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Being in the living room of Barnaby and Mary Conrad's home gives you the sense of being inside a Faberge egg. Over the years and your times of being there, you acquire some sense of the dozens of items, drawings and paintings from their honeymoon in Paris, a set of Modern Library classics he was given for being a guest on some radio show, small and large carvings from blocks of sugar pine, photographs of persons and events so eclectic that even Aristotle would not have been able to classify them, Mary's needlepoint made into pillows, real things looking exaggerated and magic, magical things looking preternaturally real.
More often than not, the only times you remained in this room, other to be taken in by Conrad to be shown something relative to a conversation, was on Christmas days, where you balance a plate of turkey, stuffing, and occasional specialty dishes brought by one or more of the guests. Your own plate was light on everything but a mound of green peas, mashed potatoes, and Mary's gravy, brought along over the months leading up to Christmas, a blending of stock and some giblets, and a great deal of what you once heard Mary's cousin, Julia Child, refer to as "pure cookery."
In that room, you were surrounded by children and grandchildren from Barnaby's and Mary's first marriages, then, later, from their one daughter, Kendall. Carmen, herself an eclectic mix of maid, cook, and housekeeper, would appear with the gravy boat and a large salver of the greenest peas you could ever wish to experience.
Christmas seemed to be the only time cold enough to dictate indoor living, although there were in fact Christmas dinners when you were out on the deck, where the traffic flow seemed to have some agenda toward socializing or roaming out to the beach, for walking off the intake of food. The deck was also the place to reminisce with Conrad and Sandy Vanocer, sometimes with Stewart Granger, who always seemed to need Conrad to listen to him figure out why some new romance had not worked.
One Summer, when the Marine Layer brought excessive cold, you balanced on your lap a large, bright bowl filled with Mary's gazpacho, amused by the irony of taking its pungent tang in the living room instead of the outer deck.
These past few weeks, there has been another event in the living room. Instead of lunching with Conrad at the Villa Real Market or the Taco Grande in Carpinteria or the Pharmacy Lunch Room in the upper Montecito Village, you visit him as he resides in the Hospice hospital bed, installed there so he can face out toward the slough and catch the afternoon and evening sunlight. Earlier, there was a television set, turned to capture the news, its sound turned off, the figures seeming to report activities that were too mundane and manufactured for this room of wind-up toys and old memories, and the residue from the years of lightning-in-a-bottle flashes of wit and nostalgia.
At whose order or suggestion or initiative, the tv set was moved aside. Conrad had clearly begun to retreat from its constant need to be relevant, to be in some kind of motion. Sentences grew shorter. The ambiance of the room seemed to move off the walls, out of the paintings of Mary as a young woman, of Conrad's bullfighter friends, of the flotsam of a life of creative reach and the savoring of inquiry.
You like to think of him savoring those long, bed-bound hours by revisiting conversations had in this room, relishing the connective tissue of the dozens of items in it, reminders--sometimes photos or drawings--of friends.
Once, when you were in a hospital, he came to visit you for a few moments. "I had to see with my own eyes that you would recover," he told you, then was gone. Later, he spoke of friends who had not managed to get out of the hospital, of the bullfighter, Carlos Arruza and his longtime chum, Herb Caen. "Hospitals are not comfortable places to be," he said. "I am never comfortable in a hospital." At the time, he was drinking an iced tea out of a tall glass, which he pressed against his forehead for a long moment.
This living room was a good place for him, a place, you like to think, where if he closed his eyes, he could hear the hum and chatter of conversation in counterpoint to the tinkle of ice cubes.
Sorry for the loss of your friend, Shelly. Would that I could offer more than a mere pittance of words, to one who is already so rich with his use of them.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss. You eloquently painted a picture of what kind of a man and friend he was to you. Hugs.


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As Brigid’s Place marks its 20th anniversary, the Rev. Canon Betty Adam admitted to ruffling some feathers in its founding, originally as a women’s ministry of Christ Church Cathedral, Houston.
In a time when few women were ordained and Scripture was most often interpreted by men, Brigid’s Place’s mission was and continues, to highlight the role of women in the Bible as well as providing space for women to talk about spirituality.
Adam holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Rice University and taught at the University of St. Thomas, when her focus began to shift from philosophy to theology. While serving as a lay chaplain at MD Anderson’s Cancer Center in 1984, Adam felt a need to be able to do more for patients. “I wanted to give the Eucharist and bless the people who were suffering terminal illnesses and were dying,” she said.
It was a trip to New York City that brought about a pivot so ordained ministry and planted the seeds for Brigid’s Place. Curious about the cutting-edge programs offered by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Adam went to see what they had to say about women’s struggle to enter ministry.
She learned that there were few ordained women in the Diocese of Texas and not many mentorship programs offered at that time, so reached out to the Rev. Helen Havens, one of two women clergy in the Diocese of Texas.
“I only knew of two women priests—Helen Havens and Betty Masquelette—they were my only two models,” Adam said. “I was on the vestry at St. John the Divine and they authorized me to [seek ordination]. I decided to go see Helen and ask her to hear my confession—that was sort of my preparation to ordination,” she added.
With support from her husband Ken, the working mother of two young boys, began to attend Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Monday through Thursday.
Once ordained in 1991, Adam joined Christ Church Cathedral, Houston as a pastoral canon, started a grief group, enlarged the pastoral care ministry and assisted the Cathedral’s ministry to HIV/AIDS patients.
“I would describe the 25 years that I was at the Cathedral as an exciting, innovative and a difficult time—the work I did there, was related to my pastoral work at MD Anderson,” Adam said.
In 1993, Adam founded Brigid’s Place where the Women’s Assembly group met to encourage women whose spiritual needs were not yet met by other offerings at church. In 1998, Brigid’s Place, built on a model of shared, non-hierarchical leadership, received its own non-profit status.
“In the early days, Brigid's Place provided opportunities for women to hear speakers on newly-developing feminist topics and methods of study particularly fit for women's ways of knowing,” said the Rev. Martha Frances, current president of Board of Directors.
“From the get go there was an energy and joy in the room. We would develop together the contours of the ministry; we would choose the issues we wanted to explore and participate in the decision-making process about programs we might offer in the coming years. This model seemed new and highly creative,” Adam said.
St. Brigid is a fifth-century Irish saint who was a pioneer in the Celtic and Christian traditions who practiced radical hospitality, welcoming each and every person as though she were Christ.
“Circles of women discover how better to nourish each other and reach beyond in our increasingly pluralistic city and world,” Frances said.
In 20 years, Adam and Frances have witnessed friendships that have blossomed through prayer. For more than 10 years, Brigid’s Place has supported a ministry to reintegrate women who have been incarcerated through Brigid’s Hope. The former inmates receive housing, a therapist, a mentor, classes for success in the larger world and a supportive community to grow with peers and a large group of volunteers. The program has served 230 women and 145 of them have completed the program.
“During the recent 20th Anniversary Luncheon honoring Adam, many women testified to Brigid’s Place's nourishment of their creative and deepening God-consciousness as a result of their involvement with our unique mixture of personal, community and outreach opportunities,” Frances said.
To read about former inmates who received help through Brigid's Hope, read this article.

