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Pepsi Center Denver is a multiple-purpose venue that has gotten a lot of positive attention since it opened in 1999. Construction on the attractive arena began in 1997, and the project corresponded with a larger Denver sports facility upgrade that included the building of Coors Field and Invesco Field. Whereas Pepsi Center is used primarily for professional basketball and hockey games. The Colorado Avalanche is the city of Denver's professional hockey team, while the Denver Nuggets are the local NBA franchise. Coors Field is home to Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies. Invesco Field is where the Denver Broncos host other teams from the National Football League.
When Denver Nuggets games or other sporting events aren't going on at Pepsi Center, the venue often hosts other kinds of events, including concerts. As such, it's always a good idea to check the schedule when planning a trip to Colorado's largest city. The city's other sports venues are also known to host concerts from time to time, as well as other kinds of events. As such, they can also be worth keeping in mind when looking for things to do.
You can find Pepsi Center in Downtown Denver at the crossroads of Speer Boulevard and Auraria Parkway. Speer Boulevard is one of the main Denver thoroughfares, and it can easily be accessed off Interstate 25. To the near south is the Lodo District, so there will be plenty of places to get something to eat or drink before or after you catch a Colorado Avalanche game or one of the other exciting events. For those who don't have time to spare before they get to Pepsi Center Denver, the facility boasts a healthy collection of food stands that sell pizza, hot dogs, nachos, sodas, beer, and other snacks and refreshments. The venue also boasts a more substantial restaurant and bar that can accommodate up to 325 people at a time. Food service is also available in the 95 luxury suites, all of which can accommodate anywhere from twelve to sixteen people.
Basketball fans who are interested in catching a Nuggets game at Pepsi Center Denver should know that the season starts in the fall and can extend into late spring depending on whether or not the team makes the playoffs. As for the Colorado Avalanche and the NHL, their season essentially coincides with the NBA season, so there will be no shortage of sporting events to choose from on a fall, winter, or spring vacation in Denver. When you factor in the Broncos home games, the fall and winter months are when the city is when sporting frenzy is at its peak in the Mile High City. As such, Denver visitors can always look to pair a sporting event with some skiing in the mountains on a late fall or winter getaway.
The Pepsi Center events aren't limited to sporting events. They also include concerts, ice skating shows, various kinds of family shows, and even circuses. Pepsi Center concerts tend to feature big name acts, so Denver visitors might have the chance to catch one of their favorite performers when looking for things to do. Other kinds of sporting events also figure on the yearly schedule, and they include professional lacrosse games and Arena Football League games, so sports enthusiasts can hope to catch more than just a Denver Nuggets or Avalanche game.
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For many retailers, the holiday season is like printing money. According to the National Retail Federation, some retailers earn 30 percent of their annual revenue during the season. While the FBI's IC3 database doesn't break out crimes by month, its 2017 report shows increases in business email compromises (CEO Fraud), ransomware, and tech support fraud. The FBI reports it received more than 800 complaints on average per day. Among the sites consumers will face during the holidays are fake retail web sites that actually are malware watering holes, spear phishing emails that drive targets to fake banking or financial services, and ransomware attacks that focus on the servers of web-based retail businesses that get the bulk of their revenue. Add on top of that the political turmoil gripping the nation and sites that purports to raise money for popular causes and now you have all the ingredients for a fraud-filled holiday bonanza. This webcast looks at some of the most popular retail targets and provides insights on how to defend against the ever-present web-based cyberattacker. Speaker: Carolyn Schreiber, CISO at Ahold Delhaize Carolyn is leading the information security team for Ahold Delhaize globally, spanning 11 countries and 22 local brands. She is responsible for cyber security, compliance, identity-access management, and information risk management. She manages communications with global stakeholders, covering the full lifecycle from strategy through operations. She engages in ongoing dialogue with the Executive Committee, the Supervisory Board, and external parties. Carolyn is an active member of the ISC2 organization, is CISSP certified, volunteers for her hometown school Information Security Committee, and currently holds a board position for local Newtown, Connecticut non-profit for youth.

