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Several Working Groups, Subcommittees and Ad Hoc Groups have been established by the Sanctuary Advisory Council to address specific issues or topics that require focused attention and/or are best handled in smaller group settings. To view a chart of these sub-groups of the SAC, click here.
Working Groups are composed of SAC members and persons outside the Council. All Working Groups are chaired by a member of the Council and function under the purview of the SAC. A number of standing Working Groups have been formed to provide the Council with ongoing input on such areas as education, fishing, conservation issues, port and harbor interests, and military activities. In addition, task-specific Working Groups are occasionally established by the Council to address specific issues, and then are disbanded once final advice is submitted to the SAC.
As with all SAC meetings, Working Group meetings are open to the public, and participation is welcomed. The list below provides e-mail links to Advisory Council and Sanctuary staff contacts for each Working Group. To inquire about a particular Working Group, contact the appropriate persons listed below.
The primary purpose of the RAP will be to review research priorities related to management of the Sanctuary, to promote, encourage and review research projects in the Sanctuary, and to provide scientific advice to the Sanctuary Advisory Council. In addition the RAP will assist Sanctuary management with the organization and dissemination of information about research activities within the Sanctuary and provide a mechanism for facilitating the integration of marine research and policy.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council on Sanctuary-related issues of concern or interest to the conservation community.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council regarding commercial fishing-related issues at the Channel Islands.
To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council regarding recreational fishing-related issues at the Channel Islands.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council concerning Chumash Community-related issues, activities or interests at or near the Channel Islands.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) on marine educational issues related to the Sanctuary; to recommend a suite of education strategies, programs and products to support marine reserves (existing or potentially new) at the Channel Islands.
SAC Subcommittees and Ad Hoc Groups are formed occasionally to address short-term tasks or issues. The SAC utilizes subcommittees and ad hoc groups to organize members into small working units based on shared interests or expertise, or simply given a need to work more efficiently in a smaller group setting. Subcommittees and Ad Hoc groups are composed only of SAC members or alternates. For more information, contact the individuals listed below.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council (in 2013) that will help enhance the visibility and marketability of the sanctuary and contribute to the sustainability of sanctuary programs.
Purpose: The working group aims to bring together stakeholders, agencies, experts, and industry representatives to develop recommendations on: reducing the risk of ship strikes on endangered whales; decreasing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; improving navigational safety and promoting efficient maritime shipping throughout the region; and reducing conflicts with other ocean users (e.g. naval operations).
Task: With regard to the possibility of large ships striking blue whales within the Santa Barbara Channel region, the Subcommittee will make short term (2008) recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council on precautionary steps and emergency response actions that agencies and other parties can take. The Subcommittee will also discuss and detail expectations and roles of a future potential working group to address longer-term solutions to reducing ship strikes.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council concerning military-related issues, activities or interests at or near the Channel Islands.
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Sanctuary Advisory Council regarding the Sanctuary-related interests of local ports and harbors.
Tasks: 1) to synthesize and provide to the SAC information about water quality programs, organizations and issues along the Santa Barbara and Ventura County coasts, the Santa Barbara channel, and the Channel Islands; 2) to provide advice on how the SAC should proceed with regard to developing a recommendation on how CINMS should address water quality threats to sanctuary resources.
Task: Working closely with NOAA economists, to provide advice on how the SAC and CINMS should proceed with regard to developing a socio-economic monitoring program for (yet to be established) marine reserves at the Channel Islands.
Tasks: 1) To consult with law enforcement agency representatives to offer advice on how plans for the enforcement of marine reserves (yet to be established) at the Channel Islands can be made effective and responsive to user group concerns; 2) to work through the SAC to bring draft enforcement planning ideas to the public for review and give the community an opportunity to provide additional input.

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1. Lower price. A home that needs work likely will be less expensive. Such properties rarely list at full market price.
a major advantage welcomed in particular by first-time homebuyers or house hunters competing for homes in areas with low inventory.
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The voices heard from plane passengers on 9/11 may have been faked. The movie Fail Safe discusses this. It is standard procedure to intercept all aircraft (bogies) and assume them hostile until proven safe. On 9/11 all 4 jets should have been intercepted.
This movie made in 2000 is a remake of a 1964 movie, showing that voice morphing and aircraft interception are technologies that existed before 9/11/2001. Interception of unidentified bogies happens "5 or 6 times a month".

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Boruto -Naruto the Movie- has just released in Japan and after the first three days at the box office, the film has earned over ¥680 Million (~ $5.46 Million USD). It is the highest earning film in the franchise in a three day period.
The film is the 11th overall film in the Naruto franchise and is the first film set after the events of the manga. It opened in 268 theatres across Japan with an opening weekend of ¥409 Million (~ $3.29 Million USD). After the three day period, the film is currently out grossing the previous film, The Last -Naruto the Movie-, by 115.1% in its opening 3 days. Despite this, the previous film had an opening weekend of ¥515 Million (~ $4.27 million USD), where Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie opened with ¥446 Million USD (~ $3.8 Million USD). The Last -Naruto the Movie- earned a total of ¥2 Billion (~ $16 Million USD) after its entire run and Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie ended at ¥ 1.46 billion (~ $12.4 million USD).
Even though the manga ended, I haven’t taken a break. I am currently thinking about a story between Boruto and Sarada. Sasuke and Sakura will be in it, too. I am also thinking about Boruto’s lethal technique.


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We will walk through creating a Volunteer Science application called Scorpion Fight using the Financial Game template. You do not need to be familiar with any programming language to use a Volunteer Science Template.
To use this tutorial, I recommend using 2 browser windows. The first with this page, and the second to do your work.
You can always get to your research team page by clicking Research at the top of any Volunteer Science page, then choosing your team. In another tab, go there now.
Near the bottom you see Add New Experiment. Type Scorpion Fight, choose the Financial Game template and press Add.
You have created a new experiment. You can return to your experiment page at any time from your Research Team Page then choosing your new experiment from the list.
Your new application is In Development which means it won't yet show up for Volunteer Science users until it is written and tested.
A template comes with several parameters or Variables. We will discuss these next. Let's begin by launching a demonstration of your new app.
Under Launch Demonstration Leave Number of Participants as 2. Click Launch.
This brings you to the waiting room. From the demonstration waiting room, you can invite other users to play with the link, or you can join as the other players. When you click Subject 2 it will bring up the second player in another tab. You should probably move this to its own browser window (right click on the tab).
Here is the default financial game template. Try clicking on A or B as each player.
Most applications will have a few parameters or variables that can configure details about the experiment. They are listed near the top of your Application configuration screen.
Let's customize our game. First let's change the button names. Set Choice 1 Text to Left Claw and Choice 2 Text to Tail.
Press Update then Launch at the top.
Note that the buttons changed.
Some variables consist of a table or matrix of parameters. The Financial Game has such a matrix, called payoff. In this case the row represents your choice, and the column represents the other player's choice. 0,0 means that you picked Button 1 (Left Claw) and your opponent also picked Button 1(Left Claw) therefore, you get 1 point (as does your opponent).
Let's change this. First, add a 3rd button by setting the Choice 3 Text to Right Claw. Click Update in the Variables section.
Change the payoff matrix to a 3 x 3 matrix and click Update.
A Left Claw always pinches for 1 point.
An un-blocked Tail stings for 5 points.
A Right Claw can grab the opponents Tail if he tries for a sting, giving you 3 points. Otherwise you get 0.
Update your table accordingly then choose Update then Launch at the top.
Congratulations! You have created your first Volunteer Science application. To read about the other variables in the Financial Game vist the documentation here.

