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By Todd Cohen
Two years ago, Boston-based Jumpstart — which matches college students with at-risk preschoolers — was venturing into one or two new cities a year.
This year, it has expanded into 10 new cities.
And Boston-based Citizen Schools — which pairs volunteers with low-income middle-school students – expects next year to serve nearly 2,000 Boston youngsters, up from less than 1,000 in 1999. It also will launch Citizen Schools University to train and support similar groups throughout the U.S.
Boosting both nonprofits has been New Profit, a three-year old nonprofit in Cambridge that invests time and know-how to help charities learn, grow and thrive.
"New Profit has fundamentally helped us clarify our goals, helped us to define success and helped us come up with a plan for how to create success," says Eric Schwarz, Citizen Schools' president and co-founder.
New Profit has raised $1 million from foundations for its operations, plus $6 million from investors to back Jumpstart, Citizen Schools and four other nonprofits in Boston and New York.
New Profit contributes $1 million over four years to each nonprofit in its "portfolio," matching that investment with consulting contributed by Monitor Group in Cambridge and New York, and a performance-tracking tool donated by The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative in Lincoln, Mass.
The idea is to give nonprofits growth capital and "intellectual capital," says Vanessa Kirsch, New Profit's president and founder.
Linking cash and brainpower is critical, she said, because nonprofits with big plans typically either hire strategic consultants or invest in expansion – but often lack the resources, or don't see the need, to do both.
What's more, she says, growth should be tracked against goals – and nonprofits should track more than simply the financial bottom line.
New Profit looks for nonprofits that are social entrepreneurs with ambitious plans, regardless of the issues they target.
Working hand in hand, New Profit staff and Monitor consultants join the senior team of the nonprofits they support.
First, these "executive partners" help nonprofits assess their current strategy and goals, and make choices about their direction and how to get there.
That "strategic choice-making" gives nonprofits options about their work and possible impact, says Aaron Lieberman, Jumpstart's executive director.
"They lay out the implications of each choice," he says. "We're making the decision. They show us how."
Rather than develop its own early-childhood curriculum, for example, Jumpstart decided as a result of its self-assessment to team up with a curriculum developer and focus its own work on teaching.
Based on the assessment, Monitor consultants help nonprofits analyze their markets, decide what they're best at and map a growth plan that ties their strengths to their targeted markets.
Jumpstart, for example, decided it could add 10 new programs a year – up from only one or two – by expanding its efforts to work with colleges and capture a share of their federal work-study funds to help pay college students who mentor children.
Finally, executive partners help nonprofits write an operating plan rooted in performance goals for the entire staff and board.
All those steps take about 18 months, with New Profit and Monitor consultants meeting with the nonprofit every week.
Then New Profit, which takes a board seat, assigns a senior Monitor consultant to serve as "CEO coach" for each nonprofit's executive director.
Coaches focus on issues such as reorganizing the nonprofit's management team, rebuilding its board, learning to delegate and getting more involved in fundraising.
New Profit also connects nonprofits with other advisers.
Citizen Schools, for example, worked with Diana Leslie, a New Profit executive partner who has served on the boards of Sarah Lawrence College and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
The process "got our board more deeply invested in our growth plan," says Schwarz, Citizen Schools' president.
The board "needs to be concretely committed to achieving the goals of the organization," he says. "It needs to be helping to identify new partners, helping to bring in money, helping to identify potential staff members. They helped us build a more action-oriented board."
New Profit ties funding after the first year to the nonprofit's ability to meet financial, customer and operating goals, and to learn from experience and adapt to change.
"We expect there to be bumps in the road and people not to hit their benchmarks," says Kirsch. "When a benchmark isn't hit, then it requires us to go back and learn what is going wrong and how can we fix it. It's the way we learn."
New Profit also helps nonprofits generate additional funding and works with other funders.
At Citizen Schools, New Profit is a "co-investor" with the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in New York, which is contributing $2.75 million over four years.
New Profit and the foundation both link funding to the performance tool that New Profit uses.
And Jumpstart has parlayed its growth plan into commitments of $2.5 million from London-based publisher Pearson plc and $1 million from Starbucks, Lieberman says.
New Profit now will put itself through its own planning process. With Monitor's help, it will study how to share what it's learned and expand its reach, either by focusing on particular issues or moving beyond the East Coast.
Whatever strategy it chooses, Kirsch says, the sluggish economy makes it critical that nonprofits be smart and nimble.
"At a time when people are being more conservative about their money," she says, "the pressure is for us to show clear results, and the impact is going to be much greater because we're going to be competing for less money, and those that are more professional are going to win."


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'Yoga is harmonious combination of body, mind and soul' said Dr. Renuka Rao on occasion of the World Yoga Day at DCT's Vasantrao Dempo HSS of Science, Commerce and Arts, Cujira Santa Cruz, Goa.
Special yoga sessions were engaged by Dr. Rao and her team for the students of Std XI and XII Arts, Science and Commerce with special focus on breathing and pranayam. Principal, Mrs. Rupa Khope stressed that meditation helps to calm the mind and be one with God. She appealed to the students to do yoga regularly.

