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Alps, Mountaineering Dogs
Mountaineering Dogs. In canine connotation, the St. Bernard, a small cask suspended from his neck, busily digging a bewildered traveller from the snow, is generally thought of when Alpine dogs are mentioned. Most of us recall childhood stories of "Barry," thrilling enough but mostly untrue. Albert Smith created a sensation in 1853 by exhibiting one of this breed in London at his Mont Blanc performance at Egyptian Hall.
Bourrit, on his second attempt on Mont Blanc by the Aig. du Gôuter (1785), mentions, "Mon fidèle chien se hazardoit sur de petites saillies de glaces et de rochers allant de l'une à l'autre avec la l'égèrete et le sang-froid d'un chamois." (Itinéraire de Genève, 1808.)
The well-known guide, Sylvain Couttet, keeper of the Grands Mulets hut during the period 1866-80, was often accompanied by his dog, more than once reached the summit of Mont Blanc.
In an appealing essay in Alpine Studies, W. A. B. Coolidge commemorates his dog "Tschingel," who accomplished thirty-six peaks and thirty passes. When the present editor called on Coolidge at Grindelwald in 1925, Tschingel's collar, with little bangles on which were engraved the names of the ascents, still hung in a place of honor.
When the German climber, Alfred von Radio-Radiis visited the Brenta Group in 1901, he noticed a dead dog on the slopes of Cima Tosa. A few days earlier it had been killed by a fall in the great chimney. It belonged to a guide, and had ascended the mountain innumerable times. (D. Ö. A. V. Jahrbuch, 1909.)


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there's always something daunting about going into a new place for the first time. there's something even more daunting about doing it during midtown lunch. the hustle-and-bustle of a midtown lunch spot can be intimidating when you're the newbie. if you don't understand the ordering methodology or dawdle too long about what to order from the menu, you inevitably feel the death glares from all the regulars standing behind you as well as from the person standing behind the counter taking your order.
::shiver:: NYC can be a harsh place when it comes to food. luckily for me, i tried El Papasito on the day the snow storm started, so no one was really venturing outside to get food.
i was slightly hungover from the previous night out at Go. i'd planned to meet Kiddo there for drinks and then head over to meet She and Egg for dinner at Klong. however, as always in the legal profession, work caused me to change my plans. i ended up being 30 mins late (not counting that at the last minute i rescheduled for another 30 mins, so in total it was an hour) but luckily for me Kiddo was also running late, not to mention Egg was over an hour late after that (but he works at a big-time law firm so he's forgiven because we expect that). needless to say, by the time i got to Go i was in dire need of a drink. Egg and i have decided we're going to give Go a shot as our new go-to spot (no pun intended, honestly). they have a great drink deal of sake and 16 oz. beer for only $6.50. the price has risen significantly tho since the 1st time i was there (which was probably a year ago). the drink deal used to be $5.00. if Go keeps raising it's price i'll have to stop going (again, no pun intended).
by the time Egg and She showed up, i was 2 orders into the drink deal. we decided to forego Klong (although i will go one day-i promise you that. who can resist delicious affordable Thai food and $16 bottles of wine?) and just eat at Go. being economically aware that i wanted to spend most of my money on drinks, i only ordered 2 items: a yellowtail and scallion roll ($5) and deep-fried tomato wrapped in bacon on mashed potatoes ($5). O-M-G. completely unhealthy but totally amazing. there's only 2 pieces per serving but it is so good. the outside's all crispy bacon and then the inside's the soft tomato, which is also hot. YUMMY. because it was so good i offered the other serving to Egg to try and in exchange he offered me 1 of his salmon skin rolls. so not an equal trade. the salmon skin roll was salty, which i guess is good when paired with beer, but definitely not the equivalent of my deep-fried-bacon-tomato-yumminess. it's the one that got away... ::forlorn::
afterwards we headed over to Spot Dessert Bar because i've been reading about this place for a while and it was conveniently located almost directly across the street. i kept going on about how the chef for Spot is very well-known for his desserts but i couldn't remember his name and just kept randomly spewing out famous chef names, and still getting them wrong. but now i know: Pichet Ong. rolling into Spot at around 11ish doesn't bode well for them having everything on the menu. by the time we got there they were sold out of a few things, but we made do. compared to the meal and drinks we had at Go, Spot doesn't seem as good a deal. things on the menu ranged from $4-8, but since they only serve dessert, it does seem a bit pricey.
She ended up ordering the Vanilla Almond Coconut cupcake with a side of Coconut Sorbet. together they had a coconut-y flavor, but i thought the cupcake just tasted like out-of-the-box vanilla cupcake. and it was smaller than i expected, but that may just be because NY creates this assumption of a ginormous cupcake so when you get one that's regular-sized you're always underwhelmed. Kiddo ordered a Ginger Oatmeal Raisin Cookie which was bigger than expected and pretty delicious with a strong ginger kick. i ordered something like a Chocolate Banana Mouse-Pudding thing (i can't remember exactly what is was and it's not on the menu on-line. i DO know i did not order anything that had poached honey pear. or at least i'm pretty sure it didn't. and i distinctly remember bananas being there. but then again, i was drunk). either way, i thought my dessert, whatever it was, was just ok. it also ended up being the most expensive out of everything we ordered, maxing out at $8.00. Egg ordered the Thai Coffee Float and specially requested they add boba to it, which, after checking, they were willing to do for an additional 75 cents. Egg referred to the concoction as "perfection".
the next day, i woke up and found myself trudging to work as the snow storm officially arrived in NY. not fun. on top of that, a sake+beer headache started to creep up on me as the day progressed so i decided i needed to eat a hearty lunch with lots of starch/carbs to counteract the way i was feeling. i was gonna hit the 53rd Street Halal Cart since it's right across the street from my office but my co-worker suggested El Papasito instead. i was enticed by the concept of a $6 lunch special and was convinced after i read about the place on Midtown Lunch's site. i ordered the Stewed Beef on Rice and Beans which is served with a side of bread. i could only eat half of it before i started feeling sleepy from such a heavy lunch. the beef was good, not super tender, but better than most. and the rice and beans were also yummy. it's a good deal for $6 but i wouldn't call it the best food ever. but that might just be because i was feeling all crappy from my hangover.
