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Ancient physicians believed that humors ruled the health–both physical and mental–of the human body. Any imbalance was a sure cause for illness and disease. This belief gave rise to the practice of administering curatives such as bleedings, purgatives, diuretics, among others in order to restore the balance of humors within the patient’s body. Similarly, the classroom teacher must perform delicate procedures within the lesson cycle in order to balance the collective humor within each class period.
Maintaining the continuing Shakespearean metaphor, it is necessary to link the two types, or forms, of resolution in The Bard’s plays with the types of humor in the classroom. According to many Shakespearean scholars, The Bard’s plays usually end in one of two ways depending upon their particular genre of theater. In essence, disharmony is created in the audience through the characters and their actions. Through the course of the dramatic arc, resolution is achieved by the fifth and final act. Shakespeare’s two forms of resolution are based upon whether the nature of the play is tragic or comedic. For tragic works, the resolution is retributive justice. Wrongs have been avenged. Conversely, for comedic works, the resolution is restorative justice. The imbalance in the plot is corrected and the situation is set aright.
These two distinctions can be effectively implemented in the secondary classroom in a positive manner for both the students and the classroom teacher. Even retributive humor can be used effectively, even if it is of a self-deprecating nature regarding the classroom teacher. Yet, any humor, any at all, must be used cautiously and primarily by skilled and experienced practitioners. The art of humor is a steady and practiced art which both demands and commands patience, persistence, and above all humility. Attempting to implement humor of any kind into the daily learning environment or routine can very quickly and easily result in failure, sometimes even catastrophic in nature.
Surveying the two forms of humor, retributive and restorative, the latter type makes the most sense for use in the classroom. Smoothing over the tumultuous waves of a challenging, or even oppositional, situation is a proven method of maintaining control on the classroom without having to attempt to exert positional authority. These attempts almost always fail in the shortest amount of time possible. Worse yet, it corrodes and damages the tenuous relationship between the students and teacher, which is continually evolving. Humor should serve to cultivate and fortify this relationship.
Needless to say, restorative humor is instrumental in guiding the class back into focus with the daily objective(s) and easing the transition into new, and often times more difficult content knowledge and skill(s). This form of humor can also motivate reluctant and reticent students into some form of engagement with the material, the teacher, and possible even with each other through this gentle form of verbal and oral sparring.
Restorative humor can be both energizing and healing when used in appropriate and judicious manners. One of the primary mitigating factors in successfully utilizing humor in the classroom is a unique combination of student awareness and consent. This may appear like an odd pairing upon first glance, but given a Shakespearean hue and a second examination, a better understanding arises.
One of the cornerstones of the success of The bard’s comedies was his adept use of the audience. While for some this may come across as manipulative in varying degrees, it is no more harmful than asking students guiding questions throughout the lesson cycle. Shakespeare intentionally wrote his plays in order to have the different sections of the audience not merely laughing at the action taking place on the stage, but also at the different social classes which regularly comprised the audience, and even at themselves from time to time. This was part and parcel of the transcendent balance which continues to surround the comedies of Shakespeare.
However, the more difficult task is understanding and implementing retributive humor effectively and positively in the classroom. This somewhat more of a challenge even for humorous teachers who are experienced. Unlike Shakespeare’s tragedies, retributive humor is neither vindictive nor hurtful, at least not in the traditional understanding of these two terms. Retributive humor effectively dulls the proverbial fangs of the lurking notorious classroom monster. This particular monster lurks in the corners, under desks, among the backpacks, and in the coffee cups in every classroom. Its unique characteristics include boredom, belligerency, bullying, and even buffoonery on both the part of the students and the teachers.
Yet the question still remains as to what applied retributive humor looks like. It goes without saying that this particular manifestation of humor will differ to some extent with each teacher due to personality, style, grade level, subject, and classroom/campus demographics. The tensions of adolescence coupled with the increasing demands of standards-based, achievement driven education is enough to create the conditions for the proverbial perfect storm. In this particular situation, the classroom teacher can guide and direct seemingly amorphous angst and anger which are timeless hallmarks of this developmental stage with retributive humor directed against the proverbial “them.” Uniting in this cause will help to diffuse the situation and build a rapport with the students which will help later on when difficult times arise in the learning cycle.
In order to alleviate the mounting pressure in order to maintain focus and facilitate learning in the classroom, sometimes humor is not only necessary but also the most effective tool. In these situations, the classroom teacher utilizes retributive humor as an educational tool in a somewhat self-depricating manner. Yet, while the teacher is the target of the jokes and puns to some extent, they act more as a metacognitive, disembodied voice. In essence, the teacher provides a running, sarcastic, sometimes slapstick comedic commentary that hopefully expresses many of the students’ thoughts. Simply put, doing this will clear the air and allow for some hilarity and learning to occur.
This begs the question as to the necessity and desire for humor at all in the classroom, specifically within the secondary setting. Again, an examination of Shakespeare’s works offers some insight leading to a greater understanding of this need. The jester, or fool, in The Bard’s plays, especially the tragedies, is usually the lone voice of clarity and reason. Most often, this wisdom is not necessarily heeded nor welcomed by the majority of characters. An excellent example of this is the play “King Lear.” A good comparison from antiquity can be made using the example of the chorus in Greek dramatic works. With the classroom teacher occupying this role, they are able to challenge students’ assumptions all the while lampooning the seemingly conventional educational system both parties are operating within.
This seemingly simple action allows the classroom teacher to differentiate, individualize, and engage each student as much as possible. The non-threatening context of a genuine conversation allows students to be relaxed and focused at the same time. This results in a certain level of cognitive dissonance which is ripe for both creative and critical thinking for both the students and the classroom teacher. When this occurs, then all parties involved have reached a particular climax in their educational experience. This unique tipping point will be explored in the next dispatch.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: The blacksand beaches of Hawaii are never far away say aloha to a vacation in a bottle. Aloha Black by Tan Asz U is an advanced 200X black bronzer that utilizes EverBlack Fade Defying Technology for the deepest island glow that lasts and lasts. This remarkable color radiates from your beach body, thanks to Monoi and Coconut Body Butters designed to expertly condition and hydrate skin. Beach or boardwalk, we want you to look your best, so we also included intense skinfirming and toning to tighten skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Now if we could only find someone to bring us drinks while we tan!

