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2017-02-21 - Televisión Hispana reports that Brazil's Globo.com has expanded its agreement with Elemental to build a new video infrastructure to deliver its new 4K video-on-demand service.
2017-02-20 - SatiiTV reports that Hotstar partnered with Elemental to offer premium and next-generation viewing experiences to its growing subscriber base.
2017-02-20 - Produ reports that Globo.com uses Elemental solutions to easily and cost-effectively deliver its subscription-based 4K video-on-demand service in HEVC.
2017-02-20 - Newsline Report shares that Brazilian broadcaster Globo.com deployed solutions from Elemental to launch its new video-on-demand (VOD) services in 4K HEVC.
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2017-02-10 - Telecompaper reports that Panama-based pay TV provider Cable Onda has standardized on HEVC-compliant solutions from Elemental to prepare the company to offer 4K Ultra HD content to subscribers.
2017-02-10 - Rapid TV News reports that Panamanian pay TV provider Cable Onda has built a unified headend powered by a full suite of Elemental solutions to deliver next-generation experiences to subscribers.
2017-02-09 - Multichannel News reports Cable Onda selected video processing solutions from Elemental for a consistent user experience across the company's live and video-on-demand (VOD) services.
2017-02-09 - Advanced Television reports that Cable Onda, a leading Panamanian pay TV provider, deployed a suite of Elemental solutions to power the company's unified headend for delivery of live and video-on-demand (VOD) services to subscribers.
2017-02-07 - TV Technology reports that registration and sponsorships are now open for the 4K 4Charity Fun Run at the 2017 NAB Show, which will be held on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:30 am in Las Vegas.
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2017-02-07 - SVG Europe reports that several South American broadcasters, including NET Brazil and Globosat in Brazil and Antel in Uruguay, used Elemental video processing solutions to deliver 2016's biggest sporting event from Rio de Janeiro.
2017-02-01 - Rapid TV News reports that Elemental live video processing solutions powered the delivery of a live Jean-Michel Jarre concert in virtual reality using the Nokia OZO camera.
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2017-01-13 - Digital Media World reports that Russian telco MegaFon is using an integrated video processing solution from Elemental to power the seamless delivery of its over-the-top (OTT) tv service, MegaFon.TV.
2017-01-12 - Rapid TV News reports Russian telco MegaFon is using a suite of Elemental video processing solutions to support its over-the-top (OTT) television offering, MegaFon.TV.
2017-01-11 - Digital TV Europe reports that MegaFon, a leading Russian telco and mobile operator, has selected a suite of Elemental solutions to power its over-the-top (OTT) TV service, MegaFon.TV.
2017-01-11 - CSI Magazine reports that Russian telco and mobile operator MegaFon has partnered with Elemental to relaunch its MegaFon.TV over-the-top (OTT) TV platform.
2017-01-03 - TV Technology reports that Elemental Chief Product Officer Aslam Khader will join a panel discussion titled "ATSC 3.0: A New Broadband Network" on January 4 at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.
2016-11-16 - Telecompaper reports that Elemental powered two 4K Ultra HD video content delivery demonstrations in Japan using the Hybridcast unified broadcast and broadband platform developed by national broadcaster NHK.
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text: Abstract painting can feel safe and reductive, but in the hands of Ida Ekblad, it acquires a rare virtue: fearlessness. Ekblad's canvases combine churning fields of color withboldly drawn alien characters or graffiti-style lettering. "I always thought it was so stupid to do graffiti on painting,"she admits. "But maybe because it was so stupid, it was tempting." Ekblad, 34, is among the best known artistsin her native Oslo—the Norwegian capital has matured into an art world powerhouse over the past decade, thanks to a first-rate art school and generous government funding. Though she's lived in London, Berlin, Los Angeles,and Italy (where she was a highlight of the 2011 Venice Biennale), she's now back in her hometown, along with her3-year-old daughter, Lilja. "I have a huge studio by the fjord," says Ekblad, who also welds coarse sculptures from salvaged metal and writes poetry. "Sometimes, even when it's cold, I go down to the water. When I got pregnant, my whole body wanted to go back to Norway. It was a force. And I haven't complained one second."

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While it's usually relaxing, traveing can often be very stressful and disastrous. Vacations can become a hassle if you do not do your homework. The following tips will teach you how to properly plan for your next excursion.
When you travel to foreign countries, watch the taxis you enter. Do not hop in if you get a bad feeling. Anyone can pose as a taxi service, and you don't know what someone might do or where you might be taken.
Bring a doorstop with you when you are staying in a room that makes you feel less than comfortable about security. The little rubber or wooden wedges can be used to keep your door shut, although they are often used to keep doors open.
If you are leaving for your trip from a port city, stay at a hotel with free parking and get there the night before you are to leave. You can check with staff at the hotel for unpublished parking deals.
Research before booking anything. This will put you in the most comfortable position when flying or driving. Ask those who have traveled there before. When you do thorough research you can make good plans and avoid unpleasant surprises.
Bring along a door stopper to the hotel. This will add to the level of security that you have. This added security will make it more difficult for a thief to enter your room.
Take clothespins along the next time you travel. These are not typical travel items, but they can come in handy.
Always go out of your way to tip any bell station and housekeeper appropriately. For these services, a good tip for housekeeping would be from $2-$5 per day, and $1 per bag of luggage. This will help ensure that you maintain a good relationship during your stay.
Carry a business card or book of matches from your hotel with you everywhere you go. If you end up getting lost, this will help you get directions from someone passing by or a taxi driver. This is one of the most important suggestions that can be given as language barriers exist and you have a better chance of not getting lost.
When you travel abroad, you should find out what insurance coverage your credit card company offers. For example, will they cover a cancelled flight? You should research a bit before leaving.
Travel is a great teaching tool, especially for children and young adults. Even developing countries can be perfectly safe if you plan carefully for safety, and it's an awesome learning experience for your children. You can gain understanding and tolerance for different cultures while abroad.
There are many travel related forums for you to become a member of. Communication with others who have the same traveling interests can help you plan your trip. You can meet friends, learn about great travel destinations, and find out where to avoid.
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Airplanes and Fairy Gardens: Seeing Things from a Different Perspective
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By Matthew Schlueb
From an airplane, the earth is like a poached egg, a liquid spherical mass contained in a wrinkled skin; saturated with water on the surface, constantly in the process of evaporating and condensing. From an airplane you can see the clouds that nestle in a valley, hide a home or assure an abundance of crops. Clouds no longer blow by, but become a network in symphony when viewed from the sky.
Just before sunrise, water vapor suspended in the realm of an airplane precipitates, covering the whole earth in dew. Then suddenly the sun bursts through the horizon's edge, the rays' distance is enough for the whole day. Gnawing, churning the atmosphere, densities begin to operate, air masses gliding over each other.
From an airplane, the shades of grass reveal the degree of humidity in the soil. The law of gradients above or under the ground, the earth is not a uniform green. Water as vapor, dew, eventually a gathering river on a rotating top spinning at an inclined plane is manipulated by this faraway star.
The view from an airplane is not rushed but slow, unbroken, the most precise one can wish. One can recognize the rooftop of a settler's home on a vast landscape, see the immensity of influence not often seen living each day so close to the surface. Perspective from above is quite different, transforming, meditative.
Such is the allure of a fairy garden. Our youngest son, Olin, and his mother went to the Phipps' plant sale on Mother's Day and bought his first bonsai. A miniature conifer with dark green needles, yellowing at the tip, he trimmed it with a selection of fairy sized fauna, a park bench, and a magic urn for casting wishes. Colored with patches of moss, spreading ground cover and dashes of fuchsia flowers, this garden in a pot holds his imagination as he mists it with water each day.
"Where is the fairy's house?" he asks. Surely there must be a house. So, we pulled out a block of clay to shape one by hand. Windows and doors were pressed in with small little fingertips. Then a chance wood firing with a potter friend and his fairy house was complete, scaled to tuck in under the canopy of his rabbit-sized pine.
How could such a giant of the forest be so tiny? What sorcery has been invoked to keep such a spirit caged to these proportions? The time and methods may be unknown, but their effects are unmistakable. These miniaturized plantings, stirring the minds of children, hold the same effect as an airplane flight overhead.
When our point of view is shifted, looking in on something from above, we comprehend the way things unfold, the interconnections of greater forces playing out in each life below. Fairy tales are more than a captivating story or lesson to be learned. They transform our thinking, to a mind's eye. An eye that sometimes catches a glimpse of a sprite as it flutters by.
Matthew Schlueb is a registered architect and owner of SCHLUEBarchitecture. For questions or comments, contact Matthew at email@example.com. This article is part of an ongoing series addressing architectural issues for homeowners.