Running commentary on the things I've seen, the places I've been and what I've done in my measly years. It might help some, entertain others or bore everyone (including me). Regardless, let's get this started...
Monday, March 1
hangovers need starch
2 comments:
- solo said...
actually. 'she' got the condensed milk ice cream. i got the coconut sorbet with my cookie. yum.
- Mon Mar 01, 06:23:00 PM
- tma said...
i stand corrected. good memory...
- Tue Mar 02, 11:03:00 AM
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"Risk" is a scary word. It insinuates injury, danger, or peril. To ease your mind when approaching risk, you should be aware of the Essentials of Risk Management (ERM). ERM breaks down the risk management process into simple, easy to follow steps and techniques to help control and mitigate risk.
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- Identify the risk – What is the risk? What is the agency's history with the risk?
- Examine the risk – How does the risk affect the entire organization?
- Select the risk control technique – Identify potential risk control techniques.
- Implement the technique – Implement the chosen technique(s).
- Monitor the results – Monitor effectiveness and recycle the process.
The key to this process is that it's a continuous process.
There are different types of loss control techniques focused on reducing risk in different ways. The most effective form of loss control is risk avoidance; this is when management decides to intentionally forgo an activity to avoid the perceived risk associated with the task or process. An example of risk avoidance would be removing an old, damaged playground from your property. As the old playground poses a risk, removing it would eliminate the potential for a liability loss.
Loss Prevention – Loss prevention focuses on reducing the probability (frequency) of the loss from occurring, it does not completely prevent the loss from happening. Hosting a resident safety orientation and offering fire safety training is a form of loss prevention. The risk of having a cooking fire lessens once residents are trained on the dangers of cooking fires and prevention tactics to use while cooking.
Loss Reduction – Loss reduction aims to reduce the severity of a loss once it occurs. Reducing the severity of the risk reduces the cost associated with the loss. A perfect example of the loss reduction strategy is the use of sprinkler systems. Although a sprinkler system would not stop a fire from happening, it would reduce damages tremendously.
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Loss Transfer – Loss transfer displaces the liability (or a portion) of the loss to another party. For example, an agency may subcontract with a roofing company to repair a leaking roof. Within that contract it is essential to transfer all risk specific to that job over to the subcontractor, this is typically done through hold-harmless agreements.
Although these risk control techniques do not fully eliminate risk, a combination of the different techniques has been proven to reduce risk effectively. You are now ready to reduce risk in your agency.
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Decrease of AIM2 Mediated by Luteolin Contributes to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
Scientists found that luteolin significantly reduced the expression of absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) at both mRNA and protein levels leading to the suppression of AIM2 inflammasome activation, which induced G2/M phase arrest and inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition in non-small cell lung cancer. [Cell Death Dis] Full Article
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Hedgehog Signaling in the Airway Epithelium of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Engraftment and Proliferation Potential of Embryonic Lung Tissue Cells in Irradiated Mice with Emphysema
After preconditioning with irradiation and elastase to induce lung damage, scientists infused embryonic day 15.5 CAG-EGFP whole lung cells, and confirmed the engraftment of epithelial cells, endothelial cells, and mesenchymal cells. [Sci Rep] Full Article
Non-Volatile Particle Emissions from Aircraft Turbine Engines at Ground-Idle Induce Oxidative Stress in Bronchial Cells
Researchers evaluated acute cellular responses after one hour exposures to diluted exhaust from conventional or alternative fuel combustion. They showed that single, short-term exposures to non-volatile particulate matter (PM) impaired bronchial epithelial cells, and PM from conventional fuel at ground-idle conditions was the most hazardous. [Commun Biol] Full Article
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Ras-association domain family (RASSF10) overexpression inhibited the proliferation and invasion of lung cancer cells, which was the result of Wnt signaling suppression. Scientists found that RASSF10 had no influence on Hippo signaling, while RASSF10 bound to LRP6 via the coiled-coil domains and reduced p-LRP6 level, eventually prohibiting β-catenin nuclear translocation. [Mol Carcinog] Abstract
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Asian Caregiver Enrichment Training Center for Canada is an institution accredited by TESDA that offers Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programs (TVET) under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Asian Caregiver Enrichment Training Center for Canada
Address: 3/F Bustamante Bldg., Ponciano St., Davao City, Philippines
Telephone Number: 082 224-2669; 082 225-8436
TESDA Approved Programs
Here is the list of available TESDA registered programs and short courses offered in "Asian Caregiver Enrichment Training Center for Canada" in the province of Davao del Sur.
List of Tesda Courses Offered / Registered Programs
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|Caregiving NC II
|954 Hours
|Health Care Services NC II
|1,194 Hours
Basic Requirements for TESDA Courses:
- At least 18 years of age
- At least High School Graduate
- Copy of NSO Birth Certificate
- With good moral character
- Undergone a pre-training assessment
- Can communicate both orally and in written form
Training Fees and Schedule
The cost of training and tuition fees may vary depending upon the specific course of interest and the school offering the training. Training centers also may have slightly different syllabus to teach to students in a class.
