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Exporting your pets is not an easy task and can get complicated.
Shiloh Animal Express is dedicated to make the pet air and relocation process easier for you and your pet.
- Vaccinate your pet with up-to-date vaccinations (Rabies vaccine and Kennel cough vaccine).
- Check if the country/state you are relocating your pet to has any restrictions on the types of animals allowed for importation.
- Start crate training for your pet.
- Know the entire pet air and relocation process:
- Preparation > Departures > (Transit, if any) > Arrivals
Every client will be assigned a Pet Move Specialist who will work closely with you throughout your entire pet's air and relocation process.
We will try our best to adhere to your relocation schedule to ensure that the entire process proceeds without any hiccups.
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PLANNING the most suitable flight for your pet and yourself
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- Blood sampling for Rabies antibody determinations
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Reasons Why Answering Services Are Crucial for a Business
There is need to ensure that you are getting in touch with your customers so that you can increase the relationship with your customers. The relationship is strengthened through contacts and in this case you have to always communicate with your customers whenever they call to your business and since you are not at your office all the time you need to hire professionals for answering services on behalf of your business. There companies that are good in answering services on behalf of other businesses and it is crucial that you get to choose the right one that will be suitable for your business. By considering to use the answering services for your firm you will be able to experience the following benefits.
One of the benefits is that there are high-quality customer services. When the customers are served appropriately they will feel proud and they will like your firm so much. By addressing the issues that pertain to your customers on time they make them to be satisfied and they can even come over and over again to your business to make a purchase. You should make sure that you are involving the professionals in your firm for answering services since they make it possible for your business to sound professional.
Also, answering services are offered 24/7. The services offered are crucial as they ensure that the customers are able to get the services around the clock. The virtual receptionist ensure your customers are getting their needs sorted whenever they contact your business even when the business is closed.
The answering services contribute towards customers' satisfaction and loyalty. When the customers' needs are well catered for by your business they will be happy and will ensure that they are remaining to be loyal to your business and also they will ensure that they are advertising your business to other customers hence boosting your sales and more revenue will be generated.
Moreover, the use of answering services in your business is cost-effective. You will save a good amount of cash when you consider using answering services since the amount of cash that you will spend will be less compared to traditional way of answering calls. The profit that you will get from answering services is great compared to the input that you will make when hiring the services since you will keep earning money all the time. Besides, answering services makes your firm to sound established and even if it is a young company.
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Be Sure to make a big batch as this stuff is seriously addictive!…
Healthier satay sauce with veggie skewers
If theres one thing they do well in Bali (besides beaches, cocktails and sun obviously) its satay sauce, anyone who has tried the traditional dish Gado Gado will know what I mean. Sometimes satay sauce can be a bit oily (and full of sugar!) so I wanted to make my own peanut satay sauce with just a little less fat and without the sugar while trying to keep the rich flavour. I think I came close.


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Elmer the Patchwork Elephant becomes Kidscape's 'Friendship Friday' Ambassador
Kidscape and Elmer are a perfect fit, collaborating on Friendship Friday, Kidscape's scheme to launch the annual Anti-Bullying Week.
Further partnerships to be revealed in the run-up to the anniversary year.
Andersen Press is entering an on-going partnership with leading anti-bullying charity Kidscape during Elmer the Patchwork Elephant's 30th anniversary year. Elmer will become the ambassador for the charity's annual Friendship Friday activities starting in November 2019, featuring in the online and printed resources for teachers and classrooms.
Kidscape are seeing needs for early years resources on anti-bullying grow each year, so for the first time will launch a reception and Key Stage 1 resource for Friendship Friday, of which Elmer will be the star, guiding children through the ideals of friendship and acceptance he represents. Packs are available to every school across the country – and were downloaded over 1200 times in 2017.
Further to this activity, Kidscape will also contribute to Andersen Press' Elmer Day pack for schools, with resources and lesson plans for schools to promote friendship around the annual Elmer celebrations.
David McKee, creator of Elmer has said "If Elmer can help in any way, no matter how small, to encourage friendships then he will, he tells me, feel very proud. As will I as his creator."
Jill Taylor, fundraiser at Kidscape has said of the partnership, "We are delighted to be partnering-up Kidscape and Elmer from 2019. Elmer stands for friendship, acceptance and inclusivity, which are at the heart of Kidscape's work and Friendship Friday."
The partnership between Andersen Press and Kidscape was brokered by Louis Kennedy, the agency identifies innovative strategic opportunities for brands and charities, connecting them together whilst exploring further commercial opportunities.
Tracey Richardson, Partnership and Licensing Director at Louis Kennedy said, "It's clear that the themes and values of Elmer align perfectly with those of Kidscape. I very much look forward to being part of the team that brings this special partnership to life"
This accompanies activity already announced including: Elmer Day celebrations on 25th May 2019, 'Elmer and Friends' the first ever retrospective of David McKee's illustration at Seven Stories the National Centre for children's Books and 'Elmer's Big Art Parades', family art trails featuring over 150 Elmer statues around the UK in aid of 3 hospice charities. Further partnerships are still in the pipeline and will be announced throughout the year.
Elmer remains one of the most iconic and widely read children's book series of all time, selling over 10 million copies worldwide since it was first published by Andersen Press in 1989. Written and illustrated by celebrated children's author and artist David McKee, the Elmer books have been translated into more than 50 languages and now new books, toys and clothing add to the world of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.
All of the activity compliments a robust and growing publishing and licensing programme, working on behalf of Andersen Press to ensure that Elmer has high visibility across all categories in licensing are Penguin Ventures as Global Licensing Agent for the brand and Metrostar representing apparel and bedding in the UK.
Penguin Ventures are currently in discussion with several toy and game partners to ensure that there will be an increased offering for Elmer in the run-up to the anniversary year. They are also working with existing licensees to expand their ranges and looking at new opportunities for the brand overall.
Products across all lines will be launched later this year and throughout 2019.
For more information please contact:
Paul Black for Andersen Press: email@example.com
Or check out Elmer online: www.elmer.co.uk
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About Elmer
Elmer remains one of the most iconic and widely read children's book series of all time, selling over 8 million copies worldwide since it was first published by Andersen Press in 1989. Written and illustrated by celebrated children's author and artist David McKee, the Elmer books have been translated into more than 50 languages and now new books, toys and clothing add to the world of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.
About Kidscape
Kidscape is the anti-bullying charity that helps.
6% of children in the UK experience bullying every day. That's equivalent to one child per classroom. Bullying has an impact on self-esteem, mental health and a child's relationships and educational attainment.
Kidscape works directly with children and families experiencing bullying, across the UK. We provide workshops for children and their families, teaching confidence and assertiveness skills to tackle a bullying situation. We provide practical support and telephone advice to parents and carers worried about bullying situations. We also train professionals in how to challenge and prevent bullying in schools.
About Friendship Friday
Friendship Friday is Kidscape's annual celebration of friendship. Friendship Friday takes place on the second Friday of November. On the day, schoolchildren explore friendship and positive relationships through fun activities, and there's a social media campaign encouraging everyone to celebrate their friends.
About Louis Kennedy
Louis Kennedy – Delivering Cause-Related Solutions
Louis Kennedy helps the world's leading brands, retailers and licensors achieve extraordinary results through CSR consultancy and Cause-Related Marketing. The agency identifies innovative strategic opportunities and connects relevant partners, building brand awareness and consumer loyalty. Louis Kennedy's campaigns have raised over £250 million for good causes since 2001. To learn more about Louis Kennedy visit www.louiskennedy.com
About Elmer Licensing
David McKee's iconic and brightly coloured patchwork elephant has inspired a vibrant and globally successful consumer products programme. Working on behalf of Andersen Press to ensure that Elmer has high visibility across all categories are Penguin Ventures (part of Penguin Random House) as Global Licensing Agent for the brand and Metrostar representing apparel and bedding in the UK.
