text: It just so happens that the girl taking an interest in Danny is from the local sporting house, but Big heads to the rescue after a time-out near a conveniently placed bathtub ("Oh, what I wouldn't give to be Mr. Bubble right now.") and takes a drunk and passed-out Danny back to their cheap hotel room. ("You know, once again Big has saved Danny from a heterosexual experience.") They get around to taking jobs in the diner ("You know, their drifting career has really stalled."), although difficulties with Carrie's dad drinking and Big remembering his drunken and abusive father seem about to get them on the rails again... and then, just as Big and Carrie are about to say goodbye, the strange-eyed town creep Jesse follows through on his obsessive interest in Carrie and chokes her to death. Big is too distraught to offer anything other than suspicious comments, and a lynch mob manages to lock the town's two sherrifs in their own cell and drag Big out to roughhouse him to death. However, Danny speeds to the rescue ("Please let me through; I'm a hobo!") and pounds a confession out of Jesse, and finally takes a battered Big home with him.


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There's a changing of the guard at NewsGator. JB Holston is moving up to Chairman of the Board and ifridge & Company founder Daniel Kraft is taking his place as President and CEO.
NewsGator is one of the most well-known SharePoint partners and has over 4 million paid subscribers to its Social Sites enterprise collaboration product. It is also one of the few products that is tightly integrated with the SharePoint platform -- there's no standalone version here (unless you count Tomoye).
Even with Microsoft's acquisition of Yammer, NewsGator isn't running scared. Holston told me in an interview that he doesn't see Yammer as a threat to Social Sites. And Microsoft is clear that it isn't a threat. If anything, the Yammer acquisition is a clear indication of the importance of social software in the workplace and NewsGator has already announced it will integrate with the internal collaboration service.
But NewsGator has a lot more than Yammer integration on deck as we saw in the recent release of Social Sites 3.0. The new Lookout dashboard follows the "Metro" interface and offers a customizable interface for Social Sites users. Along with Lookout, NewsGator also announced its ability to work with SharePoint 2013 when it's eventually adopted and a number of vertical solutions for Social Sites, including manufacturing, financial services, retail/consumer packaged goods and telecommunications.
Hard to argue with that bio.
It does appear that Kraft gets this social workplace market. We may have been talking about enterprise and social collaboration for a while now, but we are just getting started with understanding how to best implement these technologies to make business -- and its employees -- more effective and more successful at what they do.
Kraft has now officially taken over global operations of NewsGator (hmm, maybe JB was looking to take the rest of the summer off?) and he will work with the existing executive management team, so while he may have a lot to learn about NewsGator, he has a seasoned team beside him to get him up to speed quickly.
While I wish Kraft all the best in his new position, I'm sad to see JB Holston take on a new role in the company (if it means I won't have the opportunity to talk to him again). Having spoken with him on a number of occasions, Holston is nothing short of a very intelligent person with a keen understanding of how social business is changing the world we know. He has taken NewsGator from a company that managed RSS feeds to a global, multi-million dollar high ranking SharePoint partner and we can all learn something from that.