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If there's one thing Kylie Jenner is relieved about baby Stormi, it's that the baby didn't get her mommy's lips, which the makeup maven said she prayed hard for.
Just like any parent, Jenner experienced wishing hard during her pregnancy of how her baby would look like. During her Q&A session with her best friend Jordyn Woods, the 20-year-old owner of Kylie Cosmetics bared everything about her experience with motherhood.
She confessed her hardships after Stormi came out, like having stretchmarks on her boobs and bigger thighs and behind, but she also talked about the worthy, joyous moments that became rewards since she saw the bundle of joy. One of the notable things the social media superstar laid out during the session was how she was happy about what her child inherited from her and dad, Travis Scott.
Jenner said Stormi has the perfect lips, which the reality star admitted wasn't from her but from the rapper. Furthermore, the mom expressed that the pout was her biggest insecurity, and fortunately, her child has wonderful lips. While the baby didn't get her lips, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star revealed she prayed when she was pregnant for her baby to have her eyes, and the baby certainly did get it from her.
"The one thing I was insecure about, she has. She has the most perfect lips in the whole entire world. She ain't get those from me. Thank her dad for those," Jenner said.
The interview gives light anew to Jenner's insecurity, her lips. Just take a look at the internet, and before and after pictures of her are still making rounds. To be fair, she hadn't kept her lip job hidden from the public, as she spoke about it previously.
Last year, she revealed that her decision to get bigger lips was because of a boy who blew her insecurity to her face. She was 15 at the time when a guy she liked told her something that made her want to get injections.
"I have really small lips. And it was like one of my first kisses and a guy was like, 'I didn't think you would be a good kisser because you have such small lips,'" Jenner narrated.
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Spring is right around the corner and farmers are probably ready to get in the fields to plow and plant.
To kick off the farming season and to celebrate the value farmers add to our communities, the Delaware County fairgrounds will host the 36th annual Farm Festival on March 18 and 19, with free admission.
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There used to be this theory that if you poured money into the top of the economy, through loans, tax cuts, and direct investment, the money would trickle down to the bottom of the economy, to the workers, the stay-at home moms, and the children.
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A Professor from Cardiff University has been elected as an Honorary Member of the oldest gastroenterological society in Europe in recognition for his ground-breaking work, researching the role of calcium signalling in pancreatic disease.
In 1984 Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS, Cardiff University's School of Biosciences and Director of the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub, recorded the first single-channel currents from epithelial cells and later discovered intracellular local calcium signals, release of calcium from the nuclear envelope as well as intracellular calcium tunnels.
The Cardiff Professor's research has clarified the role of the signalling molecule, inositol trisphosphate, in acute pancreatitis and demonstrated the potential use of pharmaceutical inhibitors of calcium channels for the prevention and treatment of the disease.
Clinical trials based on his discoveries are soon to be developed.
The German Society of Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, established in 1913, presented Professor Ole Petersen with the Honorary Membership in recognition of his research regarding the function of ion channels in epithelial cells and the role of calcium signal transduction in the exocrine pancreas.
Ole Petersen was presented with his award by Society President Professor Markus Lerch at the Society's 72nd Annual Meeting in Dresden, before giving a state-of-the-art Award Lecture in German, regarding the mechanism of alcohol-related pancreatitis.
Ole said: "It is a very great honour to receive this award from the German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases.
"I have, for many years, had close links to German Science and Medicine as a Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, as a member of Advisory Boards of the Max Planck Society and as principal organiser of the annual symposia on biomedical subjects at the Klaus Tschira Foundation in Heidelberg.
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How to Build a Business Case for Your Analytics Project
How to Build a Business Case for Your Analytics Project
Every year our public leaders are faced with diminished budgets and a vocal public demanding justification for every dollar spent. In 2021, however, accountability for spending will be more closely watched than usual, as the government makes an unprecedented investment through the American Rescue Plan, including $1billion for the Technology Modernization Fund. Because analytics and other related data efforts (e.g., big data, data mining, and data science) are critical for tracking and preventing waste, fraud, and abuse, they can typically secure the necessary budgetary support, but, more often than not, getting buy in from both internal and external stakeholders (i.e. the public) requires some extra homework.
A business case for analytics can serve as the vehicle to present the research, strategy, investment and return expected as part of an analytics project. The end objective is, of course, to obtain the approval to proceed, which would likely also include the budgetary support.
Before starting writing the business case in earnest, it is important to select the "right" use case, i.e. the strongest and most compelling justification for the project that you will use as your selling point. Those could include:
- This project can solve an issue that can't be solved without analytics. If this isn't the case, the argument for analytics would be weak and progress only incremental.
- The project is low risk, high return. Simple business logic: pick a concrete issue that has a high likelihood of success and provide demonstrative and measurable value.
- The project can solve an issue quickly. Focus on an issue that can be addressed with analytics in under 90-days to show significant progress while the topic is still fresh in leadership's minds.
After you've selected a compelling use case, do your research. In all likelihood, something like the target use case has been done before by an organization similar to yours. It is important to leverage their lessons learned, understand their measures of success, their key performance indicators, their stumbling blocks, the best practices they applied, the technology and staff skills necessary, and other elements that contributed to their success or failure. This collective knowledge should be objectively analyzed and blended into the business case where appropriate.
Now you are ready to draft the business case. These documents and presentations have been done in some form or another for centuries and there are several schools of thoughts on how to organize and present the information in a way to best persuade the audience. There are several components to consider and the questions they need to address:
- Structure: What is the most widely accepted format for this organization and the required information for this business case to be accepted?
- Setting the Vision: What is the business value, near-term and longer-term, of this investment?
- Examples and Facts: How can we support the expected business value with evidence and analysis?
- Mock-ups: Can we see what the end result will look like?
- Measures and Expected Outputs: How do we know if we were successful and met our goals?
As with any professional document, it is important for it to be well written with a pleasing layout, graphics, and logos.
Research and writing are only parts of the battle—you need to share it, defend it, and build the support necessary to ensure the vision set out in the business case come to life. This is not an activity that occurs once the draft is complete. It is important to market the plan throughout the process by identifying your target audience and, most importantly, your champion. This person(s) is the one that can help get the support needed to run the project to completion. They need to be onboarded early and their inputs reflected in the document. The other important audience group is the business area that you will be working with to demonstrate the value. Both the folks on the ground and those in management positions need to be bought in and help maximize the business value the project will provide.


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Planned Parenthood will hold an invitation-only "Sex, Politics, and Cocktails" party at the Privilege Day Club and Night Club on the first night of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. The party will feature Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's president, in addition to members of Congress and candidates Planned Parenthood has endorsed. via […]
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A new poll of four critical swing states by Purple Strategies, taken after Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his running mate, shows Romney leading in three critical swing states — Virginia, Ohio, Florida. Romney trails Obama in the fourth — Colorado — that Purple Strategies polled. In Virginia and Ohio, Romney has gained ground […]


