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Effective January 1, 2017, the minimum wage to be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with Federal contracts covered by Executive Order 13658 will be $10.20 per hour. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the increase in the federal contractor minimum wage in today's Federal Register. Continue reading Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rises to $10.20
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Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule and Final Guidance to be Published Tomorrow
Today, the FAR Council and the Department of Labor issued final regulations and final guidance implementing Executive Order 13673 – Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/opa/opa20160824 The interlocking final regulations and final guidance, with an effective date of October 25, 2016, impose new requirements on federal contractors and subcontractors, including:
- Contractors, when bidding on new federal contracts valued at more than $500,000, will be required to disclose a three year look-back of all "labor law violations" (involving defined administrative merits determinations, civil judgments, and arbitral awards) arising under 14 different federal statutes and comparable state laws to the contracting officer. The contracting officer, with the assistance of a newly created Agency Labor Compliance Advisors, will review the labor law violations, determine whether the violations are serious, repeated, willful, or pervasive, and based on those determinations, decide whether the contractor is "responsible" enough to be awarded a federal contract.
- Subcontractors, with subcontracts worth more than $500,000, will be required to make similar three year look-back disclosures of labor law violations to the U.S. Department of Labor for that federal agency to make a determination as to whether the subcontractor's history of labor law violations are serious, repeated, willful, or pervasive. The prime contractor is then required to making its own decision as to whether its subcontractors are "responsible" based on the Department of Labor's determinations.
- Contractors and subcontractors with serious, repeated, willful, or pervasive labor law violations may be required to enter into labor compliance agreements – either before or after contract award – with designated federal agencies to mitigate or remediate histories of non-compliance as a condition to being deemed "responsible" to receive a federal contract or subcontract.
There are also new requirements concerning (1) Paycheck Transparency (what information must be listed on an employee's or independent contractor's paycheck); and (2) prohibitions on the use of arbitration to resolve employee claims unless the employee and contractor agree to use arbitration after the employee has a claim (effectively negating many pre-employment or company-wide arbitration agreements and plans).
The regulatory requirements outlined above have varied phase in periods, beginning October 25, 2016 through October 25, 2017. The final regulations and guidance will be published in tomorrow's Federal Register.
We will be issuing a comprehensive Alert, with a more detailed analysis of this intricate and complicated regulatory scheme, soon.
Duane Morris' Michael J. Schrier to Speak at ABA Section of Public Contract Law Annual Meeting
Duane Morris special counsel Michael J. Schrier of the firm's Washington, D.C. office will present on the "Prevailing Wage Requirements in Government Construction Contracts" during the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Public Contract Law Annual Meeting on Friday, August 5, 2016, in San Francisco, California. Mr. Schrier's presentation will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
For more information on this program, please see the event listing on DuaneMorris.com.
Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors: New Proposed Regulations
On February 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. The proposed rule (Proposed 29 C.F.R. Part 13) creates an employee right – for both hourly and salaried employees – to accrue and use paid sick leave while working on federal contracts. The proposed rule also imposes a complex regulatory scheme, with new federal contracting clauses created by the Department of Labor, on contractors to enforce the newly created employee rights. The salient points of the proposed rule are as follows: Continue reading Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors: New Proposed Regulations
Proposed Regulations Attempt To Bar Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements
On January 22, 2016, the FAR Council promulgated proposed regulations that prohibit contractors and subcontractors from contractually barring their employees and subcontractors from reporting fraud, waste, or abuse to federal authorities concerning nonclassified information or programs. Continue reading Proposed Regulations Attempt To Bar Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements
Government Contractors Do Not Enjoy "Governmental Immunity" When They Violate Both Federal Law And Explicit Government Instructions
Government contractors, while performing work under their federal contracts, may enjoy a form of "derivative sovereign immunity" from private litigation provided certain prerequisites are met. However, as explained in a recent Supreme Court case, no immunity may be had from suits by allegedly injured third parties when "a contractor violates both federal law and the Government's explicit instructions." Continue reading Government Contractors Do Not Enjoy "Governmental Immunity" When They Violate Both Federal Law And Explicit Government Instructions


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Younger is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by Darren Star, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Pamela Redmond Satran. The single-camera series stars Sutton Foster as the lead character, with Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, and Charles Michael Davis co-starring in major roles. The series premiered on March 31, 2015, on TV Land and received generally positive reviews from critics. The fifth season premiered on June 5, 2018. On June 4, 2018, the show was renewed for a sixth season which is set to premiere on June 12, 2019.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A guardianship case for a Virginia woman with Down syndrome is testing the rights of adults with disabilities to choose how they live.
The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/12cgGZa ) that 29-year-old Margaret Jean "Jenny" Hatch has been fighting for nearly a year for the right to move in with friends who employed her at their thrift shop. Her parents want her to remain in a group home.
Hatch learned to read at the age of 6, has volunteered on Republican political campaigns and held a part-time job at the thrift shop for five years. She also has an IQ of 52 and tends to shower affection on strangers as well as friends.
The case, which will continue on July 29, has captured the attention of advocacy groups and Hampton Roads residents, who have turned the phrase "Justice for Jenny" into a mantra. For many, the legal fight is about not just who Hatch is but also whom she represents: anyone born with an intellectual disability or who ends up with one, through either age or mishap.
"There is a default assumption that people with intellectual disabilities and people with mental illness need people to make decisions for them, that they can't, with aid, fend for themselves. Which just isn't true," said Jennifer Mathis of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, one of several organizations that have expressed interest in the case to the court.
Hatch moved in with Kelly Morris and her fiance, Jim Talbert, after a family friend she was staying with lost her apartment. Hatch's father, Richard Hatch, lives in North Carolina and told Hatch's case manager he could not give his daughter the level of care she needed, court records show. Her mother, Julia Ross, and stepfather, Richard Ross, said in the case manager's report that Hatch had a contentious relationship with her mother and couldn't live in the home.
Both July Ross and Richard Hatch declined to be interviewed.
While living with Morris and Talbert in 2012, the couple learned Hatch had a better shot of receiving a Medicaid waiver, which would entitle her to in-home and community-based services, if she were homeless. So in May 2012, they convinced her to move into a group home where she stayed until August, when the Medicaid waiver was approved and she moved back in with the couple.
Two days later, the Rosses filed for guardianship. A Newport News judge placed Hatch under temporary guardianship and she has rotated between group homes and living with the Rosses.
The Rosses want the right to decide, among other things, she Hatch lives, whom she sees and what medical treatment she receives.
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Mykhailo Malafii
Born in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, Mykhailo Malafii earned his master's degree from the city's National Music Academy and is currently taking part in Kaludi Kaludov's master class. He is also a soloist with the Lviv National Opera and Ballet Theatre. He has won numerous competitions, taking first prize at the Competizione dell'Opera Singing Competition in Minsk in 2015, the Jana, Edwarda and Józefiny Reszków Singing Competition in Częstochowa, Poland, in that same year, along with earlier victories at the 48th International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary in 2013, the "Musical Performance and Pedagogy" International Vocal Forum in Italy, the 21st Century Art International Competition in Kiev-Vorzel, the Mykola Lysenko centenary competition in Lviv, all in 2012, and the Oksana Petrusenko International Singing Competition in Kherson in 2009.
