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Last week OGL took part in the 'world's biggest coffee morning' in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. A total of £405 was raised for the charity, who provide medical, emotional, practical and financial support for those dealing with Cancer.
Currently, there are over 2.5 million people in the UK living with Cancer, with a large number struggling to cope with the day to day struggles of living with such a life altering disease. With the money raised from the coffee mornings' being held throughout the UK, Macmillan can help support these people and campaign for better cancer care.
Here at OGL, each department had a range of tempting cakes, with some of the 'show stoppers' (and proud bakers) pictured below.


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Dive mask preparation
When a SCUBA mask is made it leaves a lot of film and residue on it. If not cleaned off properly you will never get your mask to stop fogging. You can search the Internet for lots of different ways to clean your mask. I am going to walk thru one of the easiest and safest methods to do it. With some of the other methods, if not done correctly you can break your mask glass or damage your frame.
Toothpaste or Soft Scrub (without bleach)
Your first step will be to take some toothpaste (not gel) and with your finger dab some on both sides of the inside of the lenses. Rub the toothpaste thoroughly and then let it sit to dry. Try to wait an hour or two before you rinse it out; however, if you don't have the time, just go ahead and rinse it right away; there's a good chance it will still work. You should do this every couple of months to make sure your mask is clean. There are also commercial cleaners you can use that clean and defog.
Put your dive mask under running water to rinse out the toothpaste. You can use your fingernail or a toothbrush to get around the skirt that touches the lens. In some cases some of the toothpaste can seep under there. Make sure you get it all out.
Different ways to defog your mask before every dive
Commercial Defog
This is the type of defog you can buy at any dive shop. There are a million different types, but they are basically all the same. If you would like to go this route, making sure it is safe for the reef and environmentally friendly. This is a good practice as your face will be in there. If you are diving O2 you want it as O2 clean as possibly. Usually SCUBA divers will put this inside their mask, swish it around with their finger and then rinse and go.
SCUBACLEAR, 30CC scubapro.johnsonoutdoors.com/accessories/mask-accessories/scubaclear-30cc
Baby Shampoo and dishwashing soap
This is a very economical choice in the world of defogging your mask. Many dive boats will carry an empty plastic water bottle container with a hole in the top and fill it about a quarter full of baby shampoo and the rest water. Even just a little bit of soapy water will be enough to defog your mask. Always remember to completely rinse your mask otherwise the residue soap will sting your eyes underwater, even the baby shampoo will cause some tears if you use too much.
You can also spit into your mask. If you use spit, the mask should be completely dry. If you take off your mask in the water and then spit into it, it is very likely to become foggy during the dive. Remember – dry mask, spit, rub, rinse with water, and put on your mask.
Preventing a foggy mask even if you have defogged it.
If your face is sweaty and hot, it is a good idea to splash some cool water on it to give it a quick rinse before you put your mask on.
Before putting your choice of defog on your mask, ensure that the lens are dry.
You can apply defog to your mask anytime prior to jumping in the water; however, you should rinse the defog out only moments before jumping in. If you have rinsed it out, but then are delayed jumping in and you are not ready to put your mask on your face, leave a layer of water in your mask until you are ready.
Once you have defogged and rinsed your mask, put your mask on your face and don't take it off. Moving your mask to your forehead, neck, or into the water basically eliminate any defogging you had just put onto your mask. Keep this in mind if you are jumping into a dive or have to wait before you get to where you will leave on your dive. For long transits to insertion points try and keep your inner mask dry, you can store it in a zip-lock bag as it is easily collapsed and store. Lastly you can always leave a little water in your mask during the dive and swish it around to help keep the fog at bay.
You should clean your mask every couple of months depending on its use. It should be kept in a clean dry place. Most masks come in boxes that are designed for you to store it in. Make sure it is dry before you store it away. Clean your mask after every use; make sure to clean around the outside edge of the mask especially the part close to your mouth. Because it is close to your mouth it can smell like food and that can attack bugs. If this happens, they will eat your mask and it will look like it is dry rotten. Most masks are made of high quality rubber and can resist dry rot. A good dive mask can last for years if taking care of properly.
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Cloud based inventory management is truly awesome and you'll see that businesses who use this software have lees to worry about. Inventory would be the biggest factor in a company and when the inventory has concerns there is certainly absolutely nothing substantially that a organization can do on a manual basis.
Any miss calculation within the degree of inventory can lead a firm to face losses and may make consumers appear elsewhere for their products which will influence revenues and leads to much more money flowing out in the business enterprise.
You may see that inventory software has now become need to have for each and every business and several will save revenue by undertaking this as they do not have to hire persons to run a manual system.
Inventory management software is one thing that has great rewards and now organizations who do not have any computer based inventory program can't be competitive and run the threat of going out of company altogether. The rewards are time saving.
When the inventory requires to become recorded and upgraded, what you need to do is just make quick entries within the computer software as well as the software program will automatically update and evaluations all of the changes and provides you using the final outcomes.
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Camilla Lookalike
By Jane Mosse, Mar 12 2015 7:29PM
Lovely to be invited to appear on local BBC Radio Guernsey with the lovely JKT. It's always such a fun spot and you soon forget that there are lots of people out there listening in. It also gave me a chance to address the fact that ITV had broadcast to the nation that I make a living (cough splutter) out of being a lookey-likey. I might be so lucky! I hope the tax-man wasn't at home watching the news!
For a listen in click here. I come on at 2hrs 40 mins into the programme and it's available for 29 days.
Welcome to the blog for Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Lookalike, Jane Mosse. I hope to give you an insight into what life is like when the world thinks you look like someone else!
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Kevin Garlington is the creator of the Forehand Domination System, Serve Domination SystemŒæand Totaltennisgame.com and is one of the lead pros at The Grand Health & Racquet Club inŒæTulsa, Oklahoma, which has been recognized by the USTA as one of the top training facilitiesŒæin the US. Kevin started playing tennis at the late age of 13, but used his passion, determinationŒæand hard work for the game to make up for what he didnäó»t have in experience in his practiceŒæsessions. Not being a highly ranked junior didnäó»t stop him and his dream of playing collegeŒæand even professional tennis. Kevin played Division I NCAA tennis For Oral Roberts UniversityŒæagainst national championship caliber teams at the NCAA team event. He has also spent timeŒæplaying the professional circuit in the US and Spain.
Over the past 10 years, Kevin was selected to serve as a Missouri Valley Sectional Coach for
multiple national and sectional events. Kevin is a leading expert on teaching tennis techniquesξand has been trained by some of the top USTA teaching pros, who have worked with tennisξlegends including Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Jim Courier. He has also been certified byξthe USPTR. Over the last 10 years, Kevin has coached more than 30 juniors who have receivedξtennis scholarships and many more who have been ranked high in USTA sectional and nationalξrankings.
Now Kevin wants to take the techniques of the playing aggressive tennis used by top level
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Tatjana recently moved to Canada and she is very excited to begin a new era surrounded by children and endless possibilities for us to explore and learn, adding stories and colors to their everyday lives.
Tatjana describes herself as an activity enthusiast, cheerful and open-minded nature lover. As she has a Bachelor of Athletic Training in Sports and Recreation she believes we should all try to spend as much of our time being outdoors, being active and enjoying it while we do it! She strives in creating a safe environmental area where children can create positive experiences and achieve physical and emotional well being!