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For further information, please contact the school directly at telephone number 082 224-2669; 082 225-8436. You can also visit Asian Caregiver Enrichment Training Center for Canada. The assessment center is located at 3/F Bustamante Bldg., Ponciano St., Davao City, Philippines.
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Hi Good day! Gusto ko po sana mag inquire caregiver ncII niyo po.
Magkano ang tuition fee.
May weekends school days ba kayo or regular classes days po ba?
Maghihintay po ako sa kasagutan. Maraming salamat.
hi po good afternoon, gusto ko po mag inquire for caregiver magkano po ba tuition, at meron po ba kayo weekend class?
gdmorning po..inquire ako sa about sa caregiver nyo..how much po ang tuition?
Hello po , inquire po sana ko kng mgkanu tuition fee for caregiver ncll?
Good Day! Mag-inquire lang ako kung magkano yung tuition fee for caregiver at pwede ba this november mag-enroll. Lastly, is may evening class po ba. Thank You.
Good day po ask po ako magkano po tuition fee nang caregiving nc 2 …thank u po pkisend lng po ytsirc nozar..salamat ulit
hello po, student po aq dati d2. nawala ko po transcript records q at diploma. is it still possible po ba na mag request ulit. ano po mga requirements.im in manila po right now.
ask po ako ulit if magkano tuition fee ng caregiver nc2 wala po kasing reply..nandito pa po ngayon sa kuwait..mag aaral ako pag uwi ko nxt year.salamat sa tutugon
good morning .. how much the tuotion for caregiver .. at may weekend schedule po ba kayo ? paki send nalamg po sa sagot sa gmail account ko po salamat ..
Good eve po… enquire lang po ako kong nag o offer pa rin kayo ng caregiving courses po…
Good mornings po pwde po ba mag enrol khit nag aaral kapa sa als. .
hello po ask po sana ako kung magkano po tuitionfee at anu po mga requirments?tia
Hi magkano po tuition fee and requirements nyo po?
Caregiver requirements and how much po ang tuition fee?
Hai po may update po ba? Kung magkano?
good morning po how much po ang tuition sa caregiving po thnk you
Good evening puh ..magkano puh tuition fee sa caregiving ncll..???
Hi, good morning po. Inquire lang po ako if magkano ang tuition sa Caregiving NCII na child care po??
Hello po asa dapit inyong center maam ug phone number please thanks.


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The reason why I am leaving Twitter ....
I just deleted my Twitter account. It had over 25,000 followers. Here's why...
About a year ago, I really loved Twitter. It was a lot of fun and it was great for communicating with people and for getting into all sorts of discussions. But as Twitter has grown, it's become full of NOISE. Even, though, my follower count has risen, the response to my tweets has been on a steady decline. The reason is simple...
There's just more and more noise on Twitter.
People are following so many people that single tweets are easily missed in someone's timeline.
* I've confirmed this decline with many other Twitter users. And it's only going to get worse.
Now I know there are many people that are going to DISAGREE with me on this. And that's okay.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But let me explain further why I made this decision...
Certainly I could have just kept the account and only checked it every few days or so. Heck, I could have had one of my employees manage it for me. But I didn't want to do that. And I came to recognize that no matter how little I may have used Twitter, it would still be robbing my focus. I'd still always wonder if someone had "@" messaged me to ask me something or if something else needed my attention. And THAT is what would have kept me constantly checking it multiple times a day like I had been.
For me, I feel like my time is much better spent not using Twitter. It's my opinion, and again just my opinion, that Twitter has become an overhyped FAD. I think it's only going to become more and more of a time-waster for people, and it's going to become harder and harder to keep up with all the noise on it. Like I said, many will be sure to disagree with me.
There are many that believe "All things Social Media" are the greatest things since slice bread.
For me, however, I think time and energy is much better spent on fundamental areas of marketing -- like communicating with your list (which I plan on doing more of) and creating great content for your audience. Who knows, maybe one day I'll return to Twitter. But for now, it's goodbye.
Frankly, it's only been a few minutes since I deleted my account and I already feel this sense of RELIEF. Just knowing that it will no longer rob my focus throughout the day makes me feel good in knowing I'll better focus on things I want to get done with my time. I once had great hopes for Twitter. I even stated I thought Twitter would be more valuable than Facebook. But now I really believe the opposite is true... ".
Okay, I'll come clean! These are not my words. They are the words of American marketeer, John Reese.
I thought they would prompt an interesting discussion!
Here is my response:
What this guy has said is the same as going into London and saying "isn't it noisy!". Yes, it is!
But it is where all the action is happening, where all the movers and shakers hang out, where deals are done, where people are connecting, where people are talking about you, your product or service. On that basis, I would want to be there.
Twitter is no different. There is a lot of noise. If someone sends you a spammy tweet, then simply unfollow them. Simples! You have a choice of the messages that you are exposed to. (Isn't that one of the beauties of social communications?)
For larger numbers, use a twitter client to manage your following - I recommend Seesmic.
If you went to a party, you wouldn't expect to hear every single conversation at that party. Twitter is no different. You dip in and out.
Another analogy: if the streets of London get too noisy, you walk into a club where other people are interested in the same topic as you.
Twitter allows you the same virtual action. If you want to listen to specific conversations or topics, there are various methods of searching on them and monitoring them. You can niche the conversations down to those that are most relevant to you, again, filtering the noise.
However, and most significantly, Twitter is real-time, which is becoming an increasingly important focus of social communications. It is the way communications are going, so we need to learn and understand how to adapt to this constant input. Twitter is coaching us for the future.
Increasingly, the most up-to-date information is going to be the most relevant to the community. Contributing to Twitter puts you high up in the relevancy stakes, especially now google is indexing real-time searches.
As for me, I continue to get massive value from being on Twitter. I make new connections, learn new stuff, get inspired on a daily basis.
