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Hempstead May
Junior Retoucher
Hempstead May a leading Photographic Post Production Studio in East London and in New York.
As a company in perpetual growth, we pride ourselves on an approach that ensures the original integrity of the shot is retained and the individual style of the photographer is captured in every image. Working with some of the worlds leading photographers, brands, agencies and publications.
Hempstead May is offering an exciting position to join our expanding office as a full time 'Junior Retoucher' in our London studio.
We are looking for a career minded retoucher, who is passionate about high-end fashion, photography and printing. We require a dedicated and hard-working candidate with a keen eye for detail and meticulous working methods.
Job Description:
- Delivering high-quality retouching and colour corrected imagery for a wide range of print and /or on-line based projects
- Work to consistently high standards with minimal amends
- Colour matching skills and a keen eye for attention to detail
- Strong workflow methods and show initiative within the role
- Meet daily output targets set by Production
- Show ever-improving results in your work and within an allotted time frame
- Liaise directly with the Retouch Supervisor and Production Coordinator
- Carry out ad hoc duties within the Studio
- Liaise with others involved in the studio process
- 40 hours working week – Monday to Friday with occasional weekend work
- May be required to work flexible hours and on location dependant on the job spec
Key Responsibilities:
- Retouch product photographic images to a high standard
- Ensure colour consistency between image and physical product
- Follow specific internal file – structure and Server organisation
- Name and maintain digital asset file/structure
- Adhere to creative direction set by the client and overseen by Supervisor
- Taking a consistent approach when editing large batches of imagery
- Crop images and maintain file size specification guidelines
- Perform quality assurance on all images
- Be responsible for completion of work and achieving deadlines set by Production/Coordinator
This position offers a great opportunity for career progression and growth in a growing company. Ideally, you will have a minimum of 2 years of experience, with strong skills and proven ability in; beauty, hair, comping, reshaping and colour. You will be a fast learner and able to adjust to our specific techniques.
Salary dependent on Experience
Visit our Instagram - instagram.com/hempstead_may & instagram.com/hempsteadmaygallery for examples of our work
How to apply
Please send a CV and portfolio showcasing examples of your work to: [email protected]