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The UK's leading employers will hire 8.1% more graduates this year, with PwC and Deloitte named as two of the top three recruiters of 2015, offering 1,570 and 1,100 vacancies respectively [1].
With thousands of fresh-faced students vying for the top graduate positions every year, new talent is hardly in short supply. But attracting and winning the very best candidates over your competitors is another matter entirely. For example, the number of accounting firms considering poaching executives from competitors rose from 8% to 22% last year [2].
It's clear that the war for talent is most definitely here to stay.
Whether it be talented students or executives from competing firms, attracting the right people with the right knowledge and skills is vital for differentiating in an industry where knowledge, experience and reputation are everything. And when it comes down to it, attracting talent is all about being seen as an attractive employer to work for. So finding out what motivates high potentials and understanding what makes them tick will ensure you become a magnet for talented employees who will help strengthen your leadership pipeline.
Six out of ten millennials look for a "sense of purpose" in their role, and are put off by businesses that are too fixated on their own agendas [3]. From higher financial success and employee satisfaction to ethical behaviour and improving society, the expectations of this generation are at an all-time high. Today's generation of workers consider growth and development opportunities a must-have in any role. And if the right opportunities aren't on the horizon, they won't hesitate to move on.
Organisations that invest in their people come out on top, and so keeping pace with new and innovative ways to engage and develop employees will help you draw in top talent and stay ahead of the game. A recent industry study reported that 50% of employees feel that their organisation doesn't recognise their full potential [4], which begs the question: why aren't organisations doing everything they can to optimise existing talent and developing internal capabilities?
And they should be shouting about it too. With the rise of social media and sites like Glassdoor, organisations can no longer be insular: transparency is everything. Employees now expect an open, honest relationship with their employers and want talent management to be the same. Shrouding succession planning strategies in secrecy can be damaging, and so communicating openly about employee development and leadership plans will ensure you become recognised for investing in your people and will help to build your organisation's reputation as a desirable place to build a career.
Today's highly connected, tach-savvy workforce has given rise to the virtual office. A sense of independence and mobility are now part of the modern workplace, and high-performing, open organisations are responding to this by embracing technology through innovation and collaboration. Flexible, mobile working is valuable to many, and being able to learn at the point of need plays an important role in engaging employees in their own learning and development. So making mobile initiatives part of your workplace strategy will help you attract those high-flyers and help them to thrive (see Knell, 2014. Innovation, Collaboration and the Open Organisation).
In today's competitive dynamic marketplace, winning the best talent is just the beginning - it's the battle to keep them onside which can prove to be the greater challenge. Look out for a new Kallidus top tips guide, soon to be released, on managing a new generation of talent, with recommendations for motivating and developing millennials and key advice for retaining top talent within your workforce.
How can Kallidus help? www.kallidus.com/Talent
1. Highfliers (2015). The Graduate Market In 2015
2. Universum Global (2015). Talent attraction in the professional services industry
3. Deloitte (2015). Mind the gaps: The 2015 Deloitte Millennial survey
4. Kallidus (2015). Talent Pools: Banishing the Secret Society


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Those younger than 18 years must be accompanied by an adult. Families are encouraged to sign up. Please fill in 2 volunteers when signing up as a family.
We appreciate all that you do to help make St. Josaphat a wonderful, generous community of friends!
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Many people are crazy of shopping. When they start to shop, they will buy whatever they see. Some others make plans to buy and they strictly see the things in their shopping list only. One more category of people do a lot of window shopping and find out what are the new arrivals and compare brand, price, quality etc. Next step they do is to come to a conclusion and straightaway go to buy.
Some people challenge themselves to visit all the shops which contain the items of their choice but prevent themselves from buying anything. This is called buy nothing day. In the world 20% of the people are able to buy what they want. To balance the unfair distribution of wealth this day is celebrated.
Many products the consumers buy are toxic waste which are harmful to the environment. It is celebrated on 29th November in U.K. In Canada and America it falls on the friday after Thanks giving day. It is an opportunity to consume less the products in the market. the term "buy nothing day" became very popular through internet and the social media also took part to take the message to the consumers.
Nothing will happen if we do shopping on one day but it makes to think while making any purchase afterwards. Sp, enjoy the day and count the days in a year which was spent as "buy nothing day".


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Deputy Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization speaking in the sidelines of his visit to a specialist nuclear technology exhibition in Razi University of Kermanshah said "America's enmity with Iran has not changed. The nuclear issue and human rights are only alibis."
Also stating that Iran's support for Lebanon's Hezbollah is another Western alibi, Aliasghar Zarean said "The Bushehr power plant has saved us over 6 million liters of fuel. We will lay the brick for the second phase of the power plant in 93 [next Iranian year beginning March 21]."
He further said "As for the health section, we will start separating vaccines which will be of utmost importance in research, treatment, and the prevention of cancer."


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Appendix 4. Customizing a Community Protocol
Communities starting from scratch in developing pediatric sexual abuse medical forensic exam protocols are encouraged to consider the recommendations in this national protocol in their entirety and tailor them to fit local needs, challenges, statutes, and policies. Communities that have existing protocols can consider whether any of the protocol recommendations or the tasks below could improve their response to prepubescent child sexual abuse or address gaps in services or interventions.
[1] See www.tribal-institute.org/download/Completed%20Protocol%20Guide%202003.pdf for a child abuse protocol development resource for tribal communities from the Tribal Law and Policy Institute.


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These purple orchid flowers are bound to make anyone feel important. So, show your love with this floral arrangement of 15 Orchid stems. Send this gift to your loved ones and see how it increases passion in your life.


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On Thursday 4th October, The Island Free School Year 8 Girls Hockey Team started their fixtures with a Triangular against Dorset House School from Sussex and Priory School. This has been an annual event and is now in its third year.
For most of the girls it was their first chance to play competitive 7-a-side hockey and the standard of play was excellent from everyone. We had an A team consisting of Marika, Neeve, Beth L, Beth M-H, Bella, Dee, Beau and Summer. We also had a B team which included Jess, Maisie, Josie, Tilly, Eva, Isla, Thea, Neeve and Macey.
The A team had a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Dorset House B team, also securing an exciting and tense 1-0 win over Dorset House A team.
The B team were not to be outdone and recorded a 2-1 win over Dorset House a Team, a 2-0 win over Dorset House B team and a slender 1-0 victory over Priory.
All in all it was a very successful afternoon for the TIFS girls. They returned to the school canteen for congratulatory teas after the games!
On Saturday 6th October, the girls set off at 6am to travel up to Lord Wandsworth College near Basingstoke to compete in their annual invitational Sports Festival. Again, this is the third year that TIFS have been invited to play against some of the most prestigious schools in the South of England, in a friendly environment.
The weather conditions were dreadful rain and heavy winds; this didn't deter the girls! Both the A and B teams played 7 matches each which consisted of some fantastic hockey with both teams recording wins, draws and a couple of defeats to some of the best Under-13 teams around. The whole day was a wonderful opportunity to play some friendly yet competitive hockey and all the players learnt various things to improve their own game. Both teams were a credit to the school in their behaviour and positive attitude in incredibly challenging conditions.
At the same time as the girls were playing hockey, TIFS was also represented by 11 year 7 and 8 boys, competing on
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Purple symbolizes magic, mystery, spirituality, creativity, dignity and royalty. Artists are said to be partial to it. And it's simply beautiful.
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"Boreas" (1903), John William Waterhouse (British, 1849-1917). Oil on canvas.
Chive buds 950 by Horticultural Art
Pink and wine floral arrangement by Amy Merrick
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This place was lovely, peaceful, and out in the middle of nowhere.
We arrived after the museum and gift shop were closed, but the sweet
woman who worked there re-opened the mission for us willingly.
We spent a great deal of time here; It was lovely as we were the only
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Kindat Pandaw arrived in India after safely crossing over the Bay of Bengal
Pandaw are delighted to announce that yesterday (March 7) the KINDAT PANDAW arrived in India after safely crossing over the Bay of Bengal from Burma. The KINDAT joins her sisters the KALAW and KATHA making three Pandaw ships in India now.
As most departures are now full or nearly full the KINDAT will offer additional departures at busy times.
Pandaw are offering seven nights Lower Ganges exploring the cultural treasures of West Bengal and a fourteen night Upper Ganges voyage to Varanasi taking in the sacred Buddhist sites of Bodh Gaya.
These shallow draft 'K Class' ships can make it all the way up to Varanasi throughout the sailing season, and with only two decks can get under low bridges in the monsoon.
Indeed, no vessels could be more suited to voyages on India's challenging inland waters and no other vessels on the Indian rivers offer Pandaw's high standards of comfort and safety.


