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Innovation: Sustainable Innovation
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In our view the words 'sustainable' and 'innovation' should be redundant. What company wants to invest the millions of dollars necessary for anything that won't be sustainable?
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Photos: NIOSA celebrates 70 years of food, culture, memories at Fiesta
A Night in Old San Antonio turns 70 this year, and many local revelers, some of whom have been manning booths and donning costumes for decades, are happily sharing Fiesta-colored memories.
For most, the sprawling party that blankets the grounds of La Villita — from Tuesday to April 27 this year — means four nights of laughter, food, drink and music from the cultures that helped shape San Antonio.
For Angela McClendon Johnson, who works in marketing at USAA and currently helps run Mama's Sweets in the Froggy Bottom section, her memories are all about those plastic souvenir beer cups, stacked tall and accompanied by a macho attitude.
RELATED: Here's how much food San Antonians will devour at NIOSA 2018
"When I was in high school (at Holmes), we'd flock to NIOSA on Thursdays for college night. We'd go 'round and 'round in circles, hanging out," Johnson said in a phone chat. "We'd come with a group of friends, and leave with more."
She and her pals would get a special kick out of one particular sight, she said: proud guys holding their towers of cups. "They seemed to think a lot of beer cups meant they were virile, like they were saying, 'Look at me. I drank all this beer in one night, and I'm still standing.'"
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NIOSA nuts and bolts
What: Sponsored by and benefiting the San Antonio Conservation Society, NIOSA brings the heritage of San Antonio alive in 15 cultural areas through 200-plus food, drink and atmosphere booths and 14 musical acts.
When: Today through Friday. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and close at 10 p.m. Food sales and entertainment continue until 10:30 p.m.
Where: Grounds of La Villita National Historic District
Cost: $15 at the gate, kids Children 12 and under with an adult
Parking: Various downtown lots; cabs and ride share options recommended. For VIA Park and Ride info, go viainfo.net/park-and-ride.
NIOSA, the San Antonio Conservation Society's biggest fundraiser, started in 1948 as a one-night festival in La Villita that grew by leaps and bounds over the decades.
It expanded to two nights in 1954 and to three in 1956 — and its profits grew along the way. According to the Conservation Society, NIOSA raised $6,500 from 1949 to 1951, upwards of $9,000 in 1954 and $16,700 in 1956.
In 1958, it grew to the four-night extravaganza we know now.
For more memories from San Antonio Fiesta-goers through the years, read the complete story on our sister site, ExpressNews.com
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I grew up hating to eat brussel sprouts.But we explored this vegetable when we lived in South Africa and I discovered that this is a fantastic way to cook it. My family and I love this dish and it's a staple dish at home now.The leaves are kept vibrant and green, and the fragrant bacon and garlic makes even the most bitter little balls taste wonderful. The best part of all – it takes only 10 mins to put it together.For a step by step tutorial, go to - http://www.storyofbing.com/2012/07/eat-your-brussel-sprouts/
This recipe contains brussel sprouts, salt, water, butter, garlic (fresh), bacon bits, black pepper, lemon juice, salt
2 Servings
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James 1:2-7, " My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
The attitude of gratitude during the cultivation of faith, produces patience. WOW! So when I find myself becoming impatient because things aren't going the way I think they should, I'm actually postponing the realization of what I'm standing in faith for. But if I let little Miss Patience do her thing, I will be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Well no wonder I'm so far from perfect; I'm so impatient.
Have you ever prayed for something, than allowed your thoughts to play ping pong? Back and forth, back and forth. One moment you're speaking the Word of healing, the next minute you're thinking about going to see a doctor. One moment you're praising God for His word, the next moment you're checking the internet for your symptoms. No wonder we don't get what we've asked for. We're double-minded or as we used to say, 'two-timin'. You can't be in a relationship with light and darkness at the same time; light dispels the darkness! You can't get in bed with truth and wake up with lies; you must know the truth because only the truth sets you free.
Father, I've oscillated between two opinions for far too long. I need help that only comes from You. Please help me to be patient! I want to have that calm assurance deep inside of me that when You said it, it was settled in heaven and on earth. Every promise is mine. Your promise of peace, provision, prosperity, all mine. May I learn to praise You in the middle of the process so that it takes the place of that 'two-timin' spirit that wants to steal my promise. It's in Jesus name I pray. Amen


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Through the Needle's Eye
About our National Exhibit
The Embroiderers' Guild of America acknowledges the value of needlework in art and history. Our National Exhibit is a representative selection of the best in artistic and technical works. It is through the needle's eye that EGA embraces both traditional and contemporary needlework while expanding the perception of embroidery as an art form.
The exhibition is available to travel to museums and galleries across the country. If you are interested in bringing Through the Needle's Eye to your area, please Contact Us.
If you can't visit the exhibit, a full-color catalog featuring all the works in this exhibition along with artists' statements can be purchased below.
Our 21st TNE was launched at the Transylvania Community Arts Council in Brevard, NC, August 16-September 15, 2017 and was hosted by the Carolinas Region; Rosemary Kostansek, Chair. See more dates below.
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Sitting kills your brain
Dr Retha Jansen Van Rensburg April 2018
We are sitting ourselves to death. I find myself, probably like many of you, spending way too much time in front of my desk and computer. When at work, we sit more than we do anything else. We are planting ourselves on a chair or couch for 9.3 hours a day, compared to 7.7 hours of sleeping and that is not even including the time we spend in front of the television! What we all have in common in the modern workday is our, um, bum.
For that matter, sitting is so customary and inescapable that we don't even question how much we're doing it. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is doing it also, so it doesn't even cross our minds that it's not okay. In that way, I agree that sitting is the smoking in relation to general health. According to James Levine, MD, director of the Mayo Clinic-Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative "Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting."
According to the CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), chronic diseases are now the number one threat to public health, far surpassing infectious diseases in the U.S. Sedentary lifestyles are themselves a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and all-cause mortality. If you sit for more than eight hours a day with no physical activity you have a risk of dying similar to the risks of dying posed by obesity and smoking.
Want more bad news? While you're sitting yourself to death, you're probably getting brain atrophy (thinning of areas in your brain) and losing your memory, as new research shows. The areas of your brain (the hippocampus and surrounding structures) that you are losing by sitting are essential for memory function.
One hour of sitting is as unhealthy as smoking two cigarettes!
By getting up from your desk once every hour means that you can reduce your risk of getting breast cancer by 21% and colon cancer by 25%. You are 27% less likely to get a stroke and 30% less likely to get type 2 diabetes. You can reduce your risk of getting hypertension by 50%.
So what can we do? We have to work after all is said and done, which means sitting behind a desk and computer. The first priority is to move as often as possible, including huffing and puffing every so often.
The human body just isn't made to sit long periods of time. A hundred years ago when we were all labouring in the fields and slogging away in factories, an obesity pandemic did not exist. But since our work patterns these days mean we cannot exactly run free in the fields anymore, we have to help our bodies in other ways.
We have a right to stand up for our right to stand up.
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Each brand recognized a Developer of the Year, Best Conversion, Deal of the Year and Outstanding Achievement for the developers who had the greatest number of project approvals or who developed one or more unique hotels that helped enhance the brand's image in 2008. Together, the brands also recognized a Multi-Brand Developer of the Year who made significant contributions to the Hilton Family of Hotels with the most number of project approvals in 2008, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award for longevity in the hospitality development arena and loyalty to the Hilton Family of Hotels. To be considered, all hotels in the candidates' Hilton Family portfolio had to be rated high-quality and in good status, and could represent a combination of new projects, renovations and conversions.
