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Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. How about some nice brunch? We even have a nice chocolate fountain:
Our brunch has a theme today. I've been reading a little Chesterton this month, and reminded of how insanely gifted he was in expressing deep ideas with clarity, brevity, and wit. I mean, seriously, is there anyone of the last 200 years more quotable? So, our theme for the brunch is Chesterton quotes. Think of them as little hors d'oeuvres sprinkling throughout the lunch bar. Let's start with these:
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.
How about those crazy surrealists? Laura Freeman reviews Desmond Morris's The Lives of the Surrealists: "When Salvador Dalí came to lecture at the International Surrealist Exhibition in London in 1936, he arrived with two Russian wolfhounds on leads. He wore a deep-sea diver's suit and carried a billiard cue. A jewelled dagger hung from his belt. The subject of his lecture was 'Paranoia, The Pre-Raphaelites, Harpo Marx and Phantoms'. The audience couldn't hear him through the diving helmet, so it was not immediately obvious that Dalí was suffocating. When friends did eventually sound the alarm, they found the bolts on Dalí's helmet stuck fast. Send for a spanner! By the time they'd taken the helmet off, Dalí was close to death. All in the name of surreal art. Nothing was too silly, too sensational, too childishly scatological for Dalí, André Breton, Marcel Duchamp and the squabbling Surrealist gang."
Speaking of crazy, did you hear about the remarks from PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas at the UN on Monday?
The Palestinian leader's long, rambling speech was laced with deeply anti-Semitic tropes, including that the Jews of Europe brought persecution and the Holocaust upon themselves because of usury, banking and their "social function."
Israel, he said, grew out of a European colonial project that had nothing to do with Jewish history or aspirations.
And citing a widely discredited book from the 1970s by Arthur Koestler called "The Thirteenth Tribe," he posited that Ashkenazi Jews were descended not from the biblical Israelites but from the Khazars, a Turkic people who converted to Judaism in the eighth century.
Opening a rare gathering of the Palestine Liberation Organization's legislative body in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday night, Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the group and the president of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, also declared that he wanted the Palestinians to live in peace in an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Rudy Giuliani was on TV last weekend and said President Trump may "take the Fifth." It's unclear if Giuliani is referring to amendments or wives.
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
Why I won't be heading to Kansas City:
"Peter, James, Paul elected to unhitch the Christian faith from their Jewish scriptures, and my friends, we must as well." This from Andy Stanley, Mega-church leader extraordinaire. Stanley argued that it had to be done for the same reason the church in Acts 15 did so, which was so that "we must not make it difficult for those Gentiles who are turning to God."
Some more from the sermon:
Jesus' new covenant, His covenant with the nations, His covenant with you, His covenant with us, can stand on its own two nail-scarred resurrection feet. It does not need propping up by the Jewish scriptures.
The Bible did not create Christianity. The resurrection of Jesus created and launched Christianity. Your whole house of Old Testament cards can come tumbling down. The question is did Jesus rise from the dead? And the eyewitnesses said he did.
[The Old Testament Scriptures are] a means to an extraordinary end. The Jewish scriptures are the backstory for the main story. They're an important backstory. They're divinely inspired. They are God on the move through ancient, ancient times."
[This view of the Old Testament] is liberating for people who need and understand grace, who need and understand forgiveness. And it's liberating for people who find it virtually impossible to embrace the dynamic, the worldview, and the values system depicted in the story of Ancient Israel.
Wesley Hill over at First Things was non-plussed:
Alas, most of the 39-minute talk can really only be described as an elaborate and educated flirtation with the old Christian heresy of Marcionism—the belief that the Old Testament is not authoritative in matters of Christian doctrine and morals.
As the biblical scholar Francis Watson has noted, contemporary versions of the error of the early Christian heretic Marcion (c. 85–160) don't usually take the form of positing two ontologically distinct divine beings, as the historical Marcion did. They instead involve "Christian unease about the status and function of the Old Testament" and a willingness to entertain the view that "the Old Testament is not to be regarded as part of Christian scripture."
Stanley's error is more subtle still. The Old Testament is "divinely inspired," he insists. But—following centuries of anti-Judaic interpretations of early Christian history, in which Jewish parsimoniousness is ranged over against Christian liberality—Stanley reframes the Old Testament as narrow, exclusive, hidebound. "I'm just not there yet," he has the Jewish apostle Peter, clinging tenaciously to his Torah observance, say when asked, "What about God loves everybody?" Calling the Old Testament "God's contract," Stanley sums it up as a tit-for-tat economy: "It's 'I will if you will.'" By contrast, now that the "stand-alone" Jesus-event has erupted onto the scene, "God's arrangement with Israel should now be eliminated from the equation." A more complete supersessionism is hard to imagine.
A New Hampshire man who went hiking and was reported missing by his wife now owes the government a small fortune for the search effort, because when they found him, he had been staying in a luxury hotel. He has to pay thousands of dollars for the rescue operation, and a few thousand more for opening the mini bar twice.
Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.
Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.
Landed a book contract? Did you sign the morality clause? "Major publishers are increasingly inserting language into their contracts—referred to as morality clauses—that allows them to terminate agreements in response to a broad range of behavior by authors. And agents, most of whom spoke with PW on the condition of anonymity, say the change is worrying in an industry built on a commitment to defending free speech."
The Episcopal Church has released its latest membership numbers. In 2016 the church had 1,745,156 baptized members. in the U. S. In 2006 they had 2,154,572. According to their chart (I don't do math) this represents a decline of 19 percent over those ten years.
You know what I love? Fog. Not sure why. Maybe it reminds me of some spiritual dynamics. Something is revealed, yet concealed. Sometimes you get a clearer look. Other times you can only wait for the fog to clear. In any case, Chaplain Mike put some up that he took near his new digs, and they are too good not to share here:
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is funding a major effort to find extraterrestrial life. Zuckerberg said, "I truly believe somewhere out there is intelligent life whose personal data I can sell."
Facebook is also adding a new feature that will allow people to use Facebook as an online dating app. Facebook might be good at this, as they already did such a good job matching up American voters with Russian trolls. But I'm not sure Zuckerberg understands why we use Facebook. Facebook isn't for finding dates; it's for finding people we used to date. Then we silently judge them, and feel better about ourselves. At least that's how I use Facebook.
Is raising children the enemy of writing? Probably not, says Michael Chabon, and if so, who cares?
If I had followed the great man's advice and never burdened myself with the gift of my children, or if I had never written any novels at all, in the long run the result would have been the same as the result will be for me here, having made the choice I made: I will die; and the world in its violence and serenity will roll on, through the endless indifference of space, and it will take only 100 of its circuits around the sun to turn the six of us, who loved each other, to dust, and consign to oblivion all but a scant few of the thousands upon thousands of novels and short stories written and published during our lifetimes. If none of my books turns out to be among that bright remnant because I allowed my children to steal my time, narrow my compass, and curtail my freedom, I'm all right with that. Once they're written, my books, unlike my children, hold no wonder for me; no mystery resides in them. Unlike my children, my books are cruelly unforgiving of my weaknesses, failings, and flaws of character. Most of all, my books, unlike my children, do not love me back.