His roles of the recent past and near future include Rodolfo (La bohème) at Gdańsk's Opera Bałtyca, as well as four roles in Lviv and Minsk: Alfredo (La traviata), Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera), Lensky (Eugene Onegin) and the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto). In addition, he is singing Alfredo in Sofia, Rodolfo in Varna and Gustavo (Riccardo) in Budapest.


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Prologue: Myself and feelow tipple brother MB went on tour this week to the hotel pretentious pub. We ordered a equally pretentious beer, Red Angus which again is made by a winery, this time De Bortoli, obviously Winmakers have realised the real art is in beer making. Any it's a little tongue in cheek as it claims, we hope knowingly to be grain feed. If they are serious, then they are massive wankers.
Appearance: It looks like beer people, so boring everyday beer. \
Flavour: Smooth, calming, refreshing, and very, very nice. It tastes a little like a blonde, but you know, not a trashy one. One who keeps her roots touched up.
Packaging: I love the cow, the ear tag is a nice touch.
Food Suggestion: I had it with A Wagyu beef sirlion and a foie gras and mushroom pie, and it was excllent. Little MB had it will beef cheek, so I think the answer would have to be COW.
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text: The Reserve is an ecological gem with an interesting history. Originally earmarked for agrotechnology, it was discovered by a group of avid bird watchers that the ponds and mudflats were actually a key roosting and feeding site for shorebirds that had migrated for thousands of kilometres. This kick-started a community effort in 1986 with the government and various nature experts working together towards its protection. Through their prodigious efforts, Sungei Buloh was designated as a nature park and officially opened in 1993. A decade on, the groundwork and community support for this wetland area saw it become gazetted as a nature reserve in 2002, the only wetland reserve in Singapore. In the same year, itwas also recognised as a site of international importance for migratory birds, and formally joined the East Asian-Australasian Shorebird Site Network. In 2003, the Reserve was declared Singapore's first ASEAN Heritage Park. Today, the Reserve remains a wildlife sanctuary for a diverse range of flora and fauna, from mangrove inhabitants to resident and migratory birds such as the Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) and Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). Pitstop along Flyways Every year, millions of migratory shorebirds escape the harsh winters in the north by braving an arduous journey southwards to roost and feed. The routes taken by these birds are known as flyways and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is situated along one of the world's greatest, spanning from Russian Far East and Alaska to Australia and New Zealand. Because the journey is so long and taxing, rest stops are needed along the way for the birds to rest and feed, and missing one can mean the difference between life and death. The last few decades have seen rapid development and urbanisation throughout the flyway, and the resulting loss of suitable habitats for such stops have caused populations of shorebirds to plummet. For the thousands of birds that reach the Reserve, it is both their haven and home for more than half of the year. In addition, it is also a vital refuelling station for many others that spend the winter further south. Key Conservation Thrust To remain as a safe haven for these migratory birds, the Reserve started a bird ringing programme to monitor these birds in 1990. It is one of the first and longest-running bird monitoring programme in the region. Initially, metal rings were used but these meant that information could only be deduced when the same bird was recaptured and the ring read. Subsequently, more visible coloured flags were implemented, allowing the bird watching community throughout the flyway to report the bird when it was sighted. Improving technology has since allowed even more tools to be deployed. Since 2014, radio trackers, geolocators, satellite transmitters and DNA sequencing have been a boon to better understanding shorebird ecology, contributing towards their global conservation efforts. Besides being an important site for migratory birds, the Reserve also has a bird rehabilitation programme in place. In 2015, the Reserve successfully raised and released several Red-wattled Lapwings (Vanellus indicus) that had been found as chicks by members of the public. Today, they can be regularly sighted at Kranji Marshes, where they have decided to stay and call home. The Reserve also focuses on mangrove conservation of native species. The mangrove arboretum was set up in 2015 with the sponsorship from Kikkoman Corporation. Critically endangered species such as the Eye of the Crocodile (Bruguiera hainesii) and endangered species like the Bruguiera parviflora and Lumnitzera littorea among other mangrove species, have since been planted. Strong Support from Partners To cultivate a love for nature and native biodiversity in our young, the Reserve has numerous programmes, from guided walks, craft activities, to hands-on interactive programmes, catering to different age groups. Through the strong support of many corporate partners, these programmes have been able to extend their reach over the years. For example, for more than a decade, HSBC has funded the Young Naturalist Programme to inspire the love for nature in future generations; the Singapore Press Holdings has been supporting the SUN Club Programme, an educational programme tailored for children with intellectual and physical disabilities; and Shell, with Nature Nurtures, a yearly programme that promotes confidence in youths through nature-related activities. The Friends of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve also plays an important role in enabling people to take ownership of the Reserve. Led by volunteer and artist, Mr Tham Pui San, this community includes nature enthusiasts, photographers, birders, and volunteers of the Reserve. Together, they organise various activities and talks to educate and promote the appreciation for the biodiversity found at the Reserve as well as initiate projects that liven up the Reserve's visitor experiences. Our Invaluable Volunteers Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is also the birthplace of the NParks volunteering programme. It started as a ground-up initiative by a group of avid bird watchers in 1993 and has since expanded to the rest of NParks. Today, the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve family is made up of more than 250 volunteers! One such volunteer is Ms Kwan Sau Kuen who is in her 60s. A semi-retiree from the shipping industry, SK, as she is affectionately known, has been sharing about the marvels of the Reserve with others for more than 20 years. Spurred by her love of the Reserve, she regularly conceptualises new guided walks and conducts training workshops to groom the next generation of guides. Her greater objective? To encourage more people to learn about the Reserve. Equally passionate about nature is 16-year-old volunteer Jonathan Lee Yi Xian. For the past few years, this student has been leading the public on guided walks during the weekends and when he is not busy with school. He enjoys the opportunity to interact with the public and to gain a better understanding of how people relate to nature in Singapore. The Reserve continues to play an important role in the conservation and protection of the diverse wildlife that call Sungei Buloh its home – from continually building relationships and exchanging information with the various wetlands around the world, to conducting continued research on shorebird and mangrove ecology. In turn, the objective is to have the wildlife better understood and appreciated by more people, to understand that this is a magnificent yet fragile habitat they live in. Ultimately, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve should remain a place all Singaporeans cherish and love. Here's to the next 25 years! Joining Our Conservation Efforts Volunteers are truly gems; from conducting workshops and guided tours to helping out with conservation surveys, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve will not be where it is today without the help and contributions of volunteers. Click here to join in our conservation efforts. Learn about the diverse plants and animals found in the various habitats of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. This weekly guided walk is suitable for everyone, including families with children. To register, two Fridays before the scheduled date, click here. 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On this episode, I start off the show with a Journal reading, from back in 2006. Then I talk about the death of Stan Lee, and what I liked about him and his Marvel characters. Then I get into my personal life, and talk about why Ive been feeling depressed that last couple of days.