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On this last day of Lent, Holy Wednesday of the Passion Week, we hear in the gospel how Judas cut a backroom deal with Ananias and his corrupt family, to hand over Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests and said,
"What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?"
They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.
This action by Judas earned him the title of "spy" by medieval Christians, in accord with the traditional definition of the English word, "one who keeps secret watch on a person or thing to obtain information." Thus, this day has often been called Spy Wednesday.
Handing over was the term used in the gospel for Judas' action. The term occurs three times in today's passage. In Greek the term handing over is used for betrayal. This term 'handing over' is like a refrain all through the Gospel and reaches a climax here. John the Baptist was handed over. Now we see Jesus being handed over. The followers of Jesus will also be handed over into the hands of those who want to put an end to their mission. Today, Jesus and his disciples are handed over to darkness.
Many parishes and religious communities celebrate a special service of evening prayer known as Tenebrae (from the Latin for growing darkness) on this night, during which Scripture passages on the Passion are read and a candle extinguished after each reading, until the church or chapel is in darkness.
During the meal, Jesus drops the bombshell: "One of you is about to betray me." It is revealing that none of them points a finger at someone else. "Is it I, Lord?" Each one realises that he is a potential betrayer of Jesus. And, in fact, in the midst of the crisis they will all abandon him.
How easily do we blame Judas for Jesus' death and how fast we are to judge him. I am not removing any culpability from Judas but most of the disciples also betrayed Jesus. We, in one way or another, have also betrayed Jesus. The fatal mistake of Judas, perhaps, is that compared to most of the disciples, he never came back to Jesus. Darkness and guilt has so overwhelmed him that he was not able to come to the light. We can, like Judas, either abandon Jesus in despair or, like Peter and the other disciples, come back to him in genuine repentance.
This Holy Wednesday, before the Triduum happens, Jesus invites us not to remain and be overwhelmed by darkness and evil, but progress to the path of light and life with him. Jesus calls us from handing over to passing over from darkness to light.


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Welcome to the timeless land of the pharaohs. On arrival in Cairo, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the evening at leisure as tomorrow you begin your journey into the ancient world. In the evening, get to know your Travelling Concierge and fellow guests over a welcome drink at the hotel.
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Today was a relaxed day. We spent the morning playing with homemade play dough. My mom used to make this for us when I was a kid, and now I love to make it for RR. He has so much fun making snakes and using his shape sorter toys as cookie cutters. It stays good and soft for months as long as it is in a bag in the fridge.
Rhonda's Play Dough
1 C. Flour
1 Tbsp Cream of Tartar
1 C. Water
1/2 C. Salt
1 Tbsp Oil + food coloring
*Put all in a pan and mix. Turn heat on medium. Stir constantly. Cook until dough pulls away from the sides. Dump on wax paper and cool. Store in bags in the fridge.
Elfy attacked the gingerbread house last night.
Today was a dreary day outside so I decided to make soup for dinner. I love when it finally gets cool enough in Texas to really enjoy a bowl of soup. I got this recipe for white chili from my sister-in-law Carissa, and it is the best I have had.
Carissa's White Chili
1 Lb Chicken Breast cooked and shredded
1 Medium Onion chopped
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 Cans Kidney Beans
1 Can Great Northern Beans
14 Oz. Chicken Broth
1-4 oz Can Chopped Green Chilis
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Ground Cumin
**Add for the last 15 minutes of cooking**
1 1/2 C. Sour Cream
1 C. Whipping Cream
Bring everything except for the Sour Cream and Whipping Cream to a boil, simmer for 30 minutes. Last 15 minutes add the Sour Cream and Whipping Cream.


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Drafting Cadetships
Every year, Holmes Consulting accepts talented drafting cadets from all over the country. Those cadets join our great drafting team, with the opportunity to develop their skills on the path toward becoming a fully-fledged drafter. These aren't the sort of cadetships that mean you stand at a photocopier for weeks on end – you'll get exposure to real projects, working under the tutelage of genuine experts. You'll have the opportunity to explore some market-leading drafting technology in a fun, challenging engagement that will test and stretch your skills.
We really like our cadets to have almost completed their final year of either their NZ Diploma in Engineering (civil) or the NZ Diploma in Architecture. You'll be able to point to a rock solid academic record, and demonstrate a real desire to learn. As always, we're on the lookout for well-rounded people, engaging people who have good communication skills and a positive, flexible attitude. Check out our poster to find out more about a career in structural drafting.
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In the bushes, to assist the ravens, a thaw was picking and pecking
— Pasternak, The Last Summer
He dreamed of renewal | in a cramped attic room | He'd seen a film by Atom Egoyan, where | in a gale | saplings bent and flexed, but the old | tall trees | grown rigid with just being | broke and fell | He woke stiff | Icicles gathered themselves | like memories accumulated over years | like pearls, like axioms | The dead had built up such a charge in him | had invested so heavily in his morose demeanour | the solid ghost | of Mr Punch | battered his fragile head insensible | or very sensible, he was | not sure | both? | neither? | She made him | understand the winter | He found himself | in a strange town | in a strange country | a godless man | praying for a miracle | it had | come to that | The end of love requires | a sacrifice that love repels | His memory had become a morgue | stacked with unclaimed bodies | he wanted to | claim them | as his own | one at least | to establish | a clear relation | The swords wait for the bulls | in the matadors' season | The moon | waits for lovers | could he | be numbered | among them? | From a cramped, crow's nest height | he looked out | over the streets | it must be | Easter, or some other festival | he thought | for | as if in an animated | fairytale | the spires emblazoned by the frost at noon | turned the cold clear view | to blinding babel cuts of jewel | and across the rooves | in a silvery, pulmonary stream | there came the distant sound of pealing bells
Rooks picking across the ploughed field | in early autumn | the sunlight very still | the day very still | and my heart very still | very beautiful | A photographic stasis in the spirit | at once precise, fixed and mysterious | because your eyes are on it, and you are thinking | making | wondering?… | The turned earth a rich brown, the rooks, of course, black | very harmonious | very suitable | A place | once more like a photograph | comes, and comes again | call it a name | call it your name | The new beginning rests | at once resigned and yet querulous | in the essential inconsequence | of all human ends | She came towards him, and her tiny smile | blown on a fine draught of atoms | made him want to hope again | and for a moment | in that mountain country | rendered the mountains negligible•
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MetroCenter and REOC become oneby Matthew Clark - Copy Editor
The College at Brockport's MetroCenter is combining forces with the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center (REOC), thus merging into one program. Both the MetroCenter and the REOC are institutions which specialize in providing an education for adult learners. Both the MetroCenter and the REOC will operate in the same building after renovations are completed.The REOC is a part of 10 SUNY Educational Opportunity Centers. The College at Brockport is the sponsor of the Rochester center.
The MetroCenter used to operate on 55 St Paul St. in Rochester, but it will now continue its services at the REOC's already existing campus on 161 Chestnut St. According to the Daily Eagle, John Osowski, director of Facilities and planning, said that the fifth floor of the REOC building is being renovated to accommodate to the MetroCenter's operations.
The REOC aims to offer students the opportunity to persue programs in health care, business, and early childhood psychology. The REOC also provides other services including college preparation, SAT preparation, and high school equivalency programs. Students can also receive occupational training for various careers including the culinary arts, security guard training, cosmetology and barbering.
As of the 2015-2016 school year, 896 people completed REOC programs, 408 were placed in jobs, 102 went on to college and 86 GED/HSE certificates were granted.
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Rick Fedrizzi PresentationCampus Calendar
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5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Nifkin Lounge
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On March 16th at 5:30 PM in Nifkin Lounge, the ESF Sustainable Energy Club will host an exciting presentation by Rick Fedrizzi, the CEO and founding chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council. Mr. Fedrizzi will engage the audience with a presentation followed by a Q&A session.