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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The president of France spoke of an "erroneous decision." Japan's Prime Minister lamented disruptions to trade. The head of the International Monetary Fund said recent foreign policy positions were "not the right way to go."
They were not criticizing President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, whom the United States has tried to isolate on the world stage.
Instead, Mr. Putin sat, nodding approvingly, on a stage beside these heads of state and other senior officials at a business forum that veered into what sounded at times like a group-therapy session for world leaders slighted by President Trump.
Speaking to an auditorium of business executives, President Emmanuel Macron of France said he had tried to persuade President Trump to remain in the international climate accord, observe a nuclear treaty with Iran and refrain from moving the United States embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, only to be rebuffed on all three points. Mr. Macron called the embassy move "erroneous."
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said he was moving ahead with a trade pact with Pacific nations despite Mr. Trump's withdrawal from the deal. "This is the kind of fairness we need," he said of the trade deal. "Unfortunately, the U.S. withdrew."
Christine Lagarde, the director of the International Monetary Fund, said the Trump administration's threat to impose tariffs on Chinese goods was rocking the boat of the global economy. A trade deficit is not reason enough to impose tariffs, she said. "It's a strange complaint," she said, and "not the right way to go" on trade.
It was a peculiar forum for airing grievances against the United States. At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, an annual gathering for foreign investors and executives who do business in Russia, Mr. Putin was playing host to the leaders of France and Japan, countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia.
The United States, which imposed some of the harshest restrictions, sent its ambassador to the conference with the message that "dialogue and communication is the only way to improve ties."
Mr. Putin, for his part, spoke of the United States shifting the rules of the international order even as it attempted to police those rules.
"The current situation in the world is such that everybody is playing soccer with the rules of judo," Mr. Putin said. "So what we have is neither soccer nor judo. It's chaos."
The complaints by the French and Japanese leaders play into Russia's long-term effort to drive wedges between the United States and its traditional allies.
To be sure, Mr. Macron also spoke of France's long, warm historical alliance with the United States and said disagreements were part of that lengthy friendship. And Mr. Abe, in a speech, drew attention to the lack of a formal peace treaty to end World War II between Russia and Japan, because of a territorial dispute over islands.
The vice president of the People's Republic of China, Wang Qishan, appeared to be the most diplomatic of all, saying China could learn from America. "America is the only global superpower, in soft power and in hard power," Mr. Wang said.
The United States and European allies have sought to isolate Russia economically, and have expelled Russian diplomats, over its military intervention in Ukraine, meddling in foreign elections and the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain.
The sign of some fracturing of the Western alliance against Russia came as the Russian economy has been pulling out of a recession that had been brought on by swooning global prices for oil, a key export commodity, and Western sanctions.
Earlier this month, Mr. Putin laid out ambitious economic targets for his fourth term as president of Russia, saying he would increase life expectancy, cut poverty and, improbably, displace Germany as the world's fifth largest economy.
"Nobody is saying today how are we going to achieve every percentage point of this growth, even though such ambitious targets have been set," said Aleksei L. Kudrin, an economic adviser to Mr. Putin, and an occasional critic of his economic policies.
Mr. Kudrin, who also attended the business gathering, said Western sanctions had cost Russia about 0.5 percent of growth annually. However, several top officials in Russia expressed hope that disagreements emerging between European nations and the United States over sanctions politics, such as those stemming from disagreement over the Iran nuclear deal, could help Russia break up what had been a united front against Moscow.
Igor I. Sechin, the head of Russia's national oil company, Rosneft, said the turmoil over Iran policy was responsible for helping to drive up oil prices to levels not seen since 2014.
The Trump administration has recently sent mixed signals on doing business in Russia.
In April, the Treasury Department issued sanctions against seven wealthy Russians. Then this month, the American ambassador, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., encouraged Americans to attend the business forum.
Mr. Huntsman had agreed to provide opening remarks at a panel discussion in which one of the Russians the Treasury Department had just sanctioned, Viktor F. Vekselberg, was scheduled to participate. Mr. Huntsman later backed out of his role with the panel, though he did attend the forum.
An investment firm Mr. Vekselberg once described as his American affiliate, Columbus Nova, paid $ 580,000 to a shell company set up by President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen.
"I'm disappointed, I would have loved to have him give welcoming remarks," Alexis Rodzianko, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, said in an interview. But, he said, "a mixed message is better than the message we were getting before."
Under President Obama, the American policy was to dissuade company executives from attending the economic forum, a gala event backed by the Russian government and modeled on the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.
This year, Mr. Huntsman, Mr. Trump's ambassador, turned up only to have his boss castigated on stage by the world leaders.
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The Times of Israel reports: The Arab Israeli town of Abu Ghosh, known for a history of friendly relations with Jews and Zionism, is to initiate construction on Wednesday of a cultural center in honor of a Palestinian figure revered among Arabs but deeply unpopular among many Jews, Yasser Arafat.
Located 10 kilometers west of Jerusalem and with a population of around 7,000 people, Abu Ghosh is well known for its beautiful churches, classical music festivals, hummus restaurants, brand-new megalith mosque, and its uniquely friendly relations with the majority Jewish population in its surroundings.
On Wednesday, a large ceremony is scheduled to take place in the town to celebrate the laying of a foundation stone for a cultural center in honor of Arafat, the late PLO chief and Nobel peace prize laureate.
Arafat, who died in 2004, remains a venerated figure among Palestinians, but is seen by many in Israel as an unreformed terrorist who doomed the 2000 Camp David attempt at peacemaking, orchestrated the suicide bombing onslaught of the Second Intifada that followed, and disseminated a still-prevailing narrative among Palestinians that denies Jews' history and legitimacy in the Holy Land.
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AKCO Newsletter 3/12/2016.
As we fast approach the end of the year 2016, we are very grateful and do sincerely appreciate all those who have worked tirelessly and so selflessly in Kenya, Germany and Australia to make things happen the way they have for AKCO.
The AKCO Germany chapter held a successful fund raising and awareness creating event which managed to raise enough money to hire a new teacher at the school for the coming year, 2017! A big thank you to AKCO Director in Germany Birgit Eger and her friends for all the hard work and sacrifice they all put to make this happen.
We give big thanks to Sue of the Whitecliffs Beach Resorts, Rye for facilitating a donation of 20 more double bed mattresses from the Whitecliffs resort., including doonas and doona covers as well as pillows and bed covers etc. Lots of thanks to Peter Huggan who coordinated the whole exercise including collection, transport handling and storage of the mattresses.
We would like to recognise and give massive thanks to all those delivering Donations In Kind (DIK) to our Carrum Downs and Tootgarook collection points. Special thanks to:
Joanne Arends Maas for 6 Men's designer suits.
Joanne Carns for 6 bags of clothes.
Pauline Cock for 4 bags of boys clothes, a bag of ladies clothes and a bag of shoes plus other accessories.
Many thanks to Andrea Puddy, Director. Goodstart Early Learning Frankston together with colleagues, children and parents for their donations in kind of another car load of donations comprising bags of adults men and ladies clothes, baby clothes and toys, shoes, jumpers, sports shoes and jackets etc.
Judy Lyew for a Grundig music system and a cash donation towards a Marquee tent for AKCO outdoor events.
Geoff Bartlett for facilitating donations of a stack of carpet rolls.
Many thanks to Julie Kerdel for the hard work and networking she's done to facilitate a second sausage sizzles fund raising event for AKCO at the Bunnings Carrum Downs stores to be held on the 1.1.2017; look out for more details coming soon on the 'AKCO Facebook' events section if you would like to support/ participate in this event.
We thank those who have already put up their hands to volunteer and support the forthcoming sausage sizzles fund raising event for AKCO that will take place at the Woollies Supermarkets, Patterson Lakes on the 11.12.2016.
Many thanks to Erna Scott for continuing to manage and to train AKCO personnel on managing of the AKCO website. You can visit the AKCO website at www.aussiekenyacomunity.org
We welcome new AKCO members who have come on board this month even though we have not mentioned you by name, please feel welcome!
Many more thanks and appreciation to all those who have continued to support AKCO financially including: Pastor Ian Rankin, Brian L McFarlane, Judy Lyew, Trent Martin, Deidre Williams Bartlett and Geoff Bartlett as well as Peter Huggan.
We also acknowledge and thank Members of the Jubilee Christian Fellowship. Deidre Williams Bartlett and Mark Sidandi's lesson class as well as other members of the Frankston SDA church who support the UJI (Porridge) feeding program.
Please note that tax receipts that can be lodged with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for tax claims can be issued for any cash donations of $2 and above, let us know if you would require a tax receipt for this purpose.
Some updates from Kenya is that work on the development and building of an Eco Camp has already commenced at Camp Lolgorian in the Maasai Mara. We give special thanks to the Matabariba Bio- Construction group led by Kimberley Mwamburi, Billy Blunt and Tin Man amongst others. We also wish to reconise and thank all the volunteers who have traveled from far and wide to join in this work and help in the very exciting 'Earth Bag Building' of the camp.
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WASHINGTON — Christmas has come and gone but the partial government shutdown is just getting started.
Wednesday brings the first full business day after several government departments and agencies closed up over the weekend due to a budgetary stalemate between President Donald Trump and Congress. And there is no end in sight.
So far, the public and federal workers have largely been spared inconvenience and hardship because government is closed on weekends and federal employees were excused from work on Christmas Eve and Christmas, a federal holiday. The shutdown began at midnight last Friday.
Trump said Tuesday that the closed parts of the government will remain that way until Democrats agree to wall off the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements. He said he's open to calling the wall something else as long as he ends up with an actual wall.
Asked when the government would reopen fully, Trump said he couldn't say.
"I can't tell you when the government's going to be open. I can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall or fence, whatever they'd like to call it," Trump said, referring to Democrats who staunchly oppose walling off the border.
"I'll call it whatever they want, but it's all the same thing," he told reporters after participating in a holiday video conference with representatives from all five branches of the military stationed in Alaska, Bahrain, Guam and Qatar.
Trump argued that drug flows and human trafficking can only be stopped by a wall.
"We can't do it without a barrier. We can't do it without a wall," he said. "The only way you're going to do it is to have a physical barrier, meaning a wall. And if you don't have that then we're just not opening" the government.
Democrats oppose spending money on a wall, preferring instead to pump the dollars into fencing, technology and other means of controlling access to the border. Trump argued that Democrats oppose a wall only because he is for one.
The stalemate over how much to spend and how to spend it caused the partial government shutdown that began Saturday following a lapse in funding for departments and agencies that make up about 25 percent of the government.
Some 800,000 government workers are affected. Many are on the job but must wait until after the shutdown to be paid again.
Trump claimed that many of these workers "have said to me and communicated, 'stay out until you get the funding for the wall.' These federal workers want the wall. The only one that doesn't want the wall are the Democrats."
Trump didn't say how he's hearing from federal workers, excluding those he appointed to their jobs or who work with him in the White House. But many rank-and-file workers have gone to social media with stories of the financial hardship they expect to face because of the shutdown.
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Modern Slavery Policy
At Celtheath Ltd we are committed to putting in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that our Company is free from slavery and human trafficking and that all our employees, as well as the employees, agents and contractors of the companies that work on our behalf, are kept safe.
Our Company Structure
Celtheath Ltd is a privately-owned furniture and logistics company operating solely in the UK with forty employees. We operate the Management system as prescribe by the Mentor program provided by NatWest. This Management System is based on the nationally agreed principles, defined and developed to provide the necessary strength, flexibility and appropriate foundation for the development of a sustainable culture throughout the Company
Our Employees
We respect our employees for their individuality and encourage feedback on how our business can improve. We have low staff turnover with several employees working for more than 25 years. We operate a thorough recruitment and selection process for all our hiring decisions. This includes obtaining documented proof of an individual's right to work in the country in which they will be employed. We require their national insurance number and personal bank account details. We never make payments to third party account or in cash. Celtheath always pay above the living wage rate applicable.
Our Supply Chain
Due to the nature of Celtheath business and the close relationship we have with our employees and supply chain the risk of modem slavery is exceptionally low compared to businesses operating in other sectors. However, we are not complacent and continue to work to improve our policies and procedures to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Celtheath slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 1st August 2018. The Board of Celtheath Ltd has approved this statement.


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Yago Riedijk and Ms Begum married shortly after she arrived inside ISIS territory in Syria.
Speaking to the BBC, he confessed to fighting for the group but says he now wants to return home with his spouse and their newborn baby son.
Mr Riedijk, 27, is currently being held in a Kurdish detention centre in north-eastern Syria.
He faces a six-year jail sentence for joining a proscribed terrorist organisation if he returns to the Netherlands.
Mr Riedijk told the BBC that he now rejects ISIS and did try to leave the group.
He told the BBC correspondent that he was detained in Raqqa and tortured by ISIS after group accused him of being a spy for the Dutch authorities.
Ms Begum, who is now 19, fled with Mr Riedjik from the town of Baghouz, ISIS's last territory in eastern Syria, as the so-called caliphate disintegrated.
The Dutchman surrendered to a group of Syrian fighters, and Ms Begum and their newborn son, Jarrah, were placed among 39,000 people in the al-Hawl refugee camp in northern Syria.
Ms Begum has reportedly gone elsewhere due to personal safety.
She left Britain in February 2015 with Kadiza Sultana, who was 16, and Amira Abase, who was also 15 at the time. Ms Sultana is believed to have been killed in an airstrike in 2016.
The Home Office has revoked Ms Begum's UK citizenship on the grounds that she is a Bangladeshi national through her mother, who holds a Bangladeshi passport.
But Bangladesh's ministry of foreign affairs rejected this, stating that Ms Begum is not a Bangladeshi citizen and that she will not be allowed to enter the country.
Last month, Ms Begum's family told Home Secretary Sajid Javid that they were going to challenge his decision to revoke her British citizenship.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, said Ms Begum has a "right to return to Britain" – and described the decision to revoke her citizenship "extreme".
Mr Riedijk was born and raised in the Netherlands but abandoned left his life in 2014 to join ISIS.
He was among 300 Dutch men and women who travelled to Iraq and Syria and Iraq.
Of those, around 135 Dutch nationals with "jihadist intentions" are still there, anti-terrorism officials have said.
Mr Riedijk has not had his Dutch citizenship revoked, although he is on a terror watch list.
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IDE "Force Fed" 10th Anniversary (Vinyl)
First solo album from IDE, executive produced by 2 Hungry Bros. Released in 2007 in the early stages of IDE's career. It has gained wide spread and high praise amongst underground hip hop fans. Original album artwork by Doug Hoffman. In celebration of the 10th anniversary Creative Juices will be re-releasing IDE's "Force Fed" on vinyl Spring 2017.Continue reading