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What do the Schools Say About the Irlen Method?
We trained 15 intervention teachers as Irlen Screeners for the Santa Maria-Bonita School District. Most screenings are completed as part of the Student Success Process, and students are provided with the necessary overlays. I have supported the Irlen Method since 1990 when I was trained as a screener.
As the Learning Strategy Coordinator at Stanford University, I have been interested and involved for over 30 years with a number of methodologies for enhancing the student's process of learning. Since my initial training as an Irlen Screener, I have used the Irlen questions and have identified dozens and dozens of students who have gone on to use the Irlen lenses. One example is a second year medical student in the Medical Program at Stanford University who was a slow reader and always got headaches while reading. With her Irlen overlay, her reading speed immediately increased from 145 words per minute to 190 words per minute with comprehension.
I have been an Irlen Screener for almost five years, yet have believed in the Irlen method for at least a decade. I have screened over 100 people, including public school students and many of their parents. Vast improvements in reading fluency are common. The teachers at Ocean View have been continually impressed with the immediate improvement they notice when students use their overlays. They have come to trust the Irlen method.
The Irlen Method has been an amazingly simple and effective way to diagnose and provide support for students who struggle with reading. We have found that students who can be helped in no other way have success with using this method. I would consider this an essential component to a successful program providing a comprehensive program of reading support and instruction.
According to our records, approximately 40% of the learners who come to our literacy program have moderate to severe Irlen Syndrome. Many of our learners have been misdiagnosed as dyslexic. Upon being screened and receiving their colored overlays, they have been able to improve their reading and writing skills, accomplish more in a shorter time, retain their lessons better, and more completely comprehend what they read. I just received a call from a student who I assessed in high school who just graduated with her Master’s Degree from Berkeley and wanted to let me know that her Irlen Filters had ‘saved her life’.
My research studies have identified Irlen Syndrome as a primary reason that students avoid reading and struggle with reading and learning. With the appropriate colored transparencies, college students gained nearly four grade levels in reading and middle school students gained from one year to five years in reading. Irlen Syndrome is the principal and most widespread “invisible” barrier to reading and learning for upwards of forty percent of student populations.
I have been an Irlen Screener for my school for some 10 years. I have witnessed many miracles. I am a strong proponent of the use of Irlen Filters. I know that it works.
Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome testing is an integral part of our screening process for dyslexia and related disorders. Using appropriately prescribed (Irlen) colored overlays and/or filters often provides a successful treatment tool.
The teachers involved with these students report that the Irlen overlay filters are the instrument responsible for the pupil's improvement in terms of reading skills. If, out of every 200 special education students enrolled in our district, 25 children are returned to the regular programs, a substantial cost reduction would be achieved.
For the offender population, over 50% of whom are learning disabled, the Irlen Method offers a new way of approaching the problems of LD.
To date, I have not witnessed any other educational technique that has had such an immediate impact on an individual's reading ability.
Our feeling as disinterested outsiders is that the technique developed by Helen Irlen addresses a severe, unmet need in the community, has promise, and has benefited many individuals but requires further validation. We are dealing here with a technology that is emerging and whose efficacy has yet to be fully established, in terms of non--nal scientific standards and to the satisfaction of funding agencies and policy makers. We look forward to seeing the results of further work in this fascinating area.
We have been convinced of the value of Irlen Filters. All special education referrals must have a SSS screening as part of the referral process. Secondly, we have placed over 800 colored overlays in our schools to be used by students. We have evidence of children in three months going from non-reader to grade level reader and no longer a behavior problem, children going from a C/D student to an A/B student on one report period, and attendance has gone from chronic absences with stomachaches to regular attendance; and a dyslexic 12 year old who could not read the most simple of reading material, in spite of four years in a special education resource room, being able to read a book at the 4th grade level immediately upon placing on the colored filters.
The Chawanakee Joint School District feels that the district program of screening for SSS and prescribing (Irlen) colored overlays and/or filters is an essential part of the overall reading program. It gives them every opportunity possible to learn as much as they are able. The teachers report that it changes non-readers into readers, enables others to read longer, and enhances speed and comprehension for others.
We are finding a disproportionately high incidence of Scotopic Sensitivity among underprepared and underachieving college students. Students with SSS reporting reading problems made significant gains in both rate and comprehension on the same reading test with use of (Irlen) colored overlays. This is the key toward their personal and professional goals.
We have added Scotopic Sensitivity Screening as an intervention procedure. This has resulted in many non-readers using (Irlen) colored overlays and/or filters and has prevented the need of special education services. Because of the use of (Irlen) colored overlays and/or filters, our special education referrals have been greatly reduced. We are indeed appreciative of being able to identify those students who can be better helped through Scotopic technology rather than years of special education.
We allow many students to slip through the cracks of the educational system. If a student can be helped by a simple overlay, why would you choose not to take advantage of this method? The Irlen Filters are a solution to one aspect of the problem.
Our local Rotary clubs raised the money to train school staff how to test for SSS. Our results were exciting because over 200 leaming disabled students were tested and over 75% have SSS and were helped in their reading, writing, comprehension, and math. This is a simple, common sense approach. The cost is minimal and the results are maximum.
This (Irlen) technique has tremendous potential to restore individual self-esteem, reduce the school drop-out rate, and impact on the reduction of behavioral problems in children. We eventually hope to make SSS screening and treatment a universal practice in all Erie area schools.
We are excited about the potential the Irlen Method holds for the offender/ex-"I feel that physicians should have open minds and consider all avenues to creating successful students. The Irlen Filters may not be the answer for everyone; but for those who have reading difficulties of a specific perceptual nature, they do help. They give students a tool to use for better education.
As a Director overseeing exceptional student education for the Dade County Public School system in Miami, Florida, I am extremely skeptical of any new or unique techniques. Since piloting the Irlen Approach to Reading, the percentage of students that have been helped to increase their perceptual reading ability is genuinely impressive, and I endorse promoting the technique to a larger number of students.
I have recommended to the Texas Rehabilitation Commission that the (Irlen) screening and treatment technique be adopted as it is now currently approved in several other states' rehabilitation commissions.
After the completion of the Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome Project at Onate High School with learning disabled students, the response from not only the parents of these students, but the Las Cruces staff was overwhelming. Referrals appeared from everywhere! Parents of elementary students called; parents of mid-school students called; staff referred themselves and their own children. It was astounding!
We trained pre-screeners and the screening process was in full swing! Unable to keep up with the referral demand, four screeners processed as many as they could handle. Students using overlays reported dynamic changes in their abilities to focus on the written page. Parents phoned to say that their children were reading at home, independent of an adult for assistance. Teachers reported their observations of students' motivation to read using their overlays.
We have lost one screener. The referrals take up an entire file drawer. We are working on our IDEA-B federal grant to train one individual in each school and three individuals in each secondary school. The goal is to have screeners in all buildings. The Chapter I Reading Lab teachers will also pursue training.
The Las Cruces Public Schools has 21,000 students enrolled. We have a population of 2,000 students enrolled in our special education programs. Our goal is to implement Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome screening into the Building screening Committees, hopefully to diagnose symptoms of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and to provide remedial strategies and overlays to prevent special education placement. Wouldn’t that be terrific?
I wanted you to know what an impact your technology has had on banning unified school district. We have added scotopic sensitivity screening as an intervention procedure at the student resource team level. This has resulted in many non-readers being recognized as having scotopic sensitivity, and these students' use of the coloured overlays has prevented need of special education services. Because of the number of overlays now being utilized at one site, our special education referrals have been greatly reduced.
We are currently utilizing three levels of screening in our district. The pass is utilized by trained aides and volunteers, and those scoring high on this test are then referred to the site screener for more in-depth assessment. The next level for those still identified at risk and in need of more than the overlays would be referred to our diagnostic screeners who have been trained by you.
We are indeed appreciative of your contribution and help in identifying those students who can be better helped through scotopic technology rather than years of special education. Special education has a big job serving those with special needs who cannot be remediated in other ways, and scotopic screening has helped to make that job easier.
Deer Valley Unified School District has contracted with Mrs. Abromovitz, who is a consummate professional, on an on-going basis for Scotopic screenings for students who have been experiencing difficulties with visual perceptual processing. Deer Valley Unified School District , being the fiduciary agent and member of the pilot project, has been extensively involved in learning about the syndrome via in-services and training and has become significantly aware of what can occur when the difficulty is discovered and remediation occurs. Many of our students have benefited by the screenings, overlays and lenses. It has made a difference in the lives and learning of these students and their families.
This note is to let you know of our successes in the Page School District since you came to Page and trained our first set of 15 screeners in April 1992. In addition, ten more screeners were trained.
We have over 250 students and staff in the elementary, middle school and high school using overlays. Students are able to read longer, attend to task better and improve reading skills with the use of overlays.
Teachers feel it is important to identify students with symptoms of SSS and refer them to the screeners. We are modifying the lighting in the classroom by turning off one bank of fluorescent lights. We allow students to wear hats and encourage the use of overlays. We are making a difference for many students.
I am writing this letter to advise you of the implementation of the Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome program into our school district.
Jurupa Unified School District's enrollment is approximately 17,000; we operate 15 elementary schools, two middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, and two continuation high schools. Our ethnic breakdown is approximately 50% Caucasian, 40% Hispanic, 8% Afro-American, and 2% Asian and other. The community is middle class to poverty with some areas of upper-income properties.
I first became aware of the Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome through the "60 Minutes" television program. Initially, I was a disbeliever and had resisted efforts on the part of my psychological staff to implement the program. However, after discovering that 1, in fact, have the syndrome and now wear the lenses for reading, I became somewhat more interested!
We trained selected special education staff members, i.e. Psychologists, Remedial Reading Specialists, to provide SSS/Irlen screening services for students referred by teachers. At the end of the school year, we reviewed 199 middle school students who were screened and provided colored overlays. Of the 199 students, staff reported 90 had shown some level of improvement; twenty-five were reintegrated into regular education and dropped from special education. It was the opinion of the teachers involved with these students that the lrlen overlay filters were responsible for the pupils' reading improvement.
At interest here is the fact that, out of every 200 special education students enrolled in our district, we can return 25 to the regular program, a substantial cost reduction would be achieved. For example: Approximately 1,600 students are enrolled in the district's non-severely handicapped learning disability program. If we could return 200 students to regular programs and reduce eight special education classes, that would be a savings of approximately $800,000 a year to our district.
My name is Cynthia Stone. I have lived in Acushnet for 20 years, but I have taught at the Acushnet Elementary School for 26 years. For the last 7 years, I have been assigned to the Special Needs Department working with children in grades 3, 4, and 5.
Historically when a child was evaluated and placed on an Individual Education Plan (I.E.P.), he or she remained on that I.E.P. for the rest of their school career. Recent research has discovered that the success of most pull-out remedial programs was less than originally anticipated. Therefore, recent legislation has encouraged school systems to keep children in the mainstream classroom. In Acushnet, we feel that we are successfully working toward this goal. A large part of our success is attributed to the use of Irlen Overlays.
In the last 4 years 16 children, reading I to 2 years below grade level, have been fitted with Irlen overlays, remediated, and mainstreamed into general education reading. These children are now reading at grade level or within 6 months of grade level.
During the school year, 141 students were using the Irlen Overlays. Thirty-three of these students were receiving Special Needs services for Reading. Of the 33 students currently receiving special needs reading services, 16 were successfully mainstreamed back into the general education classroom for reading and related subjects.
Of the 108 general education students using overlays, all 108 could be potential special needs students if their reading difficulties associated with light sensitivity were not addressed and their reading deficits remediated at an early age. Most of our students with SSS are screened 'in grades 2 - 3 or 4. Our referrals come mainly from homeroom teachers. We have also made SSS screening part of our pre-referral process. Any child having reading difficulty is screened for SSS before any other type of testing is performed.
Based on our success rate, we believe that students in other communities across the State may also benefit from Scotopic Sensitivity Screening. Such a procedure may reduce the number of students with reading difficulties and is 'in line with the State Legislature's and Department of Education's goals to reduce the number of Special Needs students in the state of Massachusetts.
The following article was published in the Texas Reading Report, the newsletter for the Texas State Reading Association.
I have been an Irlen screener for about three years now, and have been screening the children in our university reading clinic each semester. Belton ISD 36 teachers were trained to screen children in Belton. The goal of that district was to have at least one screener on each elementary campus by the fall. The response of the teachers has been overwhelming.
Part of our elementary education program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor each semester involves educating our pre-service teachers about Irlen Syndrome. Because I work directly with "at-risk" children each semester, I see the "casualties" of poorly trained reading teachers. "Poorly trained," in my opinion, also includes those educators lacking knowledge of Irlen Syndrome, a problem that is clearly adding to the frustration of many of our disabled readers.
Thank you for your continued dedication and support of those who believe in this program as you do. It has become for me both a "personal and professional passion." For the sake of our children, I am hopeful that someday the program will count as many reading educators among its ranks as it does psychologists. Until that happens, at least in this state, there is little hope that the program will be embraced by the public schools. I will certainly continue to do whatever I can to work toward that end.

