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I'm a generally all-around creative person. As a self-taught photographer, I started showing my photos publically in 2015. For the last 20 years, I was a busy mom with no time to draw or paint. I kept my creative spark going by taking what I called "artsy-fartsy" photographs while taking tons of photos of my kids.
In 2015, I finally had the guts to show some of them for the first time in the 9th Annual Block of Art. Those 20 years of artsy-fartsies had begun to see the light of day.
Since then, my work has won awards in several local shows, including first place for photography in the 2017 Keystone Juried Fine Art Exhibition.
When I see something like a building, a cityscape, a flower, I see it as a painting or drawing rather than a traditional photograph. The quality and angle of the light are the foremost criteria for capturing the image. Many of my photos are more about the light and how it hits the subject instead of the actual subject. The image then becomes a very unconventional photo as it is printed on anything but traditional photo paper. Many photos are then hand tinted, colored with pencil, chalk pencils and/or watercolor.
Much of my work is of the beauty of Key West.
I am madly in love with color.
I'm also completely fascinated with how the sun and the seasons affect buildings as they age. I take photos of them before they are renovated or razed in order to preserve part of the history and beauty of the building before it is forever gone.


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Have you ever found find yourself trying to create an Asian dish at home by chucking in as many 'Asian' ingredients as you can lay your hands on? But not achieving the desired result? If so, Adam Liaw's new book, Asian Cookery School, is the cookbook for you. Sometimes, achieving the authenticity you're after is simply about how to chop the carrot for the desired texture.
Adam Liaw takes it back to basics in his latest book, offering new insight into Asian cooking by helping us understand the various origins of recipes so we're not simply trying to replicate what we've had in a restaurant – but instead re-creating the whole experience.
Recently Better Reading was lucky enough to attend an inspirational Adam Liaw cooking lesson at Williams-Sonoma Cookery School in Sydney. We'd go as far as calling it a life changing experience! From learning simple techniques, such as how to peel ginger effectively, to realising that Asian food doesn't have to be that hard, we now know that it can be exceptionally easy. You just have to learn some of the basic techniques and that's where Adam's book comes in – with valuable information passed down through generations.
In his Asian Cookery School Adam Liaw takes us on a journey through Asian cooking revealing his heartfelt passion for the various cuisines of a vast continent. He talks about styles of eating and sharing, basic cooking implements to achieve the best results, menu design, textures, flavours and technique.
With each of the chapters a cookery lesson in its own right – 'Understanding Flavour'; 'Understanding Texture'; 'The Wok'; 'Poultry'; 'Seafood' – learning from the Asian Cookery School will open up a whole new world of cooking skills.
Try the follow dishes from the book for yourself or purchase Adam Liaw's Asian Cookery School here.
Spinach in Sesame Dressing
This Japanese side dish is one of the most popular accompaniments to a home-style meal and it's also a great way to get started using a mortar and pestle. You can grind the sesame as coarsely or as finely as you like.
3 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp sake
1 tsp soy sauce, plus extra for drizzling
1 bunch (about 250g) spinach
1 Toast the sesame seeds in a dry saucepan over
medium heat and transfer to a large mortar and pestle
with the sugar. Grind to a rough paste then add the sake
and soy sauce and continue to grind until quite smooth.
2 Wash the spinach well, keeping the roots intact. Bring
a saucepan of water to a rolling boil. Place the spinach
in the pot roots first and hold the roots and stems in the
liquid for about 10 seconds, then lower the leaves into
the water and cook for 30 seconds. Remove the spinach
from the pot, drop it into a bowl of cold water to stop the
cooking, then squeeze out as much liquid as possible (use
a sushi mat if you like, or your hands).
3 Place the spinach on a large plate and drizzle with a
little soy sauce, then cut it into 5cm lengths and discard
the roots. Transfer to the mortar. Mix with the sesame
dressing but do not pound the spinach. Remove from
the mortar and serve at room temperature.
A Japanese mortar (suribachi) has ridges inside the bowl and is used for
grinding rather than pounding, but any mortar and pestle will work fi ne.
I prefer toasting sesame seeds in a small saucepan rather than a frypan
because it allows you to swirl the seeds rather than trying to toss them in
a frypan. The swirling motion will toast the seeds more evenly.
Toasting sesame seeds brings out a strong nutty flavour, but also makes
them more brittle. The seeds will grind more easily when well toasted.
Adam Liaw's Popcorn Chicken
Taiwanese food is a great mix of local dishes with influences from China, Japan and Southeast Asia. Popcorn chicken is a popular street food in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, and once you try it you'll see why. The crunchy texture of the sweet potato flour coating is incredible.
600g boneless chicken thigh fillets,
preferably skin-on, cut into 3cm pieces
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
2 tsp sugar
½ tsp Chinese five spice powder
1 cup sweet potato flour
2 litres oil, for deep-frying
1 cup loosely packed Thai basil leaves
Spice salt
1 tbsp salt
¼ tsp Chinese five spice powder
¼ tsp white pepper
A pinch chilli powder
1 Combine the chicken with the garlic, ginger, soy sauce,
Shaoxing wine, sugar and five spice powder and set aside
to marinate for at least 10 minutes.
2 Coat the chicken pieces in the sweet potato flour and
shake off any excess.
3 Heat the oil in a wok or saucepan. When the oil reaches
150°C scatter the basil leaves into the wok and stir for
about 20 seconds, or until the basil turns translucent.
Remove the basil from the wok and drain on absorbent
4 Increase the heat of the oil to 170°C and fry the chicken
in batches for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown and
cooked through, regularly skimming any floating flour bits
from the oil.
5 For the spiced salt, mix the ingredients together and
toast in a dry frypan over low–medium heat for 2 minutes,
or until fragrant. Toss the chicken with the fried basil
leaves and season with a good pinch of the spice salt.
Serve immediately.
Sweet potato flour is sometimes sold as 'tapioca flour'. It's available from
Asian grocers. The Taiwanese variety is a coarse-textured but light flour that
gives the characteristic crumbly texture to this dish. You could substitute
cornflour or rice flour but it won't quite be the same.
When deep-frying, skimming oil is a really important step that many people
overlook. It preserves the oil by keeping it clear, and stops burnt flavours
creeping in to later batches.
To purchase a copy of Adam Liaw's Asian Cookery School click here
Cookery School Image: La Tessa Photography

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It could have come kicking and screaming out of the 1960s, but this 60s-style patent leather satchel is actually new, the work of French and English Confectioners.
Yes, it's your average satchel in looks, but with that patent leather twist in black with cream patent buckle straps and an adjustable shoulder strap.
Available online from the retailer's store, it sells for £65.
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One in 10 councils have cut their spending on social care by more than a quarter, a respected economic think tank has found.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that overall local authority spending on social care fell by 11% in real terms between 2009/10 and 2015/16.
Their research also shows that six in every seven councils has made at least some cut in its care spending per adult resident over this timeframe.
The findings add to growing concerns about the long term sustainability of social care, though ministers insist councils will have access to billions of pounds of extra funding over this Parliament.
"The spending cuts analysed in our report have been accompanied by a substantial fall in the number of people receiving social care: down 25% across England, between 2009/10 and 2013/14 alone," said Polly Simpson, a research economist at the IFS and an author of the report.
"Cuts have therefore been delivered, in part, by removing care from many people, with those still receiving care presumably those with the highest needs.
"What all this means for the quality of care received, the welfare of those no longer receiving care, and other services like the NHS, requires further research to answer."
Spending fell by most on average in London - 18% - and metropolitan districts such as Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Tyneside.
The North East also saw a drop of 18% in social care across the region.
The IFS research, funded by the Health Foundation, found major variations in what individual councils spend on social care.
Spending fell below £325 per adult resident in a tenth of council areas, while it was more than around £445 in another tenth of authorities last year.
In terms of regions, councils in East Anglia, the North East and South West spent just short of £400 per adult resident, compared to around £360 for the lowest spending regions in Yorkshire and the Midlands.
Labour care spokeswoman Barbara Keeley described the report as a "damning verdict" on Government cuts totalling £4.6 billion between 2010 and 2015.
"It's essential that the Government green paper on future funding for social care puts forward solutions to solve the current crisis but also sets out a fair, long-term, sustainable funding solution so that those who need social care, whether they be older people or adults with complex needs, get the support they deserve," said Ms Keeley.
A Government spokesman said: "We recognise the challenges councils face in delivering social care and the need for a long-term sustainable solution.
"That's why we're giving councils an extra £2 billion to help deliver these services, taking the total to an additional £9.25 billion over the remainder of this Parliament.
"It's also why we're committed to having a fair and more sustainable way of funding adult social care for the future, especially given people are living longer. We'll be setting out our proposals in a forthcoming green paper."
However, Margaret Willcox, president elect of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), said the extra £2 billion was "only a short-term measure".
Linda Thomas, vice-chairwoman of the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board, added that the report " reflects the historic and chronic underfunding of adult social care by successive governments".