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I found Rob Sheehan's new book Mission Impact, a practical guide to strategic and operational planning. It's not a theoretical treatise, thank goodness, but an essential step-by-step process to help the nonprofit CEO or board work through and develop a game-changing strategic plan.— Edward F. Leonard, PhD, President,
Bethany College
Below are articles in PDF format that Rob Sheehan has written and which you can download. There is no fee for downloading these resources — please use them!
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- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Mind the Gap," Board Member, (BoardSource, September/October 2010, pp. 8-11).
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Breakthrough Thinking," Advancing Philanthropy, (Association of Fundraising Professionals, November/December 2010, pp. 48-51).
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Mission Accomplishment as Philanthropic Organization Effectiveness, Key Findings from the Excellence in Philanthropy Project," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (Sage, Vol. 25, No. 1, March, 1996, pp. 110-123).
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "How do you know if your organization is accomplishing its mission," The Not-for-Profit CEO, (C3 Publications, Vol. 3, No. 11, September 1996, pp. 1-3).
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Achieving Growth and High Quality by Strategic Intent," Nonprofit Management & Leadership, (Jossey-Bass, Vol. 9, No. 4, Summer, 1999, pp. 413-428).
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Achieving the impossible 'intentionally,'" The Not-for-Profit CEO, (C3 Publications, Vol. 7, No. 1, November 1999, pp. 1-3).
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Breakthrough Strategy Workbook".
- Sheehan, Jr., Robert M. "Mission Gap: The Missing Driver for Nonprofit Strategy," Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, August 10, 2009.
Other Recommended Readings
- "First Break All the Rules", by Buckingham & Coffin
- "Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Buckingham & Clifton
- "StrengthsFinder 2.0" by Rath
- "Idealized Design" by Ackoff, Madigan, & Addison
- "The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide" by Adams
- "Make Success Measurable" by Doug Smith


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Welcome to the Hieserhof in Neustift in the Stubai Valley!
We have been welcoming our dear guests for three generations and have been able to say goodbye to them as friends. Here at the Hieserhof you will find a very special holiday home. At the "Urlaub am Bauernhof" of certified quality, awarded with 4 flowers, expect a high level of comfort and excellent service as well as the incomparable atmosphere found only at an authentic Tyrolean farm.
Centrally and sunnily situated in the beautiful Stubai Valley, our bed & breakfast combines contemporary elegance with the down-to-earth character of our rural tradition and way of life. Authentic insights into Tyrolean country life, from craftsmanship to cuisine, can be obtained at the attractive, changing weekly program of our association "Stubai farmers".
We would like to bring you and your loved ones closer to our agriculture. Whether feeding the animals, haying, or the large garden, not only the little ones will find their fair share fun and recreation. Furthermore, Stubai offers a varied range of activities, making it a real leisure paradise.
Enjoy our fantastic breakfast buffet! Delicacies produced at the farm and from the region will allow you to start your holiday well.
Enjoy the alpine highlights of the Stubai valley and
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by MacKenzie Knight
Community Investment Advisor
Zions Bank and Zions Bancorporation's week-long United Way Employee Giving Campaign ended last week and, as always, it was an incredible success. As a new Community Investment Advisor, I was thrilled to be able to work with Zions on its campaign for obvious reasons; the company culture is incredibly positive and its entire business model is focused on building strong, united communities – values that we couldn't agree with more at United Way of Salt Lake.
The theme for its employee giving campaign this year was "LIVE UNITED: Because It's Personal." Employees choose to engage in United Way of Salt Lake's work and the community at large because it means something to them – because they truly care about changing the odds for kids and families in our communities.
Throughout the last couple of weeks, we featured a few Zions' employees on our social media accounts and highlighted why they choose to support the work of United Way of Salt Lake. Jennifer, Ali, and Derek shared the inspiring and compelling personal experiences that have motivated them to be engaged in our community and help others make a commitment to philanthropy through contributions and countless volunteer hours.
Ali Wilkinson, Senior Vice President, Retail Lending Manager, Salt Lake Northeast Region
"As I reflect on my life and what I am grateful for, it reminds me why giving back to our community is soimportant to me. I have been fortunate to be able to live through and grow from some tough times in my life. As a single Mom, I remember how important simple things were. I remember teaching my son about the importance of saving for things we want, and being grateful for what we were lucky to have. Now, as a young man, and with great opportunity, it is very important to him to give back and he makes it a priority — even when as a college student he could only give a little!
It is so important to find what you are passionate about, and when you do, it will bring great joy to your life. For me, it was giving back. I participate in many ways with United Way of Salt Lake and have for as long as I can remember. I started as a United Way of Salt Lake Young Leaders and still participate in United Way of Salt Lake Leadership Circle with some outstanding community leaders that have become my good friends. It is such a great way to make a difference! With the facilitation of collective impact, UWSL has allowed so many important organizations to collaborate and make a larger difference, together. Every single dollar counts and it is the decisions we make now that will impact future generations!"
Jennifer Smith, EVP and Chief Information Officer
'Last week the Wall Street Journal highlighted that the conservative state of Utah was taking a different approach to welcoming refugees than other states. Not so long ago, national publications also highlighted Utah's leadership with the Utah Compact in providing a welcoming and reasonable approach for immigrant integration.
I get a little emotional when I think about what a group of courageous women started 10 years ago. We were a bold voice on the controversial issue of how to welcome strangers in our state. We were the founding members of the Women's Leadership Council. We stepped into the fray, with almost a million in our own funding, to establish immigrant and refugee welcome centers. We testified during legislative sessions on controversial immigration issues. We worked to create long term success for the more vulnerable members of our community. UWSL's WLC made a difference for future generations in our state, and I get choked up about that legacy!'
Derek Loutensock, Senior Vice President and Compliance Manager
Participates in Mentor 2.0 – an amazing mentorship program that truly helps put kids on the path to graduation and college!
"Each time I see my mentee, who I was paired with through United Way' and Big Brothers Big Sisters's Mentor 2.0 program, I'm able to put down my work, tasks, and worries and focus on someone else. And somehow, through the laughter and fun, I still get so much more out of mentoring than I put into it. Do you want to lift yourself by lifting others? Than getting involved as a mentor or tutor with United Way of Salt Lake is for you. Come join likeminded professionals who are making a difference!"


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These are excerpts from her Wikipedia article; "...Extreme Bashfulness and Health - Cavendish asserts in A True Relation of My Birth, Breeding, and Life that her bashful nature, what she described as 'melancholia' made her 'repent my going from home to see the World abroad.' This melancholic nature manifest itself in a reticence to talk about her work in public spheres, but it is something that she satirises and reconceptualises in her writing Cavendish both defined and administered self-cures for the physical manifestations of her melancholia, which included 'chill paleness,' an inability to speak, or erratic gestures.