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What’s The Best Way To Learn A New Language?
There are a lot of options for studying a new language.You can stay at home and learn it through an app or you can travel across the globe and learn it from the locals.
Each option will give you the ability to know some words, order your favourite meal at a restaurant and ask where the toilet is. But, applying to an intensive one-on-one course is the very best option if you’re looking to become fluent in a new language. We’re going to share with you why in this blog post.
An intensive one-on-one course is exactly what it sounds like. You and a teacher, studying your language of choice in a classroom. No other students to distract you from your learning and no other students for your teacher to answer to.
Working one-on-one has many advantages over group learning. It becomes more focused, the teacher is able to build a plan for you and you stay more engaged in the lesson.
One-on-one classes cut out distractions giving students more bang for their buck.
At Keats School in Kunming, China, we offer intensive one-on-one Mandarin classes that range from 4 hours a day/20 hours a week to 6 hours a day/30 hours a week.
The one-on-one Chinese program at Keats School has been the most popular program since opening in 2004. It provides students with the opportunity to practice their spoken Chinese and get real-time corrections, unlike an app.
Before starting an intensive course at Keats, students speak with their teacher to prepare a customized lesson based on requirements and language wants.
This means the course is 100% customized to you and that’s a huge bonus for a lot of travel abroad students. Why sit on a couch and speak into an app or sit in a classroom with 30 other students, when you can sit in a private room with a teacher and work one-on-one on your language skills?
Everyone learns differently and having the opportunity to use your preferred learning technique is another bonus of one-on-one learning.
Did you know there are three major types of learning? You’re either a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner. Knowing what type of learner you are before starting your course, gives you the chance to talk with your teacher about what works best for you.
A German psychologist named Hermann Ebbinghaus said that people learn more when they space out learning out rather than cramming it all together. By signing up for an intensive class, you have the ability to space out your learning throughout the week since you can choose to study for only 4 hours a day.
Ebbinghaus also mentioned that people remember things better when they link them to personal experiences. For example, book in Mandarin is Shū. Some students have found that if they think about a book in a shoe, this little personal image helps them remember the Mandarin word better.
Knowing what techniques work for you and sharing those with your teacher will benefit your study abroad experience. Your teacher will take your strengths into consideration and create a study plan and worksheets that work best for you.
They’re with you every step of the way during your language learning.
There’s a very popular saying that “no question is a silly question” and while we all are taught that, there still remains some intimidation asking a question in front of a group of people for the fear of it sounding silly.
When you decide to study with solely the teacher in the room, that problem will never appear.
You will form a bond with your teacher, allowing you to relax and ask any question on your mind. You don’t have to be scared of sounding silly, or forgetting what book in Mandarin is, your teacher is there to walk with you while you become fluent.
One of the most common barriers to conversing in a new language is the fear of making mistakes. Imagine that you’re in a big classroom full of other students, you may not feel as comfortable speaking in front of everyone else.
With a one-on-one study experience, you’re the only one in the room with the teacher, so you have to talk.
You may still feel uncomfortable, but having no one else in the room will allow you the ability to learn from your mistakes.
Speaking to your teacher will show them that you’re interested in learning and conversing with them to better your skills. They’ll appreciate your effort and even help you when you make a mistake.
The more you speak with your one-on-one teacher, the more comfortable you’ll be speaking your language of choice outside of the classroom.
While each intensive one-on-one course is different, Keats School offers personal study plans, the best Mandarin teachers, anytime start dates and full services including study, food and accommodation.
Keats School offers a number of different study programs and we’ve seen ultimate success with the intensive one-on-one course. Our students leave Keats on their way to fluency, with improved self-confidence and the ability to take their language learning back to their corporate jobs.
If you’re interested in Keats School, click here for more information about our one-on-one study option.