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A new economic report has painted a gloomy picture of the future, with the credit crunch and resulting recession likely to grip the nation for the next two years.
The respected Ernst & Young ITEM Club summer forecast has warned that the UK will struggle to avoid a recession in 2009, with predicted gross domestic product (GDP) growth of just 1% and inflation staying beyond 3% for the next 12 months. It also warns that there will be a "substantial" increase in unemployment.
The impact of this will be households across the country tightening their belts and changing their spending and borrowing habits.
Peter Spencer, chief economist to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club, says households will be lucky to see a 1% increase in their disposable income, prompting consumer spending on the high street to grow by just 0.2% next year.
"Rising inflation, the limited availability of credit and sharp reversals in the housing and equity markets mean that consumers are coming under increasing pressure," he adds. "Both on the high street and in the housing market it is going to get a great deal worse before it gets better. Our worry is that without [interest rate cuts] the consumer will follow suit, moving from their current state of denial into a state of despair."
House prices will also continue to fall, according to the report, as restricted mortgage lending brings home buying and selling to a standstill.
Spencer predicts prices to have dropped by around 10% by the end of 2008, with further falls of 6% expected next year.
And he warns these figures are averages, with "far greater" falls outside of London.
Consumer confidence
The worsening economic climate has fed through to consumer confidence, as rising costs and reduced borrowing opportunities give many people cause for concern.
Research by Gocompare.com found that 49% of UK consumers are concerned about their financial situation for the next year, while 60% say reducing their outgoings is their number one financial priority.
Younger people feel most at risk from the economic downturn, with nearly 65% of people aged 16 to 24 concerned about their financial situation compared to 39% of the over-55s.
Hayley Parsons, chief executive of Gocompare.com, says: "This research shows just how worried UK consumers are about rising prices and their personal finances."
A recent Moneywise poll on how confident users were about the outlook for the personal finances, revealed a mixed bag of attitudes about the future. In the poll, 36% of people said they were quietly confident and 24% said they were neutral. However, 22% admitted they are not confident and 7% said they were pessimistic about the future.
Despite better confidence among older consumers, other research suggests that the credit crunch has not yet prompted pensioners to budget sufficiently.
The fear is many people are overspending in their first year of retirement, splashing out £8,000 more than in subsequent years.
Gary Shaughnessy, managing director of pensions at Prudential, which carried out the research, says: "One of the key concerns is that people don't have any idea how long they will live in retirement, and therefore don't think about the longer term implications of over-spending when they first retire."


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Maggie Dunlop is thrilled when her long time crush, Mitch, moves to her little town of Harrison. Once Maggie discovers Mitch and his love for Christmas has drastically changed, she vows to bring the holiday spirit back in his life. Determined to show him the magic of Christmas, she decides to create 12 Christmas gifts that ask him to do fun Christmas tasks in order to renew his love for the season and explore his feelings towards Maggie.
Is it available on DVD?
2019 Dates, Times, and Channels
7/17/19 – 2:00am on Hallmark Channel
11/1/19 – 2:00pm on Hallmark Channel
11/7/19 – 4:00am on Hallmark Channel
11/11/19 – 12:00pm on Hallmark Channel
This movie normally airs throughout the holiday season on the main Hallmark Channel. For a complete schedule of dates and times, please click here.
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text: Sometimes when you have too much to say, you end up saying nothing at all. I've tried to write many times this week. But instead of writing a word, I clicked "close" every time. Sometimes when life is too hard, you shut yourself off. You assure everyone around you that everything is fine and you try to believe it. I feel guilty because others have struggles much harder than my own. I have a child with special needs. So what? So do many, many other parents. Our story is not unique. Avery is healthy and happy and beautiful and I should feel lucky. Or so I have been told. But some days, instead of lucky, I feel frightened, frustrated, angry or sad. I've always had the attitude that everything will be okay. This is our normal and life is good. It's not perfect, but it's good. It seems you can only go on for so long fooling yourself into thinking your life isn't hard. My life is hard. Avery is funny and loving, but she's difficult. She doesn't understand "danger." She is always at risk and it's taxing living in a constant state of fight or flight.[…]Read More


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Southampton were reportedly one of the few clubs who had scouts in the match between Portimonense and Belenenses last weekend.
Along with Sevilla, Huesca, Valladolid and Eintracht Frankfurt, the Saints saw a 1-1 draw between two mid-table clubs who hope to get an Europa League spot for next season.
Newspaper A Bola is the one who reports the list of scouts, and although they claim that Sevilla were watching Shoya Nakajima, they don't seem to know who the Premier League side had an eye on.
There were two players who really stood out in this match.
For the home side, the former Atletico Madrid striker Jackson Martinez had a very good performance, and opened the scores with a penalty kick. For the away side, midfielder André Santos was crucial recovering balls and creating plays.
Southampton have an interest in Portuguese football, and don't only watch the big clubs.
They've already scouted Portimonense at least twice this year, and the same goes for Belenenses.
In October, claims surfaced of Leicester interest in Nakajima, and several other clubs have been linked.
There's a reasonable chance Southampton have some interest too, given their watching of Portimonense.


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This position is dedicated to recruiting PTA membership, facilitating programs that help reach out to new parents and supporting committees that build Prairie's community. This role oversees the following committees:
- Bakers/Hospitality
- Buddy Program
- School Directory
- Kindergarten Round-up
- Preschool Event Coordinator
- Special Guest Day
- Staff Meals
- Teacher Appreciation Week
- Watch D.O.G.S. Program (Dads of Great Students)
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Many hotels, hostels or vacation rentals are venturing into the business of weekend destination weddings. For busy couples that are looking for an unusual but simple solution to their wedding, these mini-destination weddings are becoming a popular idea.
If you drive into the mountains, beach or other weekend vacation area, you will see on the spring and summer weekends several wedding parties. Here is how it works.
The wedding party comes up on Friday. They stay at the venue through Sunday. Friday night is the rehearsal followed by a catered dinner for the wedding party. Saturday morning is for relaxing, and then getting ready for the late afternoon wedding. After the service, all the guests are invited to another catered dinner at the same facilities for all the guests. After dinner, guests can return home or spend the night in the area. Meanwhile, the wedding party has no need to rush the reception as they will not be leaving on the night of the wedding. Sunday morning, the wedding party leaves the hotel and returns home.
The hotel usually requires that the wedding party work with one of their caterers and wedding planners. But, this cost is all included in the wedding price. Paying for each item individually can often cost more than the hotel's all-inclusive price. The hotels usually have a garden or lake to hold your service, which can be decorated any way you choose. The reception can be inside or outside under the sky and can be decorated with just about any theme. Marrying under a starry sky is very romantic.
Many religious services can be accommodated at these locations. For those that cannot, the bride and groom can have a low key wedding at their church before the destination ceremony. The best part is, unlike a wedding in a local park, the hotel will keep other guests, children, and joggers out of the area of your event.
The hotel can arrange special wedding clothes to be delivered to your room directly from the rental shop. They can also arrange to return these items for you. They can also keep part of the cake and have it sent to your home for later if you wish. Flowers are usually delivered to the venue for the ceremony.
One problem with a mini-destination wedding can be guests with medical problems or those who are older. Most hotels can accommodate handicapped guests, including providing transportation in electric carts to and from parking lots and guest areas to all events. This way, no friends or family members need to be left out.
So, if you are planning a wedding, don't forget to look at some all-inclusive venues. These venues can be the making of your wedding, all within several hours drive from home.


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The hesitant and unsure revival of the strategic Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) between the United States, Japan, Australia and India through meetings in Singapore in June and now reflects a cautious approach to the original goal of a forum to counter Chinese economic and military power in the Indo-Pacific.
When it was kicked off in 2007 on the initiative of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, it had drawn protests from China. The dialogue went into hibernation when Kevin Rudd replaced John Howard as Australia's prime minister, and remained in limbo during Rudd's tenure. Significantly, around the time of its launch, it was accompanied by joint military exercises of an unprecedented scale titled Exercise Malabar.
Upon revival after Australian regime change again in 2010, the revived grouping has shifted the spotlight on expanding Quad's ambit by partnering with other countries to promote a free, open, rules based and inclusive order in the Indo-Pacific. The participants in the current meeting which included Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed ASEAN centrality in the new scheme of things.
In a veiled critique of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which has forced some nations into a debt trap, the member-states committed to strengthening connectivity and quality infrastructure based on sovereignty, and territorial integrity as well as transparency, economic viability and financial responsibility. The undercurrent is to watch out against Chinese neo-colonialism but the tone is circumspect and conscious of not provoking a reaction from Beijing.
Yet, it is heartening that there is the revival of a watchdog against hegemonic Chinese designs and by including Southeast Asia, the Chinese machinations in South China Sea are sought to be watched since the ASEAN member-states have a high stake in warding China off the coastal states of the South China Sea.
That US President Donald Trump did not attend the quad meeting and sent his vice-president Dick Chaney for it was of course a bit of a dampener but Trump had attended the Manila meeting in 2017 at which it was decided to revive the Quadrilateral as a part of the ASEAN summit with Southeast Asian centrality as a cornerstone of the revived forum. With the latest meeting in Singapore, three meetings have taken place, reflecting the seriousness of the forum to emphasise its presence and its message. There indeed should be no going back as had happened due to Kevin Rudd's lack of interest in the forum. China must be deterred from any adventurism.
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5% body fat please!
February 23, 2016
I do not want to mention names…but obviously, we all know who they all are. Allow me to say this, when you are fat or over weight – you demonstrate not only a failure of discipline, but a total disregard of respect for what we stand for along with the fragrant disregard of what it takes to set a good example for your apprentice!
I will not mince my words!
30 days grace period….that is all gentlemen. It is not negotiable. Understand this! I do not care about your imaginary hormonal disorders or for that matter any other confected reasons why you are over weight.
Understand this. I do not care! After 30 days, if this requirement is not met. Please do us all the courtesy to walk the plank with dignity! I assure you gentlemen, heads will bloody fucking roll!
I thank you all very much for your understanding and reasonableness. As without the strategic precondition of 5% body fat…we will all end up with this fellow…please take a good look at this specimen of what appears to be a man:
This is no good gentlemen…it is no bloody good, with this the good stuff will never come our way…it will just past us right by – with this, we can never fit into the gold standard of the lean and muscular profile of this: this is the goal!
Nothing can be accomplished without iron discipline!
Nothing can be fucking accomplished without iron willed discipline…absolutely nothing!