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All of our noodles are made using wheat flour, and thus they do contain gluten.
For the soup or sauce packets included with some of the products, dehydrated soy sauce (which contains wheat) and or hydrolyzed wheat protein is among the ingredients in the soup/sauce flavoring powder so gluten is present in the soup/sauce as well. At this time, we do not offer any gluten-free options.
Maruchan acknowledges that there is significant interest by consumers on a variety of health topics for various reasons. These topics are taken into consideration when we review existing product offerings and develop new ones.


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A wheel is also fitted to the end of each load bar for moveability.
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- Indicator has TARE feature to zero display.
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Another Flawed Planby Editorial Board
The Register-Guard, May 25, 2007
Two years ago, U.S. District Judge James Redden rejected the Bush administration's plan for making Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams safe for salmon. The ruling was based, in part, on the plan's bizarre premise that the dams are permanent fixtures of the ecosystem and therefore not subject to removal to help endangered salmon runs.
Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Redden's ruling, including his order requiring the dams to sacrifice power production to help juvenile salmon migrating to the ocean.
Given that one-two punch, one would think the administration would have returned with a new plan that at worst acknowledges the possibility of breaching at least the four dams on the lower Snake River in Eastern Washington.
Didn't happen. The latest federal salmon recovery plan fails to consider any major changes to the dams. Instead, it relies on increased efforts to control predators such as sea lions and terns, using hatcheries more effectively, spending more money to restore fish habitat along rivers and streams, and making improvements to better protect young fish from turbines.
It's always risky business trying to guess how federal judges will rule, but it's hard to imagine that Redden will deem this plan any more acceptable than the previous three that he has rejected already.
The stakes are immense. Redden, a judge not given to making empty threats, has made it clear that failure to produce a new plan that adequately protects salmon could prompt him to order the breaching of all four Snake River dams.
Salmon runs have steadily dwindled over the past 150 years in the Northwest as a result of logging and mining in headwaters, irrigation, grazing, development and ocean fishing. But it was the construction of the Columbia Basin dams, in particular those along the Snake, that have pushed salmon to the brink.
Scientists estimate that the fish have declined to about 5 percent of their historic numbers. Meanwhile, taxpayers and utility ratepayers have spent more than $6 billion on salmon recovery over the past quarter of a century, with little to show for that investment.
The Bush administration has abrogated its responsibility to produce a workable plan to restore the 13 species of salmon and steelhead listed as threatened or endangered. That leaves the door open to all options, including removal of the Snake River dams - a move President Bush swore four years ago would never happen as he stood atop one of them during a visit to the Northwest.
While it remains to be seen how Redden will respond, it's not too early for Congress to act by ordering a new federal study examining both the benefits and costs of dam removal. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Jim McDermott, D-Wash., have introduced a bill that would provide an independent analysis of the economic implications. The legislation also calls on the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate potential restoration strategies.
All of the players involved - from Judge Redden to members of Congress - must keep firmly in mind that future generations will judge them not on how much electricity the Columbia dams generate or how much it cost to breach them, but whether the salmon survive.
It's that simple.
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Trainee teachers are to have safety lessons to stop school trips turning into tragedy.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Health and Safety Executive are behind the pilot scheme, which aims to give teachers greater awareness of hazards that children may not be able to gauge for themselves.
About 400 student teachers at the University of Central England in Birmingham will take part in the programme this September.
Supervision and safety of youngsters on school-run trips has come under fire after a number of high-profile deaths.
At least one child has died on a school trip each year over the last decade and there have been 7,000 near-misses in the last three years, according to figures from the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers union.
Last week, 12 pupils and a teacher were pulled to safety when a day out at Druridge Bay in Northumberland almost turned to tragedy.
A Sea King helicopter was scrambled and lifeboats from Newbiggin and Amble were called out to rescue two girls, aged 14 and 17, from the water.


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We have (again) done incredibly well this year, and have been shortlisted for the following 2020 Transform Awards.
For work with The Argyll Club
For work with Brent Cross South
For work with Lumity
For work with Nuffield Health
For work with Simmons & Simmons
For work with Xe
More importantly, the detail entrants have shown the submissions process has been overwhelming.
The judging was extremely thorough so this year has been very competitive.
PLUS — This isn't just one project smashing every category… for every entry, is a unique sector.
It is absolutely fantastic to see SomeOne once more reach the shortlist, and in such decisive terms, with six different clients entered.
Massive congratulations to all the teams involved!
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China imported more rice last year due to lower prices of imported rice and a rise in high-end demand, a Ministry of Commerce spokesman said Thursday [29 January 2015]. Rice imports were very small compared with China's domestic rice output, spokesman Shen Danyang told a press conference while responding to a report claiming that China's rice import surged last year due to consumers' safety concerns. China imported 2.58 million tonnes of rice in 2014, up 13.6 percent from a year earlier. The amount was only about 1.3 percent of China's domestic rice production, Shen said, citing customs data…Full Article: China Daily Jan 2015
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- According to the Ministry of Commerce official, wealthy Chinese importers (e.g. restaurants, high-end consumers) caused imports of Thai fragrant rice and Japanese rice to rise.
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- From 2010 to 2013, Chinese (i.e. mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) rice imports grew from 685,371 MTs to 2.56 million MTs. In 2013, Vietnam was the top rice supplier (1.6 million MTs), followed by Thailand (455,053 MTs) and Pakistan (422,076 MTs). 2012 was a pivotal year in Chinese rice imports. It saw Pakistan emerging as a significant supplier. In addition, 2012 was the year Vietnam overtook Thailand as China's top rice supplier.


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How Not to Become Your Worst (Professional) Nightmare: Self Care, Goal Setting, and the Importance of Continued Professional Development (Video)
This September I had the great opportunity to kick off the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS; Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) Student Committee's webinar series. In this series, the Student Committee asks different leaders in the field of psychology and law to present on topics that are of interest and importance to students in the field. As the current President of AP-LS I was thrilled to be asked to kick off this year's series and decided to speak about an issue near and dear to my heart and my professional vision–the importance of self care, goal setting, and continued professional development.
If you have spent any time with me professionally you know that I have taken on two missions in recent years:
Mission #1
First, to further our efforts in translating the work that we do in this field to the various audiences that can benefit from this work…practitioners, researchers, clinicians, members of the public, policy makers, legal professionals, graduate students, high school students, etc. There are many groups of people who can benefit from having high quality information about issues relevant to the field of psychology and law and so it has become a mission of mine to attempt to improve our efforts at both translating and disseminating the work that we do in this field to those that can use it.
Mission #2
Second, to promote the importance of continued professional development. As graduate students we have our continued professional development activities planned for us and, although we are instilled with the importance of lifelong learning throughout our graduate studies, it takes a concerted effort on our part to actually plan for our own continued professional development after we graduate. Too often professionals attend Continuing Education workshops or lectures simply because most of us are mandated by our licensing boards to complete a requisite number of CE credits each year to maintain our licensure. While some of these CE opportunities are directly in line with our own professional goals, many times they are simply selected because they are convenient, work with our schedule, or offered close to home. It seems to me that a better strategy would be for each of us to take some time each year to reflect on our current knowledge, skill set, and level of expertise and then to plan continued professional development activities that will help us improve any areas of deficit or build areas of strength…with the ultimate goal of moving us closer to our own professional goals.
In this webinar, I get a chance to talk a bit more about how we can work towards our own continued professional development by setting goals, reflecting on our own strengths and weaknesses, and taking care of ourselves. Since giving this webinar I have had emails and calls from students asking how they can further their own professional goals and take care of themselves at the same time…the answer is always the same…reflect on where you are, where you want to go, set goals (both personal & professional; both short-term and longer-term), and then schedule accordingly. Time management is the key to success…if it's not scheduled on your calendar, it's not real. When your schedule starts to become overwhelming, look back at your goals and let them guide you towards what you need to say no to and what you should keep on your calendar. Each of us have 24 hours in our day and some of us (think President Obama, Oprah, Bill Gates, or whoever you see as extremely successful) do a lot with that time…the key is time management (saying yes to those things that will further your own goals and politely declining those things that will serve as detours or deterrents to meeting your goals).
Special thanks to Casey LaDuke and Meghann Galloway for organizing the AP-LS Student Committee webinar series!