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I am a Co-Director of Big Rig Dance Collective.
The idea behind Big Rig Dance Collective (BRDC) sprung up in 2010 on a road trip from Denton to a performance in Austin, TX. Like highways connect cities, we aim to connect diverse communities through performances, community classes, and collaborative events. In our creative process, we value what each individual brings to the group, and that is often the impetus for our work. Whether our collaborations lead us to light-hearted theatrical movement or raw energy and explosive physicality, we always start making dance by looking to what drives us in the here and now. Our methods for creating often include improvisation, choreography, and collaborations with other artists. BRDC is directed by Crysta Caulkins-Clouse, Whitney Geldon, Amanda Jackson, and Lily Sloan and creatively developed with many DFW area dance artists.
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Diabetic neuropathies are neuropathic disorders which can be associated with diabetes mellitus. There are several targets with respect to the pharmacologic treatment of neuropathic pain. Inside the peripheral tense system, voltage-gated sodium programs, such as NaV1. 7 and NaV1. almost 8, have been seen to be interested in various soreness syndromes. some Other different peripheral expectations include calcium supplement channels, the TRPV1 radio, neuropeptide pain, peripheral alpha-2 adrenoceptors, the TrkA neurotrophin receptor, plus the P2X3 ATP receptor. In the same way, multiple expectations exist inside the central nervous system (CNS), including salt and calcium supplement channels, opioid receptors, the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, alpha-2 adrenoceptors, and serotonin/norepinephrine path ways.
The following acupuncture treatment point vignettes present classic indications and functions of your acupuncture things used in the analysis according to Traditional Traditional chinese medicine (TCM) ideas. Some of these designations date back above 1, 1000 years when more modern symptoms include the from array years ago for the post-modern time.
A 75-year-old man is certainly brought to school because he is certainly confused frequently, particularly during the nighttime, and sometimes on going during the day. This individual woke up pondering he was linked with the bed. This individual hallucinates that folks are in your house, and sometimes is convinced his partner has been substituted by a look-alike. On a few days he requires help with simple activities. Health background is significant for a confusional episode as a result of prescription of meclizine with respect to acute peripheral vestibulopathy a couple of years earlier. Meclizine was ceased, and at an autoresponder office visit 30 days later the confusion was much improved upon. He at present takes zero medications. There is not any family history of dementia or perhaps parkinsonism. Obscured facies, light bradykinesia, and rigidity happen to be evident. His score to the Mini-Mental Status Examination is certainly 20 of 30. The remaining of the evaluation is normal.
Diabetic neuropathy may be the result of forever elevated or perhaps fluctuating glucose levels. Uncontrolled bloodstream sugars slowly and gradually damage the blood vessels, letting them leak liquid into around tissues. Presently there the sugars causes even more damage, especially to delicate tissues just like nerves.
In case you have problems with digestive function as a result of the neuropathy, your physician may recommend you eat smaller sized meals more frequently and limit the amount of dietary fiber and body fat in your diet. Engine neuropathy. This really is damage to the nerves that controls conversation, as well as muscle tissue and motion in the body, including moving the limbs.
The type of work most likely required to execute on a daily basis is usually primarily what is going to determine if you can continue operating even with the neuropathy. The nerves impacted by your condition as well as the severity of the pain and also other symptoms likewise determine if you can maintain work.
Following about 14 days the better half of one of some other participants arrived with him so thrilled she was almost sobbing. He had demonstrated marked indications of regaining level of sensitivity in his ft after just about 2 week. Rankin TM, Miller JD, Gruessner ALTERNATING CURRENT, Nickerson DS. Illustration of Cost Conserving Implications of Lower Extremity Nerve Decompression to Prevent Repeat of Diabetic Foot Ulceration. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2015; 9(4): 873-880.

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The beauty and cosmetic industry has a range of products and options available for those who want to improve the overall health of their skin. One such option is known as laser removal. Nobody looks forward to having wrinkles all over their face. While we all age, and we all do our best to do so gracefully, most of us would jump at the chance to postpone aging for a little while longer. Removing wrinkles with laser is one of the most popular and common methods of boosting the appearance, health and youthful look of the skin.
By using laser, this treatment essentially rids the face of skin that has been damaged by the sun and environmental pollutants. In its place, new skin can grow, looking healthy and glowing. The procedure can be used anywhere on the body, but is most common on the face and neck. It also helps to reduce fine lines, which are often found around the mouth, cheek and eyes. Furthermore, the skin’s entire complexion is improved because it also gets rid of uneven tones.
One of the reasons why this type of treatment is so popular is because it is incredibly effective. Furthermore, it is a painless procedure and it takes but a few minutes to complete. As soon as the procedure has been completed, your skin will look younger and healthier. This is very different from the range of products that have to be used daily in order to have any effect. Plus, the results of laser wrinkle removal last for as long as year. While this means it is not a permanent solution, the reality is that there is no permanent solution at present. You can make sure that your skin doesn’t age even more, however, by protecting your face from the sun and making sure you nourish your body inside and out.
Before you decide to have laser wrinkle removal, however, it is very important that you speak with a professional who is able to deliver this procedure. They will go through a lengthy medical consultation with you to determine whether or not you are a suitable candidate. Furthermore, they will give you advice on how to care for your skin before and after the procedure itself. This is particularly important in terms of makeup, facial care products and sun exposure. Naturally, you should only work with a physician who is fully licensed and qualified to deliver the treatment.
The treatment is perfect for crows’ feet, facial wrinkles and frown lines. It works equally well on skin with acne scars or on skin that has experienced sun damage. Essentially, the laser removes the skin’s upper layer. Those who have very bad scarring, wrinkling or discoloration may need more than one treatment in order to have full results. However, your physician will discuss this with you so that you will know exactly what to expect. And while the results of the treatment are not permanent, they are long lasting and amazing.


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For information about St Peter's Catholic Primary School visit the website.
St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School is a one form entry school in a suburb of Warrington. We are a mainstream primary school accommodating seven classes with children aged four to eleven.
Results of standardised or diagnostic tests, for example reading tests.
Discuss with class teacher, SENCo and Head Teacher any concerns they may have about their child’s needs.
Have access to the school’s SEND policy and their child’s entitlement within the SEND framework.
Parents/carers will be invited to review the progress of their child.
Parents/carers will be informed if their child’s needs are first identified at school.
Raise awareness of their concerns regarding the child with the class teacher/SENCo.
SEND provision for the school will be planned and developed together with the Head Teacher, SENCo and Governing Body. The Governing Body is kept informed of SEND in the school. Regular meetings with link the Governor and SENCo.
The class teacher will be the main person responsible for ensuring that any actions to support a child were taken and that progress was closely monitored. Childrens’ needs will be analysed with SENCo, class teacher and Head Teacher through Pupil Progress Meetings. The quality of teaching and standards of pupil achievement will be monitored.
Provision mapping managed and reviewed at regular intervals throughout school year. SIMS to be updated accordingly and at regular intervals.
Constructive and positive relationships with parents/carers are developed, enhanced and maintained.
Needs for training/INSET related to special educational needs and disability are identified.
All staff have appropriate information to support children with SEND.
There is a SENCo planning meeting with educational psychologist once a term.
School acts as link between parents/carers and any other outside agency.
The teachers at St. Peter’s ensure that lessons are differentiated to meet the needs of the children through quality first teaching. A range of teaching and learning strategies will be used to support the needs of all learners. Children working towards individual targets through an individual education plan (IEP) will be closely monitored and supported to ensure progress is made. Children work in intervention groups as and when needed and these are also closely monitored and reviewed.
Individual and personalised learning reviews to discuss targets and progress when an Individual Education Plan is in place.
Progress and targets in English and maths discussed and reported regularly.
End of term assessments to record and track progress.
When required, school can request help of services identified on page 3. External agencies can be accessed providing the child’s needs meet the agency’s criteria. However, there is a very long waiting list for these services.
INSET by SENCo, colleagues and from inclusion service when necessary.
Training delivered by external agencies as and when required.
Lessons are as inclusive as possible with adjustments made depending on need. Children with SEND are included on all school visits and residentials.
School environment is as inclusive as possible with wheelchair access and disabled toilet facilities.
School endeavours to provide a smooth transition for all children to and from setting. Any transition will include working closely with SENCo and other professionals involved in the child’s care.
School’s resources are deployed to meet the needs of the learners.
A decision is reached as to what type and how much support your child will recieve through school’s assessment procedures and ultilising formal and informal assessments.


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To build a happy Torah home is not a simple task, but it is the most important thing most of us can ever do. Are our homes Torah-dik? Are they happy? It seems that, despite the tremendous growth of technology and the economy, there is less happiness in the West than there used to be. The future of happiness is in doubt. The future of our homes does not seem secure. In this unique, entertaining, and powerful volume, we will discover how to bring happiness to our homes – and ourselves.
Rebbetzin Feige Twerski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has devoted her life to Jewish education and outreach, giving lectures worldwide on a myriad of Judaic subjects. She is a mother of 11 children and many grandchildren whose number she refuses to divulge. She serves as the Rebbetzin alongside her husband, Rabbi Michel Twerski, of Congregation Beth Jehudah of Milwaukee. Her The New Normal (Mosaica Press, 2016), which outlined the massive challenges facing our community and offered strategies to thrive, was a good seller.