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Since the calendar turned to 2018, the Penguins have started to come back to life. They have posted an 8-3 record in their 11 contests, which leaves them tied for 2nd in the division going into the all-star break. Despite the recent run which includes the resurgence of star players such as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, are the Penguins really back?
We know what this team can do when it is clicking. We have witnessed it the past 2 seasons. And it is finally starting to happen again.
Or is it?
After the Penguins most recent 6-3 win against the Minnesota Wild, I couldn't help but notice a tweet from Matt Gajtka formerly of DKPittsburghSports.com:
This is a stat that very much troubled me. Although the Penguins are winning games, I do not find it at all possible for them to continue to win games consistently as well as multiple playoff series with such a poor 5 on 5 save percentage.
With a 5 on 5 save percentage that low, I figured that the only way a team goes 8-3 is if everything else is clicking on all cylinders. Upon further investigation, I was absolutely correct. Since the turn of the calendar to 2018 (during the Penguins 8-3 run)…
- The powerplay has been clicking at an absolutely ridiculous 36.4%, ranking 1st in the NHL during that stretch.
- The penalty kill is not far behind, successfully killing 90.9% of penalties, which ranks 3rd in the NHL during that span.
- The Penguins shooting percentage has been much better, right around 10.8%, compared to the 7.9% from the beginning of the season through December 31st.
- The Penguins overall save percentage has actually been stellar at a .925 despite 5 on 5 save percentage being down. Impressively, Matt Murray started only 1 of the Penguins last 11 games, so that save percentage is mainly a combination of Tristan Jarry's and Casey DeSmith's work.
Although this run has been great, are any of these statistics at all sustainable? I would argue not so much. Over the last 10 seasons (as well as this one…)
- The Penguins average a shooting percentage of around 9%. Although we all knew that 7.9% from the first part of the season would eventually rise closer to the norm, 10.8% is relatively high, and that will likely fall back to around 9% sooner or later.
- The powerplay is not going to keep scoring at a 36.4% clip. That is absolutely absurd. It is so much fun to watch, but that just will not happen. To put things in perspective, the best PP% the Penguins have put up in the past 10 seasons was 24.1% in 2012-2013. They currently sit at 27.1% on the season. Odds are the powerplay will get in a funk sooner or later, and if/when it does, the Penguins are in trouble.
- Although the PK has been much better of late, they were only killing about 80% of penalties during the first part of the season, which ranked them only 18th in the NHL. Although I would not expect the PK to drop quite that dramatically, to expect them to continue to kill off penalties at a 90.9% clip is also just unreasonable. That will drop.
If and when all of these stats the Penguins have been putting up during the last 11 games deviate closer to the norm, the Pens will find themselves in another "win then lose then win then lose…" scenario. Why, you ask?
Going back to Gajtka's tweet, I decided to look more into 5 on 5 numbers, especially with the Penguins powerplay being extremely effective and exceeding expectations.
- Throughout the entire season, the Penguins have posted a .906 save percentage 5 on 5, which is worst in the NHL. In the past 10 seasons, it would be the Penguins worst mark in that category. They have twice posted a .909 save percentage 5 on 5, and the next worst jumps all the way up to a .918. Summary: a .906 save percentage 5 on 5 is bad. Really bad. Ask Braden Holtby and Sergei Bobrovsky what a .906 save percentage gets you in the playoffs…
- What might be even more troubling is, despite the Penguins recent stretch, their 5 on 5 shooting percentage is also the worst in the NHL at 5.8%. What is even more troubling is that, over the last 10 Penguin seasons, this would be their worst 5 on 5 shooting percentage by a long shot. The 2nd worst they finished with in a full season is 7.5% in the last 10 years. Conclusion: a 5 on 5 shooting percentage of 5.8% is bad. Really bad.
Will these numbers regress to the norm as well? Maybe they do, maybe they don't. But until the Penguins prove that they can score in all situations and be a much better team 5 on 5, I can't be sold despite a nice 8-3 run in their last 11.
So, are the Penguins back?
Not quite yet…but there's plenty of hockey left to play.


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With so many roofing materials to choose from, deciding which material is the best for your home can be a tricky process. However, there is one material that is more often utilized than any other roofing material. If you look around the hundreds of houses in your neighborhood, you will probably notice that most homes are equipped with asphalt roof shingles. Asphalt shingles are the most commonly chosen roofing system because they offer homes a beautiful yet, cost effective roofing system that is also durable.
Highly Affordable- Perhaps the main reason why asphalt shingles are so popular among homes is their affordability. Asphalt shingles are the single most affordable roofing option available to homeowners. For a relatively low cost, asphalt shingles can offer homes decent protection from the elements for up to about 15 years.
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Here are just a few from this morning's sweet baby boy Cooper. Thank you H family for coming in, it was great meeting you. More to come soon, enjoy your sneak peek Indianapolis Newborn Photographer
ADORABLE!!!! A little on earth!
What a cutie.
Precious photos. I love the blue blanket!
These are great! We are so excited!
Great photos!
Back wrinkles are my favorite! Great images
Great pictures of a very adorable baby boy!!
You can smell that wonderful newborn fragrance just by looking at him!
Absolutely adorable
Naked baby butts are so cute! You will cherish these forever!
Love my little nephew!
Love you Coop!
I meant Precious!
So Presious!
Aww Cooper is precious and so tiny!! Great pics!
Sooooo precious. Have to agree with Patty, cuttest little butt.
Beautiful baby boy!!
Great Pictures!
I love the one on the blue! You are so smart to get portraits done so early.
Cooper is so peaceful…..and handsome….and loved
These are some of the best newborn pics I've ever seen. Fantastic job!!!
darling pictures adorable baby
Cooper is a great model already…keep the pictures coming!
Aww he is so cute and tiny!
What a sweet little gift from heaven! Love the pictures!
love these!!!
I said it last night and I'll say it again – love, love, love!
Great pictures!
I love that little baby butt! So cute!
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As a manager, part of your role involves getting the best from your employees. This can be achieved through continual performance management, with the setting of specific, achievable goals followed by regular appraisals to review the situation.
However, sometimes employees will need some extra encouragement to achieve their targets. If they're underperforming, or need bringing up to speed quickly, then they may be helped considerably through coaching and mentoring.
A definition of coaching is "unlocking a person's potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." [Gallwey]
Arranging one-to-one coaching sessions can give an employee the opportunity to reflect on their performance and help build confidence in their own abilities. Coaching usually involves a manager:
Arranging a time to shadow the team member undertaking a set task
Taking a break to have an informal discussion about how the task went
Asking the team member to self-evaluate what went well and what could be improved
Giving feedback for them to consider
Encouraging the team member to consider whether a different approach may have led to a better outcome
Agreeing goals for the future
A widely used model for structuring a coaching session is the GROW model. This can be used to ask questions that will raise awareness and responsibility in the person being coached.
Goal – Define and agree the goal or outcome to be achieved, using SMART targets.
Reality – Reality checking to explore the situation, such as current skills levels and constraints to finding a way forward.
Options – Explore what is possible, with all the different options for solving the issues. Help the individual to generate as many good options as possible.
Will – Commit to specific actions and establish the level of motivation. What is to be done, when, and by whom.
Mentoring and coaching are separate and distinct from each other, but can often overlap. Coaching tends to be for a shorter duration in order to achieve specific goals, while mentoring can be an ongoing relationship that lasts a long time.
Mentoring can be more informal than coaching, with meetings only taking place when an individual needs some guidance from their mentor. The mentor will usually be a more senior member of the organisation, aiming to pass on skills and knowledge.
Aldred et al identified a three-stage model for the main strategies required of a mentor:
Exploration – The mentor should pro-actively explore and clarify the aims and objectives of mentoring. They should ask the mentee questions on what they'd like to learn, and what outcomes they'd like to see from their mentoring.