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Currently, my favorite book would be The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.
The word play in it is hilarious–The Whether Man, Dictionopolis, the Mountains of Ignorance, and a watchdog named Tock. And that's just a bit! It would take way too long to type out the plot, so we're taking the short version.
Basically this introverted and very bored kid named Milo gets a purple tollbooth in the mail, is transported to the Lands Beyond, a world of imagination. There, he goes on all sorts of adventures, along with this watchdog named Tock, who is literally a watchdog. The main part of his body is a watch.
What I just typed made it sound boring. Gah. Anyway, this book is awesome and I need you to read it cause it is awesome. The letters even have tastes in the Lands Beyond!
So. That is my favorite book. And now I must get back to the evil pile of homework that is threatening to take over my life. Ta-ta!


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Tell them what you want,
reward them for giving it to you,
and get out of the way.
That's my strategy in a nutshell.
--- Gordon Bethune, former CEO, Continental Airlines
In today's economy, we employ 'knowledge workers.' They control the means of production – their knowledge. They become valuable by occupying a specialized niche of knowledge and developing it further than anyone else. You can't do the same work your employees – the knowledge workers – can do any more than the art gallery owner can paint a masterpiece, or the NFL manager can run a football through a strong defense, or the hospital CEO can perform a heart transplant. Those tasks are the specialized functions of the artist, the running back and the surgeon. Yet you have to lead these people. Your role is to inspire them to achieve spectacular results, to standardize and measure those results, to let them know the score (e.g. who has brought in what results) and to reward those who have scored high. Write down a few ways of interacting with your team members that will bring out the unique creativity of each individual and inspire them to apply their ingenuity toward achieving your collective goals.
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Baghri said that the husband was a priest by profession and they were in Guwahati for medical treatment.
"The man may have killed his wife and then committed suicide. But we are not sure about it. We have not found any suicide note on the spot. The real picture will come to light after we get statements from their families," Baghri added.


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The Brant Waterways Foundation & the Grand River
The Grand, a Canadian Heritage River, is the lifeblood that flows through our community and connects us with the splendors of nature. It is a fundamental component of the area's rich history, a defining element of our identity and life in Brant. It has served as a playground for generations of kids and the recreational hub of countless outdoor enthusiasts.
For more than 30 years, the Brant Waterways Foundation has been the driving force in re-establishing our connections with the Grand River and its prominence in our day-to-day lives. During this time we have contributed over $5 million to projects that protect, preserve, restore and improve the natural resources and recreational opportunities of the Grand River watershed within Brantford, Brant, and Six Nations of the Grand River. Our Foundation has been an integral part of the Grand River's rehabilitation from 'one of the most polluted rivers in the country' to the healthy, vibrant ecosystem it is today.
This is not the end of the story, however. The Brant Waterways Foundation is steadfast in our continued stewardship of the Grand River watershed and excited to announce the next stage in our evolution - the TIRA Project.
Trail Improvement & River Access (TIRA) Program
TIRA's vision is to inspire healthy communities through connections to world-class outdoor recreational opportunities that respect the natural ecosystems and promote their conservation for generations to come.
We will accomplish this through partnering with other stakeholders to develop trail improvement and river access projects while protecting the natural resources of the Grand River watershed.
TIRA Projects
TIRA will provide funding assistance to a variety of important projects that will unlock the full potential of the area and continue to enhance our connections with the Grand River. Some of the initial projects that have been proposed include:
- Support for trail improvements along the Grand Valley Trail Association (GVTA)
- Establishment of the 'Grand Trail' initiative throughout Brant County
- Revitalization of Mohawk Lake and/or trail improvements in the area
- Access, environmental and trail improvements at Rotary Centennial Waterworks Park
- Creation of a parking lot and river access point on Newport Road
- Mountain bike & hiking trail developments at 'Barkers Bush' in Paris
- Flood damage repairs in Gilkinson Flats, D'Aubigny Creek, etc.
Why Now?
With Brantford being designated by the Provincial Government as a 'place to grow' and the historic land deal between the City of Brantford and the County of Brant being completed on Jan 1, 2018, the stage has been set for a 30% population growth by 2040.
This development will have drastic impacts and create extensive pressure on the existing trail systems. If left unchecked, this growth will consume green spaces and critical natural environments will disappear forever. There has never been a more critical time for investments in our natural environment, trail networks and river access points.
What are the Benefits?
Outdoor recreation is no longer a "nice to have," it is now a "must have" as leaders recognize the undeniable economic, social, cultural and health benefits of outdoor recreation.
Studies show that people are significantly more active recreationally when they have close proximity to trails and waterways. Contact with nature positively affects blood pressure, cholesterol, stress reduction, and behavioral problems among children. These outcomes have particular relevance for mental health and cardiovascular disease, which are expected to become the two biggest contributors to disease worldwide by the year 2020.
Connecting communities with well-maintained trails and waterways encourages residents and tourists alike to spend more time exploring their surroundings. Tourism creates jobs and puts money into local economies. Well placed signage informs the public about places of interest including natural areas, museums and theatres and shopping districts.
Trails often cross lands which are environmentally sensitive in many ways. By leading users along well-worn paths, trails keep users away from more sensitive features that might not be able to withstand traffic. Well-developed trails provide environmental buffers, such as boardwalks and bridges that protect delicate wetlands while allowing users to experience varied plant and animal wildlife.
We have an opportunity now to build bridges within the communities of Brant, Brantford and Six Nations. What better way to do so than to encourage community-focused cultural, heritage, educational, athletic and spiritual events on and around the river, acknowledging Indigenous connections with the river. Our Heritage River and its accompanied trails are the lifeblood of our collective community.
How Can You Help?
Your assistance is greatly needed to realize TIRA's objectives to provide world-class recreational opportunities and healthy natural spaces for generations to come. Brant Waterways Foundation is conducting a fundraising campaign to help fund these important project.
Contributions will go towards local projects and have a significant impact helping us to protect, preserve, restore and improve the natural assets of the Grand.
Click on the video below for more information then please consider getting involved in the campaign or donating today to help kick off the next wave of transformational projects and become an integral part of the next 30 years of this legacy.
Thank you for helping us Connect People to Healthy Waterways!


text: I am passionate with an understanding of what it means to both give and receive a blessing. People of every age long for the gift of "the blessing"--the unconditional love and approval that comes from a healthy relationship with their parent and significant relationships. This life-changing gift, essential for instilling a deep sense of self-worth and unshakable emotional well being contains five essential elements: meaningful touch, a spoken message, attaching high value, picturing a special future, and an active commitment. I am to be a full description of creating a foundation of "the blessing" or give "the blessing" to those I love. The five elements of the blessing will be fully explained and illustrated in my seminars and workshops. An understanding of some of the barriers that can prevent us from blessing others as well as understanding our own style of self-protection will also be covered. "Create your experience of your best life to better living!Contact me for the next upcoming workshop near you.