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Kalamazoo sees its last freeze in the last few days of April, on average, but the last drop to 32 degrees of the season has been observed as early April 8 and as late at May 27 in Kalamazoo.
With our weather's volatility in West Michigan, planting the first flowers and seeds of the season can come with some hesitation.
"Sometimes people get those winter blues, so you can actually do pansies right now. If it snowed this week, it would be okay for them." Andy Wedel, a gardening and lawn care expert with Wedel's Nursery, Florist and Garden Center, said.
Pansies are a cold crop, meaning they can withstand a temperature drop into the mid- to upper-twenties and still come back. They can be potted, planted in the ground, or put in baskets now.
In the coming weeks, other plants and seeds will be able to be planted. Vegetables like lettuce, potatoes, garlic and onion can be purchased and organized in mid-April, but Wedel said it's best to wait another few weeks to put them in the ground.
There's a simple test to check whether or not your garden beds are ready to plant some of these varieties or lay down your spring layer of mulch.
"Grab a hand full of soil two inches down. Squeeze it and if your finger can push that soil and break it up I'd say right now it's good. Chances are it's not going to be like that, it's going to be wet and stay in a clump," Wedel said.
He said in another couple weeks, he expects the soil condition to improve for most people.
If you didn't put any tulips or daffodils in before the winter, you can buy pre-packaged versions to plant in the coming weeks. Swiss chard and rhubarb plants can also be planted in the coming weeks. It's important, however, to cover these varieties with a bed sheet if the threat of freezing temperatures returns.
He also said to look out for the perennials and ornamental grasses to start coming up in the coming weeks.
Wedel said now is also a great time to plant trees and lay down grass seed and fertilizer. He offered a full season timeline for lawn care.
"Grass seed and fertilizer today, weed control and crab grass next. Summer feeding and fertilization, insect control next, and then do fall feeding later on in August and September," he said. "Go now with your grass seed, it will pay off going with crab grass the first week of May then."
Don't apply crab grass control and seeding at the same time, unless you use specific products for doing just that.
Aerating your lawn is also a great idea in mid to late April. This will help your grass roots breathe and offers a place for new seeds to settle. For those who don't want to aerate, steel raking the lawn will also help give your lawn a fresh breath after winter's snow and cold.
Lastly, Wedel said your lawn care should never be a guessing game. Bringing in a sample of your lawn's soil to Wedel's, you can have it's pH level tested for free. This allows their team to fine tune fertilizers that will be most effective for your lawn.
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Purdue University will join the quest for cheap solar-generated electricity with a new initiative aimed at speeding up research across the industry.
The Network for Photovoltaic Technology will launch this fall with a grant from the Semiconductor Research Corp., an industry-funded consortium based in Durham, N.C. Professors Ashraf Alam and Mark Lundstrom will lead the center, focused on creating computer models to eliminate costly and slow trial-and-error research in the solar industry.
The professors say their center will be the only one in the United States focused on computational models for solar cells. Computer-aided design, adopted by the chip industry in the 1980s, allowed for rapid technological advances. Alam hopes to propel the solar field in the same way.
Both computer chips and solar cells are made of semiconductor material, namely silicon, but the industries are further intertwined, said Jim Hines, research director for solar at Gartner, a technology research firm based in Stamford, Conn. Texas Instruments, for example, sells chips that are used in solar array inverters, which turn the direct current of solar into usable electricity.
Hines said it makes sense for the semiconductor industry to back research in photovoltaics.
The Semiconductor Research Corp. is putting up a relatively small amount, $5 million over three years, for its energy initiative. The money will be divided—the exact split is not yet determined—between Purdue and Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, which was chosen to work on smart grids.
Bob Havemann, director of SRC’s energy initiative, said he hopes to land a $25 million U.S. Department of Energy grant for photovoltaic manufacturing, or a large grant from another federal source.
“We have plans to grow this considerably,” he said.
One of the energy initiative’s backers is Arizona-based First Solar, the world’s largest panel maker, which has a manufacturing plant in Ohio. The company that suggested the consortium and wanted Purdue to lead the research was Applied Materials, based in Santa Clara, Calif., Havemann said. Applied Materials makes the massive high-tech machines that go in chip factories, as well as equipment for turning out solar panels.
Purdue is known for its contributions to the semiconductor industry through the Network for Computational Nanotechnology, which Lundstrom founded. The website NanoHub.org allows engineers around the world to feed data into simulators developed by one of six universities. The site draws 130,000 users a year, about two-thirds of them from outside the United States, Lundstrom said.
The photovoltaic network is “very much a seed effort,” Lundstrom said. The first partner Purdue has lined up is the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay.
Purdue’s photovoltaic work won’t have much spin-off effect on the Indiana economy unless there’s an industry for students to work in after graduation, Alam said.
Indiana’s first major presence in solar cell manufacturing will likely be Abound Solar. The Colorado-based company this year announced plans to buy the unused Getrag transmission plant in Tipton and start producing panels in 2012.
Abound’s technology is an example of the sort of thing Alam and Lundstrom would like to study. Like First Solar, Abound uses cadmium telluride, rather than silicon, as a base material. Cadmium telluride, or CdTe, makes a cheaper panel, about 80 cents per kilowatt produced, but it’s also less efficient in converting sunlight to electricity.
One question the industry has not answered, Alam said, is how crystal formation defines a solar cell’s overall performance.
Lundstrom believes the solar industry is too small and fragmented according to various materials to solve big-picture problems. But Alam’s recent findings at Purdue suggest there are more similarities among the various technologies than people in the industry recognize, he said.
With those similarities in mind, Purdue will develop computer models that can be used to answer questions such as how many years solar cells will last under various conditions.
Efficiency and reliability are two major issues that ultimately affect the cost of producing solar power, which in most places continues to exceed conventional power, Hines at Gartner said.
Costs have come down rapidly in recent years because First Solar and smaller startup manufacturers, backed by venture capital, entered the game, Hines said. He predicts those startups will consolidate over the next two to three years.
Hines isn’t looking for one big technological breakthrough to make solar an affordable alternative to fossil fuels.
“The reality of it is, there’s a lot of little things that have to be done that add up to some significant improvements,” he said.
Purdue’s work on solar energy in the 1970s is what attracted Lundstrom to the university as a doctoral candidate in 1977. Then the energy crisis faded, and he turned toward work on integrated circuits.
Lundstrom hopes a new high-profile solar program will attract top engineering students, as well as encourage Indiana students who might not otherwise commit to engineering.

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I flew with Tigerair from Penang to Singapore. I compared airfares online via Skyscanner. There are four airlines that serve Penang and Singapore; AirAsia, Tigerair, Jetstar, and Silkair. Tigerair and AirAsia were the cheapest options and I went with Tigerair mainly because my last two flights were with AirAsia and I wanted fly another airline for a change.
The total fare was 164.90 MYR ($42.28 USD), of which the fare was 33.00, Passenger Service and Security Charge 68.90, and Service Fees (including taxes) was 63.00. I checked a bag (15kg) which was included in the service fee.
Tigerair is a low cost airline based in Singapore, and have expanded to Australia as well. I have flown them a few times now and I don’t mind them as they offer cheap fares for short-haul flights.
As a low cost airlines there is no meal service included in your fare, and no onboard entertainment, so bring your own snacks and entertainment.
As it was a short flight (scheduled at 90 minutes) and I was flying from one food haven to another I didn’t think about eating. I still like to look and see what is on offer. The main hot meals cost 12 SGD ($8.84 USD) which is far more expensive than competing low cost airlines in the region. As a comparison, an AirAsia hot meal is $3.85 USD and on VietJet Air $2.45 USD.
The water is also pricey for the region. I did a double take to make sure it wasn’t the Tigerair Australia menu in the seat pocket, but this was the price in Singapore Dollars. A water cost 4 SGD ($2.95 USD). Compare that to VietJet which charges approximately 90c. Weird too that they serve Evian, which is not really a brand associated with low cost anything. I usually bring my own water but sometimes you get to an airport that have no water fountains (Penang does have water fountains).
Immigration forms are handed out to non-Singaporeans, which saves time filling them out upon arrival.
Overall this was a good value flight especially if you are looking for cheap flights between Penang and Singapore. Just eat before you go!