Anyway, if, 100 years hence, those books lie moldering and forgotten, I'll never know. That's the problem, in the end, with putting all your chips on posterity: You never stick around long enough to enjoy it.
A thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or too good to be believed; but it cannot be too absurd to be believed in this planet of frogs and elephants, of crocodiles and cuttle-fish.
Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.
Let's end with some pictures from 100 years ago: The last days of World war 1 in France (courtesy of the Atlantic):


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Prep and Cook Time: about 1 hour. Notes: This shortbread has a double hit of ginger. Store the cookies airtight for up to 2 days.
How to Make It
In a food processor, whirl butter, 1/2 cup sugar, flour, and crystallized and ground ginger together until smooth. Or, in a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar until smooth; stir in flour and crystallized and ground ginger until mixture is no longer crumbly and starts to come together in a ball.
Press dough evenly into two 9-inch round pans with removable rims. Press edges of dough with fork tines to make a ridge pattern. Then, with fork tines, pierce dough all over in parallel lines 1 inch apart.
Bake shortbread in a 300° oven until firm to touch and golden at edges, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle while hot with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, then let cool 10 minutes.
Remove pan rims from warm shortbread. Cut each round into 12 wedges. Cool completely on pan bottoms on racks.
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An amazing product idea is not enough to start and run a successful ecommerce store.
I've seen many people who have the enthusiasm to start an online business, yet they ended up with nothing.
For many of them, worrying about failing prevented them from starting.
For others, they have a product idea but not sure what to do next.
If that sounds like you, you should not worry anymore.
Because, in this article, you'll learn easy steps to building an ecommerce store from zero to $1 million.
Many online businesses have gone from nothing to doing millions of dollars.
Yours can be the next.
But there are some things you must know before you can be able to achieve that.
Develop a community that is passionate about your product
In 2009, James Lillis launched Black Milk Clothing with absolutely no money for marketing the company.
It was an unassuming launch, with Lillis selling his first set of leggings online for $10.
Since the company's launch, Lillis has teamed up with Cameron Parker to handle the marketing, and has grown his company to more than 150 employees.
Today, Black Milk Clothing has grown into a multi-million dollar company that distributes its product on a global level.
It has become a respected and well-known brand in Australia and has built a cult-like following among its fan base.
The company has achieved this success without spending a dime on marketing and advertising.
How was that possible?
They built an amazing community that is passionate about their product.
The company has over 80 private regional-specific Facebook groups.
These groups are filled with people who so much like the brand that they would vouch for it anywhere.
Here's one of their Facebook groups:
The groups are very selective of who they accept as members.
A member must be within the demographic of Black Milk Clothing customers to be accepted.
That tells you a lot about the brand.
With a buzzing tribe-like community that is full of brand ambassadors, the company will continue to receive free word of mouth marketing on Facebook.
Your ecommerce company should use the same approach.
It's a powerful strategy that costs nothing, yet 100% more effective than many paid marketing tactics.
Your brand is going nowhere without passionate fans that are willing to persuade their family and friends to buy your product.
Apple won't be where it is today without its passionate fans who are always ready to buy its latest products.
Social media is a great place to build a community.
More than 1 billion people are participating in Facebook groups every month.
In the 5 seconds it takes you to read this sentence, it's safe to assume at least one new community formed somewhere in the world.
In fact, communities have been forming, evolving and dying consistently since the beginning of humanity.
Building community is part of being human.
I am part of a few Facebook groups, and the Ahrefs Insider is one of them.
I am a big fan of their product, and I use it every day.
Discussions like this keep you interested in their product.
Now, before you create a community on Facebook or anywhere, you should ask yourself:
Is your product worth building a community around?
The key to evangelism, sales, demoing, and building a community is a great product.
If your product is not great, you do not need a community for it.
And frankly, if you create a great product, you may not be able to stop a community from forming even if you tried.
It's hard to build a community around mundane and mediocre crap no matter how hard you try.
Assign one person the task of building a community for your product.
If you're running on a low budget, that can be you.
A community needs a champion. An identifiable hero. And an inspiration from within the company to carry the flag for the community.
Can that be you?
Are you really ready to take that kind of position?
For Ahrefs, for example, that is Tim Soulo.
You will most likely see him jump into every discussion in the Ahrefs' community.
Create a community around your product and start telling people about it.
Work with influencers to build visibility for your product
When 50 fashion influencers on Instagram posted a picture of themselves in the same Lord & Taylor dress, it sent out signals that this dress was a must have fashion piece.
The following weekend the dress was completely sold out.
This Lord & Taylor campaign is a perfect example of the power of influencer marketing.
65% of brands now run influencer campaigns.
And 92% of consumers trust recommendations from other people—even if they don't know them personally—over promotional content that comes directly from brands.
Success in marketing your ecommerce store comes down to one thing:
Getting the product to spread.
If you can get the product to spread online, there's a great chance demand will continue to rise for it.
As more and more people see it, they will want to buy it too.
Influencer marketing can be very effective for getting a product to spread.
Primarily, influencers act as a mutual friend connecting your brand with your target consumers.
An endorsement from an influencer has the power to drive traffic to your site, amplify your message across social media platforms, and even directly sell your product through their recommendation.
When Apple have new products to launch, the first people they talk to are those who want to listen.
The people who actively opt-in to hear Apple's message.
When Tim Cook gets up on stage at the WWDC conference, he's not talking to the mass market.
He's talking to influencers in the hope that what he says will inspire them enough to pass the information on to their audience.
These influencers have the audience that Apple needs.
Once influencers pass this message across, it reaches the mass market. And everybody starts talking about the Apple product.
For Apple, these influencers are the journalists, industry experts, celebrities and academics.
Focus on a niche during the growing period
When your product is getting some sales, it's tempting to expand your product lines. Don't!
Immediately you introduce a new product, growth will stall for the other product.
The marketing it currently receives will drastically reduce.
Attention will move to the new product.
Apple didn't build a multi-billion dollar empire by having many products.
They have very little products.
Their products get enough attention to become successful.
It's hard to succeed when your ecommerce store sells 10 products.
You can't try to market all those 10 at the same time. It's difficult.
So what should you do?
Focus on a product at the beginning. Niche down.
Niche products often spell success for ecommerce.
Take, for example, Evan Streusand of Fortress of Inca, who sells hand-crafted boots made in Peru that combine quality with tradition.
"Fortress of Inca channels a free-spirited and vibrant lifestyle, while bringing the finest quality leather and woven Peruvian textiles (locally known as 'mantas') to each pair of shoes. Each collection features traditional, eye-catching patterns and designs that boast originality, bold colors and intricate detailing."
Streusand tapped into a deep passion of many online shoppers: handmade, extremely unique apparel. That's the niche!
Going niche is an effective way to stand out.
But before you go niche, you should gauge customers interest first.
If there's no customer demand for a product in a niche, it just doesn't make sense.
You will never build a profitable business without getting into a product niche that takes into account buyer intent.