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What? My NetRadiant folder does NOT have that file! How's that possible? In oa.game\basea I have only entities.def, entities-ta.def, entities.ent and entitites-ta.ent... nothing more.
Don't know if it's flawed, but your version is dated Feb-23/2011 while mine is over a year older at July-05/2012.
@Gig: I have the same issue with GTKradiant 1.6 for textures alignement and i leaving that editor to return to Q3Radiant that work better with textures. I suggest you to build the map with Q3Radiant and use NETradiant (or GTKradiant) to add TA items or other things and for compile the map.
I can't believe there is no way to do that. I hope Sago or Neon_Knight may tell us how to do. That's almost a fundamental action.
For double mark in the water you have to resize the brush of the water to exceed in the brush around it, and also the low part.
Uh? I tried enlarging by 4 units the water, in the four directions plus downside, and recompiled... but this does not seem to solve the problem. It seems nothing changed. Could you please try compiling my map yourself? Thank you!
Uh? If you are talking about Q3Radiant, the script that compiles a map may get "broken" quite easily due to a bug in the editor (I mentioned this problem DO NOT LINK[/b]) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Multithreaded_map_compiling#Q3Radiant]here). If your compiling options got broken, you have to manually fix your quake.qe4 file.
However, I wanted to tell you that you may try to rename the .map file before compiling it... and to scroll compiling log carefully, searching for errors.
The double mark in the water works in that way only with the clear_ripple3, if you use clear_ripple2 the mark is only in the bottom and not on the water, i think it's the original shader that not work properly.
Uhm... I just recompiled from udestruction v7 (the version I suppose you tried with), and I see "double" marks in both aqueduct and cistern (with both clear_ripple2 and clear_ripple3). Both compiling from Q3Radiant and from NetRadiant. I'm very confused.
I have resized the brush of the aqueduct as i suggested you ?
I my OA the clear_ripple 2 don't give the double mark issue.
Making a series of tests, I've just figured out that THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHERE THE WATER IS 21 UNITS DEEP OR LOWER.
Where the water is 22 units deep or more, the problem does not occur.
I don't how to workaround this... simply extending the water brush into the floor (to reach a total of 22 units or more) does not fix the problem.
I've just taken a look to FlagRaiders mod's SPCTFMAP1 and SPCTFBONUS maps (at the beginning of them there is a little of water), and the glitch appears there too (although it's less noticeable due to the fact that water is more dark blue by itself).
A place to test the problem in baseoa: "the cistern" map (oa_dm5, see screenshot).
Where the water is not deep enough (less than 22 units), marks are left also on water surface, other than on pool bottom.
I can guess this may be a bug in gamecode (there since Q3A), and that would require a fix in OAX by Sago or similar. I can imagine that maybe some other water-related feature (e.g. influencing players movement) may not apply if the water is not at least 22 units deep, but Id Software programmers did not thought about the fact the "mark" should have been disabled also for less deep water.
Note: in this screenshot of the "double marks", the one of the water surface is not exacly vertically above the one on the ground, but is a little on the right... maybe due to the fact the ground in that place is not horizontal, but diagonal.
Afeter some other tests, I can see that if the floor is sloping, the mark on the water surface is not vertically above the one on the bottom, but shifted... and this is not good... where there are sloping ramps to get out of a pool, the problem can become very noticeable (although I don't know the reason why this does not seem to affect HYDRONEX and HYDRONEX2 maps... maybe their water shaders have got something that prevents the problem from happening?).
PPS: I think that in my map I will limit the water level to 1 unit... this makes the problem much less noticeable (though still there), but of course it cannot be adapt for many situations.
Gig, I wonder if it's because none of the clear_ripple1, clear_ripple2 and clear_ripple3 don't have the surfaceparm nomarks shader instruction. Doesn't really explain why shallow water gets the marks while deep water doesn't.
Gig, I wonder if it's because none of the clear_ripple1, clear_ripple2 and clear_ripple3 don't have the surfaceparm nomarks shader instruction.
Well, when I took a look to "hydrowater" shader, comparing it to "clear_ripple2" and "brwnwater", I saw all three of them had three "surfaceparm" parameters, so I ingenuously thought they were the same and I focused on their different "blendfunc" parameters in the various stages. I didn't notice that hydrowater had "surfaceparm nomarks" due to the fact it had the same total of three surfaceparms.... and I didn't notice it was because it lacked the "nonsolid" one. D'oh!
Trivia: in Q3A's liquid.shader file, there is only one shader that has got "surfaceparm nomarks" (liquids/proto_gruel), while OA's liquid_water.shader file has got more than a dozen of shaders with "nomarks" (but all those "clear_ripple*" NOT).
Maybe in the next OA release, we could tweak all remaining water shaders, adding "sufarceparm nomarks" to all of them (some more testing may be required anyay, to be sure this would not have bad side effects... but considering many OA water shaders already have it, probably it's safe enough).
I have not tested yet if map re-compiling is necessary to have the change effective.
Doesn't really explain why shallow water gets the marks while deep water doesn't.
Yes. Hence, I suppose a fix in the gamecode, too, may be welcome anyway (that would allow to also fix custom third-party water shaders in third-party maps... a thing not possible by simply tweaking baseoa shaders). Of course, if it's not too difficult/invasive.
Hi guys, how are you? My map is progressing well. I think I should be able to give you V8 this week.
But a question... do you think that there is some way to make the "flowing" water give a little "push" to the player (to the direction it is flowing to)?
Maybe using target_push (instead of the usual trigger_push used for jump-pads), giving it a facing angle and a small "speed" value?
PS: searching for infos about the above thing, I noticed a line in Q3Radiant manual: it looks like there is a "grapplereach" option for the BSPC command... has someone ever tried it?
@Gig: I don't know how it's possible to give the push effect to the water, if it's possible i mean.
I've just done a few tests with a trigger_multiple with a target_push. I have not been able do to what I was trying (all I obtained was a sort of invisible force field that made your movement difficult while you are in it, but in all directions and that does nothing if you are not moving.
If you guys have something to suggest, I will try... but I fear that id Software did not foresee a such feature (baseq3 had not map with "flowing" water).
What about a func_train on the floor of the aqueduct instead?
UPDATE: I'm figuring out that a such "func_train" along all the aqueduct would be a huge work due to the fact I would need many (distinct but touching each other) "trains" to have a continuous effect... but I would like to do some tests anyway, just to see if that would give the effect I'm searching for.
But I'm not good to make this "train" thing work at all. Could someone please give me some hint, or link a tutorial for using it?
I created a square brush, and made it "func_train", then placed a path_corner at various meters from it, and linked them with "target" and "targetname" keys. But I read I should specify an "origin"... if I manually specify an "origin" key with coordinates, the train brush does not even appear in the game... I can see it exists a "common/origin" texture, but I have no idea about how to use it.
Not yet completely sure, but it seems the "train" trick may work (of course, only with "thin" water, with the character not swimming... although maybe it's not so realistic... in practice, it's just a conveyor belt placed under water surface).
Can two distinct "func_train"s follow the same exact path (with the exception of the very first part), sharing the same path_corner points?
I mean, I did a first train (made with a big brush with a standard texture + a small brush with "common/origin" texture) that, from its origin, goes to -> A -> B -> C -> D -> A path_corner points (D point has got the same position and size of the train's "origin" brush), and have it working.
Then I duplicated the first train, and moved this second one to have the forward side the second one touching the back side of the first one, and I made the second one to point target "D". But the second one does not show up in the game.
What may have I done wrong? What's the actual starting point of trains when the map starts? Their origin or the first path_corner?
And by the way... what's that "Smart Entities -> Smart Train" that I can see in the right-click menu of q3radiant, but that is not in the entity list?
Uhm... trying to make these multiple "trains" follow the same paths, I even got situations where the game stucks on map load.
I'm going to abort this "train" idea, it's too complicated for a so little change in gameplay, and that -although nice- would not be very realistic anyway.
Sorry for having you wait so much, but I spent a lot of time with shaders (and I'm still a noob with them... although consulting Q3 shader manual, I only partially understood what I was doing), and trying to implement some things that at the end I had to left out due to being too difficult or with bad looking results.
Map polishing isn't 100% complete, but I think it is going good.
- The jump pad that allows you to take the megahealth now brings you to the roof of the temple, instead of making you bounce vertically over and over again.
- Now it's more easy to rocket-jump from the "personal teleporter/invulnerability/kamikaze" platform to the aqueduct.
- A bit bigger windows in the BFG room should allow to throw in grenades more easily.
- Added "reflection-like" (not actually mirroring) "shiny" effects to various surfaces (on tiles in the ruined house, floor and colums of the temple, some gametype-dependent "marble" brushes).
- Added "colored stripes" effect (this time, with a circular brush) under gametype-oriented things as flags and obelisks.
- Custom blue-ish water effects. In particular, fast-flowing water on the aqueduct. Do you like it?
- A little more use of "pebbles" and "grass" textures (some grass should also help a little to find the door button). Also a short path of stones inside the ruined house garden.
- Changed color of light entities, from default white to the same color that the sky should generate (green-ish).
- The personal teleporter/etc. platform (now shiny) now contains an OA logo on the side, if you look carefully.
What do you think about it? I'm waiting for your opinions and suggestions.
PS: A note about water: did I tell you that fortunately "surfaceparm nomarks" does not require map recompile to be effective?
@Gig: i really appreciate this version, lot of customs stuff are welcome. Oa need new textures and custom effects. I think you can delete the grappling hook, players can go on the walls and change weapon for sniping from every place in the air.
The map need to be tested in an online game to see how the gamer play, but i think it's a good one.
@Gig: i really appreciate this version, lot of customs stuff are welcome. Oa need new textures and custom effects.
I think you can delete the grappling hook, players can go on the walls and change weapon for sniping from every place in the air.
After the previous version, someone (Pelya maybe?) told that you were enough an easy target while you were attached to walls. I'd like to know more opinions, I don't know what to do.
I have not decided yet if using music or not. The delay (and yellow warning) that happens when music restarts is not too nice.
I just took the standard oa jumppad, and modified the two images that compose it, to add some more details and change the colors. I started from one-layer OA jpg and tga (I have not been able to find multi-layer "sources" for them)... anyway I have the multi-layer .psd files with my changes (of course I will release all my .psd files with the final map, but if you want I can already post this one the next Monday), and there I somehow managed to separe the circular part from the bricks (using magnetic lazo tool, IIRC).
If Pelya will upload this version to his server, we may schedule an online test.
By the way... Pelya, did you receive some feedback about the oacmp maps from (occasional?) players in your server?
I do not monitor my server, because I'm poor admin (also I've redirected logfile to /dev/null, because the server is running from SD card). I'll upload Beta8 to my server, when I'll get home today. (Edit: did that).
I'm also available for few games during weekend, so go on and schedule it.
1. Teleport looking like piece of wall in oajgdm2.
2. No support for FFA/TDM/DD/One flag capture modes in oajgctf1.
I hope I'll have a bit of free time during weekends to fix first two issues.
OMG how did you kill me cheetah!
I only tried the Udestruction map from Gig yet, and I like it a lot. The architecture could be reworked a bit for some parts (mainly the walls of the big structures), but overall it's a kinda nice open map, and these are not common in OA, so it's a welcome addition.
I particularly like the triple jumpad to the megahealth (although most players will get killed before reaching it), and above all I liked the water streams floors, which slow you down in one direction and make you faster in another direction. This is so clever that I think it SHOULD be reused in other maps as an alternative to jumppads (I don't know if you can control the power of the water streams, but if that's the case, you can make it powerful enough to give a real sense of speed and fun! - just like in one of the subgames in Kinect Adventures).
Thank you very much for the praise!
Can I ask you what do you think about the grappling hook?
Are you kidding me, my friend?
I've just thought that I may try to make the aqueduct "sloping", but I tried with the ramps of the cistern, and I see you have the same speed when running going up and when going down: nothing to do. Maybe I could make a try adding "surfaceparm slick" to a ramp, but I fear that would not be exactly what I'm searching for.