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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1. What is the goal of the NIH Common Fund program on the 4D Nucleome?
2. What consortial agreements are expected in the 4DN Program?
3. Who should I contact regarding organ/cell/disease-questions?
4. What kind of research and technologies fall under this initiative?
5. What role does the NIH have in this cooperative agreement?
6. Will these FOAs be reissued?
7. How many meetings will project PIs/co-PIs be required to attend each year?
8. Will site visits be conducted?
9. Do I have to submit a detailed budget for the competing and noncompeting awards or can I use the modular format?
10. Can work be performed outside the US?
11. Can additional PIs be added during the course of the Project Period?
12. Can changes be made to the Research Plan during the Project period as new information is obtained?
13. What are the plans for data and resource sharing for this program?
The purpose of this FOA is to identify and support an Organizational Hub (OH) that will provide the administrative infrastructure for the 4D Nucleome Network, a collaborative research network being launched by the NIH Common Fund to support innovative research and tool development for further understanding the nuclear organization of mammalian genomes in space and time.
Please visit the Funding Opportunities page for more information on these announcements.
Awards funded under RFA-RM-14-006 (NOFIC) are anticipated to involve activities conducted by multidisciplinary teams of investigators. NOFIC awardees will form a consortium, with the overarching mission to develop, benchmark, standardize, and validate the next generation of high-throughput technologies with the potential to produce three dimensional (3D) physical and functional maps of mammalian genomes. Projects funded under RFA-RM-14-007, RFA-RM-14-008 and RFA-RM-14-009 can be single-laboratory projects or multidisciplinary team projects of various sizes, based on the proposed scope of work. All investigators and teams funded under at least one of the six 4DN FOAs will be part of the 4DN Program Research Network that will encourage consortium-type partnership amongst all 4DN Network awardees. In addition to completing the research goals outlined in their applications, successful applicants will be expected to work collaboratively with all members of the 4D Nucleome Network, including the 4DN Network Organizational Hub (RFA-RM-14-010) and the 4DN Network Data Coordination & Integration Center (RFA-RM-14-011), to help develop common standards, metrics for data generation and storage, and data analysis and visualization tools that can be used by the broader scientific community. The 4DN Network will encourage the initiation of new collaborative research projects across the entire network. Some of these interactions could be facilitated by an Opportunity Pool of funds that will be managed by the 4DN Organizational Hub and NIH Program Staff. All 4DN Network investigators will be required to attend the initial 4DN Kickoff meeting, as well as annual 4DN investigator meetings and regular teleconferences with Network members and NIH Staff for the duration of the funding cycle.
The Scientific and Research contacts are indicated in each of the Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) and these individuals should be your first contact for a specific FOA. In addition, the Common Fund 4DN Program is administered via a team of NIH program experts. The NIH 4DN Program working group members and their affiliations are listed below and at the 4DN Program URL: http://commonfund.nih.gov/4DNucleome/members.
The research and technologies are varied for each initiative. Please see Section I under Research Objectives for each of the 4DN FOAs.
The role of NIH staff in this cooperative agreement is spelled out in Section VI of each FOA and will be defined further in the terms and conditions of award. In brief, the NIH 4DN Program working group members will have substantial scientific and programmatic involvement during the project period of this award through technical assistance, advice, and coordination. However, the role of NIH 4DN Program working group members will be to facilitate and not to direct the activities.
At present we have no plans to re-issue these FOAs.
Project PIs/co-PIs should budget for travel to annual meetings during the course of the award.
It is possible that site visits will be conducted on a periodic basis as part of monitoring the progress of awarded grants.
Applicants are asked to submit a detailed budget and justification. Please see Section V.1 for each FOA.
Yes, as primary applicant institution or as a subcontract to the US-based institution. Justification for inclusion of work to be performed outside the US must be provided in the grant application and if selected for funding, foreign clearance will be required prior to release of a Notice of Award (NoA).
Yes. Addition of new key personnel is subject to approval by NIH and should not result in any increase in the approved budget.
Since the awards are cooperative agreements, the NIH 4DN Program working group through the Project Officer of the award will work with the investigators if minor changes to the research approach are needed during the course of the project. However, the research plan must remain true to what was peer-reviewed.
Awardees will be encouraged to publish and publicly release and disseminate results, data, and other products of the study, concordant with the study protocol and governance and the approved plan for making data and materials available to the scientific community and NIH. Awardees will work collectively with the NIH to develop and implement an appropriate rapid data release policy that will be applicable to all awardees in the consortium. Once the 4DN awards have been made, a 4DN Network Steering Committee (4DN-SC) that is responsible for joint governance of 4DN Network activities will be constituted (see Section VI of all 4DN FOAs). The 4DN-SC will be tasked, among other things, with establishing agreements that address the following issues: (1) procedures for data sharing among consortium members, data sharing with the scientific community outside of the 4DN Network, and data sharing with industry partners; (2) procedures for safeguarding confidential information, including without limitation, any data generated by the consortium as well as information and/or data received from external collaborators; (3) procedures for addressing ownership of intellectual property resulting from aggregate multi-party data; (4) procedures for sharing tools and reagents under an overarching MTA amongst consortium members that operationalizes material transfer in an efficient and expeditious manner; (5) publication policy for the entire 4DN Network, determining timing, authorship, and content of co-publications, in order to facilitate collaborations and co-publications by consortium members while protecting each 4DN Network investigator’s primary ownership and authorship of their data and discoveries.
All 4DN investigators must facilitate the public release and dissemination of results, data, reagents, technologies, and other products generated through their 4DN awards in a timely manner via the 4DN Network Virtual Resource Repository (4DN-VRR) that will be built and managed by the 4DN Network Organizational Hub (4DN-OH) to collect, curate and disseminate information regarding data, critical tools, and reagents being developed by the 4DN Network. The 4DN-VRR will be accessible through the 4DN Network Portal. 4DN investigators are expected to share data and resources generated through this award in accordance with the approved plan for making quality-assured data and materials available to the scientific community and the NIH as written in the final version of the grant application, and consistent with sharing policies and recommendations developed and approved by the 4DN-SC and NIH sharing policies.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Take Kids Fishing Tradewater Tournament will be Saturday, May 20, 9:30-11:30 am at Riverside Park in Dawson Springs. The event is organized by officials in Caldwell, Hopkins, and Webster counties.
Pre-registration is $1 per adult and $1 per child. In Hopkins County, registration sites include: Dawson Springs City Hall, Dawson Springs Branch Library, Housing Authority of Dawson Springs, Planters Bank of Dawson Springs, Hopkins County Conservation District, and Hopkins County Family YMCA.
In the event of rain, the tournament will be Sunday, 2-4 pm.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Do you feel tired during the day? Does your partner tell you that you snore loudly? You may be one of the 12 million Americans that is affected by sleep apnea.
Whether you suffer from snoring alone or snoring accompanied by sleep apnea, we offer effective solutions at Oceanside Dental Excellence. It’s time to stop snoring and enjoy more energized days.
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Every time breathing pauses, the lack of oxygen wakes the patient up briefly to restart breathing. Since the time spent awake is so brief, most patients do not remember their restless night’s sleep the next morning. However, they almost certainly notice the consequences, including daytime exhaustion and decreased focus.
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industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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On Friday, May 17th, 2013, Buckles-Smith acquired Plough Electric Supply of San Francisco. Both companies were founded in 1939 and have a focus on serving industrial customers of Northern California. Plough has built a successful business on the same values shared by Buckles-Smith of solution selling and putting customers first. The acquisition strengthens Buckles-Smith’s position as the leading independent distributor in Northern California serving the industrial OEM, end user markets, and gives Buckles-Smith a much desired physical presence in San Francisco.
It is our intent to build on the strength and relationships Plough has established with its customers with the full support and resources available from Buckles-Smith. Through all of the noise of national chains and foreign consolidators, this acquisition builds on our vision to be the best source for electrical supplies for our customers in Northern California.
We, at Buckles-Smith, would like to welcome the Plough team to the Buckles-Smith Family!
For customer support please contact us or call us at 800-833-7362.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Every player has its own perception and vision of what is “Done” and for each is very easy to omit the other player’s perception, not because of irresponsibility but because of their own view of what is the most important part of the final thing.
CTO: Hey, How’s going? What is the status of The App?
Developer (Proudly): Hey, great. It is done!
CTO: Really? Great! Let me download it from the App Store and try it myself.
Developer (Surprised): Wait...Wait! It is not yet on the App Store.
CTO: Ok...So we are waiting for the approval from their side?
Developer: Not really. We haven’t sent it for approval yet.
CTO (Also Surprised): Ahhh, I see...Can I download it from our build system?
Developer: Well, not quietly. I haven’t set up the build.
CTO: Don’t worry. Can you just quickly show it to me from your local?
Developer: Of course. Here it is. Let’s just wait for the build to be done...wait...wait...Damn! Tests are failing. Can I show it to you tomorrow, just to fix this?
Software development exists for decades, but this story is happening all over again and I am sure many can identify themselves (on either side). If you type “Definition of Done” in Google as a very first result you will find, of course, Google's dictionary definition of the word “Done”. Next results will be a bunch of agile definitions and principles to follow on this subject. Majority of resources focused on the process of ensuring the desired output is met by stating clear and precise definitions.
While all those are correct (and very useful), I believe that we are missing the bigger picture here. All these definitions are based on the theory that every person in the process has a unique idea of the most important values of the product. Saying differently, all these definitions are based on the idea that we all agree on what are the pillars of the final outcome. Even I strongly agree with the statement that this should be the case, I am aware that we are living in the imperfect world where the things are rushed and the project initiators are keen to see (or show) something ASAP. In the perfect world, every project would start by closing all the participants and stakeholders in one single room and not letting them out until they agree on the outcome.
I am sure you have no idea what I just said so let me elaborate. Definition of done is simply, based on different perceptions from different individual players/roles in the entire process from production to customer and it is strictly shaped by their own opinion of what is the core value of the product and service.
And again, I believe that you are still confused. Let’s examine different roles and see their own views on the subject.
These are data and relation oriented fellows. “The database is the single state of true of the entire project from now to eternity. You can lose your API, you can use your frontend, but if you lose the data you are doomed. You can optimize your UI and API as much as you can, but if the indexes are not set, your app will frustrate with the slowness.” I can almost see the database engineer climbing on the pedestal and yelling a few previous sentences. And we cannot agree more with the statement. The data is the core of most of the systems. Their job is done when the database is protected from dirty data, all indexes set, etc.
Backend engineer is turning toward database engineer and speaking: “Database is storage. What’s the use of data if I do not make an interface for all to consume it? We don't need optimizations and indexes, we can use the in-memory caching system. And even more, we can replace this DB with another one with API intact”. These are very logic oriented fellows following the algorithms to process data and deliver it to the ether. Once API endpoints are secured and data is delivered their job is done.
Now, Frontend engineer is turning toward Backend engineer speaking: “I am the master of the interaction with a user. I am here to make a order in all this information and show it to the user the right way”.
Frontend guys see themselves as a face of the entire system. And I cannot disagree. They represent the interface for the ordinary humans to the part of the system representing the black box for the non-tech users. Once they convert JSON into UI form and button is responding on user click - they are done..
By definition “A quality assurance engineer creates tests to find any problems with software before the product is launched. They identify and analyze any bugs found during testing and document them”. The more suitable definition would be “QA engineers saving the a**es of the previously mentioned roles and entire project/company”.
Those are guys enjoying finding bugs and reporting it. Occasionally they are frustrated with how obvious was a bug they found and how others couldn't find it. Repeated bugs - big crime.
I hear them speaking loudly: “You shall not pass!!!” (You are imagining Gandalf from the LotR?). At the moment they raise the issue and send the 2 pages long bug report to the project manager their job is done.
If you can imagine unexperienced kindergarten teacher trying to handle 20 children than you can have a little bit of the picture of PM’s work. They tend to know everything giving trouble to the tech guys trying to understand things they really cannot. “Can you explain this to me speaking human words?. The burden of the project success or failure is on their shoulders and they wear it proudly. Project managers are the bridge, the translators between tech and non-tech user”. Their job is done once the client confirms the feature works the way they always dreamed about (even they had 3 or 4 different dreams on the same feature during the time).
Here we come to the “big boss”, the one who took the mortgage to finance the project, the one who does not sleep at night thinking of all possible scenarios if the project fails. Even this one is the most important stakeholder, it is also the most simplistic in his reviews. Things for him are either working or not. You will mostly get inputs in one of the following formats. “This is broken!”, “This does not work”. “If you need me to explain the issue in more details than I could do it by myself”.
To best describe The Client’s perception I have another true story.
The client is calling the project manager.
Client: All my data is lost!!! I will sue you.
PM: Please come down. I will check right now.
PM: All client data is lost. He is going to sue us. Check now!
Lead Engineer: Ok, stay on the line. I am checking.
Lead Engineer: All data is here. I just looked into the database.
PM is calling the Client.
PM: All data is there. We just checked.
Client: Are you messing with me? I am looking at it and all data is gone.
PM: Can you please share me the screen?
Client: Here it is!. Look. All is gone (Showing browser with the empty page).
PM: Ahh, I see, you are actually looking at the application. Let me call you back in a couple of minutes.
PM: Hey, he is actually looking at the application itself. It shows a blank page.
Lead Engineer: Let me look. Ahh, I see … certificate we are using is somehow expired. Let me fix it (10 seconds later). Here it is. It works again.
PM: You data is back again.
Client: Thanks, you are the best.
Point of this story is that for the client, done means that he can actually use the application. He does not recognize all these layers building the application and he does not care at all. If he does not see his data - the data is gone.
We saw different perceptions of the different roles and mindsets involved in the process of building software solutions. I was sarcastic with the intention to give an overview of dysfunctional systems where each party is looking only inside their own barriers and comfort zone. Sadly, these models are not that rare in our world.
To stop being pessimistic I will try to give a couple of pieces of advice on what should be considered as a good practice to achieve the real “Done”.
Each party involved should try to be informed about other party work and issues. It is difficult sometimes, but talking to each other we can gain the perception we are not aware, so be a good listener.
The goal is to put yourself into the client's shoes and try to feel all the challenges the client might have with software devs and entrepreneurship in general. This might change the mindset of devs when developing somebodies dream. They can’t understand all the tech terms, but they will appreciate good advice and ideas.
If the client does not know what is happening he can’t help. Moreover, they are becoming nervous and you are losing their trust that you can actually do the job. Once you establish the trust - the sky is the limit. Everybody wants to work with people they trust.
Present your work to the client as much as possible. Ask for an opinion. Do the prototyping, not with ‘uerwqtryutqeyw’ data (garbage) but with data similar to the real ones as only this way will give you valid review.
User experience is the final validation of your work. First of all, use best practices and recommendations. Then, find a focus group and test the different scenarios. Validate your assumptions.
Be honest to yourself. If this is the app you would use itself and be proud of, then you made a really excellent job. If you are even afraid to use it or its usage is making you frustrated, then stop and go back. See what could be done to fix the frustration.
Andrej is CTO and Co-Founder of the JSGuru. He is fueled by his passion for understanding how the digital age and 4th industrial revolution is shaping the business and life around us. He is trying to master the art of connecting tech and non-tech world by acting as a translator between two. He also stands for the idea that global equality in resources and knowledge is the only thing can lead humanity to the next level of wellbeing.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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» Week 9 – More Relative Minor & Modes Not Your Average Guitar Lessons!
Be a better soloist, understand the relationship between the major scale and it’s relative minor. More discussion about modes.


