-side that it was a dead-end, one of my pet hates. I thought about giving it a miss but decided to go for the ‘tick in a box’. I had loaded that section into my GPS but realised half way up that my GPS route stopped quite a long way before the resort, and that all the missing metres were up. The resort was like the Marie Celeste, not even a coffee shop open. It’s not the most attractive winter resort, so its summer ‘look’ was even worse. Definitely not a repeatable experience. I ate my lunch and enjoyed the down hill stretch through the other ‘Arcs’, picking up a great bit of un-surfaced section which kept me higher than the built up areas.
As I descended into Vallandry, my need for a coffee or some kind of drink related stop increased, and I noticed a sign, giving the impression that a cafe was open somewhere. My hunt for Chez Betty was long and hard and eventually rewarding. Betty was a lady with a big smile, and a coffee machine. I think she was as pleased to see me as I was to see her. It must get lonely up there all day.
Then there was the decision point. At the Peisey Nancroix valley road, do I have the focus and commitment to turn left and do the additional loop over to La Plagne or do I just turn my wheel for home. And the answer is ……… I don’t have the focus or the commitment. The idea of sitting on my balcony with a cold beer and sauntering down to the butchers for a sausage for tea was just too enticing. As part compensation for my wimpery, I decided to explore the small roads above Landry rather than going down the main road. What a blast! Probably the best track of the day, all down-hill, mainly un-surfaced and at the edge of what a road bike can comfortably do. With the help of Betty’s coffee I was hoofing it and decided to stop worrying about my expensive wheels.
Just to round the day off, and widen the grin on my face, I found a fridge full of beer on the empty lower floor of the chalet. It solves my beer/pannier/transport problem and I’ll pay the chalet owner when I see her!!
The Verdict. A lot of fun un-surfaced roads (16 out of a total of 58 km) , and in my books, the best way to keep clear of the ski resorts but still see the area. I wouldn’t include Arc 2000 in future rides.


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Becky Lief-Kuster presents a $1,000 Moose Run check to members of the Willow River School LifeSmarts team, which competed this year at the national level in Atlanta, Georgia, under the leadership of Lois Johnson. The team provided 30 volunteers to help with the Mercy Foundation Moose Run on race day.
Three-hundred-twenty-eight people participated in this year's Mercy Foundation Moose Run in early May despite chilly temperatures and off-and-on rain.
Each year since 2000, the Mercy Foundation Moose Run has donated all of its profits to charities and non-profits in the Barnum, Moose Lake, and Willow River areas.
This year's event generated nearly $6,000, which the organizers donated to the following organizations: $1,000 to the Willow River School LifeSmarts program; $1,000 to the Moose Lake Area Food Shelf; $1,000 to the Moose Lake School to start a gym shoe program; $1,500 to the Moose Lake School to help offset entry fees for experiencial learning activities; $500 to Moose Lake Volunteer Fire Dept. Relief Association; $500 to support the Moose Paddle event; and $500 to support the Moose Lake Triathlon.
The race organizers are grateful for the support of many local sponsors, including The Mercy Foundation, Pro Sound & Light, Art's Cafe, Gamper's, Lake State Credit Union, First National Bank of Moose Lake, Oakview, Wausau Homes, Market Place Foods, Hoffmann Hardware, Dairy Queen, Gateway Family Health Clinic, and Moose Lake Motors.


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This course also features three online textbooks, one of which has video demonstrations related to electromagnetism concepts.
The instructor would like to thank Thomas Larsen for transcribing into LaTeX selected homework problems, homework solutions, and exams.
Markus Zahn. 6.641 Electromagnetic Fields, Forces, and Motion. Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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Things like this always start out so innocently. A friend emailed me to tell me that another person was trying to contact me but had my wrong email. Would I please contact her? Next thing I know I’m trampsing through the woods in 6 inches of snow when it is 17 degrees out trying to visualize what it will all look like in August.
Turns out people want me to put on a competitive trail ride this summer. That’s a lot of work. I thought about it last year and tried to find a place to hold it but didn’t come up with anything. I need a place with a campground and at least 25 miles of trails. You can get one or the other around here but there is only one place with both. I’ve heard horror stories. Mostly along the lines of, “Don’t take a beginner horse there,” and “Slippery when wet.” So I go to see. Mind you there were big flood-causing storms here recently so several parts of the trail and adjoining roads are still under water. I get to one parking area and decide to walk a bit down the trail just to have a look. Within a few feet of the parking area the trail starts downhill. Then it takes a 90 degree while still going downhill but now the trail is only about 2 feet wide. Step to your left and you go off the cliff. At the bottom on the hill you cross a stream and then start up the other side of the gorge. “No beginners” and “slippery when wet” are coming into focus. Ok, I take the trail a bit the other direction. Same thing happens except this time there’s no cliff.
I drive down to the camping area. My guide pamplet says that the trail heading out of the campsite is the easiest trail. I start down it and guess what I see? Yep, slide down a hill, cross the water, and go back up. How can there be this many down-and-ups in one small area in a very flat state? That’s good for the ride. It will challenge the experienced riders but it makes it harder for me. My horse isn’t an experienced trail horse and I’m a wimpy rider so I’m not looking forward to riding this trail in order to learn it well.