The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award:
Dave Lenz
The North Central Group
Multiple projects in Phoenix, Ariz., Omaha, Neb., and Wisconsin
The recipients of the Developer of the Year award are:
Multi-Brand Award Winner
Mitch Patel
Vision Hospitality Group, LLC
Hampton Inn & Suites Melbourne, Fla.
Hampton Inn & Suites Orange, Fla.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Kennesaw, Ga.
Champak Patel
Champion Hotels
Hampton Inn & Suites Elk City, Okla.
Hampton Inn & Suites Pauls Valley, Okla.
Hilton Garden Inn
Steve Gupta
Easton's Group of Hotels
Hilton Garden Inn Mississauga/Toronto, Ont.
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto/Vaughan, Ont.
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Downtown, Ont.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
Mehul Patel
Newcrest Hotels
Homewood Suites by
Hilton Abilene, Texas
Homewood Suites by Hilton Midland, Texas
Homewood Suites by Hilton Tyler, Texas
Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton also presented awards for Deal of the Year and Best Conversion, which recognizes the tremendous commitment of time and effort many owners devoted to building a particular brand's hotel and converting an existing hotel to the particular brand.
The recipients of the Deal of the Yearaward are:
Bernie Wolfson
Brickell Hotel Group, LLP
Hampton Inn & Suites Miami Brickell, Fla.
Hilton Garden Inn
Robert Rauch and Joe Simone
Torrey Suites, LP
Hilton Garden Inn San Diego/Del Mar, Calif.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
Jeffery Salinetti
RP MRP Potomac Yard, LLC
Homewood Suites by Hilton Alexandria/Potomac Yard, Va.
The recipients of the Best Conversion award are:
Nayan Patel
C.N. Hotels, Inc.
Hampton Inn & Suites Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Hilton Garden Inn
Walt K. Myers
K Partners Denver, LLC
Hilton Garden Inn Denver Tech, Colo.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
David Buffam
New Castle Hotels & Resorts
Homewood Suites by Hilton Cambridge/Arlington, Mass.
In addition, each Hilton Family focused-service brand presented an Outstanding Achievement Award to recognize the developer's support of the focused-service brands of Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton. Each recipient has demonstrated commitment to growing the respective brands and the Hilton Family by investing in the development of new hotel projects.
The Outstanding Achievementaward winners are:
Pierre Varadi
Groupe Canvar, Inc.
Hampton Inn & Suites Montreal Downtown
Hilton Garden Inn
John D. & Allan Gantes
Breckenridge Group, Inc.
Hilton Garden Inn Palmdale, Calif.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
Tom Torgerson
Torgerson Properties
Homewood Suites by Hilton St. Louis Park, Minn.
Homewood Suites by Hilton New Brighton, Minn.
"We are extremely pleased to present Mitch Patel with the Multi-Brand Developer of the Year Award and Dave Lenz with the Lifetime Achievement Award," said Craig Mance, senior vice president — franchise development, U.S., Canada & Mexico, Hilton Hotels Corporation. "The accolade represents our appreciation of their exemplary commitment to excellence in hotel development, loyalty to our Hilton Family and commendable longevity in the development arena."
Lifetime Achievement Award
Representing one of the first Hampton franchisees among a brand celebrating 25 years, Dave Lenz of The North Central Group has developed multiple Hilton Family hotels across the U.S. These hotels are among the top-ranking in quality and performance within the system. The North Central Group has six deals underway in Phoenix and several others in Omaha, Neb. and Wisconsin.
Multi-Brand Developer of the Year
Mitch Patel at Vision Hospitality Group, LLC is an outstanding developer and operator of multiple Hilton Family brands, including 12 open or under development. In 2008 alone, he achieved four openings (two Hampton Inn & Suites, one Doubletree and one Homewood Suites by Hilton) and one development of an Embassy Suites Hotel. In downtown Chattanooga, four Hilton Family hotels are being represented by Vision Hospitality-owned properties.
Hampton Developer of the Year
Within the past year, Champak Patel has been loyal to the Hampton brand for all new hotel products. In a tight market like Oklahoma where vision is required to commit to an investment, Champ has been willing to pioneer with Hampton.
Hilton Garden Inn Developer of the Year
Within the past two years, Steve Gupta of Easton's Group of Hotels has been approved for Hilton Garden Inn hotels in Mississauga/Toronto Airport, located in one of the strongest corporate markets in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Downtown Toronto, a newly built hotel recently opened, located in the heart of the entertainment district, and a conversion property on the east side of downtown Toronto. Easton's locations provide the Hilton Garden Inn brand with a strong presence in the high profile Toronto market. They also have operated an existing HGI in Vaughan, Ont., for several years.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Developer of the Year
Mehul Patel has done an excellent job at identifying appropriate markets and sites for Homewood Suites within Texas. All three locations — in Abilene, Midland and Tyler — approved in 2008 are not only strong locations but true extended stay markets, further indicating the commitment to success in making the Homewood Suites by Hilton brand work ideally for the given market with the Hilton Family as Patel's first choice.


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Berkeley sit-in against cuts
BERKELEY, Calif.--Approximately 150 students took over the Anthropology Library at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley on October 9 to prevent it from being closed for the weekend.
Since the onset of the devastating budget cuts, basic services have been severely affected, including the library system, which is now almost completely shutdown over the weekends. As midterms get underway, a group of students decided to take action to reclaim library space and demand the reversal of the damaging and unnecessary cuts to campus services.
Students, workers and faculty responded to this call to "emancipate" the Anthropology Library and a schedule of teach-ins, some given by prominent faculty members, was soon arranged. Students spent their night in the library studying, participating in teach-ins and debating the future course of the anti-budget cuts movement.
As the night wore on, there was an atmosphere of increasing solidarity and militancy as students and workers shared experiences of the cutbacks and recognized a shared desire, and ability, to take action against the moneyed interests who are out to destroy what's left of public education.
UC-Berkeley junior Jonathan Nunez summed up the mood: "People are angry about what is happening, and increasingly they're ready to do something about it. Most people here have midterms coming up next week and yet the libraries are open less and less. How are we supposed to learn if we can't get access to books? We're being made to pay more for less and we're not going to take it any longer."
In addition to the cutbacks in services, students have been incensed by UC President Mark Yudof's plan to increase student fees by 32 percent, which will propel the cost of a UC undergraduate education over the $10,000 mark for in-state students. There is increasing concern and growing evidence that such proposed fee increases are unnecessary and that Yudof is simply using the perception of crisis to increase revenues that are then used for non-educational purposes.
In this vein, one of the most powerful presentations at this weekend's study-in was given by Professor Robert Meister of UC-Santa Cruz. His latest research reveals the extent to which the UC regents have "financialized" the UC system, using student tuition as collateral for bonds used to finance expensive construction projects. Many of these projects have been undertaken by companies in which one or more regent has a personal financial stake, a further sign of the degree to which public education in California has been corrupted by the profit motive.
In the face of such corruption, the "study-in" was a resounding success and a provocative challenge to the UC administration's campaign of austerity measures. Made to choose between forcibly closing the library and evicting the students and staff, or conceding to the demand to keep the library open, the administration backed down and yielded to the student-led protest.
In the days leading up to the action it emerged that the UC administration had tried to force librarians to "police" the study-in, but in a further sign of the growing solidarity between all sectors of the campus community, the librarians categorically refused to do so. Librarians were present throughout the action, but they made it clear that they were in full support of the student-led protest and had agreed to staff the library solely in order to provide support to students studying for midterms.
Following the inspirational success of the September 24 walkout--in which more than 5,000 students packed Sproul Plaza as hundreds more helped staff picket lines in support of a one-day strike called by University Professional and Technical Employees union (UPTE)--Friday's action signals a further escalation by the burgeoning anti-cuts movement.