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Good idea: Taking a shower to sober yourself up after a long night of drinking.
Bad idea: Taking your sober up showerat the neighbour lady’s house because you got lost on the way back to your own.
“He was very apologetic,” Superintendent Daniel Shean said.
The man got lost on the way to his house in Katherine on Wednesday night.
He walked into the home and took a shower in an attempt to sober up.
The 34-year-old householder was asleep upstairs.
She woke up, heard the water running and frantically rang the police.
When officers arrived, they found the 42-year-old sitting on the woman’s verandah – dressed again.
He said “sorry” to the police and woman many times after realising his mistake.
The man, who has not been named, ended up spending a few hours in the drunk tank to finish what the shower had started.
I’m sure there’s a good thing he had a shower before jail so he didn’t have to deal with any dropped soap joke in there somewhere, but we’re not the type of people who would say something like that.
Open The Door, Get On The Floor, Everybody...Hump The Dinosaur?

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Got Half a Million Lego Bricks?
Build something epic then. What would you build with that many?

industry_corpus2: Others


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Coming from a music family, David's exposure to music was natural, and at the age of 6, he started taking piano lessons. After obtaining a diploma in pianoforte and theory from the London College of Music at the age of 20, there was always a desire to apply his music knowledge into something more contemporary. He started to collaborate with different singers and musicians combining more and more piano playing and singing, firstly as a backing vocal and then as main singer.
Having been involved in different music projects with other local and foreign musicians, David learned to appreciate and experiment different music styles including rock, blues, reggae and jazz. Recently he also started to play guitar as a second instrument. This gives him versatility both when performing or composing music.
In 2017, David made the first round of selections and auditioned for the famous TV show, X-Factor in Spain. A year later he participated in the Maltese version of the show and passed the judges auditions but was eliminated during the Bootcamp phase.
David launched his debut single as a sole artist - I'm Gonna Be Your Lover a mix of reggae with tints of jazz, blues and swing. A live acoustic version of the song was performed and transmitted on Spanish National TV Station La2 de TVE during the tv show Dfiesta, aired in December 2018.
David's second single Gone, is a classic rock ballad speaking about an old love now gone. More music followed in 2018. His latest single Viaje al Paraiso is a song in the Spanish language which speaks about the parallel life of a musician and a migrant. This song was recorded in Madrid and produced by Fran Rivera, formerly guitarist of Italo-Spanish sensation Miguel Bose. Apart from his projects as sole artist, David regularly performs in different spots across the Maltese isnds, both as a solo and with other fellow musicians, including pop-rock act called DBanned which he joined back in 2013.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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So, the 'angry torchlit mob on a dark and stormy night' thing does actually work.
Hot on the heels of the successful repelling of the Porthmeor houses scam it has now been announced that the old fogies' homes in Meadow Flats will definitely not be demolished to make room for further Tate crimes against humanity.
Cornwall County Council have announced that they would not go ahead with that version of the expansion plan as there seemed to be some slight difference of opinion over it; i.e. they and the Tate thought it was a good idea and absolutely everybody else thought it wasn't!
It does seem likely that the Tate will still expand to make room for further atrocities but their likely target for 'lebensraum' will probably involve Barnoon car park.
As most of that area is parking for emmets (usually visiting the Tate) the phrase cutting one's nose off etc. springs to mind!
Trenwith Car Park is going to be Penwith's first solar-powered car park.
So, expect a lot of rain next year!
One bright light in the endless darkness of Vile Jelly's spawnday 'celebrations' was another raid by serial Spookyist, Holly Chambers (and minders).
Declining the opportunity to win bugger all in the Meat Draw they handed VJ a burpday card (with beer tokens enclosed!) and sensibly legged it.
Several hours later VJ decided that he had had enough and would go while he was still 'compost mentis' before he embarrassed himself.
Thanks to those concerned persons who contacted Gweek about Alfie The Seal putting in a dangerous reappearance but that was actually VJ who flobbled out of the Sloop!

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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What is the deal with Vic?
I appreciate the regard and care the show pays its characters. It's what makes it worth watching.
I think Vic died in that rollover. Or maybe he thinks he died and based on what he's been told, thinks he's come back. The fact that his car was inside the Noregard compound is certainly strange.
I'm more concerned with the Doctor. Her behaviour is...really odd.
yeah i think he died too. and yes the Doc is being strange, especially with John Doe.
I'd like some explanations soon!