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Who can we still believe? In an age when governments spread fake news to cause confusion and uncertainty, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find the truth. While the major news organizations are still checking the facts using their own established sources, clever internet users are discovering that there are also smarter and more accurate ways to do it yourself.
Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World follows an international team of citizen investigative journalists who are using their knowledge of social media, reconstruction techniques and audio analysis to conduct in-depth research. On the MH17 plane crash, for example, using Google Earth, dashcam footage and Facebook profiles. Or on atrocities in Syria, by scrutinizing videos for authenticity and then storing them in a huge database for possible future prosecutions.
Director Hans Pool explains everything with clarity in interviews brimming with fascinating topical examples. Even the most important organizations and authorities can’t match the ingenuity of a small group of volunteers.


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The MSM has a long tradition of falling (or worse) for Communist propaganda.
But we also shouldn’t act as if falling for Communism disinformation is something new or rare. The Left, and really we have no choice but to treat most big media outlets as functionaries of the Left, has a long tradition of falling (or worse) for Communist propaganda — from Stalin to the Vietcong to Castro to Sandinistas to Hugo Chavez to fetching DPRK henchwomen.


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Do You Really Gain Weight After You Have Your Tubes Tied And If So Why?
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I had my tubes tied in January of this year after we decided we weren't having any more children. I didn't gain any weight at all, but my doctor did warn me that if I had strong period symptoms before having my tubes tied they would get worse after having them tied.
I have noticed a change in the amount of cramping that I have when having my period now, but I've always had really heavy period flow and have not noticed any change in that part of things.
I asked my mom how things were for her when she had hers done and she said that other than a bit more cramping, nothing really changed for her either. I guess it differs from person to person, but I've never heard of having your tubes tied making you gain weight, just the issue with heavier cramping and blood flow.
Medically speaking I can't think of any reason why that would be. Perhaps women think that because many get their tubes tied right around the time people normally experience a drop in metabolism... around 30 and then again around 40.
I had my tubes tied in March about 2 hous after giving birth to our 4th. I was put out for the surgery since I hadn't had an epidural. After about an hour of recovery time I was up and walking. I tell this because someone mentioned being in bed for awhile after the surgery. Anyway, I have not gained any weight. I also haven't lost much, but that's because I haven't gotten back into a good exercise routine and haven't been watching what I'm eating as well as I should. My first 2 periods were MUCH heavier, but have gotten closer and closer to normal over the last couple months. I don't see why it would change anything about weight. There is no hormone changes associated with getting tubes tied. I think it's just an excuse or like someone said because of natural hormone changes as you get older.
I had mine done at the same time as my C section for my 3rd child. I have had a much harder time losing weight this time around...... but that could also be due to just being sooooo busy with 3 kids! I rarely have time to do any exercise. But it seems like my stomach is just not going back to shape at all......and I didn't gain that much weight. under 20 lbs. In my case, I think it is the combination of a 3rd C Section AND the tubal.
One thing I have definitely noticed though, and this didn't exist before. Horrible cramps and VERY heavy periods. I mean Heavy. Like about to pass out heavy. Just get in the shower because a tampon And a maxi pad are just no match. I will be making a DR. appt. in the new year about this. The pain is so bad I have to medicate myself into oblivion. and somehow still try to watch my kids. I have talked to others who have had a tubal and this is the only symptom a lot of us share.
But so far......I am not pregnant again, and that's what really counts!
Thank you, I wouldn't think u would, but some people that I know have and they blame it on that.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Relay contacts can switch loads up to 5A with a range of 0-36 V DC, and in 110-230 V mains up to 3 kW. They are galvanically separated from the actual device, so they can be connected to input control circuits of various other devices, thus simulating a button or toggle switch. For 110-230 V mains, we recommend the time-tested WallSwitch.
The relay closes and opens contacts on the Ajax system owner’s command in the Ajax Security System app. But users can also configure the Relay to turn on or off automatically in response to arming or disarming the system. Since the housing of the device is relatively compact—38х25х18 mm—the device fits easily in a junction box, switchboard or in the housing of switching devices.
In addition to switching relay operation modes, the Ajax Security System mobile app lets users monitor in real time the power supply voltage of the relay and consumers connected via the Relay if they are powered from a single source. If the relay and consumer are powered from different power sources, only the relay voltage is displayed in the app. The app also displays the temperature level inside the Relay.
Electric locks. Locked when the system is armed, and opened after disarming. Checking that everything is locked has never been easier.
With two comprehensive automation devices in our product line, it would be foolish not to use the full range of their capabilities. Therefore, in future we make plans to implement full-fledged scripts to allow users to create combinations of actions. There will also be binding options for events and alarms, scheduled triggers and something else special as well.


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Mamu is possibly our Matang Wildlife Centre’s brightest rising star and the result of our successful captive breeding program.
Borned to Chiam, the pair was released to a semi-wild state into the surrounding rainforests shortly after Mamu was born and have been roaming the areas for more than one year.
However, faith strucked an awful blow to them, due to health concerns Chiam was taken back into the Centre’s facility. A special regime was then developed for Mamu who at that point of time is still too young to be left out in the forest to fend for herself. Trainings taking place deep in the heart of the forest ensure that she will not fail to remember what she had already learnt from her mother and got too-used to being inside the enclosure with her mother.
Sometimes, Mamu wits proved too much to handle, though staying with her mother, she somehow managed to squeeze through the iron bars and end up basking in the sun on top of her official residence! Fortunately for us, she has yet to muster the courage to explore the jungle on her own.
Mamu escapades are amusing as well as enable us to see a clear prove to the extent of intelligence and ingenuity that orangutans have.


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