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In India, cash on delivery is the most preferred payment method, accumulating 75% of the e-retail activities. When it comes to successfully running your online business the ecommerce software that your website is built on can either be a supportive ally or a tormenting obstacle. Our Ecommerce Store Builder wcomm Meta information features allows to add, remove and modify Meta information like Meta tags and Meta description. Compare features, prices and ratings in our comparison chart and choose the best ecommerce software for your small business or startup’s online store. Ensure your ecommerce website addresses itself as a solution clearly as this will enhance your message and increase your chance of purchase.
N2N Systems is a pioneer Website designing company in India High-quality navigation should be easy to find and understand ‘ making for fast and easy travel throughout the complete website. ECommerce MoneyAfrica Confex 2017 has developed several new features including the Money Africa track which will focus on innovations in African FinTech products, from payments through to a plethora of financial and consumer services currently shaping the continent. With that many pages, it’s critical that your site architecture makes it easy for users and search engines to find the most important pages on your site. It can help you save time and take the headache out of accounting by automating tasks and integrating with more than 500 apps businesses already use. As it is open source development software, it gives us the elbow room to perform any number of technical upgrades when we build an online store.
When starting an online business selling products or services there are some costs which you can expect before you make your first sale. The eCommerce apps give you options to integrate other even more powerful ecommerce platforms such as Shopify (see our review) or Ecwid into your Wix store. Your success metrics help you to measure the overall success of your campaign, information you can use to improve your next marketing plan. The E-commerce app also caters to other online transactions after the customer has chosen what they want to purchase from you. Sage One —Sage One has two types of accounting plans: one for invoicing by itself, and another for full-service accounting.
Amazon does not use an affiliate network which would take commissions from sale, but thanks to the strength of its brand has developed its own affiliate programme. Accounting systems like QuickBooks online or Zero have a whole ecosystem of add-on tools, whether it’s expense management, or bill payment, or cloud inventory. Amazon wants to challenge Valve and/or Sony and Microsoft – I think this is a very underreported aspect of this deal. I then proceeded to educate my Mom on how Amazon is built up of many individual sellers selling under the Amazon umbrella and she was completely shocked! Additional ecommerce software services are available upon request and can be added Ala cart to any ecommerce package. E-commerce market is growing rapidly in India hence with a full-fledged work strength Zencommerce team is located in Mumbai city for your support… Do not wait just get your store online Zencommerce ready platform.
You can get a cost estimate workshop and consultation if you share a bit more about its concept and functions. An ecommerce marketing plan without A/B testing is sailing blind, so it’s essential to run tests throughout the entire checkout process. Start near the finish line with ready-to-use website templates pre-built with relevant text, graphics and site structures for over 100 types of businesses and organizations. The initiative Choice in eCommerce was founded on May 8, 2013 by several online retailers in Berlin, Germany.
In total, we ended up with nearly two dozen accounting software products on our list. Yendo — If you have a lot of customers, multiple businesses and a dedicated sales team, Yendo is the accounting software for you. E-commerce businesses are run completely online, so if something goes wrong with the website, credit card processor or any of the other aspect of the operation, the business has to shut down to be fixed. Gain and maintain that all-important competitive edge with the most comprehensive suite of software on the market. With help of responsive web design technique, our eCommerce web store are optimized for mobile and tablet devices. The next step if your still debating is to take a look at my detailed side by side comparison chart.
Always ask yourself how you can make the business easier to hand off to the new owner where they can plug and play” and start earning with their new investment as soon as possible. You can make the affiliate program give out certain levels of commission (similar to an Amazon affiliate business) based off the number of items sold. You can upload your products to the marketplaces directly and manually manage inventory at your store backend.
If you’re developing an eCommerce website, mobile app or connected device for retail, odds are you’ve come across a few of these challenges. The best part of using a well-known accounting software is that most inventory management software offers integration. I’ve used this strategy to land a number of high-authority backlinks to my sites, including links from Rackspace and WPEngine, both PageRank 6 (that’s huge!) blogs. This traditional model works well for bigger companies, but for new companies, this model can have extra costs (storage space), risks (unsold stock), and annoyances (not having a popular item in stock and ready to ship). We aren’t the typical eCommerce agency that works to add yet another website to the Internet. There is a limited list of document types, like distribution agreement, import license, etc.. Each of them can have an expiration date.


text: At Arthur Haslam Motoring we aim to bring you the widest choice of used cars in Wishaw, Lanarkshire and at great prices. We have some fantastic deals on used CHRYSLER cars, which are always changing. Browse our used cars below and contact us for more information on any of our second hand cars.

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As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, it gets more and more difficult to imagine life without it — or without cat videos. And although our world certainly has been transformed by the Web’s capabilities, its history includes some persistent myths and comically naive predictions.
We know who invented the Web and the Internet, and when.
Ask Google who invented the Web and the Internet, and it will give you an answer. But the concept of “invention” does not map well to the actual histories of these technologies, which arose from collaborations among large numbers of people and whose development features very few moments that were obvious transformations.
The history of the Web has one singular figure, Tim Berners-Lee, who wrote the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to format text-based documents, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to send documents across the Internet, and a software program to view or browse pages. But Berners-Lee did not sit down one day and create the Internet. There were many precursors, including ideas and systems sketched by Paul Otlet, Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson. And Berners-Lee began to play with hypertext programs in 1980, nearly 10 years before he and Robert Cailliau developed a proposal for an information-management system.
Other milestones included the posting of the first Web site on Dec. 20, 1990; when Berners-Lee announced the Web project to a public mailing list on Aug. 6, 1991; and the declaration on April 30, 1993, that the Web’s underlying code would be publicly and freely available. Myths about the Internet’s militaristic origins and Al Gore’s role have proved difficult to kill, despite some clear documentation of the facts by networking pioneers including Stephen Lukasik, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn.
The Web is an American innovation.
Discussions about Internet governance often focus on international pressure to diminish U.S. control. The Defense Department spent hundreds of millions of dollars from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s developing the core technologies of the Internet. Through entities such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and the Defense Communications Agency, defense investments played major roles in the creation of the digital infrastructure that we use to browse the Web. Congress and the White House — yes, including congressman and later vice president Al Gore — passed legislation and set policies to support the development of the commercial Internet and e-commerce. And of course many icons of the Web’s history are American: Yahoo, AOL, Google and others.
But the Web’s origins are distinctly European, and even the American contributions were infused with international collaboration. Berners-Lee, an Englishman, created some of the Web’s key technologies while working as a software consultant alongside Cailliau, a Belgian engineer, at a Swiss lab. The American protagonists of Internet development at ARPA, Cerf and Kahn, worked closely with European researchers and built on the concepts of French computer scientist Louis Pouzin. And when Gore promoted the “information superhighway,” he did so within the context of an explicitly globalist vision, such as in a famous 1994 speech at the International Telecommunications Union.
Government power is obsolete on the Internet.
Experience suggests that Barlow’s enthusiasm got the better of him. Over the past three decades, governments at all levels — local, state, national and international — have claimed and exercised jurisdiction over behavior online. Examples include filtering and censorship regimes such as China’s Great Firewall, court rulings that forced Yahoo to remove Nazi memorabilia from its online auction service in France and international treaties to protect intellectual property (implemented in the United States via the Digital Millennium Copyright Act), to say nothing of vast systems of espionage like those exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Barlow’s essay also embodied some deeper flaws in “cyberlibertarian” arguments, which obscure the formative role of government in the creation and maintenance of network technologies. In his scolding of “Governments of the Industrial World,” Barlow wrote, “You have not engaged in our great and gathering conversation, nor did you create the wealth of our marketplaces.” In doing so, he ignored the ingenuity and investment of the government employees who created the Internet and the Web.
The gatekeepers are dead; everything is disrupted!
Another example of breathless futurism is Thomas Friedman’s 2005 book, “The World is Flat.” Friedman (and others) saw the Web and the Internet as a “sudden revolution in connectivity” that “constituted a major flattening force” and would provide equal opportunity for all competitors. The obvious factual error in the book’s title should have alerted readers that Friedman’s other metaphors — such as the “level playing field” — might also be flawed.
The notion that the Web hurt “gatekeepers” is not entirely wrong. Plenty of musicians, including Justin Bieber and Katy Perry, got record deals after they went viral on YouTube. A similar phenomenon has reshaped academia, where researchers can post their work on their own websites, bypassing the slow and costly apparatus of academic publishing.
The best example, of course, was the dot-com crash. Entrepreneurs and starry-eyed investors had fueled the bubble, eager to believe that the Web’s rise changed all the rules. But by 2000, everyone had learned the harsh reality: Sound business practices were not fundamentally disrupted by the “get big fast” ethos of Web entrepreneurship. And despite predictions that the Web portends a new economic era of commons-based peer production, old-fashioned industrial capitalism has proved quite resilient. Even companies that lead the “sharing economy,” such as Uber and Airbnb, have massive capital expenditures and valuations that rival those of industrial giants such as Ford and General Motors.
A massive cyberattack is coming.
One constant in the Web’s history has been the expectation that a major event will come along and change everything. Political figures often issue warnings about a “digital Pearl Harbor” or a “cyber Pearl Harbor” (see Richard Clarke in 2000 and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) in 2015). In Elon University’s fascinating “Imagining the Internet” survey from 2004, two-thirds of Web experts agreed with the statement: “At least one devastating attack will occur in the next 10 years on the networked information infrastructure or the country’s power grid.” But so far, we’ve seen nothing of the sort.
Even though a large-scale attack hasn’t materialized, experts continue to use the threat of one to try to shake the Web out of some bad habits and inferior technologies. Neither the Web nor the Internet was designed with unshakeable commitments to security or privacy, and efforts to update them have, for the most part, failed. There have been plenty of proposals with broad consensus among technical communities, such as the World Wide Web Consortium’s Platform for Internet Content Selection and Version 6 of the Internet Engineering Task Force’s Internet Protocol (the current Internet runs mostly on IP Version 4). These and other efforts have faltered, however, because of poor design and lethargic adoption rates, leaving Web users vulnerable to governments, corporations and anonymous bad actors of all kinds.
In the meantime, most users have grown accustomed to intrusions from hackers and viruses; they assume that there is no way to guarantee privacy or security on the Web. But despite the massive vulnerabilities and the regular occurrence of significant data breaches, the long-predicted “digital Pearl Harbor” has not come to pass.