You could set up shop and wait for the customers to come pouring in, but that may never happen if your online store is lined with products nobody wants or will buy.
So, instead, educate yourself.
You can use a tool like Google Keyword Planner to confirm if there's interest for a product in the niche.
Find keywords with good volume and concentrate on that to make your niche.
Another important step is to figure out whether you're entering a niche that people are passionate about.
Golfing and fishing are great examples — people spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars on equipment like clubs, rods, reels, lures.
Also, look for niches with problems.
If you can solve customer problems with your products, you can attract an audience that's eager to buy.
Use direct mail to drive ecommerce customers
Online retailers Hayneedle, Wayfair, HelloFresh, and many others are using direct mail marketing to acquire new customers for their ecommerce operations.
Direct mail may be a traditional, old-school way to market, but it can also be extremely effective.
An omnichannel retailer located in the northwestern United States has been using shared direct mail for a few years.
Shared direct mail is a subcategory of direct mail wherein advertisers gang coupons together in one envelope or circular to reduce postage costs.
For a recent campaign, the company mailed 100,000 coupons to homeowners across two counties.
The shared direct mail campaign resulted in 2,457 sales worth roughly $200,000 in revenue. All this for a $3,500 investment.
With a return on investment of, perhaps, $57 for each dollar spent, shared direct mail is certainly something to consider in your ecommerce marketing mix.
Email marketing is strongly influenced by direct mail strategies.
Many of the same tactics digital marketers employ for email can be applied to direct mail and shared direct mail marketing.
With this in mind, target direct mail campaigns at those consumers who would be the most likely to purchase from your online store, just like you might segment and target email marketing campaigns.
For example, Wayfair sends shared direct mail offers to folks who have just moved.
The offer says, "Welcome to the Neighborhood," and provides a promotional code for an extra 10 percent off of a new Wayfair order.
The products Wayfair sells, including furniture and home decor, are often helpful for someone who has just moved into a new home.
There are many direct mail firms that target specific sorts of customers, like homeowners with a particular household income, and there are many direct mail list companies capable of targeting very specific profiles, such as folks with a particular hobby or who have just moved into a new home.
When you're planning your marketing strategy for your e-commerce business, direct mail might not be the first tactic that comes to mind.
But just because your customers are shopping online, it doesn't mean that all your marketing efforts should be there too.
Recent research shows that direct mail is more effective for increasing online sales and response rates, especially if it's part of an integrated campaign.
When you use direct mail to acquire new ecommerce customers, be sure to target the list.
A report by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) found that direct mail generates among the best overall response rates with 4.4% compared to the email average of 0.12%.
What's more, another recent study found that advertising in the mail is also the most effective channel for increasing online sales.
Over a 6-month period, Canadians made an online purchase in response to the following marketing channels:
- 39% for ads in the mail
- 27% for email
- 27% for online ads
- 8% for social media
Also, 47% of Canadians had visited a company website as a result of a marketing piece that they received in the mail.
So why is direct mail response rates 30x greater than email?
It's largely because of the proliferation of marketing emails and display ads competing for attention online.
People are constantly bombarded with unwanted digital marketing messages, so they subconsciously filter online ads and delete unopened emails.
Direct mail, on the other hand, offers a refreshingly tactile experience in a less cluttered environment – it's something they can hold in their hands and in their own time.
You can tailor it to offer a very creative and personalized experience that allows the reader to take time with the piece and process the message.
Taking your ecommerce store from nothing to something big don't have to be hard at all.
By building a passionate community around your product, working with influencers to increase its reach, improving eCommerce SEO, focusing on a single niche in the growing period and taking advantage of direct mail, you'll build a successful ecommerce business.
You also don't have to limit your tactics to these alone.
Do something out-of-the-box. Be creative. And you'll be highly rewarded.
Thanks for reading and please share this article with your friends on social media.
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You all know how much I adore Kayla Itsines and her BBG - Bikini Body Guide-. I talked about it in this post READ HERE.
I alternate going to the gym (two to three times a week) and when I can't, based on my working schedule, I do at home her workouts. They are made up of 4 round 7 minutes long, that means that you can stay fit working out only for 28 minutes.
By the way, these sessions are really hard and you have to push youself to the limit otherwise you won't se any result.
This time, our amazing fitness goddess, released a 30-Day plank challenge. You'll only need less than 10 min a day to steghten your core.
See below to know how to start the challenge.
I think the picture says it all, I'm going to start the challenge today and after 30 days I'm going to tell you my experience and If I saw any result.
If you decide to start it as well, let me know in the comments below your thoughts!!


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Leo E. Rouse, D.D.S., FACD, Chair
Senior Scholar in Residence
American Dental Education Association
ADEA Past President
Rosalie Brao, D.D.S.
Resident, Orthodontics
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Teresa A. Dolan, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Dentsply Sirona Inc.
Patrick J. Ferrillo, Jr., D.D.S.
ADEA Past President
Heartland Dental Care, LLC
Allan J. Formicola, D.D.S., M.S.
Lily T. García, D.D.S., M.S., FACP
Professor and Associate Dean for Education
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics
George E. Haddad
President and CEO
Liaison International, Inc.
Susan H. Kass, M.Ed., Ed.D., RDH
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Miami Dade College
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Vice Provost for Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies
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Heartland Dental Care, LLC
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American Dental Education Association
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Speak of the Devil presents Third Side Intelligence. This month Reverend Campbell is being joined by Darren Deicide and Witch Zaftig to discuss the United States' new Religious Liberty Task Force that was announced by Attorney General Sessions on July 30, 2018.
We will discuss its stated mandate, reach, implications, and scope. And why not reach a little deeper in the Attorney General's past to try and understand his motivations with this announcement?
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As researchers search for the next best wave of a battery to replace the lithium-ion ones that we've all become to rely on but have outlived their performance capabilities, they've stumbled upon indium. Indium is not a new find but is one that's rarely been explored when it comes to batteries, but perhaps it should have been. This metal is soft and malleable and may be perfect for providing us with the more powerful, longer-lasting batteries that we need.
According to a recent study by American scientists, coating lithium electrodes in indium hinders the bad side reactions of electrode and electrolyte meetings, allows a more stable deposition of lithium while charging, and increases storage capacity in the lithium adobe by fusing the reactions between indium and lithium.
Most modern lithium-ion batteries in use today use graphite anodes to store the lithium when the batteries are charged. An alternative that's been suggested is using batteries that have metallic anodes instead, made up of lithium for example. These would provide a much higher capacity for energy storage. However, it's not that easy. Because of the uneven deposition of metal during the charging process, dendrites form which can cause the battery to short-circuit. The side-reactions that occur between the electrodes and electrolyte in the reactive metal also causes problems and reduces the overall lifetime of the batteries.
One solution to this problem has been offered by researchers working with Ravishankar Sundararaman at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, USA) and Lynden A. Archer at Cornell University (Ithaca, USA). Their idea is to use indium coatings on the lithium. It's a simple solution that just involves a quick immersion in an indium salt solution. The electrolyte concentration increases while some of the indium gets deposited on the surface of the lithium electrode.