New understanding – Once mentoring is underway, the mentor should offer their support and counsel, give constructive feedback, and coach and demonstrate skills. This is done through asking open and closed questions to recognise the mentee's strengths and weaknesses, so learning priorities can be identified.
Action planning – Examine the options for action and their consequences. An action plan can then be created, followed up by monitoring the progress made.


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5 Must have Gadgets for a Traveling Businessman
Many people view traveling as a hobby that is enjoyed once in a while. It might not be as fun when traveling becomes a part of your work. Some individuals' jobs require them to constantly travel long distances. In some cases they may be moving to the same places over and over again making the experience even worse. Fortunately, modern technology has led to the invention of methods to enhance the traveling experience. You find many gadgets you can purchase to make business trips more enjoyable. Some of them are discussed below.
To begin with, you will basically need a good smartphone. Primarily you need it for communication purposes during the business transactions you are likely to engage in and also to stay in touch with family and friends. In addition smartphones nowadays come with a variety of features which you can use to entertain yourself. It is possible to play games, listen to your songs, visit with social media sites, among other things. Remember to carry a power bank to recharge your smartphone in case you run out of battery power while on the trip.
Another key gadget you want to carry is a laptop with a long-lasting battery. Having your laptop with you when traveling can be a good source of entertainment as well as enable you to get some work done while on the move. Instead of sleeping or being idle having a laptop enables you to have a traveling office whereby you can get a lot of work done. The laptop can also help you charge your smartphone if you do not have a power bank.
Another important gadget you may need is a travel router. A travel router is a gadget which can help you access internet when in transit. Having access to the internet has become a basic need in the modern world. It is a must have for folks who spend majority of their time on the move. It is even more significant for people who run their businesses online. It helps you access the internet whereby you can conduct your business activities online as well as gain access to various entertainment options like social media, music streaming, video streaming, among others.
The last thing you need when traveling is a luggage tracker. Some people travel with a lot of luggage which may be very valuable. Businessmen may also be traveling with merchandise or their stock which might be valuable. You will need to get luggage trackers in this case which you may attach to your luggage to help know its location at all times. These trackers can be connected to your smartphone or your laptop to make it easier and more convenient to know where your luggage is at all times.
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Driverless cars are nothing short of a revolution – not a technological revolution, but a social one, that will determine how fast we can accept, adapt and trust these new systems to change our lives.
Driverless cars may be borne out of science fiction, but they are fast becoming realities on tomorrow's roadways. The transition from driver to robot is nothing short of a revolution. Not a technological revolution, but a social one, that will determine how fast we can accept, adapt and trust these new systems to change how and where we live, work, play and interact with each other.
If you've sat in a new vehicle over the last decade, odds are that you've come into contact with a computer that assists in the act of driving. That assistance might have been as simple as a beep from the console that tells you when you're about to back up into a light pole -- a mundane, accessory, maybe slightly annoying tool, not what anybody would put under the banner of science fiction. But that little beep is a harbinger for a coming revolution that will change the design of our cities and neighborhoods, our fundamental relationship with technology, and the way we work and live.


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Don't we all know that now we are under the Covenant of Grace? That means that the God of Grace has triumphed! So then, what has happened to the God of Wrath?
Of course, the way I am presenting this idea is somewhat exaggerated. Or is it?
Last week I had an intriguing, but mostly odd, conversation with a friend of mine which expressed something I have heard many times over the years in Christian circles. His basic point was that when he reads scripture he sees that God related differently to humanity in the "Old Testament" than how He did in the "New Testament". Essentially he described the God of Wrath and the God of Grace. He sees all the killing versus the mercy and grace.
I could list hundreds of cases of God's mercy expressed to Israel and the world in the Tanakh. Not even to mention the very fact that God didn't destroy all of Israel in the wilderness, like He wanted to, but relented because of Moshe's pleading. I could also list many times that Yeshua describes God's judgement and condemnation. I'm not going to list them all now; but rather I want to raise this issue, and everyone can read for themselves.
The larger issue is not over specific cases, rather perspective and way of understanding God and scripture. I recognize that very few people actually present two different Gods explicitly. Nonetheless, when we break down their arguments this is what it comes down to. A root of the problem, which most likely will be discussed frequently in the blog, is that as Christianity was developed it set itself in contrast to and in place of Israel. The very thing that Shaul warned the Romans about in becoming prideful in relation to Israel! In doing so Christianity had to rework its relationship to the "Jewish" scriptures. (Another related subject is the fact that the Messianic Writings are "Jewish" scriptures as well!) One way in which it was done was the creation of difference between God's character in the "Old Testament" versus the "New Testament". Clearly grace sounds better than wrath! I believe this attempt was to de-legitimize (to use post-modern terminology) Israel, not God. Regardless, I see this as an affront to God Himself.
God was very clear. He is unchanging. He told Moshe that His name is אהיה אשר אהיה, which is commonly mistranslated as I AM. It's not as much of a mistranslation as it is an attempt to translate something that doesn't translate well. A better translation perhaps could be, "I will always be who I always have been." This may not be the exact meaning, but it better expresses the intent, which is God's eternal nature. God always has been a God of justice and mercy, and He always will be.
Here is one way those close to Yeshua understood the "wrath of God" as expressed in the Tanakh.
2 Kefa (Peter) 2:4-6
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter. (emphasis mine)
Yehuda (Jude) 5-7
Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. (emphasis mine)
I recommend reading the context in which the verses above were written. When one views the scripture properly, as a whole, things make more sense.
The God of Wrath vs. the God of Grace
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You write, satirically, "Don't we all know that now we are under the Covenant of Grace?"ReplyDelete
But that is an exclusively Christian concept. Does this mean that you consider yourself part of the Christian world? (Who are the "we" in this sentence?)
Yes, that was sarcasm.ReplyDelete
No, I do not consider myself part of the Christian world. My point is that some Christians claim that the New Covenant (of which I am a part, as prophecied by Yermiyahu) is a Covenant of Grace. I disagree with this interpretation as evidenced, hopefully, by the rest of the blog entry.
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07.30am: Pick up you my office and start Mekong Delta – Phnom Penh tour around 3 hrs driving. On our dedicated bus or private transport you can see the green paddy fields stretching towards the horizontal.
When you arrive in Cai Be, you'll board a motorized boat that takes you to the floating market and spend there for an interaction that you'll see no where else in the world (Cai Be is a small floating market, so please do not supprise that it is not crowded like Cai Rang floating markert in Can Tho. But it is worth to enjoy the overall of Mekong river when you join this trip).
Now we walk to the factories to see how coconut candy and crispy rice cake are made here (served free with premium hot tea). You might also buy many interesting things for very little amount of money.
Next, let's get to An Binh Island for something difference. It is well-known fresh fruits whole year. On the way, we have a opportunity to look the sightseeing 2 long sides river and find out the life of rural people in Mekong Delta.
We have a lunch at the local people's house (in the seasonable fruits garden).
Afetr lunch, you will take the motor boat to Vinh Long City from An Binh Island (35 minutes by boat), we will go by Vinh Long Market to bus station, then our bus takes you to Chau Doc. On the way, we will stop at Long Xuyen to visit Crocodile farm. And we will continue to Chau Doc . We stay overnight in Chau Doc.
Ngày 2: Chau Doc - Cambodia - Phnom Penh
We will have breakfast at hotel and then our guide will take you to travel downs the canals and backwaters of the main Mekong Channel visit catfish farm and Cham Tribal Village by motorboat.