I go there to be social and I am learning to filter the "noise".
I personally think Twitter is far from being a fad. It will evolve. New tools and apps will appear all the time to help people leverage it. It's where the party is.
Personally, I want to be there.
Look out for the guy with the funny haircut and the loud tie.
Thank you for stopping by my blog. If leveraging the power of social communications and media is of interest to you, and you want to get started in the most efficient manner possible, but you are unsure of how to move forwards, then please consider how to implement a social media strategy for your business. I have a few places left on my training day which is happening this Friday in Guildford. Click >>> here for details.
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Thank you to Ian Hunter on my Property Tribes forum for inspiring this post and drawing my attention to John Reese's email.


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Recently, this new data from Pew Research Center caught my eye.
I looked at it and thought, hmmm, interesting. And wondered how museums would rank.
So I fielded it.
I did a "large test" sample of 501 individuals from the broader population, which is enough to make this generalized comparison (though if I wanted to nail it down more precisely, I'd add a thousand respondents).
For museums:
Interesting. There's some good news here and some not-so-good news.
First, the good news. We are right up there with the highest things ranked organizations that Pew measured. And, even more importantly, our "negative" rating is A-MA-ZING. We demolished the competition because virtually no one said we were, uhm, bad.
But the not-so-good news is the "I don't know" response. Nearly half of respondents didn't know. They didn't have enough information to decide we were a net good or bad thing in our country. And I find that appalling. To be fair, the other organizations on the lists had "I don't know" responses too … but nowhere near ours. The closest one is "labor unions," with 27% saying "I don't know."
There's one more way to look at the data that makes museums look pretty good, however. It is a simplified version of the "net promoter score," in that we take the positives, subtract the negatives, and come up with a score that tells us if each thing, overall, is viewed as a net good or net bad thing for our country. So let's do that:
Churches and religious organizations: 52 - 29 = 23
Technology companies: 50 - 33 = 17
Colleges and universities: 50 - 38 = 12
Labor unions: 45 - 28: 17
Banks and other financial institutions: 39 - 39 = 0
Large corporations: 32 - 53 = -21
The national news media: 25 - 64 = -39
In this scoring, museums crush everyone else. And this probably has a lot to do with how much we are trusted.
So celebrate this finding … but then double-down on our ongoing challenge of broadening our reach to that nearly half of the population that couldn't answer the question in the first place.
8/27/2019 08:58:23 am
Curious if this was a general population sample, or a sample of museum goers? Since 75% of Americans don't go to museums, don't knows in a general population sample would not be unexpected. Thanks!
8/27/2019 06:28:50 pm
Hi Lath - It is a broader population sample. I find the result puzzling still because it is so much higher than everything else (most people don't know much about labor unions these days, for example), and because while a large chunk says "don't know" for this question, that isn't consistent with repeated samples that finds the vast majority of Americans find museums trustworthy. So … puzzling.
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Sept. 27 event benefits area non-profit agencies
MEEKER — It won't be long, and fall will have arrived.
It also means the Fall Festival is almost here.
The day-long event, sponsored by Mountain Valley Bank and co-sponsored by White River Electric Association, is held annually on the last Saturday of September, which, this year, will be the 27th.
This will be the fifth year for the Fall Festival.
"We're trying hard to make this more of a community event," said Tawny Halandras, vice president of lending for Mountain Valley Bank. "It's one of the last days of summer, and it's a great event for kids and for families."
For groups or individuals trying to raise money for a good cause, here's a chance to partner with a community event.
"We want to give as many nonprofits a chance to participate," Halandras said. "But it's first come, first served."
On average, each participating "non-profit" receives $250, Halandras said. So, what or who qualifies as a nonprofit?
"We use the term loosely," Halandras said. "If you have a reason to be raising funds for a good community cause, you are considered a nonprofit."
Each nonprofit group or individual sets up a booth to sell food or promote an activity. The event takes place on Main Street, in front of the bank, and at the elementary school playground, across from the bank.
In 2005, there were 26 booths at Fall Festival, which is the high, so far. Last year, there were 17 booths.
"Any booth there represents a nonprofit," Halandras said.
Sponsors of the event provide a pool of $5,000 in Mountain Valley Bucks. Each person attending the event receives $5 in Mountain Valley Bucks. Bring a non-perishable food item — donated to the Food Bank — and receive another $2 in Mountain Valley Bucks.
"We find people who are here have fun spending their own dollars, too," Halandras said. "Every dollar that is spent at the Fall Festival benefits a not-for-profit group."
As part of Fall Festival, Pioneers Medical Center sponsors the "Scrub Shirt Classic," 5K run or one-mile walk.
There's also the Fall Festival Challenge, where participants play and score in five activity booths. The top five accumulated scorers advance to the Final Toy Assembly Contest. A grand prize is awarded to the best toy assembler.
"It is the first person to get the toy assembled correctly and run through some type of course," Halandras said. "For example, last year they had to assemble a red wagon and then run a figure eight through pylons, with the wagon in tow. The toy has to stay together and work properly through the course."
For the bank, she said, Fall Festival is a way to give back to the community.
"It's a promotion, but we're not pushing a product," Halandras said. "You can be a customer or not a customer."
She said the event benefits the nonprofits and is fun for the community.
"This is an event we don't hesitate to brag about," Halandras said. "It creates a win-win for everyone involved."