Indium is a good choice as it's uniform and self-healing when the electrode is in use if only small quantities of indium salt are added to the electrolyte. There are no issues during charging. Its chemical composition stays the same and it remains perfectly intact. The researchers used computer modeling to demonstrate why this method was so successful, which basically comes down to one thing: lithium ions only bound loosely upon the indium coating. Rigorous testing confirmed these indium-lithium electrodes can remain stable for more than 250 charges while still retaining around 90% of their capacity. Hence the reason why indium could easily become the next big thing inefficient battery storage.
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Man, it's been way too long since Paint It Black has played a show in Philly. Last time they played their hometown, it was nearly 3 years ago on Mischief Night (the night before Halloween for all my non-Jersey/Philly peeps) where they played a secret show under a bridge. Philly was clearly antsy to see them again, as tickets sold out very quickly for their return to the church.
I got to the incredibly hot and packed First Unitarian Church, and unfortunately I missed Soul Glo and Gouge Away, but got there right as S-21 was starting their set.
I've never heard of S-21 before, but these Philly locals completely killed it. Playing female-fronted hardcore punk with a bit of D-Beat influence and their lyrics bringing attention to oppression (their name S-21 is derived from the Khmer Rogue compound S-21, where many atrocities, genocide, and crimes against humanity took place), S-21 put on an energetic set.
S-21 is definitely a band that needs to be seen live, as their recordings don't really do them justice.
Another band I haven't heard of until this show, Maryland's Praise played a set consisting of melodic hardcore. A lot of the riffs in their songs reminded a lot of the early DC melodic hardcore bands such as Dag Nasty or Rites of Spring. I was digging them, although I felt that the vocals fell a little flat and wasn't very energetic. However, I've since listened to their album and I definitely feel like the album is a better representation, and am thinking that it may have just been an off show for them. That said I still enjoyed their set, and it's good to see bands still playing that style of melodic hardcore… something that is pretty rare these days.
Paint It Black:
As I sit here typing this post listening to that shit stain Paul Ryan try and convince congress to vote to completely dismantle health care for millions, reintroduce pre-existing conditions for the benefit of a few rich fucks, and actually allow insurances to classify rape as a pre-existing condition… we need bands like Paint It Black more than ever (Update: it passed in the house).
Returning to their home town for the first time in years, excitement was in the air as Paint It Black took the stage in complete darkness as singer Dan Yemin spoke to the crowd on the current fucked up state of our country and how we have to keep fighting before breaking into Paradise opener "Election Day".
Screaming along, pile-ons, and stage dives, Paint It Black has always thrown some of the most energetic hardcore shows, and their message of equality and fighting back resonates now more than ever. The band played songs off most of their releases (heavy on Invisible, New Lexicon, and Paradise), with songs dedicated to both Philly and now defunct punk house Golden Tea House (where gang vocals were recorded on "Props For Ventriloquism").
An incredibly solid and energetic set as always, it just felt right to be seeing them at the church once again. Hopefully they will be more active now, as bands like Paint It Black are exactly what we need. Inspiring people with their message to not just roll over and surrender, but to fight for every fucking inch before they take away our healthcare, our right to a free internet, and everything else they're trying to rob us of. Find your representative here and your senator here and give them a call. Organize a benefit show and donate the proceeds. If you can, donate to groups such as the ACLU. Go out and vote (mark the mid-term elections on your calendar's now, as those historically have terrible turnout rates, especially for young people.) In the words of PIB, "Fight back until your last breath."
Setlist (From what I remember):
Election Day
Pink Slip
Greetings, Fellow Insomniacs
Atticus Finch
The Ledge
Exit Wounds
Past Tense, Future Perfect
White Kids Dying of Hunger
Four Dead Venoms
Little Fists
Memorial Day
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Ten Tips for Coping with an Angry Child
If there's one thing a child learns early on in life, it's how to push his or her parents' buttons. Children seem to have an uncanny ability to say just the right thing when they're angry to also get us riled up, often leaving us feeling out of control, exhausted, and defeated. Anger can be a tricky emotion; thankfully, Carole Banks, MSW, gives some suggestions in her post "Angry Child Outbursts: The 10 Rules of Dealing with an Angry Child" to help us keep our cool and teach our children (and ourselves) how to deal with anger appropriately, including:
- Don't yell or challenge your child when he or she is angry
- Don't try to reason with your child when he or she is in the middle of a tantrum, tirade, or angry outburst
- Pay attention to your physical reactions
- Don't get physical with your child
- Take a different approach with younger kids (ages eighteen months to four years)
- Don't freeze up
- Give consequences for the bad behavior, not for the anger
- Don't give overly harsh punishments
- Take a break
- Role model appropriate responses when you're angry
In Banks' article, she elaborates on all of these suggestions, and also gives links to additional related information that can be useful for navigating the challenges of parenting.
Another tool that is also very valuable in assisting parents with parenting challenges is the Kidtelligent Assessment. This assessment gives you helpful insight into your child's personality, and then offers suggestions and tips based on his or her unique personality traits. To learn more about Kidtelligent, go to www.kidtelligent.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Kidtelligent.