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Students pursuing the Honors Fellows distinction through the Texas A&M University Honors Program are required to complete a capstone, or culminating project, that demonstrates application of their learning to an in-depth project. To find out more about options to complete the capstone requirement, please visit
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Have a proposal process that demonstrates synthesis of the background and theory of the field,
Have a timeline describing when you will meet expectations and be evaluated,
Be completed under the guidance of a faculty mentor (or similar expert), and
Have extended commitment, either taking place over more than one semester or be an equivalent investment of time.
Require periodic reflection on the learning taking place,
Result in a scholarly product appropriate for the field,
Include a public presentation (n.b. if a departmental capstone is used, the public presentation must be someplace more public than the class for which the project was completed).
Meet with the professor, supervisor, or employer who will be overseeing your work to:
Address the questions listed above,
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submit your responses to this form.
You will need to register for UGST 497 in each semester that you are working on your capstone.
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Who does not like beautiful Mehndi designs for hand? Applying Mehandi or henna is tradition of countries like India and Pakistan. It is considered as auspicious and ladies apply even a single dot of Mehandi on specific occasions. Mehandi production, Mehandi designs and applying Mehandi have become a huge market. People specialize in preparation of Mehandi. It is also called as Henna. The best way to prepare for yourself is to prepare a natural henna paste at home and feel it in a cone to apply Mehndi at home.
How to make Mehndi paste at home
- Collect some green Mehandi leaves. Dry it at home or you can get dry quality henna leaves from some quality herb supplier of your city.
- Crush the leaves till it attains smooth powder consistency.
- Take a bowl of plastic and add 20 grams of henna powder to it.
- Then add 1/4th cup of lemon juice to the bowl. Mix it thoroughly. This will give Mehndi powder a luscious texture.
- Following this procedure will give henna a boosting agent to release the color.
- Now add coconut oil to it. This will help in keeping your hands soft.
- You can use any essential oils, you prefer. While locking the moisture in Henna, oil in the mix will help to release the deepest color of Henna. Cover it with a plastic and leave it over night.
- You are all done to make Mehndi paste at home.
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Procedure to make henna cone at home
- Now take a thick plastic sheet. Roll it into the shape of a cone and seal it with Cello tape.
- Now fill it with Mehandi content with a spoon and seal the top.
- Take scissors and cut the bottom tip of the cone.
- If you are going for and Arabic Mehandi design, then you can go for a slightly wider hole, but if you are going for bridal or intricate henna designs, then cut a very small hole.
- People also call Mehndi cone as Henna applicator.
You are completely ready to create beautiful Mehndi designs for full hands and legs.
Let's get somewhat tricky here. You can add a bit of rust to get that color to satisfy yourself that your hubby loves you the most. It's a saying in India, that darker the color of your Mehandi, the more your husband loves you. It is a matter of jealousy and fun among the young girls and ladies to have the darkest color on one's hand.
Seeing this myth, people have completely fallen for the black color of Mehandi on hands and this has lead to people adding chemicals to make their Mehandi giving the darkest color of all. But believe me ladies, if you ask any natural Mehandi expert, you will get the reply that the real color of the Mehandi is bright red and not black. Do you get any hint? The color red and love of your husband, right? How can black color signify his love for you. Still if you wish to have dark henna color, you can get link to my article on how to get dark henna color on Ezine articles. Adding some rust from any old iron utensil in your house can lead you to gain the dark red color.
Let me mention some basic points on how to get dark mehndi color on hands with beautiful mehndi designs for hand
- You can heat a pan on stove. In India, general households use iron pan or skillets. Iron itself is a darkening agent. Add some cloves on the pan and let the vapor come out of it. Hold your hands above the vapor to absorb the heat and essence of cloves.
- I prefer to apply balm on hands before applying Mehndi. The basic property of Mehndi is getting darker on heating. So, you can also apply balm before and after application of Mehndi on hands.
- Lime stone is also a good agent for getting dark Mehndi color. After scraping off Mehndi paste off the design, just apply lime stone powder.
- Take care to stay away from water, till the time Mehndi reaches its peak color on your hand. If you touch water, color stimulation will stop immediately and you have to stay satisfied with whatever final color it was.
- Shampoos, soaps and detergents are agents to remove Mehndi color faster. Avoid using detergents directly with hands till the time Mehndi is catching its color or the function for which you have opted for beautiful Mehndi designs for hands and legs.
- You can wear plastic bags on hands to avoid direct contact with water and detergents. Doctors surgical gloves are easy to use. Keep one pair for yourself at home.
You would be interested to read: Indian Bridal Henna Designs Mehndi designs for wedding are just so special and near to heart of the bride.
Beautiful Mehndi Design pictures for hands
I have completely stopped using Mehandi cones available in the market because of the bad experience, I had previously of chipping off my hands skin after using the Mehndi. So it is the best alternative to prepare the Mehndi at your own and get the color of love on your hands.
Creation of Simple and Beautiful Mehndi designs for hands
Now comes the design of Mehandi that you wish to apply on your hands. I agree that it needs lots of art to apply the very beautiful Mehandi design on your hand. Surf the net or books of Mehandi design publication to find the best match for you. Simple Mehandi Patterns or Arabic Mehandi Designs can be easy to apply on your hands for the beginners.
Beautiful Mehndi Design pictures for hands
Some knowledgeable Henna article: Traditional Rajasthani Mehandi Designs
Beautiful Mehndi designs Arabic are very attractive and easy to apply. It even takes less time.
- All you need now is a print out of the design to create beautiful mehndi designs for hand.
2. A pointed marker and a plain paper.
3. Start making the same design with pencil on the white paper.
4. After a few attempts, you will succeed to get the exact shapes as shown in the Mehandi pattern book.
5. Now try to do it with a pointed marker pen. After getting the best out of yourself, draw the same design with a marker pen on your hand.
6. Now start dropping Mehndi with the cone on the design. Remember, you have to hold cone from the top edge.
A beautiful Mehndi design video is here to inspire readers to go for one asap. Beautiful Arabic Mehndi designs for hands 2015 are just released and ready to appear on this blog.
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After a certain amount of practice, you will be a pro and you won't need a marker or pencil to create designs. It is also the best option to create temporary tattoos with henna. So you are ready with a state of art Mehndi paste for yourself to create beautiful Mehndi designs for hand. Keep looking on for beautiful Mehndi designs for eid and Beautiful Mehndi designs for kids, our upcoming posts.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singers Rod Stewart and CeeLo Green will perform live in May on U.S. television singing competition "The Voice," a prominent spot for artists to promote upcoming albums.
Network NBC said on Monday that Green, a former judge on the popular contest, is slated to perform his new song "Only You." Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stewart will perform material from his upcoming album, "Time," his first release of original material in over a decade.
Stewart and Green will perform on the May 8 episode, while Grammy-winning country-pop trio Lady Antebellum will promote their forthcoming album "Golden" on the May 14 episode.
Pop singer Robin Thicke, singer-producer Pharrell Williams and rapper T.I. will all perform on the May 14 episode of "The Voice," which averages about 14 million viewers over its two weekly shows.
The competition's fourth season, which installed pop singers Shakira and Usher to replace Green and Christina Aguilera as judges, reaches its climax in June, when one of the aspiring contestants will be proclaimed the winner and get a recording contract.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey. Editing by Jill Serjeant and Andre Grenon)


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We provide cars in Ireland from both automatic and manual categories along with car rentals falling under every kind of budget. While booking, we let the customers add on extra facilities to the car rental such as a child seat, GPS and additional driver. Lastly, if you are planning to rent a car in Ireland then do not miss the opportunity of driving on the iconic Wild Atlantic Way.
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There is a plenty of car rental companies we work with to provide you with the best deals in Ireland.
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Our top car rental locations in Ireland
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Requirements for renting a car in Ireland
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For renting a car in Ireland, a valid driver's license held for at least 2 years is needed. People with licenses from US, Canadian, Australian and all EU member states do not require to produce an international driver's permit. An international driving license accompanied by a driving license is needed if the license is not in the Roman script.
Itinerary for a suggested 7-day road trip in Ireland
Days 1 & 2
Cork- Drive to Cork from Dublin via Glendalough, Kinsale & Cobh
Day 3
Dingle - Drive to Dingle via exploring the Beara Peninsula
Day 4
Killarney- Killarney can be reached in just an hour from Dingle
Days 5, 6 & 7
Connemara- Reach Connemara after enjoying the wonderful Cliffs of Moher and Galway city
Travel guide to Ireland
The second-largest of the British Isles, Ireland is a small island country in Europe's North Atlantic region with fantastic natural landscapes and super friendly locals. This country has many picturesque locations which are enough to sweep you off your feet, making Ireland into one of the most beautiful countries in the world. If you are in Ireland then you ought to see the serene Connemara, picture-perfect Donegal, the gigantic Mourne mountains, the must-see landscapes of Kerry & Cork counties and the famous Causeway Coast.
Why you should rent a car in Ireland?
Whether you should rent a car or not, it depends on your requirements in Ireland as well as your personal preferences.
- If you are looking forward to exploring the interior of Ireland especially the countryside then a car rental is a must as there is no better option. With a car rental, you can take road trips on the not-so-famous roads of Ireland which are actually, one of its best.
- Driving in Ireland is not a big task as you will get accustomed to its way of driving within a short span of time. If you drive a car as a part of your routine then you must go for a rental car as it will make your Irish trip into a comfortable one.
- Renting a car from a reputed company should mean that your experience will be carefree.
- Depending on public transportation is not always a good idea as it can get you hassled due to the waiting time and difficulty in luggage handling.
- Renting a car saves a lot of your time. Booking a car for a longer time period enables you to save more money as the per day cost will be lesser.
Popular tourist destinations in the Republic of Ireland
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland with many museums, the Book of Kells and the Dublin Castle.
Galway is a city with Eyre Square, St. Nicholas' Church and a bustling art culture.
Cork is known for its gaol of the 1800s, bells of the Shandon Church and the famous stone of Blarney Castle.
A town in the southwest of Ireland known for Killernay National Park, the Muckross House and the Ross Castle.
A city with touristy sites like King John's Castle and St. Mary's Church.
A medieval town known for its pubs, bars, churches, the Kilkenny Castle and its local crafts.
Top things to do in Ireland
- Cliffs of Moher
- Ring of Kerry
- Guinness Storehouse
- Dingle Peninsula
- Temple Bar
- Dublin Castle
- Rock of Cashel
- Phoenix Park
- St Stephen's Green
- Kylemore Abbey
- Powerscourt Estate
- Kilmainham Gaol
- Connemara National Park
- Killarney National Park
- Malahide Castle
- St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin