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"To this day we have not the slightest idea what it was Jesus twice scribbled in the sand. By and large the commentaries have asked the wrong question through the ages. They labor over the content, over what he might have written. They ask what, without ever realizing the real question is why? It was not the content that mattered but why he did it. Unexpected. Irritating. Creative." Singer, songwriter and diligent student of Scripture, Michael Card is well known for the depth of his lyrics and the artistry of his music. But far more significant than the songs he has penned is the source of his inspiration--the creativity embodied in Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God. In his bookScribbling in the Sand Card explores the biblical foundations of true Christian creativity. Whether we think of ourselves as creative or not, all of us are created in the image of our Creator God, and thus creativity is a vital expression of our discipleship. This companion study guide provides eight sessions to help individuals and groups interact with the themes of Michael Card's book. With discussion questions, inductive Bible studies and creative exercises, each session provides opportunities for reflection, discovery and application. The user-friendly format makes this guide ideal for small groups, Sunday school classes or anyone who wants to enter into a life of Christian creativity.
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If you weren't too distracted by its nonsensical plot and painfully terrible dialogue ("blue balls of the heart," anyone?), you may have noticed that season two of HBO's True Detective was packed with musical moments. Now, the show's soundtrack is finally being primed for a release.
Film Music Reporter points to an Amazon listing, which reveals that music from seasons one and two of the series will be released on a new soundtrack platter.
The album was produced by T. Bone Burnett, and features appearances from Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Bob Dylan, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Father John Misty and many others. Lera Lynn, who often performed live in the second season, is also prominently featured. Listen to her song "My Least Favourite Life" below.
The True Detective soundtrack will arrive tomorrow (August 14).
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3. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis "All the Gold In California"
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7. The Handsome Family "Far From Any Road"
8. Alexandra Savior "Risk (Demo)"
9. Cassandra Wilson "Sign of the Judgment"
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In today’s world, the use of therapeutic words has become part of the everyday language. As a result, it has brought about a great deal of public confusion. Especially in the minds of the people who use them to interpret something other than the definition intended by the DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Designed for hypnosis practitioners, it is advised that the Recommended Language be used in place of therapeutic words. While we are aware that many members are licensed medical and mental health professionals who use hypnotism as an adjunct, a majority practices hypnotism as a ‘stand alone’. For that practitioner, we advocate the use of the Association’s Recommend Language.
The Association is clear that a hypnosis practitioner is a teacher, guide, coach, trainer and motivator that assist clients in resolving issues, overcoming challenges and attaining goals. The hypnosis practitioner assists clients with situational stress, altering habits such as smoking and weight management, increasing client motivation in employment, the workplace, and in sports activities, and enhancing creative, artistic and scholastic endeavors.
Each hypnosis practitioner is dedicated to using hypnosis to motivate and embrace positive thoughts and beliefs and achieve personal goals such as positive change, self-empowerment, behavior modification, wellness, happiness, peak performance, success and harmony.
The services provided do not include the practice of medicine, as a practitioner of hypnotism is not a licensed physician or mental health professional. These services are non-diagnostic, and are complementary to the healing arts services that are licensed by the State in which the practitioner works.
It is the responsibility of each Certified Member to become familiar with and adhere to the procedures and laws of their State in which they conduct their practice. They can be proactive by taking responsibility for what a client understands their level of education to be and clearly defining, using proper terminology, that which is within their scope of practice and using the Association’s Disclosure of Hypnosis Services.
The Association is working very hard to ensure that members continue to work within their chosen profession. Implementing the Recommended Language is a giant step in fostering alliance with medical and mental health care professionals and gaining public acceptance.
Provided below is a list of Recommended Language. The Association encourages its use as a means of communication between the general public, the client and the hypnosis practitioner. It represents the Association’s opinion about the choice of language. It is the responsibility of the hypnosis practitioner to abide by the laws which govern their State or Province. This information is not to be considered legal advice, as only a licensed professional in the respective jurisdiction can do that.
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The Home Secretary this morning, has announced ratification the PAT decision at the Police Reform event in London. Please find her official statement attached for your information. Paul McKeever and Ian Rennie are at the event. More information will follow as soon as possible.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May): This statement is about police pay and pensions. It provides the Government’s response to the Police Arbitration Tribunal’s findings on the recommendations in the Part 1 report of Tom Winsor’s Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions and the consultation on the proposed increase in pension contributions for police officers. Both issues have the potential to affect police officer remuneration and so the Government has considered them in the round.
On 30 March 2011 I laid a statement to respond to Tom Winsor’s Part 1 Report of the review of remuneration and conditions of service for police officers and staff. I announced that I was directing the Police Negotiating Board and the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales to consider proposals within their remits for police officers in England and Wales as a matter of urgency.
The Police Negotiating Board was not able to reach agreement on several important proposals, and these were referred to the Police Arbitration Tribunal. The Tribunal has now provided its recommendation and reasons, which I received on 9 January. The Tribunal considered 18 recommendations from the Winsor Part 1 report. The Tribunal accepted 10 recommendations, modified 5 and made no award on 3. I have today placed a copy of the Police Arbitration Tribunal report in the House of Commons Library.
I am grateful to the Tribunal for its comprehensive and balanced consideration of these important issues. I have now considered its report thoroughly. I have decided to accept its recommendation and am minded to implement the package of reforms it has put forward in full.
I have also decided to accept the recommendation of the Police Negotiating Board on those recommendations that it agreed in principle, which were not referred to the PAT.
These reforms represent an important first step in modernising police pay and conditions so that they are fair to officers and to taxpayers. They include redistributing pay to officers who work unsocial hours, abolishing ineffective post-related payments (SPPs), suspending some elements of time served pay and improving managers’ ability to manage shift arrangements. However, as a Government we remain committed to further reform and to the principles set out in the Winsor Part 1 Report. The PAT recommended that a small number of recommendations should be deferred until Part 2 has made longer-term recommendations on pay structures. We will consider these matters along with Part 2, in light of the Review’s principles. In particular, the link between pay and skills remains a key principle and will be an important part of our consideration.
enable modern management practices in line with practices elsewhere in the public sector and the wider economy.
the impact of the recommendations on equality and diversity.
The service must be able to benefit from these reforms as soon as possible. I will therefore begin the necessary action to amend the Police Regulations 2003 and issue determinations under them shortly.
These reforms will make short-term improvements to police remuneration and conditions. Part 2 of the review will look at longer term reform and is due to be published shortly.
Turning now to police officer pensions, the Government wants to ensure that public sector workers continue to have access to pension schemes that are among the very best available. However, reform is inevitable because people are living longer. Costs have risen by one-third over the last ten years to £32bn. That is more than we spend on police, prison and the courts. These costs have generally fallen to the taxpayer. This is unfair and unaffordable, so it is also fair that we should ask public sector workers, including police officers, to contribute a bit more towards their pension.
That is why on 29 July 2011, I wrote to members of the Police Negotiating Board asking that they consider a proposal to increase police officer pension contribution rates. I am grateful to members of the Police Negotiating Board for considering the proposal and for the responses they provided.
Having considered the points raised alongside the recommendation from the recent Police Arbitration Tribunal, I have decided to implement the first year of increases in line with the proposal put to the Police Negotiating Board. This proposal meets the Government’s objectives of protecting lower earners, asking higher earners to pay more and, by reducing the burden on those in the first two years of their career, minimising the rate of opt-out.
The Government is committed to securing in full the savings announced at Spending Review 2010 from increases in employee pension contributions for the unfunded schemes for 2013-14 and 2014-15. I will ask the Police Negotiating Board to consider the proposed increases for these years in line with other public service schemes.
Again I will begin the necessary action to amend the relevant regulations in order that the changes take effect in April of this year.

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I had the task of implementing a simple console application that would take any XSLX file dropped onto it and format it to match the required format for a system we use every day and export as a csv.
The application first formats and renames some column headers, counts the amount of rows and determines how many times it has to iterate through the sheet before the job is done and then selects rows 1 through 100, cuts to a different worksheet and saves as a general formatted CSV before dumping the data, deleting the original 100 rows and redoing over again.
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Defines a single color as well a color swatch with ten shades of the color.
The color's shades are referred to by index. The greater the index, the darker the color. There are 10 valid indices: 50, 100, 200, ..., 900. The value of this color should the same the value of index 500 and shade500.
Colors, which defines all of the standard material colors.
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After receiving your order, we might request verification of your identity by phone or email.
For credit card payments, the name on the order form should be identical to the name of the credit card holder.
We do not issue any receipts. Thank you for your understanding.

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Source Includes data from the 1860 Census Population Schedules, Town of Harrisburg, Harris County, Texas, Series: M653, Roll: 1296, p. 350 (stamped), entry 253.
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Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has opened up about his 19-year-old daughter, Stephanie Rose Bongiovi, who was arrested in her college dorm following a heroin overdose last week.
"What I do for a living seems glitzy and glamorous but if you don't take it too seriously it's a great way to make a living. And then life goes on. Things happen," Bon Jovi told Los Angeles' FOX 11. "This tragedy was something that I had to face, too, so we'll get through it. And people's warm wishes for my family and I have been really reassuring. So, we're good."