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text: Meredith Penner, M.Ed. Program & Training Specialist BCIU #22 Aids, services and other supports Provided in regular education classes or other related settings Enable children with disabilities to be educated with non-disabled children to the maximum extent appropriate IDEA 2004 Section 602(33) Collaborative Personnel and team collaboration Instructional Delivery of instruction, modified curricular needs, assessment, grading Behavioral supports, self management, peer supports Social-Behavioral Physical Physical environment, mobility, room arrangement, seating A multi-step student specific collaborative process Identifies potential barriers that exist in the general education if nothing is changed Identifies support options to increase student learning & participation in general education classrooms Focuses on changing the student, you develop ways of adapting and modifying the environment. Implementation Sequence Learn About the SAS Consideration Toolkit and Process Compile and organize information about the student Create profile of general education setting(s) Identify potential barriers to learning and curriculum access in the general education classroom Identify strategies and services to eliminate barriers Discuss and analyze appropriate SAS options and determine viable alternatives for implementation Suggested Personnel Toolkit Component(s) Special education Overview and Preparation for Use administrators, PaTTAN and IU Technical Assistance Personnel serve as resources to IEP team All team members Student Profile General and special educator SAS Consideration Tool, Step 1 compile information and share with team All team members SAS Consideration Tool, Step 2 All team members; specialists SAS Consideration Tool, Step 3 as needed to supplement SAS Resource Wheel team expertise (e.g., AT specialist, behavior specialist, PaTTAN/IU consultants) All team members and SAS Consideration Tool, Step 4 consultants SaS should be: • Available to all students who need them • Designed to provide meaningful educational benefit • Provided in a manner that avoids stigmatizing students Scheduled team meetings Co-teaching Friendship facilitation Ongoing consultation Weekly/daily communication Staff training Mentor teachers Using keyboard/portable device; instruction in keyboarding skills; use of scribe Reading directions aloud Using special paper or writing tools Simplifying directions Providing visual cues Increasing individualized assistance Presenting instruction differently Allowing students to respond in a different manner Modifying curricular goals Behavioral support plan Social skill training Scheduled breaks Friendship facilitation or Circle of Friends Changing the "rules" (e.g. allowing gum or water bottle to address sensory needs) Arrange furniture differently Allow testing in a separate room Allow extended time or multiple sessions to complete tests Provide student requested breaks in pre-set area out of the classroom Allow water bottle or sensory toy at desk Make available an adapted chair Listing every accommodation available on the IEP form, hoping "something" will work Using a standard set of accommodations for each student who has a similar disability label Making modifications without assessing and discussing thoroughly what the student may need Developing an IEP without an analysis of potential general education environments Limiting consideration of SAS to those that the team has experience in implementing Beginning the IEP development process with a predetermined placement already in mind, based on whether the student currently is placed and/or his/her disability Examples: Use of a calculator Social Skill Instruction Adapted seating TEXT ON TAPE Visual prompts to Visual schedule stay on task Teacher Training Fidget seat Extra time to take tests Ability Collaboration time Awareness for teachers to talk training Air conditioned Classroom Chunky crayons Textured bulletin board Change in rules or expectations Advance notice for change in routine Modified Curriculum PRE-TEACHING Private Duty Nurse Teacher Aide Assistance Seating to allow visual access from the right Provide for Sensory Breaks Parent General Ed Teacher Special Ed Supervisor Special Ed Teacher Principal OT and PT Other Support Staff COMPONENT A- provides an overview of the SaS consideration process, describing who is responsible for actions at each step of the process. Student Profile: Summary of Strengths, Needs, and Learning Characteristics COMPONENT B- assists teams in organizing student specific information in a format designated to facilitate instructional planning and problem-solving to support inclusive practices. COMPONENT C - the tool that guides IEP team members through a four-step process and results in the identification of student-specific, environmentally-referenced supplementary aids and services. Step 1: Environmental Scan of General Education Classroom * To be completed by the general education teacher (with input from the special education teacher as needed) prior to the team meeting Supplementary Aids and Services (SAS) Consideration Tool1 Student: Date: Identify classroom(s) used as a reference point for Step 1: Completed By: Step 1: Environmental Scan of General Education Classroom Step 2: Identify Barriers to Learning and Participation Use, as a reference point, the general classroom(s) this student would attend if he or she did not have a disability. In collaboration with the general education teacher(s), create a profile of the instructional environment(s) by circling the number that best describes the frequency of use of identified materials and instructional practices. Given what you know about this student, identify any difficulties you can anticipate in this setting, based on his/her current skills, needs, and learning style. 1.1 Instructional Method/ Materials Printed Materials Textbook Workbook Trade book Worksheets Newspapers/magazines Other ____________________ Other ____________________ 2Coding Key: 1 = never; 2 = occasionally; 3 = frequently Frequency of Use2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Step 3: Identify Support Strategies Identify supplementary aids and services that could support this student's participation and learning in this class. Consider all possibilities, consulting available resources and support personnel. Self-Check for Teams COMPONENT D is a self-assessment tool for teams to use as they move through the SAS Consideration Toolkit to ensure fidelity in the development of an IEP that is focused on maximizing student participation in the LRE and meaningful access to the general education curriculum. Determine which SaS will be implemented: Identify the most appropriate supplementary aids and services needed to support this student's learning in general education settings Adults need supports to do things in ways that they have not had previous experience Identify training, technical assistance, administrative support needs, and other resources that are needed to deliver supplementary aids and services in ways that are new to instructional personnel Before During After • All team members receive a copy of the 4 SaS Components to review • Special and General Education teachers complete section 1 of Component C (Profile of General Education Classroom) • Special and General Education teachers complete "Sensory, Motor, and Processing Considerations" (Section B-4) • Team receives a copy of the completed "Profile of the General Education Classroom" • Team completes the "Strengths and Interests" section of Component B • Team identifies potential barriers within the general education classroom to curriculum access and instruction • Team identifies strategies and services to eliminate barriers • Team identifies viable alternatives for implementation • Follow up IEP revision meeting to add supports and services as needed • Action plan is implemented based on consensus of team members • Team members receive a copy of the action plan


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A hosting account for websites requiring the Linux operating sytsem on an Apache web server is available to departments and organizations. The monthly charge is based on the space required, and is charged to a departmental MoCode.
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The school follows CBSE curriculum. CBSE curriculum has become the model for most of the states curriculum also. Three languages, English, Kannada and Hindi shall be taught compulsorily at lower classes.
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The motto is to make them excellent communicators in speaking and writing. Language labs will take care of these skills. In higher classes much importance will be given to develop their creative abilities and study skills (reference skills, note taking and note making) so that they can become independent persons with unique identity. Importance will be given to vocational training and life skills.
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It was The Pensioner's 76th birthday this week, so the spouse and I are taking her on the annual Birthday Blowout. These are legendary because, unlike me, she's a total extrovert. She doesn't go out and about that much these days, so once she does, no taxi driver, waitress, or complete stranger on the train is safe from her pent-up conversational charms. Resistance is futile in the face of one of mama's stories, but fortunately in Glasgow most people are quite happy to join in with her madness anyway.
I had to phone her last night to tell her about the arrangements. Phones are giving me gyp at the moment cos I can't hear through the aid in my phone ear, so I'm having to adopt the practice of grinding the handset into my non-phone ear which is painful and leaves an unflattering imprint on the side of one's face. I decided it would be wise to give mama my mobile number in case of a repeat of two birthdays ago, where she vanished en route to Glasgow Central and we thought something awful had happened.
So back to last night's phone conversation and the exchange of mobile nos.
"Okay, ma, it's 0700, 'oh seven hundred…'"
"right, four seven hundred"
"No, oh, not four… zero…"
"right, oh four zero"
Was it the pensioner brain, or the pensioner ears, I couldn't tell. We were in Fawlty Towers territory now. The phone was hurting my ear. I eventually got the whole number out and asked her to repeat it back to me.
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Modern medicine has increased its demand for machines in assisting doctors in diagnosing diseases and illness. A study by the Huntsman Cancer Institute in 2013 revealed that, 6% of patients who undergo colonoscopies are left untreated for cancer.
Enlitic technology is the first in a wave of "deep learning" computer systems that use efficient software to decrease error margins of diagnoses. Founder and data scientist, Jeremy Howard, says that the Enlitic software uses patients' medical history to formulate an algorithm that is then used to predict health outcomes. "The point isn't to replace doctors," Howard says. "We want to give them the tools they need to work more effectively."
The artificial intelligent system uses machine learning to pool information from millions of patients who have experienced similar symptoms. The more data the computer collects, the more accurate the diagnoses are over time.
It may be long before this technology makes it to doctor's offices, however. As it stands now, hospitals have distinct data-keeping practices that make it hard to find or share data between hospitals. Furthermore, each department locks vast amounts of medical information in servers known as "silos."
Other barriers include the fact that many clinics still use paper to record data and patient information history. Dr. Ajay Choudri, a radiologist who advises Enlitic, says that, "A lot of older people have seven, eight doctors. All those charts are scattered in the wind and don't really talk to each other."