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How Global Oil Supplies Could Fall 40% Overnight
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How Global Oil Supplies Could Fall 40% Overnight
You'd never know if from the oil price, but the global seaborne oil supply might face a 40% cut. In the last few days the Brent Crude price has dropped from $115 to $110 a barrel, where it has spent much of the last three months.
So why could the global oil supply fall by 40% overnight?
Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz in response to US sanctions.
The Strait of Hormuz is the narrowest part of the Persian Gulf. Oil from producing countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates also ship their oil through the strait. All up, 40% of the oil produced around the world each day goes through this narrow channel.
The Strait of Hormuz - a weak point in global oil shipping
So what sanctions would trigger Iran to block the Strait?
The US has asked the world to stop buying Iranian oil.
The US has lobbied China and Europe to buy their oil elsewhere. The US stopped buying Iranian oil years ago. China, Spain, Italy and Greece are still big buyers. Iran still makes up 5% of global production.
The US has put the pressure on Iran in this way to get Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions.
This reeks of hypocrisy. How can the US, which has the world's largest store of nuclear weapons, tell other countries not to develop them? It is also inconsistent. The US let Israel develop its nuclear capacity with minimal interruption.
Iran is not happy being told what to do by a financially and morally bankrupt foreign power. And in response it threatens to close off the Strait, which would cause the oil price to soar.
The World's Most Valuable Commodity
Oil has a long history of triggering conflicts. There is a great quote in the movie Blood Diamond that puts it well. A villager stands in front of his burning village, with dead bodies scattered everywhere, and says "…let's hope they don't find oil. Then we will have REAL problems."
Because the Strait is an obvious flash point, the US has a strong military presence in the region. The US Navy has a fleet moored off the coast of Dubai. Right now, the US has positioned two aircraft carriers in the Strait, and a third is on its way. Of course, Iran has a powerful military of its own. And while Iraq had few friends, Iran has powerful allies in Russia and China. Conflict needn't be naval either. Soldiers can launch powerful anti-ship missiles just as easily from small trucks hidden in nearby desert.
Is the US drawing the world back into war?
If you look to the calmly trading oil market for answers, it doesn't seem likely. Oil prices have been falling, not rising.
And there are a few good reasons for this.
For one thing, the US can't afford a conflict. Its last two conflicts have cost $1 trillion each. Obama has asked Congress to raise the US debt ceiling (again) by $1.2 trillion to $16.4 trillion. And that's just to pay for the yawning gap between tax revenues and government expenses.
More importantly, the US knows conflict would lead to oil prices high enough to freeze economic growth in its tracks.
But Iran has rephrased its threat slightly over the weekend. Ahmad Valid, Iran's defence minister, has back-pedaled and said Iran did not actually say "it will close the strait".
Making sure everyone understands each other would be a good start.
The US has lobbied China and Europe to drop Iranian oil, but has not made much progress. China doesn't seem interested. Europe has asked for six months to consider its options. Japan, South Korea and India have said they would only reduce their use. Sanctions are only partly in place.
So far it seems the US has stirred up Iran, without achieving anything.
Quite rightly, the countries that buy oil from Iran would like to know where they could get oil from instead. 5% of global supply is not easy to replace. Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, is confident it can bridge the shortfall. Ali Naomi, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said, "Whatever customers want, we will give it to them."
But it is widely believed that Saudi Arabia is already at peak production, and doesn't have anywhere near the reserves it claims to have. So whether it can bridge the shortfall is to be seen.
Needless to say, this kind of talk has drawn Saudi Arabia into the fray. Iran has said, "Such moves are not considered friendly, and that the consequences…could not be predicted."
The US would prefer to avoid conflict. But Iran could be unpredictable when backed into a corner. How this will pan out is impossible to say.
The Strategy Ahead
It does point to the increasing importance of sourcing energy from less volatile regions, preferably from your own doorstep. For example, the shale gas revolution in the US has given it an entirely new home-grown energy source. Shale gas projects in Australia are having some success as well.
Being self-sufficient will become more important as global tensions build over energy supplies. But it's not just the Strait of Hormuz that we should focus on.
The South China Sea is a bit closer to home. And it could be a more important flash point. About 30% of the world's seaborne oil is shipped through the 2 km wide Straits of Malacca (between Singapore and Sumatra), into the South China Sea.
China has been throwing its weight around much more in the last few years, claiming disputed territories and islands.
The US has recently stepped up its footprint in the area. It has promised to divert its military resources to police the region in the 21st century.
This military build-up in our backyard could have big implications for energy stocks in the future. And there will be some highly profitable investing opportunities on the back of it.
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WorleyParsons has announced the $A1.13 billion acquisition of the Colt Companies ("Colt"), a leading Canadian design and project services business. The acquisition creates a market leader in the high growth Canadian hydrocarbons market and provides a springboard for the next phase of WorleyParsons growth.
The acquisition price represents a multiple of 9.7 times pro forma EBITDA (earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation) of Colt for the 12 months ended 31 January 2007. On the assumption of a full year contribution by Colt to WorleyParsons, the pro forma accretion to the combined group's earnings per share (before synergies, amortisation and additional corporate and integration costs) for the 12 months to 31 December 2006 would be 16%. The Directors believe there is the potential for material synergies for the combined group. The acquisition is likely to complete in early March 2007.
Colt is a multi-disciplinary design and project services business with impressive upstream and downstream hydrocarbons capabilities particularly in the growing oil sands sector. It has been in operation for more than 30 years and is one of the largest providers of these services in Canada. Colt employs approximately 4,600 people through its network of offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Sarnia, Toronto and Anchorage, Alaska.
WorleyParsons Chief Executive Officer, Mr John Grill said: "This is a unique opportunity for WorleyParsons to secure a leading position in one of the world's largest and fastest growing hydrocarbons markets. The acquisition will also extend WorleyParsons' position as a Tier One service provider to the global hydrocarbons industry and materially enhance the group's heavy oil, oil sands and cold weather technical capabilities.
"We were attracted by Colt's experienced management team as well as its track record of profitable growth. This acquisition combines Colt with our substantial existing Canadian operations providing the global resources and systems to capitalise on the significant untapped demand in the Canadian market," he said.
Canada boasts the world's second largest volume of oil reserves at 179 billion barrels, of which 98% are within the oil sands. Capital expenditure in the Canadian oil sands sector alone is forecast to exceed C$125 billion over the next decade if announced projects proceed. Canada is currently the largest supplier of crude oil and petroleum products to the US. It is forecast to grow from its position as the eighth largest producer of crude oil globally to become the fourth largest by 2015.
Also commenting, the President of Colt, Mr Larry Benke, said: "This merger enables Colt to accelerate our growth strategy and combine with WorleyParsons' operations to leverage our extensive experience in oil sands having completed more than 3,000 oil sands projects. At the same time it enhances our ability to win and execute major projects in Canada and Alaska.
"WorleyParsons represented the perfect merger partner for us and this announcement marks the culmination of many months of effort evaluating opportunities and strategies for the future of Colt. The additional resources our business will gain through being part of the WorleyParsons group will provide the platform for a truly diversified engineering and project services business," he said.
Mr Larry Benke, President of Colt will be responsible for WorleyParsons Canadian operations and will be appointed, subject to completion of the acquisition, to the WorleyParsons Limited Board as an alternate director to Bill Hall. Key Colt senior management have committed to remain with WorleyParsons for a period of at least three years.
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For the last two decades, we (GBGM-UMC) have worked with other mission agencies of Methodist churches in bringing about an autonomous Methodist denomination in Cambodia. By God's grace, the 1st Provisional Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Cambodia (MCC) was celebrated in September (4-7, 2018). And, new President and new lay leader of MCC were elected by the precious votes of Khmer pastors and local lay delegates. Praise the Lord for all guidance!
During worship, UMC Bishop Goodpaster preached about "turning point" (based on John 21) which invites a new beginning and requires renewed commitment. Jesus asked Peter if he truly loved Jesus. When Peter answered, Jesus instantly replied, saying "Feed my sheep." Yes, the new beginning does require renewed actions. As a united Church with MCC, I humbly commit myself again to participate in the Kingdom ministries for God and God's people in Cambodia. Thanks be to God for this holy invitation.