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The Ethic Committee ( EC) works on written questions and complaints, so that it has time to discuss and understand what is asked. This allows it to consider an issue in a serene atmosphere, without being under pressure by interactive passions. Yet it may in some cases need to meet the persons who are involved in a case.
All information you send to the Ethic Committee is treated as confidential. Some of the information you will send to us may have to be discussed with all parties involved, and in some cases with the EABP Board.
The information we receive will not be communicated to other persons or institutions unless legal procedures require it. In each situation we will use our judgement and knowledge of the context to decide how this information is used with the other parties and the EABP Board. In these cases you will be informed that information has been exchanged.
4.21 - as we are an international organisation, we only can consider inquiries or complaints if they are in writing, signed by yourself and in English.
we need to know the specifics of your question / complaint ( with documents if available) and if the EABP member involved has been informed about the step you are making, and if not, why not.
some questions / complaints fall outside of the remit of the Ethic Committee and cannot be processes further. You will be informed if this is the case, and the reasons for this.
After having received and discussed all the relevant material, the Ethic Committee will inform you if your inquiry / complaint is related to a transgression of the EABP Code of Ethic and if so, we will move on to the information-gathering phase.
we may, in some cases, send to both parties some of the information we have received, so as to gather more specific information on some points. Given the complexity of transferential dynamics we have to deal with in ethical cases, it is up to the Ethic Committee to decide what information is passed on to the other party.
If a mediator is required to gather necessary information, the costs will be shared by the parties involved. If there is a disagreement between the parties about the sharing of any costs of the mediation process, this disagreement itself is to be dealt with as part of the mediation.
If the mediation fails, we will decide if your complaint can be processed further by the Ethic Committee or not and inform about our decision and the reasons for this.
Once we have gathered sufficient information, the Ethic Committee discusses and evaluates the situation and informs all parties concerned of its conclusions, and on the reasons it founds these conclusions on, referring to the relevant points in our guidelines.
Conclusion and requirements of the Ethic Committee are binding for the parties involved, except recommendations for suspension or exclusion of an EABP member, which must be ratified by the EABP Board.
what must change in him or her in order to become a trustworthy colleagues and therapist in our eyes?
This implies that the Ethic Committee has the education function of helping colleagues to become clearer on ethical issues.
If we do not believe that he or she can behave in a trustworthy fashion according to the ethical code of EABP, we will no longer be able to share a professional trusting relationship with the transgressing individual or institution.
The goal of these professional requirements and sanctions is to help re-establish professional ethical function wherever this is considered possible and to maintain high ethical standards of behaviour in the EABP.
This starts with an evaluation of professional ethics, in which the motives, knowledge, feelings and actions of the transgressing person(s) before, during and after the transgression are evaluated to determine why the breach has occurred.
4.61 - A reprimand will be given in case of transgressions of lesser severity, accompanied by clarification of the ethical issues involved.
4.62 - Mediation process: The Body-psychotherapist is required to process the issue with the injured person(s) in the presence of a mutually acceptable mediator. This procedure may or may not involve separate meetings between the mediator and transgressing member. The transgressing member will not be paid for the time spent in this process and may be required to pay partial or total fee for the mediation.
4.63 - Requirements of supervision, education or personal therapy on the problem issue, ending with a statement from the transgressor on the nature and completion of this process and present understanding, countersigned by his therapist or supervisor. The chosen therapist, supervisor or mediator must be approved by the Ethic Committee. The transgressor may or may not be suspended from his membership until the processing has finished. Subsequent transgression of the same nature are dealt with in a progressively severe fashion.
4.64 - The EC may demand that the therapist, trainer or supervisor stops working with a client, in case of an ethically or professionally problematic relation between individuals which has lead to an ethical complaint, even if the client wishes to continue the professional relationship. This also applies when there is a problematic relationship between an association and a person.
4.65 - Suspension of a member will be recommended by the Ethic Committee when the offence is considered serious enough to exclude the member from the Association, but is considered redeemable with the passage of time and effort.
4.66 - Exclusion must be the recommendation of the Ethic Committee towards offences described definitely in the examples of the Ethical guidelines when they are wilfull or premeditated. Attempts at camouflaging transgressions or refusal to comply with EABP sanctions are also grounds for immediate exclusion. The Ethic Committee may recommend exclusion at its discretion, on such matters. In the event where the General Assembly accepts an appeal against an Ethic Committee decision or votes against an Ethic Committee proposal to exclude a member ( see 4.2 (c and d) and 6.7 of Articles of Association), the General Assembly will appoint a legally or professionally qualified person as arbiter from outside of the Association to review the case. Their decision would be binding on the parties and on the Ethic Committee.
4.71 - Ethic Committee advice and arbitration are generally carried out by a minimum of three Ethic Committee members, none of whom is directly or secondarily involved in the issue under consideration. EC members involved in the issue may not give opinions to the arbitrators.
4.72 - Four of the five Ethic Committee members must be in agreement for any disciplinary decision to be valid.
4.73 - Advice or arbitrational decisions are reached by consensus. If consensus cannot be reached, the chairperson is included in deliberations ending in a simple majority vote.
4.74 - this is where the new motion should go with this number “when a person is not satisfied with the treatment by the EC, he/she may complain to the Board of EABP”.


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Provides a worksurface that does not generate a static charge and will control the discharge rate from all conductors (including ESD susceptible items) that are placed on the surface.
The dedicated conductive layer reduces the resistance to ground (Rtg) from the top of the surface to the groundable point ground and allows the mats to be used with ESD workstation monitors. Electricals will not drift for the life of the mat.
Constructed to withstand abrasion, tearing and may be used in soldering applications with flux and other chemicals.
Provides consistent electrical performance regardless of ambient humidity.
Provides tracking information for lifespan of the product and to ensure quality control.


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This rule will apply only to games that are defaulted i.e. Not played.
For games that are defaulted under the circumstances listed above the winning team will be awarded full points as if the game had been played. The team that defaults will be awarded points as if the lost the game.
The winning team due to the default will be awarded full points as if the game had been played. The team that defaults will only be awarded the points up to the last game officially played and will not be awarded points for the loss due to the default. For example, if a team defaults the final then the defaulting team will only be given the semi-final points and no points for reaching the final.


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If you meet eligibility requirements, you may take a loan from the Retirement System. Before you apply, you should be aware of the federal tax laws pertaining to Retirement System loans.
The loan amount exceeds federal limits.
You retire or withdraw from the Retirement System and have one or more outstanding loan balances when you retire or withdraw.
If your loan is taxable, or becomes taxable as described above, you must include it on your federal income tax return for the year the loan is granted or becomes taxable. If you are under 59½ at the time, you may be required to pay a 10 percent penalty tax in addition to any ordinary federal income tax you owe. Please consider consulting a tax advisor before applying for a taxable loan from the Retirement System.
If you already have an outstanding loan with us and want to take another loan, please contact our Call Center and connect with our automated information line to determine if refinancing your current loan or carrying multiple loans would be better for you. Although the repayment amount may be larger if you choose a multiple loan, the taxable amount of a refinanced loan is always higher, unless the entire refinanced loan is nontaxable.
The total of all your loans may not be more than 75 percent of your contributions.
Each loan must be for a minimum of $1,000, so you must have an account balance of at least $1,334. The total of all your loans may not be more than 75 percent of your contributions.
You must repay each outstanding loan through payroll deductions in an amount sufficient to repay the loan, interest and insurance premium within five years. The minimum deduction to repay your outstanding loan balances must be at least 2 percent of your salary.
To apply, you must file a Loan Application (RS5025-A) with us.
Please note: Any outstanding loan balance when you retire will permanently reduce your pension. You cannot pay off your loan once you retire. The amount of your pension reduction will be based on your age, the loan balance at retirement, and type of retirement (regular service or disability).
These are examples of how your service retirement benefit will be permanently reduced by an outstanding loan balance at retirement. The approximate reductions are for calendar year 2013.1 The amount of the reduction changes annually.