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About the West Virginia School Health Technical Assistance CenterThe West Virginia School Health Technical Assistance Center is based at the Center for Rural Health, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University. Since 1994, the Center has provided technical assistance to and evaluation of school based health centers. Currently, the Center provides technical assistance to support community and school partnerships for school based health services in areas of primary health care, mental health and dental health.
Technical assistance includes:
- Program evaluation and reporting
- Technical support and facilitation of community-school planning
- Training for community health providers and schools
- Promotion of quality improvement and use of evidence – based programs and practices
- Data management systems
The Center is funded by:
- The West Virginia Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
- The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
- The Appalachian Regional Commission


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AOF:140 To run across the Sahara, Gobi, Atacama, South Pole, Canada…
Ray Zahab is an energetic and informed traveler, runner, and founder of Impossible 2 Possible.
We only had a short time to record this show but it served the interview well. It kept us fast paced and on point.
It allowed for the best moments of Ray's travels and adventures to surface without the fluff that some audio shows have. More below the images
I asked some pretty interesting questions, to me anyways. Here are a couple that really stood out:
- Where in the world is the best place to stargaze? Figured someone who has been to the most remote and least light polluted places on the planet may have a good answer for this one.
- Give up one: sight, hearing, use of legs. Because I know people without these things I always wonder what it would be like, but if you could choose? Just curious I suppose.
- What is you favorite Matt Damon movie? There is a legit reason for this one, you'll have to listen.
Ray was a blast to interview and his shows holds it's own against any of our previous guests. Give it a listen. If you like it, share with someone who may need an adventure.
The podcast with Ray Zahab
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Autoresponders work incredibly well to aid any nature of business. Autoresponders work on pre-developed programs which produce an automated response and distribute via email to the desired location. It also serves your purpose as a great way for marketing through emails as autoresponders can generate and dispatch bulk mails with your desired content. The response generated by an individual level of autoresponder is concise and clearly delivers the indicated message that it is meant for.
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text: The effects of climate change are well documented, but it's widely agreed that not enough is being done to combat the problem. To promote World Environment Day on June 5, CarbonStory – a crowdfunding platform for environmental projects – partnered with marketing agencies BDDO and Proximity Singapore to create an interactive site called World Under Water. Powered by Google Maps and exclusive to Chrome, it lets you pick any Street View location and see what it will look like after sea levels have risen. The implementation is actually very simple. The site uses the same effect for every location and the sea level doesn't change depending on your geography. Even so, it's an admirable idea and the illusion is fairly believable.


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Earlier this week, the ubiquitous workplace messaging app Slack suffered a worldwide outage. People freaked out and vented on Twitter. Lots of folks have deeply embedded Slack into their everyday work life. Inc likes Slack so much that they named it the 2017 Company of the Year and published a cheat sheet on how to up your Slack game.
I think Slack works fine as a messaging tool, in the right circumstances. But I have also seen Slack utterly destroy the productivity of teams and office environments, overriding the benefits that it may have been providing in terms of connectivity and helping people communicate. And everyone has that one person on their team--the Slack user who seems to reply to a group Slack in five seconds, who posts multiple GIFs in any conversation, and who even replies to emails in Slack.
Three Questions That Diagnose Your Slack Problem
In my years of using Slack and managing teams that use Slack, I came up with three basic questions that I found helped people determine whether they had a healthy or unhealthy relationship with Slack.
1. Do you post GIFs regularly? Posting a GIF on Slack actually requires a fairly concerted effort. You need to find the GIF, preview the GIF and then post the GIF. Finding just the right GIF takes time and attention that pulls you away from any deep thinking task. Additionally, GIFs demand attention from others in a Slack channel--including those who really only want to get their job done.
If you post GIFs too often in your team's Slack, you probably have a Slack problem.
2. How many private Slack convos do you create? There are very few circumstances where a private Slack is a good thing. Like GIFs, private Slack conversations demand your colleagues attentions. They shout "This is IMPORTANT."
The basic rule for successful important conversations is to pick up the phone and talk. Focusing on a specific conversation in a phone call will probably yield much greater clarity and will resolve more quickly than an endless Slack with both parties dropping in and out of the thread. Additionally, if a conversation is truly sensitive, you probably don't want to. put it into chat--for a variety of reasons. People behave very differently in email and chat than they do with voices or in real life, and usually, in tense situations they behave far worse.
If you find yourself with a mass of private Slack convos stacked up, consider it a sign that you have a Slack problem.
3. How many Slack conversations are you running simultaneously? I once witnessed a horrible situation where a manager made an honest comment about someone that should have been shared in private. The manager spent several months repairing the damage to the relationship. This screw-up happened, in my view, because that manager often maintained 10 or more simultaneous Slack conversations.
As human beings, we are not made to talk to 10 different people or groups at the same time. Our brains get confused. And each time we switch from one conversation to another, our brains needs to reabsorb the context of that particular conversations. This also makes us not only confused and unproductive but also unhappy. The Trello Blog ran a great piece on how "Context Switching" ruins productivity.
If you are running more than two or three active conversations at the same time, you may have a Slack problem.
Many people use Slack quite effectively but far too often Slack becomes something that reduces productivity and happiness. So ask yourself (and your employees or colleagues) these three questions to help ensure that Slack is a useful tool rather than a waste of time.