Then guide will transfer us to the boat station and catch the fast boat to Cambodia - Phnompenh. Arrive in PhnomPenh about 1pm
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text: Matt Gaudreau (SI.com) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (June 13, 2017) – The Bridgeport Sound Tigers announced today forward Matt Gaudreau has agreed to terms on an American Hockey League contract for the 2017-18 season. Gaudreau, 22, completed a four-year career at Boston College in March, posting career highs in goals (eight), assists (27) and points (35) in 40 games last season. He ranked second on the Eagles in scoring and led the team in assists during his senior campaign. Overall, Gaudreau recorded 63 points (16 goals, 47 assists) and a plus-25 rating in 119 career contests with Boston College. He signed an amateur tryout (ATO) with Bridgeport on March 28, training with the team in the final weeks of the 2016-17 season. Prior to his time at Boston College, Gaudreau, the native of Carneys Point Township, N.J., played two seasons with the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League (USHL) from 2011-13. He notched 40 points (15 goals, 25 assists) in 106 games. The 5'9, 150-pound winger is the younger brother of Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau, who also played at Boston College prior to turning pro. It was August of 2011. Johnny, two academic years older than Matty, asked his younger brother to pick a college for the two of them to commit to. Matty hadn't even began his career in the USHL with Omaha. He picked Boston College. When it was time for Matty to head to Beantown, Johnny made a decision to stay another year in NCAA to have the chance to wear the Screaming Eagles Jersey with his brother Matty. Johnny made the right decision; he would go on to win the Hobey Baker Award that year as top NCAA Division I ice hockey player. Matty, on the other hand, appeared in only eight games, playing limited fourth-line minutes. In his second season, Matty Gaudreau had more minutes in the box than points. He was for sure a vocal player, but this did not help him necessarily put the puck in the net. But a lot has changed in four years. Matty just completed his senior year at BC, leading the team with 27 assists and tied for first with 35 points in 40 games. He was used in just about every on-ice situation; his speed was great for the penalty kill, and his vision was superb for the power play. At even strength, he consistently played in top-six roles. He's not quite as elusive as his brother, but he's proven to be stronger in the defensive zone, probably from the years growing up playing one-on-one with each other. Perhaps a trip to the Devils' development camp in August 2015 was the catalyst. Perhaps it was seeing his brother's Hobey Baker Trophy that motivated him to keep getting better. Most likely, it was both. Whatever it was, it worked. Now, Garth Snow has added yet another solid prospect to the pool in Bridgeport. Matty and Johnny started on the same route to the pros. Hopefully, Matty will get to join his brother in the National Hockey League as well. Post Views: 1,402 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Evan Schleifer Evan is the Hockey Editor for DoubleGSports.com. He provides coverage of the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, and Philadelphia Flyers, as well as some league-wide content. Latest posts by Evan Schleifer (see all) Calvin de Haan Re-signs With Isles - August 2, 2017 Isles Bump Cronin to Associate - July 19, 2017 Islanders Rounding Out Coaching Staff - July 11, 2017 Gudlevskis Signs With Isles - July 11, 2017 Related TopicsAHLBridgeport Sound TigersJohnny GaudreauMatt GaudreauNew York Islanders Click to comment Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. More in Bridgeport Sound Tigers Islanders Puck Talk – Observations from the home-and-home against the Flyers Look, there really isn't much to gauge from these games other than making sure... Islanders gearing up for the future with great draft class With or without John Tavares, the New York Islanders had one of the best... Hockey Organizations Sign the Declaration of Principles in New York City Yes! Wednesday was the day! Yesterday was the day the Declaration of Principles was... AHL Board Approves Division Alignment On Thursday, the CEO of the American Hockey League announced that the league's Board... Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School star selected by Indians in 2nd Round of MLB Draft Sydney McLaughlin Dominates New Jersey Meet of Champions


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A Guide To Buying OTC Medicine
If you're going to buy OTC medicine or you want to know more about it, you're in the right place. There are a ton of different options when it comes to what you can take for things like headaches or indigestion. How do you know what to buy and what to avoid?
Price Of Drug
One thing a lot of people wonder about is the price of a drug that's sold over the counter. Why are some medications so cheap but some that have a brand name on them are more expensive? There is a belief that some people have that the brand names that charge more make better products. In reality, the chemicals are the same no matter what brand you pick up. The pills may look different depending on which one you go with, but you shouldn't just base your choice on who made the medication because that doesn't generally matter.
Look For Right Mmedication In The Market
A lot of medications are on the market, and you want to make sure that you are taking something that is actually going to work for your problem. One thing you can do is you can look up the medication and the problem you're having on a search engine site. For instance, you can type in ibuprofen for headaches and see what people say about how they felt when they used that medication for that purpose. You don't want to waste your money on something that's not going to work for your problem so do a little bit of research first.
Consult Doctor
Talk to a doctor before you use OTC medicines. You may be on a medication that will interact with the over the counter med and you need to know about that so you don't get yourself into a bad situation with side effects. Most of the OTC products are okay to use and they are pretty safe, but there are a few exceptions if you have problems with your health or are on certain medications. It's best to be careful and to at least do your research on mixing medications yourself before you do it so you don't have a bad experience.
Check For Expirey Date On Medicine
Make sure you check the date on anything that you're going to buy that you're going to use as medicine. A lot of the time the companies that sell otc anti inflammatory medications will put the older medications up front so they can get them out of the store before they have to take them off the shelf for being too old. So, if you see that something is going to expire soon, you should look behind it a few products back and you'll probably be able to find something that is newer and will last you a longer time.
Because there are a lot of choices, you should be careful when you pick out an OTC medicine for yourself. You want to know that it's going to work as advertised and that you're able to use it with any other medications you may be on.


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Gerd LEITINGER is an electron microscopist. His recent work comprises both, neuroanatomical studies to elucidate the connectivity within a locust's movement detection circuit, and visualizing iron deposits in human brain samples. For the first project, special 3D scanning electron microscope techniques are applied, in order to 3D-reconstruct the neurons and their synaptic partners. This will allow studying the neuronal connectivity within the circuit and obtaining a wiring diagram that could help understand how the circuit works. The latter project comprises visualizing the ferritin iron in post-mortem human brain samples. This is of special interest because the amount of stored iron differs between different brain areas, and because excess iron has been implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's. In cooperation with Pathology and Neurology, human brain samples are obtained post mortem and the ferritin iron is visualized using elaborate and very specialized, analytical electron microscopy techniques. Because of his ample experience in electron microscopy his studies are integrated into a network of cooperation partners, both in Graz and abroad. Gerd Leitinger is head of the research unit "Electron Microscopic Techniques" and Scientific Director of the Core Facility "Ultrastructure Analysis".
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Founded in 2006, the Westside Infant-Family Network assists families with young children facing mental health issues exacerbated by poverty, homelessness, recent immigration, violence, and/or substance abuse. Its shared purpose is to ensure that infants to three-year-olds receive culturally sensitive emotional and developmental care and services to become securely attached, resilient, and productive adults. Partner agencies include Westside Children's Center, St. Joseph Center, Venice Family Clinic, Westside Family Health Center, Infant & Family Support Program, and Mar Vista Family Center. Three tiers of service are offered at no cost: (1) Case managers identify and refer families to basic services such as childcare or housing; (2) Bilingual, bicultural therapists provide in-home dyadic therapy; and (3) Families access psychiatric services and medication if needed. A study by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation identified WIN as one of eight exemplary place-based programs in the nation serving young children.
The Case Management program provides professionalized services in infant mental health and assists families facing mental health issues exacerbated by poverty, homelessness, recent immigration, violence, and/or substance abuse.
The Jewish Community Foundation has given the Westside Infant-Family Network (WIN) the ability to provide stronger clinical services to the multi-challenged families we serve. When our therapists are in families' homes helping parents and young children improve their relationships, the expertise of our new Foundation-funded Clinical Director is right there with them.


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Sligo racecourse is situated between the mountains of Benbulben and Knocknarea and is one of the most picturesque courses in Ireland.
Traditionally, racing has taken place around Sligo since 1781, but due to political unrest meetings were few and far between back then. It moved to a site at Hazelwood until 1942, but moved to its current location of Cleveragh in 1955 where it holds both national hunt and flat racing.