The Government Accountability Office is pushing for a move from paper-based to tech-driven methods of recording data. Recent legislation was passed that required hospitals to digitize their records in 2015.
According the CNN Money reports, Enlitic has secured $3 million in funding from hospitals and academic institutions. The company offers improvements in radiology, pathology, genomic, and electronic recording systems that make the technology a first of its kind. Enlitic Technology hopes to hit the medical market within the next couple of years.


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Gentle Readers, a Final Call for Your Contributions:
We are looking for contributions to our forthcoming special article celebrating OHPE's 800th edition. We invite you to send us your thoughts on the bulletin-- how it has changed or stayed the same over the years, why you value it, and how it has inspired your work
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5km north of Old Town lies the sleepy post-industrial district of Kopli. After many years in the shadows, this forgotten neighbourhood is back on the radar. more "Kopli Tour {Abandoned Factory and Soviet stories}"
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Põhjala Tehas: abandoned rubber factory in Kopli
Something is stirring on the western shore of Kopli peninsula. A dormant industrial complex, left behind by the twenty first century, is beginning to wake up from its thirty-year slumber. more "Põhjala Tehas: abandoned rubber factory in Kopli"
~{Forgotten Tallinn Series, Ep.1}~ What's the story of Kopli?
Tallinn is in a state of monumental metamorphosis. Apartment blocks rise up from the fertile ashes of a post-industrial wasteland, cafés procreate, shopping malls swell and futuristic trams glide silently across their new domain. more "~{Forgotten Tallinn Series, Ep.1}~ What's the story of Kopli?"
8 Abandoned Places to explore in and around Tallinn
Estonia is full of secrets.
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Culture is at the heart of Stratford. Join us this summer for outdoor concerts, performances, art, movies, and Al Fresco dining.
Culture in Stratford is a serious vibe: we're talking about live music, outdoor theatre, savoury food, and so much more! Look--the truth is, culture is part of who we are in Stratford. So we'll do whatever we can to enjoy it while still staying safe.
For those that feel the same way, we're sharing 7 ways you can still enjoy arts and culture this summer. Choose something new from this list to enjoy, and get ready to get all the cultural hype you need!
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9/11 Memorial
Ok. It's a day late. I had trouble getting on, Saturday.
I think Stephen Vincent Benet did an excellent summary of what we're up against in his poem Litany for Dictatorships.
Try reading it out loud, remembering the men and women in New York who fell a thousand feet, rather than burn; the businessmen in Iraq with amputated hands; the people in Afghanistan stoned to death under the Taliban; the mass graves and childrens prisons in Iraq; the teenaged girl hung in Iran for "disrespecting" a judge.


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Welcome! We want to use this guide to help you work your way through the research process, using Mercer's resources. The contact information for Kristen and Adam can be found to the right, or you can find other ways to contact Research Services librarians by looking at our Ask a Librarian page.
Web Resources
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab is an outstanding tool to help you format and cite papers in MLA, APA, and Chicago style. It also includes instructional resources on the writing process, academic writing, conducting research.
- The Internet Archive, which includes the Wayback Machine, is on online library of free-to-access books, software, music, and other resources. Much of the library is made up of scans of out of copyright texts.
- TED Talks started as a conference hosted by the nonprofit TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). The scope of the speeches is now broader, but the speeches are no less interesting. These TED talks are available through the website for free, complete with subtitles (sometimes in many other languages) and transcripts.
Looking for articles? Try the databases linked on the Integrative Curriculum subject page--they are much easier to use to find articles! If you're interested in browsing recent publications in a field, you may want to look through our print journal collection or our electronic journal collection. For print journals, search the library catalog by journal title. Electronic journals are located through the Full Text Electronic Journal List.
Search the library catalog to find books available in the University Library as well as electronic books. Please check to make certain items you want are available at your location; if the item you need is at another location, view this guide on how to request it. See what new books have been added by viewing New Acquisitions. If you don't see a title in the online catalog, you may request books via Interlibrary Loan, or suggest new or additional titles that the library should purchase.
Reference Sources
On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography - Harner offers useful information on planning research, organizing an annotated bibliography, compiling entries, and editing. While the booklet focuses on the preparation of a comprehensive bibliography on a single literary author, the procedures and techniques are easily adapted to selective or subject bibliographies and to other periods and disciplines.
The Elements of Style - The only style manual ever to appear on bestseller lists has explained to millions of readers the basic principles of plain English. The book's mantra -- make every word tell -- is still on point. Whether seventeen or seventy, this much-loved classic, now in its fourth edition, will forever be the go-to guide when in need of a hint on how to make a turn of phrase clearer, or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice.
The ACS Style Guide (on permanent reserve at the circulation desk) - The essential desk reference for authors, editors, and publishers of scientific research, the ACS Style Guide is a complete stylistic handbook. Lively and practical, this reference will help any chemist communicate effectively.
Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences - This comprehensive guide for students writing in biology, zoology, and botany provides detailed instruction on researching, drafting, revising, and documenting papers, reviews, and other forms of writing.
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Choose DuPage is committed to assisting and connecting businesses in DuPage County with the resources they need during this time. Below is a list of business and industry resources related to COVID-19.
For more information, questions, or if your business is in need of assistance and you are not sure where to turn, please contact Greg Bedalov at email@example.com or Lisa Miceli at firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can also join us on social media, where we are sharing information about what businesses and residents in DuPage County are doing to help, and demonstrate the #DuPageDifference.
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View our message to the community from Choose DuPage President & CEO, Greg Bedalov.
DuPage County Health Department
The DuPage County Health Department has put together information for businesses on COVID-19, including guidance, food facility guidelines, water sampling, CDC guidance, education, outreach and more. Click here for details.
- If there is a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case identified at your agency or business, please contact the DuPage County Health Department Communicable Disease and Epidemiology program at (630) 221-7553 (8:00AM – 4:30PM) or (630) 682-7400 after hours for consultation and next steps.
- If potential exposure to confirmed case of COVID-19: Click here
- If diagnosed with COVID-19: Click here
- For any questions or concerns about COVID-19 call (630) 221-7030
Businesses that can provide respirators, ventilators, and personal protective equipment or other medical devices should contact DuPage County at email@example.com or click here for more information.
State of Illinois
- State of Illinois COVID-19 Information and Resources: Click here
- Illinois COVID-19 Hotline (800) 889-3931
- List of essential businesses: Click here
- Illinois Department of Revenue Taxpayer Resources (Employers): Click here
- Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) Information for Employers: Click here
- Illinois Emergency Child Care for Essential Workers Information: Click here
- State Treasurer's announcement to make low-interest bridge loans available for businesses as soon as this week (3/23/20), click here. For future updates, click here.
- Hospitality Emergency Grant Program: Click here
- Illinois Small Business Emergency Loan Fund: DCEO and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) are establishing the Illinois Small Business Emergency Loan Fund to offer small businesses located outside the City of Chicago with fewer than 50 workers and less than $3 million in revenue in 2019, low-interest loans of up to $50,000. Click here for details.