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Five brand new works by Trinity Laban composition students written in response to the photography of Ansel Adams whose unforgettable images will be presented as a backdrop. The languid and atmospheric music that the images have inspired will be interspersed with short, rapid bursts of t miss this very special performance.
Trinity Laban Contemporary Music Group.
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Sep 4, 2017
The Bergen Beer Festival
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The weekend just gone 1-2nd September saw the sun finally shining on the city of rain to welcome the Bergen ølfestival (beer festival). Crowds of locals and tourists headed to the events, both on Friday and Saturday, to sample many of the local breweries offerings. Set within the Rosenkrantstårnet grounds, it felt like a big sunny beer garden, with a fantastic atmosphere.
As well as a good sunny afternoon out, visitors could purchase a small beer glass and tokens and wander round the various tents to sample local beers and meads from the norwegian breweries. In addition to beer, there was also a food festival with plenty of delicious dishes to try.
The beer festival will be back next year, so if you are planning a visit to Bergen, the festival is a recommended stop (info here). After tasting what is on offer, visitors can also stop off in a bar and sit outside Bryggen to soak up the atmosphere whilst people watching and gazing out at the fjord.
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Social Editor - London
Posted Mar 19, 2019 - Requisition No. 74260
The energy of a newsroom. The pace of a trading floor. The buzz of a recent tech breakthrough. We work hard, and we work fast - while keeping up the quality and accuracy we're known for. It's what keeps us inventing and reinventing, all the time. "Our culture is wide open, just like our workspaces." We bring out the best in each other, and through our countless volunteer projects we help bring out the best in our communities. You can do amazing work here. Work you couldn't do anywhere else. It's up to you to make it happen.
Bloomberg is looking for a social and audience development editor to join its team in London. In this role you'll manage Bloomberg articles, video, graphics, features and more across a range of platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and LinkedIn, and help the Digital team branch into new spaces. You will also help Bloomberg's specialist social teams with content across platforms.
We'll trust you to:
- Drive the performance and reach of Bloomberg content through social media promotion
- Find new audiences and track performance of content on traditional and non-traditional social platforms
- Assist and train Bloomberg News editors on different digital tools and social platforms. Collaborate and assist the core news team as needed
- Innovate with new styles, formats and channels of social promotion that helps Bloomberg stand out from the crowd
- Help brainstorm how to convert fickle visitors from social platforms into loyal members of our rapidly growing subscriptions offerings
You'll need to have:
- 5+ years of experience* as an editor or social media editor, preferably in a digital editorial environment
- Strong editorial judgment
- Knowledge of analytics tools such as Parse.ly, Crowdtangle, and Socialflow
- Demonstrated track record of driving social and audience development through social networks
- An interest in business, politics and finance, the world at large and longform journalism
*Please note we use years of experience as a guide but we certainly will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.
Does this sound like you?
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch with you to let you know the next steps.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Opening date: 25th June 2019
Closing date: 23rd July 2019
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If you haven't already done so, you have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 23 to make UC health and welfare benefit plan changes for 2011. We encourage you to take any actions soon and not wait until the last minute to avoid heavy usage that can cause delays in accessing the At Your Service website.
Key Reminders:
- The Health Net Blue & Gold HMO is a new plan that offers the exact same benefits as the Health Net HMO plan, but with a customized network of cost-efficient providers. If you are currently enrolled in the Health Net HMO and your doctor will be a provider under the Health Net Blue & Gold HMO, or if you are willing to change doctors to take advantage of the lower Blue & Gold HMO premiums, you must go to At Your Service (https://atyourserviceonline.ucop.edu/ayso) and elect the Blue & Gold HMO before 5 p.m. on November 23. If you take no action, your current Health Net HMO plan enrollment will continue for 2011 at the higher premium. Represented employees should refer to the "Information for Represented Employees" at http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/open_enrollment/employees/e_bargaining_units.html.
- The CIGNA Choice Fund is being discontinued. The Anthem Lumenos PPO with HRA will replace the CIGNA plan. If you are a current CIGNA member you will be transferred automatically to the new Anthem Lumenos plan unless you choose another plan during Open Enrollment.
- Eligible children up to age 26 may be enrolled in your UC insurance plans that provide coverage to children, but you must enroll them during Open Enrollment.
- You must re-enroll to participate in the Health Flexible Spending Account (Health FSA) and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DepCare FSA) in 2011, even if you are currently enrolled in these plans. In 2011, Health FSA funds may no longer be used for over-the-counter medicines unless you have a prescription for that medication.
To make your Open Enrollment elections, go to At Your Service (https://atyourserviceonline.ucop.edu/ayso) and sign in to your account. If your plan requires a primary care physician (PCP), you will need to provide the new medical plan's ID number for your PCP. You can search for this number by doctor name while in the Open Enrollment application. In addition, if your provider is in Santa Cruz County you can find the ID number for your PCP at the following links:
- Online Enrollment Codes for Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Santa Cruz
- Online Enrollment Codes for Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz County
For more information, see the UC Open Enrollment website: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/open_enrollment/. For individual assistance, contact the campus Benefits Office at 831-459-2013.


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While all of it does make a very good impact on the house, there is one more thing which is making a trend and becoming very popular among a lot of houses. And that is wall decors. Blank and plain walls are like empty canvases in the house waiting for your imagination to work. And thus there are ways in which you can let your imagination flow.
Wallpapers are adhesives and papers, which can be put up on your walls to shift some attention to their details and create a look of the concerned room or area. There are customized wallpapers which work the customer's benefits by letting them turn their imagination and creative mind into working heads and bring out something they would like to show up on their wall.
Customized wallpapers are special wallpapers which are designed exclusively by you and for you. There are companies who let you make your own design and provide you guidance while doing so. When you have a picture, thought or painting in your mind and want it to get on the wall, these companies help in turning those images into big wall sized wallpapers and help you put them up on the wall without you facing any problem. The walls are also kept safe as these customized wallpapers are easy to remove and can be replaced anytime you find you need something new for the room.
If you are more of a travel person or a photography addict you are sure one of the kind who loves their pictures and can do anything to live next to them. Photo wallpapers are like a boon to people who love their pictures or love clicking them. Photo wallpapers are new additions to the wall décor genre and help people develop their selected pictures into jumbo sized wallpapers and put them up on the wall. This comes in very easily as the wallpapers developed are easy to put and remove.
The photo wallpapers need not necessarily be only about a single picture, one can make a collage or a caricature of as many photos they want and design it according to their wishes. They can make their own photo wallpaper and get it developed into full-fledged wallpaper with the help of professionals who work day in and out to make your walls tell a story you had been writing in your mind.
It feels special and gives you a boost to wake up every morning and find parts of your creativity on the wall. Thus making it interesting to stay in a personalized space where each corner reminds you of your life journey.
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A clipart and pictorial greeting image wishes of 18th birthday to share for free. 18th birthday is a milestone. Its an age where one turns from adolescence to adulthood. Make this birthday a special one by sharing this wish image "Wish You a Happy 18th Birthday" for free. You can share this image through any social media.
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Patient InformationDetails to know as you get ready for surgery
Preparing For Surgery
Our team of doctors and nurses is well equipped to help you through your procedure in a safe, effective manner. Please read the following information and instructions to prepare for your surgery.
Unless your doctor tells you differently, please follow the instructions below:
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight. This includes water, coffee, tea, soda, all types of food, candy and mints. You may brush your teeth and rinse your mouth, but do not swallow any water. These restrictions apply to children as well, however, children under 10 years of age should not brush their teeth the day of surgery.
- Your Anesthesiologist will contact you the evening prior to your scheduled surgery. Please provide the surgery center with an updated phone number where you can be reached the night before surgery.
- Take your morning medications for blood pressure, heart, lung, kidney, and liver conditions with a SMALL sip of water. Follow your surgeon's instructions regarding your diabetes medications, blood thinners, anti-inflammatory medications, and/or herbal supplements that you currently take.
- Wear a loose, short-sleeved, non-binding shirt and comfortable pants. Please do not wear heeled shoes. Do not wear make-up or jewelry, although rings are ok.
- Bring any reading glasses, hearing aids and mobility devices, such as canes and walkers. Wheelchairs are available at the surgery center.
- Bring your picture identification and insurance card(s) to the surgery center. You may be requested to make a payment at the time of admission. We accept personal checks, cash, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Care Credit.
- Bring a current list of daily medications with their dosages and include any medications allergies.
- Bring your surgery packet and any medication(s) that your surgeon prescribed for after your procedure.
- Arrange for transportation to and from the surgery center. Public transportation is not recommended for your safety. Please arrange for someone to stay with you the night of surgery.
- Follow your doctor's specific instructions about taking eye medications before and after surgery.
- If you develop a cold, persistent cough, fever or other health problems, or if you need to cancel your surgery, please notify your surgeon and Westside Surgery Center at 503-639-6571.
Your family may wait for you in the surgery waiting area. Due to limited space, we ask that you have no more than two people accompany you. If your family member plans to leave the surgery center, please have them tell your nurse and leave a number where they can be reached. The average "door to door" time for patients having Cataract Surgery is approximately 1 ½ hours to 2 hours.
You will be escorted directly to the recovery room from the operating room. Your family will be invited into the recovery area as soon as the nursing staff has you feeling comfortable and your vital signs are stable. You will be provided nourishment and something to drink following surgery.
Written Post-operative instructions will be given to you and your family following surgery. If you have any questions or concerns after you leave the surgery center, please contact your surgeon immediately.
We provide our patients with patient satisfaction surveys and ask for your input. We look forward to your feedback and appreciate the time you take to share your thoughts and suggestions with us.
Our Approach
At Westside Surgery Center, our focus is you. We specialize in efficient, minimally invasive surgical procedures such as cataract surgery, blepharoplasty, strabismus surgery, pterygium surgery, and YAG laser capsulotomy. We pride ourselves on utilizing innovations that lead to better patient outcomes and faster healing.
We are governed by HIPAA's Notice of Privacy Practices. Please take a moment to read the notice.
What Our Patients Said
"The care was excellent. I was very confident in the staff. Everyone was very nice. It was a positive experience. Thank you all very much." – Rosemary W.
"This was a pleasant professional experience. You are a great team. Thank you." – Steve E.
Financial Information
We accept most major insurance plans. We also match in-network benefits for those plans with which we are currently out of network. Our staff will be happy to assist you in determining your benefits at our facility. We are also able to make arrangements for those patients without insurance. Please contact our business office at 503-639-6571 with any questions.
Please bring your insurance card and identification to the center on the day of your procedure. We will need to make a copy for your medical record. You may be requested to make a payment at the time of admission. We accept personal checks, cash, Visa, and Mastercard