Fashion and Fame - In her memoir, Cavendish expresses that she enjoyed inventing herself through fashion. She states that she aimed for uniqueness in her dress, thoughts and behaviour, and remarks that she disliked wearing the same fashions as other women. She also expresses her desire to achieve fame. Several passages of her memoir remark upon her virtuous character, and she states that while she acknowledges the goodness in others, she thinks it acceptable that she should hope to be better than they are. Cavendish states that she hopes to have everlasting fame..."
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Evolves the fighting engine more honing it down rather than taking a chisel and hammer to it but whilst subtle, the improvements are welcomed. Countering moves makes for some slick comebacks and the uber specials are only possible in certain circumstances such as when low on energy. A Mission mode adds welcome distraction and a challenge worthy of a ninja. Mana from heaven for Naruto fans.
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This Ain't No Way to Phase Out Coal
Coal is a very dirty fossil fuel with multiple damaging impacts in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, air...
In early December, I had the privilege of meeting representatives from the Ontario Beekeepers' Association and the Fédération des Apiculteurs du Québec to hear about their advocacy work with respect to neonicotinoid pesticides. Since first experiencing wide-spread hive die-offs in 2012, beekeepers have been concerned about the excessive and unprecedented losses of colonies from the inappropriate use of neonicotinoid pesticide treated seeds. In response, the Ontario Beekeepers' Association and the Fédération des Apiculteurs have urged provincial ministers to take action to rapidly and drastically reduce the amount of neonics in the environment. After years of inaction at the federal or provincial levels, the beekeepers associations have taken their fight to court. On February 20, 2018 the Superior Court of Quebec authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of beekeepers of Quebec against Bayer CropScience Inc., Bayer Inc., Bayer CropScience AG, Syngenta Canada Inc., and Syngenta International AG in connection with neonics. The class action is based on allegations that the Defendants studied, designed, developed, produced, distributed, marketed and/or sold the neonics that would have caused the loss of bee colonies, resulting in financial damage or loss to beekeepers. Beekeepers of Ontario have launched similar action in Ontario court and await a decision certifying the class action. At the same time, David Suzuki Foundation, Ontario Nature, Friends of the Earth Canada, and Wilderness Committee, represented by Ecojustice lawyers, are engaged in a lawsuit arguing that the way Canada currently regulates neonics is unlawful. They are asking the court to rule that the PMRA's "approve first, study science later" approach is unlawful and that the practice of granting approvals without science cannot continue.
Nature Canada sends its best wishes all of these advocacy organizations in their fight to protect Canada's bees – and all other critters – from the harmful impacts of neonicotinoids.
The EU's ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is set to come into force on December 19, 2018; giving bees and other critters a chance to thrive in the New Year. The EU has adopted a near-total ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides: clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. The use of all three neonics across the EU has been restricted to non-flowering crops since 2013. The new ban would go further, completely prohibiting their use outdoors. The ban is in response to a science review conducted by the European Food Safety Authority – Pesticides Unit, which concluded that the outdoor use of neonics harms bees. Exposure of both honeybees and wild bees (bumblebees and solitary bees) to neonics was assessed via three routes: residues in bee pollen and nectar; dust drift during the sowing/application of the treated seeds; and water consumption. The ban does not extended to all neonics or uses of neonics. Two neonics - sulfoxaflor and thiacloprid - are not covered by the ban. In addition, farmers may still use clothianidin, imiacloprid and thiamethoxam in greenhouses.
It is a step towards protecting bees and birds from the harmful impacts of neonics. It is time for Canada to follow suit!
Call for swift action comes as government's public consultation on neonics ban wraps Nature Canada joined thirteen conservation, environmental health and advocacy groups, along with the Ontario Beekeepers' Association, to call on the federal government to end the use of neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) in Canada, without further delay, as Ottawa concluded consultations on the latest neonic risk assessment on Tuesday, November 13. Since 2013, more than 460,000 people in Canada have participated in campaigns to ban neonics, signing petitions and writing letter to the federal government in support of a timely ban. Thank you to all our supporters who contributed by signing our petition! This week, Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency concluded public consultations on proposals to phase out the neonics clothianidin and thiamethoxam in three to five years. In 2016, the PMRA proposed to phase out a third neonic, imidacloprid, in a decision that has yet to be finalized. These reviews concluded the risks from most uses of neonics are unacceptable. While the groups support the federal government's proposed ban on neonics, they urged the government to accelerate the timeline to protect pollinators, aquatic insects and other beneficial species. An urgent ban is needed to prevent endangerment of the environment. The organizations submitted that the proposed slow-motion phase-out would allow the use of neonics to continue until 2020 or beyond on the basis of a generic PMRA regulatory directive on pesticide cancellations – even though environmental risks have not been shown to be acceptable. This unjustifiable delay would lead to further widespread and preventable ecological damage. The widespread use of neonics has led to pervasive environmental contamination. Scientists point to clear evidence of serious harm to many species and ecosystems. PMRA assessments found clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid in Canadian aquatic environments at levels that are harmful to aquatic insects. Aquatic insects are an important part of the ecosystem, including as a food source for fish, birds, bats, and other animals. Aquatic insects are particularly important for aerial insectivores; species that feed on insects while on the wing. Aerial insectivores are the most rapidly declining group of birds in Canada. The threatened Chimney Swift, Common Nighthawk and Eastern Whip-poor-will stand to benefit as a result of the neonic ban. You can read more about Nature Canada's efforts to save these important species here. For other coverage of this process, please read the following
[caption id="attachment_37987" align="alignleft" width="150"] Andrea Lesperance, Student-at-Law.[/caption] This blog post was written by Andrea Lesperance, a Student-at-Law for Nature Canada. Health Canada has announced positive but still insufficient action to protect birds, bees and invertebrates from neonicotinoids (neonics) – synthetic nicotine analogues used as insecticides. On August 15, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada announced Proposed Decisions for Consultation on two neonics: Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. The Special Reviews of these two neonics were initiated based on concerns that they pose risks to aquatic invertebrates. PMRA was "unable to conclude that the risks to aquatic invertebrates was acceptable" from outdoor agricultural uses of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. As a result, PMRA proposed cancellation of all outdoor uses of these two neonics on food and feed crops, including seed treatments. This cancellation would take place over a phase-out period of 3 to 5 years—which Nature Canada says is too long. Further, Clothianidin poses risk to aquatic invertebrates via use on turf and so this use will also be phased-out. In Canada, neonics are used to control insects on agricultural crops, turf, and ornamental plants. However, neonics are harmful to invertebrates, pollinators and birds. Environmental groups including Nature Canada are calling for an immediate ban on neonics. Earlier this year, PMRA found that the application of pesticides containing the neonic Imidacloprid adversely affects the survival of bee colonies or solitary bee species. Thus, Health Canada proposed phase-out of uses of the neonic on blooming crops. While the proposed phase-out of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam is intended to protect aquatic invertebrates, the decision has positive implications for pollinators and birds! Aquatic insects are an important food source for fish, birds and other animals. For more information on the impacts of neonics on bees, birds and other wildlife, see our blog Save the Bees, the Birds and the Planet from Neonics. Aquatic insects are particularly important for aerial insectivores; species that feed on insects while on the wing. Aerial insectivores are the most rapidly declining group of birds in Canada. The threatened Chimney Swift, Common Nighthawk and Eastern Whip-poor-will stand to benefit as a result of the neonic ban. Swallows such as Purple Martins are aerial insectivores which would also benefit from a ban on neonics. Purple Martins are the largest member of the swallow family and they are currently experiencing a decline of about 4.5% per year in Ontario. Learn more about Nature Canada's Save our Swallows initiative here and here. You can also learn more about Nature Canada's Purple Martin Project here. Nature Canada and our supporters welcome Health Canada and PMRA's decision to cancel neonic use but urge them to take immediate action on this issue rather than implement a 3 to 5 year phase out! In fact, 19, 400 people signed our petition asking Minister of Health Petittpas Taylor to entirely ban neonics without delay. An immediate neonic ban would be in line with actions taken by the European Union, which voted to ban Clothianidin, Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam by the end of 2018. One approach for Health Canada to take action on neonics is to refuse their re-registration when the current approval expires. Registrations for all 135 pesticides containing neonics approved for use in Canada are set to expire before 2023. Approximately 30 of these registrations will expire by the end of 2019. In our view, there is no reason why PMRA should re-register these neonics once they expire, considering the planned phase out. Nature Canada will be submitting comments on the proposed re-evaluation decisions and our neonic petition to Health Canada and PMRA later this month. Stay tuned for updates! UPDATE, August 29, 2018: This week, Nature Canada, along with the signatures of 20,000 supporters, submitted a petition to ban Neonics and commentary to the Minister of Health and Pest Management Regulatory Agency expressing concern about the long phase out of Neonic. We will also submit our petition and concerns shortly about the slow phase out of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam.