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I think I discovered a way to bump views it I don't care that I'm probably not what they are looking for. Just post about Bond girls. Most of their names are sexually suggestive. So people looking for porm may find the blog. I'm seeing an interesting jump and interesting search terms since mention Pussy Galore when I was talking about Goldfinger.
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Members of DC Universe will have access to the entirety of DC Comics' digital comics library starting in April, the company announced at WonderCon.
Members of the streaming service will have access to more than 20,000 issues from DC Comics' storied history. For newly released comics, they will be made available on the service 12 months after their print publication.
"From the time DC Universe launched last year, our fans have loved the comic experience and have asked us for just one thing – more! The expansion to thousands of titles in January 2019 was a first step in our goal to deliver on that request, to provide DC Universe members full access to the pantheon of DC's epic Super Hero stories," said DC Universe Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sam Ades. "We're thrilled to respond to our fans yet again with the incredible value of the ultimate DC digital comics library."
FINALLY coming to #DCUNIVERSE this April…our ultimate DC digital comics library! Get full access to 20,000+ comics with more issues being added every week! #DCWonderCon #WCA19 pic.twitter.com/qTKaIbu3Lh— DC Universe (@TheDCUniverse) March 30, 2019
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The man who said it and the one he was talking about have long since moved on.
But don't think UFC President Dana White's infamous 2012 blast of Albuquerque fight guru Greg Jackson is forgotten inside the walls of the Jackson-Wink MMA Academy – the gym where some of the world's best mixed-martial artists converge to try to perfect their craft.
"I'll go on the record saying this guy is a (expletive) sport killer," White once said of Jackson, who advised then-champion Jon "Bones" Jones not to take a short-notice fight that the UFC wanted him to take.
Well, the sport, and the UFC in particular, seems to have weathered the storm just fine.
In fact, the UFC is now counting on several Jackson-Wink fighters to play big roles in continuing the recent successful run of record-setting pay-per-view events well into 2016.
Four New Mexico residents and Jackson-Wink fighters, including three who were born and raised in Albuquerque, are headliners for UFC championship belts between Sept. 5 and Jan. 2.
"We're not killing the sport. We're evolving the sport," said flyweight title hopeful John Dodson, who fights Demetrious Johnson at UFC 191 on Sept. 5 in Las Vegas, Nev. "… I guess people that say we're sport killers, they're correct. We're killing the chances of anyone else at having a title."
Dodson, the former state wrestling champion at Moriarty High School who grew up in Albuquerque, says he's batting leadoff for the team in his main-event fight with Johnson next week. It's a rematch of a 2013 loss many consider Johnson's toughest championship defense to date.
On Nov. 14, Cibola High graduate Carlos Condit headlines UFC 193 from Melbourne, Australia, where he'll take on welterweight champion Robbie Lawler.
On Dec. 19, Edgewood resident Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, who was born in Denver but has called the Albuquerque metro-area home for years, headlines the nationally televised "UFC Fight Night" on Fox from Orlando, Fla., with a lightweight title shot against Rafael dos Anjos.
Then, on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas, comes the bout that has had the MMA universe buzzing the past few days: Manzano High graduate Holly Holm challenges the sport's most dominant current champion, Ronda Rousey, for the women's bantamweight title.
"We've never had a four- or five-month span like this where we have championship fight after championship fight," said Jackson. "I think we've lost one fight in the UFC in the last six months, so we've been doing extremely well. But that doesn't mean that it couldn't go south tomorrow."
There is no question the energy level and optimism around the gym, a facility that has been open just two months, is running at a very high level.
"The vibe is awesome," Condit told Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour podcast on Monday. "These title fights can go either way. I think all of us are underdogs, but honestly I don't think that means a whole lot. I see at least a couple of titles coming back to Albuquerque in the next five or six months."
It's not just the title shots that will keep the gym busy in the coming months. Several other fighters – including Andrei Arlovski who has a co-main event heavyweight bout against Frank Mir at UFC 191 next week – have key fights in their careers that could position them for future title shots.
And none of this is to ignore that somewhere on the horizon is the return of Albuquerque resident Jones, under indefinite suspension from the UFC after the April hit-and-run case for which he still might face charges.
The gym is hopeful that the next five months serve as a reminder to the fight world that Albuquerque is a place that still produces combat sports champions.
"The Bob Fosters. The Danny Romeros and Johnny Tapias. The kickboxers who came along who didn't get as much notoriety – that'd be me. Albuquerque is all about that. It's about fighting, and hopefully Albuquerque supports us even more," said Mike Winkeljohn, the other man behind the gym that has become the home of some of MMA's most dominant athletes.
Now, the task at hand for the Jackson-Wink team is trying to diffuse the hype, making the next five months of title fights business as usual.
"To me, it's just a process," Jackson said. "We get world titles; we don't get world titles; it's not that big a deal to me. If you put that pressure on yourself, you're already thinking past the fight. You're thinking of the accomplishment, and that's the wrong thing to think of. You need to think of the fight and solely of the fight, and then the accomplishment will take care of itself."
ANOTHER BIG ONE: The UFC on Tuesday announced another Jackson-Wink fighter will be added to the Dec. 19 card in Orlando along with Cerrone's headlining title fight.
Heavyweight Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem, who trains at Jackson-Wink by way of the Netherlands, will fight Junior Dos Santos in the co-main event.
MOVING ON UP: For those not paying attention, Albuquerque has not been a one-horse town in the MMA world for years.
While Jackson-Wink still gets the most publicity and attention, the team at FIT-NHB also continues to gain respect in the sport.
Albuquerque fighter Ray Borg, who had a dominant unanimous decision win over Geane Herrera on Aug. 8 in Nashville, Tenn., moved up to No. 12 in the UFC's latest flyweight rankings released Tuesday.
In the next five months, four who train at Jackson-Wink MMA and call New Mexico home could bring back UFC world championships
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Hey, I'm Daniel Grimmett.
I'm a business consultant that works with music producers, studios, and audio professionals who are extremely talented at what they do, but struggle with the business side. I help my clients land more projects (with consistency), attract better clients, increase their value, launch new businesses, build a name brand, and leverage their platform for bigger opportunities. Basically, if something is broken in their business or they just aren't where they want to be yet… I step in and help. A few years ago I started mentoring up-and-coming producers privately. I got some proof of concept so at the start of 2018 I designed and launched a consulting program called Dark Label.
So, how did I get here?
In 2012 I left the corporate world, moved to Los Angeles, and started a music production team (SXTM Music). I got obsessed with trying to figure out how to break down the geographical barriers and make it possible for anyone, anywhere to have access to a truly professional music production experience with a full creative team. This may not sound like anything new, but at the time the only stuff online was beat leasing and demo companies. There was a big gap in the market. I took the knowledge I had learned from the corporate world and got really good at leveraging the internet to land clients.
It ended up working out well.
Before we knew it we had completed over 800 projects for 600 clients in 25+ countries around the world. We got to produce a Billboard charting record, had our songs on television, created custom-music for everyone from notable YouTubers to Fortune 500 brands, helped hundreds of indie artists launch and grow their career, and used our platform to create other businesses like Anthemize and Make Pop Music.
… And we were able to do all of that in a relatively short amount of time (about 5 years).
But, my favorite part was being able to provide jobs and projects to other audio professionals and help them support themselves, their goals, and their families.
What people get wrong about me.
Some of you reading this are here because you're unsure about what I do, are highly skeptical, or are just doing your due diligence. I completely get that most of us have a certain gut-feeling whenever anyone shows up on the internet talking about making money in the music business, especially when they are making big claims. I've been called every name in the book (and that's no big deal) but I do want to clear the air so that you know what I'm actually about.
I'm not a consultant because I couldn't "make it as a producer".
I came from the business world and got into the music industry to start a production business, not to become the next 'big thing'. Although most would consider me a totally capable music producer, I always knew that the business side was where I excelled and what I enjoyed the most. Being able to employ other producers got me way more hyped than doing the projects myself.
I'm not a consultant because I needed to make more money.
My production company is still in business to this day and continues to serve clients and provide jobs. The cool thing is that it covers my living expenses which allows me to really build this consulting company right and not have to make desperate moves for a quick money grab.
I don't sell courses but I'm not against them.
All I care about is having the highest success rate compared to anything else on the market (and I haven't been able to accomplish that with a course). I've painstakingly tested different methods and combinations to see what recipe creates the highest success rate and that's what I stick to. A big part of that recipe is not working with everyone and only working with those that I have personally connected with, fully understand their business/goals, and am 100% confident I can help. Also, environment plays a huge role in my client's success so I want to make sure that everyone in that environment has earned their seat and not just "paid to be there". That's why I have this application process. Is this the most scalable way to do business? Probably not, but it does yield the best results so at the moment that's my focus. Will I ever do a course? Maybe. But for now I just have one focus.
I don't just tell producers to launch a sample pack, or tutorials, or do a million different things.
Some people think this is what I do because they see a few of my most notable clients involved in various projects. This is just an assumption. If someone wants to make that a part of their business – cool. I can help with that as long as they have good reasons for doing it. But, the actual truth is that most of my clients do not.
I don't tell producers to fake it until they make it.
But I do help them level up both in their personal lives and in their business life. If you see a shift in one of my clients, it isn't because they are faking it (I'm not cool with that). It's because they now show up in the world more confident, delivering more value, serving clients to a higher standard, and finally have their shit together.
My clients don't copy my approach to marketing myself.
I hear this one a lot… "Dan, I see your marketing but I wouldn't want to do things that way." There are a lot of differences between how I market a consulting business and a production business. Assuming that my clients copy-cat me would be well… Just another assumption 🙂
I don't believe that my way is the only way or that it's always the best way for you.
I'll be the first one to admit that I've had a really different and fortunate experience in the music industry. I also understand that I am in my own little bubble. Despite it being a good bubble, I still see it as a disadvantage sometimes. I don't want to just know what I already know or only do things the way I've always done them. That wouldn't serve my clients. I spend a lot of time getting feedback from everyone including the youngins' who help me keep a pulse on what's going on as well as industry veterans who keep me aware of how things are working and changing in the major label world so that I don't recommend anything now that would potentially compromise my client's success in the future.
What my long-term game is.
As I've mentioned a few times above, my absolute main focus is on results and creating as many success stories as possible. And although a lot of my clients get some "quick wins", most of these success stories will be more fully realized over time. I look at the clients that I started consulting 3-4 years ago and it's been incredible to see where they are at now… A full bank account, a great reputation, and starting to land their first major clients. It'll be even more incredible to see where they are at 3, 5, 10 years from now.
Over the next 24 to 48 months I am solely focused on becoming "the go to guy" for business development in the professional audio space. Once I've built that name for myself there are many different ways to go. I could see myself going into an agent/management role for bigger producers/labels or perhaps turning Dark Label (my consulting program) into a full-blown school.
Only time will tell.
The way I built my music production business (leveraging the internet) still isn't the "norm" yet. It's becoming more normal, but the bulk of people getting into this business are still being taught the old school models. I've learned that when you are one of the early adapters of something that relentless patience is a must. I am not going to be near the finish line for a very long time. What I'm banking is the fact that 10 years from now this industry will look completely different. There will be a ton of examples of massively successful producers who forged their own path and it will be a completely normal thing to do. The middle class of creators will grow. And, it won't be as weird to hire people like me to help. By this time I'll have such a stronghold in the market that I'll really be able to make a wider and deeper impact. Of course, like any long-term game plan there will be many twists and turns. I'm grateful for the ride.
Why I care so damn much about this.
Not to get all sappy on you, but I owe my life to this stuff…
Childhood abuse survivor, drug addict teenager, diagnosed depression, and a high-school drop out. Statistically, people like me rarely get to truly live a fulfilled life. The time it takes to deal with all of that stuff generally cuts into the whole "live your dreams" thing.
I'm fortunate that my work gives me purpose. This is an incredibly hard industry to make an above average living in and I get to help people actually do that. Over and over. And to me personally… That's a big fucking deal, man.
I'm one of the lucky ones who was somehow able to make just enough right moves to get things going, and this new music industry (combined with the technology of the internet) has allowed me to do it.
So, you'll rarely hear any complaining or cynicism from me.
I know that a lot of you reading this have a similar background to me and I just want to do anything I can to help. It used to be about providing opportunities for others, but now it's leveled up…
It's about creating opportunities for music creators who have then gone on themselves to create more opportunities for other music creators. Seeing that happen has been very dope.
That is what gets me out of bed every morning.
Guest Features And Interviews
Addiction, Childhood Abuse, And Business w/ Daniel Grimmett | Mind Made Wrong (June 2019)
Daniel Grimmett on Making a Living Producing 100% Online | Learn Music Freelancing (April 2019)
How To Grow A Brand And Get More Clients | EDM Prodcast (August 2018)
How Daniel Grimmett Started A Music Consulting Business | Logojoy (May 2018)
3 Tips On Producing & Recording Clients Online | Splice (2016)
RSR018 Daniel Grimmett – The Songwriting Team | Recording Studio Rockstars (2016)
EP5 Daniel Grimmett Of The Songwriting Team | The Poptimist (2016)