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Panasonic Panasonic ES-LV95-S Arc5 is a cordless and rechargeable electric shaver that can be used on dry or wet skin. Its Lift-Tech foil cuts short lying hairs. It also pivots in all the four directions to give a deep and clean shave every time. Once you invest in it, you are going to become fond of its experience. Its elegant and attractive design keeps ones always closer to it.
Cuts even short lying hairs.
It comes with 5 blades.
How is Panasonic ES-LV95-S Arc5 Electric Razor?
Panasonic ES-LV95-S Arc5 is a 5 blades electric shaver that uses different advanced technologies to give you best results. Its Multi-flex pivoting head pivots back and forth, up and down with a view to glide smoothly on the face even in the most difficult areas. It is a premium device which keeps you safe while shaving the most sensitive skin type. It is ready to shave each and every inch of your face carefully and efficiently. So go for it and have good experiences.
It would be safe and effective till you follow the correct procedure regarding the shave. First step is to clean and charge it for at least 10 minutes to get a complete time to shave it by using its cleaning and charging system. On the power button and hold it in your hand. Now start gliding it throughout your face. Make sure that you are using it softly rather than in a pressurized way. It has 14000 cycle per minute motor that ensures you a deep action of it. Battery status can be seen in shaver’s display to carry out the shave ahead.
It can be used on dry or wet skin. Multi-flex pivoting head with precision-honed and ultra sharp blades and Lift-Tech foil cuts and shave lying hairs in an uniform way and give you a clean face after shave.
Once the shave is completed make sure that you have cleaned and dry it off.
1. Don’t charge it unnecessarily.
2. While shaving don’t apply pressure.
3. Always follow the procedure to get a smooth and precise shave.
5. Clean it thoroughly after shaving.
6. Avoid using it near injured areas.
7. Don’t charge it near water.
8. Always keep it in its cover.
9. Always keep it fully charged to use during emergency.
1. Can Panasonic ES-LV95-S Arc5 Electric Razor be used as a leg hair removal?


text: 27261 zip code is located close to the center of North Carolina. 27261 zip code is part of Guilford County. On average, the public school district that covers 27261 zip code is much better than the state average in quality. The 27261 zip code area code is 336.


text: Attention or focus. Someone staring at you can represent positive or negative attention, depending on the sense you get about the person's motivations. For example, a positive stare might feel like someone is admiring or respecting you. A negative stare might feel like someone is judging you or intending to harm you.


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Save $5 to $40 on everything from USB-C cables to power banks.
Your Name Limited Edition Blu-ray for $65, 200GB Switch Memory Card for $25, Gloomhaven for Under $100, and More.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's latest DLC character, Joker from Persona 5, is freezing player's Nintendo Switches when they use his Final Smash to end a Classic Mode match.
Now you can play the full game as Mugman, and a bunch of new localization has been added too.
Michael Crichton’s new game studio, a potential doomsday asteroid, and other science and technology stories from April 1999.
The rare Gen 2 Pokemon will appear around the world from April 20-21, and you'll even have a chance to catch its Shiny form.


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Nike Sportswear unveiled the new Air Max "HomeTurf Series" today, celebrating the cultural impact of Air Max sneakers in three iconic cities.
The "HomeTurf Series" kicks off with the London collection, featuring special colorways inspired by the city's mass transit system. The collection includes Hyperfuse versions of the Air Max 1, Air Max 90 , Air Max 1 2013 and the Air Max 95.
The Nike Air Max "HomeTurf Series" will release at select retailers on February 15, followed by a general release on March 27.

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Make it to the end without so much as a twitching mouth? Maybe you're a psychopath, suggests new research in Personality and Individual Differences.
Your susceptibility to contagious yawning is linked to your ability to empathize with others, researchers say. So if your face stays stone cold while your friend opens wide, you could at least have some psychopathic characteristics, says study author Brian Rundle, PhD.
What makes a psychopath, exactly? When we posed this question to psychiatrist David M. Reiss, MD, for another Men's Health story, he said it's someone who's "sadistic, or whose main intention is to manipulate others and gets satisfaction from doing that."
MORE: Is Your Boss A Psychopath Or Sociopath?
The tradeoff: While such traits may make you good at business, they don't always make you a good person.
Ultimately, psychopaths only represent about 1% of the general population, so the chances are pretty slim that you—or your boss—is an actual psycho.
As for that yawn test, if you didn't let one out after watching the video, you could've just been stressed or absent-minded, says Rundle. And this isn't a guaranteed measure to make a psychological assessment anyway, he says.
Additional reporting by Daedalus Howell.
The article Are You a Psycho? Take This 30-Second Test originally ran on MensHealth.com.


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Two people were murdered in a North Korean border city and another person was stabbed sometime in mid-July, according to a South Korean press report.
A source in North Korea's Ryanggang Province told Daily NK the North Korean authorities are investigating the case but are having "difficulties" arresting the suspect.
"On an evening in mid-July at around 8 p.m. in Wi Yon Dong, Hyesan, the husband of the neighborhood office chief was alone at his house when he was murdered," Daily NK's source said.
"The criminal had tied the chief's husband with rope, and had stabbed him [to death] in several places with a knife."
The source went on to say the suspect also went into the house next-door and stabbed an elderly individual.
The second victim may have been killed after he heard moans from the house next door, and peered in to take a look.
A third victim, a woman, was stabbed in the thigh as she tried to run away.
People nearby were able to take the woman to a hospital. Her condition is not life threatening, Daily NK's source said.
North Korea's border areas are the launching point of defections.
A few days before the stabbing incident occurred, a family of four fled Hyesan for Changbai, China, Radio Free Asia reported.