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Maintpartner has installed all piping, pumps and valves for Kiilto Oy at their newest discharge point in the Lempäälä plant, where tank trucks discharge flammable chemicals into the plant's raw material tanks. The project improved the chemical safety of the plant by relocating the discharge point further away from the chemical tanks. In addition, an automatic foam extinguishing system was installed to the discharge site.
Maintpartner was in charge of the installation and welding of the new pipes. Qualified welders assembled the tank filling pipes according to the instructions of Maintpartner's certified welding coordinator. Some of the steel structures over the tanks were prefabricated at Maintpartner's own workshop. The fitters installed the new pumps and valves to both the discharge point and between the tanks and the process. Finally, the tightness of the pipe joints was verified by a pressure test using nitrogen.
At most, a dozen professionals were involved from Maintpartner's project, installation and engineering services, mainly from the Nokia office.
"During the construction, the plans still required refinements, which we managed in cooperation with the customer on-site," says Esa Laine, work planner at Maintpartner.
"Maintpartner was chosen as a partner for the project because we had good experience from previous projects with them. The project included a lot of changes in an potentially explosive area, where safety and site management were the top priorities. The scheduling also played a big part because the warehouse had to serve the production throughout the project. The shortcomings of the plans were tackled in time by the contractor and quickly resolved. Maintpartner was able to respond well to changing needs in resources, and schedules were kept," tells Vesa Juhannusvuori, Technical Manager at Kiilto Oy.
Kiilto is a hundred-year-old Finnish family-owned company that develops and manufactures chemical solutions in four different business areas: construction, industrial fastening and hygiene solutions, professional cleaning and hygiene, and consumer products. Kiilto continuously develops its sustainability: for example, the Lempäälä plant uses residual heat from glue production to heat the entire production plant and its hot water.
Additional information:
Kari Aalto, President, Project, Installation and Engineering Services, Maintpartner
Photos: The pipe bridge where the pipes for the chemical and foam extinguishing system are installed. The discharge point is located under the grey shelter on the foreground, from which chemicals are transferred to the tanks on the background.
New process pumps with piping through which raw material is pumped into the production process.


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- Hollywood actor James Marsden visited Manila
- He flew to the country to be an ambassador for International Scotch Day
Hollywood actor James Marsden, best known for his roles as Cyclops in the "X-Men" movies and Teddy Flood in the hit HBO series "Westworld," visited the Philippines to be an "ambassador" for International Scotch Day and to help promote an alcohol brand in an event scheduled Tuesday night.
Manila House, a by-invitation-only city club, posted a photo on its Instagram account welcoming Marsden.
Solenn Heussaff's husband Nico Bolzico also shared one of the happy moments he had with the "Cyclops" actor. He captioned his post "After trying to convince Hugh Jackman for a #WolverineVsBolzerine movie, I tried my luck with James Marsden for #CyclopsandBolzerineTheNewBrotherhood."
After trying to convince @thehughjackman for a #WolverineVsBolzerine movie I tried my luck with @james_marsden for #CyclopsandBolzerineTheNewBrotherhood #ElBolzico: "… and you can play Cyclops" #ElMarsden: "Hahaha hahaha" I guess that's a "NO" (swipe to see) @james_marsden probably the coolest guy alive! #johnniewalker #lovescotch #montblanc


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Eelco van der Lingen new director of the Mondriaan Fund
As from 1 March 2019, Eelco van der Lingen (1971) will be the director of the Mondriaan Fund, the Dutch fund for visual art and cultural heritage. Van der Lingen is currently curator of contemporary and modern art at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden.
Previously, Van der Lingen established presentation institute Nest in The Hague, and he was director and curator there until 2017. He was guest curator at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen and at TENT in Rotterdam, amongst others. Furthermore, he was reporter at Trendbeheer and editor-in-chief at Jegens & Tevens on behalf of Stroom Den Haag.
Annelies van der Pauw, chair of the Mondriaan Fund supervisory board, is pleased with the appointment of Van der Lingen. "In Eelco we have found a director who, in an enthusiastic and inspiring way and with an open attitude, will be able to further shape the future policy of the Mondriaan Fund, both from the perspective of the maker and that of the institute."
Eelco van der Lingen about his appointment: "Within the Mondriaan Fund, the care for heritage comes together with the care for the art of today. Heritage shows us where we come from. Art offers us perspectives on who we are or can be. Who are 'we'? – That is rightly a point of particular interest, currently. The Mondriaan Fund is here for everybody and I hope that we can give more people the feeling that they, too, are part of 'we'. I look forward to further contributing, together with the team of the Mondriaan Fund, to a vital future for visual art and cultural heritage."
The Mondriaan Fund, on behalf of the Dutch citizens and by order of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, contributes to special projects of visual artists, intermediaries (curators and critics), museums and other heritage institutes, presentation institutes, archives, galleries and commissioners in the Netherlands and abroad, at those places where the market doesn't do this (yet).
Eelco van der Lingen takes over from Birgit Donker who led the fund for six years.


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At Cole Media we believe that it starts with earning clients' trust, learning the client's story then telling that story through compelling script writing, captivating filming and thoughtful editing.
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Donna Sundene
Favorite food: New York Strip. Well done, of course.
Favorite color: Rainbow. But if I had to pick one, purple.
Bucket list: Visit every National Park in the U.S.
Why did you choose cosmetology school: I had hair that was out of control. I figured going to cosmetology school would help me with my own hair. My career blossomed from there.
Year first employed at Faust: Over 25 years ago
Favorite class as a student and favorite class to teach as an instructor: Haircutting
Audio or visual learner: Visual!
Favorite part of being and instructor: Watching a student have a lightbulb moment
Products you can't live without: Curl Defining Cream, pomade and hair color
Why choose Faust Institute: There is a great ratio of students to instructors, which is great for one on one instruction when needed.