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Quote of Note | Nicola Formichetti on Mugler
Looks from the fall 2011 Mugler ready-to-wear collection.
"My job was to resurrect the brand, and to pump it up and bring it to the new decade. I had this amazing history and archive, but there was nothing for me to work with to make it contemporary. For me, it was taking those amazing historical ideas and transforming them digitally. I design digitally, I communicate digitally, and I live digitally, and I wanted to incorporate that into the brand….I collaborate with everyone on the Web, and I design as a collaborative effort digitally with people located in all parts of the world. I'm not a designer. So even when I style or do projects, it's a total collaboration with other people. That's how I work." —Nicola Formichetti, creative director of Mugler, in today's Women's Wear Daily


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Business Name
Two Fresh
What do you do?
We are a design/ animation company in Los Angeles, CA
List the size requirement(s) for your clothing design
I want to focus on just the front of the shirt. The back can be just the URL for my site.
Target Audience
What is your industry?
Publishing and Media
Describe the target audience for your clothing design
The audience it to appeal to the people working here and to be fun.
What 3 things would you like to communicate to your audience through your clothing design?
The name of the company Two Fresh. I want it to say Los Angeles somewhere. I want it to feel like an integrated design between the type and the graphics that are created around it.
Style and Concept
What clothing design styles do you like?
I like t-shirts that are designed smart. I like when the logo and everything works together.
How many colors should be used in the design?
Lets keep the design to have no more than 4 colors.
What colors do you want to see in your clothing design?
I have attached a image of the montage we are creating for the site. We like this kind of teal blueish greenish color. And we use black and white a lot. and naturally as a compliment i like a yellow... can be a subtle yellow nothing harsh. I like these colors but am open to any color palette.
What colors do you NOT want to see in your clothing design?
Open to suggestions.
What adjectives should best describe your clothing design?
Fun, Creative, Unique, Smart
How will you use the clothing design?
I will give the shirts to the employees here and clients who want one.
What must be included in the clothing design?
The logo I have provided, or create your own (use the type " 2 Fresh" or "Two Fresh") I also want there to be Los angeles on there somewhere. I would prefer for you to take a different take on the LOGO but its there is something great comes to mind. You can also use the word creative in there. we sometimes go by Two Fresh Creative.
Do you have additional info or links you'd like to share?
The file you send over can be either a vector based image (preferred) or a HIGH res PSD.
I have attached the logo vector file, I have also included a ref of another logo we created but its just to show you that we want to just play with type and not stick to the logo all the time. So feel free to mess with the typeface design. Also I have attached some other logos/shirts i like but by any means don't have to stick to these. thanks! :)
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My Dolphin Show 4.37.19 Mod Apk is a Casual Game from Spil Games, a game studio released on the Android Market. Become a dolphin trainer and teach dolphins and teach them incredible tricks to show their dolphin skills to audiences. Choose your favorites and combine on new levels. Collect coins while swimming and dive into the pool and buy new ones using these coins. Even you can choose new animals and characters like sharks, mermaids and so on. There are over 40 choices for you to choose.
Some features of the game My Dolphin Show Android:
– Fun for kids of all ages
– Become a skilled dolphin trainer
– Performed in 7 different worlds with over 200 levels.
– Train over 80 tricks to your dolphin
– Collect coins and stars
– Create your own level
– Choose from over 500,000 levels created by other players
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Low-fat vanilla ice cream is mixed with chocolatey cookie bits and sandwiched between rich chocolatey wafers. Sinfully rich taste. Anything-but-skimpy portions. The finest things in life are sandwiched between two decadent chocolate wafers.


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TEHCC received a $250 gift in memory of Mary Ellen Abrecht and Sue King who were part of 15 friends that have slackpacked sections of the Appalachian Trail every May over the past 13 years. The group is mostly from the DC area with others coming in from California, Kentucky, and Minnesota. They stayed at a motel in Johnson City, while sampling as many local eateries at night. The crew jokingly call themselves the "2070 AT Hikers" since when they would finish at their current pace.
The donation was made in honor of two members sadly lost during the past year. Group was impressed by the five-star condition of the trail along the NC/TN border, so researched who was the local trail club – TEHCC. Thank you to the many volunteers who put in the hours to create an enjoyable experience for those who wander through our section.