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Winners of Money Matters BVI radio quiz awarded
The quiz was conducted during the week of November 11-15, 2013 on the station's "General Knowledge Quiz" programme.
At the end of the week, five students emerged as winners as there was a different winner on each day.
The Monday winner was Kelston King of ESHS; Tuesday- Rakeel Turnbull of ESHS; Wednesday- Nasheema Henry of SDA Secondary; Thursday - Timothy Malone of St. Georges Secondary; and Friday- Jada Samuel of St. Georges Secondary.
The prize-giving ceremony to recognize the winners was held on Tuesday November 19, 2013 in the lobby of FSC's main building in Pasea Estate.
In attendance at the ceremony were Mr Malvin Barry, host of ZBVI's morning Devotions; a few parents and 3 members of the Money Matters Team- Ms Natoya Frett, Ms Khiayah Doward and Mr Melvin A. Turnbull.
Money Matters BVI is part of the Commission's Financial Literacy Programme, which has as one of its objectives to provide guidance to the VI public on the basics of finance and how to manage their money as well as their general estate.
9 Responses to "Winners of Money Matters BVI radio quiz awarded"
... (25/11/2013, 17:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Replytis waz better dan the government one way dem cheat
xxxxxxxx (25/11/2013, 18:12) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyI like it, we all deh pon it and always listen to zbvi in dey moornigs, but I just want the politicians to stay away.
GoodSquad (25/11/2013, 18:31) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyOh my goodness, Kudos to all the children... thank you ZBVI and FSC!
Hats off (25/11/2013, 18:52) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyWe must start believing in ourselves all the best to the winners
parent (25/11/2013, 19:47) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyCongratulations to the organizers and the children; education is the key
Sunshine (25/11/2013, 20:25) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyCongratulations is in order for Rakeem Turnbull. Former teacher ASPS
west wing (25/11/2013, 23:27) Like (0) Dislike (0) Replygood going boys and girls
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A World Bank study says a one-metre rise in sea levels from climate change could destroy more than 60 percent of the Caribbean and the broader developing world's coastal wetlands currently at one-metre or lower elevation.
The study says this will lead to economic losses of about US$630 million annually. Read more…
Learn more about how we're working to make the Caribbean more climate resilient by perusing The Implementation Plan for "Delivering transformational change 2011-21".
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Trucke's 1-Stop -- Fuel, Mini Mart, RV Park
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Seaside, OR 97138
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Open 6AM - 9PM 7 Days a week.
We are the original One Stop Shop. Since 1981, Oregon's friendliest Gas Station has remained family-owned and loyal to serving you. Trucke's is the yellow Convenience Store on South Highway 101 in Sea
We are on the South End of Seaside, on HWY 101. From Portland, Take Hwy 26 West 70 miles, merge onto 101. Go North 3 miles. We are on the right-hand side of HWY101, just past the 1st Traffic Light.


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Bristol NUJ on the march against cuts
TOMORROW, Saturday 19th February, NUJ Bristol Branch will be joining a huge demonstration in the city to protest against the Tory-led government's public sector spending cuts.
The branch is calling on all local NUJ members to join in and march under the green and white National Union of Journalists banner.
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I am so excited about making some super fun butterfly life cycle craft ideas with my kids! I save them for a special occasion, so, 2 weeks ago, when we had a rainy day, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to make them! They were so surprised!
I think your kids will enjoy these life cycle of a butterfly for kids printables, too! But we don't only have crafts here! Check out 12 of the greatest life cycle of a butterfly homeschool printables!
Butterfly Life Cycle Homeschool Printables
There are some great activities that we share in this post. Whether they're butterfly life cycle activities for preschoolers like the awesome memory game or a handwriting life cycle of a butterfly worksheet for kindergarten kids to practice manuscript, this is FULL of fun!
I mentioned butterfly life cycle arts and crafts before, so yes, this bundle includes them, but also a great life cycle template for kids to use to make their own drawing and to get creative! Even though this set is a Science-focused one with great lesson plans ideas, you can still make some fun activities!
Save time with a quick craft! Get a paper plate to glue the life cycle wheel! It is an easy butterfly life cycle paper craft for early childhood and older kids alike. Or find tissue paper to make stages of the butterfly replicas.
Just cut out small pieces of paper in green for a leaf, yellow for the eggs, black, white and yellow for the caterpillar, green for the chrysalis and orange and black for the butterfly. Wouldn't that be an awesome art project?
12 of the Greatest Life Cycle of a Butterfly Homeschoo Printables
This bundle includes:
1 3 life cycle activities for kids: 3-Part Cards. These are 3 beautiful sets. It includes real photos, cartoon pictures and black and white images. We use them all and love them all!
The black and white 3-part cards can be colored and laminated or they can be laminated and then kids can use dry erase markers to color over and over!
2 Life cycle of a butterfly printables: Dice. It is the perfect activity to start with little ones up to older kids. I think you will really like this preschool butterfly life cycle printable
3 Butterfly life cycle template: Handwriting. Handwriting is a work of art, when taken seriously. Kids will get to practice manuscript AND cursive! These butterfly life cycle art activities are fun.
4 Preschool life cycle of a butterfly printable: Memory Game. Instead of teaching using a butterfly life cycle worksheet in preschool, kindergarten or even elementary, why not play a fun game like this one to practice the stages of the life cycle?
5 Life cycle of a butterfly worksheet set: Notebooking Pages. Whether you want to use to take research notes on the monarch butterfly life cycle, the worksheet will be super handy!
6 Butterfly life cycle craft: Wheel Craft. I have mentioned art before. This is an awesome life cycle of a butterfly art activity!
7 Printable butterfly life cycle worksheet set (6 Pages). The set is great for kids of all ages. The butterfly life cycle worksheet for preschool is the one where they cut out the pictures fo the stages of the life cycle and then glue them on the other sheet in the right order.
8 Butterfly life cycle Book. This is a great addition to other life cycle books for preschool kids to be read to (by older kids or yourself). Eventually, they will be able to read it themselves!
9 Life cycle printable coloring book. This is more than just sheets on the life cycle of a butterfly arts and crafts. Yes, these are coloring sheets, but there are also handwriting practice lines.
10 Butterfly life cycle sheet: Word Search. Kids will have a lot of fun looking for words that are related to the butterfly life cycle.
I think that after all this, you can clearly see how awesome this bundle is and how much your kids can learn with it.
To get this amazing butterfly life cycle for preschool, kindergarten and elementary kids, click below!
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1 3 Life Cycle ctivities for kids: 3-Part Cards (photos, cartoon and black and white)
2 Life Cycle of a butterfly printables: Matching Dice Activity
3 Butterfly Life Cycle template: Handwriting page with manuscript and cursive
4 Preschool Life Cycle of a butterfly printable Memory Game
5 Life Cycle of a butterfly worksheet set: Notebooking Pages with primer lines (for preschool and kindergarten) and regular lines for elementary kids
6 Butterfly Life Cycle craft: a beautiful wheel paper craft for kids to learn event sequencing.
7 Printable butterfly Life Cycle worksheet Set (6 Pages): printable posters to show event order, a blank poster to draw the events in the correct sequence, cut out event pictures and paste on the other page in the correct order of events and more!
8 Butterfly Life Cycle Book: Children will love to read this color book.
9 Life Cycle printable coloring book: This is a super fun set of handwriting and coloring pages.
10 Butterfly Life Cycle sheet: this Word Search page is a lot of fun!
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Certified Nursing Assistant Education
Certified nursing assistant education is a vital element which adds to an effective career within the healthcare industry. Without this standard of education, it will verify extremely tough to be able to acquire the certification required to function as a CNA in a medical company of any kind of kind. It is crucial for every pupil to achieve the education relating to this type of job.
Generally, a high school education causing a diploma is a great beginning to an aides career. Not only achieving a certified education to make certain a great job is acquired, but this education can cause an option in several healthcare work that are constantly offered in the medical field. From a specialized kind of nursing work to a setting that requires much more technical as well as skilled training in innovative medication and scientific research in the world today. The need for proficient nurses is evident throughout the world.
As the education is an essential component of an assistant's function no matter whether it is working in a health center, long term treatment house, hospice or medical technique. Each medical organization will look much more favorably upon a student, that has actually obtained a certified nursing assistant education.
The colleges arrange their training programs to ensure that the certified nursing education is of extremely important relevance. Each program is planned, generated and instructed according to their rigorous guidelines set. Each degree of a program ensures that the education has the ability to be attained properly and also based on the medical organization's guidelines. As a result, each trainee can trust the certified nursing assistant education they obtain from every college and school and also will certainly cause a range of tasks being within their reach.
Specific care and attention is committed per program designed. This will promote a superb degree of certified nursing assistant education and will make sure the college is renowned for substantial acclamation in their certain academic domain.
When a job has actually been acquired, then a certified nursing assistant's education will continue to be better boosted, as the nursing assistant gains extra extensive training relating to the work she has been employed to take on. It is crucial for each student to get the degree of certified nursing assistant education to offer each person the degree of medical assistance they require. With a great level of nursing help offered this will venture to enhance the medical solution able to be used.
Without a certified nursing assistant education that comes up to the demands needed to get job, then it would certainly be incredibly hard to acquire a work that enables a good degree of pay to be attained. This is why the education criterion is essential to every nursing assistant's career and can actually be the deciding variable upon what type of nursing job is at some point acquired.
Not just accomplishing a qualified education to guarantee a good job is gotten, yet this education can lead to a selection in lots of healthcare work that are constantly available in the medical area. Each student can rely upon the certified nursing assistant education they receive from every college as well as school and also will result in a variety of work being within their reach.
When a job has been obtained, after that a certified nursing assistant's education will certainly continue to be even more boosted, as the nursing assistant gains extra intensive training relating to the job she has actually been employed to carry out. It is crucial for each pupil to acquire the level of certified nursing assistant education to offer each individual the degree of medical assistance they need.