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This is such a common theme I thought I would write a blog post about it. We all suffer sometimes from lack of motivation and struggle with feeling lost. It's hard to get back on track because we may have failed and we feel like well why bother I tried so hard and now I'm back to square one. You know the feeling that because we may have failed we are failures. Well no, that's not it at all. You know those eggs are already scrambled. So don't focus on the fact you didn't reach your goal or believe that you are never going to. Instead, find a new way to go about it and forget about yesterday. You have to let go of your failures to be able to rise to new beginnings. Every real change comes from the inside out. Work on your mindset, realizing there is no perfect. There is no place you arrive where you will never make a mistake again. Yes, some of your choices are what got you here. So you had a snickers bar, get over it. Even if you eat 1000 salads, the people that love you don't love you because you're perfect, they love you because of how you make them feel. Stop focusing inwards on supposed flaws and shine your light outwards. Sometimes we become so self-focused that it causes us to lose sight. Love yourself just the way you are. We are all created with a unique purpose. We are all special. So what you failed, you didn't lose 10 pounds. Did the world come to an end? Did you die? Kick self-doubt and fear to the curb and try again. Believe in yourself, we all have a gift to give
Stop tying your worth as a person to what you weigh. Is that how you estimate someone's value? Is that why you love someone because of what they weigh? Take Santa Claus for instance he is one of the most loved characters. Oprah Winfrey has had her struggles with weight loss, yet she is one of the most significant women in history. Embrace yourself; believe in your value, be it big, small, or tall. If you want to achieve a certain look, well get busy and get to work on it. I just want you to remember all that starts from within. Love yourself today from the inside out. If you're critical of yourself, you will be critical of others. When you don't love yourself, it's hard to be there for others. Sometimes the feeling maybe like oh gosh my friends are all happily married or they all have boyfriends and girlfriends. Nobody wants to go out with me anymore. What's wrong with me? Well you can look at it that way, but I have a better solution then worrying, blaming, or shaming yourself. How about I'm lucky to have this time in my life where I can do what I want to do and go for the dreams I have. I have nothing to tie me down. I can go out have fun and I don't have anyone I have to answer to. Because, trust me, a lot of those friends, by statistics, unfortunately maybe married and divorced within five years and or they may not be so happily married. It's easy to compare ourselves and think that someone else has a better or greater life and don't suffer the way that we do. I'm pretty sure if you think about it, you can find some things to be grateful about.
You've got to stop focusing on the problems and start working on the solutions to what you are sad about. "Everything is figureoutable" as Marie Folero would say. Don't focus on where you're at or where you've been. Focus on where you're going to go and put your energy into that, because you only have so much energy, so you need to decide how you're going to spend it, feeling sorry for yourself or reaching forward into your goals.


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A fit note is a medical document, compiled by a physician, which documents the health of an employee.
The fit note replaced the 'Statement of fitness for work' in 2010. While the Statement of fitness for work offered physicians the option of stating an employee was fit or not fit for work, fit notes have more room for detail.
Fit notes allow for a physician to state an employee 'may be fit for work' and gives them the option of adding provisions for the employee's return. These 'amendments' to the employee's working life could be anything from a change of work hours or duties, to extra support or equipment for the employee, and many, many more.
Fit notes give greater scope for employees who, with a statement of fitness for work, may have been declared unfit for work to return in either a complete or partial capacity to the workplace. They also give employers a greater hand in improving the working life of employees and allow them to offer greater support to their workforce.
When should I ask for a fit note?
A fit note is applicable after 8 or more consecutive days off. You can request a fit note before the 8-day period, but it may cost you.
Hospital doctors or GPs can supply the fit note, and the employee should ask for it when it is required.
The doctor should sign the fit note and the original should stay with the employee (it's a good idea for the manager to keep a copy for the sickness and absence record though).
Fit notes are only supplied when the employee is classed as either 'not fit for work' or 'may be fit for work'. If the employee's health is not considered a barrier to their return to work, they won't be issued with a fit note.
What should I do with the fit note?
The fit note gives employers a lot of useful information about ways they may be able to facilitate the employee's return to work.
The doctor will have made their suggestions, but you are not obliged to follow their recommendations.
What you should do is speak to the employee before you make any changes. It may be that they don't agree with the doctor's suggestions, or they may have suggestions of their own. It is important to listen to, and consider the employee's feelings before you make a final decision.
Another important thing to consider is whether the suggested adjustments are safe. As the employer, it is your duty to ensure any changes you make won't put the employee in any danger, so there's a chance you won't be able to implement them.
If you agree with the suggestions of the fit note and are willing to put them in place, but the employee is not, you may have to start disciplinary procedures if you cannot come to an agreement to get the employee back into work.
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Connecticut residents create a unique bourbon
Connecticut natives Mike Bellis and Colin Santacroce have been friends since they were 13-year-old students at Hopkins School in New Haven. Now at ages 28 and 29 they're business partners.
Shelton native and West Hartford resident Bellis and Westport native Santacroce teamed up a little over a year ago to create Bellis Bourbon.
After serving in the army for five and a half years, Santacroce was studying political science at Syracuse and bar tending when he got the idea to create unique liquor packaging; he noticed customers gravitate to interesting bottles like Patron. He called Bellis, who is an actuary, to partner up and take care of the business end of things.
They came up with an idea to package bourbon bottles inside mini wooden barrels that can be re-purposed as flower planters, or decorate containers. At first, the plan was to license out the packaging, but they decided they also wanted to create their own bourbon.
"We wanted to make something approachable and easy to drink," said Bellis. "Not that 'burning your throat' kind of bourbon."
"Our goal has been to introduce as many people to bourbon as possible," said Santacroce. "People aren't readily into [bourbon] because it was just recently that bartenders have gotten creative with it. It used to be a country club drink."
The Bourbon is created in Indiana, distilled in California, bottled in Missouri and finally shipped to the warehouse in Oxford, Conn. The finished product showcases the flavors of corn, rye, barley.
Santacroce, the company's sole salesman, started selling Bellis Bourbon to liquor stores in western Connecticut in late May; it's currently sold in 150 stores.