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Jace, the Mind Sculptor – historically, the best planeswalker of all time – has been unbanned from Modern for the first time. Every January or February, it feels like the Modern format gets completely shaken up, and this February 12, 2018 Banned & Restricted Announcement was no exception. I'm hearing a lot of concern that this unbanning was a mistake, that [card]Jace, the Mind Sculptor[/card] is too good a card for Modern, and that we will inevitably see Jace get locked back up, maybe even within a year.
I'm having a more tempered initial reaction. I admit to being biased, but I've always wanted to see [card]Jace, the Mind Sculptor[/card] get set free in Modern along with [card]Bloodbraid Elf[/card] – a creature that can do a lot of work at keeping Jace in check. One could even question how good Jace actually is in the current Modern environment. Yes, Jace is a powerful card, but we've yet to see how it performs in the context of Modern. Just look at the list of top-tier Modern decks, and count how many of them would probably laugh at you for tapping out on turn four for a Jace. Burn, Affinity, Humans, Tron, Grixis [card]Death's Shadow[/card], Valakut, Storm, Dredge…the list goes on. A lot of other previously-banned cards have flopped since their debut in Modern; maybe Jace could be headed the same way.
The truth about Jace's strength in Modern probably lies somewhere in between. We blue control mages love to play the victim in Modern, but blue decks have won a lot of Modern Pro Tours and World Championships. And control decks have actually been doing well in recent times, with Jeskai Control and Blue-White Control being the most popular. Daniel Fournier already covered how Jace might fit into those existing decks in his article here: http://manadeprived.com/fourniers-take-unbans-finding-new-home-jace.
Yes, in the context of a Jeskai or Blue-White Control deck, tapping out for a turn four Jace might not always be safe or have much impact on the game. Those decks are probably waiting a bit longer, until turns five through eight, to be able deploy Jace and hold up countermagic or removal, and therefore might only want two or three copies of the planeswalker.
But is there a new type of deck that would want all four copies of the Mind Sculptor? In the past, we saw Jeskai Control decks with four copies of Nahiri, the Harbinger that always wanted to have one on curve. Maxing out on Nahiris also worked out because extra copies could be discarded to the first. Similarly, Jace can "brainstorm" and shuffle extra Jaces away. Nahiri and Jace both have the ability to protect themselves, alongside game-winning ultimates. Granted, Nahiri Jeskai decks eventually fell out of favor because of how hostile the format became for four-mana planeswalkers.
We as a Magic community are slow to evolve and try new things in Modern. Part of this is how expensive it is to acquire new decks and new cards, and also how rewarding it is to master the ins and outs of one particular deck. Two of the more recent, major impacts on blue decks in Modern were the printing of the Khans of Tarkir fetchlands and Fatal Push. Last year, we saw a bunch of [card]Death's Shadow[/card] decks explode out of this. [card]Jace, the Mind Sculptor[/card] might be the final missing piece in order for a wave of Blue-Black based control decks to finally become viable.
The other key cards that would form the basis of this new control shell: [card]Thoughtseize[/card], [card]Inquisition of Kozilek[/card], [card]Liliana of the Veil[/card], Fatal Push, and [card]Ancestral Vision[/card]. One-mana discard spells have proven to be the best type of interaction, compared to things like [card]Mana Leak[/card] and [card]Remand[/card], in a format as fast as Modern and filled with [card]Cavern of Souls[/card] and [card]Aether Vial[/card]s. It's also easier to tear your opponent's hand apart with discard spells and then land a Jace, rather than waiting until you can play Jace and hold up countermagic in the same turn. At the very least, you get to see your opponent's hand and gain the information of how safe it is to tap out. [card]Liliana of the Veil[/card] is a natural fit for any black midrange deck, but also doesn't play well with your own countermagic. While [card]Cryptic Command[/card] and [card]Snapcaster Mage[/card] have long been the best blue spells in Modern, maybe it's time for blue decks to go sorcery-speed instead of trying to cast spells on the opponent's turn.
Esper Tap-Out
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
3 Marsh Flats
2 Watery Grave
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Godless Shrine
2 Island
2 Swamp
1 Plains
2 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Shambling Vent
2 Field of Ruin
3 Ancestral Vision
4 Fatal Push
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Path to Exile
4 Serum Visions
3 Thoughtseize
1 Search for Azcanta
2 Detention Sphere
4 Liliana of the Veil
3 Lingering Souls
1 Damnation
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Liliana's Defeat
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Celestial Purge
2 Collective Brutality
1 Countersquall
1 Rest in Peace
2 Stony Silence
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
1 Damnation
1 Engineered Explosives
Jumping straight into Esper! I modeled this list to be a Blue-Black version of Reid Duke's Green-Black midrange deck splashing white for [card]Lingering Souls[/card] and, of course, the best sideboard color in Modern. [card]Lingering Souls[/card] is an obvious pairing with [card]Liliana of the Veil[/card], and fills much of the same role that [card]Electrolyze[/card] does in Jeskai. I want a high number of fetchlands to go with Jace's brainstorm ability, plus enough turn one, untapped blue sources for suspending [card]Ancestral Vision[/card]. Tron is going to be a tough matchup, with your best plan being [card]Surgical Extraction[/card] on an Urza's land. You may want some [card]Fulminator Mage[/card]s in the sideboard, or to just give up on the matchup entirely.
Blue-Black Tap-Out
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Watery Grave
6 Island
2 Swamp
3 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Darkslick Shores
1 Sunken Ruins
4 Field of Ruin
3 Ancestral Vision
4 Fatal Push
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Serum Visions
4 Thoughtseize
1 Search for Azcanta
4 Spreading Seas
1 Dismember
1 Hero's Downfall
4 Liliana of the Veil
1 Damnation
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Liliana's Defeat
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Collective Brutality
1 Countersquall
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
2 Flaying Tendrils
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Damnation
1 Hostage Taker
1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
Cutting down to two colors allows you to fit the full amount of [card]Spreading Seas[/card] and Field of Ruin to help fix the Tron problem. This land denial package is potent and part of the reason why I like Blue-White Control so much. The removal in this deck is worse, and it will have a harder time dealing with artifacts, enchantments, and planeswalkers. I'm skewing the discard split in the direction of [card]Thoughtseize[/card] to try to help deal with things you can't otherwise answer.
Blue-Black in general has always lacked a good win condition, and Jace provides that. [card]Creeping Tar Pit[/card] also happens to be a good way to pressure opposing Jaces. I'm excited to start exploring these types of Liliana-Jace decks to see what kind of potential they have. If Jace ends up underperforming in the Jeskai and Blue-White versions of control, the number of copies will just be trimmed down to adjust. But a Blue/Black/x, tap-out style Jace deck will really test what this "new" planeswalker has to offer.
Lastly, I want to showcase a more fringe Jace deck that I am terrified of. This one comes from the "Quad-Sleeved U/B Turns" guy, and how he's said he would update his list to make room for Jace.
Taking Turns by Daniel Wong
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Sunken Hollow
1 Watery Grave
8 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
3 Drowned Catacomb
1 Temple of Deceit
2 Gemstone Caverns
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
3 Fatal Push
4 Gigadrowse
4 Serum Visions
1 Collective Brutality
2 Howling Mine
4 Dictate of Kruphix
3 Exhaustion
2 Cryptic Command
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Time Warp
2 Part the Waterveil
1 Commandeer
3 Temporal Mastery
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Thoughtseize
1 Collective Brutality
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Thing in the Ice
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Commandeer
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Engineered Explosives
I don't know much about this archetype, but Jace seems like a great fit in this deck. Humans has got to be a poor matchup, but I would think that you'd be able to make up for it by preying on other blue decks. You even have miracles that you can now set up with Jace. And if you don't have a Jace yet, just [card]Commandeer[/card] your opponent's!