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The bewildering world of babies
Becoming a parent for the first time can be a confusing thing. Choosing a unique, but not too unique baby name? Impossible! Selecting a pushchair and figuring out how to collapse it one handed? Stressful! Buying a car seat (and fixing it!)? Pretty tough! Even mastering all of the poppers on baby grows in the middle of the night with a writhing baby. It all takes skill and mastery. And once you've done all of that there are more choices to make. Baby Yoga? Or Baby Spanish? Baby Sensory or Baby Massage? It's all a bit confusing. Last time as a first time mum, I didn't quite know where to start when it came to baby classes so I dabbled in a few with varying success stories.
Second time round I've learned a bit.
Yes, you can attend any of these classes from when the baby is just a few weeks old. But to be honest, they're most likely to either sleep, poo or cry through them. If they sleep (like my little lady did) then there will be a point when you'll find yourself sitting on the floor of a church hall in a circle of Mums singing Wheels on the Bus….with a baby in blissful ignorance of their surroundings. At this point it's hard not to have a reality check and ponder what your life has become since having a baby. Does a sleeping baby mean you still have to carry on with the actions and singing or are you justified to sit this one out? Or should you escape to the nearest
coffee shop pub?!) Either way you've paid a fiver for the privilege. (#truestory)
This time round with baby number 2, I was adamant that I wouldn't start any of the classes till the little man was much older and we could have a laugh together, or at least until I could see that he was actually getting a kick out of the live entertainment.
But a new activity called 'Bach to Baby' has thrown that resolve out of the window.
If you've not heard of it, 'Bach to Baby' is a monthly classical music session held at St Luke's Church in Maidenhead. The concerts are organised by Windsor based mum and dad Tim and Deborah Carleston. Tim is a countertenor Lay Clerk in the choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Deborah has been a Music Therapist for over a decade and runs her own private practice. They got involved after taking their own kids to Bach to Baby concerts in London. After talking to the founders of Bach to Baby, Tim and Deborah have been running the Thames Valley concerts since April this year.
In their own words;
We promise absolutely top quality musicians at the peak of their game and are incredibly lucky to have them perform for us in the midst of their usually internationally busy schedules. The opportunities to hear a singer or musician as fine as these, live, are very rare, let alone be able to take your child along"
The hour long session includes 45 minutes of serious, high quality classical music (not dumbed down in any way for the kids). Then, after the main section of the concert, Tim and Deborah lead some familiar nursery rhymes and encourage everyone to join in.
With an invitation to attend their October Concert in return for an honest review on the blog, I went along last Monday to see what it was all about.
Bach to Baby time
The concert I went to saw a performance from baritone Andrew Thompson, who usually sings for the Queen at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
I'll be honest, I went along thinking that at 11 weeks, (and he was 4 weeks premature) The Little Man is still too young for it. Yes, I'm sure there are studies that could prove me wrong, but when we're barely even getting smiles out of him, it's really hard to know if any of it would be making sense to him, but in the spirit of 'roving reporter' on behalf of all the Maidenhead Mums, I wanted to give it a go.
And of course, it was one of 'those' mornings. You know the ones. Its 8.15am and 10.30am seems AGES away.
You plan to put them down for their 8.30am nap, just like you do every morning, so you can jump in the shower, get your shizzle together and leave the house with plenty of time to find a parking space and chat to the organisers and other Mums before the concert starts at 10.30am. And all being well, the Little Man would be nicely rested and not too hungry so he would be ready to enjoy the lovely music.
Of course NONE OF THIS HAPPENED!
Numerous failed attempts at settling him meant I left the house at the time I had planned to arrive… only to realise that St. Luke's Road is crazy for parking. Two laps later and I managed to dump the car 200 yards away from the Church and scurry in with one minute to spare, trying my best to exude outward calm!
Seriously?! Ridiculous timing!
Winning Formula
I sat down, quietly fuming that the concert would be wasted on him but figured that I could at least listen and enjoy it anyway. And as I calmed down I remembered that I'd walked past coffee and biscuits on the way in. Suddenly it dawned on me. This is what's known in the parenting trade as #winning.
Think about it.
A sleeping baby, glorious music, lovely Victorian architectural surroundings which I could sit back and enjoy with a coffee and a chocolate biscuit! Boom!
Even in a proper grown up concert you can't just nip to the back and get a cuppa. Well you could, but just imagine the looks you'd get.
Once I'd got over the novelty of being allowed to drink and nibble while I was listening, I noticed that there was plenty of choice on the refreshments table.
As I sipped my coffee and listened to Andrew Thompson as he sang, I realised that Bach to Baby is totally unique when it comes to baby classes. It's just as enjoyable for mum as well as Baby. If the little one sleeps, you won't feel like its a waste of time or money. As I looked around I saw Mums with tiny week-old babies, right up to toddlers and pre-schoolers.
The concert
Seeing as the Little Man was asleep I was able to don my 'roving reporter and paparazzi' hat and take some photos of the concert:
The concert lasts for 45 minutes and was well paced with easy to follow explanations of what was being sung about before each song. (I imagine that musical arrangements would have a similar kind of explanation). At the end of the concert there is then a further 15 minutes of nursery rhymes (I sipped my coffee while the little man slept on!)
And then finally, at the end. Guess what? Yup, HE WOKE UP!
Each concert is documented by a professional photographer and after the concert you can view the photos on the Bach to Baby website. Jack, the photographer was kind enough to take a few of the little man and I together.
If you're still trying to make your mind up about whether to go, here's a little video I took on my phone (disclaimer: I'm a photographer but not a videographer!)
This shows Baritone Andrew Thompson mid-song:
About Bach to Baby in Maidenhead
The concerts are held once a month at St. Luke's Church, which is a short walk from town. There is limited parking on the residential streets around the church, but you're best to allow yourself some extra time to find a space. (learn from my mistakes!) There's plenty of room for you to stash the buggy at the back, or if like me, your little one falls asleep, then you can wheel them in with you and just sit and enjoy the music with a cuppa. There were over 90 people (including babies and mums) at the October event – the busiest one yet.
I thought it was lovely how both Tim and Deborah are really hands on with the concerts: whether its turning the pages for the pianist, or reading the nursery rhymes at the end, you'll find them both rolling up their sleeves and getting involved.
A video of Tim and Deborah leading the nursery rhyme section at the end:
The concert entry fee is £10 for adults and the accompanying children are free. This makes it great value if you have a pre-schooler and a babe in arms like me. Its also pretty unusual to find an activity that both ages can enjoy at the same time.
I've found myself recommending it to lots of my mummy friends and am already looking forward to next month's concert.
Find out More
If you like the sound of it then the next concerts in Maidenhead are as follows:
Monday 9th November:
'Animal Magic!' Featuring Tim Carleston, countertenor & Richard Pinel on the piano
Monday 7th December:
'Festive Finale' Featuring pianist Libby Burgess.
You can find out details about these events on the Bach to Baby website.
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I was invited to a Bach to Baby concert in return for an honest write up about my experiences. As always with my blog posts I'm as open and honest as I can be.
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When I was on the girls junior varsity soccer team in high school, someone thought it would be a good idea to send a squad of junior varsity cheerleaders with us to an away game.
There are no crowds for JV soccer games. They do not play in a stadium. Most often the soccer pitch is partially consumed by one or two baseball diamonds. So what were we doing with cheerleaders on our bus?
There was also a fairly large cultural divide between the girls who chose to play soccer (even though they were not good enough to make the varsity team) and those who chose cheerleading (even though they were not good enough to be football cheerleaders).
We clearly did not want them to cheer at us, and there was no one else to cheer to. Even the home team didn't have any fans. Or any bleachers. So our own personal cheering squad gave up and wandered off, leaving their pompons behind.
At half-time they were still nowhere to be seen so we swiped their gear and put on our own half-time show. I made sure I was on the bottom of the pyramid. I can't stand heights.
I should not be surprised that with this as my only experience as a cheerleader I do a terrible job of cheering myself on. Also the fact that the fight against Depression is so much more internal. And grueling. And hardly sporting at all.
I do have fans and other people cheering me on. I welcome that now, as I didn't in high school. Maybe because my cheerleaders are with me by choice instead of being sent against their will by a sadistic athletic director...
However, I want to do a better job of exhorting myself to do the things that I know I should. Even when I don't want to. I can be so stubbornly non-compliant. Not with the meds, I am definitely a born-again anti-depressant-taking pill-popper. I have noticed a dramatic difference in my capacity to function while on my combined medications.
It is all the other things that I know I am supposed to do that I would really just rather not. And I don't have a personal trainer or a chef or a masseuse or a yogi following me around to remind me to take care of myself. I just have me. And while I might have enough energy to think about maybe doing something, I don't have enough energy to spare on the pep talk that might actually get me off my butt.
I have a plan for the school year (which for me starts next Monday): every Tuesday and Thursday morning I will go to the YMCA after I drop the olders off at school. Then the exercise will just be part of my regular schedule and I won't have to think about it.
Go me. Yay.
I am much better at berating myself for not doing something than I am at cheering myself on to get moving. I am sure I am not alone in this.
My pledge for this week: NO MORE STAYING UP UNTIL 1:00 AM. It makes me stupid for the rest of the day. And is bad for my asthma and allergies and headache and Depression and anger and dealing with stress and, well everything.
Grateful Crap: a comfortable bed, the fact that I can touch-type, knowing that more than two people read my blog and get something out of it.
Daily Convexions
took meds (150mg sertraline 300mg bupropion)
(got so little sleep last night that I didn't do much today but take a long nap and try not to freak out about the fact that I wasn't going to get anything done today.)
will go take decongestant and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs right now so they take effect in time for me to go to bed at a reasonablish sort of hour
Drank a bunch of water
Stayed out of the heat
Told funny stories to my children that made us all cry
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i'll just admit right off the bat that i'm flaking out on you a bit this week — to make a long story short, I left home at 8:15 am & returned at 10:15 pm…i'm tired. And I still have some files to convert and compile to send to board members before tomorrow — so I'm a little stressed too. It's not a difficult task whatsoever, but I'm so very ready to put this day to bed & myself along with it.
needless to say, tonight is one of those nights when music becomes a little refuge from the craziness of life — and tonight, i'm super grateful for such a refuge.
instead of giving you a thorough introduction to a new artist today, i've decided to put together a little compilation of songs below that currently reside in my iTunes playlist "breathe easy." some are new. some are old. all are peace-inducing. and yours truly here will be listening to all of them for the remainder of tonight.
here's to breathing a little easier, M.
Ray LaMontagne "Shelter" — no one does it like Ray.
Amy Kuney "Hope a Little Harder" — only video I could find with the song but it's actually pretty wonderful.
Justin Timberlake w. Matt Morris "Hallelujah" — brilliant.
Shannon LaBrie "Calls Me Home" — i've been obsessed with this one for months now & really need Shannon to release a full length album.
Civil Twilight "Quiet In My Town" — this is one of those "feel it in your gut" songs.
Andrew Belle "Open Your Eyes" — she'll be a star now, i will follow her lead. she'll be a scar now, i will still let her bleed.