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Nature Canada is thankful of the support that our Petition to ban the use of Neonics has received. By taking a stand against neonics, we can apply pressure to decision makers, and ensure Canada catches up to other places in protecting our birds and bees from harmful chemicals. The Save the Bees and Save the Birds movements have gained mainstream attention in the past few years, but governments, environmental groups and industry have been discussing the impact of pesticides on humans, plants and wildlife species for decades. Silent Spring, a groundbreaking book by Rachel Carson, was published in 1962 and highlighted the dangers of DDT for humans and wildlife alike. She presented evidence that linked DDT to health problems in humans, and severe declines in bird populations. This ultimately led to the ban of DDT for agricultural uses, and, since then, the many species that were severely impacted by its use, most notably peregrine falcons and bald eagles, have made dramatic recoveries. Now, four decades later, neonics (Neonicotinoids) have taken centre stage due to the harm they are inflicting upon bird and bee populations around the globe.
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Automatic training method applied to a WiFi+ultrasound POMDP navigation system
- Ocaña, Manuel; Bergasa, Luis M.; Sotelo, Miguel Ángel; Flores, Ramón F.; Llorca, David F.; Schleicher, David
- Year: 2009
- Type of Publication: Article
- Keywords: WiFi and Ultrasound robot navigation system; WiFi signal strength localization system; Partially Observable Markov Decision Process
- Journal: Robotica
- Volume: 27
- Number: 07
- Pages: 1049-1061
- Month: December
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- This paper presents an automatic training method based on the Baum?Welch algorithm (also known as EM algorithm) and a robust low-level controller. The method has been applied to the indoor autonomous navigation of a surveillance robot that utilizes a WiFi+Ultrasound Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP). This method uses a robust local navigation system to automatically provide some WiFi+Ultrasound maps. These maps could be employed within probabilistic global robot localization systems. These systems use a priori probabilistic map in order to estimate the global robot position. The method has been tested in a real environment using two commercial Pioneer 2AT robotic platforms in the premises of the Department of Electronics at the University of Alcalá. Some experimental results and conclusions are presented.
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Cinematographer Robert Elswit talks to Indiewire about lensing two different iterations of Los Angeles for Nightcrawler and Inherent Vice, both of which were at least partially shot on film.
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It was as Mohammad guided us singing through rocky, oleander-crowded canyons that I fell in love with him. Why I hadn't noticed his quick, eye-crinkling smile the day we met I don't know but I noticed it now. He fixed his red and white mendeel, throwing the knotted ends up over his head into an exotic Bedouin turban and flashed me a smile. I was fascinated.
Marguerite is from New Zealand. In 1978 she met Mohammad Abdallah in Petra, Jordan, married him and moved into his Nabataean cave. In 1985 they moved to the new Bedouin settlement, Umm Sayhoon. She was widowed in 2002. She has three children.
In 1978, a New Zealand nurse on holiday met a handsome Bedouin, Mohammad Abdallah Othman, in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Almost instantaneously, she chose to trade her free-spirited Western lifestyle for a Bedouin marriage, traditions and language she knew virtually nothing about, and a home in a cave with a breathtaking view. A romance novel? No--van Geldermalsen's autobiography. The author focuses on her transformation from an outgoing but unmotivated twentysomething New Zealander into a mature woman whose heart absorbs this often-mysterious culture. She lived in the Petra caves with her growing family until 1985, when Petra's inhabitants were resettled nearby (it became a UNESCO World Heritage site), at which point the author grows less interested in her story, adding only one chapter for her time since 1985. Her husband died in 2001. In the epilog, van Geldermalsen explains that "I have mostly remembered the good times, but that is how I like to look at life." Perhaps this should have been stated in a prolog, as her massive transition between cultures comes across as surprisingly smooth and sunny. Yet readers will enjoy van Geldermalsen's detailed and deeply human depictions of celebrations, motherhood, and more in Petra. Recommended for public libraries and for academic library browsing collections.--Karen Sobel, Univ. of Colorado at Denver Lib. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
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Dut Kuol 2022 6'10 SF/PF
Kuol is a long and super athletic forward, who is comfortable facing up or playing with his back to the basket. He has a 7'3 wing span which creates challenges for the offense. Kuol can also shoot the ball from deep and has a nice pull up midrange. He shows a great motor and the ability to run the floor, along with great hands, good passer, and good footwork. The scary thing is he has come to America with these skills, it's just a matter of time before he learns the system before he explodes on to the national scene; Shows good leadership skills and ultra-competitive. Kuol is also a gym rat, love to work out. Kuol is the prototypical high major and pro prospect, can play multiple positions, long active, and athletic.
Michael Woolridge 2022 6'8 PF
Woolridge is a very skilled big, he shoots the ball well and has a good feel for the game. He is a pretty good athlete and gets from one end of the court to the next fluidly. He is a great pick and pop big who will make shots at a high level. Woolridge has sound basketball IQ that and shows good leadership skills on the court. Definitely has High Major talent, playing for his father a former college coach will accelerate his development.