NOTE: DCEO and its lending partners are continuing to review the large number of submitted loan applications. To allow more time to process received applications quickly, they are temporarily suspending the acceptance of applications.
- DCEO is hosting a webinar on Thursday, April 30 to discuss the three Notice of Funding Opportunities under the Rebuild Illinois Capital Program. For more information, and to register, click here.
- To view a FAQ for businesses concerning the use of face coverings during COVID-19, click here.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
For small business guidance and loan resources, click here.
Illinois Economic Injury Disaster Loan
The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering Illinois businesses low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). For more information, visit their website or review the resources below.
- Start you disaster loan application now: Click here
- Disaster loan assistance: Click here or click here
- Stay up-to-date: Click here
- For frequently asked questions: Click here
- Register for webinars on the Economic Injury Disaster Loans by clicking here. The trainings will cover program eligibility, use of proceeds, terms, filing requirements, and additional small business resources.
Paycheck Protection Program
- Eligible recipients may qualify for a loan up to $10 million determined by eight weeks of prior average payroll plus an additional 25% of that amount.
- Loan payments will be deferred for six months.
- SBA will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities.
- Business owners can apply through any existing SBA 7(a) lender or through any federally insured depository institution, federally insured credit union, and Farm Credit System institution that is participating.
- Lenders may begin processing loan applications as soon as April 3. The program will be available through June 30.
- Click here for information sheet for borrowers.
- Click here for more information.
7(a) Borrower Relief
SBA will pay the principal and interest of current 7(a) loans for a period of six months, beginning with the first payment due on or after March 27, 2020. The SBA will also pay the principal and interest of new 7(a) loans issued prior to Sept. 27, 2020. Your lenders will be receiving more guidance on this program soon.
SBA Express Bridge Loans
Small businesses that currently have a business relationship with an SBA Express Lender can access up to $25,000 to bridge the gap while applying for a direct SBA Economic Injury Disaster loan. Contact your existing lender to see if they can participate in this program.
Contact Information for the U.S. Small Business Administration
Local staff is on-hand and ready to assist.
- Questions regarding SBA programs: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Chicago Office: (312) 353-4528
- Springfield Branch: (217) 747-8249
- Illinois District Office: firstname.lastname@example.com, visit website
- Locate your nearest Small Business Development Center here or text LOCATE to 7234
- Follow @SBA_Illinois on Twitter
- Subscribe to the email list for more updates
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
The programs and initiatives in the CARES Act that was passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners with whatever needs they have right now. When implemented, there will be many new resources available for small businesses, as well as certain non- profits and other employers. This guide provides information about the major programs and initiatives that will soon be available from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to address these needs, as well as some additional tax provisions that are outside the scope of SBA.
To keep up to date on when these programs become available, please stay in contact with your local Small Business Administration (SBA) District Office, which you can locate here.
Struggling to get started? The following questions might help point you in the right direction. Do you need….
- Capital to cover the cost of retaining employees? Then the Paycheck Protection Program might be right for you (see page 2 in the guide).
- A quick infusion of a smaller amount of cash to cover you right now? You might want to look into the Emergency Economic Injury Grant (see page 7 in the guide).
- To ease your fears about keeping up with payments on your current or potential SBA loan? The Small Business Debt Relief Program could help (see page 6 in the guide).
- Just some quality, free counseling to help you navigate this uncertain economic time? The resource partners might be your best bet, click here.
Download the Small Business Owner's Guide to the CARES Act.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
The IRS has established a special section focused on steps to help taxpayers, businesses and others affected by the coronavirus. This page will be updated as new information is available, click here to view.
Tax Deadline Changed
The deadlines to file and pay federal income taxes are extended to July 15, 2020.
workNet DuPage Career Center
The workNet DuPage Career Center has funds available to cover the cost of retraining your staff so that their jobs can be repurposed and layoffs can be averted. For information on these grants, please contact Ron Schlager (630) 955-2037, email@example.com.
If you have to layoff staff, there are resources available free of charge for those individuals (including up to $10,000/person of funding assistance for necessary job training.) Affected workers should visit www.worknetdupage.org to access services.
Pace is offering free rides on all Pace fixed route bus and On Demand services to all medical personnel–including doctors, nurses, EMTs, and paramedics–for the duration of the State's "stay at home" order. To ride free, medical personnel must present a work ID showing that they are employed at a hospital, doctor's office, medical facility or local fire department.
For the latest information on Pace's response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Click here
Industry Resources
- Illinois Department of Public Health (for providers and facilities)
- American Medical Association
- Illinois Health and Hospital Association
- Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center
- Illinois Manufacturers' Association
- Illinois Manufacturers' Association's Manufacturing Sourcing Center – this was created to help Illinois manufacturers and other businesses procure the appropriate masks and personal protective equipment.
- Illinois Retail Merchants Association
- InStore provides communities with a platform to set up an online marketplace for your town. This platform gives local businesses the ability to sell their products on this marketplace in their own "store", while providing a seamless shopping experience for the residents and customers. InStore will work with the communities to set up their individual marketplace at no-charge and will also work with retailers to set up their on-line "store" and upload their products, also at no charge. The fee structure is established upon the purchase of an item where 10 percent of every sale is taken, 3% of which goes back to the community. Click here to view a presentation provided for Choose DuPage.
- Hospitality Emergency Grant Program: To help hospitality businesses make ends meet in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity is launching the Hospitality Emergency Grant Program with $14 million drawn from funds originally budgeted for job training, tourism promotion, and other purposes. Grant funds are available to support working capital like payroll and rent, as well as job training, retraining, and technology to support shifts in operations, like increased pick-up and delivery. Bars and restaurants that generated between $500K and $1M in revenue in 2019 are eligible for up to $25,000, and bars and restaurants that generated less than $500K in revenue in 2019 are eligible for up to $10,000. Hotels that generated less than $8M in revenue in 2019 are eligible for up to $50,000.
- DuPage County Health Department Food Facility Guidelines: Click Here
Additional Small Business Resources
- SCORE Mentors
- Facebook Small Business Grants Program
- Illinois Small Business Development Center
- Small Business Owner's Guide to the CARES Act
- Grant Thornton's Restoring Operations & Supply Chain Solutions
Other Important Resources
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
- Center for Disease Control, Interim Guide for Business and Employers
- Apple and CDC, together with the White House and FEMA, launched a new website to provide important updates, click here to view.
This page is will be updated throughout the next few weeks. Check back for more information about DuPage business resources related to COVID-19.