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November 4, 2001, Section 2, Page 7Buy Reprints
ISAAC MIZRAHI squints into a full-length mirror at the actress Jennifer Tilly and fiddles with her skin-tight skirt. ''If you want a slit in it, it's O.K.,'' he finally allows.
''No, I've actually been working with a little walk,'' Ms. Tilly replies. ''Like a floozy. Of course, there's not a dab of floozy in me. It's quite a stretch.''
Never mind that it is bedlam in Ben Kahn's West 30th Street fur salon, where a dozen people are milling around Mr. Mizrahi. The one-time Wunderkind of the ready-to-wear world, whose clothing line went belly up in 1998, is designing the costumes for his first Broadway show -- Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 comedy ''The Women,'' which opens on Thursday at the American Airlines Theater. Besides Ms. Tilly, the all-female cast of the Roundabout Theater Company revival includes Jennifer Coolidge, Kristen Johnston, Rue McClanahan, Cynthia Nixon and Mary Louise Wilson.
Right now, Mr. Mizrahi is concentrating. He scrunches up his face and squints again, hard, at the reflection of Ms. Tilly -- who plays Crystal Allen, the play's resident man-eater, and looks as if she has been poured into her 30's-style brown suit. Picking up a length of luxe chinchilla, he drapes it over one of her arms. Suddenly, the suit is transformed from something merely seam-popping into an outfit that spells class, even on a character as gloriously unrepentant as Ms. Tilly's shopgirl-slash-slut, the villain of the piece.
''How long should we make it, darling?'' he asks. ''You want two cuffs?''
''Where would the other one be?''
''Around your neck,'' he jokes.
''I think just one. More like a muff.''
''How about a muff-cuff?''
On this sunny fall afternoon, Mr. Mizrahi, 39, is in dynamo mode, as usual: with the opening in several weeks and each performer in need of multiple costume changes, there is still much to do.
Awake and restless since 5 a.m., he has already refinished an old wooden card table, had a session with his therapist and held a series of costume fittings. He has two more scheduled later this afternoon, but now, in between squints at Ms. Tilly -- a technique, he says, whereby ''I'm eliminating all the mistakes, the basting, the externals, and just see the dress and the shape'' -- he answers questions from his assistant; gives guidance to his seamstress; allows a cameraman, who is videotaping a segment for Mr. Mizrahi's weekly talk show on the Oxygen network, to interview him; and perches a flat brown felt hat with a dramatic black veil on Ms. Tilly's head.
''Ooh, I love this,'' she croons, fondling one of the mole-like dots decorating the tulle. ''It's so Gloria Swanson.''
Next, Mr. Mizrahi dresses her in a black robe with huge sable cuffs -- ''Oh, God, it's like the fur on the toilet seat,'' Ms. Tilly says -- and then in a red-beaded halter-style evening gown.
As he works, he turns curious: ''What's it like on the set? Is it a bitchfest?''
''No way,'' Ms. Tilly replies. She tells him that the director, Scott Elliott, is ''trying to get us to be bitchier.''
''He keeps going: 'You're saying that because you're jealous.' 'You're saying that because you hate her.' Meanwhile, it's a lovefest.''
The story line, of course, is not. Characters who would fit nicely into the Sondheim song ''The Ladies Who Lunch,'' these women are never happier than when hearing bad news about their dearest friends. At the icy heart of the play is the innocent but dowdy Mary Haines (portrayed by Ms. Nixon), whose wealthy offstage husband leaves her for another woman. And she is not alone. In Act II, the women gather in Reno for their divorces and more catty repartee. Men are still the prize to be fought over, won and then ignored.
It was a scene that the author, a tough femme fatale herself, knew well (Irwin Shaw was quoted as saying that she was as ''feminine as a meat ax''). Born poor, Clare Boothe was 20 when in 1923 she married a wealthy man more than twice her age. Like Mary Haines, she left her young daughter behind when she divorced him in Reno in 1929. The future Republican congresswoman from Connecticut and later ambassador to Italy met Henry Luce, a founder of Time magazine, in 1934, but had to bide her time until his divorce before marrying him a year later, when she was 32 and he 36. ''The Women'' opened in December 1936 on Broadway. Mrs. Luce wrote the first draft of the play in three days and said she had got the idea for it while listening to a group of women gossiping in a ladies' room.
Does Mr. Mizrahi think that women today are less competitive with one another than they might have been in a more restrictive era? ''No,'' he says, ''I don't. It's the one thing that's very classic. If I wrote a play called 'The Men,' there would be rivalry; men fight as well.''
It is 4 p.m., and the designer grabs a hasty lunch of chicken salad at a local sandwich shop and muses about his latest undertaking -- an effort that has required him to design and build 59 costumes and style 43 others (not to mention hats, shoes and furs) for 26 women: the cast of 25 and 1 understudy. But it seems no more or less daunting to him than prepping one of his collections.
What did give him pause, for about a nanosecond, was how to capture the 30's era accurately. ''I wanted to give it a kind of reality,'' he says, ''so that the audience doesn't feel they're watching a period revival. I want to make these women look beautiful and then, by the way, to look exactly like the period.''
Mr. Mizrahi said he had got to know the characters by reading the script, talking to the actresses and the director ''and trying desperately hard not to think of the movie,'' the 1939 MGM camp classic directed by George Cukor that starred Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell.
''I've created an actual arc for Mary Haines,'' he says. ''She starts off very plain, in a little pleated skirt and a blouse. And as the play progresses, she dresses more and more and more. In the script, she says, 'I've grown claws,' and that means, 'I now have a Brazilian bikini wax.' In other words, she's going to do whatever it is that turns men on.''
One major departure from ready-to-wear: the need to define character through clothing. ''Put a hat on someone, and immediately you get character,'' Mr. Mizrahi says. ''At one point, the hat maker said to me, 'What will Kristen Johnston's hair be like?' And I said: 'Honey, it will be slicked back in a little bun. The only reason she has a head is to wear hats.' ''
Indeed, this production of ''The Women'' is nothing if not a paean to style, including Derek McLane's fanciful sets with their elements of Art Deco, which frame Mr. Mizrahi's often black-and-white costumes. ''Isaac always seemed like a costume designer -- that was his aura,'' says Mr. Elliott, a longtime admirer of Mr. Mizrahi's fashion work. ''And so, although I didn't know him, I just called him up. He understood my take on the characters, and he'd come back with designs that really fit it. He read my mind.''
One thing Mr. Mizrahi did not want: to copy the movie's big Reno divorce scene, with the cowgirl duds created by Gilbert Adrian, MGM's chief costume designer (and one of the men responsible for glamorizing Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford) -- outfits that Mr. Mizrahi regards as ''above and beyond brilliant.''
And so, Mr. Elliott says, ''Isaac came up with this whole poolside thing that's quite original.''
Since the play involves women of all ages, with legs of all shapes, and characters in various stages of undress, Mr. Mizrahi says he had to be careful about what the actresses would wear, especially at the Reno resort. During one fitting, he had scrunched and squinted and scrutinized a swimsuit Ms. Nixon was wearing. ''You know, Rue McClanahan may wear sheer hose with her bathing suit,'' he said. ''But in your case, it should just be a bare leg. With a little tan or something.''
In answer, Ms. Nixon wrinkled up her nose.
''Showing your legs on a Broadway stage, darling, needs a little thought,'' Mr. Mizrahi admonished gently. ''I'll just give you a little bronzzzzage,'' he said with a flourish, referring to self-tanning lotion.
Ms. Tilly says she appreciated Mr. Mizrahi's need for perfection: ''He really did a lot of work studying the period. And it's why he's running around telling all the girls they need to pluck out their eyebrows and make their lips more baby-doll and get little half-moons on their nails. He did my Oscar dress in 1995, so I knew we were all going to look amazing. I think Isaac is the star of the show. It's not about 25 women. It's about Isaac Mizrahi.''
No shy lily, the Brooklyn-born Mr. Mizrahi, who began sketching as a boy, emerged as something of a fashion diva himself with the theatrical release of ''Unzipped,'' the 1995 documentary that followed him as he readied one of his runway shows. More recently, he has designed costumes for the Twyla Tharp and Mark Morris dance companies; written a comic book, ''The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel''; and appeared Off Broadway last year in a well-reviewed one-man show, ''Les Mizrahi.''
Although he is vague about his plans after ''The Women,'' Mr. Mizrahi says he will continue to act as the host of his Oxygen show. He is also creating the costumes for Mr. Morris's staging of Purcell's opera ''King Arthur,'' which is expected to make its debut in 2003. In addition, he is planning another first: to direct a movie, ''The Extra Man,'' from the 1998 novel by Jonathan Ames.
Meanwhile, what most satisfies him? ''It's what I'm doing at the moment, I swear,'' he says. ''For this week, refurbishing that bridge table this morning -- that was the greatest thing. I'm not kidding.''