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An Introduction
Printing of wallpaper, envelopes, labels, bags, cartons, sacks, bills, certificates and several documents is required in almost every industry as well as by individuals. This requirement creates a specific industry of printing and lamination machinery, an industry where developments and launches take place on short gaps. Analyzing excellent business opportunities of the industry, Samir Machinery, has ventured its capital in it. We are just an year old engineering company, which is in talks among the established manufacturers as well as regular customers of the industry owing to our impressively engineered printing and lamination machines. As a Manufacturer and Supplier, we provide 6 Color Flexo Printing Machine, 2 Color Flexo Printing Machine, Single Color Rotogravure Printing Machine and Solventless Lamination Machine, which are bringing high appreciation to us owing to their outstanding performance.
Our machines are a smart investment as they tremendously increase the work speed, reduce the cost of doing printing & lamination tasks and give impressive end results. Their absolute simple operations that too without any special training or course classes also enhance demand of them in the market. Further, to have a bright future and run the business for long time, from inception date itself, we are paying attention on research & development activities.
Our Marketing Approach
Printing and lamination machinery are not a household item and do not get that regular demand, no ad campaigns are generally run by the companies for whopping the sales of these smart engineering output. Well knowing this fact, we have maintained highly effective marketing approaches that are bringing to us excellent demand of the offered machinery. After well knowing the actual requirement of the companies engaged in printing and lamination work, these machines are engineered with perfection by our company. Not just this, we stringently analyze & scrutinize prices, policies and practices of other companies of the domain and then plan our work, accordingly. Our marketing plans are made with the objective to make customers absolutely clear about the specifications & uses of the 2 Color Flexo Printing Machine, Single Color Rotogravure Printing Machine and Solventless Lamination Machine; policies of the firm and then have desired sale. We do not adopt any fraud practice just to enhance our sales and thereby growth rate.
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To have trouble-free business, it is important for the companies to rightly invest on human and capital resources. And we are proud of having all that which empowers us in serving the best series of printing and lamination machinery. Our staff includes people who are passionate, honest and work with sincerity not just to complete the given work, but to do it in a way which brings fruitful results to the company. Further, to enhance the productivity and give comfort to our employees, our company has smartly invested on maintaining several facilities. The tasks are performed in well equipped facilities of the following divisions:
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The last week here at Laduma has been a mix of sporting action, chats with our software experts about National Coding Week and debate about the use Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in PR and communication strategies.
Nothing stands still here at Laduma, that's for sure – so let's take a look at how the previous seven days shaped up.
On Monday September 17th, we looked back at an incredible and inspiring AMatchForCancer event, including interviews with Jurgen Klopp, Brendan Rogers and James Milner.
The next day we celebrated National Coding Week by asking our talented developer Simone about his favourite superhero (well, why not?) before discussing his route into the world of software development.
Then we spoke with the equally talented (some would say genius) Chief Technical Officer Jonas Helgren about his passion for tech – and how he became a leading software developer.
Finally, it was the turn of our equally talented, some might say legendary Lead Developer Tommy Pickersgill to take his place in front of the cameras. He told us how he caught the tech bug and became a top software expert. He also gave his recommendations for people interested in becoming a developer.
And our Marketing Manager Kelly Forshaw rounded off the week with a panel discussion about how tech labels could be holding the immersive industry back. Read more about what came out of that discussion here.
"Bin the labels and let's start talking about immersive technology instead" was the opinion of Mashbo's Gavin, supported by the rest of the panel, including Kelly from Laduma who highlighted that knowing exactly what tech you want to use isn't the most important thing that PRs commissioning tech agencies should know."It's far more important that you know what you want out if the tech. What you want it to achieve," she said. "That way we can advise the best route to take, even if that means telling you immersive technology isn't right for you."