Its right-handed course is currently one mile in length and has a steady incline to the finish finding out non-stayers.
Sligo really gains momentum in August as racegoers venture on from the seven-day Galway festival to Sligo, where they hold an array of competitive meetings.
The major events coming your way from Sligo Racecourse.
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Ending single-family zoning is wrong
Have we reached the point where people should no longer be allowed to live in single family-zoned neighborhoods? House Bill 2001, being strongly pushed by leadership in the Oregon House, would eliminate all single-family neighborhood zoning in Oregon cities with a population of more than 10,000 people. These cities contain about 60 percent of Oregon's population.
The bill would not apply just to new development, but to existing single family-zoned neighborhoods. Single family homes in those neighborhoods could now be taken down and replaced with multi-family housing up to quadplexes. [Editor's note.: In cities of between 10,000 and 24,999, the state would require duplexes, but not larger multi-family buildings, to be allowed.] Where there was one family and two cars, there could be four families with eight cars.
Not surprisingly, many people who made the major purchasing decision of their lives to live in what they expected to be a quiet, less crowded area, are extremely upset when they hear how their neighborhood could be transformed by HB 2001.
Single family-zoned neighborhoods are far from exclusive enclaves. They make up the majority of residentially zoned land in most Oregon cities and typically are middle class.
The bill would suddenly undo 100 years of planning by local zoning boards that provided a balance of single family-zoned neighborhoods with more densely populated zones. Neighborhood schools and utility infrastructure would be inadequate to deal with the population increase, causing years of disruption.
What kind of emergency would require such extreme statewide action, even though recently enacted similar legislation in Portland has run into a thicket of problems?
Supporters of the bill hold that increasing density by eliminating single family zoning will allow more housing to be built and lower the price as a result of increased supply, creating more affordable housing. But a quick look at Portland itself shows that it has the highest density in the state and the most unaffordable housing. Lot prices just rise when more housing can be put on them. Builders continue to build what can make them the most money, not what is most affordable.
There is a valid environmental argument for increased density. But environmental arguments that don't take quality of life into account can't be the sole basis of decision-making. Resource use would be most efficient if we all lived in 40-story towers, but that doesn't mean we should require that as policy.
Just as we have a mix of people, some of whom enjoy city high-density living, and some who enjoy the "American Dream" of a house with a backyard in a quiet, low-density neighborhood. We should strive to meet all those needs, and we can.
The fact is that our urban growth boundary is respected nationally as conserving our land while allowing controlled growth. It is working to provide the housing we need for future growth while still offering the full range of zones, from single family on up.
Unless we want to subsidize housing for the very large percentage of people working in non-living wage jobs, the real solution for the affordable housing crisis is to raise wages so that housing is affordable without a public subsidy. HB 2001 is a false solution to the problem of affordable housing.
HB 2001 will not solve the problem it is meant to solve. It will wreck the careful zoning decisions made by cities over the years and needlessly deprive people of what they greatly value.
Ironically, a principal result of HB 2001 could be to turn massive numbers of voters against government land use regulation, endangering the very program that has been so successful containing sprawl in Oregon. Legislators can perform a service to the state by not approving HB 2001 or any variation of it.
Walt Hellman is a longtime member of the Hillsboro Planning and Zoning Hearings Board, a retired Hillsboro High School physics teacher and president of his neighborhood homeowners' association.
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Sunday Social
I'm linking up with Ashley and Neely for Sunday Social this morning!
1) What is your biggest driving pet peeve? Absolutely when people cut me off. I can not stand that!! Especially in a parking lot, or in line at Dunkin' Donuts. Drives me bonkers!
2) Biggest Blogging Pet Peeve? I don't have many, but when I have to enter a security code to comment. I know why people do it, but I just hate those codes. I can never get them right the first time!
3) Biggest General Pet Peeve? I try not to judge, and I'm SURE i do this all the time, but when people use the their, they're, there, the wrong way. I am no writer by ANY means, but this bugs me!!
4) What is your most irrational fear? Hmm, this is a hard one. Probably Ants. I just am terrified, and they are smallest things ever.
5) 3 Celebrities you'd want to have dinner with? I'm going to totally be crazy here but Michael Buble, because I'm just in love with him...Okay, not in love but you know what I mean. I would love to have dinner with the Housewives of Orange County, just so I could witness one of there (fake??) Fights, and Oprah. Yup, love her!
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my biggest blogging pet peeve is when people write me to cancel their boxes or to subscribe.... crickets... seriously? there are still people that can't use the internet?ReplyDelete
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text: Poppapete 104 Posted May 16, 2015 Since going fibre my ISP has given me a "free" VoIP #. It seems a good idea to set up a separate VLAN for this. So I setup 2 new VLAN's leaving the default with nothing. But when I transfer all the ports I will loose contact with the management interface. Thought about leaving one port on the default VLAN for access via a laptop and switch the management interface over then access it from the desktop and disable that port. Will that work? Don't want to set everything up loose access and have to factory reset the switch to get in! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Bank of Montreal, one of the largest canadian banks, began to block cryptocurrency transactions for its customers on debit and credit cards, as well as performed through online banking.
One of the customers of the Bank who received such a waiver, shared it on Reddit. The letter States that «to protect the safety of our customers and the Bank from the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies, customers trying to make a cryptocurrency transaction by credit card, debit card or online Bank will receive a message stating that this is impossible. The new policy takes effect immediately».
However, interestingly quite different. Just a few days ago, the same Bank announced it will provide banking services to a new brokerage platform, which will work with cryptocurrencies. While it is known that this platform will initially only work with bitcoin and ether, however, with enough demand, the list of cryptocurrencies will be expanded.
The new platform belongs to the TMX Group, which owns Toronto stock exchange, and which includes a canadian financial companies such as TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, the Canadian Depository for securities, Montreal exchange and the canadian production clearing Corporation.
The fact that the Bank will process the queries of crypto-currency brokerage companies and intends to forbid to make their customers looks like is very contradictory policy. At the moment, BMO has not commented on the situation.


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We have 2 amazing Student placements up for grabs over the month of June 2018 this year with Layers of London in collaboration with Senate House Library and the creators of a Feminist History Walk for the Rights of Women, created in 1979.
Recently, a copy of a tour of the East End educating its audience on local Feminism from 1979 was re-discovered recently in Senate House Library and its creators were contacted to discuss how the booklet could be promoted due to its 40 year anniversary next year and this year being the anniversary of some women getting the right to vote. We would like to share this fascinating history through the Layers of London platform.
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Several times at this morning's monthly meeting of RAMP, presenters and other participants offered variations on the same theme: It's time to get going on needed transportation investments like SR-167 and the Cross-Base Highway.
RAMP Co-chair Tim Farrell and Dave Johnson, Pierce County's representatives to the Regional Transportation Commission, observed that (thus far, at least) virtually everyone that the RTC is hearing from in the four-county area is asking for more money; this echoes RAMP Co-chair John Ladenburg's oft-repeated comment that "what the public wants is more projects, not more elected officials." Farrell added that when local governments and agencies cooperate on transportation projects, "they generally do it quite well..." Both Farrell and Johnson expressed the hope that the RTC--despite a very short timeline (recommendations up for public comment this November)--can help local jurisdictions identify and remove obstacles to that cooperation.
Presenters Paul Matsuoka from Sound Transit and Jim Waldo from RTID followed up with a progress report on the joint ballot proposal the two agencies hope to place before voters in November 2007. Both speakers observed that every month's delay in securing funding and starting construction drives up the cost of a project like the Alaskan Way Viaduct by $10 million.
Governor Christine Gregoire seems to agree with those sentiments. On the Viaduct and SR-520, at least, she won't abide more years of indecision and what she yesterday called "grumbling" by the key players. "Public safety, congestion and taxpayers' valuable dollars call for action," she told reporters at a news conference. "Delay is not an option."