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I often feel nostalgic about my school days, especially the summer vacation. It was the beginning of two month long summer vacation. No school, no homework no exams, and the delicious stuff that mom prepares at home…. wow!!!
It was hot summer afternoon during the vacation, and was too hot to go out and play.
Me and my brother wanted to come up with something creative. Creativity can make waste material, like broken bangles look so attractive.The picture is more than 10 years old and one memory which I will cherish forever.
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Tomorrow Steina Vasulka, a sound and video artist, will speak in the lab about "The Artist and Her Tools". Steina will use a mix of analog and technology and will draw on her 40 years of experience to examine the relationship between technology and art in her soundscapes.
After her talk, she will perform Violin Power!
(excuse the cell phone pictures…will post better later)
The seminar will be streamed here (not open until the seminar begins) and you can participate through the chat here.
Looking forward!
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Meet John Lux, class of 2001. After graduating from Central Catholic, John attended Loyola Marymount University from 2001 to 2005 studying Business Law and Theology. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was awarded the national William McGowan scholarship. Out of school, John worked at 8 Plus Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, where he oversaw investments in early stage companies. John is also a co-founder of Agentis, a Chicago based technology company, and he currently serves as company President. Agentis is an industry leader in helping commercial buildings and small businesses become more energy efficient through the use of software and data analytics.
While studying at Loyola, John met his future wife, Danielle Morreale. Danielle is originally from Southern California and works in the field of marketing and event planning. John and Danielle moved to Chicago and lived there for 8 years after college before moving back west this past June. John currently lives in Southern California with Danielle and their dog Cooper.
How did your education at LCSS prepare you for college and your career?
The thing I could absolutely not live without at this point are my typing abilities – all thanks to Ms. Klemme's typing class. Taught on typewriters, man was it ever a tough class.
Second, would be the work ethic instilled early on at CC. Perhaps it was the small class sizes or the tiny school with the high athletic expectations, but generally speaking, CC students worked really hard to achieve success. I will be forever grateful for the work ethic and time management skills that I developed while at CC.
Another valuable takeaway were lessons in leadership. Great teachers, coaches, and strong parental support gave us the opportunity to learn by example. With such a tight-knit family environment, younger kids always looked up to and learned from the upperclassmen. When you have a strong foundation of values, it seems to have a snowball effect.
What did you like most about your experience at LCSS?
The fact that I had a core group of friends from kindergarten through 12th grade. Being around a values-driven group during those formative years and knowing we all had one another's back was special. Not only did I have friends and classmates, but I also had second families where I knew I was always welcome. I think that the long-term connection to the CC community is the reason why it's so easy to reconnect with CC friends and families.
What is your favorite memory from your years at LCSS?
What I remember most is all the times that the LCSS community pulled together. For example, the carpools to Jeff for a basketball game, the state championship fan representation, the insanely good apple dumplings at the Feast, the incredible effort that went into the Blue Knight Auction and then prom shortly after, battle of the classes, senior pranks, etc. Also, I do remember getting auctioned off with a group of friends at the Blue Knight Auction to do manual labor. It was a pretty hilarious time, and I think we may have even had a skit prepared.


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Here are select August 2012 rulings of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on civil law:
Civil Code
Accion reivindicatoria. Article 434 of the Civil Code provides that in an action to recover, the property must be identified, and the plaintiff must rely on the strength of his title and not on the weakness of the defendant's claim.
The first requisite is the identity of the land. In an accion reinvindicatoria, the person who claims that he has a better right to the property must first fix the identity of the land he is claiming by describing the location, area and boundaries thereof. Anent the second requisite, i.e., the claimant's title over the disputed area, the rule is that a party can claim a right of ownership only over the parcel of land that was the object of the deed. It is settled that what really defines a piece of land is not the area mentioned in its description, but the boundaries therein laid down, as enclosing the land and indicating its limits. We have held, however, that in controversial cases where there appears to be an overlapping of boundaries, the actual size of the property gains importance. Leonardo Notarte et al. v. Godofredo Notarte, G.R. No. 180614, August 29, 2012.
Damages; actual and moral damages; factual and legal support required. Article 2199 of the Civil Code is the statutory basis for the award of actual damages, which entitles a person to an adequate compensation only for such pecuniary loss suffered by him as he has duly proved. As such, actual damages if allowed by the RTC, being bereft of factual support, are speculative and whimsical. Without the clear and distinct findings of fact and law, the award amounts only to an ipse dixit on the part of the RTC, and do not attain finality.
Absent a clear and distinct statement of the factual and legal support for the award of moral damages, the award is thus also speculative and whimsical. Moral damages constitute another judicial ipse dixit, the inevitable consequence of which is to render the award of moral damages incapable of attaining finality. In addition, the grant of moral damages in that manner contravenes the law that permit the recovery of moral damages as the means to assuage "physical suffering, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety, besmirched reputation, wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation, and similar injury." Moral damages are not intended to enrich the plaintiff at the expense of the defendant, but to restore the plaintiff to his status quo ante as much as possible. University of the Philippines, et al. v. Hon. Agustin Dizon et al., G.R. No. 171182, Aug. 23, 2012.