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What Does Clickfunnels Do – Is Clickfunnels Right for Your Business?
Clickfunnels incorporates all these and more, offering them in a comprehensive, unified package so you won’t have to deal with them one by one. As long as you own a company, Clickfunnels has that particular funnel that is just right for you.
Because Clickfunnels simplifies the ENTIRE sales and marketing funnel process, it is the most popular sales funnel tool available.There are so many different types of sales funnels. Each of them needing to be designed specifically for a certain client. So, they need to be built in a way that they attract your desired customer. There are funnels for webinars, revenue, membership sites, and subscriber list and each one are quite different from the other. The fantastic thing is that ClickFunnels has you covered.
With ClickFunnels, users are treated to some a wide variety of pre-built sales funnels and all they have to do is choose the one which matches their business requirements. Selling a subscription and peddling an e-book may be similar in terms of these trying to make a sale, but they need to be handled differently. Clickfunnels really speeds up the process of getting your sales funnel up and running; saving you a lot of time, and in some cases money.
Once you have chosen your funnel, you want to get a template. With ClickFunnels, you are treated to many different templates and all of them are tested and proven to work. Since Clickfunnels have already tested these templates, it really speeds up the period of time for A/B testing. Clickfunnels has already removed the templates that do not perform well.


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Every business needs cash available in order to pay their bills and expenses on time, so it is important to balance the timing and amount of money flowing into and out of your business each week and month.
'Cash' is the amount of money available to your business - including coins, notes, money in your bank account, any unused overdraft facility and foreign currency and deposits that can be quickly converted into your currency.
Cash does not include any money or value owned by the business that cannot be accessed quickly - eg long-term deposits that cannot be quickly withdrawn, money owed to your business by customers, stock or assets.
In order to make a profit, most businesses have to produce and deliver goods or services to their customers before being paid. So it is essential to control your cashflow so that you always have enough cash available to pay your staff and suppliers before receiving payment from your customers. If not, you'll be unable to meet your customers' requirements or receive any profit.
It is important not to confuse your 'cash balances' with profit. Profit is the difference between the total amount your business earns and all of its costs, usually assessed over a year or a specified trading period. You may forecast a good profit for the year, yet still face times when you are strapped for cash. See identify potential cashflow problems.
However, having a lot of cash in your bank account may not always be the best thing for your business. If you have a lot of spare cash available, it can sometimes be a good idea to move it to another account with a higher interest rate, or use it as capital for short-term investments. Choosing the right bank account/s for your business is very important, so it is recommended that you seek professional advice from your bank, accountant or financial adviser.
For more information, see how to choose and manage a business bank account.


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Mindfulness can help people with cancer, their family, and caregivers, according to a meditation teacher.
Emily Herzlin, a meditation teacher at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center‘s (MSKCC) Integrative Medicine Service, shared her insights on how mindfulness can be beneficial for cancer patients and people in their immediate surroundings.
Herzlin, who develops and teaches courses such as stress-reduction and mindfulness workshops, said that meditation works depending on the person. She told an incident wherein one of her class participants suffered from a lot of physical pain. They performed the practice called a body, in which they gradually move their attention throughout the body and pay attention to sensations. At first, the participant was questioning her as to why he had to focus on the pain in his body as he was trying to avoid it. After a week, the student observed that trying to avoid the pain was tiring and that the pain was not as bad as he thought. Moreover, he was able to describe the pain to his doctor more precisely.
“The body is always in the present moment, so to be able to come back and check in with what’s here and now is a great opportunity for self-care,” Herzlin said in the MSKCC article.
She also said that a lot of people have a fear of cancer recurrence. She explained that whenever you notice that you are having thoughts during meditation, it can be helpful as you can come back to the present moment. Even if it will not eliminate all the negative thoughts, this will help prevent you from getting caught up in what you are thinking.
“There’s a big difference between noticing what you’re thinking and getting caught up in what you’re thinking,” Herzlin said.
She also noticed that she often hears from people, particularly patients and caregivers, that they do not have enough time to practice meditation. She encouraged that this is an opportunity to look at how they spend their time and that they should do the best they can, even for only five minutes. Meditation practice also does not take effect overnight, so she advises people to practice on their own at home and to find the practice that they lean toward.
“Meditation teaches us that we are much more resilient than we think we are in the face of challenging emotions, thoughts, and sensations. If we’re with it, it’s a lot less scary the next time it comes up,” she encouraged.
Mindfulness, as defined by Mindful.org, is the ability to be fully present, aware of your situation and what you are doing, and not overtaken be by what is happening around you. Here are five reasons why you should practice mindfulness.
Know your pain better – Mindfulness can help you understand and improve your relationship with mental and physical pain.
Relate better – Mindfulness can help you connect better with your friends, family, or lover. It will also help you give them your full attention.
Reduce stress – Mindfulness can help in lowering stress, thus preventing other illnesses or an illness to become worse.
Focus better – Meditation can help improve your ability to focus.
Prevent overthinking – Mindfulness can help reduce brain chatter or the chattering voices in the head.
Find out more stories about mindfulness at Mind.news.