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Degrees and Certifications:
Bachelors in Education - Bradley University Master's in Curriculum and Instruction - Olivet Nazarene University Special Education - Governor's State University
Mrs. Baldauf
I am so excited to be teaching ELA at Conrady this year. I have been in the classroom for 11 years, and this is my third year as a Special Education teacher.
I can remember loving reading from the time I was little. I would hide out under the dining room table and read before I had to go to school. Once I got older, the hiding place changed to my room, but the love of reading was still there. I've even been known to stay up way too late reading if I'm really liking a book.
I am really looking forward to working with the 6th, 7th and 8th graders. I've been getting some ideas on what books the students are interested in, and there are some good ones! Check back regularly to see what we're reading and what we're working on.
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Profit, unlike Gain, is a Measure of Theft from the System
The idea that profit-driven capitalism is the only system capable of delivering sustained improvement in living standards is a deeply cherished belief of many Americans, despite considerable evidence to the contrary. Some of you might even argue that the dissolution of the Soviet Union is definitive evidence of that 'there is not other way'. Of course, doing so would require us to ignore that state communism did take Russia from a chaotic 19th century society to a superpower within 30 years, inspite of the massive damages inflicted by Stalin's paranoia and WW2.
We would also have to ignore that the massive and unprecedented increase in the standard of living in the USA from the mid-1930s to mid-1980s was largely financed by direct and indirect government spending. Imagine an American middle-class without the New Deal, WW2-related spending, GI Bill, Space Race and all other Cold War related spending. But this is not a post about which flavor of capitalism is better than which flavor of state communism. Instead I will try to show how one of the fundamental proxy measures of success in capitalism (and state communism) eventually up destroying them.
I am certainly not the first to point out that monetary profit is fundamentally a measure of theft from other people or groups. However unlike many others, I am more interested in its downstream and knockon effects than the morality and mindset of those who benefit from it. There is also the interesting issue of why capitalism seems to "work" as long as it is kept under control, but becomes destructive to almost everybody once it is unregulated. In my opinion, all of this comes down to difference between profit and gain.
Some of you will counter by saying that "but aren't profit and gain two words for the same thing". Well.. not quite and let me explain. We use the word profit to denote a situation where one party benefits at the expense of another party. It is fundamentally impossible for all the parties involved in a profitable transaction to gain from it and is therefore a zero-sum interaction. Now contrast that an interaction where some parties gain more than others but pretty much everybody gets a pretty good and fair deal. Still confused? Let us look at some examples.
Consider the case of a generic multinational corporation which has managed to increase its reported profit by off-shoring its manufacturing base to a low-income country. So who are the winners and losers in this type of scenario? The biggest winners in this scenario are almost always the top-level management, large stockholders and those involved in the financial (and other) intermediation necessary to make it happen. Minor winners include the poorly paid workers in the low-income countries now working at a slightly better paying job and the consumers who benefit from a slightly cheaper product. So who are the big losers in this transaction? Well.. everybody else- starting from the unemployed workers to local business who depended on those workers and the local governments who depended on tax revenue from those workers, business and the corporation.
Now consider the case of a company, business or an institution developing a new way to fulfill some human need or desire. How many people were negatively affected by the development of computer technology? What about antibiotic drugs? What about better automobiles or airplanes? What about effective vaccines for diseases like polio? In each of the above examples, pretty much everybody benefited (or gained) far more than they lost. Moreover each of these products increased the size of the economy without a significant increase in income inequality. That is the important, and crucial difference, between profit and gain. You might also notice that my description of gain is pretty close to most peoples mental image of functional capitalism.
So why is gain-based capitalism in full retreat and why has its profit-based form taken over?
It comes down to concentration of power in the hands of a few large players or oligopolization. Capitalism, or indeed any other system, works best when there are many and almost equally capable competing players in the system. That is also why capitalism seems to function pretty well when a new area opens up for business. But sooner or later you will end up with a handful of major players who will dominate the new area.
But why would narrowing the list of players favor profit over gain. Well.. once again there are many interrelated reasons but they all arise from one characteristic common to all large human organisations- who runs them. The higher levels of large and established organisations are almost always dominated by sociopaths who have learned to climb the pyramid by stepping on others. These climbers often have no understanding of what it takes to make the enterprises they are leading function properly, nor are they interested in making them function properly.
The mindset of these sociopaths is dominated by two interlinked desires. Firstly, they want to subjugate and impoverish everyone else. Secondly, they want to do so while basking in material comfort. They have no interest, desire or even the mental ability to be anything else. These billionaires, "business leaders", CEOs, board members, banksters, head honchos etc are functionally identical to parasites or viruses in that they both lack a purpose for existence and an internal ability to restrain themselves. They survive and thrive by exploiting the structure of the system and eluding systemic attempts to destroy them. But why are they so interested in generating more profit and suppressing gain? The answer to that question lies in what happens to monetary profit once it is generated.
Monetary profit, unlike gain, is almost never reinvested back into the system. In other words, all money made as profit exits the functional economy and impoverishes everybody else.
Only sovereign governments can replenish this supply of money. It is therefore not surprising that billionaires and other rich people spend lots of their time making sure that the government does not replenish this supply or that they get most of that replenishment. It is not about more money for them, as much as it is about less money for everybody else. Of course, it certainly helps that they have a whole bunch of morons to do their dirty work.
What do you think? Comments?
March 25, 2014 at 7:18 am
Quite right. People who preach about how it would be better getting the rest of society to be rich than redistributing wealth have not thought ver long about what good it would be if everyone were rich. Who would there be to serve you at the store or drag you luggage to your hotel room? The point of being wealthy is to commandeer other people, and that works just as well if you are far wealther than they are or if they are much poorer.
What is peculiarly odd about American capitalist fervour (the term itself was coined by Marx) is that they extol democracy (for the voting system), but when it comes to the concrete social relationships that shape your day, it turns out they don't think everybody should have an equal say, but all the power is aggregated in very few hands and people spend their working lives in hierarchically organized corporations which obssess over how the chain of command works.
The distinction you make between profit and gain is what informed the whole tradition of classical economics (including Adam Smith) who distinguished price and value, and who were largely crusading against economic rent (siphoning off of income via monopolistic or other coercive pricing practices to capture income without adding value: the classic case is rent for land or water that already exists and has no cost of production). Marx recapitulates that whole tradition in a very clear way. Despite being labelled the enemy, Marx was one of the first economists to concentrate on empirical data: the history of how things actually worked in previous societies instead of dogmatic theories about how things ought to be related.
It seems obvious that a society will be more productive and prosperous if the wealth needed to produce things is equitably distributed among the population than if the means of production are concentrated in a few hands: what on earth would the motive of such ownership be? Concentration of ownership is inherently coercive and is the opposite of producing benefits for the whole population with the means at hand.
March 26, 2014 at 2:03 pm
" We use the word profit to denote a situation where one party benefits at the expense of another party. It is fundamentally impossible for all the parties involved in a profitable transaction to gain from it and is therefore a zero-sum interaction. Now contrast that an interaction where some parties gain more than others but pretty much everybody gets a pretty good and fair deal. Still confused? Let us look at some examples."
Pretty much This.
Unfortunately many economists consider situations in which a number of people get fucked over to be perfectly acceptable, as long as they satisfy the conditions for "Kaldor Hicks efficiency".
Speaking of economists, many of them are beginning to realize that their theories and models are complete nonsense. For instance here's Joseph Stiglitz discussing some of the problems with modern economic theory:
Here's another economist
April 20, 2014 at 6:00 am
Then how do you explain Japanese zombie companies or Chinese SOE which are profitless but are used by elites to steal from the system?
April 21, 2014 at 4:35 am
"The SOEs are the center of the Chinese kleptocracy. If you manage your way up the Communist Party of China and you play your politics really well may wind up senior in some State Owned Enterprise. This is your opportunity to loot on a scale unprecedented in human history."
"A normal business – especially a State Owned dinosaur run by bureaucrats – would collapse under this scale of looting. But here is the key: the Chinese SOEs are financed at negative real rates."
"But ultimately the Chinese establishment like inflation – it is what enables their thievery to be financed."
April 21, 2014 at 6:43 pm
You can see the parallel in the US, after more than 5 years of ZIRP, US corporate profit has reached all time high even as GDP growth rate hovers near recession level.


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So, chances of you restoring matte lines, boxes, etc?
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It's never too early or too late to exercise to keep your brain sharper.
A 20-year study found:
- The more physically active you are, the better your thinking and memory skills will be, even if you have dementia.
- Just a marginal boost in physical activity has the potential to reduce the chances of dementia by a whopping 31%.
- Those who exercised or even just moved around more had clearer thinking right up to just before the time they died.
- For every increase in motor ability by one standard deviation, participants were 55% less likely to develop dementia.
Thinking clearly, even if you have dementia, matters to us all. This new evidence is encouraging because it gives us a free, enjoyable way to help us maintain our own cognitive health, says Jordan Balencic, DO, primary care physician and CEO of ERApeutics®.
"This isn't the first study to remind us that exercise helps keep us alert and sharp. I encourage everyone to remember that moving instead of sitting too much really matters. This study shows that, even if you have dementia, you will benefit from exercise, and that's exciting as well as hopeful," said Dr. Balencic.
"One limitation of this study is that researchers had no data about how active participants were before they became part of the study. It would be interesting to know if physical activity in early life also played a role in mental clarity as they aged, as I suspect it does," said Dr. Balencic. "My product, Prolimbic 29® for brain health, supports mental clarity and it can be taken by anyone age 12 and over. So, in addition to exercise, I also recommend Prolimbic 29® as a safe, natural way to support long-term, healthy cognition," he added.
Clearly, the best advice I can give you at any age is to stay active," says Dr. Balencic. "My family enjoys hiking together, and the beautiful scenery along the trails is a nice bonus."