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1. It was the twelfth year of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. Arphaxad was then reigning over the Medes in Ecbatana.
2. He surrounded this city with walls of dressed stones three cubits thick and six cubits long, making the rampart seventy cubits high and fifty cubits wide.
4. the gates themselves being seventy cubits high and forty wide to allow his forces to march out in a body and his infantry to parade freely.
5. About this time King Nebuchadnezzar gave battle to King Arphaxad in the great plain lying in the territory of Ragae.
6. Supporting him were all the peoples from the highlands, all from the Euphrates and Tigris and Hydaspes, and those from the plains who were subject to Arioch, king of the Elymaeans. Thus many nations had mustered to take part in the battle of the Cheleoudites.
10. beyond Tanis too and Memphis, and to all the inhabitants of Egypt as far as the frontiers of Ethiopia.
11. But the inhabitants of these countries ignored the summons of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians and did not rally to him to make war. They were not afraid of him, since in their view he appeared isolated. Hence they sent his ambassadors back with nothing achieved and in disgrace.
12. Nebuchadnezzar was furious with all these countries. He swore by his throne and kingdom to take revenge on all the territories of Cilicia, Damascus and Syria, of the Moabites and of the Ammonites, of Judaea and Egypt as far as the limits of the two seas, and to ravage them with the sword.
14. he occupied his towns and advanced on Ecbatana; he seized its towers and plundered its market places, reducing its former magnificence to a mockery.
15. He later captured Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragae and, thrusting him through with his spears, destroyed him once and for all.
16. He then retired with his troops and all who had joined forces with him: a vast horde of armed men. Then he and his army gave themselves up to carefree feasting for a hundred and twenty days.


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A huge drumroll, please, for the winners of the “Eye in the Sky” DVD competition!
Congratulations! You should already have an email from me with details of how to collect your prize.
To those who didn’t win, my commiserations – and also my encouragement! This is such a great movie, well worth the investment, and available now on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. Don’t miss the chance to see it!
Thanks for reading, following and entering, and have a glorious weekend. I’ll be back next week with more Friday in Five!


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@edward-dimmack That should work. I'm using this wiring on my homebrew interface boards.
@jmarcelino Would this wiring work?
MicroPython driver for SD cards using SPI bus.
methods so the device can be mounted as a filesystem.
I know this is a bit old but I just got an SD card module (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13743) and was trying to get it working with my FiPy. I was running into a lot of issues but was able to make some headway using the library you pasted @robert-hh and thought I would share my results in case other people wanted to get it working.
The pins you used are not the default pins for the SPI init call. So I created my own SPI instance with the pin allocation you had in the post (since I already had them like that) and passed that instance into the SDCard constructor rather than machine.SPI(0). I also removed the additional spi init calls.
I had to declare the CS pin as an instance outside of the library and pass it in similar to the SPI above.
The command to check idle state at the start of the library self.cmd(0, 0, 0x95) would never return a value of 1. I don't know where the reference of these commands were but testing the other commands manually all returned values as expected. So I commented out the entire block that checks for the SD card or raises the 'no SD card' error. I found that I still need to run this command regardless, I get the same set of (4?) different values that repeat each time it is called. They never equal 1 but I let the code continue and command out the error block. Not calling the 0x95 command will not allow the next set of command to work correctly.
Doing the above I have gotten my external SD card board working fine with the FiPy. For reference below are my library and how I call it.
I could probably tidy up the library to initialise the SPI and CS properly internally but this got me going at least.
I tried using SPI bus it is very slow. I had designed the pcb with spi pins but looks like it is not best so I’m just using the SDIO pins and changed the pcb. About the WLAN when I define wlan initially it is asking me for ap ssid at first I get an error saying ap ssid not given. I get the IP address when run locally and it connects to FileZilla but when it boots for the STA_AP it doesn’t print the IP address nor it connects to WLAN. It will be in idle state. I don’t know why it’s not connecting. I’m wondering should we create a station first and then an AP?
Thanks for your reply robert and I'll try working on it today and will post if anything crashes up and I have one more doubt regarding the WLAN access point. I have created an access point and I want to connect to my AP whenever the boot.py loads up. I can connect as a station but not as an access point i tried using this syntax but whenever it boots up it's looking for wlan AP but couldn't find it and goes to deep sleep mode. My network is up and it runs when I run it externally but not during boot up.
Is the above syntax right?
But it is very unstable, runs at low speed only, and data read from the card contains the byte sequence "\x7f\x04" here and there. And sometimes lopy simply crashed. So it's nothing really usable at the moment.
I tried that with two different SD card adapters. One with embedded bus drivers, which is like the one you have, and one which is simply wiring. The latter runs well when connected to the genuine SD card pins of the xxPy, using the built-in SD card module.
@manju2391 It seems that this library is a little bit outdated. I know that I used this on an esp8266, and it worked. And the version on the micropython.org site seems to be a little bit more recent. (https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/drivers/sdcard). I can check, but not before the evening, which is in about 8 hours.
@livius And value(1) instead of high().
That was a confusing change in the API, which broke a lot of code.
but i haven't used it and cannot say more about it.
I got it working with SDIO bus but is it possible over shared SPI bus?
Sorry for the late reply was out of town. I still couldn't figure out how spi works on pycom chip. I'm just confused about the pins .
only direct connection of SD card or simple adapter (without any electronic elements).
I'm using Catalex Micro SD Card adapter which uses SPI pins.


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I have an uncle that lived in Florida and died in a padded cell in the year of 1946, he had a disease that drove him crazy and that's where you were put at that time. Does anyone know where or how I could find out all that information ?
Re: I have an uncle that lived in Florida and died in a padded cell in the year of 1946, he had a disease that drove him crazy and that's where you were put at that time. Does anyone know where or how I could find out all that information ?
Thank you for contacting History Hub. Do you know at what name or kind of facility his padded cell was located?
He was in the Wewahitchka, Florida Jail.
Was it a state facility when your uncle was there? If so, there may be records about the inmates at the State Archives of Florida. The web site is http://dos.myflorida.com/library-archives/about-us/about-the-state-archives-of-florida/. If it was a county facility in 1946, then check for records with the Gulf County Courthouse in Port St. Joe, Florida. The web site for the Clerk of Courts is http://gulfclerk.com/public-records/official-records/.

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text: There is -5:0 hours time difference between Laos and Libya right now. Flight distance from Laos to Libya is 5530.1 Miles (8899.8 Kilometers / 4802.3 Nautical Miles). Approximate flight duration time for a non-stop flight from Vientiane, Laos to Tripoli, Libya is 11 hrs, 28 mins.


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This tender and succulent, green seeded variety produces small, mild flavoured beans that are suitable for fresh use or freezing.
Strong, sturdy plants that carry a heavy crop of very long pods sometimes up to 30cm long.
A popular variety enjoyed for its fleshy, tender white stems. Excellent flavour. Hardy and versatile.
Popular red variety with a mild flavour. Odourless, fresh tasting and versatile.


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Those attending the Sarasota Farmers Market's First Annual Harvest Ball will be treated to an evening under the stars with locally-inspired cuisine prepared by Chef Paul Mattison, as well as live entertainment by Big Night Out and Suitcase Full of Blues. Guests will be greeted with a signature Haymaker cocktail and provided with treats from some of Sarasota’s most interesting vendors.
Tickets are $75 per person and are available at the Sarasota Farmers Market office at 1420 State Street on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00am-2:00pm, Saturdays 7:00am-1:00pm, by calling (941) 225-9256, or visiting www.mattisons.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please email Phil Pagano at manager@sarasotafarmersmarket.org.
Supporters of the Farmers Market that are not able to attend may choose to have their ticket(s) donated to our local veteran’s center.