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One side effect of the recession is that many seniors are forced to move in with their grown children's families. In 2010, 4.4 million U.S. homes housed three generations or more, up 15 percent from 2008, according to CNN. In light of the economic climate, many retirees are finding this a good way to cut on expenses. Of course, having your parents or in-laws move in with you and your family isn't always easy.
There are some tactics, however, to change this from a potentially anxiety-ridden scenario into a comfortable one.
Open dialogue
Although it sometimes feels easier to leave things unsaid, vocalizing your expectations and feelings can help avoid misunderstandings. Broach the subject positively, and make sure you express yourself clearly. Also, make it as two-sided as possible – ask for their opinions and take their suggestions gracefully.
Setting a regular time – whether weekly or monthly – can help remove some of the stress from the discussions. Make it feel like a chance to check in and evaluate how things are going.
Capitalize on the babysitting
If you have kids, having your in-laws or parents move in could be a welcome gift. They are no doubt anxious to spend time with your children, so use their presence as an opportunity to get some alone time for you and your spouse. Plan a night each week where they can watch the kids while the two of you have a date.
Smooth transition
To ensure that the situation gets off on the right foot, it's wise to make the moving process as painless as possible. They likely have decades of accumulated belongings, so hiring a household moving company to help could make things easier. Furthermore, using a long distance moving and storage service can help you keep everything organized as well as integrate the additional belongings into your home.
Appreciate them
Although it may feel difficult in the moment, your parents or in-laws likely have some hard-earned wisdom for you to soak up. Being mindful of this fact will help you appreciate the advice they give you – whether it's about raising children or handling the pressures of a job.
Cooking duties
In addition to babysitting duties, this situation could also help in terms of another time-consuming household task: cooking. Sharing kitchen responsibilities can save you time on busy days, increase meal variety and even offer you some new recipes and techniques.
Although you might not have planned becoming a three-generation household, by taking the right steps you can make the best out of the situation.


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They come from all over the United States: Peace Nuns, Raging Grannies, Women in Black and other advocates of peace, including several Arizonans (myself included), are well-represented in essays, poetry, photographs and art. Laudatory blurbs for the book include endorsements by Noam Chomsky, Harry Belafonte, Ralph Nader and Ramsey Clark, who originated the ImpeachBush.org movement.
One reader of Cost of Freedom calls the anthology "not just a book but a national movement." Another writes: "The Cost of Freedom anthology ... recognizes, records and celebrates the magnificent efforts of countless numbers of real people to bring peace and social justice to our beleaguered and exploited planet."
Cost of Freedom includes perspectives such as Minnesota octogenarian Polly Mann's concern with evasion on the part of institutions: "Churches are the biggest stumbling blocks to peace." One might ask if a "born again" president, whose ideology displays a certain insouciance about what happens before "we'll all be dead," can be very fervent in his quest for improving this world rather than the next. Publisher/designer/senior editor Michael Annis expresses awareness of this religious element in his essay called "American Addle," elaborating on the theme of "The National Descent Into the Dark Ages of Global Sadism in the Name of God and Country, a Cell Phone, an SUV, a Bible, a Big Mac ..."
Fred Bahnson of North Carolina addresses evasions of the media. Don Timmerman of Wisconsin writes that "the real reason why the troops are in Iraq is to privatize the oil for U.S. companies." Olivia Owen of New York laments the public's disconnectedness from responsibility in world affairs. She notes that artists are taking up the responsibility of peace efforts. Joe Rebholz, whose exhibition of anti-war graphics provoked both praise and vitriol in Tucson, is such an artist.
"The reality of war came briefly to Bisbee," writes Judy Plank, of a Quaker community near Douglas. She describes participating with Women in Black on the second anniversary of the Iraq war as they carried three flag-draped coffins in a procession through Bisbee. "Our government limits the public from seeing flag-draped coffins and dead Iraqi children with good reason. They are the truth of war."
Elaine Donovan of New York writes about encountering a group of Quakers "holding a silent peace vigil on the sidewalk in town. I joined them in their blessed silence. Later that day, I began to ask myself, 'Well, why can't we do that in our town?'" Of course, we, too, can in our town by participating in vigils and protests, including the Oct. 27 nationwide demonstrations for peace. Such opportunities are listed in the Tucson Peace Calendar.
In "Truth-Telling at the White House," Maria Allwine of Maryland reminds us, "The anti-war movement in this country is alive and well. At least 300,000 marched in September 2005, and the arrests on Sept. 26 marked the largest civil disobedience action in many decades ... !" She describes a 2,000-strong demonstration, at which gold-star mother Cindy Sheehan hung a picture of son Casey on the White House fence beside placards with the names of dead troops. Many demonstrators were arrested.
There is room here to mention only a few of the riches in Cost of Freedom--a cost we all pay. The book reminds readers that body counts are not just the scorecard the president insists on updating each day, as if he were running a baseball game, but bloody and mutilated bodies. There are also concerns for how critical domestic needs are ignored as the war goes on.
Though much civil disobedience has been ignored by both media and government--re-enforcing repressive power by forbidding photographs of flag-covered coffins and seducing reporters to accept the status of "embedded"--the voices in Cost of Freedom show that Big Brother can never succeed in muting all mouths and taping all eyes. And they remind us of our own complicity in a war that nobody sees the end of. Such a book is not only commendable; it is essential.


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Paulo Bruscky: Art Is Our Last Hope is the first survey exhibition of Brazilian artist Paulo Bruscky's career in the United States. Bruscky was born in Recife, in northeastern Brazil, in 1949. He came of age during the darkest time in his nation's history, witnessing the 1964 military coup that instigated more than 20 years of dictatorial oppression and ruthless attacks by the military regime on insurgents as well as anyone deemed "subversive." Nevertheless, he has always operated under the utopian vision that art has the potential to instigate social change, and in his multifaceted works he consistently challenges the socio-political status quo.
One of the world's first artists to manipulate the xerox machine as an aesthetic device, Bruscky is also a mail artist, poet, creator of artist's books, inventor, performance artist, photographer, and filmmaker. He has played a critical role in bringing major international artistic movements to Brazil, including Fluxus, mail art, and performance art. Throughout his career, he has produced artworks inspired by everyday experiences that challenge audiences to think about how the world unfolds around them. He has continuously addressed the anonymity and alienation of the individual in the urban landscape, countering that experience with humor, irony, and caustic wit.
Despite being one of Brazil's most important contemporary artists, one at the forefront of avant-garde artistic practice in that country since the 1970s, Bruscky has long been under-recognized outside of his homeland. This exhibition seeks to remedy that. Curated by Dr. Antonio Sergio Bessa, Director of Curatorial and Education Programs at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the exhibition features works created between 1971 and 2011 in a range of art forms, including mail art, video, sound art, Xerox art, and performance documentation.
The catalogue accompanying the exhibition will offer English-speaking audiences a window onto Bruscky's pioneering production for the first time. The volume will feature two major essays interpreting the various facets of Bruscky's work. Dr. Bessa will contextualize Bruscky's practice within the broader international scene by tracing a parallel between the artist's strategies and the various theoretical and philosophical ideas current since the late 1960s. Dr. Davidson, who defended a doctoral dissertation on Bruscky's work, will contribute an essay exploring what he called "communication art" in all its iterations: mail art, telegram art, fax art, xerox art, and newspaper classifieds, all linked by the artist's subversion and simultaneous transformation of ready-made communication systems into unorthodox channels for art. The book will also include an interview with Paulo Bruscky conducted at the artist's studio in April, 2013, by Dr. Bessa, and a chronology spanning the artist's career, including an overview of the socio-historical context in Brazil throughout the 1960s and 70s, organized by Dr. Davidson.
About the artist
Born in Recife, Brazil, Paulo Bruscky began his career in the late 1960s, becoming involved with the international mail-art movement and participating in Fluxus exhibitions around the world. In the following decades, he experimented with new media and performance. Bruscky's work reflects a continuous engagement with Recife and its culture, filtered and documented in the artist's books, photographs, and other media. Organized by Antonio Sergio Bessa, Director of Programs at The Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Paulo Bruscky: Art Is Our Last Hope is made possible with support from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Galeria Nara Roesler, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, Itaú, and Associação para o Patronato Contemporâneo – APC.