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industry_corpus2: Transportation


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The kaleidoscope fill does not work or is missing. This may be encountered from an older slide show or program that contains the feature. It is no longer listed in the available options.
The kaleidoscope option was found to cause catastrophic errors when used in earlier builds (at least the November 2011 Edition and August 2011 Editions that we are aware of) and was removed in the May 2012 Edition of SongShow Plus.
This feature was removed in the May 2012 Edition of SongShow Plus. If this exists in older content it should be removed to avoid issues.
It is possible that this feature will be reinstated at a later time.

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We are super stoked to see the quirky Swedish band Little Dragon tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.
→ Seattle Tunes We Dig, Ya Dig?!
← Bedstuy, Do or Die.


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Homogenous melt is the very basis for high-quality yarn. Producing this is the job of our efficient and high-end poly-condensation systems for fiber-grade and bottle-grade polyester melt and granulate.
The engineering services for the complex systems – built in collaboration with well-known partners – are provided by highly-qualified specialists from all divisions of the global Oerlikon Manmade Fibers network.
This allows the yarn producer to secure all process steps – from the unloading of the purified terephthalic acid, polycondensation and spinning plant all the way through to texturing – all from one hand. This means optimum tuning of the individual production steps and system components, hence guaranteeing the very best product quality and a high degree of production efficiency from the melt through to the yarn itself.
The benefits of an in-house polycondensation system for yarn producers are clear to see: in addition to independence from external granulate manufacturers, short-term price fluctuations within the raw materials market and direct influence on polymer quality, it is – above all – the additional value added that promises further profits.

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For the Month of April all Pendants are 60% off for Wholesale Orders.
We specialize in custom wood engraved crystal grids, wood engraved astrology charts and wood cut jewelry. If you are looking to purchase wholesale, please click the Wholesale Sign Up link to set up an account.


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As applied work continues, we would like to provide some guidelines for those interested in using the VIA Survey.
1. The VIA measures only assess strengths and make no attempt to assess weaknesses/deficits. Most people possess all of the strengths in various degrees, rather than having a simple set of discrete strengths. Character strengths are understood as dimensions and not as nominal categories, and they are dynamic over time, meaning scores and rankings can shift over time and circumstances.
2. The VIA measures have been determined to be reliable and valid, although relevant work is ongoing.
3. The most appropriate use of the measures is to gain insight into groups of people through aggregated data. However, the VIA measures can be used with individuals to estimate the relative strength of expression of the 24 character strengths within an individual. Individuals should not be compared with one another based on the scores they obtain on each scale since each individual may interpret and apply the rating scale differently as they determine their responses to each item.
4. Despite the accumulating evidence for the validity of the scales, we implore users of these measures not to treat the results as more “real” than the traits and habits that the scales attempt to measure. Therefore, if someone scores relatively low on the VIA scale of kindness yet lives a life of obvious charity and benevolence, the scale does not trump the life. As with all psychological measures, the VIA measures have a degree of error associated with them, meaning they are not perfect readings of a person but, instead, are indicators.
5. In constructing the VIA measures, no attempt has been made to detect deliberate faking or inaccuracies related to the demand characteristics of the context for administration. As such, the VIA measures are best utilized in situations where respondents are inclined to answer honestly and there is no motivation to answer items to satisfy others’ expectations. Accordingly, the VIA measures are not recommended for use in personnel selection or placement decisions.
6. Occasionally, an individual’s results from the VIA Survey will include one or more ties (when the raw score on one scale is the same as another). Ties are broken by the application of an algorithm developed by Dr. Robert McGrath, VIA Senior Scientist. As ties indicate there is no meaningful difference between the tied strengths, user judgment should be considered for any rank ordering of tied scores.

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We are pleased to offer Hip Hop, Cheer, Break-dance and Yoga Birthday Parties!
Our dance instructors come to your location with a mini sound system and teach your child’s group of friends age-appropriate dance moves! Exceedingly popular amongst 4-10 year old children, our dance-instruction birthday parties are always a hit!
The birthday guest of honor will be in the spotlight making sure to create an unforgettable day. Follow along to interactive dances such as Car Wash, Cha-Cha Slide & Gangnam Style; learn choreography to the newest pop/dance songs as well as join in on a free style dance/break-dancing circle. Additionally, enjoy party games such as freeze dance, hula hoop contests and more!
We are proud to now offer yoga parties! Guest will enjoy an hour long of kids yoga! We supply the mats all you do is come ready for the fun!
We will be happy to customize our parties to your child’s theme. Some themes we have done in the past include: costume parties, pajama parties, 50’s sock hop, Michael Jackson themed, Chicago sports teams, princess parties, rock star, cheerleading and more.
We are proud to introduce CHICAGO LOVES CUPCAKES!
Our staff members will bring the supplies and each child will get to frost and decorate a cupcake before singing happy birthday. Add-on a second to take home and decorate “to-go” boxes as a fun goody-bag idea. This is a fun activity at any party or as an add-on after the dance party!
We customize the cupcakes to your party decor! Pick up to two colors to dye the cupcakes and two colors of frosting!
- This activity take approximately 20 minutes.
Chicago Loves Cupcakes takes pre-orders and will deliver the cupcakes right to the birthday party location full decorated and ready to enjoy.
We are now offering Elsa Princess appearances!
All our “add-on” packages can be booked outside of the dance party as it’s own party theme or as a separate activity that takes place once the dance portion of the party is over.
We are able to create custom t-shirts, sweat-shirts and other workout clothing as the giveaway for your event.


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Hey guys. Firstly I want to apologise for my lack of posts the last couple of weeks, things have been absolutely crazy trying to get ready for uni and getting on top of reading before starting. But I promise, once I’m all settled into uni, it will be a lot more regular! I think the craziest thing in the last couple of weeks has to have been my trip to Paris! Me and Gareth went for two nights, and to make the most of it we went incredibly early in the morning on the Wednesday and came back really late on the Friday. And while it was extremely exhausting and I came back feeling more tired than when I left – it was definitely worth it!
After leaving the airport, we decided to make the most of our day by heading straight to Notre-Dame to start off our adventure. I wasn’t really sure what I was expecting of Notre-Dame, but I wasn’t expecting it to be so damn incredible. From the front it doesn’t look that impressive, so I was left feeling a little disappointed at first, but what I wasn’t expecting was for it to be so vast and amazing when you catch it from the side. I don’t think it can be compared to anything I’ve ever seen before; it was gothic and creepy, but at the same time beautiful. It was just a shame we couldn’t go in – a word of advice for people, they don’t let you in with luggage! Despite this, we had a lovely walk around it, before stopping off for some crepes for lunch. After lunch, we decided to take a boat tour of Paris, which was recommended by our friend Hannah, which you can get on right by the Notre-Dame. This was the perfect way to spend the afternoon, as it didn’t require too much of us, since we were absolutely exhausted, but we got to see so much of Paris just in that hour. A boat tour is something I would definitely recommend doing, since you can literally see everywhere, and if you don’t get sea-sick, boats are always good fun. It also lent for some amazing photo opportunities, which is always a plus. After this, we decided to head to the hotel to have a bit of a chill, before heading into the surrounding neighbourhood to get some dinner.
The hotel we stayed in wasn’t the nicest place, and it wasn’t located quite in central Paris, but if you’re working on a budget like we were, I would definitely recommend going to somewhere a bit lower down in the ratings, as the metro makes everywhere easy to get to, and there were some hidden gems in the neighbourhood we were staying – including a really cool windmill!
On the second day we tried to pack in as much as possible, and headed straight to Saint-Germain, which is a lovely neighbourhood, to just have a walk around and see Paris. There were some nice little cafes there – including the most incredible pancake place – and although all the shops were designer and way out of my price range, it’s always cool to have a look around. We then headed back to the Notre-Dame, to finally be able to go inside. And it was definitely worth going back to do this, because the inside is just as incredible as the exterior – if not even more so! We also stumbled across another Church quite near Notre-Dame, which was amazing, and there was an organist practising while we walked around, which is always cool. We then thought it would be a good idea to walk the length of the River to get to the Eiffel Tower, which had its pluses, but was also absolutely exhausting – especially on a hot day. There was so much to see on the walk that I can’t even describe it all, but I absolutely loved all the bridges going across the River. It’s a shame that they’ve taken down all the Padlocks off Padlock Bridge (although with good reason I suppose), but other bridges have sprung up with padlocks on them, which I think was just inevitable. We also saw quite a few couples getting married in Paris, which is always cool – although a little tricky trying to get past and still avoid their photos. We eventually made it to the Eiffel Tower, and had some dinner while sitting by it. Although the Eiffel Tower is cool, I think I was more impressed by the surrounding park, which was just beautiful. It was the perfect place to sit on a nice day, and the Tower started to glow as sunset approached. There are so many small things in Paris to find as well, that it’s worth just taking a good long walk to try and find them – even if it is bloody tiring!
On the final day we headed off to Montmartre, which was recommended by Gareth’s Mum as she used to live in Paris, and this might have been my favourite part of the trip. We went and sat by the Sacre-cour for a while, which was just breath-taking, before climbing up to Montmartre at the top. The little market place was really cool, and there were people just making art to sell dotted around. And some of the art being sold was brilliant – I just wish I had the money to buy it! The view from the top at the Sacre-cour was also incredible, so even though we didn’t go up the Eiffel Tower, we managed to still get an awesome view. We then went on a tour-train ride around the area, which is always fun, although we did end up going through the Red-Light District of Paris before realising it. It was then off to the airport, and despite an incredibly annoying two hour delay, it was all round an amazing trip! I would definitely recommend going to Paris, and it would be cool if people could share their Paris experiences below!


text: Valletta F.C. are encouraging all supporters to renew their membership for season 2016-2017. In this way, you can form part of this glorious club. Those loyal supporters who are interested, are to pay their membership at L-Amerikan in Republic street, Valletta or contact Victor Spiteri on 79090970 or during the Annual General Meeting. The Valletta Supporters Club are giving a Valletta FC Champions scaf to all those who renew their membership.