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– Creating value and solutions for customers
– Continuous improvement
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Home > Railroads > SEPTA > Paoli/Thorndale Line > Exton
The platform and shelter at Exton.
An old R5 sign at Exton.
At one time the Whiteland station building was in the parking lot in the picture on the left.
Welcome Page | Railroads | SEPTA | Site Map
If you have any questions / comments / corrections for this website or find a broken link, please e-mail me.
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Digital is transforming the way companies operate and do business in Canada and around the world.
Many sectors are experiencing change or transformation brought about by new technologies or new business models.
The good news is that digital is also leveling the playing field, giving SMEs like yours more opportunities than ever to compete with the bigger players.
At this point, the challenge for many entrepreneurs is figuring out how to leverage digital in their business to make sure they remain relevant, competitive and on solid ground now and in the future.
to boost sales, productivity and customer satisfaction
by selecting and integrating the right digital technologies
to avoid obsolescence and remain relevant and competitive
by differentiating yourself in the market
to make more profitable business decisions
in the face of changing markets and customer demands
Assess your digital capabilities and determine how to leverage digital in your business
Select and implement the right digital technologies to boost sales, reduce costs and improve productivity
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Plett is renowned for its hot yet pleasant summers and wet mild winters. It is characterized by almost year-round sunshine with hot summers (October-March), with temperatures rising to 27°C (80,6°F) and sometimes even touching the mid-thirties Celsius (mid-nineties Fahrenheit). Winter is typical of the Cape Coastal area, fluctuating between mild, clear weather and cold, rainy