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Heat is seen as therapeutic, and having essential healing properties. This is because it:
- increases blood flow and circulation
- relaxes muscles and relieves tension
- helps remove toxins by increasing metabolism
- enhances the intensity and benefits of massage
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AFCEA Hawaii was honored to welcome May keynote speaker Colonel Jeff Davis, Chief of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. Col Davis addressed the topic of leadership, incorporating his own career experiences. The audience was well-engaged as he discussed the foundations, science, truths, and art of leadership. He concluded that the most important traits of leadership are honesty and selflessness, the most important principle is being an example, and the most important tool is having a positive outlook.
We were pleased to recognize this month's well-deserving awardees:
AFCEA Students of the Month:
Assets School: Basil Goto
Basil Goto is a senior at Assets School and has always demonstrated a passion for engineering. He loves to create new and original gadgets, and create technical drawings of his creations. He excels in all core subject areas (language arts, history, math, and science), is excellent at playing music, but has a passion for math, science and engineering. He attended an Engineering Summer program at University of California Berkeley during his senior year, in which he was able to experience firsthand the engineering field in a collegiate environment. He is planning to attend California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo next year to study engineering.
Radford High School: Tinarra Butler
Tinarra Butler is a senior at Radford High School and her plans after high school are to attend Hawaii Pacific University and then attend school in Wisconsin to become a veterinarian. She hopes one day to open her own veterinary practice. Ms. Butler is studying Advanced Placement Calculus and French II, yet still finds time to help her siblings with their homework. She is the second daughter of five children and enjoys time at the beach. She is part Native American from her mothers' side of the family, and she enjoys spending time with her cousins and learning about her heritage. During her childhood she has helped her mother through six back surgeries, while maintaining a positive outlook on life and keeping up with her school work.
Young AFCEAN of the Month: LCDR Eric Chang, USCG
LCDR Eric Chang is a Rhode Island native that was commissioned in the US Coast Guard after graduating from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Transportation and a 3rd Mate's Unlimited Tonnage mariner license.
He was stationed at Sector New York as a journeyman marine inspector with a follow on assignment at Sector Key West serving as the Chief of Inspections, where he conducted safety and security inspections on 250+ small passenger vessels. Pursuing his career goals to enter the Information Technology field, LCDR Chang attended graduate school at the University of Maryland and earned a Master's of Science degree in Information Management.
LCDR Chang's follow on tour was at Operations Systems Center Martinsburg, serving as an IT Systems Project Officer and the Command Logistics Branch Chief, providing administrative, security, facility maintenance, property, and IT support for the 580+ personnel data floor/software development center. LCDR Chang currently serves as the District 14 Telecommunications/IT Division Chief providing communications, information technology, and security support to the Coast Guard units, personnel, and missions throughout the Pacific AOR including Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Singapore, and Japan.
AFCEAN of the Month: Raymond Adames, DISA PAC (USAF Ret), Retired USAF MSgt (Tech Controller)
Mr. Adames has over thirty years of progressive telecommunications experience as an Information System-Communications-Computer Systems Control Technician. He has wide-reaching knowledge in circuit engineering, installation, implementation, and quality control with an extensive background in circuit/network design, technical consulting, site surveys and network management systems (hands-on and remote platforms). As a Node Site Coordinator, Mr. Adames is responsible for ensuring continuous node operation by making provisions for local site assistance in case of node or circuit degradation or outages. He monitors operations and performed inspections of the DISN equipment.
Mr. Adames is involved in several community organizations including the Hawaii Bicycle League, a special needs prom called Peter's Prom, Camp Taylor, the USS Missouri, and is a PA for military and civilian events. He is involved in the National Association Catering Entertainers (NACE), the American DJ Association (ADJA), and Oahu Wedding Association (OWA). He is also a lifetime member of AFCEA.
Executive of the Month: Matthew Darnell, ComTel Hawaii
Matthew J. Darnell is the President and CTO of ComTel. Mr. Darnell co-founded ComTel in 1994 to bring converged computer and telecom technologies to Hawaii's military and business organizations. Before the DoD's adoption of the single line policy, ComTel supported all of the Army's Western Command's telecommunications systems extending into Korea. Always the leader and innovator, he developed and now manufacturers a highly valued, open source Internet Protocol communications and collaboration system.
Mr. Darnell's current focus is on the continued development of ComTel's cloud initiative launched in a World War II bunker on the windward side. This initiative has taken ComTel beyond telecommunications and brought together technical experts in the fields of networking, data security and storage, disaster recovery planning, and data restoration. Mr. Darnell has found his latest project to be both challenging and rewarding.
Mr. Darnell's reputation for being actively involved in the community is reflected in his selection as one of Hawaii's "Forty under 40"; President of the Hawaii Information and Communications Technology Association and Commodore of the Kaneohe Yacht Club. Matthew is currently serving as Vice Chairman of the Kailua Neighborhood Board and was a voting delegate at the 2015 Hawaii Republican Convention.
Matthew and his wife, Cindy, live with their two boys, JR and Hunter in Kailua.
Senior Government Leader: Colonel Bruce Caulkins, USPACOM J65
A native of South Carolina, Colonel Caulkins graduated from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina in 1986, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps. He was a distinguished military graduate in the Army's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). He currently serves as the Chief of the Cyber Strategy, Plans, Policy, and Exercises Division (J65) within the Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber Directorate (J6), United States Pacific Command.
As a Functional Area 53 (Information Systems Management) – Signal Branch officer, he previously served as the Commandant of the Leader College for Information Technology as well as the Director of the School of Information Technology (SIT) at Fort Gordon, Georgia, transforming the schools into premier education facilities for the Signal officer, warrant, and enlisted students in the area of Signal operations and cyber defense.
Early assignments include platoon leader/company executive officer, later Information Management Officer, 56th Field Artillery Command (PERSHING), Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Germany. Other assignments include command of an Area Signal Company as well as being a Brigade S6 in the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Colonel Caulkins has written and presented several cyber-related articles and papers to various organizations, including the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). He won an Association of the United States Army (AUSA) writing contest in 2009 for his paper on proactive self-defense in cyberspace.
Colonel Caulkins holds a Ph.D. in Modeling and Simulation from the University of Central Florida, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Furman University.
Personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Army's Information Assurance Professional of the Year (Military) in 2007.
Outstanding April Awardees:
Campbell High School: Student Rodney Rodis
Cadet Seaman Rodney Rodis is a senior at James Campbell High School and a first year cadet at JCHS, Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC). Mr. Rodis was impressive from the beginning of the school year; attentive, observant, and involved. He maintains a 4.0 GPA while involved in community service and school service. His involvement includes:
Math Club Member
Vice President of his freshman class
Representative of his sophomore class
Class leader for NJROTC 1st term
Fil-Am Club member
Volunteer as an assistant tutor for non-English speaking students
Volunteer on USS MISSOURI
Rodney Rodis's goal has always been to become an Electrical Engineer. Although there are financial obstacles at this time, he has seen a way to achieve his goal and be independent while doing so. He is pursuing a career in the U.S. Air Force where he plans on attending college and earning his degree in Electrical Engineering.
Senior Government Leader: Mr. Rich DesJardin, Branch Head, Cyber Defense Branch, MARFORPAC
After completion of Basic Training at Great Lakes, IL, and Basic Enlisted Submarine School and Electronic Technician training at Groton, CT, Mr. DesJardin was stationed on the USS Pasadena at Pearl Harbor, HI. After receiving an honorable discharge in 1998, he and his wife Christina moved to Washington State where Mr. Desjardin worked for Honeywell International as an Industrial Process Control Engineer. In the winter of 2001, Mr. Desjardin returned to Hawaii and currently resides in Ewa Beach with his wife and two children.
Since moving back to Hawaii, Mr. DesJardin has worked in the Information Technology and Cyber Security fields for Titan Inc., Raytheon, and Electronic Data Systems. He is currently the G-6 Cyber Defense Branch Head, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and oversees network and cyber defense operations for USMC networks within the Pacific region.
Mr. DesJardin earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Hawaii Pacific University and a Master of Science in Government Information Leadership (concentration in Chief Information Officer). He also holds several Information Assurance and technology related certifications. In his spare time, Mr. DesJardin enjoys outdoor activities with his family, volunteer coaching at a local elementary school and community soccer league, and watching the Green Bay Packers.


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I suppose if I hurry this weekend with a short entry I can get a one in for July. This will at least mean I have done one post a month in the last two months. We have finished moving and finally settled in enough to have the internet and a path to the computer. This is one topic that deserves way more time and intellect than I have for it, but hopefully you will come away with a better understanding of bats and the peril they face in the US today. Continue reading The Thing about Bats


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Supporters say that despite billionaire T. Boone Pickens' support for Prop. 10, and the possibility that Seal Beach-based Clean Energy Fuels — in which he has a stake — could benefit from it, it is designed to move the state's residents and business owners toward broader use of alternative fuels.
"It will help move us toward an environment where we are using clean and domestic fuel to help insulate us from foreign oil as a security issue," said Amy Thoma, spokeswoman for a group called "Yes on 10."
And there will be real clean air benefits, even without new regulatory pollution limits built into the measure, said Irvine resident Alan Henderson, a National University professor and past president of the American Cancer Society.
Other California pollution restrictions are in place, Henderson said, and Prop. 10 encourages use of cleaner fuels, despite its lack of strict reduction standards.
"What Prop. 10 will do is remove thousands of tons of gases as well as particulate matter," he said.
That could be especially important for people who live near ports; studies have shown children in those areas might suffer permanent lung damage from pollution, he said.
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Arriving on the almost impossibly ancient planet of Hyspero, a world where magic and danger walk hand in hand, the Doctor and Sam are caught up in a bizarre struggle for survival.
Hyspero has been ruled for thousands of years by the Scarlet Empresses, creatures of dangerous powers — powers that a member of the Doctor's own race is keen to possess herself: the eccentric time traveller and philanderer known only as Iris Wildthyme.
As the real reasons for Iris's obsession become clear, the Doctor and Sam must embark on a perilous journey across deserts, mountains, forests and oceans. Both friends and foes are found among spirits, djinns, alligator men and golden bears — but in a land where the magical is possible, is anything really as it seems?