On October 24, Berkeley activists will host a statewide conference on public education with a view to building statewide action against the budget cuts. This, plus the growing number of protests at campuses and schools throughout the state is a further sign of rising public anger and a willingness to challenge those who would deny Californians the right to education.
At UC Berkeley, further library actions are being discussed amid an atmosphere of growing student militancy, while students at other UC campuses are contemplating similar actions. Throughout the state, and beyond, the idea that education should be free is rapidly gaining ground.


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Great to be in Sydney for the 2nd IoTAA Impact Conference last week!
Internet of Things (IoT) makes way for many new exciting opportunities!
I particularly enjoyed participating in design thinking workshops that explore how we might transform the way we see Water, Agriculture and Health Care through the Internet of Things (IoT) lens.
So many "Wicked" Problems that align with the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we can address through IoT.
The best part of all is that such innovations require the input of a very diverse range of Stakeholders.
This is what Bill Ruh, Chief Digital Officer at Lendlease was referring to when he said,
"This innovation will not be driven by Silicon Valley but where the domain knowledge exists."
The opportunities are only limited by our imagination!
The content covered demonstrates how data is now more valuable than oil!
It would seem we can learn a lot from the Netherlands when it comes to farming.
It would also seem we can also learn much from the Dutch in regard to waste and recycling!
Only 2% of waste going to Landfill! Compare that to Australia's 40%!
A culture that embraces adoption of new technologies!


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Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on April 16, 2018
Cover Design: Helen Williams
Cover Photographer: Rafa Catala
Cover Model: Jorge Del Rio Romero
Genres: Contemporary Romance
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I couldn't have scripted a more perfect night.
For one fantastic evening, at a masquerade party in the heart of Manhattan, I'm not the millionaire everyone wants a piece of. Fine—multimillionaire. But who's counting all those commas? Not me, and not the most intriguing woman I've ever met, who happens to like dancing, witty banter, and hot, passionate up-against-the-wall sex as much as I do.
There's no need for names or business cards. And that's why I'm eager to get to know her more, since my mystery woman seems to like me for me, rather than for my huge…bank account.
Everything's coming up aces. Until the next day when things get a little complicated. (Newsflash — a lot complicated.)
He's charming, brilliant, an incredible lover, and right now I want to stab fate in the eyeballs.
I've had one goal I've been working toward, and lo and behold, my mystery man is the very person who stands between me and my dream job. A job I desperately need since my hard-knock life has nothing in common with his star-kissed one.
But it's time to put that fairytale night behind me, and focus on learning what makes him tick. Too bad it turns out his quirks are my quirks, and his love affair with New York matches mine.
And as we spend our days together, I discover something else that feels like a cruel twist of fate — I'm falling for this naughty prince charming, and that's not an ending I can write to our story.
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The PTO meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month through June. Meetings start at 6:00 and are held in the Canadochly Library.Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings.


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i am excited to be heading home to hong kong to see my relatives and visiting japan for the first time. it's a long overdue trip as it's been three years since i last visited hong kong and my extended family. my parents decided to keep my appearance a top secret. i'm curious to see how my relatives react upon my arrival. now that nationals is over, i will definitely cut back on competition training and turn my attention to other trainings. but before i dive back into training, i need some time off because it's been a while since i last had a real vacation. i'll also take this opportunity to recuperate from the recent stresses of life. only then will i come back recharged and ready to make some tough decisions and big changes
for the next twelve days that mo and i will be apart on different continents, i will writing my "solo series" to keep everyone back home in the loop with what's happening in and around my life. stay tuned and be ready for my journal of adventures


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Doha Sets High Bar
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I Can See Clearly Now - The Cold Hard Truth About Ice Scrapers
On far too many frigid winter mornings, scraping snow and ice off your car is an unavoidable chore. I don't believe anyone has ever woken up in the morning and said: "Boy, I hope there's a thick layer of ice encrusted on my windshield today!"
Fortunately, we're living in a golden age when it comes to ice scrapers and snow removal tools so after reading this blog post you just might.
Some believe the best approach to dealing with an ice and snow covered car is to plan ahead and cover the windshield of your vehicle with a snow cover. These covers can be pulled off prior to your drive, whisking away the snow, and preventing ice from adhering to the glass in the first place. But, unless you check the forecast without fail, and that forecast is always accurate allowing you to know precisely when to proactively deploy your snow cover, there's a good chance you'll find snow and/or ice on your car more often than not this winter.
Let's be honest with ourselves. When we arrive home we probably have at least two trips worth of items to carry into the house and we will almost certainly try to carry everything in a single trip.
Why do we juggle so much?
To avoid any more time than necessary outside in the cold, of course. With that in mind, is it really likely we'll take the time to pull a wet car cover from the boot to put it on the car before we finally get into our nice, warm house?
Probably not.
Almost certainly not.
No. Of course not.
If you're determined that this is the best way, one of these will set you back somewhere in the region of £5 to £15.
Other fine approaches to dealing with winter weather are to get a job where you can work from home or to save up vacation days and hit the snooze alarm after a storm.
If you are like me, your region sees limited snowfall but plenty of cold mornings. In this case a simple ice scraper is probably all you need. For moderate snowfall, a scraper that also features a brush might be a good idea as these devices allow you to remove the top layer of snow and then chisel away at the ice coating on the windows.
For areas that see huge volumes of snow, you might need a larger snow broom type of device - one that's big enough to push around the snow that has piled up many inches atop your car.
I don't like the stick with a brush on one end and scraper on the other because, while they're not so big you have to drive around with one end sticking out the window, they are big enough that they don't fit neatly into a door pocket or glove box and we really don't get enough snow in England to warrant the untidiness.
As a kid growing up in Canada - the snowy part* - I spent six months of the year kicking one of these things with my giant snow boots every time we drove somewhere. They don't fit anywhere and my boots didn't fit around them. Is it any wonder I have deep seeded emotional issues around the topic of ice scrapers?
And, the ice scrapers on these units are usually poor. They put the "crap" into "sCRAPer". It is difficult to get the required downforce with a giant handle in the way and the scraper part is usually poor quality.
For you lucky people with heavy snow I'd suggest an ordinary, cheap, "bought-down-the-market" brush. Get one with soft bristles and you're good to go. In these cases, you will probably need a two-pronged approach to your automotive snow removal process; a large broom, brush, or pushing device to remove the snow, and a good quality, smaller, hard-edged scraper to deal with the ice.
Here's the good news: These things aren't very expensive.
In keeping with my lifelong credo of "he who has the most toys when he dies, wins" I'm proud to say that I have a box full of ice scrapers collected over the years. I have plenty of the usual triangular, promotional ones made from brightly coloured plastic with aggressive looking fins on the back.
I think the fins are there to score the ice but that is clearly something an engineer had dreamed up but had never actually tested. I don't know why I don't throw these out as they simply never work. Maybe I'm worried that they'll end up strewn on our beaches along with plastic bottles and carrier bags, or worse, swallowed up by a whale or something. That would send the tree huggers** into meltdown***. And, imagine being charged 5p for every promotional ice scraper we received.
I do carry a few Starbuck's unloaded pre-load cards that you can swipe**** from the counter at any Starbuck's location.
We used to have to destroy our bank cards when we were caught-out early season without any ice scraper; but not anymore. These cards have a nice sharp edge that cuts under the frost and ice and does quite a nice job. Costa have similar. Café Nero, I think, use paper versions and these don't work well at all.