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Business Terms & Conditionas - Crown (RDR) Automotive Sales International s.r.o.
The only way to appreciate Crown replacement parts and accesories is to live it through our high quality. And the only way to get our newest stuff is in our our stores or shopping thru our website.For over 45 years we’ve dedicated ourselves to producing the highest quality. However, as we continue to produce the best, counterfeiters are making cheap knockoffs that are often mistaken for the real deal. So make sure you get all your Crown from one of our stores, company website or catalogs.If you think you have counterfeit Crown, or if you see our replacement parts somehow looks as not ours, let us know. From anywhere, you can email us. Just drop us a note at dmrdr@crownautomotive.cz . We appreciate your help.
Purchaser information – name and surname, company name and registered office, place of business or place of residence; purchaser's business identification number and VAT if registered as a VAT payer and involved in business-related activities; purchaser's telephone number and e-mail address.
Upon a common Purchase Order by the Purchaser, the Vendor shall verify this order and confirm the Purchase Order to the Purchaser; the confirmation shall include the type, number and anticipated price of the products, which the Vendor is obligated to deliver to the Purchaser, as well as the deadline for delivery of the goods ordered. Once the Purchase Order has been verified by the Vendor, it shall be considered binding for both Parties. This provision shall not be binding for the Vendor in the case that the manufacturer no longer supplies a specific product and/or introduces new product versions to the market.
The standard method of payment in the amount of the purchase price of the goods delivered is by wire transfer following an advance invoice or a final invoice.
if required, payment verified to the Vendor's bank account by the agreed means (in the case of advance payments).
The goods ordered shall be dispatched within the next four days following the day on which the above conditions for the delivery of goods have been fulfilled.
The goods are delivered under the same conditions as in the case of "Collection on Delivery" except that the Purchaser has agreed with the Vendor on individual means of payment.
The Purchaser is obliged to accept the goods ordered from a third party (logistics partner of the Vendor) who will deliver the goods via a forwarding agent. The Vendor as the debtor agrees on this method of meeting his/her obligation to deliver the goods ordered.
The Purchaser is obliged to collect the goods at the Vendor's place of business. The Vendor shall notify the Purchaser that the goods are ready for collection via telephone or e-mail message specified in the Purchase Order within five business days following the day on which the above conditions for the delivery of goods have been fulfilled.
The place of fulfilment in the case of collection of goods under points 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 shall be the Vendor's storage facility. The Vendor's obligation to deliver the goods ordered shall be considered fulfilled once the goods have been collected by the Purchaser at the agreed Place of Fulfilment or once the goods have been handed over to the forwarding agent for transport to the destination. From this moment, the Purchaser shall be responsible for any possible losses related to the goods (damage to the goods, loss, theft etc.).
The goods’ price does not include individual forwarding charges, which shall be added to the goods’ purchase price based on the weight and size of the parcel.
The Parties to this Contract have agreed that if the goods ordered by the Purchaser and dispatched by the Vendor are not collected by the Purchaser either from the forwarding agent or personally at the Vendor's place of business, the Vendor shall be entitled to require the Purchaser to pay a contractual fine (Purchase Order Cancellation Fee) amounting to $ 200, unless otherwise agreed on by the Parties.
If the goods (i.e. the deliverables) are sold based on a purchase order made by the consumer using means of remote communication (primarily e-shops on the Internet), the purchaser – consumer is entitled to withdraw from the contract within fourteen days following the day on which the delivery has been completed. This period shall be extended to three months provided the vendor has not provided the consumer with the information as required under § 53, Sections 4 and 5 of the Civil Code of the Czech Republic. If the information as required under § 53, Sections 4 and 5 of the Civil Code of the Czech Republic, is provided to the consumer at any moment within this three-month period, such period shall be considered expired and the fourteen-day period shall begin at that moment.
other contracts listed in applicable laws.
The consumer's notice of withdrawal from the contract concluded by means of remote communication has to be delivered to the supplier (vendor) within the withdrawal deadline. If the consumer uses his/her right to withdraw from the contract, he/she is obliged to return the goods completely and duly, i.e. in the original state and packaging, fit for further sale, intact and including all documentation handed over to the consumer. The consumer shall return the goods to the vendor's address. The withdrawal from the contract implies the obligation of all parties to return to each other everything that had previously exchanged hands. Direct expenses on returning the goods shall be the responsibility of the consumer. Following the consumer's withdrawal from the contract and the due return of goods, the vendor is obliged to return, without undue delay, the entire amount paid for the goods to the consumer. However, the vendor is entitled to deduct the amount paid by the vendor for the transport of goods.
Any contract concluded by means of remote communication can be withdrawn from by the consumer only under the conditions provided in the Civil Code of the Czech Republic (§ 49, § 517 Section 1, § 597, § 623, and § 679).
The term "consumer" in the above provisions refers to the client – purchaser who does not act within his/her business or other commercial activities at the conclusion of the contract.
If the Purchaser is an individual, he/she enters the following personal details into his/her Purchase Order: name and surname, full postal address, e-mail address, and telephone number. This information is necessary for the identification of the Purchaser and for any further communication.
If the Purchaser is a corporate body, the following information has to be entered in addition to the information above: company name, identification number, and VAT. If the Purchaser is a natural person, his/her identification number, VAT and information on the place of business have to be entered in addition to the information above. This information allows the carrying out of all the necessary accounting operations, the issuing of the invoice usually required by both Parties, as well as to identify the payment made by the Purchaser by means of wire transfer.
The Vendor is obliged to protect the Purchaser's personal data against any further disclosure and/or abuse. The above information is collected to increase the quality of the Vendor's services and the Vendor is by no means entitled to provide this information to any third parties without the Purchaser's prior consent.
By using the e-shop, the Purchaser agrees with the collection of personal data and data from his/her Purchase Orders according to the provisions above.
The Purchaser understands and agrees that in addition to the Business Terms and Conditions available on the Vendor's website or at the Vendor's office, the rights and obligations between the Vendor and the Purchaser, as well as the complaint procedure are regulated by the Vendor's Complaint Terms and Conditions which is also available on the Vendor's website or at the Vendor's office.
The Purchaser declares that he/she has read, understood and agreed with these Business Terms and Conditions, Purchaser's Business Terms and Conditions, and the Purchaser's Complaint Terms and Conditions prior to filling in and submitting the Purchase Order.
By filling in and submitting the electronic Purchase Order (or any other order form using the means of electronic communication, such as facsimile) the Purchaser also declares that he/she has been provided over his/her Internet browser the following information: information under the provisions of § 53, Section 4 of the Civil Code of the Czech Republic, i.e. Vendor's identification data (company name, identification number, registered office or address of residence in case of a natural person), the name and basic characteristics of the goods ordered, goods’ price, delivery expenses, methods of payment and shipment, information on the right to withdraw from the contract under § 53, Section 6 of the Civil Code of the Czech Republic, expenses on the use of means of remote communication, and the period of validity of any of the Vendor's offers and/or prices.