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The 2016 Flame of Hope 5k will take place at Eastwood Metro Park in Dayton Ohio. We need your help to fight epilepsy! This year is Superhero themed! People will come together to not only raise critical funds that provide free programs, but they will also make new friends, catch up with old friends, and enjoy a beautiful day at the park. We encourage you to dress as your very own superhero, meet our special superhero guests from your favorite comics, get your face painted, and have a great time. There will be a special prize for best dressed, food and a raffle with some awesome prizes!
For over 40 years we have made an impact in the lives of those that need us most. We need your help with the 2016 Flame of Hope 5K at Eastwood Metro Park to continue offering individualized education & consultation, first aid/seizure education for schools, senior-serving organizations, first responders and other public and professional audiences as well as provide support for research, public policy advocacy efforts, camp scholarships, and a variety of social programs.


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Stockholm University ranked among the top 30 universities in the world in environmental science according to QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2019.
“I’m proud of that Stockholm University has, yet again, ranked so high on the QS list in environmental science. ACES is one of the many different departments that focus on environmental science at Stockholm University but I am sure that our contribution was among the strongest ones resulting in the high ranking place internationally, ” says Magnus Breitholtz, professor and ACES and Head of Department.
Nationally, Stockholm University ranked first in environmental science as well as in Linguistics, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Earth & Marine Sciences, Anthropology, Media & Communication studies, Education, Social policy & Administration, and Sociology.


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The Tahoua Tuareg of Mali belong to a larger group of Berber-speaking Tuareg who live in an area that stretches from the western Sahara to western Sudan. The Tuareg are divided into several main political groups or tribal units. Their distinguishing characteristics include the unity of their language, their alphabet (which uses tifinagh characters), and their complex social organization.
Although the origin and early history of the Tuareg are cloudy, these tribal nomads appear to have traveled down from North Africa in a series of migrations as early as the seventh century. By the end of the 1300s, Tuareg tribes had established themselves as far south as the Nigerian border.
At the beginning of the 1300s, salt, gold, ivory, and slave markets sprang up across Tuareg territory, which stretched across North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. During that time, the Tuareg became well known as livestock producers and merchants in the Saharan and Sahelian regions.
* Scripture Prayers for the Tuareg, Tamasheq in Mali.
* Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Tahoua Tuareg.


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The Chamber template has been updated to use the Foundation 5 Framework, making it responsive, and is set up to take advantage of Liquid Markup.
Have your website help you collect payments. Secure zones and the my account order history and invoice payment features are setup and styled for online payments.


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By the end of this intermediate level one-day Microsoft Word course, you will be able to format your long documents by adding a Table of Contents, and use cross-references and reviewing tools. You will also be able to create Styles to automatically format parts of your document and to customise the layout of pages.
It is suitable for users of both Word 2007 and Word 2010.
Delegates should be confident in creating, saving and finding Word documents as well as entering, formatting and editing text.
This course is designed for PC users of Word 2007 and 2010. It is also available for users of Word 2013/2016 – please ensure you attend the course that is appropriate for your version of Word.
Understand Text and Paragraph formatting; Create Bulleted and Numbered Lists; Use pre-set Styles; Create your own Styles; Understand what else Styles can be used for.
Change page layout; Add Headers and Footers; Add Page Numbers; Use Section Breaks.
Add and edit Clip Art and Shapes; Draw with Shapes and Lines; Create Diagrams with Smart Art; Create Charts and Graphs; Create Tables.
Create a Table of Contents; Use Cross References, Bookmarks, Hyperlinks, Footnotes and Endnotes; Work with more than one document; Use Track Changes to review a document; Compare 2 documents.
Rachael is the IT Product Development Manager, as well as being our Lead IT Trainer. She is responsible for making sure all our courses are of the highest quality.


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The Enterprise Group comprises SCP-established and affiliated businesses ranging from social enterprises built on collaborative consumption models, innovative Research & Development & Commercialisation partnerships, through to larger scale communitisation transactions for critical regional infrastructure.
Weave is an integrated suite of regional resilience and community economy redevelopment tools that can empower businesses and citizens to rebuild and activate local foundations in a world of rapid digital change. The suite integrates app-based business tools that strengthens customer engagement with a app that supercharges the economic potential of a trust-based referral network, all of which is ultimately anchored to a blockchain ledger to deliver transparency and trustworthiness.
The Weave Suite is being implemented progressively with our business-to-citizen package already available and actively used in various communities across the country. The live release of the referral package is scheduled for July 2017, and the blockchain development work is ongoing.
BeefLedger is the practical application of cutting edge distributed ledger (blockchain technlogies with a real world food supply chain. The development of a beef supply chain blockchain ledger will enable full confidence in produce provenance, eradication of food fraud, and validated credentials to support value adding. The blockchain will also enable the streamlining of supply chain payments, to improve overall efficiency and participant profitability.
This project is being developed under the auspices of two Commonwealth Government co-funded Cooperative Research Centre frameworks.
A limited investment opportunity exists for select strategic partners. If you believe you can bring something to the project and would like more information, please contact Sister City Partners for an Information Memorandum.
CommEnergy is a joint venture between Sister City Partners and Renewable Oil Corporation to develop and implement a North Queensland biofuels and biorefinery vision. The biofuels project is based on the commercialisation of fast pyrolysis technologies that will enable the transformation of regional biomass into unrefined bio-oil.
CommEnergy will place a short term focus on local, dispatch able electricity generation with the aim of providing North Queensland with more flexible and competitive electricity supply. This can include localised cogeneration, off-grid power and commercial users. In the medium term, the bio-oil can be refined to become a full "drop in" biofuel to provide fuels suitable for use in heavy industry, aviation and marine environments.
iNQ is a community initiated innovation and entrepreneurial ecology. It seeks to nurture and promote the development of innovation and creativity in all of its applied forms. It is anchored at facilities located at The Central (kindly provided by Honeycombes Property Group) with supporting facilities located at H-Block and the Bohle Workshops at TAFE NQ.
These combined facilities provide the space in which the innovators in our community - whether they are doing "head" work (software development in the main) or "hand" work (engineering design, making things, working "outside"), or a combination of both - can be nurtured to develop their full potential.
Power for the People (P4tP) is a social enterprise that focuses on delivering energy efficiency through the power of collaborative consumption.
P4tP's business model builds from a platform of providing fully financed cost effective residential and business energy savings hardware solutions and drives long-term energy use transformations through the aggregation of member's energy consumption data. Proceeds are reinvested into the Regional Environmental Resilience Projects Fund, so as to create virtuous cycles that harness consumption expenditure and convert it into public value capital.
An Information Memorandum is available on request. Complete the form below.
Eco Food Hub is our collaborative food products export platform. It is a single export desk coupled with dedicated wholesale display space in the Dongguan Eco Food Hub, which is aimed at the development of collaborative food and food product export solutions to enable regional SMEs to reach larger and growing Chinese middle class consumer markets.
It is a modern twist on the age-old principles of cooperative and mutual forms of business organisation.
Accessing the growing middle class markets of China represents a significant opportunity for regional communities whose economic foundations are found in agriculture and food manufactures, as well as food technology and food-based services like food tourism.
The Eco Food Hub wholesale platform provides participating producers with an opportunity to mitigate market entry risks, while at the same time, participating in whole of supply chain revenues.
Want to export? Register your interest by clicking on the image above.
CommMesh is a collaboration with James Cook University researchers, Chinese technology manufacturers, Burdekin Shire Council and Townsville City Council to develop and deploy a whole of city environmental data and wifi communications network, integrated with an energy saving implementation of LED street lights.
The direct and immediate benefits of reduced energy costs and whole-of-life operational cost savings across the lighting network are enhanced by the blue-sky potential of comprehensive whole-of-city environmental data, and a ubiquitous wifi communications architecture. Enterprise earnings are reinvested into ongoing R&D initiatives, to support a foundation of innovation in North Queensland.
Outdoors Partnership is a collaboration between university researchers, industry and consumer groups active in the growing Chinese outdoor tourism and adventure space. The collaborations with university researchers provides access to leading edge research and analysis of consumer trends and outdoor asset management issues, providing two way benefits for Australian tourism operators (in attracting outdoor enthusiasts to visit) and Chinese regional tourism management bodies seeking to improve the management of sensitive ecosystems and nature-based tourism assets.
Outdoors Partnership has entered into agreements with a number of Chinese outdoor consumer organisations providing access to a pre-qualified audience of in excess of 1.4 million enthusiasts.
This is ultimately getting fantastic Australian opportunities directly in front of ready-to-buy audiences.
Are you a tourism operator with great outdoor experiences? Would you like to get in front of 1.4 million ready-to-buy Chinese tourists? Send us an email (form below) if you think you can benefit.
CommNickel was a community buyback project launched in late 2015 in response to concerns raised about the then impending closure of Queensland Nickel, in Townsville. A creditor/stakeholder model of ownership was developed and a transaction negotiated with the asset owner. Extensive discussions were entertained with ore suppliers in New Caledonia to maintain continuity of supply, as well as with off take customers in Europe, Japan and the USA to sure-up cashflow.
Confronted with real environmental remediation risks, the project team proposed to the Queensland State Government to support an upgrade of water treatment facilities and undertake a complete overhaul of the tailings dams to fully mitigate future risks. At the same time, we had proposed to the Commonwealth Government that they support the upgrade and expansion of production capacity. Both proposals were in the form of long-term loans (as opposed to grants).
The introduction and subsequent passage of the Chain of Responsibility Amendment Bill in the Queensland Parliament created unknown uncertainties for future investors, and the proposed community buyback was consequently suspended indefinitely (mid-2016).
FinHelp was an initiative launched in parallel to CommNickel, to provide direct financial advice via licensed advisors to laid off Queensland Nickel workers. The initiative was provided free-of-charge and assisted over 200 workers and their families restructure finances, including negotiate mortgage relief. These FinHelp forums and individual advice sessions addressed issues like accessing superannuation through hardship provisions, dealing with lenders, mortgages and insurance, budgeting etc.
In 2014 the then Queensland Government proposed to privatise the Port of Townsville via a long-term lease. A consortium was established by SCP involving regional local authorities to anchor a comprehensive proposal for the community to "buy back" the Port. In the event, a change of government took place in early 2015; the new government went into the election with a clear policy to not privatise the Port.