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Here is the link so you can read it for yourself. Congratulations Ed & Crew!
The first thing that came to my mind is finally eCopy will get a better OCR engine. It's no secret that I have NOT been a fan of the ReadIRIS OCR capabilities. And the "answer" has always been that you can use OmniPage if you want, the problem has always been the cost to upgrade. Now that Nuance owns both OmniPage & eCopy I am hoping that the default OCR engine will be greatly improved. I am not sure that they will have a choice, because from what I am hearing ReadIRIS dropped eCopy (like Canon droped Ikon) once their chief rival bought them. Go figure?
There has been increasing pressure on eCopy to separate their offerings from what the MFD Manufacturers now include in their own embedded scanning solutions. There have also been a lot of other companies nipping at eCopy's heals with similar Scan stations (like EFI's SendMe).
eCopy's strengths are their extensive connector catalog for their SSOP product (over 250) and now an emerging connector catalog for their Desktop\PaperWorks product. Their other strength is a unified End User Scanning interface across platforms. For dual line dealers (for instance we sell & support Canon & Konica Minolta) this can be a powerful arguement to lead with an embedded eCopy solution. Now with Nuamce strengthening their OCR engine, as well as possibly other Nuance technology making its way into the eCopy product line this could help them stay relevant even as the manufactures close the gap on their own scanning solutions.
One thing that I would like to see added to both eCopy's SSOP and their Paperworks product is Nuance's Dragon Naturallyspeaking voice recognition capabilities for Indexing!!! If it worked as advertised that could revolutionize indexing documents before committing them to a document Management system. Indexing, adding the meta data to the scanned image, is the key to making a Document Management System work. But everyone is always trying to make indexing easier (read less typing). Voice recognition (if it works well) could be a quantum leap in document indexing, both in speed and ease of use.
I really love it when two solid technologies come together in a previously unconsidered use to solve a real business problem. Sir Isaac Newton said "If I have seen father than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." Nuance & eCopy, You have a real opportunity here, I hope that you have the vision to make it work. Good luck!
That's my $0.02
Vince McHugh
PS: The only sad note, for me personally, is since I turned down that job offer from eCopy a few years back, I won't be cashing in on any stock options, I hear that there are some happy folks over at eCopy tonight. Good for you!


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Potential for spoilers ahead
This was the best episode the Three have done in a very, very long time. It felt, and I mean this in the best way possible, like Top Gear. And when Top Gear was really good too. Sure, it might have been a little (and by little I mean very) like the Bolivia special, but it was a very good rehash and callback to prime Top Gear.
It seems really like (while also factoring in the pretty damn good previous episode) that they're finally getting comfortable with the slight change in format and change in networks. Season one was rocky at best and at points downright bad, season two was solid but still felt off, hopefully this season is a return to form. Also it's good to see the "cheap car challenge" formula officially, properly, back.


text: Come join CrossFit Northern Kentucky as we celebrate and honor the brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. May 30, 2016 we will pay tribute by taking on the Navy Seal creed, "I will not fail," as we endure Lt. Murphy's favorite wod "Body Armor" now known as "Murph."In memory of United States Navy Lieutenant Michael P Murphy. KIA June 28, 2005 AfghanistanMURPH1 MILE RUN100 PULL UPS200 PUSH UPS300 SQUATS1 MILE RUN**RX - 20lb weighted vest (wod is scalable)Where and When:Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PMCrossFit Northern Kentucky5785 B Constitution Dr. Florence, KY 41042 USview mapCOST FOR THE EVENT: FREEOptional Tee Shirt/Tank available but must be pre-ordered:Price: $20.00MDM2016_GAOnline Pre-Order - http://crossfitnorthernkentucky.com/cfnky-store/Deadline is May 12th to pre-order!All skill levels are welcome to participate, therefore, be sure to invite friends and family to the event.There will be food and music so come out and join the fun and help us honor these brave men and women!