A few years back while waiting at a Kwik Fit I discovered a box of funky looking orange curvy ice scrapers that looked like they would do the trick. The curve allowed the scraper to fit nicely in your hand in such a way that you could put maximum energy into getting under the ice for a clean scrape first time, every time. There was a nice soft rubber side for frost and a finely chiselled hard side for ice. £1.95 added to the invoice for tyres and balancing and I was off home ready for the cold weather.
...and, ready I was. This little unit worked. It worked so well that I went back to Kwik Fit and bought the entire display box of orange ice scrapers. It sounds more impressive (impulsive) than it actually was because these little beauties were so popular that there were only two left.
Last winter when I stayed with my son and his sweetheart for a few weeks I thought it would be a nice gesture to clear the ice off the Sweetheart's car in the morning before she drove to work. Can you believe it? They didn't have a single ice scraper in the house. Nothing!
Another trick that almost falls into the "Don't try this at home" category is to use hot water. Put some hot tap water into the watering can and sprinkle it onto the icy windows and wing mirrors. This is what I was forced to do under these equipment-free circumstances. Of course it works. But, if the water is too hot or there is a crack or stone chip in the windscreen you will find yourself needing to have it replaced as the hot v. cold reaction will almost certainly turn your windscreen into an MOT failure.
I made myself a nice coffee and went on amazon in search of ice scraper technology. I was hoping to find the orange Kwik Fit style – which I did – but the Kwik Fit style is now yellow and from Rolson. The change in colour has not had any effect on the effectiveness of the scraper I'm pleased to report. The Rolson version is available for £1.61 from Amazon.
But the new technology that I found was even more amazing!
The new technology is called Ice Plane and it is awesome. It is two fixed blades that protrude from a round cushioned handle in a triangular shape. The construction ensures that the blades are at exactly the correct angle for maximum scraping efficiency. It allows you to put some serious pressure on the device without straining your muscles.
The company blurb on the product says, "[IcePlane] allows the user to apply maximum pressure to an efficient blade configuration and maintain stability and blade cutting angle whilst being comfortable in use due to natural arm alignment".
...and they're not wrong.
This thing was fast and efficient and cool!
I ended up ordering three of the IcePlane, one for each of us. I also ordered three of the Rolson (formerly Kwik Fit) curved blade. I put one of each in each car and we were winter ready.
I went on Amazon today to find pictures of the ice scrapers I've mentioned and what to my wondrous eyes should appear but a whole new level of frosty fascination. Something that I'd not seen before called the Wuayi Ice Scraper. It is a small cone inversely mounted on a larger cone that literally shovels away the ice and snow in easy motions.
Forget the brush/scraper/stick rubbish and other low tech options. This thing appears as if it will do it all.
I will let you know because, of course, I've ordered one! Actually, I ordered eight. One as a stocking stuffer for each of the kids and their partners and one for my car and one to put into my box of ice scrapers for when I set up my ice scraper museum.
Boy, I hope there's a thick layer of ice encrusted snow on my car today!!
* Not all of Canada is snowy but all of it is beautiful - even Toronto in its own special way.
** No offence to our environmentally sensitive friends - I'm not actually environmentally hostile myself; it is simply comedic licence.
***Not a Global Warming comment.
****By "swipe" I mean "steal".
...and now this: Now I've discovered the Swedish Ice Scraper.
According to the Swedes, it has a "unique design developed to meet the Nordic winters. Each ice scraper is made from 6mm thick, Acrylic Glass with the edges sharpened by diamond polishing. The generous thickness (self-weight), sharp edges and an angled shaped blade contribute to efficient scraping power, including easy access to narrow corners. An ergonomic design features also a central hole for quick finger grip".
At £14.49 it needs to be amazing.
It looks cool and I will probably buy one, but I think it is kind of like a glorified Starbuck's card which, of course, we're getting for free. The user would hold them the same which applies similar pressure and the edge of the card is pretty sharp. You might go through more Starbuck's cards as they would wear out faster but so long as you're responsible when you dispose of them, and make sure no whales swallow them, we should all be OK.


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Welcome to the New Trumped Amerika. Now let's see if we can find a reason not to allow you to stay…
I would hate to come back to the US these days, as I did from Germany in the 1970s. My tourist passport was a bit dodgy, and my red 'official duty" passport definitely belonged in the 'Fiction' section. They only came out if someone wouldn't accept NATO orders and my military ID which wasn't supposed to happen, but did. Many of my visas didn't match, i.e. I would have an entry visa and no exit stamp, or vice versa. There were perfectly valid, and non-spook reasons for what was in that tourist passport, usually related to taking leave after arrival by military transport and having to use commercial transportation to return to my base. Almost all of my 'documents' raised questions'.
These days even if you are a natural born US citizen and share the name of your famous father, you are subjected to interrogation: Muhammad Ali Jr., detained at Florida airport, asked, 'Are you Muslim?'.
You can be a well-known academic invited to participate in a conference and they will attempt to reject you: French historian Henry Rousso nearly deported from US.
Apparently even 70-year-old children's authors are suspect: Australian author, Mem Fox, was detained at the Los Angeles airport. It would appear that her latest book advocating getting along with people is too subversive for US officials.
In his definitive work on Vichy France Rousso uses the phrase: passé qui ne passe pas ("past that doesn't pass"). That is also an apt description of the American Civil War, or the Third Reich in Germany. While most people would like to forget these eras, it is the losers who keep resurrecting them. The one bright spot is that sooner or later the revisionists commit another Pickett's Charge or Operation Barbarossa, because they refuse to learn the lessons of history…
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Gear units for Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. It is thus not surprising that every tourist wants to enjoy the view of the beautiful vista made up of the sea, city, and Christ the Redeemer statue. To ensure that operations continue to run smoothly in future, modern Flender gear units were installed in the cableway that runs to the peak of the mountain as part of a retrofit project. The individuals responsible for the prestigious project decided to choose a premium supplier from Germany.
Thousands of tourists want to "scale" the world famous Sugarloaf Mountain in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. A column-free cableway takes tourists up the 395 m tall granite rock that protrudes out of the sea. Tourists start at sea level taking the first cableway to Morro da Urca from where they can catch a second cableway, often referred to as "O Bondinho", to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain. At the summit you are rewarded with a panoramic view of the open sea, the city of Rio de Janeiro nestled between the cliffs, the famous beach at Copacabana, and the world famous, 38 m tall statue of Christ the Redeemer located at the peak of the Corcovado mountain about five kilometers away.
The first cableway was placed into operation in 1912/13 and was renewed in 1972 to accommodate the rising number of visitors. A good forty years later, it was time to complete a comprehensive technical modernization to be able to guarantee the continuous fault-free operation for the around 1.5 million tourists from all around the world that visit Sugarloaf Mountain each year. "As the world's leading manufacturer of gear transmissions, Flender was selected by the operating company to supply the new gear units for this prestigious retrofit project," reports Andreas Lüdiger, Vice President Service Sales at Flender GmbH based in Voerde, Germany.
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Non-adherence to hypertension treatment protocols can prove detrimental to the body
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A recent study has indicated that more than 50% of Indians with hypertension are unaware of their condition. In addition, less than 1 in 7 (13%) take blood pressure lowering medication, and less than 1 in 10 (18%) are able to achieve control over the condition. The need of the hour is to increase awareness on hypertension, its causes, and the fact that it can cause damage to other organs if left untreated.
Hypertension is defined as blood pressure that is constantly higher than the recommended level of 140/90 mm Hg. Due to lack of symptoms, this condition gets detected only years after the actual onset. Precautionary measures are therefore a must, especially in those with a family history of the condition.