Ezekiel Wilson 2022 6'8 PF
Wilson is long and really athletic forward who runs the floor like a gazelle. Fresh of his CP3 all-star appearance, Wilson has built up a lot of confidence. He is an elite rebounder and shot blocker. He just goes after the ball relentlessly. The scary thing for Wilson is, he has only being playing organized basketball for a year. He has made tremendous strides and has placed himself among the elite nationally.
Grayden Baker 2022 6'9 PF/C
Baker is new to the scene, but this kid here has a nice package. Physically, he already has a nice looking body and strong around the rim holding his post. He is a tough rebounder, reminds of a throw back true big, with sound foot work and shows patience. Young fella has a nice stroke, a nice pick and pop prospect. Has great basketball IQ and a good basketball motor.
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JV Seat - SF
Jarret Grisham - SG
Chase Martin - SF
Samuel Hill II - PG
Kameron Parker - PG
Caylen Goff-Brown - PG
Jamel Graves - SG
Maddox Bradford - PF
Talyn Shettron - SF
Jaylon Orange - CG
Noah Remier - SF
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The Good Alawites, on the other hand, are those who will be willing to stand up against the corruption and tyranny of the Assad clan and those who would acknowledge that a return to normalcy in the country means that certain psychological and structural adjustments need to be made in order to allow the Sunni community a more logical share in power and the decision-naming process, one that is more commensurate with demographic realities.
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VENTIMIGLIA, Italy
In the mid-1950s Mad Magazine had a spoof of Reader's Digest, with a take-down of the "first-person" features in each edition, with a story entitled, "We Drove Our Chrysler to Hawaii!" I always envisioned the mythical subject was a 1957 Chrysler, because I have one, and it's a boat.
But this article isn't about Mad, Readers' Digest, Hawaii or Chrysler. It is about taking another of my cars, a 1973 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL, to Italy. From California.
I've been conspiring to spend as much of my time as possible in recent years on the Côte d'Azur, from Cannes to Ventimiglia, Italy – with stops in Nice, France and Monaco in between. Please don't hate me too much; I'm semi-retired now after working since I was 11. I've worked for this. And I can usually afford only the off-season prices.
Besides, the Côte d'Azur is actually cheaper for me than trying to live in California these days (especially since the euro-dollar exchange rate has become so favorable of late). So, it just makes economic sense, to a certain degree.
My biggest problem here is that I don't have a car. So instead of continuing to rent or lease one, I decided to look into bringing one of my cars here from the U.S. It was surprisingly affordable. In future columns on this subject I will provide some more details.
But my intention with this first in what I hope is a series of articles on this subject is to let you know the adventure has begun! The Mercedes is loaded into a container that is being stowed, as a I write, on a cargo ship, the Duesseldorf Express, in Long Beach/Los Angeles harbor.
The ship leaves shortly on an epic month-long journey to Voltri docks near Genoa, Italy. I'll be tracking the ship's progress daily for the next month. Hope you'll join me on the journey, or should I say, "the drive."
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It usually happens when I copy and paste the image URL to the browser. When I refresh the image appears. The server has zero load on it.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has issued New Zealand First MP Shane Jones a public telling off for appearing to question the integrity of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
And not only that: she has given her entire Cabinet a dressing-down.
"My expectation is [that] ministers focus on doing their jobs and not on National," the Prime Minister said on Thursday.
- Ron Mark accused of using ministerial role to get votes
- Peters unleashes on David Seymour in fiery defence of Shane Jones
- Shane Jones makes outrageous claims about National Party donations probe in Parliament
Jones, the Regional Economic Minister, on Wednesday risked breaching the independence of the Serious Fraud Office which is investigating National Party donations.
"We will study every single step they take to ensure, because it's the National Party, it's not whitewashed," Jones said in Parliament.
Ardern on Thursday made it clear to the public Jones was in the wrong.
"The SFO absolutely have operational independence and that must be maintained," she said.
Next week Jones will get yet another dressing-down from the Prime Minister. That one will be in front of his Cabinet colleagues.
"I'll give a general statement to Cabinet around my expectations."
But Jones is far from penitent.
"I have every right as a Parliamentarian to have high expectations of the SFO," he told media on Thursday.
And New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is not phased. When asked if he reprimanded Jones on Wednesday, he replied: "Why would I need to do that?"
Jones has had a week of controversy, on Monday describing a journalist as a "bunny boiler". Again, he showed no regret.
"I don't think anyone should be offended," he said.
He then attacked the CEO of Spark, Simon Moutter, who called for the Government to show proof of the decision turn down Huawei's 5G network.
"Another Simon who has let us down," Jones said.
Yet again, he showed no regret.
"My remarks are based directly on feedback from senior commercial leaders."
The National Party has claimed Jones is deflecting from questions around his handling of a perceived conflict of interest.
"We've had buffoon-like behaviour that actually belittles Parliament, belittles projects and certainly treats taxpayers like they're his own ATM," deputy leader Paula Bennett said.
The Prime Ministerial telling-offs to New Zealand First ministers have been coming hard and fast. It has elevated to a public flogging in front of all her ministers.
Reminding them to stay in line suggests Jacinda Ardern has reached peak frustration.


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Although the Farm School Math Program, Patterns in Arithmetic, was developed before "Common Core" and other current states curriculum mandates, there are lessons that correlate with specific standards. Our math series fulfills some of the Common Core Standards. Our math series fulfills some of the Common Core Standards. Teachers have told us they are having a difficult time finding materials to fulfill some requirements. Our unique approach has lessons that accomplish this. Individual booklets can be used as a supplement. Below are listed the standards a booklet covers. Patterns in Arithmetic: Place Value - Booklet 2 Rounding Off and Estimating
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board of directors
Pauline Long, PharmD
Dr. Pauline Long is a native of Bessemer, Alabama and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Montevallo. After a brief career serving as an Operations Supervisor in the telecommunications industry, Dr. Long answered the call into healthcare. In 2005, Dr. Long graduated from Samford University's McWhorter School of Pharmacy and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy with honors. She was inducted into Rho Chi Honor Society, Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society, and received the Dean's Award which recognized top students in the graduating class.
After graduation, Dr. Long was promoted to Pharmacy Manager of a large retail chain where she has served the communities of north and central Alabama for over 14 years. Dr. Long is a licensed Consultant Pharmacist, serves as Affiliate Clinical Instructor of Pharmacy Practice for Samford University and is a member of the Alabama Pharmacy Association and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.
In 2018, Dr. Long again answered the call to elevate her role in the pharmacy profession and provide another avenue to serve patients. She co-founded MedsPLUS Consulting, LLC - a healthcare consulting firm that provides personalized, comprehensive health and wellness services to patients, caregivers, and providers. Their mission is to bridge the gap in healthcare by empowering patients through education and health management.
Dr. Long resides in Helena, Alabama with her husband Anthony and two children Peyton (11) and Seth (1). She is a member of The Worship Center Christian Church and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Dr. Long can be reached at email@example.com.