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Steve targets three points to make up for Wycombe disappointment.
Alex boss Steve Davis says that his players cannot wait to put Tuesday's performance behind them when Mansfield Town arrive in South Cheshire for our first meeting since New Year's Day 2003.
Crewe were on the receiving end of a surprising5-1 defeat to Wycombe in the week and the Alex boss says the players have to quickly move on from that against the Stags.
Ahead of our meeting with Adam Murray's side, Steve has told the club's official web-site: "That type of results can happen and they can happen to the best teams in the world. When they do happen it is how you respond to it. We have to move on quickly and get back to doing what we were doing.
"We had been on a great run of late and Saturday's game against Mansfield will give us the chance to put it right. We cannot let the result affect us too badly and the best way to respond will be getting the three points.
"We try and win every game. We have lost three points on Tuesday, so the aim is to get three on Saturday.
He added to crewealex.net: "We want to put that game behind us and bounce back positively. We have a strong group here, mentally. They have shown that and it will be interesting to see how they do respond against Mansfield this weekend."


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The world's most venerated yoga teacher sheds light on life through the prism of yoga.
'Yoga allows you to achieve a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit the broken pieces together. Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life. Yoga allows you
to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known existed.'
Here, B.K.S. lyengar; founder of the style of yoga teaching known as lyengar yoga, invites both those new to yoga and those who are experienced practitioners on an inward journey designed to increase their physical stability, emotional vitality, mental clarity, intellectual wisdom and spiritual bliss.
In this warm, witty, lucid and helpful book he addresses the role that yoga postures and breathing techniques play in our search for wholeness, the external and internal obstacles that keep us from progressing along the path, and how yoga can help us live in harmony with the world around us. He uses stories from his own life, humour and examples from modern culture to illustrate that the awareness that yoga offers can improve our lives in many practical and profound ways.
B.K.S. lyengar is a living legend He is one of the world's leading teachers of yoga and was one of the first to introduce yoga to the West. His previous book, Light on Yoga, was a bestseller and is regarded as a classic text for all students of yoga. Mr lyengar is donating his royalties from the sale of this book to fund health, education and development projects in the village of Bellur, India, where he was born.


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Today's contractor carries a digital device with them everywhere, if not a phone then a tablet. One of the most popular tablets and the one we use here at TIA is the Apple iPad. I personally use a mini and have always been worried about even taking it out of the house because I don't want to risk it getting damaged. Pelican is world renowned for their superior cases. They are the top choice for protection. When I found out that they had some iPad and iPhone cases I had to try them out.
Upon receiving my Pelican ProGear Vault case I was impressed with the toughness and quality. The case is made from a tough material that has rubber in certain areas to help protect your devices even further. The case hugs the screen and has a seal that keeps dust and moisture out. The cover plays 2 roles, it closes to protect the screen and acts as a stand. The stand feature is one that I have used a lot more than I thought I would. It has a rubber foot so it holds the iPad solid at almost any angle you have it at on any surface! An aluminum hinge holds the door on and feels as tough as it looks. It is easy to grip and does not hamper your usability of the iPad thanks to a low bezel.
Six hex screws hold the iPad in the case. it really has a good snug fit. It has an opening for your stock Apple charging cable, headphones and mute switch. The volume buttons are protected and covered. They have a great tactile feel to them. The home and top buttons are covered and protected also. I was surprised by the sound from the speakers It was better than I expected. The case has an IP54 rating which is is not quite waterproof but extremely water resistant. If you dropped the iPad in water and pull it out instantly you will probably be OK. For a field tech the Pelican Vault case is a perfect option. It will survive all the abuse of a job site while protecting your digital lifeline. I just read an article that the UK was going to order something like 15,000 iPads for the police. This case is going be a one of their top considerations I am sure.


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Sunlight Peak
Immediately after getting off the train, one crosses the
Animas River on a good foot bridge. The trail then runs south (right)
for a little less than 1 km to the point where the trail along the
Needle Creek heads east up the valley. There is a trail register near
this point. The trail climbs gently as it stays north of the creek.
This trail is about 10 km long. As it approaches Chicago Basin, there
is a smaller (less heavily used) trail that crosses the creek and heads
for Columbine Pass. Do not take this trail, but continue straight. A bit
further along the trail forks, there is a cairn at this point. The right
fork leads to a good (and popular) area for camping a short distance
further, while the left fork of the trail starts the climb towards
Twin Lakes. After the first hill this (latter) trail reaches a somewhat more
level area, this is the highest possible campsite. There is a sign next
to the trail at this point saying that camping is not permitted higher
up, including anywhere in the Twin Lakes basin. We established our BC
in this area, as high as possible given these regulations.
Second, from Base Camp in Chicago Basin to Sunlight Peak:
From our high Base Camp just below the sign indicating the boundary
for camping, the trail continues up to Twin Lakes. The trail crosses a creek
and climbs steeply p a step, then more gently between a couple of more steps
before reaching the Twin Lake area. The trail continues up into the basin
between Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak. Take the right fork of the trail,
another fork leads deeper into the Twin Lake area. Climbing mostly on
the Windom side of the basin, the most distinct trail will indeed head
for Windom Peak. As soon as the basin has been reached, one should leave
the trail and go left, possibly with a small descent in order to continue
up the basin along its lowest line. Sunlight Spire with a very distinct
"thumb" as its highest point is visible between Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak,
but much closer to Sunlight. Head up the broad (south) face of Sunlight Peak,
mostly on scree and broken rocks, partly between some cliff bands. The route
is not very difficult to find, some quite promising "broken gullies"
head up a bit further to the left (they angle up towards the right).
After some initial gain, we found a good route by traversing a bit left
and then following these natural features. Higher up, the terrain
features larger boulders, as the number of possible routes shrink, one is
quite naturally led up some big boulders to a place where one sees a hole
under a large block of rock. Scramble up here and go through the hole.
As one exits there is a good ledge heading left, this route now easily
leads to the area immediately below the summit block. The summit register
is located in this area. To further gain the proper summit requires an easy
scramble up a tilted block to a ledge. The summit structure can be
observed from here. There is a huge hole under the summit towards the north,
a fairly smooth slab about 4 meters long tilts up to the left, a couple
of blocks provide an alternative route higher going right. The right route
is supposed to be the easier ( class 4), it ends with the need to cross an
exposed gap in order to get directly onto the summit. The left route
(class 5)
ends in a short, narrow ridge (only about 2 meter) that terminates at the
summit. We chose the left route. The climbing up the slab is relatively
easy, at least when dry. There are small holds and good friction. However,
downclimbing this kind of slab without a nice, level plateau below, is
more of a challenge. Two adults can easily do it, if one is left below
the slab to provide some support for the feet of the climber coming down
(using hands). I helped Pål Jørgen down in this way. However,
he could not support me, so I downclimbed using a couple of slings attached
on the top corner of the slab as an extra hand hold. (Pål Jørgen
then took this with him down).
Comments: I did this climb with Pål Jørgen, age 12. It took us two hours from our Base Camp to the summit register just below the true summit. We started at 0600 and since the sun was rising behind Sunlight Peak, we had the first sunlight of the day as we came to Sunlight Peak at 0800. We spent a full hour on and by the summit. We both climbed the actual highest point, enjoyed the scenery, the sun striking Sunlight Spire and the view north. The summit is indeed most suitable as a place to sit and enjoy the summits all around. To do a headstand on the summit (as was appearently done in 1920), seems pretty insane, there is basically only one "safe" direction to get down from such a maneuver.