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Last autumn, we were honored to once again meet with an amazing, long-standing book group who asked us to come up with a list of great books for them to read, enjoy, and discuss. (They actually won us in a charity auction; and honestly, it is really fun to think our reviews benefitted someone’s charitable causes.) To help the rest of you (who were not able to join us on a fine autumn evening over delicious food) find the right books for your book clubs or your own personal reading, we divided the list mostly by subject area, not genre. Happy reading!
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (1856) – John Irving’s In One Person (2012) – Madame Bovary plays an important role in Mr. Irving’s tale of a bi-sexual man growing up on the grounds of a Vermont prep school and the life he then leads.
Some people might say that we’ve now entered the “dog days of August” but here at the Book Jam we like to call this time of year the “dog-eared book days of August”. It is the season when we finally get to the books in our pile that have been beckoning, lazing with them by the lake for long periods of time, folding over pages to remind us where to return (hence the dog ears) only when it is time for a short break from the prose.
August is when we look forward to pulling out or back packs and beach bags and filling them full of books (and maybe a clean change of clothes, too) and heading with them to the shore of some quiet sunny river to get lost in the stories and ideas that lie between the pages.
Below are 28 ideas for what you might want to put in your backpack and head to the hills with to lose yourself in after a day of hiking. Remember, the faster you set up your tent, the faster you can open up those dog-eared and well loved books.
Rose and Poe by Jack Todd (2017) – I am always going to read anyone who attempts to retell The Tempest, and Mr. Todd did not disappoint. In this tale, Mr. Todd re-imagines Shakespeare’s The Tempest from the point of view of Caliban (Poe) and his mother (Rose). Rose and Poe live in the woods quietly along side Prosper Thorne, a banished big city lawyer and his gorgeous daughter Miranda. When Poe appears carrying Miranda’s bruised and bloody body, he is arrested, despite lack of evidence he committed the crime; and Rose and Poe find themselves facing bitter hatred and threats from neighbors who once were friends. A timeless tale of how we stigmatize what frightens us, and the consequences of our prejudices.
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell (June 2013) — Yes, summer and heat go hand in hand, and currently, all over the globe, the weather is setting records for heat and discomfort. Apparently in 1976, London suffered more heat than most. So, we added a book we reviewed in 2013 to today’s post in honor of heat waves everywhere. That 1976 British heat wave is the setting for a series of events in this wonderful book about an Irish Catholic clan living in London. The chain of events unfurls once the father of three grown children disappears, causing all the grown children to rally around their mother. And well, his disappearance leads to a secret which when unveiled leads to a series of events that rapidly take over everything in the hot, hot heat of this long ago summer. Enjoy!
Nemesis (and other titles) by Jo Nesbo (2002) – Somehow I missed this instalment in the Harry Hole series. Another page-turner for mystery fans. As the nomination for the Edgar Nominee for Best Novel of the Year states — “The second Harry Hole novel to be released in America–following the critically acclaimed publication of The Redbird—Nemesis is a superb and surprising nail-biter that places Jo Nesbo in the company of Lawrence Block, Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, and other top masters of crime fiction. Nesbo has already received the Glass Key Award and the Booksellers’ Prize, Norway’s most prestigious literary awards. Nemesis is proof that there are certainly more honors in this extraordinary writer’s future”.
Poison by John Lescroart (2018) – I love Mr. Lescroart’s Dimas Hardy Series for the chance to relive life in San Francisco and the great cast of characters Mr. Hardy uses to always ensure justice is served. This latest instalment continues this love affair. These are my reliable guilty pleasure.
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (2013) – Not sure why I never got around to reading this, but I am so glad I finally did. What a terrific tale of triumphing – ultimately over Hitler, but also over horrendous parents, poverty and low expectations.
And, One final note — this post is our last for a while as it is is time for our annual “Gone Readin’ hiatus”. We look forward to bringing you great reviews of superb books at some point in late September.
Last week in our hometown of Norwich, book lovers once again converged on our historic Norwich Inn to raise money for our treasured Norwich Public Library and get a jump start on our holiday shopping. Our superb presenters spoke about their favorite picks for gift giving, and once again sold a lot of books. We thank them for donating their expertise. And, thanks to the generosity of the amazing Norwich Bookstore, the event raised roughly $1,300 for the Norwich Public Library. And, we all get to enjoy their great list of books for us to give and to get.
This post lists all the books discussed during the evening, each with its special six word review provided by the presenter. You’ll notice that the selections are divided into rather specific categories to make gift-giving easier, but not to deter anyone from trying any title. We hope you have fun browsing these selections. We also hope that you enjoy holiday shopping from the comfort of your computer/iPad/phone using the direct links to each selection, and that you are inspired to visit your favorite indie bookseller and purchase some of these in person.
And now, our superb presenters’ picks for holiday gift giving, with their intriguing bios at the end.
Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden (2017). Selected by Carin Pratt – Beautiful ways to eat more vegetables!
Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman (2017). Selected by Lucinda Walker – ‘Sizzling’ ‘Bacony’ ‘Carmelized’ ‘Crispy’ ‘Simple’ = Delicious.
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman (2017). Selected by Lisa Cadow – Tasty Veggies. Two Thousand Recipes. Techniques!
Footsteps: From Ferrante’s Naples to Hammett’s San Francisco edited by The New York Times (2017). Selected by Lucinda Walker – Travel through bite-sized literary essays.
The Apparitionists by Peter Manseau (2017). Selected by Jeff Sharlet – The man who “photographed” Lincoln’s ghost.
Democracy in Chains by Nancy Maclean (2017). Selected by Jeff Sharlet – Riveting pre-history of the Trumpocene.
The Wine Lover’s Daughter by Anne Fadiman (2017). Selected by Carin Pratt – Clear-eyed depiction of complex oenophile dad.
Among the Living and the Dead by Inara Verzemnieks (2017). Selected by Jeff Sharlet – “Returning” to a land never yours.
The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (2017). Selected by Lucinda Walker – Guess who lives in wolf’s tummy!
The Storm Whale in Winter by Benji Davies (2017). Selected by Jeff Sharlet – The whale returns, the deep revisited.
7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar & Ross MacDonald. (2017). Selected by Lisa Christie – A good pun is never done!
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Peréz. (2017). Selected by Lucinda Walker – First rule of punk: be yourself.
Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh. (2017). Selected by Lisa Christie – We need to read diverse authors.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017). Selected by Carin Pratt – Revelatory YA novel everyone should read.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. (2017). Selected by Lisa Christie – Mystery; mental health; important: you’ll cry.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. (2017). Selected by Lisa Christie – Elevator ride dilemma. Violence explained? Important.
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (2017). Selected by Lucinda Walker – Smart, funny, moving novel of persistence.
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (2017). Selected by Carin Pratt – Fearless WWII-era diver searches for father.
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins (2016). Selected by Lisa Christie – Short stories read like superb films.
For enjoyment by your hosts or coworkers – or just about anyone!
This Land: An American Portrait by Jack Spencer (2017). Selected by Carin Pratt -Exquisite soul-calming meditative images of America.
Am I Alone Here? Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner (2016). Selected by Jeff Sharlet – The reading life of a novelist.
Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories by P. D. James (2016). Selected by Lisa Cadow – Mysteries. Great gift for holiday hosts.
Lucinda Walker has been the Director of the Norwich Public Library since 2002 and is grateful for her colleagues and this remarkable community. Besides books, her favorite things include French roast coffee, skiing, Provincetown, storytelling podcasts, and Saturday Night Live. Her favorite time to read is at 3 am. Lucinda lives in Brownsville with her poet husband Peter and two amazing kids, Hartley & Lily.
Jeff Sharlet, a journalist and associate professor of creative writing at Dartmouth, is the nationally bestselling author or editor of six books of literary journalism, including The Family, described by Barbara Ehrenreich as “one of the most compelling and brilliantly researched exposes you’ll ever read.” He is an editor-at-large for Virginia Quarterly Review and a contributor to periodicals such as Harper’s, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. He lives in Norwich with his wife, son and daughter, where he is an avid patron of the Norwich Public Library and Norwich Bookstore.
Carin Pratt, a native of Massachusetts, Carin moved to the Upper Valley (specifically Strafford) six years ago after spending 30 years in DC working as a television producer, finishing as executive producer of Face the Nation. She’s never looked back. She reads a lot, and works part-time at the Norwich Bookstore in order to afford her addiction to books.
Lisa Christie is the co-founder of the Book Jam. In previous times, she was the founder/Executive Director of Everybody Wins! Vermont and USA, literacy programs that help children love books. She currently works as a part-time non-profit consultant, part-time Dartmouth graduate student, and all-the-time believer in the power of books. She lives in Norwich with her musician husband, two superb sons, and a very large dog. She often dreams of travel.
Lisa Cadow is the co-founder of the Book Jam. When not reading or experimenting in her kitchen, she works as a health coach for Dartmouth Health Connect, an innovative primary care practice in Hanover, NH. She fervently believes that health outcomes would improve if doctors could prescribe books to patients as well as medicine. Lisa lives in Norwich with her husband, three cats, and a fun border collie and loves it when her three adult children visit.