So what's stopping us? First, there's a real funding gap--RTID has pretty well determined the top priority projects in each county but hasn't yet found a way to fit the costs into a bundle that won't give voters sticker shock. Before next November, transportation leaders are going to have to use very sharp pencils to find creative new ways to reduce costs and identify new sources for revenues (perhaps something like tolling?).
There's also an even bigger gap standing in our way--the gap between the real situation and the perception most members of the public hold. As Dick Ford, chair for the Washington State Transportation Commission, told RAMP last month, "the public believes that there is plenty of money for transportation investments--we just need to spend them better." That gap needs our coordinated efforts to close; we hope this blog will be one important tool for doing just that.
Paul Ellis is lead staff for RAMP; an employee of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, Ellis was the head of the Pierce County Transportation Advisory Committee (PCTAC), the community's largest transportation planning effort.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
"Delay is not an option"
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The phrase 'pram-friendly beach' is almost a contradiction in terms. If there is any surface designed to test even the most all-terrain of pushchairs it is a beach. Sand either clogs up the wheels or swallows them whole, while pushing over shingle or stone is a workout for even the most muscular parent. Most parents resort to the tried and tested method of pulling the pushchair, either bumping the poor child along while they face backwards, or carrying the child while a partner pulls the pushchair laden down with all the beach paraphernalia like a pack donkey.
The most pram-friendly of all beaches would probably be made of concrete and that wouldn't be much of a beach at all. To make a beach pram-friendly it needs the ease of access provided by ramps, walkways and nearby parking - the car park at Goodrington Sands is inches from the beach in the winter months. In the summer months the closest car park is closed for safety reasons but the summer car park is still only around 50 yards from the sand. When on holiday in south Devon, we parked here and took our time getting to the beach with a really pleasant walk across Young's Park. There was a boating lake with bumper boats and swan boats, a play area, a cafe selling excellent ice-cream, some wooden animals for the children to climb on, and a small nature walk.
The beach itself is divided into two halves; both with ramp access. The main difference is that the North Beach is dog-friendly whilst South Beach is closed to dogs. After spending some time in Young's Park we wheeled our pushchair to the promenade and walked towards the south beach. The promenade is lovely and wide with a great view towards Brixham. We passed a beachside pub with a small but free soft play area, which must be a magnet to families on cloudy days. Next to the pub is a small amusements area with plenty of ride-on's and 2p falls. The ramp down to South Beach is shallow and easy to navigate, the sand itself is quite compact and we didn't have to struggle far with our small-wheeled pushchair before finding a good spot to set up camp. We parked near the ramp and as the tide went out a lovely area for rockpooling was revealed. Every so often through the day a steam train chugged by just a few feet from the beach which was a moment of high excitement for my two year old boy. However, both my girls agreed that their favourite things about Goodrington Sands was the rockpools.


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The reason we're not getting the new two-door is simple. Volkswagen's U.S. team thinks there's too much overlap with the splendiferous GTI. And even though they're pushing to expand the lineup, they're not so eager as to import a low-volume coupe that likely wouldn't pay for itself, what with the utterly wack dollar/Euro relationship.
We're sitting on the details until next Monday's embargo on press release information, but you can get a good idea of the Scirocco's intent by going back to our initial story on the IROC coupe concept from the 2006 Paris auto show.
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (373 pages)
Date Started: 16th Oct 2006
Date Finished: 18th Oct 2006
This is the best book I've read so far this year!
I love it! I love Thursday Next and I love the way the story of Jane Eyre was woven into the story. I haven't read Jane Eyre yet, but I just bought the book and I probably will enjoy it all the more because of having read this book.
I love how the whole alternate universe works, and the action, the wit, the sarcasm, the humor, the fun! Wheeeee! I felt like I was in another world. A world where anything was possible! Where you could jump right into the book with the characters, where you could be taken to the places in the books...
Fforde is a genius! Honestly, it's brilliant how he manoeuvered the story of Jane Eyre into The Eyre Affair. I never had so much fun reading a book! I'm in the middle of reading George R R Martin's A Feast for Crows, but I'll probably be reading Jane Eyre after that!


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[TimAlerts] Always profits on STUDY haha
[TimAlerts] $MGT squeezing like crazy. Should have held but like Tim says always take the safe profits.
[TimAlerts] I am holding $NAVB for the simple fact I was in the middle of an appointment. Small size though well see how it goes
@nathalietrades1 they dont mean anything. The top color is going to be the first group that gets executed, middle the next group and bottom the last group. The colors are irrelevant they're just there to show you how many buyers are coming in at the price point.
Thanks for the prompt response helps knowing that - and if you evolve to a paid service one day! you will do amazing!!! keep on doing what your doing
Thanks for the video Matt, keep up the hard work! I can tell you that your efforts are much appreciated. I finally got a chance to watch this today. On Etrade Pro you can order from the L2; at the bottom of the L2 window it says show order. When you click on it it expands and you can order right there. Look forward to the grind when I get back from vacation!
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Following the assault on the Gravestone by Eternal Empire Empress Vaylin, both Alliance and Zakuulan forces were captured on Iokath by ARIES and had to fight his army of droids to regroup and reclaim their starships to escape from Iokath. Alliance forces regrouped with each other after Theron Shan restored their communications and managed to remotely pilot a shuttle left in the hangar of the Gravestone. Eternal Empire forces suffered heavy losses from the hostile droids of Iokath, but after Vaylin found her men and rallied them behind her, they were able to find and release captured Eternal Fleet warships. SCORPIO, herself an Iokath creation who had betrayed both Vaylin and the Alliance after working with them in the past, uncovered the history of Iokath and revealed ARIES, the only self-aware droid on the planet, as their biggest threat, capable of killing everyone. After ARIES lowered a planetary shield that prevented any vessel from escaping, the location of ARIES base was revealed to both SCORPIO and the GEMINI captains, and the Alliance stormed the base to confront ARIES, while the Eternal Fleet bombarded the fortress from above. SCORPIO arrived to help the Alliance Commander and Vette defeat ARIES, and was repaid by allowing her consciousness to merge with Iokath. Soon afterwards, the capacitors on ARIES' superweapon overloaded, and covered the entire world in a pulse of deadly radiation. The Gravestone just barely managed to escape to hyperspace, as did Vaylin with the majority of the Eternal Fleet, but Iokath itself became inaccessible for the time being.