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There are very few things democrats and republicans agree on these days, but the treatment of our veterans is one of them. From the most hawkish republican to the most dovish liberal, we all want to see our returning veterans treated well, starting with their healthcare. Thus, the outrage over the VA scandal has been as bipartisan as any you'll see in this town and has led President Obama uncharacteristically to hold someone actually accountable with their job. However, whether Eric Shinseki is truly culpable or what President Obama knew or when he knew it or who covered up what is not the topic of this post.
I am more interested in the implications of the VA's performance on the rest of the US healthcare system and how liberals are currently trying to engineer it. To put it simply, the liberal vision of US healthcare is that we all use the VA health system. Not the actual VA, but a single payer, government run health system. Most of us turn to other countries to better understand what that would look like. Indeed, studying the socialist health systems in Canada, the UK, or Sweden can be instructive. What those analyses show is a two-tier system where the wealthy have secondary insurance to guarantee high quality, on-demand healthcare and the middle class and poor live with the long wait times and frequently mediocre care that the government system provides.
Yet it is even more instructive to study our own government health program for veterans. It must surely represent the best we can do since we are all aligned that our vets should get the best possible treatment. As the past few weeks have shown, the government run VA health system is a colossal mess. I won't chronicle the details here as you can and probably already have read them elsewhere. What's clear about the mess is that it was brought on by a unionized federal workforce that performed poorly and then covered up their poor performance.
Sadly, this doesn't surprise anyone. We've all dealt with the TSA, the DMV, the USPS, etc. None of them functions well. An entire private industry rose up around the incompetence of the US Postal Service and Federal Express has a $43 billion market cap. When was the last time you sent an important business document via the USPS? We now also have the benefit of having watched the fiasco of the federal government attempt the simplistic task of rolling out a website just to sign up for health insurance. It has been an abject disaster.
And yet, liberals now want to hand over our entire healthcare system to the exact same people, systems, and unionized workforce who were fundamentally incapable of providing decent healthcare to the one segment of the population we all support unconditionally. In what fantasy world is that going to work?


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The Washington Waterworks Operator Certification Program
requires a BTO, CCS, WDS, WDM, or WTPO to demonstrate
professional growth during each professional growth
reporting period of at least three years. Following
Department of Health's regulations and policies, Washington
Certification Services at Green River College evaluates and
accredits training used by waterworks operators to meet the
professional growth requirement. Eligible training and
examinations used to meet the requirement are recorded on
individual transcripts for each certified operator.
Here is more information about the professional growth requirement...
To meet the professional growth requirement,
certified waterworks operators must accomplish one
of the following within each professional growth
reporting period:
Option 1: Accumulate a minimum of
three Continuing Education Units (CEU) or
college credits for training that directly
relates to information and procedures that
influence water quality, water quantity, or
public health protection, including:
a. The operation or maintenance
activities of a public water system; or
b. Managing the operation or maintenance
activities of a public water system.
Option 2: Advance as a WDM or WTPO by
examination to a higher level classification.
Option 3: Achieve
certification by examination in a different
classification as follows:
All certified operators are assigned a professional
growth reporting period based on their original
certification date. Department of Health allows
each operator a minimum of three years to meet
the professional growth requirement. All training
applied toward the requirement must be completed
within the reporting period dates.
The following chart shows when certified operators
must meet the professional growth requirement.
Training applied toward the waterworks operator
professional growth requirement in Washington must
meet the relevancy criteria established by the Department
of Health (DOH), Office of Drinking Water. Relevant
training means training that:
Examples of acceptable management training include
drinking water regulatory compliance, capacity development,
rate setting, financial viability, water system
security and responding to drinking water emergencies.
Training that may not meet the relevancy criteria
is evaluated by the DOH Relevancy Review Committee.
For more information about the relevancy requirement,
view the Department's
Fact Sheet on Relevancy of Training for Waterworks
Relevancy appeals must be filed according to
Training Relevancy Review Procedure - DOH.
Certified waterworks operators may earn CEU or
college credit for successfully completing or instructing
relevant training. If an operator repeats the same
course used to meet a previous professional growth
requirement, CEU equal to one-half of the original
assignment may be applied toward the professional
growth requirement in a different reporting period.
CEU will be rounded down to the nearest
one-tenth of a CEU.
No CEU will be accepted toward the professional
growth requirement for:
It is the certified operator's responsibility
to satisfy the professional growth requirement on
or before December 31st of the reporting period
deadline year. It is also the operator's responsibility
to ensure that training that has been completed
toward the requirement has been submitted to
Washington Certification
Services for posting on the operator's professional
growth transcript. Live training completion
documentation may be submitted for evaluation by
the certified operator or the training
sponsor following the procedures established
by Department of Health (DOH).
Most training sponsors request
course evaluation and Continuing
Education Unit (CEU) assignment in
advance for waterworks training they
conduct in Washington. If a training
sponsor has not submitted a course
for evaluation in advance, but has
awarded CEU for successful
completion, an operator may request
an evaluation after completing the
Types of training not typically
submitted for evaluation by the
sponsor in advance include:
Self-Paced Training
must be
submitted by the course sponsor for
pre-approval. Operators cannot
submit unapproved Self-Paced
To request an evaluation of Live
Training that has not been evaluated
in advance, please use the required
Waterworks Live Training Submittal
Form. For training
taken remotely (virtually), you will
need the course sponsor to attest
that Washington State's
remote criteria was
Most waterworks training sponsors
in Washington request an evaluation
of their training in advance by
Washington Certification
Services. If the training has already
been evaluated and issued a course evaluation
identification number, the sponsor may
also submit verification of successful
completion of training directly to
Washington Certification
Services. DOH recommends that the sponsor
submit training rosters for posting
to operator professional growth transcripts
within 30 days of the completion of
the training.
View the list of
approved classroom training.
Instructions and forms for requesting an
evaluation of training in advance are in the
Training Course Sponsors section of the web
Washington Certification Services will evaluate all verification
of CEU or college credit submitted following criteria
established by the DOH and the
International Association of Continuing Education
and Training (IACET). Relevant CEU or
college credit meeting DOH and IACET criteria may
be accepted toward the operator's professional growth
DOH will notify Washington Certification Services of all
certified operators who meet the professional growth
requirement by passing an eligible certification
Professional Growth Transcripts
Certification Services at Green River College maintains individual professional growth
transcripts for each certified waterworks operator
in Washington. Operators may view and print
their unofficial professional growth report online.
View Your Professional Growth Report.
Not Accepted for Recording
The Department of Health accepts only Continuing
Education Units (CEU) or college credit awarded
to relevant waterworks training toward the professional
growth requirement. The following will not be accepted
for recording:
Record Keeping
The Department of Health (DOH) has directed
Washington Certification Services to restrict record keeping
to that required by a certified operator to meet
the professional growth requirement specified by
law. When an operator has met the professional
growth requirement for certification renewal for
the current reporting period, documentation of additional
training will not be accepted for the remainder
of that reporting period. It is the operator's
responsibility to keep track of training beyond
what is required to meet the professional growth
When an operator meets the professional growth
requirement, Washington Certification Services will provide
the operator with a completion letter. Washington Certification Services will also
notify DOH that the operator has met the requirement.
Washington Certification Services will mail a reminder notice
to each certified operator that has not met the
requirement approximately six months prior to the
professional growth reporting period deadline date.
Certified waterworks operator must satisfy the
professional growth requirement by the reporting
period deadline. Read more about Reporting Periods.
Each certified operator's certificate will remain
temporarily valid for two months after the December
31st reporting period deadline. Documentation
of relevant CEU or college credit earned during
the professional growth reporting period may be
submitted to Washington Certification Services for evaluation
until February 15th of the period during which the
operator holds a temporarily valid certificate.
If the documentation submitted satisfies the requirement,
Department of Health (DOH) will provide notification
to the operator that the certificate is renewable.
"Committed to supporting the Department of Health's mission to protect the health of the people of Washington State by
ensuring safe and reliable drinking water."