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Turning Point
Barry Gray praised Cliftonville's tenacity in overcoming a dogged Warrenpoint Town side in yesterday's mammoth Tennent's Irish Cup Fifth Round clash.
The Reds triumphed 4-3 after Extra Time in a tie that saw the momentum shift back and forth as the afternoon progressed, with a Ross Lavery strike and Jamie Harney's hat-trick helping the hosts book a Sixth Round date with Crusaders next month.
Having started so poorly and found themselves under the cosh following Jaimie McGovern's dismissal, Gray was pleased that Cliftonville dug deep in testing circumstances.
"We have had to work and battle and fight for everything and credit to the players for doing that," he said.
"All the things I criticised them for the other week, they gave me here. I thought we showed real courage and, no doubt about it, Warrenpoint were on top going into Extra Time but [Matthew Tipton's] red card has helped us immensely because it's allowed us to go back into it at 10 against 10.
"Then Jamie pops up with another two goals. We had him in for shooting practise at training the other week and I lost count of how many balls we picked out of the top corner of the stand, so I don't know what's happened to him between then and now but I'm happy to take the credit for it.
"I don't think Jamie gets half the credit he deserves for what he brings to the team, especially over the last couple of months.
"When he first came to the Club, he hadn't played in 18 months and it was a big ask to put him in there and just expect him to pick things up. He was in for a while, then out again and now he's been restored to the team and you can see what he brings us."
Gray was also pleased with the contribution of new boy Conor McDonald, who emerged from the bench with 16 minutes of normal time remaining and played a key role in the Reds gaining the upper hand when the game was extended.
"It wasn't an ideal situation to throw a player into on his debut," explained Gray.
"We're a man down, Warrenpoint are on top, we can't keep the ball the way we wanted and someone's being asked to go in and do a job in a team full of strangers to him, but I don't think it showed. I'm not surprised with how well he played, I've worked with him in the past and I know what he does, it's why I brought him here.
"We had Ruairi Harkin on the bench and I was hoping we could give him 10 or 15 minutes if and when we were comfortable in the game, maybe to protect a good lead and help us see things out but obviously we were never comfortable so it wasn't a risk we wanted to take.
"It's great to have Ruairi back and, though it'll take a while for him to get back into things fitness-wise and sharpness-wise, as far as I'm concerned Ruairi Harkin is back and available for selection."
On being handed a North Belfast Derby date in the next round, the Manager concluded: "I wasn't hoping for Crusaders in the draw – nobody was – because they're a very good team and we have to respect that but, from our point of view, we will step up and show what we can do.
"Our supporters were great at Seaview on Boxing Day, but they're always better at Solitude and I'm sure they can't wait for it."


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Animal Logic Opens Vancouver Studio
Award-winning Australia vfx and animation studio Animal Logic has opened its doors at a new 45,000 sq ft facility in Vancouver, Canada. The new studio will be lead by Animal Logic's Group Head of Production Sharon Taylor, who will take on the role of EVP and General Manager in Vancouver. Together with the local management team, Taylor will gear up the Canadian studio for the production of The LEGO Movie Sequel, scheduled to begin in January.
The LEGO Movie Sequel is the first project in a three-picture deal with Warner Bros., all three of which will be produced at Animal Logic's Vancouver studio. The companies have previously collaborated on The LEGO Movie, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Happy Feet over the last 15 years.
Animal Logic's Sydney studio will continue production on the recently announced animated features LEGO Batman and LEGO Ninjago as well as a yet-to-be-announced animated title to follow. The visual effects team in Sydney is also busy, with new projects including Allegiant – Part 1.


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Duke Law–Santa Clara Law Patent Quality Conferences
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law and the Santa Clara High Tech Law Institute jointly-hosted a pair of conferences on patent quality. The first conference was held on September 9, 2016, at the Locatelli Center on the campus of Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. The second conference was held on December 13, 2016, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Alexandria, Virginia. These conferences convened academics and stakeholders to reflect as a community.
Over the previous seven years, the PTO made patent quality a major priority, launching initiatives and taking executive action to reduce application pendency, enhance prior art search capabilities, bolster examiner training, increase clarity of the record, enhance transparency, and calibrate examiner incentives, among other steps. As the PTO continued to implement a number of ongoing programs and roll out new ones, these conferences convened policy-makers, academics, and stakeholders to reflect as a community on what has gone well, what has been learned, and what potential next steps, policies and procedures the PTO might consider for ensuring that U.S. patents are of the highest quality.
The following thematic areas were covered at the conferences:
- Track One and Differentiating Between Patents
- Clarity of Claims and the Patent Record
- Examiner Search (including Global Dossier)
- Using Post-Grant Outcomes to Improve Ex Ante Quality
- Examiner Work Design (including Time Allocation and Management)
- Maintenance and Other Patent Fees
- Compact / "Once and Done" Prosecution
- Applicant Quality Levers
For information on the conferences, click the links below.
Professor Art Rai, Faculty Co-Director of The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law, and Professor Colleen Chien, Santa Clara Law & SCU's High Tech Law Institute, have co-authored a wrap-up piece on patent quality at PatentlyO: http://patentlyo.com/patent/2017/01/patent-quality-where.html
Law360 presented a series of opinion pieces related to the two conference.
Making 'Compact Prosecution' Truly Compact
Laura Sheriden, Google [Sept. 28]
Q&A With GAO Directors: Improving Patent Quality
Frank Rusco & John Neumann, GAO [Oct. 7]
Reconsidering Patent Examiner's Time Allocations
Michael D. Frakes, Duke Law & Melissa F. Wasserman, Texas Law [Oct. 13]
Getting Practical about Patent Quality
David J. Kappos, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP [Oct. 21]
Overclaiming Is Criminal
Oskar Liivak, Cornell Law [Oct. 28]
Comparing Patent Quality at the USPTO and EPO
Colleen Chien, Santa Clara Law & Jay Kesan, University of Illinois College of Law [Nov. 29]
The Need for Speed: Process and Product Quality in Track 1
Arti Rai and Elliot Chen, Duke University School of Law [Dec. 6]
Patent Quality Is Here to Stay
Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [Dec. 19]
The conferences are generously supported by:


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We have a first time map submitter with us, and he has dropped off a sweet looking bundle of gaming goodness for you to enjoy! Prepare to submit your bandwidth as Beef_Cake supplies this map for your enjoyment!
Cat and Mouse is all about the luscious jungle situated on hilly terrain, and is surrounded by small lakes and waterways. Great for use as a mid to long range sniping map, and ideal for 3-6 people. Don't spend too much time in the watch towers as there are ammo piles and propane canisters within striking distance should someone take a pot shot at them. Plenty of good hiding spots and thick brush to sneak through with limited transportation via 3 different jeeps or 3 different boats. There are also multiple MK-19 grenade launcher stations in strategic spots included on board vehicles.
If you think you have what it takes to walk away victorious, then all thats needed is you to locate the download link...
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March 18th, 2015
Mets question-marks heading into Spring Training
1. Calling all Lefties
Remember when people were criticizing Sandy Alderson for not signing a lefty in the Winter? I do. And they are back. With the Mets not signing a left handed relief pitcher, the Mets have no left handed depth in their bullpen. The four possible candidates have not been good at all this Spirng. Here are their names and their respective ERA's: Sean Gilmartin (10.38), Dario Alvarez (10.80), Jake Leathersich (12.27) and Scott Rice (12.27). Your not reading the numbers wrong. None of the four candidates have an ERA under 10. For those who are wondering, Buddy Carlyle has had the best Spring. Pitching to a 0.00 ERA, and while it's only 5 exhibition games, it's nice to see an older veteran (who helped the Mets out in 2014) pitch with promise. I believe Gilmartin will go through, only because he was picked in the Rule 5 draft, which states that if the player is not on the Active MLB 25 Man Roster the whole season, he will be offered back to his original club, in this case, the Twins. None of the other players face this risk, so it makes sense to try out Gilmartin.
2. Gee or no Gee
This is so easy to me it's hard to even call it a question mark. Gee has had a good Spring Training, and he is the only candidate with veteran experience for the fifth starter. Why even experiment on Montero? Montero hasn't shown any control all Spring, pitching to a 13.50 ERA (albeit 2 games). In the past Montero has shown control issues, lack of stamina and lack of poise. Gee has thrived at one time or another in all three categories. The obvious answer is Gee.
Spring Training is rapidly ending, we have two weeks left, and two major issues to fix. If he Mets can figure out the answers to these two problems (and all sings say they will) then we should have a fun season. Lets Go Mets!
Zack Wheeler to have Tommy John Surgery; out for year
Like we discussed in an post earlier in the week, the Mets were very worried with Zack Wheeler, and our fears have been realized. Zack Wheeler will undergo Tommy John Surgery, pending a second opinion, sometime this month. Wheeler was struggling with his control and his velocity, like Josh Edgin, this Spring. Wheeler was going to slot in as the Mets #3 pitcher. He is expect to miss 12-17 months with a full tear of his UCL.
Thoughts from Niko Goutakolis:
As much as I don't want to say this, the Mets could, potentially, be better off without Wheeler. Gee is somewhat of a better pitcher, as he is more deliberate with his pitches and has more experience. I'd say Wheeler and Gee's talent level are equal right now, but Wheeler has more potential moving forward, which is why I didn't want to see Wheeler go down. There is no doubt in my mind that Gee is the correct replacement, however.
Vic Black throws off flat ground, feels good, should be ready for Opening Day
It almost feels like Spring Training is moving along way too fast. The Mets have so many question marks as we move to the starting line. Vic Black was one of those question marks, but it seems like he is good to go. Black threw off flat ground yesterday, and he should be in game action by the weekend, if not sooner. That leaves two weeks before the Opener, which is a lot of time for a relief pitcher or a position player. A starter typically needs three weeks, or four starts. Black will be a vital piece of the Mets young pitching. Along with Jeurys Familia and Jenrry Mejia, Black is one of three young cornerstone relievers that will provide a lot of depth in the Mets bullpen.