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SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - January 25, 2011) - In an effort to enhance patient outcomes utilizing negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), a new ultraportable, single-use NPWT device from Spiracur® Inc. is now approved for sale in the European Union (EU). The company announced today that it has obtained CE Mark approval for its SNaP® Wound Care System. The device may be used on patients who would benefit from a suction device for wound healing. It works by removing small amounts of exudate (fluid) from chronic, acute, traumatic, subacute and dehisced wounds, as well as ulcers (such as diabetic or pressure) and surgically closed incisions.
"We are extremely pleased to have obtained CE Mark approval for our SNaP Wound Care System, as it will enable clinicians throughout the European Union to treat patients suffering from chronic wounds with clinically proven negative pressure wound therapy," said Gary Restani, president and chief executive officer, Spiracur Inc. "There exists strong momentum in the United States for the delivery of NPWT using smaller, more discreet devices that can improve patient compliance and enhance their quality of life. Spiracur is well positioned to not only enhance the therapy of chronic wound conditions, but also improve the outcomes of treatment."
Spiracur's SNaP Wound Care System (Smart Negative Pressure) is changing the approach of how NPWT is delivered to patients. Its inventive design eliminates electric or battery power in the healing process; therefore, the delivery device is completely silent, as well as lightweight and small (less than 85 grams). The device is disposable and can easily fit under a patient's clothing, enabling patients to resume daily activity without exposing their wound care treatment to the world.
In September 2010, interim results from a clinical study highlighting the safety and efficacy of the SNaP Wound Care System for the treatment of chronic lower extremity wounds was presented at the Fall 2010 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) in Anaheim, Calif. The 12-center, randomized controlled trial (RCT) compares NPWT between the KCI Wound V.A.C. Therapy System and the SNaP Wound Care System, evaluating treatment for up to 16 weeks, or until there was complete closure of the ulcer. The interim analysis found no significant differences in the proportion of subjects healed between the two devices evaluated. According to principle investigator, David G. Armstrong, DPM, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery at the University of Arizona, "Spiracur's novel technology may prove to hold substantial potential for patients requiring smaller NPWT treatment options, as the device provides an important tool for treating these chronic conditions."
Spiracur Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a privately held medical device company focused on the development of innovative wound healing technologies. Spiracur was founded out of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Program in 2007. Its first product, the SNaP Wound Care System, grew out of the notion that current negative pressure wound therapies were too cumbersome for patients and clinicians. Spiracur strives to develop products that are truly patient-centric. For more information, please visit http://www.spiracur.com.
SNaP, Spiracur and the Spiracur Design are registered trademarks of Spiracur Inc.


text: Serious clammers need durable equipment like this galvanized steel clam gun. Measuring 31" in length it features a 5" x 15" barrel with 1-3/16" x 10" T-handle. Recommended for taking razor clams from sandy ocean beaches.


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Description: Newport This Week is a business categorized under newspapers: publishing, or publishing and printing, which is part of the larger category newspapers: publishing, or publishing and printing. Newport This Week is located at the address 33 Marlborough Street in Newport, Rhode Island 02840-2544. The Owner is Matt Hayes who can be contacted at (401)847-7766.
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Morgan Sindall Investments Limited works in an extraordinary variety of sectors, providing investment and financial services to a range of customers. We aim to create successful and sustainable communities that address the needs and aspirations of the people who inhabit them. If you have a strong track record in asset-backed development then we can offer you a challenging, rewarding career of extraordinary variety, working in everything from healthcare to education. There is no better place in the business to develop your career in the direction that interests you.
Morgan Sindall is an exciting place to work. It’s very fast-paced and you have a lot of autonomy. That’s the main reason I joined six years ago – I wanted to be able to take responsibility for my own decisions. We have that independence but it’s also a tight, cohesive team. This is the best company I’ve worked for.
I’m responsible for leading bids from the moment we find out about them to the point when we sign the deal. I work on a national scale so I go wherever the work is. Sometimes I’m in London running client meetings, and some days I work from home in Devon, doing quiet, concentrated work.
You have to be flexible and versatile as there is so much variety in this role.
Working here has been an exciting journey. I worked on some challenging projects at the beginning that taught me to be tenacious. I started out on a fifty-million pound library and now I’m bidding on projects double that size. Over time I’ve gained a better understanding, more responsibility and a less reactive approach. I’m very ambitious and I want to keep on tackling complex projects and the challenges they bring.
I joined Morgan Sindall Investments (MSIL) in May 2006 having worked for the previous 20-years with national contracting / development organisations. I joined MSIL at a time of major growth in the education sector, supporting the business on growing its key education opportunities culminating in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. I was excited by the challenge of helping the company achieve its objectives. The initial challenge was to position the business to compete and win larger projects under the BSF programme which we have successfully achieved.
At MSIL there is a great team-working culture, everyone driving their ideas forward with similar values and beliefs. Our business is ostensibly about winning bids and creating successful businesses and we’re all in it together. Everyone mucks in and it’s a very flat structure. This kind of work isn’t easy – it can take a year and a half to finish a bid and when you win it’s fantastic, but it takes a little time to recover from a loss. You need to be very hardworking in this role, able to lead large diverse teams, encourage teamwork and ensure that you drive the best out of the skills and experiences available within that team. You need to keep on learning from every experience, good or bad.
My background is in healthcare – I was an NHS director of primary care and worked with hundreds of GPs. My best career advice is not to be afraid to change direction. I was originally an accountant at the NHS before transferring into services development. I then moved to Morgan Sindall because I felt that I could actually make a difference here and I get real job satisfaction from what we do. It’s the best decision I ever made.
I’ve only been here a short while so there is still so much to learn. I’m the general manager of three LIFT companies across the south and it’s my job to build relationships with colleagues, customers and partners to generate new business.
Right now we’re working on projects in Crawley hospital as well as projects for new builds with GPs. So I’m still working to improve communities and healthcare providers. When I stand outside one of our buildings and see how well it work s and see people making use of it, I feel very proud to have been a part of it.
I joined Morgan Sindall in 2008 and have been very fortunate to have been able to develop myself here. I first started out as a receptionist before quickly becoming a Project Administrator, working on large PFI projects around the country and subsequently being promoted to Proposals Manager.
My current role is to manage production of our proposals, ensuring that our bid documents are of the highest quality and meet the set deadlines to give our team the very best chance of securing new work. Working within bid teams is the most rewarding part of my job. I would describe my colleagues as committed, hard-working and supportive.
The bidding environment can be intense but the variety of work keeps it fresh and exciting.
We take a very collaborative approach here and everyone has been willing to share their knowledge and help me progress. I feel proud to be part of a winning team and to work for a company that invests in its employees’ development.
I remember thinking at the end of my first interview how much I already wanted to work here. I could see that the culture was a really good fit for me. Everyone here is dedicated and motivated but somehow the office remains a light-hearted and relaxed environment. Our division really wants people to succeed and, although you have to be determined, my experience is that MSIL will support you and your goals.
I’ve now been at Morgan Sindall for just under a year and I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone by. I’ve been learning to run the financial processes here, which has been challenging coming from a different way of working in my previous role – but it’s so important to stretch yourself and try new things.
I’m particularly enjoying working on process improvement in a new environment with new systems and processes to understand. Becoming a financial controller was a great opportunity for me and I’m very happy to be in this role. There’s still so much to learn but I’m always thinking about how we can improve the way that the finance team works.
We strive to ensure that the salary and benefits packages we offer our colleagues are the best in the industry. What you get will depend on what you do – and how long you stay with us.
Juggling work commitments and family life is a challenge for everyone – that’s why Morgan Sindall Investments people are eligible for enhanced maternity and paternity benefits, as well as childcare vouchers and a great holiday allowance. We have an excellent work life balance.
As you might expect, there’s also a contributory pension plan and a life assurance scheme – and a discount scheme that gets you money off everything from mobile phones to DIY supplies.