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Complete Medium Kit With Serum and CultureBoost-R™ (4Z0-500-R)
Complete Medium Kit With Serum and CultureBoost-R™
Medium is formulated with 10% serum. Kit consists of 500mL Cell Systems Medium (4Z0-500-R), 10mL CultureBoost-R™(containing human recombinant growth factors) and 10mL Attachment Factor™ (extracellular matrix reagent for coating flasks). This becomes a complete medium once activated with the included CultureBoost-R™ supplement. 4Z0-500-R is Certified and intended for experimental application. Cell Systems media and reagents are sterile, made with WFI and all components are cGMP and ISO Compliant.
Available Formats
Available in one 500 mL container.
Appropriate Use
Certified for use with more than 100 human and animal cell cultures and cell lines including:
All ACBRI and CSC Primary Cells
Bone Marrow Cells (CFU-F and Erythroid Burst Cultures)
Connective Tissue Cells
Dermal Fibroblast Cells
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Medium contains no added hormones.
Medium contains no antibiotics; however, Bac-Off® (Cat. #4Z0-643), is the recommended antibiotic for all Cell Systems medium. Bac-Off® is used at or above the 2µg/mL MIC of aerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms. (See Bac-Off® certificate.)
Medium contains no phenol red. Phenol red in cell culture medium binds to receptors on cell surfaces and causes the cell to respond as though pharmacologic levels of estrogen and/or inflammatory mediators (such as prostaglandin or thromboxane A2) are present in the medium. We exclude this unnecessary additive in order to optimize experimental conditions for researchers.
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Cell Systems Medium is shipped at ambient temperature. If the entire unit will not be used within 30 days, supplement the medium with CultureBoost-R™, then aliquot and freeze in smaller units which will be used within 30 days. Otherwise, immediately refrigerate the medium and supplement. Once the unit is supplemented, or any component of the medium kit is opened, the shelf life is 30 days at refrigerated (2 - 8°C) temperatures.
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For best results, use Cell Systems Medium in conjunction with cell culture vessels coated with Attachment Factor™ extracellular matrix reagent. See the Attachment Factor™ protocol.Citations
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- "Mature induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived human podocytes reconstitute kidney glomerular-capillary-wall function on a chip" Musah et al. Nature and Biological Engineering, 2017
- "The novel methods for analysis of exosomes released from endothelial cells and endothelial progenitor cells" Wang et al. Stem Cells International, 2016
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INDIANAPOLIS — Although no cases have been reported in Indiana, the State Department of Health is urging medical providers to report any young patients with a history of vaping who unexpectedly developed severe respiratory illnesses.
The Indiana State Department of Health sent an advisory last week to Indiana hospitals and other health care providers after officials in Illinois and Wisconsin reported that numerous teenagers and young adults were hospitalized with severe respiratory illnesses.
Symptoms included shortness of breath, fatigue and chest pain, and some became so ill they needed mechanical ventilation.
Those patients reported using e-cigarettes in the weeks and months prior to their illness.
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Police appeal after a man is bitten by a large grey dog in Norwich
PUBLISHED: 17:06 03 January 2019
Police have launched a public appeal after a man was bitten by a dog in Norwich.
On Sunday, December 23, a man in his 20s was walking in the Sanders Court and Camp Grove area of the city when a large grey dog lunged at him.
The dog bit the man on the hand, inflicting several puncture wounds which required stitches.
Now, officers are keen to trace the owner of the dog, which was with a woman at the time of the incident.
The woman is described as white, aged in her 40s or 50s, 5ft 10 to 6ft tall and of skinny build.
It is believed the dog may have been called Samuel.
Anyone with information should contact PC Adam Smith at Hurricane Way Police Station on 101.
Alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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While the Brexit negotiations continue to stumble along, new research suggests that the nation's army SMEs remain enduringly optimistic about the global economy and their role within it. If these SMEs are to unlock their ambitious growth plans for the next 12 months and beyond, however, they'll need to go back to basics and get to grip with their finances.
In this post, we'll look at how SMEs can manage the tax liability with greater efficiency and reduce their annual spend.
1. Use Saving and Tax Allowances to Receive Dividends
Tax and finance legislation includes a number of basic reliefs and allowances, with the value of these having increased sharply in recent years.
As a result of this, it's also possible to leverage savings and dividend income alongside capital gains to secure tax-free allowances that can mitigate your SME's tax burden.
In specific terms, entrepreneurs and senior managers can leverage their personal, tax-free allowance of £11,000 to receive dividend income from the business. This is a popular loop-hole in the modern age, and one that SMEs can use creatively to their advantage.
2. Maximise Company Pension Contributions
Perhaps the easiest method of managing your businesses tax burden is to optimise the level of company pension contributions.
By investing accrued capital into a viable pension scheme such as a SIPP (self-invested personal pension plan), you'll be able to either reduce your total amount of corporation tax paid or subsequently receive tax relief on the personal contributions that are made.
Wealth and finance planners such as Tilney can help to advise you in this respect, as can objective outlets such as the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority).
3. Review your Firm's VAT Method
If your business is registered for and pays VAT (value-added tax), it may also be worth reviewing your method used to meet your obligations.
In some instances, for example, it may be better to move away from a flat rate of VAT and instead embrace the standard or cash accounting scheme to cover your liability.
This will not only enable you to remain on top of the national VAT rate changes as they continue to impact on your firm, but it will also minimise your overall tax bill for the financial year.


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Don't ask which ed tech products work, ask why they work
What makes educational technology initiatives succeed or fail? Hint: It's not just the technology.
A new nonprofit, formed out of the Jefferson Education Accelerator at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education, is embarking on an ambitious project to find the answer. The plan is to map out exactly what contributes to success and failure. And it'll take tens of thousands of educators to bring a very blurry landscape into focus.
Right now, when a school is considering purchasing a new educational technology, whether it's a device or a program, officials tend to research its track record. Did it work in other schools? But without knowing a lot of information about those schools, teachers and administrators can't possibly make the best decisions, argues Bart Epstein, CEO of the Jefferson Education Accelerator, an ed tech evaluation and support venture at the university. Epstein said even if technology companies wanted to be helpful by steering prospective clients only toward the products that would be best for them, the fact is, they don't have the information to do that, either.


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Sacramento has a number of housing options. For information about available Sacramento housing, stop by the Housing Office to pick up a general information sheet or check out the Housing Rent Board, conveniently posted in the Administration Building and on a glass-encased bulletin board on the exterior Administration brick wall on the Quad side.
Note: The University of the Pacific is not affiliated with these third-party organizations.


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Clary sage was originally used to improve vision. It is now known to be effective as an astringent and aphrodisiac. It also relieves stress and depression as well as ease tired muscles. You can find it in our foaming body wash and marigold toner.