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EU funding for tobacco
European Parliament approves hypocritical tobacco subsidies
Strasbourg, 20th May 2008 The European Parliament voted today to maintain EU tobacco production subsidies, contrary to appeals from the Conservative Party. Conservatives MEPs are vehemently opposed to tobacco subsidies in the EU, which cost taxpayers millions of pounds.
More than £200 million (293 million euros) has been set aside to pay tobacco premiums in the 2008 EU budget, and an additional £10 million (14,250,000 euros) has been earmarked for the Community Tobacco Fund. Direct payments to tobacco farmers, which were due to expire in 2009, will run until 2012 as result of amendments passed last month in the European Parliaments Agricultural Committee.
Sir Robert Atkins MEP, said:
It beggars belief that whilst food prices are going through the roof, we are still directly funding tobacco farms around Europe. On the one hand the EU talks about cutting dependency on tobacco, then on the other it sanctions an extra three years of direct tobacco subsidies, whilst virtually all other sectors have moved to an area based payment.
We spend £200 million on funding tobacco, yet only £30 million in the UK on tobacco awareness schemes. The CAP should be supporting healthy products, not something like tobacco. We end up not only having to pay to support its cultivation, but also the huge costs in treating its effects. I am amazed that the Parliament has missed its last opportunity to put a stop to this ludicrous system.


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<<< Go to Mustang Fever Specifications
Mustang Fever was a student project in the Senior level mechanical design class in the Agricultural Engineering Department. Myles Anderson, Russ Angold and Bobby Pierce were the three member team that designed and constructed the Modified Pulling Tractor. Dr. Mark Zohns and Gary Weisenberger were the advisors of the project. Before going into the construction of Mustang Fever we would like to thank our sponsors who made this incredible dream a reality.
Because the construction of Mustang Fever was part of a class project there was a time limit associated. The construction began at the beginning of Winter Quarter at Cal Poly in early January 1999. On March 28, 1999 Mustang Fever pulled the sled for the first time. The first step in the construction process was setting up a jig to hold the frame rails in place around the SQHD differential.
Frame jig showing channel and tube frame convergence around differential.
Once mounting plates were made connecting the frame to the differential it was time to narrow the differential. The differential was cut down with a torch and machined flanges that matched up with the Rockwell Planetaries were welded to each side.
Completed differential.
Cutting splines in the axles.
After completing the work on the differential it was time to mount the Fuller 5-speed transmission. This was done by making a plate that bolted to the front face of the transmission with ears for mounting to each side of the frame rails. With the transmission in place the engine mounts could be made. The engine mounts were made from rectangular tubing and utilized the vertical mounting holes on the Allison Aircraft Engine. With the main power and drive train in place it was time to work on the steering. Steering is achieved through the use of closed system hydraulics. The steering wheel is mounted directly to a low displacement hydraulic motor and the motor is plumbed to a double acting cylinder.
Steering system including stainless steel tubing lines and filling tank.
The next step in the process was the construction of the hitch. As with all the construction components of the Tractor the constraints for the hitch were found in the 1999 NTPA rule book.
Hitch assembly.
The roll cage was bent out of 2" pipe
and welded to the frame.
Completed Roll Cage.
The braking system utilizes two-stage master cylinders and heavy duty calipers on machined disks. The disks were designed and built to mount on the drum brake mounting holes of the Rockwell Planetaries.
Planetaries and disk brake set up.
The exhaust from the Allison engine exits through 2- 1 1/2" holes per cylinder. For aesthetic reasons the two exhaust holes were brought together into one 3- 1/2" section of mandrel bent tubing per cylinder. Because the construction of the exhaust system was done by Dr. Zohns they became known as the "Zoomies by Zohns."
"Zoomies by Zohns."
With most of the mechanical system of the tractor completed it was time to run the wires and fire the engine.
Wiring of engine.
Fuel Pressure?
On March 28, 1999 Mustang Fever rolled out of the shop and onto the track. The testing included six hooks in all including one by each of the design and construction team members and both advisors. All in all we could not have asked for a better inaugural performance.
Dr. Mark Zohns getting a "feel for the wheel."
Five days before showtime - powder coated, painted, and polished.
Left to right: Myles Anderson, Bobby Pierce, and Russ Angold
We would like to thank Dr. Mark Zohns and Gary "Master Machinist" Weisenberger for their many hours of help and their continuing ability to point us in the right direction. Without their help and wisdom, Mustang Fever would have never happened.
Thanks, Mark and Gary!


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All migrant kids moved out of Homestead facility, administration says
No more children are being housed at the Homestead detention center, the nation's largest for unaccompanied minors, the Trump administration said Saturday.
The remaining children at Florida shelter had either been united with sponsors or moved to other state-licensed facilities run by HHS' Office of Refugee Resettlement, according to HHS.
With the announcement, migrant children are no longer being housed in temporary influx shelters, which the Trump administration started using in 2018 amid a major surge in border crossings and its family separation policy. Two other temporary shelters – a former World War II Japanese internment camp near Lawton, Oklahoma, and a site in Carrizo Springs, Texas, which was occupied for only a month – were shuttered in July.
The influx shelters, which have laxer federal oversight than state-sponsored sites, came under fire from Democrats and immigration advocates because of crowded conditions. Democratic presidential candidates, who converged on Homestead in June to draw attention to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, likened it to a prison.
HHS spokesperson Evelyn Stauffer said the department's need for emergency shelter space has waned as the number of children crossing the border has decreased and the agency more quickly unites children with sponsors. HHS said it would still maintain the Homestead site, which was set up during Obama administration in 2016, while cutting capacity by more than half to 1,200 beds. HHS is also working to expand capacity at state-licensed shelters and other locations as the administration expects an uptick in border crossings this fall.
HHS said that 14,300 kids had been housed at Homestead since it started using the facility in March 2018.


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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I was having a conversation with an artist, Phil Brown via email about art
and he stated "One thing I am discovering- being reckless with marks and
splashes at the beginning "reveals new directions you never thought existed".
This inspired me to share my process on my commissioned piece. What I
have painted thus far on this 5 foot by 4 foot canvas is simply paint to respond
to. This is how I start my paintings, just apply paint. I am thinking there will be
a lot of dark values in the final painting so I kept the underpinnings fairly light
and bright. This will allow for more value control and interesting scratching.
Otherwise I just applied paint to keep with my motto "break the illusion of
control!" I will continue with this philosophy through the entire painting process.
Looks a bit like a kid's birthday party at this point doesn't it? Now I will let it
dry for a bit, not all the way as I like the resistance that is created at a certain
point of tackiness.
13 comments:
- SKIZO said...
- July 7, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- ArtPropelled said...
An interesting point to remember when I finally get around to painting again. I like where this is going Katherine.
- July 7, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Katherine your use of color is pretty wonderful in your underpainting. I like what you have done. It's good! And I know the moment you say it is finished it will be wonderful!
- July 8, 2010 at 4:34 AM
- Katherine said...
Skizo thanks for the visit.
- July 8, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Katherine said...
Thanks Robyn, I can't wait to see what you do when you do start painting.
- July 8, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Katherine said...
Annell thank you, calling it finished is a ways off. Nice hearing from you.
- July 8, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- DMG said...
I love it when you share the process, Katherine. I learn so much!
- July 9, 2010 at 5:06 AM
- Katherine said...
JB I don't think I could give anything away, it is too much of a mystery to me.
- July 9, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Katherine said...
Thank you Kathy, I have been enjoying watching your rapid progress in painting.
- July 9, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Blue Sky Dreaming said...
Just the beginning...I have difficulty when something so beautiful shows up early...it might just have to go and again that can be difficult. This is a wonderful colorful start...can't wait to see next photo!Thank you for sharing!
- July 10, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Katherine said...
Yes preciousness is truly a hurdle in creating art, getting past what what you already like. There is nothing on this painting that I feel I can't lose, and I feel grateful for that. Thanks for visiting Mary Ann, always wonderful to hear from you!
- July 10, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- DJ said...
Beautiful foundation...nice to see someone who's fearless about moving beyond that initial image, then looking forward to future layers. I'm learning that pushing past those first loves gives way to so much growth and development.
- July 11, 2010 at 2:04 AM
- Katherine said...
Thanks DJ for the support, the feedback and the visit.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:22 AM


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Reasons Why Marketing Is Vital for Your Business to Succeed
Marketing helps in the success of your business.Successful marketing determines most of the aspects of your business.Marketing covers advertising, promotions, public relations and sales. Marketing means making products and services known to potential buyers.Your business can offer the best products or services in your industry, but your potential customers may not be aware about it without marketing.Without marketing, sales may reduce, and businesses may need to shut down. The following are the important benefits of marketing to your business.
Prospective buyers should be aware of the products and services provided by a company for it to be successful.You must use marketing strategies to create awareness for your products and services.Marketing makes potential buyers to be aware of what your business offers and hence your business may have a chance to progress. Using marketing to advertise your company, products and services can increase the chances of having your business being noticed by prospective consumers.
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Another importance of marketing is that it provides an environment for healthy competition in the marketplace. Additionally, it makes the prices of products and services to be known.This information reaches intended buyers as well as other competing companies. As a result of marketing, prices become competitive. Big companies would continue to sell their products while small or new ones would have difficulties in being successful. Marketing leads to healthy competition which enables small and new business to succeed.
Even if marketing is largely vital for a business to grow, it can be very expensive as well. Almost half of a companies sales may be spent on marketing programs in its first year.