Speaking about this, Dr Rajeev Rathi, Director & Head of the Trans-Radial Interventional Programme, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket said, "Hypertension is a silent killer and a condition that can affect, major vital organs like the heart, brain, kidneys and eyes, over time. In these patients, the heart must work against greater resistance which puts more load on it. It further causes the heart to enlarge, weaken, and may result in heart failure. High blood pressure increases the risk of paralysis (stroke) and heart attack. Very often, this illness diagnosed when patient comes to the hospital because of either heart failure or heart attack or paralysis. Due to this, high blood pressure is also called as a silent killer. It is therefore imperative to undergo regular health checkups and understand whether your blood pressure is under control. One should also adhere to the medication schedule failing which the condition can cause the above-mentioned complications."
A case in point is that of a 45-year-old man who was brought unconscious to the hospital. He had no movement on the right side of his body. His medical history indicated that he had high blood pressure since the last 7 years but stopped taking medication after some time. Since he thought that his blood pressure is now controlled. While everything seemed fine initially, there was a sudden onset of headache one day after which he became unconscious. A CT scan indicated he had brain hemorrhage and the right side of his body was paralysed.
Adding further, Dr Rajeev Rathi said, "With about 2.6 lakh Indians dying in India due to hypertension, it has become the most prevalent chronic disease in the country. Lifestyle changes are very important in managing and preventing hypertension and the resultant health problems."
Treatment of high blood pressure includes lifestyle changes and drugs. One should remember that with drugs, we can control high blood pressure but not cure the condition. If a person stops taking drugs, then their blood pressure is likely to increase. This rebound blood pressure is very dangerous for all body organs, especially the brain and heart.
A detailed study of 6,13,815 patients has shown that even a reduction of 10 mm of Hg systolic blood pressure can result in a marked reduction in the occurrence of heart failure, brain stroke, heart attack, and deaths. This study has proven the importance and necessity of controlling blood pressure without any doubt.
If a patient develops an acute heart attack, then he/she should be treated immediately by angioplasty (if this facility is available in that place) to minimize or avoid the damage to the heart muscles. In this form of treatment, the recently blocked artery which has caused heart attack is opened by putting a good-quality time tested stent. There has been a reduction in the price of stents and all drug-coated stents are now available at the same price including the ones from best international companies.
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Woohoo! It's Thursday, the sun is shining (finally!!) the kids are playing outside! Life is good! :-) Although the temperatures are still on the cool side here, the wonderful sunshine not only brightens things up, but is a mood lifter as well!
It seems the sunshine has also effected my color choices, because I find myself reaching for brighter colors than usual! Today's card is no exception...
I used this week's Viva La Verve sketch. The twist is to use something "new". Well, that is just plain FUN I tell ya! AND, to top it all off, I happened to have *just* received my brand NEW In Colors from Stampin' Up (I used Melon Mambo for my card)! I really didn't think I was going to like them. From the pictures I saw, they all looked almost neon. They are bright, but they have just enough of a "smokey hue" added to them that makes them fresh, fun, and NOT neon! LOL!
I used the flowers from Miracles Blossom and the sentiment from Floral Symphony (both from Verve Stamps). I created two different backgrounds on the card base by using my Cutter Bee (and Scor-Pal) on the left part and stamping the flower (same one as I used on the focal image) using Vintage Cream ink on the other part. The Pink/Ivory check ribbon is actually sewn to the card (on the left side), but then I went and covered it up with a large button! LOL! I added some Vintage Scalloped Trim to the bottom, as well as a Vanilla Taffeta bow (I sponged both with Antique Linen Distress Ink to age them a bit). Just for fun, I added some mini pink rhinestones (from Taylor's Tiny Twinkles).
So, out of all the new In Colors I think my favorites are Soft Suede (I have a simple card I made with this color to share later this week), Rich Razzleberry, & Bermuda Bay. I do think that Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry will be fun to play with this Fall as well.
O.k...enough babbling on my part! I hope you all have a fantastic day! ~Laurie
Recipe Stamps: Miracles Blossom, Floral Symphony (Verve Stamps) Paper: Choice Buttercream c.s., Melon Mambo, K & Co. patterned paper Ink: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Antique Linen Distress Ink, Vintage Cream Other: Cutter Bee, Scor-Pal, Nestabilities, Pink/Ivory Check ribbon, Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, Vintage Scalloped Trim, Buttons, Mini Rhinestones, Copic markers


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Keep running into the "insufficient storage space" alert on your phone ? We are here to change that.
If you're like most people and use your smartphone for pretty much everything in your life — from taking photos to managing your finances — then you're probably familiar with that frustrating alert warning you there's "not enough storage" to download or do anything else until you free up some space.
Although phones are coming with more and more internal storage these days, running out of it remains a common problem as media files and apps get bigger in size, and thanks to the thousands of pictures we take, not to mention offline music storage. If you've ever tried to update your existing apps or download new ones and ran into an "Insufficient storage available" error, we know how frustrating that can feel.
Not only does the lack of storage space prevent you from installing more applications on your phone, it also disrupts the normal functioning of your Android device by blocking some system functions
But as the title of this post mentions, we are here to help you out by telling you a few workarounds for this problem, as well as introducing you to a much more long-term solution.
Listed below are few of the workarounds around this problem.
1.) Clear cache + data
The easiest and quickest way to gain some free space is to clear the cache and user data associated with apps. You can do this manually for individual apps by going to Settings > Storage > Apps. The exact menu layout might differ depending on your phone manufacturer, but it'll be fairly similar.
2.) Clear old downloads
Android has a central Downloads folder where it stores all the files and documents you've accumulated from your time on the Internet.To look through the downloads gathering dust, find and open the Downloads app. You should be able to sort by size and figure out the largest nuisances. Hold on any file to select it, and then add to your selection, before hitting the delete icon.
3.) Move apps to microSD card
Here are two ways to use microSD cards to move apps.
The first is to go into the Apps section in the device settings and choose the app you'd like to move. If you've got a microSD card installed, and the app can be moved, you should see a Move to SD card option.
The second method is only applicable to Android devices running 6.0 Marshmallow or above. If you're running that, you can format the microSD card to appear as combined internal storage, which should give you a lot more space, for just a few thousand bucks. Plus, you will never have to manually move apps. The downside is that the microSD card cannot be used elsewhere since it's been specially formatted for your phone.
4.) Upload pictures and other documents to the cloud
While Google Photos is clearly the most convenient option for backing up photos and videos, there are other apps that can help you do the same for files and documents. Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive are some of the popular options. By using them, you can also store all big documents in the cloud, and have more space on your phone for everything else.
But you've probably come across these tips before and are still running into the problem after a period of time. It had to be those ways because as mentioned earlier, these were just workarounds and not a long term viable solution.
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Who, me? Welcome again to Who, me? The Register's Monday column in which readers hang their heads in shame and admit to their past mistakes.
This week, meet "Gladstone" who "many years ago was a contractor working in the Pentagon."
That Pentagon? Yup. That one. Where the US military does its business.
Gladstone's work there saw him "support a number of computer centres including the one that supported the Joint Chiefs of Staff and their secure messaging and routing system."
This all happened a few decades ago so the infrastructure was primitive: a mostly dead minicomputer vendor's kit sat next to a definitely dead storage company's kit.
In those far-off days "the drives needed periodic servicing and the heads had to be cleaned and checked. This was made easier by having 100 per cent redundancy for systems and storage so when preventative maintenance was required it would be performed on the offline systems."
"Simples!" Gladstone told us.
Or it should have been simple, but when Gladstone's turn came to do this job he'd just come back from a week off, "and during that period it was decided to reconfigure and rearrange the equipment layout."