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Marcus Jupither
bass baritone
Marcus Jupither is one of Swedens foremost engaged singers of today with a repertoire of over 60 parts. He comes from a musical family, his father was also an operasinger, from Stockholm where he studied at the Royal University College of Music and at the Opera Academy. He made his professional debut as Don Giovanni in 1995 under the direction of Johannes Schaaf. Since then he performed at all the major Swedish operahouses in parts as Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro), Marcello (La Bohème), Ford (Falstaff), Escamillo (Carmen) and Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus). He had a great success as the titlepart in Wozzeck at Gotenburghopera (1999), a part that led to his international debut at the National Opera in Prague. Since then he has sung at numerous places in Europe such as the Festival of Aix-En-Provence, the Bergen Festival and in operahouses in Frankfurt, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Oslo, Riga, Bruxelles and Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg. He has performed a great variety of roles such as: the Holländer (Der fliegende Holländer), Alberich (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Klingsor (Parsifal), Barak (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Orest (Elektra), Scarpia (Tosca) and the title parts in Rigoletto and Macbeth. Among the directors he has worked with is Christoph Marthaler, Herbert Wernicke, Dario Fo and others. He has collaborated with conductors like Sir Colin Davis, Kent Nagano, Michail Pletnev, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Christian Badea, Andris Nelsons and many others.
Education and training:
Royal Swedish Music Academy
Opera-Academy, Stockholm
Professional history:
Royal Opera Stockholm (2003-2011)
Guest performances in the role of Alberich: Royal Opera Stockholm, Den Norske Opera, Den Nye Opera Bergen, Varmland Opera Karlstad, Latvian National Opera, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, etc.
Awards and recognitions:
Nominated as "Best Actor of the Year" for his portrayal of Wozzeck at the Prague Spring Festival (2001)
Principal roles:
Berg: Wozzeck – Wozzeck
Giordano: Andrea Chenier – Carlo Gérard
Puccini: Il tabarro – Michele
Puccini: Tosca – Scarpia
Schostakovitch: Lady Macbeth from Mtensk – Boris Ismailov
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten– Barak
Strauss: Elektra – Orest
Tschaikowsky: Pique Dame – Tomsky
Verdi: La traviata – Germont
Verdi: Macbeth – Macbeth
Verdi: Rigoletto – Rigoletto
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Holländer
Wagner: Das Rheingold – Alberich/Wotan
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- Sprout Fund/Playlists RFP/feature article <--- Alf. Some good stuff here too, perhaps.
- See: http://Play.CLOH.org
- /application
- Wiki page crafting is at Play.CLOH.org.
- Grant for $40,000 to a team of organizations to connect with kids aged 13 and older starting in the fall of 2016.
- Deadline is April 8, 2016
- http://www.sproutfund.org/opportunity/2016/04/08/apply-for-rml-badge-enabled-playlists-pathways/
- File:Sprout RML Playlists Pathways-RFP-Format FINAL.pdf (re-posted on this wiki as a PDF)
- File:RUN-around sue XP-trip.pdf Example quest with more visual clues along a playlist for Sue, an Ultimate player.
- File:Play.cloh in quarters.pdf Overall concept map showing most of the XPs in their respective quarters.
- Instructions are in italic type.
Team includes:Edit
- Mark Rauterkus, principle investigator
- Kay Atman, developer of the GOI and Digital Badges/Goals - Letter of Support arrived.
- Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, financial oversight. Letter of support arrived.
- Spider Learning - Letter of Support arrived.
- Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center
- Venture Outdoors - Letter of Support arrived.
- Sarah Heinz House - Letter of Support arrived.
- Hosanna House - Expected letter
- Best of the Batch Foundation
- Pittsburgh Project - Letter of Support arrived.
- First Tee of Pittsburgh - Letter of Support arrived.
- Thelma Lovette YMCA - Letter of support arrived.
- South Side Presbyterian Church - Letter of Support arrived.
- Greg Manley, City of Play. - Letter of support arrived.
- Pittsburgh Public Schools - Letter of Support arrived.
- Jewish Community Center - Letter of Support arrived.
- Kevin Carter's Adonia Center https://www.facebook.com/Adonai-Center-149721355105286/timeline
- LiveCode & LiveCode (community) - Letter of support arrived.
- Coaching Boys Into Men of http://www.PAAR.net and Jerry McMeekin
- Malcolm Thomas, Chess Coach
- AutoCoach - Letter of Support Arrived
- TeamUnify's Tim LaRoche - Letter of Support Arrived.
- Pittsburgh Ultimate - Letter of Support Arrived.
- American Water Polo - Letter of Support arrived.
- SKWIM USA - Letter of Support arrived.
Tech HelpersEdit
- Claire and Mark Siskin, LiveCode developers, CMU / Pittsburgh, part of LiveCode (community) - Letter arrived.
- Fred Gohh, Cycling coach and app developer
- Bill Taylor and Spider Learning - Letter of Support Arrived
Career Pathway HelpersEdit
- Nancy Hart, journalist, Urban Media Today - Letter of Support delivered.
Contact InformationEdit
- Lead Organization = Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation
- Name = Mark Rauterkus
- Type of Organization (School District, Nonprofit Organization, Other) = 501(c)(3)
- Organizational Description or Mission Statement
- Postal Mailing Address
- Website (if applicable) http://www.Bloomfield-Garfield.org & http://Play.CLOH.org
- Collaborating Organizations (with letters of support obtained)
- Name, Organization Type, Location(s)
Contact Information for Project LeaderEdit
- Name, Title, Organization = Mark Rauterkus, Executive Head Coach, Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation
- Primary Email Address = firstname.lastname@example.com & email@example.com
- Primary Telephone Number = 412-298-3432
- Postal Mailing Address = 5149 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
- Contact Information for Additional Team Members
- Name, Title, Organization, Primary Email Address, Primary Telephone Number, Complete Mailing Address
- /application = drafting the application happens on that page.
- /feature article
- File:RUN-around sue XP-trip.pdf
- File:Play.cloh in quarters.pdf
- /homework = exercise sheets from work session.
- https://dmlcompetition.net/playlists-for-learning/ Another playlist grant with playlists, DML Competition
- The Competition is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through a grant to the University of California, Irvine. The interdisciplinary alliance HASTAC helps to administer the competition on behalf of UCHRI.
- /homework
Comments welcomeEdit
More insightsEdit
- A Presi is expected.
- Earning the Digital Badges unlocks other opportunities.
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Keen to see India improving their away record, national football team captain Sunil Chhetri Thursday said defense will be the key when they play an international friendly against China after 21 years on Saturday.
"We have to defend really well. By the look and feel, I believe we have to do a lot of defending. We should not afford them much space. At the same time, whenever we find a little room of opportunity, we have to construct the moves and counter them," said Cheetri.
"To sum it up, it's a game where we must be at the top of our game in every single department. If we are not being able to combine well and operate as a team, then they'll make us struggle a lot," he said.
Chettri said India have not done well away from our home and it's time to better "our records". "It's the time to do so. I just hope we can utilise this opportunity to go back and give a good account of ourselves. We have to convince ourselves first that yes, we are improving. Come January, it will be very difficult for us and we have to be ready for that."
"I'm happy that we are playing a team like China. It's strange that we are playing them after so long. We should have played them more often. I'm very excited because they are a quality opponent and they have always been a respected side in Asia."
Chettri missed out on India's last away fixture against the Kyrgyzstan due to an injury. He is keen to make his presence count but will not take pressure. "I don't take too much pressure on myself. I'm happy that I'm back to the team once again, that too for an away fixture. It's very difficult but it's something where I want to be. Thank God, everyone seems to be fit, I'm fit too. I can't just wait to go out there and give our best on Saturday."
The charismatic captain said he was more focussed on the team doing well than personal accomplishments. "If you focus on personal goals, then you'll go in a different direction where you don't actually want to head. We are a team and that's the most important thing. I'm one of the senior players, actually, the senior most player and I have my responsibility towards the team. What we achieve individually is important but it's never ever more than the team does."
China are being coached by World Cup-wining Italian Marcelo Lippi but Chhetri said every team playing at home is dangerous. "Forget about China — any team who's not as fancy as China are always threatening at their home. China are one of the Asian teams who are doing really great in football of late. The League has gone from strength to strength and the national team has benefitted from that under a respectable coach like Marcelo Lippi.
"That's going to be the perfect challenge that we need to assess ourselves. We have done really well in the last couple of years but now it'll help us gauge ourselves before the Asian Cup."


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E-payment in LIBERO WebOPAC
An e-payment interface is available for the LIBERO WebOPAC.
This allows library customers easy and fast payment of outstanding fees from their WebOpac member account.
A prerequisite for the use of this interface that the library signs a contract with an e-payment service provider (currently only mPAY24).For the use of the interface separate maintenance costs to are to be paid to LIB-IT GmbH.


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New SIMnet Logo
SIMnet is proud to debut a new look to highlight its identity as a part of McGraw-Hill Education. This new look is available throughout SIMnet, including new sign in pages and loading screens.
New Student Profile Pages
In part of the SIMnet effort to roll out digital credentials, the student profile page became more difficult for users to successfully navigate. In order to make it easier for students to view their login information, the products they've purchased, the courses they are enrolled in and the credentials they've earned, each of these sections have been given their own tab.
The Profile tab shows the student name, email, username, user ID, and Student ID. On this page students can change their password or enable a high-contrast theme to make SIMnet easier to view for some users.
The Products tab shows each user the products that they are currently licensed to use. They can use this section to buy additional licenses online or register with a product they've purchased separately.
The Courses tab allows students to see which courses they are registered for. Depending on the campus settings users can add a course or remove themselves from a course.
The Credentials tab displays the credentials that students have earned. By viewing the student credit wallet, students can elect to display the credentials they have earned in various social media settings, even adding their earned credentials to their resume via LinkedIn.


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Dr. Hittmeier
Dr. Hittmeier was born and raised in Billings, MT and graduated fromBillings Senior High in 2008. He attended chiropractic school atNorthwestern Health Sciences University in Minneapolis, MN and returned toBillings in 2016 to serve his hometown community. He enjoys the Montana outdoors and athletics and is proud to provide Billings with outstanding care for all musculoskeletal conditions. He uses a combination of chiropractic, physical therapy, and massage techniques to get the best possible results for his patients. Stop in and see Dr. Hittmeier at 3210Henesta Drive Suite D.