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The Google Display Network consists of 90% of all websites online. Use this vast network to reach your target audiences through image and video advertisements highlighting your organization.
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A GDPR campaign launched by law firm Cripps has been shortlisted in the business development category at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2018.
The awards (formerly known as the Halsbury Legal Awards) celebrate the achievements of individuals and firms across the legal sector in 16 different categories. The ‘Award for Business Development’ recognises those responsible for pioneering and implementing exceptional business development and marketing programmes.
Designed to assist clients and contacts with their GDPR preparations, the multi-channel campaign has included the development of an online knowledge tool (the GDPR Hub) and a simple 5-step process designed to help achieve and maintain compliance. It has also included workshops, articles and a social media campaign.
Partner Irfan Baluch, who is leading the GDPR initiative, commented: “We realised very early on that whilst the information that was generally available was very comprehensive and detailed, our clients were looking for someone to cut through the detail and tell them what they really needed to know. Our campaign has been very focused on this objective, and we are delighted to be receiving such positive feedback”.
The other finalists in the category are Barrister-Direct Ltd, CMS and Womble Bond Dickinson, with the winner to be announced at a ceremony in London on 15 March.


text: Adam Weinstein is a policy associate at the National Iranian American Council. He is a veteran of the Marine Corps where he served in Afghanistan. He tweets at @AdamNoahWho.


text: Rated among Tennis Magazine's "50 Greatest U.S. Tennis Resorts," The Naples' Grand Beach Hotel tennis operation is a modern marvel set amidst a lush wildlife preserve with the Resort's backdrop of 23 acres of tropical mangroves. The comprehensive Tennis Center features 15 Har-Tru courts –five of which are lighted for evening play – as well as a full range of professional services. Find a tennis partner through the Center's matchmaking system, participate in special member tournaments, or treat the kids to our fun-filled summer tennis camp. Take advantage of PBI's enhanced services and activities, including daily tennis clinics, private and group professional lessons, and a variety of special event programming.


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Bessans resort opening date will soon be available.
Bessans, Alps is an authentic village situated in Haute Maurienne in the region of Savoie and is situated at an altitude of 1750m. It offers 133km of pistes for all levels as well as 3km of alpine skiing, ideal for children and beginners to enjoy. Amateurs will appreciate all the activities available: groomed pedestrian pistes (15km), sledging piste, cross country skiing, rackets, biathlon, natural ice rink... For a quiet holiday in this small resort of Savoie.
To help you get your stay to Bessans organized , book your accommodation , your skipasses and your ski equipment all together.


text: Cozy 4 BR, 2BA Ranch Home with 1, 200+ sq.ft. and Beautiful Mountain Views in a peaceful Park setting conveniently located in-town Luray. NEW ROOF AND HVAC! Updated Electrical Panel! Set your rockers on the Covered Front Porch overlooking the Park and Mountains. This Home boasts a paved driveway to a detached one-car Garage, fenced backyard with Gazebo, and a Larger yard at the rear of the property. The Foyer has a Lovely Sitting Area leading into a Nice Living Room with a Gorgeous Stone Fireplace and Hardwood Floors. Separate Dining Area, Country Kitchen, Sun Room, Laundry with Full Bath, Two Bedrooms, and a Hall Bath with soaking tub all reside on the Main Level. Two Additonal Bedrooms upstairs! Garage could also be converted to a workshop. Call to Schedule your appointment Today before its gone!

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They Want What We Want!
Millennials, the generation of 20-somethings, are in the workplace, and they are here to change things! Just like any young generation, they are seen as young and immature, unreasonable in their demands, and entitled. To the contrary, I am very bullish on my children’s generation and their influence on corporate cultures. Millennials want what the rest of us want, but were afraid to ask. What they want includes work/life balance, a business purpose greater than just making money, meaningful and challenging work, recognition for a good job, and advancement opportunities. They seem like reasonable requests to me and ones that are right in line with the tenets of Conscious Capitalism, which I've written about before in this blog.
This is all so cool! Both professionally and personally! I can use this ongo graph in some of my classes (with your permission). I can't believe you will walk 75 miles! Please stay in touch and let me know who it goes! I am so jealous! Have fun.


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HOUSTON, TX – Allied Orion Group has been selected to manage The Heights at 2121, a 504-unit apartment community located minutes from Houston’s historic Heights neighborhood. The firm continues to expand its management portfolio across Houston and the nation.
Located at 2100 Tannehill Drive in North Houston, the inner-loop community offers newly renovated one and two-bedroom apartment homes convenient to I-10, the 610 Loop, Highway 290, I-45 and public transportation. The community offers an easy commute to downtown Houston, the Galleria area and the Energy Corridor, and is close to major employers, upscale shopping, a multitude of gourmet and casual dining options, local parks and a variety of outdoor recreation activities.
Owned by Arel Capital, The Heights at 211 currently offers an array of amenities, such as four resort-style pools, 24-hour fitness center, picnic areas, leash-free Pet Park and valet trash. In addition to existing amenities, Arel Capital plans to add an upscale, 4,000 square foot leasing center combined with a newly renovated state-of-the-art fitness center and resident lounge. All four poos, picnic areas and Pet Park are slated for significant upgrades in 2019. The Pet Park will be one of the largest private Pet Parks in the city of Houston, and the new amenities package will set the bar at a new level for the industry.
Each newly updated apartment home features upgraded cabinetry, granite-style countertops, hardwood-style flooring, plush carpeting, brushed nickel hardware, built-in bookshelves, designer lighting, private patios or balconies and large walk-in closets.
Allied Orion Group is a full-service multifamily management, investment and development firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Denver, Dallas and San Antonio. Allied Orion Group has acquired or developed more than 13,000 multi-family units with a total aggregate value of approximately $1.1 billion, and has a growing portfolio of just under 25,000 apartment homes under management throughout the nation. For more information, call 713-622-5844 or visit www.allied-orion.com.