Sysadmin unplugged wrong server, ran away, hoped nobody noticedREAD MORE
Gladstone told us that before his break the kit was arranged as follows: computer-drives-computer-drives. But while he was away someone changed the layout to: computer-drives-drives-computer.
"When I came to work that day, it was on the late shift and after checking the work log I saw that drive cleaning was scheduled for one set of drives," our reader explained.
"I got my supplies together, diagnostic pack, oscilloscope, cleaning fluid, cleaning pads, new filters, etc. Walking down on of the middle aisles I came to the drives and thought it odd that someone had left disks in them and up and spinning."
Gladstone assumed "that it was for testing purposes and, not thinking to double check or take a step back and think for a moment, I spun all the drives down."
"As they spun down I started to hear line printers spew out alerts and loud cursing from the staff manning the message routing terminals," he said. "Looking back at the drives it quickly dawned on me that I had just nuked one of the most critical systems in the Pentagon.
"I quickly flipped the switches on the drives back up to the on position and scurried around the back end of aisle to the maintenance office and put my head well into the maintenance logs.
"The duty officer arrived and explained that they had just lost the message traffic system. Putting on a surprised look I went to the system, poked around and said that I would have it back up in ten minutes or so. I crashed the system and restarted it and when it came back up I quickly checked all the message files, queues and logs and was able to recover and return the system back to full operation."
Next came Gladstone's masterpiece: a report on the crash that omitted his role in the outage and instead recommended an upgrade to the power system. This was not just a diversionary tactic, because Gladstone also knew that a new system was already in the works.
"Later I also updated the maintenance process to make sure that people were looking at the correct offline systems prior to starting work," Gladstone said. "I received an award for my work. I almost felt guilty."
And then he signed off with: "Hopefully the Statute of Limitations has expired for saboteurs!"
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Today is the official release of the long awaited film "The Secret". Check out the trailer at
I think the secret is based on the work of Charles F. Haanel (1866-1949). He was an eminent American businessman who, having built one of the largest companies in the world at that time, authored several books including his first work "The Master Key System" written sometime between 1909 and 1912 (a 24 part course delivered to readers over 24 weeks).
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Interesting. I think you nailed this as an extension of Haanel's work. Hendu, have you studied Haanel?
I checked out the Haanel Society website, and they offer Haanel's Master Key System on a big poster for like 50 bucks.
I haven't watched the film - have you? Has anybody?
What's the big secret? How to make a million bucks with the internet regurgitating new age philosophies?
Not dissing, just curious, and a bit dubious that this vid is offering information that will truly usher in a 'new era in mankind'.
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I have the Mater Key System in ebook format, but have yet to make time to study all 24 lessons. Actually, I read so much, that I'm actually getting sick and tired of it - beginning to love audio books. My eyesight has suffered enough already. There is too much reading and too little. Emerson was "right" when he said "read for correction, not for information". In other words, think first, read afterwards. I have yet to make that my living philosophy and daily practice.
Anyway, I haven't watched the film. I will make it my business to see it soon.
I would imagine that the secret is based on the power of Thought and fundamental universal laws. We probably take the ability to think for granted (don't we?), and ignore the effects it has on shaping our minds and thus our external world. Those who can control their thoughts control their life - it's common sense really. But the masses have yet to become aware of this. They just don't know that they know. You know the only saying, "GOD (Generator Organiser Dissolver) created You ("I") but You make your Self". Our brains are plastic, and we shape it by applying our Will and focusing our consciousness to learning a task. The Will actually stimulates the neural networks into the proper configuration so that the task eventually becomes "natural" in a sense. I have to admit, it's remarkable. Actually, I should remind myself about that every morning...
Movies such as "The Secret" will do all lot of good. A visual presentation is one of the best ways to distribute knowledge and raise awareness. A whole book can be condensed into a 3 hour movie. And since the brain processes visual input far move effectively than mere words, anyone who takes the time to make such movies deserves attention and the wealth that it brings. It's true that we help ourself by helping others.
Have a good weekend.
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We probably take the ability to think for granted (don't we?), and ignore the effects it has on shaping our minds and thus our external world. Those who can control their thoughts control their life - it's common sense really.
Yes, I agree. I think a deeper understanding of 'thoughts' and 'thinking' is a part of the awakening that seems to be creeping around the world. There does seem to be great power in learning to 'use' your thoughts, rather than being used by them.
Right now, I'm very much into the work of
Eckhart Tolle,
who has a great series of audio books that just by listening to him speaking, seems to quiet the noisy raging river of continual thoughts, not to mention the simple statements of jaw dropping wisdom. Really empowering stuff, IMO.
I agree, even if it's a cheesy new age 'Chicken Soup For The Soul' kind of flick, I still admire anybody spreading this message and empowering individuals in moving toward peace. I too am intrigued enough to probably blow 5 bucks on a viewing (I'm also interested in this vividas technology- as soon as they work out the apparant kinks for OS X).
There's a funny little forum set up to discuss the ideas:
The Secret Forum
Seems pretty 'touchy feely', but hey, they've all got 'Positive Intentions'.
Anyway, enjoy your weekend as well, and thank for the heads up about this movie. I'll drop by this thread after I've had an opportunity to check it out.
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FluidStance's "Plane" balance board for standing desks is a great board for working your muscles as you stand. It's designed and built in California and made from recyclable materials so it will appeal to you all you eco-warriors.
Beautifully-ergonomic standing desk balance board
Full description of the FluidStance "Plane" balance board
This is all about a cool design, sustainable materials and a heavy price tag.
The Plane balance board is all about keep your body flowing and moving, even when you are standing. As with any balance board of this size it can be used anywhere, whether you are working or in any other room of your house or garage. If you need to be standing in one place for a period of time then this balance board will keep your legs moving while you focus on what you need to be doing.
A design that is clean and stylish, a big plus point is the fact that it is made from recyclable materials such as plastics and old tires. In fact, it is itself recyclable.
There are bigger balance boards on the market and the advertised weight capacity of this board is 200 lbs (compare that to the Gaiam Evolve standing desk balance board which can take up to 300 lbs in weight). That said, 200 lbs should be plenty of weight to accommodate most people.
It is portable and light, can be used anywhere and easily stored when not in use. Balance boards are perfect for a light physical workout while you stand. They keep your body flowing and engage your muscles. That's great news for your body and your long term health.
The manufacturer stacks some claims behind their design too. If it is important to you, this product is made in California, not China. It's design provides an increase in your energy expenditure of nearly 20%, according to one clinic. Not only that, but 1% of the value of each sale goes to a deserving charity.
Common FAQ's about the FluidStance "Plane" balance board
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I've mentioned this has a hefty price tag but for those that have bought it it's worth every cent. Customers love it.
I suppose the toughest thing with a standing desk is that you have to…well, stand. This makes standing fun, even a pleasure. It will increase your standing time but will keep leg fatigue in check.
It's much more comfortable standing on one of these balance boards than standing on a hard floor or carpet. Increase your standing time and you increase all the standing desk benefits. The FluidStance Plane balance board has an excellent grip for your shoes or feet, but it won't slip around the floor either. If you are looking for a slightly bigger board in this series you might want to consider the Fluidstance "Level" or "Original".
The board allows you to rotate, fidget and just keep moving all the time. That's what you want from a standing desk balance board and that is what the FluidStance Plane balance board gives you.


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ICSA Ireland
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In this, our second publication of 2014, you will notice a brand new look and easy to read layout to our regulatory update. The edition, (our most comprehensive publication to date), covers 27 separate updates under the headings of Governance and Directors, Corporate, Regulatory, Insolvency & Corporate Recovery, Insurance, EU, Tax , Pensions and Legislative updates.