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That's right. This year, during EclipseCon 2012, we're proud to share our success with Eclipse Foundation members and code committers by giving their companies unlimited free licenses of our Secure Delivery Center (SDC). These individual developers and corporations make the Eclipse code base the most important in software development today, and Genuitec is proud to reward their hard work with commercial tooling accessible for free.
Eclipse Foundation membership as a company and committing on an individual level is something that benefits the entire Java ecosystem, so to encourage others to participate in Eclipse, we're pleased to offer our SDC software for free to these valuable contributors.
Our Secure Delivery Center (SDC) is used by leading global brands as a means to manage multiple installations of Eclipse and MyEclipse configurations in the enterprise. What's unique about SDC is its ability to own and manage the entire Eclipse Marketplace behind a company firewall.
Why does that matter?
Companies need their tools and version numbers standardized across development teams as they move from project to project – not to mention multiple teams on disparate tool versions. Management issues arise when teams break projects because their tools or versions are not compatible with the project guidelines.
Companies using SDC have found that by owning Eclipse and its packages inside the firewall, they can set-up each team on the right tools and version numbers to avoid hassles involved with getting a project actually up and running. Additionally, by managing updates and changes on a team-specific platform, each team's unique needs are met without developers having to hassle with their environments.
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Using Smart Goals for Your Self Care
When spring rolls around each year, many of us start thinking about what we hope to accomplish in the coming season.
Maybe it is to get a new job that we find meaningful, pay off debt, focus on our health, save for a vacation, lose weight, learn to garden……..
Usually our goals center around: growth, change, meaning, and/or purpose.
We all have a deep desire to become the best version of ourselves.
Unfortunately, many to most of us really don't know how to successfully reach our goals. We all know we want to succeed but most of us just make vague resolutions/goals and then forget about them or become discouraged within the first few days, weeks or months.
We make excuses so we won't feel bad about abandoning the resolutions/goals and convince ourselves we will try again when life isn't so busy or when we aren't so tired or when the weather is nicer and on and on and on……..
Whenever that will be – most of us are still waiting for these things to happen!
Ultimately, why we dont follow thru on our resolutions/goals isn't because of the above excuses. It is because our goals were VAGUE and/or UNREALISTIC and we didn't even know it!
To be successful in reaching our goals, which will bring us more hope, happiness and healing we need to use SMART goals.
What are SMART goals?
SMART goals are practical, actionable and time bound. They can be used for any goal – personal or professional , big or little, fun or serious.
SMART stand for:
Specific – clear and concise
Measurable – a way or ways to measure the outcome of the goal
Actionable – steps that require action
Realistic – most people could achieve this
Timely – the goal has deadline and timelines for each action step
A SMART goal is a simple yet very effective method to reach and surpass our goal NOW, instead of waiting for when we have the time, energy or the weather finally behaves (never gonna happen!)
So, over the next week think about what you truly want to accomplish this month, season or year. Bring those vague goals with you when you check out Part 2 of this topic and we can work together to transform them into successful SMART goals.
See you next week!


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In early spring, beautifully patterned foliage arises, from which ascends a huge, lurid purple spathe, which can be more than 2 feet long. the "Dragon Lily", is the most impressive of all of the European aroids, found in the wild in clefts in rocky gorges and along waterways, from the Eastern Mediterranean, Crete, the Aegean Islands, mainland Greece, the Balkans and south west Turkey. Although it smells like rotting meat, which are its efforts to attract pollinating flies, it nevertheless makes a unique addition to the average garden. Very few large fertile seeds are ever collected.
Sowing Advice
Seeds may be sown at any time of the year onto a well-drained compost and covered about 5-10 cm deeply. Keep the pot moist at a temperature of between 18 and 22 degrees C in a well-lit position. Seeds should germinate within 2 to 6 weeks but may take much longer so do not discard the seed tray. Pot on small seedlings into 3" or 7cm pots until of a size suitable for final planting outside into good rich deep soil.
Key Facts
Common name:Dragon Arum, Voodoo Lily, Stink Lily, Dragonwort, Ragons
Classification:Hardy perennial
Packet Content:3 (Approx)


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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, then entered into force on 21 March 1994. The UNFCCC objective is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".[2] The framework set no binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms.
A doctor in Madrid says the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola remembers touching her face with her gloves after treating a dying priest.
The nurse, Teresa Romero, is the first person known to have contracted the deadly virus outside West Africa.
She treated two Spanish missionaries who died from Ebola earlier this year.
Earlier, a World Health Organization adviser warned that more Ebola cases could be expected among medical staff, even in developed countries.


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Powergen joins forces with government
Powergen, the utility provider, is gearing up for the start of a government-backed trial to test energy-monitoring dev-ices in homes.
The initiative is part of a drive to reduce carbon emissions by cutting energy consumption as outlined in the Energy White Paper earlier this year.
The trial is to be conducted in conjunction with the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (formerly the Department for Trade and Industry).
Powergen, which is phasing out its name in favour of parent brand Eon, will treat the trial as part of its Changing Energy initiative as the battle to be the greenest energy provider hots up.
It is promoting both its commitment to building wind farms in the UK in its Winds of Change execution and its renewable energy, via the Go Green product push.
Rival energy brands have tested similar devices. Npower offered Electrisave devices to consumers in a year-long trial (MW November 10, 2005), while British Gas and EDF Energy have tested similar devices. However, these providers are not taking part in the government-backed trial.
However, the Energy Retail Association says display devices do not help them monitor gas consumption nor offer information in real time. Instead it favours "smart" meters.


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Ridgefield equipment fundraiser to benefit St. Joseph's Parenting Center
Soccer balls, basketballs, and swimming goggles — there's a lot of equipment that goes into being a sports parent.
That's why Ridgefield High School senior Johnny Briody is hosting a collection for new sports equipment that will benefit St. Joseph's Parenting Center (SJPC) in Stamford.
Briody, who has organized this donation drive for the second year in a row, said he collects gifts for the holiday season for the kids at SJPC.
Donations can be delivered to 18 Fairview Ave. in Ridgefield by Sunday, Dec. 8. There will be a bin on the front porch.
Unable to donate new equipment? Check and cash donations are also welcome and can be made out to Johnny Briody.
The mission of St. Joseph's Parenting Center is to strengthen families that are at risk of child abuse and neglect, by providing parenting education and support.


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The Hampshire stalking clinic has been recognised as best practice as part of a joint inspection of harassment and stalking led by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Hampshire's multi-agency stalking clinic reviews cases of stalking as they are reported. Police, Probation, the CPS, Mental Health professionals and vitally a dedicated victim advocate work together each month to review the highest risk cases and ensure everything possible is being done to stop the behaviour and keep the victim safe.
Hampshire Constabulary Detective Chief Inspector Tim Rowlandson said: "Stalking is a unique crime, characterised by fixation and obsession and often with clear links to mental ill-health. The psychology behind stalking is complex and needs to be properly understood if we are to have any chance of stopping it.
"We are really pleased to have been recognised for the work we are doing in Hampshire. Our multi agency stalking clinic and stalking advocacy service have been mentioned specifically as best practice.
"We continue to build on this work with victims and looking forward we aim to explore further how we can work with stalkers to treat their behaviour and reduce reoffending. We are working with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust on a bid for funding to support this."
Shonagh Dillon CEO of advocacy service Aurora New Dawn said: "We are delighted that our Multi-agency Stalking Consultancy Clinic has been held up as best practice by HMIC for our support to victims of stalking and providing interventions for offenders. At Aurora we pride ourselves on working in partnership with a range of organisations to ensure the victims voice is strong and clear.
"We are particularly encouraged that Aurora's stalking advocacy service is mentioned by HMIC as a good example of how to work with victims. We appreciate that there is still a lot of work to do and look forward to continuing our model of work to support as many victims as possible."