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Storm windows prices and costs can vary widely, depending upon the type of storm window you need, the materials used for the frame, and whether the storm windows are removable or permanent installations. It is important to assess your needs by getting at least three on-site quotes from window contractors before you make the final decision about which storm windows you actually need.
The most inexpensive storm windows are those that fit on the inside of the window, attach easily within a few minutes, and provide minimal protection and energy efficiency. These often come with temporary mounting brackets that can be removed with the seasons and don't leave permanent marks on your windows. These storm windows can be made with a wide variety of materials, including wood, vinyl, and aluminum.
The most expensive storm windows are those that affix permanently to the exterior of your home and match the original window in both color and style. Expensive storm windows are offered with all types of materials for the frame, including steel, fiberglass, and the more common wood, aluminum, or vinyl.
Storm windows are available in a wide variety of sizes to fit all standards windows, and can be customized to fit windows that don't fall within the typical size range. Expect to pay as little as $60 dollars or less for a 60x30 interior storm window, or as much as $200 for an exterior storm window.
Custom window sizes and options, such as sliding screens, can drive the cost up further. Extended warranties of five to ten years might add a bit to storm windows prices and costs.


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Upon arrival in Tagbilaran, we were off to the Church of Tagbilaran to give thanks for a safe and memorable journey thus far. But before that, we had to pass beside the Capitol Building of Bohol where the island’s kilometer zero is placed. Even here, you’re reminded of the recent earthquake, but the damage wasn’t as much as that we saw elsewhere.
See that huge crack on the wall?
From the Capitol Building, we crossed a park to get to the Church of Bohol. We noticed something that we haven’t seen before in the area: the presence of doves—lots of them! But before we got distracted we headed off to the church.
At first glance, you won’t notice that the church was damaged by the recent earthquake, but if you looked closely on the side you’d realize that the damage was big, just wasn’t that obvious. Fortunately, the structural integrity of the church remains intact and everything is normal.
Now it’s time to visit the birds! We noticed that many of the visitors were feeding the birds. We looked everywhere if this was prohibited but there’s no sign anywhere of such. Of course we’d love to have some “bonding” with the “locals” so we thought as well of giving them some treats. We didn’t have any food with us at the time, but there are local vendors around the park selling some food. We don’t know if doves normally eat corn as we got some popcorns for them, but nonetheless they seem to like it!
They really love those popcorns!
And they’re not afraid to land on you, wherever, just to ask for food!
It was one unforgettable experience to be “mugged” by birds! It was crazy! They’re not in the littlest bit afraid of people, and they’d just follow you, and even land on you, just to get some treats! I never thought that on our last moments in the province, we’d have the pleasure of such truly delightful, innocent, and fun experience! I think my biggest smiles in recent memories were because of these birds!
This has got to be one of the most fun moments of my life!
After exceeding our quotas of laughter, we rode a tricycle and headed off to the port of Tagbilaran bound for Cebu. And this was the missing chapter between our departure from Alona Beach, Panglao, to arriving in the port of Tagbilaran. Up next lies our adventures in Cebu City!


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Dungeon Keeper • View topic - FAQ: Guilds!
So what's so special about being in a guild? Why would I want to start or join one?
Aside from the social aspects of being in a guild, where you'll have access to guild chat (where you can ask questions, get strategy advice/opinions, etc.), guild members are also able to donate Minions to a "shared pool" from which other members may withdraw, to use in their own dungeons and raids. And lest we forget, there's also the element of working together towards common goals (ie, Guild Achievements). As these Achievements are completed, this serves to "level" the guild up; which, in turn, unlocks the ability to purchase some of the more tangible benefits of being in a guild: Guild Perks.
And as of Game Update #3 (released Apr 23, 2014), there are now Guild Tournaments!
To see the complete progression through Guild Level 30, click the View Perks button in the upper right-hand corner of your main Guild Info page.
What do you mean by purchase?
As mentioned above, as Guild Achievements are completed, and the Guild levels up, the ability to purchase Perks and their upgrades becomes unlocked. There is a gold cost associated with each tier of Perks, which becomes costlier the higher up you go. Members of a guild are able to collectively donate from their own personal Gold coffers to a communal "guild bank". These individual contributions are tracked and viewable on the main Guild Info page. It's important to note that there is a finite limit to each Guild Level's Gold donation cap. It won't be possible to continue donating Gold until the Guild manages to level via completion of Guild Achievements.
Technically, it's possible to level a guild by completing Achievements to any particular level without purchasing any Guild Perks, although we're not sure why you'd want to. Guild Perks, especially at the higher tiers, grant some pretty significant bonuses!
How do I know what level my guild is? Where does this surface?
When viewing the main Guild Info page (by selecting your Guild Lair room, then clicking on the Guild Lair button), you'll see the name of your guild at the very top. Immediately below this, on the left, is your guild's emblem, displayed on a banner in the upper-right corner. Immediately to the right of this is a status bar that shows your guild's progress towards Guild Achievements. On this bar, sits a red Horny silhouette, with your guild's level printed on it. Below this, you'll find the current number of members in your guild, and the Type (Public, Invite Only, or Closed).
How many Achievements are required to level up the Guild?
For the first few levels, it requires 2 new Guild Achievements to advance to each new level.
As the Guild levels up, the number of required new Guild Achievements increases.
So how do I start or join a Guild?
To do either, you'll first need to build a Guild Lair in your dungeon.
To start a guild, from the Guild menu (accessed by clicking on your Guild Lair), click the 'Start Guild' button in the upper-left corner. You'll receive a popup window where you can check to make sure that the name you want is available. Once ready to create your guild, click the 'Start Guild' button, which will also (as indicated) charge you 200 gems.
To join a guild, from the Guild menu (accessed by clicking on your Guild Lair), you can do a search a particular guild by their guild name. (And if you want an idea about what guilds out there might be recruiting, the Guilds section here on the forums is a GREAT place to search for one!) Once you've found the guild that you're looking for in the Search, you can highlight that guild, and click Join. Depending on the settings of the particular guild (and whether they currently have room; there's a maximum of 50 guild members), you might join right away, or have a request sent to the Leader and Lieutenants which must be approved before admittance, or the attempt to join may fail because there is no room, or the guild is set to Closed (not currently accepting new members).
Leader, Lieutenant and Regular Member.
There can only ever be one Leader, which initially is granted to the founder of the Guild. The Leader can promote members to Lieutenants, and demote Lieutenants to members. The leader is also able to kick both Lieutenants and members out of the Guild, in addition to being able to accept new members. The Leader may also promote a Lieutenant to replace him/her as Guild Leader... but it is important to note that should a Guild Leader choose to do so, they are in effect renouncing their own Leader status, and will be demoted to the status of Lieutenant. There is a confirmation window with a red warning button that hopefully serves to mitigate mistakes from happening. Please use extreme caution when promoting.
There can be an unlimited number of Lieutenants. Lieutenants can promote members to Lieutenants, and are able to accept new members and kick out existing members. They cannot kick out other Lieutenants, nor can they demote other Lieutenants.
Regular Members have no special permissions.
What happens if my guild leader goes inactive without promoting anyone to take their place?
Currently, there is no "autopromotion feature" that will replace an inactive guild leader. Nor is there a mechanism that allows active members to "vote kick" an inactive Leader.
Possible solutions have been, and continue to be, discussed by the game team.
These kinds of decisions are not made lightly... especially given the fact that there are a number of reasons why someone may need/want to be inactive for a period of time. And while there's a certain "communal ownership" felt by members of any particular guild (especially given the contributory facets of being in one), guild "ownership" still technically belongs to the person who plunked down 200 gems to start the guild.
Again, this is still under discussion; we've heard from several of you, from both sides of the argument. If and when a decision is made to implement something that allows for autopromotion due to an inactive guild leader, we'll be sure to let everyone know!


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Dental health is so important to every single individual. You will note that engaging the services of a dentist like Velosia will often be of great value. They are often able to perform a good number of procedures. These procedures will time and again include implant dentistry. These implants have gained so much popularity particularly in the recent past. You will however realize that we have a number of trends in implant dentistry that you will need to be familiarized with. It is through this that you will be assured of a more reliable decision at the end of the day. Such trends will often include the following.
You will note that there has been an increase in the need for full-arch restorations. This has been appreciated as a game-changer by a good number of dental patients. You will learn that implant surfaces that are more likely to speed up healing times to be embraced. This is due to the fact that they will assure you of better tooth replacement solutions much faster. As such, the dental patient will not be subjected to too much disruption of their daily lives. You will also note that there has been a decrease in the use of cement. Cement-free restorations are worth going for by many dentists. Such restorations will often assure you of safety and even simplicity. You need to keep in mind that data is often a perfect differentiator. There is often a need for you to aim at getting an implant that is scientifically as well as clinically-backed. Approved connections will often assure you of better results in the long run.
You will also note that immediate satisfaction is being widely embraced. As such, you will barely have to wait for so long before you get an implant. The implant placement will come immediately after loading. It is necessary to point out that advanced aesthetics will be relied on. New concepts and tools are being relied on. They have become quite reliable in offering full-contour solutions. It is necessary to point out that there is an influx of cheaper CAD as well as CAM abutments. These low cost abutments will time and again compromise the integrity of the implant. This implies that it will be prudent for you to go for a qualified dentist. It is through them that you will get quality abutments.
It is important to mention that virtual reality has been embraced in dental surgery. It is through this that it has become easier for clinicians to follow up on the patients later on. It is through this that the patients will be able to realize better implant care after the surgery.