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Loading Dock Doors, Seals & Bumpers in South Jersey
Stokes Equipment has been serving Philadelphia, Chester County, Lehigh Valley, PA, and surrounding areas for over 75 years. Stokes Equipment offers loading dock equipment and loading dock doors that are designed to increase your company's productivity as well as ensure safety in the workplace surrounding your loading docks. Stokes Equipment offers a wide variety of loading dock equipment such as loading dock seals, loading dock bumpers, and dock leveler parts, all designed to protect your trucks, equipment, building, product and employees. Stokes Equipment also distributes loading dock doors as well as installs loading dock equipment. Whether you're looking for loading dock services in South Jersey or for industrial doors in Philadelphia, Chester County and Lehigh Valley, PA, look no further than Stokes Equipment.
We've got you covered from fitting you with the correct equipment like loading dock seals and loading dock bumpers for your facility and business to installing the equipment quickly and efficiently to minimize operational downtime. Not only do we carry industrial dock equipment like loading dock seals and loading dock bumpers, but we carry the accessories to help manage workplace safety. Some of our loading dock accessories include wheel chocks, dock lights and fans and pedestrian safety barriers.
Dock Leveler Parts
We have become the most trusted loading dock equipment and industrial door distributor in the South Jersey, Chester County and Lehigh Valley, PA areas because of our commitment to providing excellent products and even better installation services. We carry a vast array of different industrial doors to fit a variety of different needs for our customers. We assure you that there is no request that we can't fill our wide variety of industrial doors.
From high-speed doors to clean room doors, cooler and freezer doors to security gates and specialty doors, we can furnish and install doors for businesses in the Philadelphia, South Jersey, Chester County, and Lehigh Valley, PA areas. Stokes Equipment is your number one industrial door service in Chester County, PA because of our ability to meet customers' needs as well as come up with solutions to unique, challenging problems and situations.
Whether you're looking for industrial door services in Delaware, loading dock leveler parts, loading dock seals or loading dock bumpers, look no further than Stokes Equipment. We carry all the dock leveler parts your business may need to ensure proper loading and unloading of inventory through your loading docks. We are the number one distributor of dock leveler parts in the Philadelphia area, including Delaware, for loading dock equipment because of our complete list of available dock leveler parts as well as our exceptional installation services.
Some of our dock levelers include hydraulic levelers, vertical storing levelers, air-powered levelers, mechanical levelers, scissor lifts, and edge-of-dock levelers. We know that safety is always the number one priority which is why our highly trained and experienced staff will train your team and employees on how to properly operate your new loading dock loading equipment. To see some of the equipment we have available for your company's needs, check out our showroom located in Warminster PA.
Purchasing Equipment for Loading Docks
Are you trying to get your hands on quality loading dock equipment anywhere in the Lehigh Valley? If you are, then you no longer have to worry at all. That's because Stokes Equipment is a full-service company that can furnish all of your loading dock equipment wishes. We service customers in places such as Philadelphia and surrounding communities. We even service to customers who are in nearby states. If you need to get loading supplies anywhere in South Jersey, we can make your wishes come true. If you need to get supplies in Delaware, we can also assist you. Getting loading dock equipment for your Delaware company has never been so straightforward. Getting a loading dock equipment for your Philadelphia business never been so speedy and inexpensively priced.
Top-Tier Loading Dock Equipment in the Lehigh Valley
Stokes Equipment has been wowing Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware customers for many decades. If you want to purchase bumpers for loading docks without any frustration, we can help you do so. If you want to buy dock seals for loading docks, we can still help you do so. We make pinpointing and buying industrial doors for loading docks a piece of cake in South Jersey and elsewhere. Customer satisfaction matters a great deal to us. Contact the Stokes Equipment staff at any time to get more details about our vast product selection. Call our team members to ask for an equipment quote.
Call us at 215.672.6100 (or toll-free 800.220.1099), or email us at email@example.com.
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2018 Coastal Venture Competition
The University of South Alabama Melton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MCEI) hosted the Coastal Venture Competition on Friday, April 20, 2018. During the weeks leading up to the event, twenty three videos were submitted resulting in six finalists. The top four contestants competed live, Shark Tank style, in front of judges and an audience comprised of students, professors and MCEI Board Members. Over $12,000 was awarded to competitors with the winner taking a $4,000 grand prize.
The $4,000 grand prize winner was David Hinton, who presented Coffee Drop, a re-imagined version of the single serve cup of coffee that makes it possible to have a cup anytime and anywhere. Sebastian Kirmse took home $3,000 as first runner up with ZT Composites, a carbon fiber material that addresses the thermal, electrical, and mechanical weaknesses of average carbon fiber. Second runner up Elizabeth Rodin won $2,000 by successfully presenting Free Launch, a company that partners with Universities to help students and entrepreneurs bring their dreams and ideas alive. Grant Weeks took home the third runner up trophy and $1,000 for his authentic creole restaurant Fable – The Lost Flavor of Alabama Creole.
Taking home $500 each were honorable mentions Anusha Sai Paila with E-bus (an app that provides improvement and efficiency to the current public transportation system) and the CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneur's Organization) team with their idea of Bay Pass (a flat rate ticket to all the attractions in Mobile including restaurants). The CEO team split their $500 between 4 members: Justin Gardener, Bryanna Smith, Andrea Prgomelja, and Kennedy Holder.
Based on the feedback from the participants and judges, the event was a tremendous success. We are taking their suggestions and are planning to make next year's Coastal Venture Competition even bigger!


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Commons Tile Order Form
We will be engraving new Commons Tile this summer. Please submit your form and payment by June 30, 2020.
If you have questions regarding your donation options please contact Angela Benson 701-221-2104 firstname.lastname@example.com
Shiloh Christian School is dedicated to financial responsibility and sustainability. Our programs are funded by tuition and donations by generous people like you. Thank you for considering an investment in Christian education to further our mission.
Shiloh Christian School continues to grow and develop; always striving toward our mission of Academic Excellence on a Christian Foundation. We have needs that arise during the course of a school year. Please see our current list below:
Leisure Craft Diamond Pattern Bench for the Preschool Playground $1,050
Gym Floor Protective Covers $7,100
4 Chromebook Charging Carts; Capacity (30); $2,000
Shoparoo: Download the Shoparoo app, snap pictures of your receipts from any store, big or small, to earn Roo Points (cash donations) and entries for your school. If you're shopping at a store that sells groceries, health items, beauty products & more - it doesn't matter what items you buy - Shoparoo will make a cash donation for every receipt! If you're shopping at clothing stores, restaurants, home improvement stores, electronic stores, sporting goods stores & more, Shoparoo will give us an entry to win up to $15,000!
AmazonSmile: When shopping on amazon, go to smile.amazon.com instead. This is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you! You'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization.
Red Carpet Gas Stations: Pick up your Friends of Shiloh Rebate card from the office. Present this card each time you purchase fuel and we will receive $0.05 per gallon of gas purchased.
Office Depot: Give 5% Back to your School with qualifying purchases. Let them know your school is Shiloh Christian School.
Staples: Let them know you want to use Shiloh Christian School for the rewards. Our account is listed under, Annette Birst at Shiloh Christian School.
Target: With the use of your Target Debit Card, Target Credit Card or Target Visa Credit Card, Target will donate 1% of your purchases to the school. Make sure to designated Shiloh Christian School as your favorite school.
Cash Wise: MORE School Rewards is simple and easy. Sign up at morerewards.com and designate our school. Use your more reward account when you shop and we earn points. This school year, Cash Wise is giving away $150,000, so the more points we earn, the more we portion we will receive!
Dan's Supermarket: Direct Your Dollars allows us to earn $1,000 for every $150,000 worth of receipts collected. Don't forget to turn in the entire original receipt for us to get credit.