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A Little Feeling of Home?
A few months ago, I was sitting in Nando’s with two of my Mitchell fellows getting ready to have my first ever experience at the “Afro-“ Portuguese chain restaurant, when I heard a familiar song—“La Guinee Sore” by Fode Baro, also known as King of zouk in West Africa and one of the most popular artists in Guinea. At first, I thought I was imagining in my head, but no, really in the middle of Dublin City, a song by Fode Baro was actually playing in Sousou (one of my native languages). As a Guinean-American in Dublin, of all places, hearing a song in a public restaurant in one of my native languages, you must have imagined how excited I got.
Although it may be part of Nando’s strategy to play only Afro-beat/songs from Africa in their restaurants anywhere in the world, I still could not tame my excitement of hearing a familiar (non-English) language in a new found country. When I was preparing myself to come to Ireland, I had zero expectation of interacting with someone from Guinea or any Mande People (ethnic groups from Guinea, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Mali), especially after spending 13 years between the Bronx and Harlem and fusing with a diverse immigrant population who spoke similar languages as me. Granted I still haven’t met single a Guinean-Irish, however, over the last few months, learning, connecting and working with African immigrants in Ireland through my work with AkidwA and Wezesha (two Irish NGOs working on im/migrant issues) have been an intriguing experience. Particularly, planning a conference with 10 other EU partners to discuss im/migration and integration in Ireland.
Over the past 3 months, I have been corresponding with various stakeholders in Dublin from the Dublin City Council to the Justice Department, to the Human Rights Council, to the European Migrant Network, to convene Irish community in discussing some of the stigmas held against im/migrants and integration efforts for the newcomers. The conference, taking place on January 25th will be at Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and will engage Irish/Dublin leaders including head of IHREC Emily Logan, Dublin City Councilor Ciarran Cuffe, Secretary of Gender Equality at Justice Department Carol Baxter, and Head of European Migrant Network Ireland, Emma Quinn. Even though there were moments of setbacks (i.e. securing all the major speakers, high attendance, and last minutes unforeseen tasks), it has been a great learning experience to hear about the various im/migration stories (those that are often similar to mine), speak in a familiar language (Francophone French), and connecting spirituality with a Kenya-Bengali Muslim colleague.
Though I looked forward to working with an Irish non-profit organization focused on im/migrant issues such as AkiDwA, I did not expect to quickly pull together a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss an important topic relating to im/migrant integration in Ireland and other EU nations. The experience has proven to provide a sense of connection to Ireland I did not anticipate—giving me a familiar space somehow (though very little) similar to NYC, as I am surrounded and fueled by the experience and stories of newcomers, like me, in Ireland trying to find comfort in their new home.

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"Charrier Parfums" is the leader for more than 50 years in the creation of authentic french gift sets of perfume miniature bottles.
Our wide range of products is distributed in more than 50 countries around the world, in perfume factories, Duty Free, etc..
It is a pleasure to introduce to you our CHARRIER PARFUMS company from France . CHARRIER PARFUMS was created in 1888 at Vallauris, close to Grasse, World Capital of Perfumery. Our activity starts from the creation of the perfume to the conception of the packaging, until the conditioning of the finished products.
We have been specialized for 40 years in the creation of Authentic French Gift Sets of Perfume Miniature Bottles to our own Brands. These products are distributed in more than 50 countries in the World with a great success.
We can create your Line of Perfumes corresponding to your specific brands. Our strong experience permits to us, to develop a large choice of fine perfumes with attractive packaging, in a short time.
Perfect idea for a gift or a souvenir "Made in France".


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Company : Luxembourg Air Ambulance S.A.
Luxembourg Air Ambulance S.A. (EASA Part 145 organisation) is based at Luxembourg Airport. We fly medical repatriation missions worldwide and perform organ team transport (24/7). Presently, we maintain 5 intensive care medically equipped air ambulance aircraft (5 Learjet 45XR) and 6 air rescue helicopters (MD900/902) in our state of the art maintenance hangars.
By Luxembourg Air Ambulance S.A.