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The strangest day of my life began at Heathrow airport.
Well, actually, it all started in Germany where I was spending the summer on a working student visa, employed by the US Army at their base in Wiesbaden, but I’ll go into that another time. All you need to know is that I had arrived in Wiesbaden in early June and was now in London in mid-August in my second-to-last day before heading back to the States. I’d left the bulk of my luggage on the base and taken a smaller bag to London where I was spending as much time as possible with my new British boyfriend (the man you now know as The Noble Husband).
On my last night there, I went to a party. I stayed up until the wee, wee hours and in my inebriated state, forgot to set the alarm. I think I was supposed to be at the airport for about midday but didn’t even wake up until after then. Most normal people, upon waking to see that they’re going to miss their flight, would freak out. I didn’t though. I just snuggled back down into bed with a shrug; too hungover, tearful and reluctant to part from TNH to care. I had only turned 19 about six weeks earlier and in my deluded, teenage mind I thought I could just show up at the airport later and get the next flight. So I took my time showering, packing my bag and saying goodbye to TNH. I was utterly heartbroken to be leaving him, not knowing when I would see him again. We’d had the most incredible, intense summer together, traveling all over Europe and falling in love; I didn’t want the adventure to end. Little did I know that the biggest adventure of that summer was about to unfold before me, on my journey to get back home.
I arrived at Heathrow in the late afternoon, well past the departure time of my original flight to Frankfurt. Wiesbaden was a half hour away from Frankfurt by train so the plan was to fly to Frankfurt where a former colleague of TNH’s was going to pick me up, take me to the base to collect the rest of my luggage and let me stay the night at his place, and then put me on a train back to the airport the following morning for my flight to Louisville via Washington D.C. It was all planned out. Unfortunately, my party-hard night in London mucked all that up and set off a chain of events which spiralled out of my control little by little, starting at the check-in desk.
I breezed confidently up to the ticket desk and informed the agent that I’d had a car breakdown on my way in (a blatant lie) and needed to get the next flight. He informed me that there was one more flight to Frankfurt that evening but as my ticket was non-refundable, I’d have to pay. The ticket cost £150. I didn’t have anywhere near enough in cash and, being barely 19, had no credit cards. It was only 1998 after all — it would be a couple years yet before they started giving first year university students unlimited access to plastic.
I tried phoning TNH to ask him what to do but his mobile was switched off and he was back in bed nursing his hangover still, no doubt. I began to realise with a growing sense of panic that if I didn’t get on this flight, I would miss the Frankfurt – D.C. leg of my journey the following day. Since that ticket was undoubtedly non-refundable as well, I knew that my parents would be less than thrilled at having to bail me out to buy another. I went back up to the ticket agent (let’s call him John) and tried again.
In desperation, I emptied the contents of my entire wallet onto his desk, coins and all. This was pre-Euro and so about five different currencies came spilling out: Deutsche marks, British pounds, US dollars, Czech crowns and Dutch guilders. I was fighting back tears at this point and was edging dangerously close to a nervous breakdown. I think John sensed this and kindness kicked in as he helpfully tallied up what I had into pounds to see if it was enough. I was still £50 or so short. I let loose a strangled cry and my knees started to buckle. I turned to John with the same panicked, searching look that a stag undoubtedly gives the hunter when it realises it is trapped and lined up in the gun’s sights. John was obviously a vegetarian, bleeding heart liberal, pansy boy who would never hurt a fly, let alone a deer (thank god!), because he didn’t find the strength to pull the trigger. Instead, he leaned forward and said, “Okay, you’re on the flight. Now go, and don’t miss it this time!” with a smile. I could’ve kissed and hugged John McAirlineAgent but had to just smile broadly and thank him profusely.
I finally boarded the plane and arrived in Frankfurt a couple hours later. I was so ready for a nice, warm bed and some food and drink. Of course, it was quite late by that point, approaching ten o’clock, and my original flight was supposed to have gotten in at about four. Obviously, the man who was supposed to meet me there and let me stay at his place (TNH’s colleague) was long gone and I had no way to contact him. I had a number for him but he wasn’t at home and I couldn’t exactly leave a number where I could be reached either. Not only was this pre-credit card days but pre-mobile days. In other words, the Mesozoic Age. Besides, I’m sure he was just giddy at having spent hours at the airport earlier, waiting for a girl who never showed, so even if he had been at home I doubt he would’ve done much to help me.
It was too late to go back to the base to collect my luggage and my flight to D.C. the next day was quite early so I should’ve stayed put at the airport. I should have slept there where it was safe and warm and with access to toilets and phones and resources to get money wired to me. But for some reason, my 19-year-old brain decided it would be a MARVELOUS idea if I went back to Wiesbaden anyway, to somehow get someone to let me onto the base to get my bags and perhaps find someone I knew to loan me some cash and give me a place to crash, all between the hours of 10pm and 7am. Yes, I really was that stupidly optimistic. You know where this is going, right?
I realised that I didn’t have a single penny on me, not enough to buy a bottle of water or a candy bar, and certainly not enough to buy a train ticket from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden. I thought forlornly back to the moment where I emptied my entire wallet onto John the Benevolent’s desk and wished I’d been smart enough to save back at least a few marks to buy some food with. Not one to dwell on mistakes, however, I resigned myself to fare evading and got on the train with fingers crossed that they wouldn’t check tickets. About halfway through and here comes the bloody guard, checking tickets. Damn! I stealthily slid out of my seat and into the toilet where I sat with my feet braced against the door and with my bag pressed up against my chest. A knock followed by some shouting in German soon followed and I knew that the guard was asking me to come out and show my ticket. I ignored it and just squeezed my bag tighter, hoping he would go away. A few minutes later, the train glided into Wiesbaden station and I had to get off or be carried onto the next, unknown town. I took a deep breath, flung the door open and jumped off the train as soon as it came to a stop. I walked up the platform quickly and with my head down, hoping I wouldn’t be caught. I heard a whistle behind me and knew I’d had no such luck. The thought of spending the night in a German prison where I didn’t understand hardly anything being said to me, missing my flight back to the States and having to tell my parents what happened and begging them to bail me out somehow sounded as appealing as eating chunky, green, month-old milk. So I did the only thing I knew to do — I ran.
I am dying to read the rest of this. Seriously!! I’m sooooo impressed John let you get on the plane. I have not had any such luck at Heathrow, as a matter of fact mostly bad experiences.
I’m really dying laughing – I cannot believe you RAN. Must. Know. More.
Anyway, I am chuckling away at 19-year-old you. Can’t wait to read the rest.
I lived in Europe in the mid-nineties. Coins of many colors, coins of many sizes, some with holes in the middle, none of easily identifiable origin, all living simultaneously in my wallet that was bereft of paper money.
Poor NS. Then you had to come live with me.
@Shannon – Yeah, I still find it hard to believe that he let me on. He got a lot of good karma that day, that’s for sure!
@Strawberry – A smoking car in Brussels…you must tell the story sometime! I do wonder sometimes how I got through that summer alive. Oh, ignorant bliss.
@Jill – I use that ‘Mc’ thing way too much, I know. I find it fun to give strangers made-up names. It’s a bad habit.
@andrea – Believe me, doll, that was the HIGH point of going back home. If I’d been moving back in with my parents or the dorm I would’ve gone nuts. You are probably the only reason I survived the following year as well.
i’m surprised you survived at all once you got home and had to face mom and dad! although, i think they were just so glad you made it back that they didn’t bother with being all that angry.
I’m liking the start of this story. I’ve gotten pretty far in life relying on stupid optimism and, in the word of Blance Dubois, the kindness of strangers. I’ve also spent enough time in Germany to know that they don’t tolerate deviation from the rules. Let’s see what happened.