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Matthew West
Particle-resolved Monte Carlo code for atmospheric aerosol simulation
GitHub repo: compdyn/partmc
Current version:
- Download partmc-2.5.0.tar.gz
- Read the README
- Read the ChangeLog
- Browse the documentation
- J. Ching, N. Riemer, and M. West, Black carbon mixing state impacts on cloud microphysical properties: Effects of aerosol plume and environmental conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 121(10), 5990-6013, 2016.
- M. D. Willis, R. M. Healy, N. Riemer, M. West, J. M. Wang, C.-H. Jeong, J. C. Wenger, G. J. Evans, J. P. D. Abbatt, and A. K. Y. Lee, Quantification of black carbon mixing state from traffic: implications for aerosol optical properties, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16(7), 4693-4706, 2016.
- J. H. Curtis, M. D. Michelotti, N. Riemer, M. Heath, and M. West, Accelerated simulation of stochastic particle removal processes in particle-resolved aerosol models, Journal of Computational Physics 322, 21-32, 2016.
- R. M. Healy, N. Riemer, J. C. Wenger, M. Murphy, M. West, L. Poulain, A. Wiedensohler, I. P. O'Connor, E. McGillicuddy, J. R. Sodeau, and G. J. Evans, Single particle diversity and mixing state measurements, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14, 6289-6299, 2014.
- J. Tian, N. Riemer, M. West, L. Pfaffenberger, H. Schlager, and A. Petzold, Modeling the evolution of aerosol particles in a ship plume using PartMC-MOSAIC, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14, 5327-5347, 2014.
- N. Riemer and M. West, Quantifying aerosol mixing state with entropy and diversity measures, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13, 11423-11439, 2013.
- M. D. Michelotti, M. T. Heath, and M. West, Binning for efficient stochastic multiscale particle simulations, Multiscale Modeling & Simulation 11(4), 1071-1096, 2013.
- J. Ching, N. Riemer, and M. West, Impacts of black carbon mixing state on black carbon nucleation scavenging: Insights from a particle-resolved model, Journal of Geophysical Research 117(D23209), 2012.
- R. E. L. DeVille, N. Riemer, and M. West, Weighted Flow Algorithms (WFA) for stochastic particle coagulation, Journal of Computational Physics 230(23), 8427-8451, 2011.
- R. A. Zaveri, J. C. Barnard, R. C. Easter, N. Riemer, and M. West, Particle-resolved simulation of aerosol size, composition, mixing state, and the associated optical and cloud condensation nuclei activation properties in an evolving urban plume, Journal of Geophysical Research 115(D17210), 2010.
- N. Riemer, M. West, R. A. Zaveri, and R. C. Easter, Estimating black carbon aging time-scales with a particle-resolved aerosol model, Journal of Aerosol Science 41(1), 143-158, 2010.
- N. Riemer, M. West, R. A. Zaveri, and R. C. Easter, Simulating the evolution of soot mixing state with a particle-resolved aerosol model, Journal of Geophysical Research 114(D09202), 2009.
- R. McGraw, L. Leng, W. Zhu, N. Riemer, and M. West, Aerosol dynamics using the quadrature method of moments: Comparing several quadrature schemes with particle-resolved simulation, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 125(012020), 2008.
- partmc-2.5.0.tar.gz (2018-11-17)
- partmc-2.4.0.tar.gz (2017-02-14)
- partmc-2.3.0.tar.gz (2015-03-29)
- partmc-2.2.1.tar.gz (2012-03-30)
- partmc-2.2.0.tar.gz (2012-02-25)
- partmc-2.1.5.tar.gz (2012-01-30)
- partmc-2.1.4.tar.gz (2011-08-15)
- partmc-2.1.3.tar.gz (2011-06-28)
- partmc-2.1.2.tar.gz (2011-06-28)
- partmc-2.1.1.tar.gz (2011-06-22)
- partmc-2.1.0.tar.gz (2011-05-17)
- partmc-2.0.0.tar.gz (2011-01-13)
- partmc-1.2.1.tar.gz (2010-04-26)
- partmc-1.2.0.tar.gz (2009-06-15)
- partmc-1.1.1.tar.gz (2010-03-29)
- partmc-1.1.0.tar.gz (2008-02-17)
- partmc-1.0.0.tar.gz (2007-02-26)


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Emerson's WLP Reading Series is pleased to present a Q&A and reading with MARY KARR.
MARY KARR is an award-winning poet and New York Times best-selling memoirist, and the Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed, best-selling memoirs The Liars' Club, Cherry, and Lit. Her latest books are The Art of Memoir, a master class on the fastest-growing literary genre which debuted at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List and was blanketed in stellar reviews, and a book for graduates based on her acclaimed 2015 Syracuse commencement speech, Now Go Out There (and Get Curious). In 2015 Syracuse University awarded Karr an honorary doctorate in humane letters. Karr added songwriter to her pedigree with the release of Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell.
Q&A: 4pm
Piano Row, The New Charles Beard Room, 2nd floor
Emerson College, 150 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116
Reading: 6pm
The Bill Bordy Theater, 1st floor
Emerson College, 216 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116
This reading is free and open to the public.
Certain books were "banned in Boston" at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.


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The aristocratic fashion house moves fast-forward on sport and print
EMILIO PUCCI STOOD for three things: sport, pattern and the birth of the jet set in an international upper-class world.
In his second outing for the house, Massimo Giorgetti took a big step forward - as did his models in their pointy-toe flat or knee-high hiking boots.
The collection felt clinical, but it was right on-message with a bold mountain design digitally printed on dresses or on a bomber jacket with stretch pants. It was a backward glance at Emilio Pucci's beginnings as a designer of skiwear.
Yet at the same time everything was different: 3-D printing immersing the surface; stretch fabrics in motion with the body. The result is a 21st-century language that is also found in the designer's own successful line - MSGM.
What stood out for Pucci today was the intensity of colour, as in an oversize coat that was almost a hazard-warning orange, or, in contrast, a sweet rubbery pink for a big, bold sweater where inserts of ropes gave a frisson of sexual energy.
What a difference one season can make! Massimo Giorgetti had an awkward start, but for A/W 2016 he's hit his fashion stride. I thought from his first show that he had a mountain to climb. He did it in an energetic way.
There must have been sighs of relief from the line-up of LVMH executives. The fact that Alexandre Arnault, the young, digitally savvy son of Bernard Arnault, sat next to Laudomia Pucci, daughter of the founder, was a neat metaphor for a brand on the move.
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|Lapanday Agricultural & Development Corporation
Lapanday Agricultural & Development Corporation (LADC) is one of the companies under the
Lapanday Group producing and exporting Cavedish bananas to customers all over Asia and the Middle
East. From the 3 farms under LADC which was acquired in 1982, Lapanday now operates 25 farms in 5
regions in Mindanao, Southern Philippines (Davao Del Norte, Davao Del Sur, Agusan Del Sur, North
Cotabato and South Cotabato).
The Guihing Production Operation of LADC was certified to GLOBALG.A.P. in December 2015. The 594-hectare farm is one of the showcase farms under the Lapanday Group and has been the recipient of many awards from the community and from the company since its operation.
The plantation is actively supporting the local government in conservation efforts thru tree planting, coastal cleanups and other activities. Medical and dental missions and other community activities are also conducted thru the Dona Luisa Foundation.
Innovation, productivity and quality are among the core values of Lapanday. Increased demand for
better quality fruit grown in a chemical free environment using less workers, lead to the
development and adaptation of techniques for reducing pesticide use.
Reduced Chemical Use
Over the years, Lapanday continues to reduce the exposure of workers to chemicals by shifting to green and blue label chemicals. The installation of treated bags early during the fruit development cycle resulted to a significant reduction in the manual application of PPPs. Thru efforts of the Research Department and with the help of suppliers, local and international industry associations, it continues to develop safer methods for Integrated Pest Management including the use of cover crops and replanting with disease resistant varieties.
In 2015, as a result of improved hygiene practices from the implementation of GLOBALG.A.P.
and continuous reduction of MRLs in markets served, the company decided to eliminate the
use of PPPs for post-harvest treatment in all packing houses. This has resulted in significant
savings and ensured MRL compliance especially for tough markets.
Women, Youth and Training
The company encourages the participation of women and youth from neighboring communities in the production operations. While most of the field workers are men, more than half of the packinghouse workers are women. Three out of four workers are under forty.
Regular training of workers is important to ensure quality and food safety. All workers undergo annual training on Occupational Health Safety and Hygiene. In addition to this, workers handling chemicals go thru annual training on Chemical Safety. Visitors undergo a safety induction prior to entry to the farms and packing houses.
Water Management
The Guihing Production Operation is fully irrigated using a combination of under tree and drip irrigation. A network of holding ponds and canals installed in the farm help in trapping runoff and distributing irrigation water. Installed in the farms are monitoring and recording systems for recording weather conditions particularly rainfall and evapotranspiration. In addition, piezometers are also installed to further map out water requirements of the different blocks. The combination of the monitoring equipment and use of piezometers enabled the farm to optimize irrigation water use.