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Post-concussion headache, low energy or fatigue, amnesia and abnormal neurologic findings are significant predictors of playing time lost among professional hockey players, according to a study conducted during 7 National Hockey League seasons and recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The National Hockey League (NHL), in conjunction with the NHL Players' Association, launched an initiative in 1997 to improve the understanding of concussions. As part of the initiative, investigators examined initial post-concussion signs, symptoms, physical examination findings and playing time lost for male professional ice hockey players.
These initial post-concussion clinical manifestations were assessed in terms of their use in predicting playing time lost among hockey players.
"Our results suggest that there was a trend toward a gradual increase in post-concussion time loss over the study period," lead author Brian W. Benson, PhD, stated in a press release. "More should be done to educate everyone involved about the potential adverse effects associated with continuing to play while symptomatic, failing to report symptoms to medical staff and failure to recognize or evaluate any suspected concussion."
In all, 559 concussions were reported by team physicians during the study period, which amounted to 1.8 concussions per 1,000 player-hours. Headache was the most common post-concussion symptom (71%), with average time lost in days increasing 2.25 times for every subsequent concussion sustained during the study period.
Other post-concussion symptoms reported with frequency included dizziness (34%), nausea (24%), neck pain (23%), low energy or fatigue (22%), blurred vision (22%), amnesia (21%) and loss of consciousness (18%), according to the release.


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Video surveillance is a boon to police departments and other government agencies, but the video often needs to be preserved as potential evidence for investigations. For users of analog systems, this means recording video on bulky tapes, a challenge for the police department of Burbank, CA, the "media capital of the world."
The Burbank Police Department has been using analog cameras to safeguard its headquarters, requiring staff to replace videocassettes every eight hours as they became filled and then to store the tapes. Storage was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and inefficient, but replacing the entire analog system with an IP solution was too costly.
Learn how the Burbank Police Department deployed an IP video storage solution with JetStor RAID Arrays that supports its analog cameras and all but automates the archiving of video footage.


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Today is an exciting day for us.
We are showing Invoicedonkey to the world. Well, part of it for now.
The first beta keys have been sent and invoices are being generated as you read this.
Invoicedonkey is a new online invoice management tool. So of course you can expect an easy way to create,…


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The LG Optimus 2X was the first dual core smartphone to be launched at the beginning of the year, but despite the fact that it is still a powerful handset, LG has confirmed that the smartphone won't get Google's latest platform update, Ice Cream Sandwich.
When asked whether the Optimus 2X will be eligible for the update, LG responded that they will not be "introducing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates" on the LG Optimus 2X P990 before adding "Keep watching this space for further updates".
Not surprisingly, the comments have attracted a barrage of insults, threats and criticism which have apparently forced LG to retract that comment (the rest of the feedback can be found here (opens in new tab).)
Now here's the kicker; the LG Optimus 2X shares the same configuration as a number of Honeycomb tablets on the market. It has the same chip as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Motorola XOOM, albeit with half the RAM and a smaller onboard storage capacity.
But then, if the Samsung Nexus S, which has an inferior processor, does get ICS, then why not the LG Optimus 2X? The phone was shipped with Froyo and Gingerbread only appeared in September 2011, nearly nine months after it was launched.


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On Friday, 2 September 2016, The GEF/UNDP Ridge to Reef Project handed over several tools and equipment to the Extension Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment. Some of the items handed over include easels, white boards, flip charts, facilitation training kits, projectors, iPad, laptop, calculators, hand levels, refractometers, megaphones, and soil testing kits.
Mr Joseph Noel, Project Officer of the GEF/UNDP Ridge to Reef Project, stated that "the items will be extremely useful in helping the Division to bring more information and assistance to farmers in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique." He emphasized the need to utilize the equipment through training, so that farmers' income, and production can be increased throughout the tri-island state.
Senior Extension Officers in the Ministry of Agriculture Mr Kelly Patrick, and Mr George Phillip, accepted the items from Mr Noel.
Mr Phillip mentioned that the Extension Division is an informal teaching institution, thus the equipment obtained will undoubtedly help to educate farmers in the field, and at occasional formal indoor sessions/workshops.
Mr Patrick, Senior Extension Officer, congratulated Mr. Noel and the entire GEF/UNDP Ridge to Reef project for delivering the equipment in an extremely timely manner. He shared his sincerest appreciation for the prompt delivery of the equipment as the Extension Division has tried to obtain these items under several projects before, all to no avail.
In the near future, the Extension Division will facilitate workshops to help farmers take advantage of livelihood opportunities. The equipment received will be utilized at those sessions as they can help farmers to increase their income and livelihood, which is one of the Ridge to Reef Project's main objectives.
During the handing over ceremony, the GEF/UNDP Ridge to Reef Project Officer made a commitment to cover travel expenses for farmers from Carriacou and Petite Martinique, so that they too can participate and benefit from all Ridge to Reef Project funded workshops that will be hosted by the Extension Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
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