Ijeoma Muforo, PharmD
Dr. Ijeoma Muforo graduated in 2004 from Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tallahassee Florida, with a Degree in Doctor of Pharmacy. She went on to do a general pharmacy practice residency at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, FL. She continued her clinical pharmacist career at St. Joseph's Hospital, where she specialized in Pediatrics and Women's Health. In 2010, she received the Pharmacist of the Year award at that institution. She transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital-South when it opened as a brand new community hospital that serviced south Hillsborough County in the Tampa Bay Area. She has served as student preceptor and student advisor for many pharmacy institutions including her alma mater, Florida A&M University. She is active in various national and international organizations.
Dr. Muforo has a genuine interest in the progression of the pharmacy profession.
Dr. Muforo has a genuine interest in the progression of the pharmacy profession. She also serves as Vice President for Nigerian Pharmacists Association of Tampa Bay and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Dr. Muforo is very involved in her community and has a genuine interest in healthcare. She is married and enjoys international travelling and road trips.
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Jane Fadesere, PharmD, MBA, MPH
Dr. Jane Fadesere obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Howard University located in Washington DC, and is currently practicing as a community pharmacist with CVS Pharmacy. Over the past 15 years, her pharmacy practice has spanned in Maryland, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Texas. She has practiced in various pharmacy settings such as medical supplies, pain management, independent pharmacy and chain pharmacy.
In addition to her responsibilities as a Board Member of Minority Women Pharmacists Association, Jane is active with her local chapter in Houston Texas, where she organizes chapter meetings and community events.
Under her leadership the Houston Chapter has participated in Tour de Cure, Bel Inizio Giving Thanks walk/run, and Chat for Change. The chapter has raised over $7000 to support the mission of the American Diabetes Association.
Notable is her involvement as an Advancement Team Member, Central South Texas with the American Diabetes Association, where she mobilizes volunteer pharmacists, served as a planning committee member for Tour de Cure 2018, and Team Leader (Tour de Cure) for Minority Women Pharmacists, Houston Chapter. She was interviewed and featured in the November 2018 Diabetes Forecast article, "Keys to being an Informed Patient". Jane has also served as volunteer pharmacist at the San Jose Clinic, Houston Texas and during Hurricane Harvey,2017. She is a member of Phi Lambda Sigma, American Public Health Association and Texas Pharmacy Association.
Dr. Fadesere lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and two children. When not working she loves to cook, run, paint and spend time with family and friends.
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Porscha Showers, PharmD
Dr. Porscha Showers received her PharmD in 2014 from the Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana. During her collegiate career, she was immensely involved in various sectors of research and was able to publish one of her research projects.
Dr. Showers started her career as an Oncology Clinical Trials Pharmacist and Clinical Pharmacist at various hospitals in Arizona and Nevada all while working PRN as Staff Pharmacist at Walgreens. After leaving hospital, she decided to pursue a different career path in pharmacy. For two and half years, she was at Aetna Medicaid where she served in numerous roles such as Prior Authorization Pharmacist, Prior Authorization Manager, Pharmacy Program Manager, Formulary Manager of 4 health plans and lastly Assistant Pharmacy Director for Arizona Medicare. Dr. Showers served as a preceptor for the residency program and also earned her Clinical Educators Certificate from Midwestern University.
In Dr. Showers' current role as the Central Region's Evidence and Outcomes Liaison at Eli Lilly. Her main therapeutic areas of focus include Diabetes, Immunology and Neuroscience where she serves population-health decision makers in the regional payer and integrated system space by providing a better understanding of the value of Lilly's medicines through real world evidence.
Dr. Showers is licensed pharmacist in 5 states. In addition to this, she is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., DFW Graduate Chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. and DFW Xavier University of Louisiana Alumni Chapter.
In her spare time, she loves solo travelling to various countries around the world, exercising and is a Texas licensed REALTOR for JL Marsaw & Co Realtors based in the Dallas Fort Worth Area.
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Regine L. White (Caruthers), PharmD
Dr. Regine White was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and originally moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan to attend the University of Michigan on a track and field scholarship. Dr. White graduated from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and completed two years of residency at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (PGY1 Pharmacy Practice with emphasis in pediatrics) and University of Michigan Health System (PGY2 Pediatric Specialty).
Dr. White practiced as a clinical pharmacy specialist for 11 years in pediatric cardiology at the University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and cared for critically ill patients in the pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit, step-down unit, and general care floor. She currently builds pediatric clinical drug information as a Senior Content Management Consultant for Wolters Kluwer: Lexicomp.
Dr. White regularly exercises at Orange Theory Fitness and enjoys eating all types of cuisines including Mexican and Chinese, but Korean is her new found favorite. Dr. White is excited to join the MWPA team to enhance our 'pharmasister' community through individual and global mentorship and development.
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text: Every time I think that summer is fading into autumn, and the relief of cooler days, the sun pops back up and says "hey! How about a nice cup of 35 degrees?" and I have to pull out the summer clothes again. That said, unless we get an Indian summer, I expect that last weekend will have been the last bout of swelter for this year. So in honour of that, here is the last of my summer sewing, in the form of some more Tiny Pocket Tanks. Continue reading "The last throes of summer: more Tiny Pocket Tanks"


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Unplug. Recharge. Reconnect. Unwind with a trip to these destinations, not far from home, that make for a perfect choice for the upcoming long weekend.
1 May, 2015 to 4 May, 2015
Where to go
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Once considered a stopover on the way to the gorgeous southern beaches, the Sri Lankan capital now invites you for a longer stay with its stylish cafes, trendy shops, colonial-era hotels, leafy boulevards and temples. A stay in this multi-cultural city is a good way to start – or finish – your Sri Lanka sojourn.
Colombo's real appeal lies in its neighbourhoods rather than in signature must-see sights, and you can spend at least two days exploring this vibrant city. Start your first day at the bustling markets of the old quarter of Pettah before heading west to Fort, the revitalised and chic historic centre of the city. On day two, explore Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo's swankiest district with old colonial mansions and the excellent National Museum, and then continue to Kollupitiya, the dense commercial heart of the city, with a myriad shops and hotels along Galle Road.
For more, grab a copy of our Sri Lanka travel guide.
Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay, Singapore
For a truly multicultural experience, it doesn't get much better than Singapore. Whether it's food, shopping, museums, beautiful gardens or exciting theme parks, this tiny country can meet all your holiday needs.
When it comes to Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay, this neighbourhood is packed with enough variety to keep everyone happy. History and culture buffs can explore the excellent museums and admire the beautiful colonial architecture around the Padang. For buzzing nightlife and a whole bunch of exciting activities, Clarke Quay and Marina Bay are your best bets. You can cover the sights of your choice in one or even three, depending on the time you have.
For more, grab a copy of our Singapore travel guide.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ethnic Malays, Chinese prospectors, Indian migrants and British colonials all helped shape Kuala Lumpur (KL), where historic temples and mosques rub shoulders with skyscrapers and malls. Then there are stalls bursting with exotic fruits and counterfeit handbags; monorail cars zipping by jungle foliage; and chic cafes competing with hawker centres. You can also do easy day trips to forests, caves and theme parks.