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UAMS team members are a diverse, and talented, group.
Becoming a certified faculty facilitator in student events is a great way to share those talents.
Our office has training opportunities to become certified in multiple types of events.
The process is easy!
Check out our "How do I get certified?" page here.
For more information about the certification process, or to check your progress, please contact our office!
Exposure Workshop
Offered at the start of fall semester, typically over a three day period.
This introductory workshop exposes new students to the concepts of IPE. (~ 3 hours)
A concurrent ONLINE course is also offered.
Student Movie Night
Typically offered either the 1st Monday and 3rd Thursday of each month in fall/spring semesters.
Students view topical documentaries/movies (based on monthly national health initiatives) and participate in facilitated interprofessional discussions afterwards.
12th Street HWC
Offered Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4-7 pm.
At this free clinic, students shadow interprofessional, student-lead teams, providing care and education to Arkansans.
ONLINE Common Book Reading
Offered, once, at the beginning of fall and spring semesters.
Online learners participate in a four week course in Blackboard reading The Deadly Choices at Memorial, holding interprofessional discussions, and writing reflections.
Quadruple Aim Project Proposals
Presentations occur once during fall and spring semesters.
Student teams develop a proposal to meet quadruple aim goals and objectives. They then present to other teams, and judges (facilitators), to compete for best proposal.
A concurrent ONLINE course is also offered.
Typically offered the 2nd Monday and 4th Thursday of each month during fall and spring semesters. Afternoon sessions.
Teams participate in interprofessional simulations with topics such as Error Disclosure, Immunization, and Research Advocacy.
Competence Workshop
Typically offered once per month during the fall and spring semester.
Focus on delivering advanced quadruple aim content relevant to learners entering practice or post-graduate training.
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Do Not Let A DWI Arrest Derail Your Future
Work With A Trial Lawyer Who Knows How To Challenge The Stop
Many people stopped for drunk driving do not realize that there are several possible ways to mount a DWI defense. Before you plead guilty by "putting it behind you," Keith Gore can fully investigate your case to help you find the best way to proceed. He will look at:
- Whether police had probable cause to stop you
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- Whether breath testing equipment was properly functioning
With a potential sentence of 72 hours to up to 180 days in jail and up to $2,000 in fines, Keith Gore will treat your defense with the seriousness it deserves, preparing for trial from day one.
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Texas is an implied consent state, which means if you are arrested for DWI, you have already consented to take a breath or blood test. Refusal will result in an automatic driver's license suspension.
However, it is possible to contest the suspension through the Administrative License Revocation (ALR) proceedings. It may also be possible to have driving privileges restored so you can drive to work.
You can always refuse to take a field breath test or perform a field sobriety test without penalty. The officer may still arrest you; however, you will be denying police valuable evidence that they can use to prove probable cause for your arrest.
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While the justice system has misdemeanors and felonies, there is no such thing as a "minor" criminal charge. With serious effects on your freedom, record and reputation on the line, take your defense seriously and contact Keith Gore today. You can call his office in McKinney, Texas, at 972-924-5665.


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"Douglas Parmee's fresh new translation brings to light a book that, more so than any of his renowned short stories, shows Maupassant the man, as he might have been known to contemporary readers of his copious journalism in fin de siecle Paris. Recounting a short week spent yachting on the French Riviera, Maupassant's fictionalized memoir crystallizes the mixed motives that lead to so many of our vacations. He is at once cynical and Romantic; he is a misanthrope who can't get enough of man; he is a sophisticated raconteur who wants to talk to himself for a while." —Benjamin Lytal, The New York Sun
"In this deceptively simple way, he is a heart-stopping writer…like all the best travel books, it embraces reflections on a variety of subjects unconnected with travel…It has spontaneity, gaiety and freshness." —Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph
"He describes–very beautifully–what he found essential in his cruise: the wind, the sounds, the odours, the mountains, the islands, and the effect they had on him and on his imagination…He can be compassionated, ecstatic about nature, jaundiced, cynical, arrogant, anguished. His diatribe against war is superb." —Times Literary Supplement
"Along with serious reflections upon the human condition, this journal contains more whimsical wool-gatherings, touches of travelogue, much mischievous social observation on the boating set of the Cote d'Azur, as well as some enthusiastic outpourings upon the sheer joy of sailing. All of it is recorded with the precision you would expect of this master-miniaturist and with an easy sense of fun you might not." —Scotsman
"M. De Maupassant writes thoughts such as were suggested by the rocking of the waves." –The New York Times
"In M. Guy de Maupassant's Afloat, there is a good deal that is graceful and suggestive, besides the strictly descriptive passages, in which the French writer's skill is always noticeable. The book records the indolent pleasures of a summer cruise from Antibes to Monaco in a little yacht, the Bel Ami (a decidedly significant name to persons familiar with M. de Maupassant as a novelist) and pictures of the coast, of smooth and squally days, reflections, philosophical and other, and a hundred pretty trifles of thought and diction are united in it. It is very light and very pleasant reading…" –The Independent [UK]
"M. de Maupassant gives one delightful notes and jottings of a leisurely voyage in a roomy and comfortable yacht, appropriately called the 'Bel-Ami,' along the Riviera coast…the successive papers in the little book are exquisitely enjoyable reading." –The Independent


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Dempsey: Does Iraq have a political future?
At the Aspen Security Forum on Friday, General Martin E. Dempsey opened his remarks with a joke: "Some of you in the audience have been kind enough to invite me [to the Aspen Security Forum] four years in a row, but I wanted to wait until things calmed down before I came."
This was, of course, a reference to the many crises playing out across the globe. With Lesley Stahl moderating, General Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed almost every major strategic issue in the world that concerns the United States, with special focus on the crises in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine. His remarks (transcript here) were lucid and engaging.
General Dempsey's remarks on Iraq were particularly interesting and I quote them here as they represent, I think, the first open acknowledgment by a senior official that Iraq may not survive as a unified political entity. He advanced, in the strongest terms we've seen so far, President Obama's position that the onus is on Baghdad to pursue a more inclusive polity. And he was willing to broach the possibility that it might not happen and that Iraq might not survive. He also discusses how the U.S. military is viewing the ISIL problem strategically:
DEMPSEY: ISIL has some longer term objectives that we should acknowledge and we should take the longer view on how to deny them those objectives. The immediate task is to determine whether Iraq has a political future. Because if Iraq has a political future then we will work through Iraq among others to deal with the ISIL threat. If Iraq does not have a political future, as an inclusive unity government, then we're going to have to find other partners. To take-
STAHL: Are you talking militarily?
DEMPSEY: I'm talking — well, I mean, it's pretty hard to discuss military options devoid of policy decisions at this point. What I'm talking about is a — is a strategy that initially assesses — tries to better understand the threat, assesses that which exists or remains that can either contain it and degrade it, and what that force might need if it were to try to defeat ISIL, to work on the periphery, to squeeze this thing from as many directions as possible. And, you know, to precipitously, if you will, take military action might gain some tactical advantage, frankly, but it wouldn't do much for us to build the kind of strategy that I think we need.
STAHL: Is the United States government, military totally committed to destroying ISIS?
DEMPSEY: Let me speak for the United States military. The United States military does consider ISIL a threat to — initially to the region and our close allies, longer term to the United States of America, and therefore we are preparing a strategy that has a series of options to present to our elected leaders on how we can initially contain, eventually disrupt and finally defeat ISIL over time.
Later, doing the Q&A, General Dempsey got into more detail:
DEMPSEY: if we get a credible partner, then — meaning in the Iraqi government that commits to trying to become much more inclusive than they have been up till now, then I think we can do any number of things. We can try to help restore the capability and readiness of the Iraqi security forces so that at some point they can begin to regain some lost territory. We can — in that process, we could put advisory teams forward with them. We know how to do that. We do it in Africa frequently. We do it in Yemen. We've done it in Somalia, where we can put advisers on the ground who know how to go far enough forward to provide intelligence, to provide planning expertise, to use close-air support if we take a decision to provide close-air support. We can target. If ISIL becomes a threat to this country, clearly we would have the — (coughs) — pardon me — the capability to deal with it.
But look, those are, that's a, there's kind of bins out there, bins of, bins of possibility that we might employ if we can find a strategy with partners to execute it.
But we haven't actually come to that point. We're still very much in the development of those options. And I think that's the place we really ought to be right now.
See also:
- Our interview with General Dempsey.
- Our recent commentary on Iraq.
- Our recent commentary of ISIL.
Ryan Evans is the editor-in-chief of War on the Rocks.
Image: U.S. Army