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A typical painkiller is about the size of a pencil eraser. Almost every medicine cabinet in the United States has at least one bottle of these tiny pills, and some people even carry extra doses in their purses or bags, just in case the pain grows too strong. For people attempting to recover from an addiction to painkillers, it can seem like temptation is always present, just waiting to strike. It can be incredibly depressing and extremely isolating.
Painkiller rehabilitation programs can help. Here, the addict can receive help for cravings and chemical changes caused by addiction. The addict can meet other people who also struggle with painkiller abuse. And perhaps most importantly, the addict can learn to make important behavioral changes that can bring about real change. Recovery is possible, and rehabilitation programs can make it happen.
During the detoxification stage of recovery, the addict was likely provided with a host of medications to reduce pain and promote comfort. While it’s certainly possible for some people to enter a rehabilitation program under the influence of no medications at all, often people who abuse painkillers need the help of medications for an extended period of time. The drugs cause chemical changes and extreme cravings that can persist for months or even years, and medications can ease those symptoms and make a relapse less likely.
Some addicts benefit from a medication known as naloxone. According to an article published in the journal Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, this drug can be used in detoxification programs, as it can render any drugs inactive that might be circulating in the addict’s body, but it also has a role to play in maintaining sobriety.
If an addict is taking naloxone and then chooses to take a prescription painkiller, the painkiller will no longer cause any form of pleasure. In short, it’s a chemical deterrent to use, and this can be quite helpful for some people. If an addict is accustomed to feeling a boost from a painkiller, and then takes a painkiller and feels no boost, that habit is well on its way to being broken and the next relapse might be slightly less likely.
Other people benefit from the medication buprenorphine. This drug can also block the effectiveness of painkillers, especially if the user takes a low dose of painkillers, but it also tends to cause a reduction in cravings for drugs. According to an article published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, this drug has a low abuse potential, and it tends not to cause many side effects when people stop taking it. It’s considered a safe and effective medication for long-term use to treat painkiller addiction.
There are some people who have learned to abuse buprenorphine, however. They crush the pills and snort the drugs, or they dissolve the pills in water. In this way, they free the drug from its time-release properties and they feel the entire impact of the drug at the same time. People who may abuse buprenorphine in this way might benefit from combinations that include naloxone. If the user attempts to abuse the buprenorphine, the naloxone will kick in before the pleasurable sensations begin.
Choosing the right medication, at the right dosage, can be slightly difficult. Often, doctors rely on patients to tell them how they are feeling, and they adjust the dosages accordingly. The goal is not to keep the patient sedated, or to allow the patient to feel pain. The goal is to allow the patient to feel simply normal and balanced, so he or she can focus on the work of healing.
Just as medications are adjusted to meet the needs of that patient at that time, therapy options are widespread.
There are many ways in which these goals can be achieved, but often, addicts are expected to spend a significant amount of time with an addiction counselor in order to do this important work.
Part of helping an addict deal with addiction-related behavior is to help the addict understand the link between thoughts and actions. Some people truly believe that they are unable to control the things that they do, and they may walk about in a daze from impulse to impulse. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques are designed to break that link and allow the addict to see the power of thoughts.
This form of therapy can be tweaked to meet the needs of individual addicts. For example, a study published in the American Journal on Addictions found that a form of therapy called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy was remarkably effective in helping people who had both addiction and a mental health issue. In this form of therapy, according to the online journal Psych Central, the addict is encouraged to think of his/her reactions as slightly out of proportion to the stimulus provided. The addict may begin to learn to recognize that the initial response to a situation isn’t always accurate, and that perhaps he or she should take a moment to process and think before reacting.In a therapy session, an addict undergoing any form of CBT is encouraged to think about statements that he/she believes are true.
I’m unable to make friends.
Making mistakes is my way of life.
These depressing and cyclical thoughts can drive an addict deeper into addiction, and cause social isolation and dysfunction. Also, it’s unlikely that they’re true 100 percent of the time. An addict learns to break these statements apart, trying to determine if they’re true all of the time, some of the time or none of the time. Slowly, confidence grows and negative talk decreases. It’s a powerful change.
Some therapists also use incentive programs to encourage addicts to stay in therapy and resist relapse. Others include family members and friends, helping the addict to build up a supportive network. These sorts of programs can be helpful, according to a study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, but not all people benefited. It seems that customization truly is key, as not all people react to these programs in the same way.
Painkiller addiction can be isolating, forcing the addict to break connections with friends and family members. In addition, as the recovery process begins, the addict may want to talk about the temptation to use drugs and the cravings that appear from time to time. People who haven’t abused prescription drugs may have no idea how to relate to these conversations, and they may be unable to provide meaningful support. Sometimes, interacting with other people who are also in recovery from painkiller addiction can be incredibly powerful.
There are a variety of support groups available for painkiller addiction. Narcotics Anonymous is likely the option most familiar to addicts, but it’s far from the only option available. Some communities have faith-based addiction programs held in the local church. Other communities host SMART Recovery programs, which are provided for secular audiences. And finally, some communities have few options available, and addicts choose online groups instead. Any format that allows the addict to feel comfortable, and that’s easy for the addict to access, can be beneficial.
Medications, counseling and group therapy form the cornerstones of care for painkiller addiction, but there are a wide variety of options people can use to access this care. Some people begin on a continuum, starting with a high level of care and supervision and moving to a low level of care as they begin to maintain their disease alone. Other people alternate between formats, choosing the most appropriate treatment for their current situation.
The highest level of care and supervision is provided in an inpatient facility for addiction. Here, the addict lives in the facility and receives care 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Medications are provided, as needed, therapy sessions are held on site and the addict can just walk down the hall for support group meetings. This is the sort of care we provide at Michael’s House, and we believe in it wholeheartedly. Taking a step away from life and from temptation can allow some people to get a jump on their addictions in a safe and supportive place. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, people who participate in these inpatient programs tend to stay for about three to six weeks, and they then transition to care on an outpatient basis.
For some addicts, a six-week stay is simply not long enough. They may have mental health issues that must be addressed, terrible home lives that don’t support recovery, or medical issues that put their entire health and well-being in jeopardy. These people may benefit from long-term care in a residential facility. There are multiple formats for this care as well. In some cases, the addict lives in a hospital-like setting that is similar to the care provided in a short-term inpatient facility. Medical staff is always present, and all the tools needed for recovery are provided under one roof. In other facilities, the addict lives in a house or apartment complex with other addicts who are also struggling with addiction. These sober living communities may have no medical staff on site during specific times of the night, and some have no medical staff at all. The addicts themselves are expected to help one another and enforce the rules. For people learning to deal with addiction while living a life of relative normalcy, these so-called “sober living communities” can be very helpful.
And finally, some people prefer to receive care on a completely outpatient basis. They may not have the ability to live in a facility for a specific period of time, or they may not have the funds to pay for such care. According to an article published on Medscape, medications for painkiller addictions can be provided on a completely outpatient basis, which allows the addict to fill a prescription and then take the medication home. The addict may be expected to meet with a counselor regularly, and provide proof that he or she is attending group meetings, but otherwise, the addict is free to live at home, head to work and maintain ties with friends. Addicts who have supportive families, willing to step in and ensure that the addict keeps his/her commitments, may benefit from this approach. And, it might be entirely suitable, as mentioned, for people to move out of supervised addiction programs and stay in outpatient programs for years, as they learn to manage their addictions on their own without outside assistance.Addiction to painkillers is considered a chronic condition, meaning that it’s quite possible that a relapse can and will happen at some point. Studies make this risk all too clear. For example, a study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence found that 45 percent of people who were currently taking medication for opioid abuse on an outpatient basis tested positive for drugs. It’s a powerful addiction that can be difficult to manage. Addicts who do relapse can take comfort in the idea that relapse doesn’t mean failure. All the hard work done in recovery is not lost. Instead, the addict has just had a setback and needs to touch up on his/her skills and learn from the mistake hidden in the relapse. By attending a few more group meetings, and perhaps scheduling an extra meeting with the addiction counselor, the addict can get back on track.
If you’d like more information on painkiller rehab or the types of programs we offer here at Michael’s House, contact us today. We are here 24/7 to answer any questions you may have.


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THE Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force are are currently at the Zanklin Hospital where Senator Dino Melaye is being admitted following injury he sustained while being conveyed to Lokoja this afternoon for a possible parade.
The team of the officers have so far arrested five persons seen at the premises of the hospital who they suspected to have close link with the senator.
The operatives mainly from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have taken over the hospital premises.
Some have moved to the amenity ward of the hospital where the hospital is being admitted.


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