Kuala Lumpur has few obvious sights for the first-time visitor, but it's still a fascinating place to explore. The premier shopping and entertainment district is the Golden Triangle, which stretches north to the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), anchored by the Petronas Towers. Close by is the Malay neighbourhood of Kampung Baru. KL's colonial heart is Merdeka Square, which adjoins buzzing Chinatown. The peaceful Lake Gardens has several museums and the KL Bird Park. Don't miss the attractions away from the centre, like Lake Titiwangsa or Publika Mall. You can also take easy half-day trips – try the Batu Caves, for instance.
For more, grab a copy of our Malaysia travel guide.
Bangkok, Thailand
Golden temple spires vie for space with skyscrapers in Bangkok's impressive skyline. The city's historical and cultural heritage co-exist wonderfully with cutting-edge modernisation. To experience the 'City of Angels', it's necessary to explore both of these worlds. Add to that, delectable food, fabulous nightlife, and an unending array of shopping malls.
One look at in the morning, and you'll know it was up all night, like a good world city should. In 15 years, Bangkok has grown from a sleepy capital of low-lying buildings to a dramatic skyline festooned with arcing superhighways and clover leaves. Transportation, once a nightmare, has been eased by the introduction of the Skytrain and underground Metro. To the Indian traveller, the city will feel like a home away from home (because of the sizeable population of Thai Indians). Ancient heritage, modern malls, sublime eats, happening bars, and endless opportunities for urban exploration – you could spend your vacation in just this one city and still not see all that it has to offer.
This sprawling metropolis packs in enough for a vacation in itself. The historic districts of Ko Ratanakosin and Thonburi are Bangkok's birthplace with glittering temples and palaces. Chinatown is possibly the most authentic piece of China off the mainland you're likely to encounter and is adjacent to the Indian quarter of Phahurat. Sukhumvit is the glitziest part of the city with the most fashionable clubs while Siam Square and Pratunam are shopping Meccas. Greater Bangkok consists of Th Silom & Sathon, the former royal district of Dusit and Lumphini Park & Th Phra Ram IV.
For more, grab a copy of our Thailand travel guide.


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|Canon J. John
He had no idea where the door was, but one day John asked Jesus: "Come on in."
The eyes of his understanding were enlightened, and a wonderful warmth filled his heart.
Indeed, his experience describes the new birth which every Christian experiences.
I am saddened, however, when I hear about his reintroduction of the Ten Commandments.
"I heard the Lord tell me to teach them backwards," he shared on one program.
Then he went to his pastor, and John admitted while retelling the story: "I told my pastor: 'I think the Lord has given me a God idea. And if it's not a God idea, then at least I think it's a good idea."
The Old Covenant, the Ten Commandments, they were a good idea, at one time.
The Old Covenant has come and gone.
The Old Covenant, engraven on stones, was fulfilled at the Cross.
"7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious." (2 Corinthians 3:7-11)
Notice that the ministration of righteousness exceeds in glory.
The writer of Hebrews outlines the elements of the New Covenant:
10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8: 10-12)
Now, consider what the writer puts down next:
13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
The Old Covenant has faded and passed away, fulfilled. We don't need it anymore if we have passed from death to life in Jesus.
What does Paul say about returning the Ten Commandments?:
"6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." (Galatians 1: 6-9)
Paul was shocked -- shocked -- that men and women born again into Christ would go back to the Ten Commandments. If he or any other messenger of the Gospel, or an angel from heaven (not a demon from hell) preached something else. . .let him be accursed.
Wow! This is not a game, people. Let us not bring despite to the Spirit of Grace (Hebrews 10: 27-29)
Canon J. John reminds me of many Christians who once they are saved by grace through faith, are then convinced that they can be perfect through the law.
I do not doubt that he is born again. I vehemently reject his argument to bring back the Ten Commandments, even in a "positive" light.
Paul was as subtle as a meat cleaver on this issue:
"1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" (Galatians 3:1-5)
The error time and again which I find from the most well-meaning of preachers misses the big issue: man is dead in his trespasses, and needs life. He does not help to keep the rules. He needs to know that the Ruler, the King of Kings, wants to keep us!
John received His life, but we do not grow through our efforts.
Let us not forget that through the law is the knowledge of sin, not the Son:
"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." (Romans 3: 20)
God the Father invites us to grow in grace and knowledge of His Son.
"But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen." (2 Peter 3: 18)
That word "Amen" is crucial (based on the Cross). Either you believe it, or you do not, and it is not open for debate.
Today, under the New Covenant, it is no longer about the Big Ten, because Jesus fulfilled them fully and forever.
It's no longer "Just Ten". now it has become "Just Two".
John summarizes the "Just Two" like this:
"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment." (1 John 3: 23)
Jesus spoke of these two simple directions in the Gospel of John:
"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." (John 6: 29)
and then:
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." (John 13: 34)
Throughout the Old Testament, a number of times the number twelve is divided into ten and two.
This separation is a picture of leaving the Old Covenant (Ten Commandments) for the New Covenant (Grace).
Jacob had twelve sons, but the first ten were from lawfully defined wives and bondwomen (Leah, Bilhah, Zillah). Jacob's favored sons came from his beloved wife Rachel (ewe lamb, picture of Jesus our perfect Savior): Joseph and Benjamin.
When twelve spies visited the Promised Land, ten of the spies (a picture of the law, and the Old Covenant) gave an evil report, focusing on themselves and then their enemies. There were only two spies who gave a graciously true report: Joshua (God is savior, and also the Hebrew name for Jesus!) and Caleb, which means "faithful' or "whole-hearted".
The two spies represent the New Covenant, in which we believe on Jesus whole-heartedly, focused on God and His Word:
"And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it." (Numbers 13: 30)
When King Rehoboam (Freer of the People) become king, he offended the twelve tribes so much, that ten of the tribes divorced from Rehoboam and established their own kingdom. The two tribes which stayed loyal to the king were Judah (Praise) and Benjamin (Son of My Right Hand)
Through the Finished Work of the King of Kings, Jesus fulfilled the law and rendered it inoperative to condemn us, freed us from its ministry of condemnation, and has brought us into a New Covenant, where He is our God, and all we do is Praise and thank Jesus, the Son at the Father's Right Hand.
We no longer try to keep Ten Commandments, which no one ever could keep:
"Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient" (1 Timothy 1: 9)
God places His two new laws in our hearts: to believe on Him and love one another.
We live by His faith, and we love through His love for us.
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2: 20)
"We love him, because he first loved us." (1 John 4: 19)
Not "Just Ten", but "Just Two" is the New Covenant, and we are just and true to what Jesus has done at the Cross if we recognize that He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and just to believe on Him, and let His love move us to love others.
|Beautiful Picture of Just Ten becoming Just Two: Old Covenant to New Covenant