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PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING ON THE NAME YOUR PRICE DISPLAYS ("NYP”) WEBSITE. BY REGISTERING WITH THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS set FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE. NYP RESERVES THE RIGHT TO update OR MODIFY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO USER.
ALL USERS AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS.
NYP shall not be responsible for a User’s access or use of NYP’S website, and the lack of a User accessing or using NYP’S website shall in no way relieve the User of liability for any issues which may arise based on modification of such terms contained therein.
NYP is a retail website that sells displays, display accessories and associated items. Once a User submits a price on an item, they are commencing a sale and thus bound to following through with the payment process. Similarly, if a User completes the order process of an item on the website, a sale has commenced and NYP will collect payment via the method the User designates.
Users and NYP are separate and independent parties, and therefore no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by these Terms and Conditions.
A party who has not registered with NYP is limited to viewing the inventory and requesting limited information regarding Items in NYPS’s inventory and may not enter into any arrangement to either buy or sell Items through NYP without registering with NYP. HOWEVER ALL RESTRICTED VIEWERS AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
In order to enter into any arrangement or agreement to buy items through NYP’s website, the User must register through NameYourPriceDisplays.com. Upon registration, the User agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions set forth herein. Individuals must be age 18 or older in order to be permitted to register or bid on NYP’s website.
All Users of NYP expressly acknowledge and agree that they have read, understood and have accepted all Terms and Conditions herein.
User understands and agrees that NYP may, at its sole discretion, at any time, change, modify, add or delete any portion of these Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, without providing any notice to the User, merely by posting such changes on the NYP website.
NO ONE MAY MODIFY, COPY, REPRODUCE, REPUBLISH, UPLOAD, POST, TRANSMIT, OR DISTRIBUTE, IN ANY MANNER, THE MATERIAL ON THE SITE, INCLUDING TEXT, GRAPHICS, CODE AND/OR SOFTWARE WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF NYP. ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE MAY RESULT IN CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL PENALTIES. BOE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY AND ALL PENALTIES AVAILABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE.
Without limiting other remedies, NYP reserves the right at its sole discretion to limit, suspend, terminate, block or prohibit Users access to its site and services.
NYP will follow up an accepted offer via email to the registered email address of the User with an invoice/receipt for the item purchased. If in any instance, payment has not been processed or was unable to be processed the Payment is due immediately following delivery of the invoice notification. If Payment is not received by NYP within 2 business days following delivery of the invoice, NYP may cancel the Transaction.
Users expressly agree to fully cooperate with NYP to facilitate Payment processing on accepted offers.
BUYERS EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THEY SHALL COMPLETE, PRIOR TO THE TIME ORDERS SHALL BE SHIPPED, IF APPROPRIATE AND PRACTICAL, (AND IF NOT PRACTICAL, AS SOON AS SO REQUESTED OR REQUIRED) ANY AND ALL FORMS, SHIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER IMPOSED BY LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL AGENCIES OR THE PARTIES TO A TRANSACTION THEMSELVES.
1.If a written agreement has been granted by NYP prior to shipment.
2.In rare instances, the HARDWARE in an item may malfunction, NYP will replace it at no charge to the Buyer.
Important Note:Color reproduction cannot be guaranteed; nuances may not be visible on screen. If color accuracy is critical, please don’t choose a color based upon what you seen on screen. Screens do vary. Please ask for swatch samples of our fabric panels before ordering. We do our best to produce your graphics and 99% of our customers are 100% satisfied with our results. However, if the color accuracy of your artwork on graphic panels is critical, please order a proof. The cost is only $15.00 plus shipping. The cost of redoing all of your graphics could run as much as $2,000.
Buyer is solely responsible for any applicable local, state or federal taxes due from the Transaction.
All NYP Orders Are Shipped Via Our FedEx Account Ground, Unless Expedited Shipping Is Requested. We Do Not Ship On Third Party Accounts. NYP is not responsible for products damaged during shipping unless shipped on our FedEx account. Should shipment via NYP specified carrier be lost or damaged in transit, NYP will repair or replace said shipment at its discretion at no charge to the customer. NYP will not be responsible for any incidental claims for damages to the customer or their end user including, but not limited to, show costs, I & D costs, or expedited or overnight shipping charges. Replacement for lost or damaged shipment(s) by NYP carrier will be shipped same class of service originally requested by the customer. Should customer require upgraded/expedited delivery service, any additional shipping costs will be billed to and prepaid by the customer.
NYP MAKES NO EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THIS SITE, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR ITS SERVICES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NYP DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND ON ITS BEHALF AND ANY PARTY WHICH ACCESSES OR USES NYP’s WEBSITE MAY NOT RELY ON ANY STATEMENT OF WARRANTY. THE SITE AND/OR THE MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHIC ERRORS OR INACCURACIES. NYP DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE OR MATERIALS INCLUDING ANY OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE WHICH MATERIAL MAY ORIGINATE FROM ANOTHER WEB SITE. ANY PARTY WHICH ACCESSES OR USES NYP’s WEBSITE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY RELIANCE ON THE WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION AVAIALABLE ON NYP’s WEBSITE IS AT THE ACCESSOR’S OR USER’S SOLE RISK. NYP MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, CORRECT OR CHANGE THE SITE, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR ITS SERVICES AT ANY TIME.
NYP makes no warranty regarding the completeness, mechanical condition, marketability or suitability for any particular purpose of any Items sold on its website OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFICED.
NYP is not responsible for the safety, condition, operation or use of any Item listed on this website. All Items are sold "AS IS”.
NYP TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISREPRESENTATION, MISLEADING OR ACCURACY OF LISTING.
NEITHER NYP NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY OF THEM, SHALL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION IN ANY WAY WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE NYP’S WEBSITE, SERVICES OR APPLICATIONS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS COMPREHENSIVE, AND APPLIES TO ALL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATORY, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF DATA, PROGRAMS, INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES.
ANY DISPUTES ARISING FROM A TRANSACTION OR FAILURE TO COMPLETE A TRANSACTION SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THE BUYER AND THE SELLER.
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My teacher told me to stop daydreaming and focus on my work.
When I was in 3rd grade, the teacher saw me counting on my fingers and told me I needed to do math in my head. I knew I couldn’t do that, so I’d count objects around the classroom instead. When the teacher noticed me looking around the room, she told me to stop “daydreaming.” Since there were a lot of times I actually was off task and not paying attention, I got told to stop daydreaming on a regular basis.
What I didn’t know at the time was that, in addition to ADHD, I have dyscalculia.
People with dyscalculia have trouble learning and understanding numbers and mathematics, as well as difficulty with spatial reasoning, telling time, and dealing with quantified information. It’s analogous to dyslexia, only relating to numbers instead of letters, and to math instead of reading. It’s not that those of us with dyscalculia can’t learn math; it’s that we learn and understand math differently and need more practice with it. It isn’t a well-known or well-understood disability, and most people probably haven’t even heard of it. When you have a disability that’s hard to see and is rarely discussed, it’s important that you see it identified and represented in fiction. While dyslexia is more acknowledged than it used to be, dyscalculia is not. In this article, I want to explain what dyscalculia is and what it’s like, so writers can better understand the condition and use it in their work.
Dyscalculia doesn’t mean you’re just bad at math. It isn’t something that you can be educated out of. Nor is it a learning disability that makes you unable to do math. For people with dyscalculia, math is conceptualized differently. When, eventually, I learned rules or tricks for doing math (like the “finger trick” to quickly do problems with the 9s times table), I was able to perform math tasks well enough to pass my classes. But I still don’t understand why math works.
Dyscalculia can be mistaken for attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, and is often associated with it. About 20% of people with ADHD also have dyscalculia, as I do. Dyscalculia and its effects can be made worse by ADHD. ADHD makes it hard to work on something that isn’t interesting to you, and believe me, when you have dyscalculia, math is certainly not interesting.
The stigma against many invisible disabilities, from autism to dyslexia, often manifests as being made light of or joked about. A person might misread something and say “I’m being dyslexic,” or something similar. There’s little such stigma against dyscalculia, if only because it’s not well known. It may also be because many people feel they’re not good at math or just don’t like it. These attitudes can lead to a dismissal of dyscalculia as a genuine disability. I’ve personally had people tell me that it could be overcome if I “just tried harder” or “found the right teacher.” But this isn’t the case. Dyscalculia is not something to be cured, and it’s not a phase. Dyscalculia is a lifelong condition that is a part of who you are as a person. While coping strategies can mitigate its effects on your life, it can’t ever be outgrown, changed, “cured,” or corrected.
When I was trying to learn the multiplication tables in school, I had to learn each one separately. The idea that 6 x 7 was the same as 7 x 6 didn’t make any sense to me. After all, D-O-G isn’t the same as G-O-D. And 1 + 3 + 7 is the same as 7 + 3 + 1, but 137 is not the same as 731. Rules such as the transitive and commutative properties don’t make much sense to most people with dyscalculia.
Like my 3rd-grade self, many of us with dyscalculia use our fingers to count, long after our peers have stopped. I struggle to memorize math facts since it takes more effort for someone with dyscalculia to remember numerical information.
It’s also common for us to have trouble measuring and estimating distance, volume, and time without using measuring devices. I can’t tell how fast something is moving (20 miles an hour? 60 miles an hour?), how far away something is from me (3 feet? 6 feet?), or how much is in a glass or other container (1 cup? 2 cups?). This has made sports, driving, cooking, and a whole host of everyday activities more challenging.
Telling time on an analog clock is hard. Time in general is a flexible thing. I’ll make dinner for my family and it’ll be ready half an hour early or late unless I set a timer at each step. I arrive early or late to appointments. I try for early; I wait a lot.
No matter how many times I’ve traveled somewhere, I can’t seem to form a concept of how long it will take me to get there. Using a travel timetable (or GPS and map apps) I can find out how long it will take to get somewhere, but if that time were wildly inaccurate, I wouldn’t recognize the discrepancy. Likewise, telling how long it’s been since something happened is difficult.
Directions are also confusing. I have a good sense of direction and can follow maps, but I can’t tell you which is my left or right hand without thinking about it. For some reason, though, cardinal directions aren’t as difficult.
Making sense of money is hard. It helps that coins are different sizes as well as different values, and that bills have words and pictures on them. But since each piece of money is different, why do they add up to something else? It doesn’t make sense. It’s as if someone told you there are three chairs around a table, so you have one couch. It’s frustrating and embarrassing to try to make change or to figure out a restaurant tip without a calculator.
Over time, someone with dyscalculia may adapt to it, or may never find ways to adapt. They may accept it as part of who they are or fight against it. But in any case, it’s a part of who they are, and it always will be.
Fiction writers can include dyscalculia in their work if they approach it sensitively. Since it’s an “invisible” disability, characters with dyscalculia or those around them may be unaware of the condition. It might be dismissed as not a serious disability (“Just practice, you can learn!”) or the character could be treated with scorn or anger (“Why can’t you do this? It’s so simple!”) Alternatively, their dyscalculia might cause others to treat them as less intelligent (“You can’t even add two numbers?”). It could also be overlooked, since the condition can be a part of someone’s life without dominating their life – it might only affect certain activities. Seeing these attitudes confronted and resisted in fiction would’ve meant a lot to me as a kid.
David Howard is a short-story writer and novelist who lives in Wauwatosa, WI with his wife, two sons, and a grumpy cat. He's been a writer since he could hold a pencil. When he isn't writing, he's reading, dreaming, and on the internet.
This is one of those disabilities few people talk about, and those of us who deal with it — hide it. I got a lot of math shaming as a kid, so it’s nice to know I’m not alone.
I stumbled along this article while I was looking at another – and I can’t believe that other people struggle with this as much as I do. I have thought for the longest time that I was simply just bad at numbers, or likened it to having dyslexia for numbers, but it was never taken seriously. I didn’t know that dyscalculia was a thing!
Thank you for sharing your experiences with it!
Totally agree. I feel as if I’ve struggled with this also throughout my life.
Great blog! I’m really glad I stumble upon your blog. As a future educator, this post has really opened up my eyes. I’ve always heard of dyslexia, but never dyscalculia. I believe that this disability should be more noticed, this could really help students who are dyscalculia and they don’t even know it.
Wow, this is an interesting read. I have never heard of dyscalculia before, honestly, at first, I thought you spelled dyslexia wrong. Reading your blog post opened my eyes to truly seeing the unawareness that our education system and even the world around us has to invisible disorders. I believe that it is important for such disorders to be more confronted and talked about whether it be in fiction and even the classroom. No one should ever be dismissed for something they cannot help. As a future educator myself, I want to be aware of my students’ struggles and areas of learning that they can’t grasp easily. The learner should not have to work at this alone, it should be a joint effort from all parties involved in their education. As well, the classroom must engage various learners.
Awesome post, I really enjoyed learning about dyscalculia.
Great post! It’s very informative. Many times teachers along with parents overlook the possibility that a child and/or adult may have a disability. Instead they are perceived as being difficult or not staying on task, I believe this post give educators a more open eye and understanding that it may not be that the child isn’t listening or off task etc. the child may just have a disability preventing them from doing what is asked of them.
Great blog post! It is really important that educators and anyone involved in education be aware of more learning disabilities and the signs of them. Too often kids with disabilities that aren’t visually evident are left struggling through school and not getting the proper attention they need to get an effective education. I think you’re right that more literature coming out that discusses these disabilities and shows kids not to be ashamed if they are struggling whether its because of a disability or not.
Awesome blog! I’m really glad I came upon your blog today. As a future educator myself, this post has really opened up my eyes as well as made me ponder deeply reading through your blog! I’ve always heard of dyslexia, but I never heard anything about dyscalculia. Clearly, there is so much to learn everyday on a daily basis about our world and our people in it. I think that this disability should be more noticed and talked more about. I think this could really help not only those who are dyscalculia, but as well as those who are around them. I’ve always thought that knowledge is power! Being a future educator, it is extremely important for me to know all my students well as well as their struggles. Again, interesting and exceptionally informative post. Thank you for sharing, as I enjoyed reading this.
I am a 25 year old college student who is pursuing a degree in early education. I have severe ADD. Every day is a complete struggle to get through without forgetting everything. I attend counseling and therapy for it now to help me understand how to sort my thoughts and prioritize. I struggled all through elementary and high school with it before I was evaluated and diagnosed about four years ago. My teachers always told me that I didn’t try hard enough and that I was carless. As a future educator I feel as though it is vital for teachers to be able to recognize and understand that these disabilities are indeed real. Teachers need to be knowledgeable of the specific needs of students with disabilities so they can be successful in learning just as the rest of the class.
This post is amazing. I have to say I have never heard of dyscalculia, but I have heard of the other learning disabilities and disabilities as a whole. I also can relate a little to this post, because when I was first starting school I was told that I was slightly autistic and dyslexia. Even though I only am low on the spectrum there are still several things that are hard for me to understand and comprehend. Most of these areas are not in school but more in socializing. Thank you also for mentioning that people need to accept that the learning disability is part of who they are. It is also essential for classmates, parents, and teachers to accept it as well. As someone who wants to teach one day, this article is extremely helpful. Even though I do not have dyscalculia it makes me aware of another learning disability to be aware of and gives me information to help students with dyscalculia.
First of all, thank you so much for being open and sharing what you have experienced. As a future educator, I find it necessary to learn all the possible things students can struggle with that way I am aware of how I can help in the classroom by being sensitive to the student and learning different learning strategies. I had never heard of Dyscalculia before, but after reading this article I definitely know many friends and family who struggle with this as well.
I noticed that you said “finding the right teacher” wouldn’t necessarily help and I understand that this wouldn’t make dyscalculia disappear but I do believe the right teacher can instill confidence in a student so that they believe they can learn. Maybe their learning isn’t like everyone else, but NO ONE learns exactly the same way. A good teacher has the flexibility to allow and encourage students to learn the best way they can.