The packaging of the bourbon was the most appealing thing for James Fox, owner of Fairfield Wines & Spirits and Jeff Hancock, liquor manager at Caraluzzi's in Danbury.
"The packaging is fabulous," said Fox, "It came in a little before Father's Day and I thought it would make a good preset."
Fox and Hancock both also said that the bourbon itself was good enough to stand on its own aside from the packaging, which is why they chose to carry Bellis Bourbon.
Unfortunately, neither store is seeing sales. Fairfield Wines & Spirits has sold one bottle, and Caraluzzi's has sold none–but Hancock said he only started carrying it a little over a week ago so it's too early to measure its success. Despite, bad sales in these stores, Bellis said he has had nearly 30 stores order a second delivery.
The next step is getting it into bars and restaurants and marketing it at events. As of now, it's available at the Black Duck in Westport, ittle Goose in Fairfield and Sitting Duck in Stratford. The pair hopes to expand to eastern Connecticut soon, and then the rest of the country.
Because the packaging uses a lot of wood, Bellis and Santacroce wanted to try and eliminate their carbon footprint and make the company as sustainable as possible, so they partnered with a company called "One Tree Planted." Every time Bellis Bourbon sells a case, they contribute to the planting of one tree.


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Glenwood Academy is greater Chicago's only boarding school that offers a safe, nurturing environment for disadvantaged children. Willing and able to learn but constrained by difficult social and economic situations, each year approximately 150 of these children come to Glenwood to live and learn - both in and out of the classroom. Here, young minds are challenged, character built, family relationships strengthened, and potential is attained.
Supply Our Students will provide 20 students with their necessary education and extracurricular activity supplies for one full school year. Our extracurricular activities include band, drama club, music, art and KidShop, a mixed media art class unique to Glenwood.
Most of our students come from underserved and marginalized communities surrounding Chicago. Gangs, drugs and violence are part of their everyday life. By attending Glenwood, we assist the family unit by reinforcing a strong, healthy family environment and removing students from potentially dangerous situations. This helps provide enrichment and leadership activities they would not otherwise have access to.
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Abstract: Using a global dynamic optimization model that includes a notion of endogenous energy-saving investments, economic impacts and energy-system changes are assessed under several policy cases where CO2 concentration is stabilized at the 450, 500, and 550 ppm levels by the year 2100. The effect of increased investments in energy-saving technologies on energy efficiency is derived exogenously from results of the AIM/Enduse model applied to Japan, then endogenized in the global dynamic optimization model.We find that with diffusion of energy-saving technologies, GDP loss during the 21st century falls from 2.5% to 2.1% in the 450 ppm case. The impact is small for the 550 ppm case, however, because a shift to low-carbon-intensive energies such as gas and renewable energies does not occur to a significant extent under this target.
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A very sad statistic every glove manufacturer knows (and one that we have written about before) is that 70% of workers injure their hands because they were not wearing gloves. Even worse, the remaining 30% were most likely wearing gloves not designed for their specific application.
The white paper "2015 Workplace Hand Injury Research Study" found three key takeaways: hand injuries are still an issue, comfort comes first, and education is essential. Comfort is one of the main areas we have been focused on for the last decade. For example, over the past ten years we have introduced these new and more comfortable options:
Introduced in 2007: A feather-light second skin feeling
Introduced in 2012: A lightweight Touch Screen glove
Introduced in 2013: A feather-light shell and BNF breathable coating
Introduced in 2014: A feather-light shell with Cut Resistance
Introduced in 2015: A lightweight, Hi-Vis Cut, and "Touch Screen Friendly"
As you can see, we have been taking customer feedback regarding comfort extremely seriously. When we hear workers are not wearing gloves because they are not comfortable, we know it is an area we directly influence and one where we can improve safety. As a manufacturer, it is essential we do our part in meeting the demands of those needing protection while at work. Otherwise, our statement, "We Protect People," is just an empty promise. For well over the past decade, you can see that we have been taking action and sailing towards the direction of our customer's feedback.
For us, the next takeaway—education—then becomes the most important stage. Keeping today's safety managers and workers informed of the latest innovations is essential to moving that 70% statistic to a much lower number. This means educating safety managers, users, and distribution on important new technologies, such as touch screen functionality. We hope to accomplish this education portion by diving a little deeper into the subject of touch screen gloves.
The demand for touch screen gloves has been on the rise during the twenty-first century. Some factors effecting this demand are:
As mentioned above, with over 70% of workers not wearing gloves the last thing a safety manager and company wants to do is provide employees with yet another reason to remove their safety gloves or not even put them on in the first place.
From a manufacturing perspective, we recognize touch screen friendly gloves are essential for workers. Just like the safety manager, we do not want that 70% statistic to rise any further. Specifically, if due to not offering the proper safety gear a worker needs for completing modern day-to-day tasks. This is why we have been incorporating touch screen technology into our gloves since 2012.
Most modern touch screens use capacitive sensing to pick up the touch. This is based on a glass insulator coated with a transparent conductor. When a finger—which is conductive—touches the screen, the capacitance changes and the screen's circuitry not only picks up this change but also is able to zero in on the exact location of the touch on the screen. That information is then used to activate an app, use a keyboard, respond to a phone call, etc.
Most gloves are made with non-conductive materials and, as a result, will not work with touch screens. The two ways to overcome this are to use either a conductive coating or conductive threads.
Conductive coatings can be used on the fingertips or the gloves can be knitted with conductive threads. Currently, we use conductive coatings in our touch screen friendly gloves. However, stay tuned for some new technology set for 2018!