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Sometimes you sleep on things that are really excellent, and that's what I did with sharing Scott Shoyer of Anything Horror's debut novel Outbreak: The Hunger. Scott mailed me a copy of his book in 2015 and I've just gotten around to reviewing it in the spring of 2017. Life is weird, y'all.
I read Outbreak: The Hunger in the late summer of 2015 when I was in New Jersey filming Comic Book Men. (In fact, my United Airlines luggage tag is still in my copy as a bookmark.) Reading Outbreak was a fun way to keep me sane during a nervous four-day trip.
I grew up watching George Romero movies but as I've gotten older, (don't kill me guys,) I've tired of the zombie genre. I can still appreciate a classic zombie film and will catch the occasional modern genre flick, but Outbreak: The Hunger was my first zombie novel and I'm happy it was.
In a top secret research facility in Texas lies the answer. But will the scientists and soldiers find the answer before it's too late and the infection spreads to Man?
Outbreak only comes in at 199 pages and is an action-packed, fast-paced read. I couldn't put it down. It's exciting, fun and from my experience, a good introduction to the genre. Shoyer has taken his experience as a horror reviewer, interviewer, and blogger and skillfully translated it into a fiction piece. Outbreak: The Hunger is a well-written gem, especially for a first-time novelist.
Shoyer has a way of keeping the plot feeling realistic and not so fantastical that the story isn't believable, which I think is tough to do when writing a horror novel. Outbreak: The Hunger's zoo setting is so relatable to anyone that has spent time with children and will scare parents to death. Your zoo experience will never feel the same.
I liked that Outbreak: The Hunger's protagonist, John, is really normal and the rest of the characters we get to meet in more depth feel like real people. Though we follow along with separate groups of characters, everything ends up flowing together like a great anthology film. I felt genuinely invested in John and Fi's story and was rooting for them throughout.
Outbreak: The Hunger has so much to enjoy and is a treat that horror fans will enjoy from cover to cover. Don't sleep on it like I did.


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When David Hallquist joined the Vermont Electric Cooperative in 2000, he went around asking line crews during outages how long it would take for power to be restored. Whether it was three hours or 30 minutes, their answer was always accurate within minutes.
That information almost never got as far as the call center, and it certainly was never released to angry or concerned customers on the other end. “I said we need to get the customer talking to the line person,” said Hallquist, or at least getting the lineman’s information to the customer.
After the looks indicating that he was crazy subsided, the utility got down to business. The first steps involved networking the linemen, something that today might be put under the umbrella of smart grid. They put GIS out in the system, and put cell phones and laptops in every vehicle.
Outages are a big deal in Vermont. It snows a lot and there are a lot of trees. In 2011 alone, there were four qualified FEMA storms in the state. For Vermont Electric Co-op, which serves 34,000 customers, the goal starting in 2000 was clearly defined: to reduce outages and restoration time.
Many municipal and rural co-ops are more advanced in terms of smart grid when it comes to their investor-owned counterparts. For the Vermont Electric Co-op, its advancements have all come just from trying to solve the pressing problem of outages. They were clear about the problem they wanted to solve. The result, however, was a smart grid platform that has allowed for much more.
Once the linemen were more connected back to the main office, the small utility (which is actually large by rural co-op standards) put in two-way Aclara meters over powerline starting in 2005. The savings in truck rolls to read meters and improving outage response time, because of the information coming off the meters, were significant. The system was expected to pay for itself in just under five years. “After the first major storm, we realized it was going to be a lot better than that,” said Hallquist, because the smart meters gave a new level of visibility to the control center.
Just as the meters were first being installed, the Co-op’s region had one of the worst storms in its history in October 2005. There were 110 complaints filed with the Vermont Public Utility Commission -- “and no thank-you cards,” said Hallquist. It wasn’t where they wanted to be at all.
By 2007, the utility decided that it “wanted to create a pleasurable experience during an outage,” Hallquist said during a panel session during the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, D.C. The room erupted in laughter, but Hallquist did not.
In December 2010, an even worse storm blanketed the state. By that time, the utility had won $5.2 million in ARRA stimulus funds, as part of a $69 million package that went to the state of Vermont for smart grid projects, including metering, distribution automation and dynamic pricing pilots (which Vermont Electric Co-op is currently conducting).
In 2010, the meters had been deployed (and payback is expected well within four years, thanks to stimulus funds), and Vermont Electric Co-op had also overhauled its call centers so that there were zero abandoned or blocked calls -- down from a rate of 25 percent blockage before 2005. There was also an active Facebook page in place.
Now, the Co-op is working on customer platforms, such as an iPhone app that will be released in the first quarter of 2012. It is also running a very successful alert system through which customers can sign up to know if their bill goes over a certain amount.
Customers also have access to hourly data through a web portal called wattWATCHERS, which was built in house. The utility is also upgrading its meter communications platform, layering SmartSynch’s cellular solution on top of its PLC platform for next-generation needs, whatever those may be.
After the panel, Greentech Media asked Hallquist why other utilities, including those that are investor-owned, had trouble finding a rate case for smart grid infrastructure when his utility was able to see the payback over the course of just a few storms that affected only a few thousand customers. Hallquist said he had given this some thought and had determined that many utilities “tend to overspecify their needs.” He noted that many utilities were wrestling with 15-minute data or with providing real-time data when hourly data might be enough.

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Dubai FSA updated the Application Forms and Notices (AFN) Module of its Sourcebook for financial institutions. The module provides information related to the Core Information form, various Fund forms, the Representative Office form, the Credit Rating Agency form, and any applicable supplements. The appropriate forms and supplements must be submitted by entities if they wish to carry on one or more Financial Services in, or from, the Dubai International Financial Center.
The forms and supplements are designed to assist an entity to provide DFSA with information about the Financial Services for which it are seeking a license and to help DFSA understand how the entity intends to carry on those activities. An entity (referred to as "you" in the module) will need to satisfy DFSA that it has sufficient financial resources, appropriate personnel, adequate systems, and internal controls to carry out the proposed Financial Services. Each person seeking status as an Authorized Individual should complete the AUT- IND 1 forms. An Authorized Firm wishing to vary its current license should complete Form SUP 4 and any applicable supplements. An entity may be required to complete more than one form and supplement depending on the nature of the Financial Services it wants to carry out.
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So how many dead guys in boxes are you up to now?
Hmm, as far as I know, this is the first one. I've seen lots of boxes holding dead guys, but I think this is the first time I've seen the actual dead guy himself. I missed both Lenin and Mao when I was in Russia and China (respectively).
There was one time in Cuba when the slab was slightly ajar off a crypt, and I could see some bones at the bottom of the crypt, but I don't think that really counts.
Hmm, I thought I remembered reading about you seeing both Lenin and Mao, but I must have you confused with some other globe trotter.
Just to prove that Britney is really GEORECOGNIZED (my new word), an article from Sky news indicating that she came from Tottenham. They, in a clever turn or words, call her Britney SPURS... hehehe. Like the footie club.
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Detroit Institute of Music Education (D.I.M.E.) and Axis Music will be streaming an 8 hour music marathon live on Facebook in order to raise money to provide instruments and music lessons for the kids of the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program. The motto of the program is “books before boxing” as they have kids work with tutors to complete their school work before the boxing begins. The boxing angle is used to get kids interested, but the goal is to get kids off of the street, have them graduate high school and go to college. So far their graduation rate is 100% and over 90% of the kids have gone on to college. There are currently 147 kids sponsored into the program via corporate and private donors with a waiting list of over 800 kids. It’s quite a remarkable space with great energy and former Eminem producer Jeff Bass recently built a recording studio within the facility. It is our goal to now raise money to provide music education for these remarkable kids.
Every “like” that the live stream gets will earn a $2 donation and every share will earn the program a $10 pledge courtesy of a community of generous donors. The more viral this goes, the more money raised! No money will be required from online viewers unless they’d like to donate personally.
We are currently seeking sponsors for this legendary event with levels beginning at only $100.00. Your contribution can make a huge difference in the future of Detroit. Our long-term goal is to make this an annual event that will raise funds for music education programs inside Detroit public schools.
If interested in supporting this phenomenal cause, please email Donny at dklemmer@axismusic.com for a sponsor package with more details.
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While two of our pillars are on holiday (Social Development, and Culture and Sports), the other two are giving their services to the community. A visit to Comfort Community Hospital which falls under the Healthcare pillar, shows that many people are accessing our services.
At Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI), they expect a full house next as the Technical college is set to open for the second term Monday, 12 January. Meanwhile, the Secondary School, which has a low turn up at the start of the week, has now registered three quarters of the students.
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UNISON has welcomed the launch of a two-year, Europe-wide campaign aimed at helping companies alleviate the impact of work-related stress.
The ‘Healthy workplaces manage stress’ campaign was launched in Brussels by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA).
According to an OSHA poll, stress is the second most frequently reported work-related health problem in Europe.
More than half of all workers who responded to the poll considered work-related stress to be common in their workplace. Four in 10 thought that stress was not handled well in their organisation.
The most common causes of work-related stress were job reorganisation or job insecurity, working long hours or excessive workload, and bullying or harassment at work.
The campaign will involve hundreds of organisations from across Europe, and a range of activities such as training sessions, conferences and workshops, advertising campaigns and press conferences.
The OSHA campaign chimes with UNISON’s “cut stress, not jobs” drive, launched last autumn as part of the union’s health and safety campaigning.
“We are pleased that OSHA recognises the impact stress can have on workers’ lives,” said UNISON head of health and safety Tracy Harding.
Branches can order “cut stress not jobs” material, including leaflets and stickers from the online catalogue.
The union will also be producing additional materials in time for European Health and Safety Week, beginning 20 October.