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Since Halloween is right around the corner, many students are thinking about what costumes to wear, with whom they’re trick-or-treating, and most importantly, what kinds of candy they hope to receive! Whether it’s handing out the candy or receiving it, all teens and adults cheat a little bit with some sweet treats.. Everyone has their favorite candies. Some people enjoy sweets such as chocolates, while others prefer sour and salty. According to the Daily Mail online, the “25 Most Popular Candies on Halloween” conclude their list with unpopular choices like Life Savers, Whoppers, and Licorice; while Skittles, M & M’s and Snickers lead at the first, second and third spots respectively. So what candies do students prefer at Hubbard High School?
A popular choice aside from those of the chocolate lovers is the sweet snack:Skittles. In this way, Hubbardites agree with the national poll. When asked what his favorite candy was, sophomore Anthony Gagliardi responded with, “Skittles because I like to taste the rainbow, and there are many different flavors.” It seems that the catchy rainbow phrase is as popular as the candy itself; in fact the “Taste the Rainbow” phrase may have contributed to the candy’s popularity.
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Patna: Noted surgeon of Patna and social activist Dr Narendra Prasad has been elected new president of Arogya Bharati. He is founder trustee of Arogya Bharati and was working as national vice president.
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What will the twentieth century be remembered for above all else? Will it be the computer, the automobile, penicillin, landing on the moon? What will stand out for future centuries the way we remember the Black Plague in the fourteenth century? It’s the Holocaust. That darkest of deeds, the murder of six million Jews, will forever stain the history of the twentieth century.
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The Israelis and other Jews in the world have suffered for centuries. The world should heartily endorse their nation and support their defending themselves as a kind of moral reparation. For the Israelis it’s an old story. Eighty years of indignities and mayhem throughout the titanic struggle for their nation, resisted at every turn by virtually everyone. Instead of the universal applause they deserve, they get censure. The world judges Israel differently.
A Palestinian leader recently suggested that there was plenty of room in the U.S. for six million Israelis. They should move to North America. That was his solution to the current strife. It’s not such a bad idea. The Israelis would be a great plus for any nation. Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia will never be what they could have been without their Jewish populations. What a different and better place Cuba would be had they let the St. Louis embark its passengers and then continued to accept Jewish refugees. Of course, an Israeli migration to the U.S. won’t happen. No other nation can be trusted to permanently treat its Jewish population fairly and honorably. In the U.S. we’ve begun to accomplish that. Yet a mild form of anti-Semitism still exists in the U.S. It’s not the virulent hatred of the Arab world, but it is something.
Years ago I wrote down this thought: We will never stamp out anti-Semitism until we stop blaming Jews for behavior that everyone exhibits. I heard it just the other day. Someone told me that an antique dealer was more interested in the money than the antiques because he was Jewish. Never mind that virtually all dealers I’ve ever dealt with are quite the same. No one mentions any other race when we talk about human shortcomings.
Someone is always trying to make the Jews out as different. But they are not different. In 1971 I went to Miami with a new franchise for selling drinking water through vending units in high-rises and condominiums. I worked from Miami Beach to Hallandale, an area that had a large Jewish population. In one day I would talk with more Jews than I had in my entire lifetime. Many of these people were from New York and were especially targeted by racial stereotyping. I was pioneering a new concept that was the defining business struggle of my life. It required I make hundreds of cold calls. I could not have been treated with more courtesy, warmth or fairness. When I sold the business a year and a half later I scratched my head about the roots of anti-Semitism. I concluded that it’s nothing but a lie; a lie that needs to be confronted. Whenever we hear such comments, we need to speak up and correct them.
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