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Daily Prayer For April 19, 2019
on Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:51 pm
Hello, Friends! Here is the prayer for today…
Dear Lord,
We bow before you today with solemn gratitude…we are humbled as we remember all that you went through on our behalf…as we remember all you endured before you were even placed on that horrific cross… we know there is nothing we could ever say or do that could make us worthy of all that you did for us…it is your grace and mercy alone that has made a way for us…
Thank you, Lord…thank you for taking upon yourself the weight of our every sin. Thank you, for enduring the beatings, abuse, slander, ridicule, mocking, pain, and grief…we can't begin to imagine all the mental anguish you went through knowing what was to come…knowing what you would bear on our behalf… you faced it all because of your great love for us…there is no pain we will ever face that can compare to what you endured. We will never know the kind of loneliness and isolation that you felt as you were separated from your Father. We will never face anything that could begin to compare to the crushing weight of sin and shame that you bore for all of us… it is hard to imagine the feelings of hopelessness, despair and helplessness that your family and followers surely felt as they watched you suffer and die… as they watched the stone seal your tomb…as they walked home after that very long day… numb, grief-stricken, overwhelmed and confused from all they had seen and heard…
May this day remind us that even though we don't know what the future holds, we know who holds the future…we know that death and our adversary have been defeated…our future is secure… bought with a price we can never repay…we need never doubt what awaits for all who believe… this life is our Friday, but we know Sunday is coming… you hold the keys to sin and death and if we never receive another thing from you in this life, we have already received the most precious gifts we could ever receive… salvation and redemption through your precious blood.
With humble hearts we come before you and we thank you for your sacrificial love. We praise you for who you are…we praise you for all you have done and all you have yet to do…we praise you for the hope you give and for bringing forth life from death. We bow before you and say, "worthy is The Lamb who was slain who takes away the sins of the world…worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive all glory, honor and praise…worthy are you our Messiah who was and is and who is to come again… we love you Jesus and it is in your name we pray. Amen
May you overwhelmed by His great love for you today friends!!
~Hope For The Brokenhearted
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My name is Angelo Mehmeti, a senior sport & recreation management major at Temple University, expecting to graduate in the spring of 2019. Being the son of immigrant parents and the brother to a small business owner, I have had the core values of dedication, motivation, and persistence embedded in me from an early age.
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Mumbai, India : HyperX, the video gaming department of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., today introduced the launch of HyperX Cloud AlphaTM S video gaming headset in India. The brand-new enhancement to HyperX's video gaming headset schedule includes custom-tuned HyperX online 7.1 border sound1 and also bass change sliders for 3 degrees of bass fine-tuning offering audiences with a richer sound video gaming experience. The Cloud Alpha S headset will certainly be readily available in India via e-tail and also retail electrical outlets at an MRP of Rs.13,200/-.
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Sydney Alternative Soul duo MMG (Mitch and Mike Gordon) have released a seductive track dubbed 'Fling.'
The single is about a couple in a long distance relationship, written from the males perspective.
This comes across in their unique concoction of Pop driven R&B with a sprinkle of Future Soul.
It talks about the frustration of the distance and being so far away from someone and how that can lead to pushing each other into the arms of someone else.
"The idea was to write the verses about how your imagination can take the single thought of "What is she doing right now?" and run completely wild with it," said Mitch Gordon.
"So we tried to make the tune sound dark and seductive, taking some influence from D'angelo,"
"We've both experienced the struggles of a long distance relationship and channeling those emotions into a song was a very therapeutic way of dealing with it," Mitch added.
MMG make a sound that only twins could. Through years of playing together, the brothers have developed an ability to read each other freely.
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Far away are the days when all pubs, clubs and bars wanted matching chairs and stools covered in a dark maroon dralon. With the advent of more female and family friendly spaces our pubs have been transformed by the fabrics on the furniture chosen by the modern landlord or contract designer.
A fine selection of seating fabrics
From humble plains, leathers and swirls our customers are now demanding more and more choice.
It's true that our customers are Mad for Plaid! And we have responded in the best possible way with the introduction of a beautiful range of Abraham Moon wool designs.
In soft charcoals and rich reds this coordinating palette suits modern and traditional venues adding warmth and style to everything it touches.
From the most traditional stool or bar chair through to more contemporary cubes and side chairs our Abraham Moon wool tartans soften the hardest hearts (and bottoms!). Introducing Aspen in Charcoal or Natural, Banff in Red/Black and Red/Natural, Fernie Red, and jasper in Red/Black or Red/natural- a great range of choices which can be paired with plains or other designs from the Pub Stuff Fabric range (Fabrics from many other manufacturers are also available)
There's no easier way to create the perfect environment and delight your customers than by introducing either an eclectic splash or a full on assault of this traditionally Gaelic covering.


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Players union chief Gordon Taylor has expressed his disappointment and concern at Carlos Tevez's latest indiscretion after the striker failed to report to training with Manchester City on Wednesday.
Tevez - despite apparently being told by City that he was not permitted to - flew out to his native Argentina on Monday night to see his family. Tuesday was a scheduled day off for the 27-year-old, but he was due at City's Carrington training ground on Wednesday and did not show up.
"To say the least, I am very disappointed and extremely concerned now," Taylor told Sky Sports News.
The news comes just a day after it emerged that Tevez would not be appealing against the club's ruling that he was guilty of misconduct in the Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich on September 27.
City last month fined Tevez four weeks' wages and suspended him for two weeks - deemed to have already been served - after a disciplinary panel found the former Manchester United man guilty of five breaches of contract relating to his behaviour on the bench during the 2-0 loss at the Allianz Arena.
The Professional Footballers' Association became involved, making an intervention that saw the fine cut to two weeks' wages and, having backed Tevez on that occasion, PFA chief executive Taylor has been left dismayed by the fresh turn of events.
He added: "To go out to Argentina when - as I have been informed - he was clearly told not to because they (City) needed to work on his fitness, and to blatantly ignore that instruction starts to affect any chance of any reconciliation now.
"The whole relationship between clubs and players is one where there has to be clear understanding of what is to be expected and what is not expected. From that point of view, he is making it virtually impossible to have a reconciliation and leaving himself very vulnerable to strong action by the club.
"If he is determined to leave the club, which may well be apparent, then his money value is being diminished by his actions and can affect another club's interest. As such, he could be held responsible for that, so it is getting to be a situation that I am not at all happy about.
"Neither are the club of course, and it is one that we will have to deal with."


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This was published 7 years ago
Lower blood pressure link to stroke recovery
Rapidly lowering the blood pressure of patients who have had the most serious type of stroke reduces their risk of long-term disability, a major study has shown.
The study, led by Australian researchers, involved more than 2800 patients who had haemorrhagic strokes - in which a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
Haemorrhagic strokes affect more than 6000 Australians a year, killing a third of them and leaving many survivors with disabilities.
Study co-author Bruce Neal, of the George Institute for Global Health at the University of Sydney, said patients usually received only ''supportive'' medical treatment such as airway management and tube feeding.
He said researchers noticed that patients with high blood pressure tended to have worse outcomes. If they attended hospitals within six hours of a haemorrhagic stroke they received either standard care, or drugs to lower their blood pressure.
Drugs were given intravenously to take rapid effect as part of the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers found that patients who received the treatment had improved outcomes after three months.
Marina Robinson had a haemorrhagic stroke in 2008 while giving birth to her son. She was given drugs to lower her blood pressure, which may have helped her recovery.
Dr Robinson slowly rebuilt strength in the left side of her body, but still lives with what she describes as an altered sensation from the top of her head to the tip of her toes.