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Rate: 5 out of 5 stars
Genre: YA, Historical (1980's)
Publication day: July 11, 2011
Length: 225 pages
Publisher: MM Romance Group
Dear Author,
I realize I'm late to the party, but it took me a bit to find just the perfect photo! This:
The first time is so beautiful, if the one you're with cares enough to make it that way. These two are so young: barely out of high-school, but college is all about finding out who you really are.
Photo Description: The place is secluded; leaves filter the sun. The men are so young, shirtless, smooth skin and sleek light muscle. The dark boy tentatively holds his lover, head tilted to bring their mouths together. There is nothing tentative about the blond. He leans in, driving the kiss. 1980's sweet summertime.
My View: I got this story by the struck of luck. I was looking for a short story by a member of the Goodreads MM Romance Group and stumbled upon this. I had missed it since it was published in 2011 and I didn't start reading MM romances until 2013. I'd need to start looking for older books every so often.
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I wanted more of: Nothing. The story had the perfect combination of feelings, realism, and HEA to satisfy its readers.
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sgdefects [-aelnvx]
Sgdefects is a program that uses the SCSI Generic inter
face to send specific SCSI commands to obtain the device
defect lists. This is useful for analyzing a device's
grown defects over time to predict when a failure may
occur. The SCSI Generic interface requires that the ker
nel .config file have CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG set.
A log file, named sgdefects.log is created in the /var/log
directory which logs the status of the functions and any
Command line options are described below.
-? This option displays a summary of the commands
accepted by sgdefects
-a Causes the functions to be performed automatically
on all connected SCSI devices.
-e Causes any file writes to be avoided, such as the
log file.
-l By default, the primary defect list is only
obtained if the kernel version is 2.4 or greater.
If this option is specified, both the primary
defect list and the grown defect list will be
obtained, regardless of the kernel version.
-n Naming. By default, the device names are displayed
as numeric sequences (/dev/sg0). This option shows
the device names as alphabetic sequences
-v Causes the defect values to be listed in addition
to the defect counts. The hex values will be writ
ten to the log file sgdefects.log
-x Causes extra debug messages to be displayed.
sgdiag(8) sgdskfl(8) sgmode(8)
for more details regarding distribution.
sgdefects is distributed in the hope that it will be use
ful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
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> It does seem inconsistent to have the CWD be $root for the test scripts, > but $root/t for the server process. One more quirk to remember. but isn't that exactly the opposite of what David's issue is? > It forces me to open the error log like this, instead: > > open ERR, 'logs/error_log' or die "Can't do it: $!\n"; so, as things stand now, cwd for both *.t scripts and the server process is ServerRoot (aka, t/), which makes perfect sense to me :) I guess the quirk is that for Apache-Test *.t scripts the cdw is different than it is for standard CPAN distributions. or maybe I just haven't gotten enough sleep lately... --Geoff
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My Take On An Open Letter To Pgi
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:11 AM
One of my teammates recently posted a thread containing many ideas that the competitive community put forth. It was long and quite an arduous read at times, but it had a lot of valid points that resonate across the competitive community as a whole. I'm confident saying this because I personally sat down with several other competitive teams, and asked for their input and opinions on the matter. This thread is my personal take on this entire situation. I'm not going to knock or bash that thread at all; it was highly accurate and took a tremendous amount of work to put forth. More credit to everyone who worked on it.
The one part of that thread that I took umbrage with, however, was that it focused a bit too hard on the raw numbers aspect of what was wrong with this game, ignoring the true source of that gross lack of synchronization between the dev team and the community;
If pressed to give an opinion, I'd say that the fact that the dev team doesn't listen to the community at all, in any vein, sense, fashion, way, etc. Is the reason that the game breaks as often as it does.
You could argue that the meta is rock>paper>scizzors... but if this is true, then from time to time the rock becomes made of sidewalk chalk, and the scizzors rust over and become unusable for months at a time.
PGI, please listen to your community more. There are plenty of us with enough gaming history that we would be an invaluable asset to you in making this game better. We don't want pay or MC, we WILL WORK FOR FREE, and we're more than willing to put in a LOT of time to make this game better.
If you have proven something time and time again, it is that your internal test servers do not provide an adequate prediction of the upcoming meta when those changes reach the PUG stage.
We will gladly help you in whatever design you would want us to. Give certain volunteers access to the advanced test server, under a contract that says we will write FULL DETAILED REPORTS of our findings to you once a week or so... We'd agree to that.
Give us a VALID venue for our ideas and complaints; do not brush them under the rug under the veil of "too much negativity." Listen to us. This game is in beta, but we are not beta testers. We are guinea pigs doing no such "testing."
PGI, give certain players a direct way to communicate their findings and opinions to *you* directly. More than this, you need to be more transparent. You don't tell us anything about your daily going-ons, leaving us quite a bit flustered when you pull stunts such as shunting the Orion in favor of the previously unannounced quickdraw.
You are a dev team, meaning you are all professionals at what you do. I won't deny this. But I will be quick to point out that you clearly do not have a coherent idea of what "balance" means, at least in so far as a mechwarrior game.
I'm not trying to be rude or attack anyone, but a lot of these disastrous changes that brought nothing but *bad* changes to the game could easily have been circumvented if you had brought the idea to a series of competitive players before hand, and asked for their opinions and thoughts on the matter.
As a company, your biggest weakness is your unwillingness to communicate openly with the players of the game you have created. This needs to change.
Again, I will not call any of the members of PGI incompetent or challenge their skill/talent at developing in any way. You're using Cryengine 3, which has proven itself time and time again to be a bit of a ***** for smaller studios to use, and the fact that MWO exists at all is a testament to your ability.