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IN the spirit of the season, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has called on Nigerians about the need to avoid engaging in risky behaviour that can propel the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country.
In a goodwill message, the Agency reminded Nigerians to share and show the symbol of love responsibly, so that Nigeria, as a nation can halt the spread of HIV. In the message entitled; "Christmas and HIV/AIDS: Call For Massive HIV Testing in Nigeria" the Director General of the Agency, Dr. Sani Aliyu admonished all Nigerians to shun indiscriminate sexual and other negative activities during the yuletide that can lead to uninformed decision making.
"NACA is appealing to the general public that, in sharing gifts among our loved ones, we should not share HIV and to also demonstrate our love by avoiding risky sexual behaviour." In the statement, the NACA boss urged all Nigerians to take deliberate and bold steps to know their HIV status. "Statistics show that only about 10 percent of Nigerians has ever taken an HIV test once, this is a major challenge which must be address urgently.
The only gateway to HIV prevention, care and treatment remains HIV counseling and testing, so if we must win the battle, the percentage of Nigerians that test for HIV must move from the current statistics to at least 90 percent. "Our New Year resolutions must include knowing our HIV status and showing love affection to person's infected and affected by HIV. As we go about enjoying the Christmas and New Year holidays, let us do everything moderately, avoid risky behaviours that can lead to HIV infection. "It is good to abstain from sex if you are not married, use condom consistently and correctly if you cannot abstain and remain faithful our spouses. Let us avoid the abuse of alcohol/drugs, it is important to drink responsibly if you must as most decisions taken under the influence might not be the best which may be regrettable later on. "Get tested today, however the outcome of the result, if you are negative, you will learn how to remain negative and if it turns out positive, you will commence treatment immediately which is free in all government hospitals and selected private hospital. It's still a win-win."
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Abstract and Introduction
Study Question: What are the characteristics of doctor–couple communication content during actual ART visits?
Summary Answer: Physicians were mainly focused on providing biomedical information, while communication content from couples had a 2-fold focus on providing biomedical information and on positive talk.
What is Known Already: Communication aspects in ART seem crucial for clinical decision-making, retention in care and critical conversations with couples due to low treatment success rates. However, no studies have been carried out on the actual interaction between the doctor and the couple in this context.
Study Design, Size, Duration: This observational study involved 28 clinicians and 160 patients referred to eight Italian ART clinics during a one-year recruitment period.
Participants/Materials, Setting, Methods: ART visits at eight Italian clinics were videotaped. The visits were coded using the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS), particularly focusing on RIAS composite categories, verbal dominance and patient-centeredness score.
Main Results and the Role of Chance: A total of 85 visits were eligible for analysis (62% acceptance rate), involving 28 clinicians and 160 patients (including 75 couples). The average visit duration was 37 ± 17.7 min. The mean verbal dominance was 1.9 ± 0.86 (range: 0.72–5.74). Physicians mainly focused on providing biomedical information. Communication content from couples had a 2-fold focus on providing biomedical information and on positive talk. The mean of patient centeredness index (PCI) was 0.51 (SD = 0.28; range 0.08–1.77); visits in which the doctor was a woman or the treatment indication was for heterologous fertilization showed higher PCI scores. Overall, females accounted for 67% of all patient talk. Taking this imbalance into account as expected frequencies for each composite category, males reported significantly more utterances in almost all of the socioemotional categories.
Limitations, Reasons for Caution: These results are preliminary and observational and only regard Italy. Communication during visits may have been biased since the professionals who agreed to participate showed an interest in communication issues. Another limitation is a possible Hawthorne effect due to the fact that participants were aware of being videotaped.
Wider Implications of the Findings: Our study showed that ART physicians mainly adopted an informative model of communication and a more disease-oriented approach. Findings revealed the complexity of communication content during ART consultations, given its triadic characteristic in which the third party is also a patient; clinicians should be aware of this complex aspect and of the specific male and female perspectives to be taken into account. The results could be useful for training ART professionals.
Study Funding/Competing Interest(s): This study was possible thanks to an unconditional grant from Ferring Spa to the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan. There are no competing interests to declare.
Over recent decades, the literature has underscored the importance of effective communication between doctors and patients as a central clinical function (Simpson et al., 1991). Good physician–patient communication includes effective relationship building, information gathering, understanding of the patient's perspective, information giving, involvement in the decision-making process, and taking patients' feelings, expectations and ideas into account (Stewart, 1995; Lipkin, 1996; Matusitz and Spear, 2014). Various studies have found that effective doctor–patient communication is associated with positive outcomes such as increased patient satisfaction and adherence, adjustment of expectations, self-regulation and coping (Stewart, 1995; Matusitz and Spear, 2014).
Assisted reproductive technology is a field in which treatment success rates are low, at around 30% per cycle (Ferraretti et al., 2013). Moreover, fertility treatment is known to be a source of stress for couples and may lead to discontinuation of treatment (Gameiro et al., 2012). Communication and relationship aspects could be crucial to clinical decision-making, retention in care and critical conversations with couples, such as delivering bad news. Some studies have found that poor communication and relationships with ART healthcare professionals could be a cause of dissatisfaction for patients and one of the reasons why couples may stop treatment or change clinic (Malin et al., 2001; Leite et al. 2005; Gameiro et al., 2012). Reasons for discontinuation due to communication have been: insufficient or poor explanations about fertility problems, poor management of psychological aspects (Gameiro et al., 2012), inadequate information provision and coordination of care (Haagen et al., 2008), lack of empathy and poor ability to handle psychological distress (Olivius et al., 2004), negative interactions with staff (Rajkhowa et al., 2006) and lack of patient-centered care (van Empel et al., 2011). In a qualitative study, Dancet et al. (2011) found that infertile patients considered the most important aspects of 'patient-centered infertility care' to be: staff attitudes and the relationship with staff, communication, patient involvement and privacy, and emotional support.
One aspect that makes communication particularly complex during ART visits is that the patient is the couple, which should be considered as a unit on the one hand, but on the other, is comprised of two separate individuals with different reactions and opinions (Lalos, 1999; Leone et al., 2017). Literature on triadic medical consultations has shown that triadic communication can be helpful but challenging (Laidsaar-Powell et al., 2013). However, to our knowledge, there are no studies exploring the role of the two members of the couple when they are both patients, as in the ART context.
Until now, literature has focused principally on the psychological effects of infertility treatments on couples (Newton et al., 1990; Cousineau and Domar, 2007) or on their satisfaction with infertility treatments (Malin et al., 2001; Groh and Wagner, 2005; Dancet et al., 2010; Huppelschoten et al., 2013) but little is known about how doctors manage actual ART conversations from a communication point of view. To our knowledge, the only one study exploring ART physicians communication in real-time evaluated communicative behaviors observed by a researcher during consultations and associated them with the patient's satisfaction at the end of the visit (Leite et al., 2005).
No studies are present in literature using video/audio recordings of actual ART consultations, although video is known to be the best way to study physician–patient communication and to understand what really happens during visits (Jordan and Henderson, 1995).
As a part of a larger study on the associations between physician–patient communication, patient satisfaction and patient engagement in the ART context, this study aimed to explore communication characteristics during ART visits, describing the main communication content from doctors and couples through the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS), a well validated and widely used doctor–patient communication coding system (Roter and Larson, 2002). In greater detail, this study aimed: (i) to describe the communication content of doctors and couples during ART visits and the role of some demographic and clinical variables on doctor–couples communication, and (ii) to explore differences between the communication content of male and female patients.
Hum Reprod. 2018;33(5):877-886. © 2018 Oxford University Press


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The 12th IAPR International Conference on Biometrics (ICB 2019), sponsored by IAPR (Technical Committee on Biometrics – TC4, International Association for Pattern Recognition), is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of biometrics. ICB, formed in 2006 by merging AVBPA (Audio- and Video-based Person Authentication), ICBA (International Conference on Biometric Authentication) and other biometric workshops, has established itself as a leading international conference in biometrics. The conference will have a broad scope and invites papers that advance biometric technologies, sensor design, feature extraction and matching algorithms, analysis of security and privacy, and evaluation of social impact of biometrics technology. Topics of interest include all areas of current Biometrics research and applications. In the year 2019, we are proud to present this event in the Land of Gods - Greece!
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The Skyview Choir and Orchestra Parents Association is holding their annual auction, and this year's theme provides for a world of fun: 'Une Nuit a Paris' – A Night in Paris.
It's a fun, elegant and classy night which includes dinner, drinks, entertainment, silent auction, live auction, wine wall, raffle and the famous heads and tails game.
It all happens Saturday, November 19, 2016, from 5:30-10:30 PM, at the Heathman Lodge. It is a 21 and over event, so leave the kiddos at home and hit the street of Paris (or a reasonable facsimile) for an evening of fun.
These booster groups support the Skyview High School Choir and Orchestra programs.
Ticket Price are $38.00 per person, for more information, see the Skyview Choir and Orchestra Parents Association website.
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