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It is a rare occurrence to find an artist so steadfastly connected to the pure pursuit of thingness contemporarily. With so much to care and cry about, it is hard to stay succinct and fully engrossed in such a seemingly simple thing like looking. Rezacʼs work rests, without feeling static, in the space between looking and seeing. Somewhere between domestic and other worldly, painting and sculpture, image and object, cold and hot. Where the name of it sits at the tip of your tongue quietly and stays there, happily giving you no answer.
Walking into the first gallery, the space opens and the ceiling seems non-existent. A compact candy red form with silver knobs and checks, somehow recalling a car engine in its size and shape, hangs in the center of the space, fifteen feet up. It seems to float up there, weightless, but before I can examine it, the rest of the space comes into view with full clarity. It is immediately understood that everything is connected or everything is alone, for some visual rightness. The chartreuse and white striped object pushed into the corner throws me to the right, moving in toward the two emerald green vertical panels hanging low on the wall, there I pause.
From a distance, there is a perfection that dissolves into a vibration in the objects upon closer inspection. Every part of the object, from structure to surface, is laboriously and obsessively hand-made. The machine-like precision starts to reveal small variations, pencil lines, slight wobbles. Rezac isnʼt concerned with a dustless, glass-like, cleanness. He places that part of his focus on making something that is complete and that lasts, often laying nine or ten coats of paint on an object to achieve total coverage and opacity. Through this layering, the paint seems to not only cover the surface, but feels as though embedded into the object itself, marrying the two like a tree rooted into the earth. Perhaps this crux in Richardʼs practice comes from his upbringing painting bridges. Or maybe it is some dying phenomena of living and forging an identity through the rewards of good work. But one thing remains true either way. Rezac makes a compelling case that if you concentrate hard enough on one object, you can create meaning.
Address brings together twenty primarily recent works. Without the pressures of a full blown retrospective sort of showcase, it seems clear that precise and careful attention was given to the space. As with any deeply meaningful minimal formal work and its arrangement, the experience of how your body moving through the space changes the meaning of the work is given full care and consideration. Likewise, the awareness that through moving an object an inch in either direction you alter that reading, and being sensitive to that, is clearly present. Entering the second gallery, a baby blue and white object hanging on the back wall of the gallery commands my looking. It is spaced almost in the center of the wall, at eye level, between a steel and plate glass sculpture perching straight out from the wall above you. The steel is liberally painted in a stormy blue gloss and the plate glass in a washy high key orange, the form visually reminiscent of window frames and shoe horns. On the other side, four bronze ovals, each varying in surface treatment hang conservatively spaced and measured from one another.
As I approach the center object, the baby blue seems to wave in and out, shifting in vibrancy in reaction to my body blocking and revealing the light. It is made up of five primary components.
The two diamond blue forms kissing to make some kind of figure eight, the two vertical white bands behind the diamonds meeting the wall, the surface of the cast bronze with all its imperfections and irregularities, the quality of the color, and the space surrounding. It is almost some kind of magic trick that through these things coming together, I am made to see them clearly, clearer than I would see them if they were separate. And by seeing them in full, the experience almost detaches from the world. I am not necessarily thinking about the titles or stories, or how the form may relate to architecture or art history. Those are all secondary or tertiary gifts given. I am just looking and being transported to this intermediary space before naming happens. Just becoming absorbed in the incidental marks that remain in the pockets where the paint collected. Later I can unpack everything else, but I donʼt have to. Because somehow work of this caliber, so stubbornly and unflinchingly dedicated to form, always ends up being about where the object can take you and resting for a while in that space before naming takes over. Admiring how so little can do so much.


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Preheat the oven to 350. Grease 2 loaf pans (I used 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 size pans) and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add in the bananas and mix until thoroughly mashed. Beat in the eggs until well blended.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and wheat germ. Mix the dry ingredients into the banana mixture until just blended. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans, dividing it evenly. Bake for 40-50 minutes. The bread is done when the top springs back after being pressed in the center with fingertips.
Hi Megan- Your banana bread looks very good. What size banana’s did you use in this recipe?
Another way to make this healthier would be to substitute unsweetened applesauce (equal amount) for the oil or butter. I do this in every bread recipe and it always turns out well and saves a lot of calories.
I’ve done this before as well, thanks for the suggestion!
I have another great idea for substituting for butter or oil besides Musselmans applesauce, it”s pureed pumpkin-not the pie filling. It leaves no taste in whatever you are baking. Try it-use the same amount as for the amount of butter.
This looks great! I’m always looking for lightened up versions of my favorites and I’m definitely going to try this one!
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If seniors would like to stay in their own homes, they need to make that known, but more importantly they need to financially plan for it. Although assisted living has its positives, it can also have a down side, such as the potential for elder abuse. Everything comes with a price tag, whether it's at home care or living in a nursing home where costs can be astronomical -- more than $7,000 a month for a semi-private room and more than $8,000 a month for a private room.
Whatever choices are made must be financially prudent. Medicare alone provides little in the way of long term coverage for accommodations in old age. What it does make allowances for is long-term hospital care, the services of a nurse in a nursing home and certain home health services. It also provides for respite and hospice care.
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