Iokath, a massive self-sustaining ecosphere that completely engulfed an entire star, remained unknown and invisible to the larger galaxy ever since the Iokath species wiped itself out in a civil war. The only remaining sentient inhabitant remaining on the technological wonder was ARIES, a hyper-intelligent droid who used other droids as slaves to remade the world in his image. Only a few visitors stumbled upon Iokath over more than three thousand years, and none have survived to escape.[1] During the revolt against the Eternal Empire SCORPIO, herself an Iokath creation with her memories of it removed, managed to unlock the origin of herself, the Gravestone and the Eternal Fleet and brought all of those vessels to Iokath. The Eternal Fleet was crewed by the GEMINI captains and a large number of Eternal Empire personnel, while the Gravestone brought key figures of the Alliance that opposed Zakuul and its Eternal Empress Vaylin. As the vessels approached and entered Iokath, ARIES activated a superweapon that emitted a bright light and knocked everyone aboard the ships unconscious. He then arranged and placed them across Iokath surface to test in various combat scenarios, isolating Vaylin and SCORPIO as the most dangerous ones.[2]
The escapeEdit
One by one, Alliance and Eternal Empire personnel awoke on the surface of Iokath separated from each other. Some were assisted by Iokath remotes, and all came under attack by Iokath droids of various design, repurposed by ARIES to show aggression towards any foreign entity. ARIES observed the test results, seeking whether anyone was strong enough to inherit the control of Iokath and appearing as a Human hologram at various technoliths. Zakuulan forces were far more numerous, but suffered heavy casualties amongst both the Knights of Zakuul and Eternal Fleet officers. Meanwhile, Alliance member Theron Shan managed to use his cranial cybernetic implant working and contacted other Alliance members, directing everyone to a structure called the Tributary. Along their way there, many Alliance members encountered Zakuulan forces, with Koth Vortena meeting an officer who wanted to surrender before being killed by droids, Kaliyo Djannis scoring twenty-six and a half kills, and Torian Cadera and Alliance Commander coming across a group of Knights who were all killed by the scour swarm droids. After all Alliance members have gathered together, their position in the Tributary soon came under attack from purifier droids. Theron shot the force field console, trapping the droids outside, and forcing the Alliance to find another way out.[2] The Alliance Commander and Vette went ahead to explore, coming across and disabling a colossus droid, with the rest of the Alliance close behind. Theron soon realized that even though he was unable to locate the Gravestone, he could still use his implant to remotely pilot the shuttle that was left in its hangar. To provide themselves with a distraction from the droids outside, the team repaired the colossus droid, allowing the Commander to use it against its much weaker, but more numerous brethren. While the Commander held off the droids in the Tributary Grounds, Theron found his shuttle, remotely piloted it to the Tributary roof, waited for everyone to get onboard and took off.[1]
SCORPIO was likewise imprisoned in an unknown location, but managed to find a connection node in her cell and access Iokath's massive planetary network. Using ARIES' preoccupation with other prisoners to escape her confinement, SCORPIO used his own trick to leave holographic disguise in her place, so that by the time ARIES determined her too dangerous and blasted her with laser fire, she was already far away. Eventually deciding that none of the new arrivals were worthy of inheriting Iokath, ARIES decided to bring the combat simulations to an end. He activated a massive energy shield that would destroy any vessel attempting to leave Iokath and started recharging his superweapon, intending to use it on lethal setting this time. However, his multiple holo-transmissions allowed SCORPIO to pinpoint his location at the ARIES base in Iokath's southern hemisphere and transmit it to the Alliance forces, asking them to stop ARIES before he could destroy them all.[1]
Meanwhile Empress Vaylin, who awoke alone in her cell, experienced a visit from ARIES, who appeared in the hologram of her late brother Thexan. Vaylin instantly became suspicious when she could not feel her brother through the Force and quickly realized the deception by feeding "Thexan" a lie about her past which he did not correct. Demanding to know who was impersonating her brother, Vaylin Force-pulled together a bunch of wall panels into a projectile and threw it at "Thexan", smashing a wall and revealing a way out of her cell.[2] Vaylin soon came across the remains of Eternal Fleet crews and rallied her forces to retake the Fleet from ARIES. Together they found the control console, from which one of the GEMINI captains released the docked Eternal Fleet warships. However, as the ships prepared to leave, they began smashing into ARIES' energy shield and Vaylin ordered to find and disable its source. A purifier drone landed a lucky shot on Vaylin, who responded by trashing it, rendering the droid harmless. She then brought the droid with her to one of the warships, where her loyalists reported her that half of the Eternal Fleet has been recaptured, while the remaining ships could be towed with the tractor beams. The GEMINI captain connected to the purifier drone to access its information about ARIES, which revealed that ARIES was about fire his weapon that would destroy organics and the GEMINI droids alike.[1]
Reaching ARIES base in this shuttle, Theron dropped the Commander and Vette off to deal with ARIES, while the rest departed to reclaim the Gravestone, now knowing its location based on the shuttle's last coordinates. They managed to snatch the ship right out from Vaylin's nose, but were chased by the Eternal Fleet warships. The Commander and Vette stormed the base and attacked ARIES, even while the Eternal Fleet laid fire to his base and the superweapon capacitors threatened to overload. Eventually, after ARIES faked defeat and attempted to backstab the Alliance Commander, he himself was shot in the back and destroyed permanently by SCORPIO. She then lowered the energy shield and urged the Commander to escape before the capacitors on ARIES' superweapon overloaded and covered the entire world with a pulse of deadly radiation. SCORPIO announced her intention to upload her consciousness into the planetary network, becoming one with Iokath, and since this would prevent her from threatening the Alliance or the galaxy again, the Commander allowed her to proceed and SCORPIO thanked them before forever leaving her droid body forever. The Commander and Vette rushed outside, where they were picked by the Gravestone at the last minute. With the planetary shield down, the Eternal Fleet had the opportunity to escape, but Vaylin insisted on killing her enemies first and ordered the purifier drone to override the GEMINI captain's programming, restoring it to the default setting. The superweapon then exploded, which prompted Vaylin to flee into hyperspace with the majority of the Eternal Fleet, while leaving behind several warships to pursue the Gravestone, which itself just barely managed to escape to hyperspace with everyone aboard.[1]
The radiation from the exploding superweapon covered the entirety of Iokath, damaging the GEMINI units on the remaining Eternal Fleet warships, and causing them to lose contact with their sisters in the GEMINI frequency. Furious at their failure, Vaylin became determined to have the GEMINI captains obey her without question, as they did before SCORPIO granted them free will. Vaylin brought the purifier drone back to the Zakuul and plugged it into the Eternal Throne, from where the droid restored every GEMINI unit to their default setting.[1] Despite the loss of her advisor and some of the Fleet personnel, Vaylin viewed regaining full control of the Eternal Fleet as a victory, immediately sending it to attack Alliance outposts and patrols.[4]
Just before the Alliance escaped, SCORPIO transmitted them the schematics for upgrading the Gravestone with Iokath technology. She later sent the Commander one final message, indicating that she was making home within Iokath's massive planetary network. The Alliance leadership safely returned to Odessen, where the Gravestone was dry-docked to install the new upgrades. In the end, Alliance forces have regained control of their most powerful weapon without suffering a single casualty, while SCORPIO was out of the picture and unable to threaten the Alliance again. Additionally, the Alliance Commander became aware of a secret phrase that would trigger Vaylin's mental conditioning right before everyone was captured by ARIES, giving the Alliance an edge against the Eternal Empress.[1]
Alliance scouts were deployed to Iokath system, but the radiation levels were still dangerously high, disruption navigation and comm signals and making any exploration impossible.[1] By the time the radiation levels subsided, Empress Vaylin was already dead and the Alliance had conquered Zakuul, transforming itself into the Eternal Alliance. A secret group known as the Order of Zildrog learned the location of another superweapon known as the Old Gods on Iokath and leaked it to the Eternal Alliance, Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. All three parties arrived on Iokath and converged on the superweapon at the same time, leading to the War on Iokath.[6]
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The number of Alliance personnel present may differ depending on player's previous Dark Side choices. During Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter XIII: Profit and Plunder player may get an option to kill or exile either Aric Jorgan or Kaliyo Djannis, depending on choices made during previous Chapter XII: Visions in the Dark. Likewise, during Knights of the Eternal Throne Chapter III: Dark Reunions player may get an option to kill Koth Vortena, depening on choices made during Fallen Empire Chapter X: Anarchy in Paradise.[2]
At the end of Chapter V: Ascension player can either allow SCORPIO to merge with Iokath as a Light Side choice or kill her for past betrayals moments before she obtains freedom as a Dark Side choice. In the latter case, the Alliance will still obtain schematics for Gravestone upgrades from other information sources that were collected on Iokath.[1]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne (First appearance)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne—Chapter V: Ascension
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne—Chapter IV: Where Dreams Die
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne—Chapter III: Dark Reunions
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne—Chapter VI: The Dragon's Maw
- ↑ The events of Knights of the Eternal Throne can be placed in approximately 3631 BBY as companion conversations at the end of the story state that the carbon freezing events, established to happen in 3637 BBY, happened 6 years prior.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne—War for Iokath


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