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How much time do you spend weekly doing the work that really inspires you? GET REAL NOW. Are there aspects of your business you put off because they’re boring, repetitive, obligatory and hassleriffic?
Imagine you’re at your desk and you’re about to respond to a new prospect. Your response has gotta have all the good stuff about why to work with You vs. Them; it’s gotta be compelling and have personality. You’re stoked, right? You’ve got an opportunity here. But now imagine you’ve got a bunch of these leads to knock out (every day) before you can move on to the projects that’ll add real value to your business.
All of a sudden, what once seemed like an opportunity now feels like a repetitive, obligatory hassle in the way of what you should be (and would rather be) spending your time doing. That’s because that’s exactly what it is.
Ever noticed that when you’re cranking out boring, repetitive work, that you’re creatively constipated, rushing, only half present?
In my work with clients from around the world (read: this phenomenon is not local to your region), strategizing systems to grow their businesses, I’ve noticed there is a palpable decline in energy and creativity, and an increase in the effort required for this boring, repetitive, albeit important work.
I call this type of work “Blah Work” (vs. “Ahhh Work”).
“Ahhh Work”, on the other hand, is the work most of us really love, like creating new strategies, products or systems.
“Blah Work” is most of the work you do in the business, where “Ahhh Work” is most of the work you do on the business.
So it’s no wonder you’re not a wildly-inspired creative Jedi, either, while you’re grinding out “Blah Work”. Trouble is, a lot of “Blah Work” is actually important.
Another part of what makes “Blah Work” such a vacuum for creativity is that it’s repetitive, often to the Sisyphean degree…like, ya know you’re just going to have to do the same thing again, and again, and again.
How can you inject your creative, brilliant, inspired, authentic self into even the most “Bliggety-Blah” of all “Blah Work”?
Gotta turn it into “Ahhh Work”. How? Simple!
Stop simply solving the same problem over and over again.
Solve it once, and solve it with genius.
1. Create a system for it.
Check it. What if you shut off all distractions, lit some incense (or whatever gets you in the mood), and wrote the most brilliant effing email to new prospects that you’ve got in you? This is the email to end all emails. It’s got all the compelling stuff and all the character and soul you can muster. To read this email is to fall in love with its creator.
That email will take you several times longer to write than the one you rushed through over and over again.
Once it’s written, it’s done.
When someone reads it, they not only get features and pricing questions answered, they get YOU. The best of you. The relaxed-creative-brilliant-charming-passionate-on-fire you.
Then, what if you set up a system that automatically sent out that steaming cup o’ brilliance to everyone who came-a-knockin’ at your website door?
Now you’re not only making a (way) better first impression, you’re saving a badonka bunch of time in the process.
Now, you may be thinking: “Well, a single response to new leads would never do for my business. People have a number of different questions and concerns when they inquire and I need to be able to customize my responses.” Well, touché, my fine French friend. But, how many emails would it take? Three? Ten? Write ‘em all, and then set up a system that lets you (or even the simplest of your team members) decide which email should go out to which prospects, based on their question. That’s wicked simple to automate, if you’re using the right platform.
Hint: ONTRAPORT does the trick nicely with task outcome automation, but more on that later (or hit me up to learn more).
Now, the example of responding to new leads is just that: an example. There are TONS of other kinds of hassleriffic “Blah Work” that can (and should) be systematized and automated.
If you find yourself doing the same thing more than about twice per month, you should create a system for it (and automate, if possible).
Think of one “Blah Work” activity you do in your business on the reg.
Head on over to my Facebook community, “like” my page, and tell me! I’d love to hear what’s cramping your creative style and wasting your time! I’ll reply to you there, and offer you some actionable tips on turning your “Blah Work” into “Ahh Work”.
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We have two dogs, who may have just been exposed to fleas. Will they harm the crabbies at all? I haven't found anything saying they will, but on the chance that they do have fleas, I want to make sure that they won't hurt the crabs, and if they can, is there anything we can do? Thanks.
Moonlightdreams wrote: We have two dogs, who may have just been exposed to fleas. Will they harm the crabbies at all? I haven't found anything saying they will, but on the chance that they do have fleas, I want to make sure that they won't hurt the crabs, and if they can, is there anything we can do? Thanks.
Dont think they will, more likely for the fleas to harm you than the crabs. Regardless, try and keep the dogs out of the room that the crabbies are in to reduce cross contamination - since a warm humid environment is good for all animals.
Nope, the fleaa won't hurt the crabs. I have only ever noticed a few in the crab tank, I think they are dead ones that fall off when my cat sleeps on top the tank.
Flea treatment will however, since both crabs and fleas are arthropods. Do not use bug bombs or any kind of spray or dust around the hermits. If the dogs are being treated wash your hands well before handling the crabs, or their food and water.
We have a gaggle of cats and have been fighting fleas for about two years now. Our vets say almost all of their clients have been having issues and nothing is working like it used to. With cats there aren't as many options so we rotate between Revolution and Advantage. So far no trouble with the crabs but I am always careful!
Unfortunately, the hermit crabs are in the living room, and there's really no way to keep the dogs out, and they've already been near the crabitat. We just gave them their flea and tick tablets, and one of them is now wearing a flea collar, so hopefully, if they do have fleas, they'll die before getting to the crabs. They may not even have them, but we're doing everything we can to stop the little buggers if we can.
I didn't find anything about them on the mites page, so fingers crossed. Thanks for the help.
wodesorel wrote: Nope, the fleaa won't hurt the crabs. I have only ever noticed a few in the crab tank, I think they are dead ones that fall off when my cat sleeps on top the tank.
Thanks, Wode. We aren't spraying anything, nor using bombs, but one dog does have a flea collar on, and both have just taken their flea and tick tablets. Hopefully none can find their way into the tank.


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Before we walked in, I got my first look at the renamed and rebooted version of Fuel - Refuel. I guess I'll need to give that a try sometime as well, now that their popular sous-vide fried chicken is available anytime. Okay, back to Maenam... Upon entering I was quite pleased with the decor. Simple, modern and inviting, I insisted on a window seat. Not sure if that would've been necessary since the whole place is amply lit. The lunch menu is simple with only a few items for appies and entrees. Prices are actually reasonable considering the location and decor. We decided to try several appies to start including: Chicken Satay, Crispy BC Golden Mantle Oysters and Thai Sausages (this is just crying out for a joke). Presented on tile plates, they were almost impossible to move and pick up. They looked nice; but in reality, not functional. Add to that the sticky table, and things were pretty much immobile, which aided in me spilling half of my soup. Plates aside, the satay were big slices of chicken breast which easily dwarf what we normally expect. They were pretty good being moist and the accompanying dip was just the right combination of sw eet, spicy and nutty.
We also shared a Muslim Oxtail Soup and boy did it have a lot of flavour. In addition to the spicy kick from the peppers, there was zing and aromatics with every spoonful. Nestled in all the greenery hid tender pieces of oxtail. Too bad I spilled most of the first bowl. I really enjoyed this soup. What's a visit to a Thai restaurant without some Pad Thai? I seem to order this every time and this version was pretty solid. I thought the noodles were a perfect consistency and there was no absence of large shrimp, tofu, egg, sprouts and green onions. There was a definite sweet tamarind flavour to the dish with a slightly spicy undertone. However, my tongue was burning due to the spicy Green Curry Halibut. In my haste of cleaning up my spilled soup, I neglected to take a picture of it! The horror! As mentioned, the green curry was quite spicy and a little sauce went a long way with the supplied bowl of rice. Thank goodness we got some Roti as well, that went well with the curry. I gotta say it was some of the best roti I've had. Crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside, it was light and easy to eat.
Overall, our meal at Maenam was enjoyable and the service was solid. Everything we ate resulted in flavour explosions bursting within our mouths. It could be a bit spicy for some people; but we personally like it a bit hot. The food itself was obviously made with care and presented tastefully on those troublesome tiles. If you take the food quality, service, location and ambiance into account, the prices are actually pretty reasonable.
- What's with those tile plates?
We love Thai food, but it's hard to find good examples of such in Vancouver. Glad to hear that the flavors at Maenam were good, but visually, the dishes look a lot more fusion (or perhaps muted) than authentic Thai.
I have a friend (whom I also trust but does not blog) that have negative feedback in regards to Maenam. I guess you two cancel each other and it is up to me to drop by to find out.
Now, Sherman, what is the deal with all the tongues, sausages and Jenna refeences???
Hi ET! I believe it's still run by Angus An unless something has changed. In terms of the food, I liked it and I do have to agree with you that it has a fusion feel. Although, it still tastes Thai to me at least.
Kim, yah, I guess it depends on what your expectations are. In terms of purely eating good Thai food, I'm perfectly happy with Lhy Thai since it's much cheaper. If you want ambiance, nice plating and care prep of the food, then it's Maenam.
Well Victoria, I trust you. After all, you know better than I do. I agree that there are "twists". That's what makes food some interesting. Good for some, not for others.

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The students at St. Bernard’s Catholic School are leading the way toward a more inclusive tomorrow.
The students of St. Bernard’s Catholic School rallied together to host a fundraiser, generously donating all proceeds to Jake’s House and to supporting our families.
The school also launched a new initiative to further support those affected within their immediate community: they developed a Sensory Space. This area provides the St.Bernard students affected by autism with welcome respite when the school day becomes overwhelming–it is a calming space in which they can decompress, rest and recompose, before returning to regular activities.
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How can non-technical skills like planning and preparation, prioritizing, decision making, teamwork and fatigue management contribute to averting disaster?
Rhona Flin conducts research into human performance "at the sharp end", environments like the aircraft cockpit, where things can go very wrong, fast. Her work include studies in aviation, oil and gas, finance, nuclear and not least healthcare.
She is Professor of Industrial Psychology at Aberdeen Business School (RGU), professor emeritus at the University of Aberdeen and of course a TEDx'er.
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In aviation, more than half of accidents can arguably be traced back to human error. This ambiguous human factor, however, can be managed. When - or even more so before - things go wrong, a very specific skill set will often determine the final outcome.
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