But aside from that, you have proven time and time again that you will *not* listen to your player base, which *will* end up killing this game if it does not change.
as is, the game sucks. It may have enough people who play it so that you can continue stuffing your fingers in your ears and screaming "LA LA LA CANT HEAR YOU LA LA LA" but it is NOWHERE near it's potential. I loved this game months ago. Sniping/jumpsniping/scouting/boating/brawling/skirmishing/flanking were all valid tactics.
fast forward just a few patches, and what changed?
Sniping/boating are all that's left. and it sucks. SRMs need to come back with a vengeance, they've been out more than 2 months now, and you haven't communicated to your community anything at all worth reading in terms of data.
and you know what? you have no one to blame but yourselves.
This game needs a community liason, and i'm sure there are dozens of players (if not COMPETITIVE TEAMS, entire teams) that would volunteer. Let's face it, your current testers aren't doing their job.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:16 AM
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:19 AM
So, FupDup for President?
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:25 AM
jeffsw6, on 27 June 2013 - 11:19 AM, said:
So, FupDup for President?
I'd actually vote for you, jeff.
Awesome OP, good read... says pretty much all there is to say.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:27 AM
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:31 AM
Deathlike, on 27 June 2013 - 11:27 AM, said:
I don't think your post is constructive. Reading the "headed to K-town" and other, totally negative posts, really bums me out. I would much rather read why people disagree about balance, why they are or aren't liking some mechs, Phoenix package thoughts, etc. than just some post like, oh, this thread is doomed.
Barring that, perhaps you could edit your post to include a clever picture?
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:39 AM
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:40 AM
jeffsw6, on 27 June 2013 - 11:31 AM, said:
I'm sorry, I'm depressed and disappointed with this game. I wish I had a better retort.
I'm sure someone will do that effortlessly.
The thing is, if PGI truly had people communicating at an honest and at least amicable level, noone would have to sound so depressing or hostile.
As it is, most of the PGI members that do post on a consistent basis are inconsiderate and insincere at best.
Edited by Deathlike, 27 June 2013 - 11:43 AM.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:47 AM
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:47 AM
I would love to have our own "community spokesperson" who isn't someone that works for PGI/IGP. I think it would benefit PGI, because maybe they'd get more clued-in on balance issues; and if it did, then it would benefit us by improving the game.
So again, FupDup for President?
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:52 AM
jeffsw6, on 27 June 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:
Poll, anyone?
Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:54 AM
Coolant, on 27 June 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:
Garth already is their spokesman. His job is community whatever. Forum, facebook, etc. Hell, I bet Garth still logs onto myspace, because there might be some MW:O players there. Okay, perhaps myspace is a stretch...
Point being, they have someone whose job is to do what you described.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:04 PM
jeffsw6, on 27 June 2013 - 11:54 AM, said:
Point being, they have someone whose job is to do what you described.
They don't let him do his job. That is the problem.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:06 PM
jeffsw6, on 27 June 2013 - 11:54 AM, said:
Point being, they have someone whose job is to do what you described.
Well then he's not doing his job. In the OP i was suggesting something a bit different than what Garth currently does (largely nothing, certainly nothing constructive) in the form that an entire vein of competitive players be put on a sort of consultation team.
Say one person from each competitive team with at least 50 (random number) players. Let them have a DIRECT communication line to Garth himself. Give feedback where it's necessary, get varied opinions, and make Garth's job much much easier. It can only help the health of the game, unless all competitive players *and* the devs are horribly wrong simultaneously.
It would be set up almost as a pseudo republic; each team would have a head that spoke on behalf of their general opinions. To keep it simple, each team regardless of players would ideally only have a single representative. To keep things even more fair, each representative should have no real power... their only job would be take ideas from the devs, convey them to their teams and farm opinions and counter ideas, and then give a summarized version BACK to the devs to work with.
Currently what we have is horribly inefficient. they make changes that break things much much worse than what they fix (if they even fix anything to begin with, which is rare) and then leave us to QQ massively on the forums, and then they proceed to persistently and energetically IGNORE our complains.
Off the top of my head, this would have prevented LRM golden showers, ECM QQ, PPCs being the most overused weapon in the game, and jump snipers wouldn't have gotten to the point where they needed to be beaten with the nerfstick until they stopped twitching. For the future, i can only imagine how many problems it would actually prevent. I firmly believe that this liason needs to happen in some form or another; i've given my opinions on the most efficient way i can think of, but if others have better ideas please feel free to submit.
i can't stress enough how necessary this idea is for the health of MWO.
Edited by Malora Sidewinder, 27 June 2013 - 12:08 PM.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:13 PM
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:16 PM
jeffsw6, on 27 June 2013 - 12:13 PM, said:
I remember a month ago they said it would be scheduled in 1 to 2 months, so probably next month.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:16 PM
You're playing on it now... right?
Edited by Kunae, 27 June 2013 - 12:18 PM.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:16 PM
Kunae, on 27 June 2013 - 12:16 PM, said:
You're playing on it now... right?
They're actually adding a server they can make quick testing changes to is what he's talking about, so they won't affect the main community if it's bugged or bad.
Edited by jakucha, 27 June 2013 - 12:17 PM.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:18 PM
jakucha, on 27 June 2013 - 12:16 PM, said:
They're actually adding a server they can make quick testing changes to is what he's talking about, so they won't affect the main community if it's bugged or bad.
I know what he was talking about. Just reiterating the irony of having a separate "test server" in a "beta test".
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The TNA MP S Sritharan's comments in Parliament the day before Maaveerar Naal have ruffled more than a few feathers within the Sri Lankan state.
Amidst the Sri Lankan state's attempt to quash any acts of remembrance, defending the right of Tamils to commemorate fallen LTTE cadre on Maaveerar Naal, Sritharan said the majority of Tamils in the North-East see the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran as the nation's leader.
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