Box Tops: Collect box tops from your favorite products and bring them in to the school. We receive a cash donation for them.
TRIP: Purchase gift cards through ShopwithScrip.com and earn rebate earnings that you can be applied towards your tuition. You must sign up through the school to use this program.
Contact Angela Benson at 701-221-2104 ext 103 or firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.


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Vision Our vision is not only to be able to provide the best products which are available in stock but also to have the best technical support available. Mission Our company's mission is to supply clean energy from renewable sources to any human being in the world. We want to make the planet cleaner and safer for ourselves, and for future generations. We accomplish our mission by building photo-voltaic power stations.
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#BoPo: Body positivity in the age of obesity
When I was younger, I loved watching the televised broadcasts of New York Fashion Week. I grew up in the heyday of heroin chic, which meant that the runway was a seemingly endless parade of vampire-pale, stick-thin waifs. I knew I would never grow up to look like these women, no matter how hard I tried. Even though I was perfectly happy to develop my own unique sense of style, I had an awareness that no one on television looked like me.
Fast forward two decades. The landscape of beauty has changed dramatically. I can't yet say we're living in a whole new world, but as a society, we're making steady progress toward diversifying our expectations of beauty. More colors, shapes, sizes, and sexual identities are being beamed over the airwaves and into our living rooms.
The strides we've made toward diversifying our media did not just happen overnight. They occur as part of a larger historical context that has rebelled against normative standards of beauty for decades. The Fat Acceptance Movement, started in the mid 1960's, is considered to be an offshoot of Second Wave Feminism. In 1967, the group held a 500 person "fat-in" in Central Park, NY wherein people carried signs of pro-fat messages and burned diet books. This was followed in 1969 by the creation of the National Association to Aid Fat Americans (NAAFA) which held a yearly summer convention until 2015. More recently, in 1996, the Body Positivity Movement was started by friends Connie Sobczak and Elizabeth Scott. Their goal was to help girls and women foster positive self-images so they could lead more fulfilling lives. Today it exists as an organization known as the Body Positive. Just a few weeks ago, this organization hosted the third annual CurvyCon. This convention was organized by two self-described plus size fashion bloggers to help women "chat curvy, shop curvy and embrace curvy." All of these organizations and movements undoubtedly have their own platforms, but what they all share is a desire for bodies of all appearances to be accepted into society.
I firmly believe that every body is worth loving, but moreover, that every body is a body worth caring for. I see care as being a balance between the emotional and physical aspects of well-being. While I am hopeful that the shifting tide of acceptance in media translates more broadly to mean that us non-Hollywood folk also find value in ourselves and others no matter our physical appearance, as a health care provider, I am concerned that the Body Positivity Movement may be construed as an acceptance of obesity. If we accept ourselves for who we are, and who we are is unhealthy, then I question whether we are really showing ourselves the love that we claim.
I think what the Body Positivity Movement does well is emphasize self-value on the emotional spectrum of care. Where body positivity endeavors seem to lag, however, is in the promotion of physical health. Physical health can be just as challenging to realize as emotional health, yet it is just as important. Diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia are real diseases whose prevalence strongly correlates with obesity. They do not discriminate between people who love their bodies and those who don't. They can affect and ultimately kill anyone whose body mass index falls into an unhealthy range. Our government makes the realization of physical health all the more difficult by setting up barriers for people to receive quality health insurance. Financial barriers are only one aspect of this problem. Any policy that allows for the proviso of health barriers, in the form of exclusions, special criteria, and added financial burden for people with pre-existing conditions, is a policy that does not believe all people to be equally worthy of care and is therefore an injustice.
Even though a key focus of the Body Positivity Movement is self-love, this does not mean people have to go it alone. As future physicians, we can partner with our patients and aim to help them strike a balance between their emotional and physical care. To me, this means helping our patients foster emotional self-love while also being conscious of physical health. While monitoring sensitive aspects of our patient's physical health such as weight, infectious disease, and heritable conditions may be challenging, perhaps in part because they may draw on our own personal insecurities, we can discuss these topics using sensitive, collaborative approaches that are respectful of the patient's emotional well-being. Ultimately, our goal should be to meet our patients where they're at in terms of care and be a supportive force to propel them forward.
The Body Positive: http://www.thebodypositive.org/about
Brief History: The Fat-Acceptance Movement: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1913858,00.html
The Curvy Con: http://www.thecurvycon.com/about
Overweight and Obesity: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/signs
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Upon A Burning Body
It never stops
Were living in a world of hatred, everything that you have ever loved will suffer
Dear God if youre here listening, dont you fucking fail me now
Because its never too late to die
Dont waste my motherfucking time
Hatred, hatred kills the things you love to pass the time
The sick and weak are the ones who get left behind
Your only hope is certain death
Its gonna fucking kill us all
De-evolutionized and cursed
Were turning back, goddamn
Were becoming animals, killing instictively
Ive watched you fall aprt
Open your eyes
Enjoy the serenade cause it wont last forever, everything is so beautiful
Enjoy the serenade, it wont last forever
Everything is so beautiful
This ones out to all the shattered bruised and broken souls
Hold on tight cause theres no stops to where were going
Hold on tight, it never stops
Living in a world of hatred
Everything that you have ever loved will suffer
Dear God if youre here, dont you, dont you fucking fail me now
Whos ever fantasized to live forever
How could you be so blind?
The simple truth lies in us all
When will this all be over?
Withholding knowledge from the innocent to become immortal
Its gonna kill us all


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From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations/AX Blogs: Warehouse mobile app; Retail assortments; MPOS, cloud POS; Printing
January 4 2019
This week on the Microsoft Dynamics 365-AX blog roundup:
- Customizing the warehouse mobile app: Multi-scan pages
- Retail assortments and planned orders extensions
- Extending the logon functionality for MPOS and cloud POS
- Best practices when printing from Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
Customizing the warehouse mobile app: Multi-scan pages
On the Supply Chain Management in Dynamics AX blog, Zach Greenvoss wrote about the new multi-scan functionality that unlocks new potential for partial offline processing in the warehouse mobile app.
He explained that the feature lets users perform a series of offline scanning operations and then return them all to the server in one round trip operation.
The goal for this control scheme is to allow for very quick scanning operations (many scans per second as an example) in high transactional warehouses where the standard model of a server round trip after each scan will not scale.
You can learn about the new control scheme how it can enable fast scanning operations here.
Retail assortments and planned orders extensions
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Every product in our three major product lines is manufactured by us in Huffman Texas. As the manufacturer we are able to deliver high quality products and services, because we manufacture in the U.S.A. we are proud to support the U.S. economy by supporting U.S. companies, jobs, communities, and charities.
Patriot Air Defense Mattress Systems
The Patriot line of true low air loss and alternating pressure mattress replacement systems are manufactured in Telemade's manufacturing facility in Huffman Texas. Design and manufacturing in-house by Telemade means the highest quality control, patient benefit and customer support.
TITAN Bariatric and Patient Management Equipment
The TITAN line includes a full line of Bariatric beds as well as other patient management beds, products and accessories.
COMFORT ZONE Mattresses and Cushions
Made from high specification materials the COMFORT ZONE line includes a full continuum of pressure redistribution mattress replacements and wheelchair cushions.
Telemade has full in-house capabilities to develop custom products from start to finish. In-house capabilities include:
Metal Welding
RF Welding for sealing bladders and cushions
Foam cutting and sculpting
Sewing includes full sewing department with multiple capabilities
Local associates provide:
Software design
Powder coating
Mechanical part design and machining
Case design and vacuum forming