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Community of Practice
Creating an integrated pan-Canadian network of diverse partners and stakeholders across the skills development and training ecosystem
There are significant challenges in the Canadian skills and training ecosystem. These include fragmentation, lack of information, and challenges in navigating complex pathways to support.
Part of the Future Skills Centre's mandate is to share and encourage adoption of effective practices across this ecosystem. We want to promote inclusive career development and help Canadians understand the skills they need and how to get them.
Magnet, a digital innovation platform, will support the Future Skills Centre in achieving these goals through a new Community of Practice and community content feed. These will connect people and organizations across the skills ecosystem with information and ideas, as well as innovative services and tools. We will create opportunities for sharing and collaboration through Magnet's evolving and growing network of networks.
The Future Skills Centre's Community of Practice, powered by Magnet, will bring a unique opportunity to community and industry leaders, experts, and practitioners in the skills development and training ecosystem to collaborate and share resources with their peers. Our goal is to encourage collaboration and help individuals and organizations recognize synergies and opportunities to work together across sectors, geography, and industry.
A digital innovation platform for the Future Skills Centre
Magnet and its technology partners already digitally connect a wide variety of users through its platform: over 1 million Canadians, 500 000 employers, 85 post-secondary institutions, and 330 community and industry partners are a part of Magnet — connecting to opportunities, learning content, and to each other.
Collect, aggregate, and disseminate critical data
This data will support informed decision-making for government, community and industry organizations, individuals, and employers across the ecosystem
Encourage our community to access the Future Skills Centre's knowledge, share, and collaborate
Users from across Canada will have access to new tools, collaboration opportunities, and content related to topics of interest on the Centre's activities, projects, research, and findings
Provide a technology infrastructure for sharing and testing innovative practices and tools
This platform will provide a unique opportunity to strengthen the skills and training ecosystem in diverse communities across Canada, engaging participants from multiple sectors across industry, economic development organizations, individuals, and employers
A focus on collaboration and sharing
These activities will support us in engaging in extensive and broad consultation and knowledge sharing, while reducing fragmentation and duplication, and will provide opportunities for continuous updating of content, best practices, tools, and knowledge from across Canada through crowdsourcing.
Magnet's unique, cross-Canada digital innovation platform augments an extensive network of incubators and labs that already constitute our innovation support system (including I-INC, Spark Niagara, MaRS and more), providing Canada with a truly connected ecosystem in skills development and training.


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An Arsenal Academy youth product, Bola enjoyed spells with Notts County and Bristol Rovers before signing for the Seasiders in the summer of 2018.
In his only campaign for Blackpool, Bola made 43 appearances and grabbed his first-ever goal in the EFL against AFC Wimbledon.
He finished the season by winning the club's Player and Players' Player of the Year awards.


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Best way to stay thin: never get fat
January 9, 2012 1 Comment
Tara Parker-Pope had a fascinating article about weight loss in a recent NYT magazine piece. The long and short of it: once you've put on a lot of weight it becomes incredibly difficult to keep it off. This is not just a matter of willpower. You're body goes through permanent hormonal and physical changes that make it extremely hard, but possible, to keep weight off.
The data generated by these experiments suggest that once a person loses about 10 percent of body weight, he or she is metabolically different than a similar-size person who is naturally the same weight.
The research shows that the changes that occur after weight loss translate to a huge caloric disadvantage of about 250 to 400 calories. For instance, one woman who entered the Columbia studies at 230 pounds was eating about 3,000 calories to maintain that weight. Once she dropped to 190 pounds, losing 17 percent of her body weight, metabolic studies determined that she needed about 2,300 daily calories to maintain the new lower weight. That may sound like plenty, but the typical 30-year-old 190-pound woman can consume about 2,600 calories to maintain her weight — 300 more calories than the woman who dieted to get there.
That's a huge disadvantage. Imagine being told you would have to eat 300-400 calories less per day simply to maintain your current weight. Obviously, then, the best strategy to not being fat is to never let yourself get fat whereby you undergo these changes that make it so hard for you to stay thin. The good news is that scientists are now figuring out the mechanisms at work, so there's at least hope on the medium-long term horizon. Also, before you question the willpower and discipline of an overweight person, you might ask yourself just how well you'd do if you literally felt like you were starving every day if you were at a healthy weight.
Two important questions seemed left unanswered to me, though. 1) Just how much weight can you put on before your body undergoes these permanent changes? That's important to know, as obviously you really want to take control of your weight before it gets that far. 2) Almost all the studies this research is based on had people lose weight on fairly strict calorie restriction diets. Certainly worth knowing if a much more gradual weigh loss, e.g., 1/2 1 pound a week, or something like that, might be more effective. As for me, I'm going to assume that with my recent 20 pound weight loss, I did this before any permanent changes took place in my metabolism. I guess we'll see.


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Heritage Homes of MaltaAuthentic and Genuine Maltese Souvenirs and Gifts
Welcome to
Heritage Homes of Malta
Heritage Homes in Ta' Qali Craft Village is the Art Craft Centre of production of authentic and genuine Maltese souvenirs.
Heritage Homes was established in late 1989 by Roger Castillo and Anna Demajo within Anna's house and eleven years later it moved to the Ta'Qali Crafts Village were it still stands.
Joe Galea, the Master Craftsman
In 1997 Heritage Homes won the Award for Achievement in Industry organized by the Ministry Industry.
The company changed hands in 2006 and was taken over by Joe Galea and since then it continued to produce high quality products and also introducing new ranges of gifts to adapt for the present market needs.
Every souvenir that is produced and supplied by Heritage Homes comes from the original design of Joe Galea, the Master Craftsman and owner. Sculpture was a passion for Joe since his young age, when he used to create ceramic handmade models and statuettes and sell them to shops to earn some extra cash.
Handmade and Locally produced Souvenirs
At Heritage Homes every gift is handmade and produced at the Centre and other souvenir available like wool sweater, glass or ceramic items, olive oil, preservers and wine are locally made.
The Year 2011 will be remembered as very special one for Heritage Homes, as Joe Galea won two prestigious awards. The 'Premju Gieh L-Artiggianat Malti 2010' (Artisan of the Year Award 2010) organized by the Malta Crafts Council and also the 'WIPO Award for Innovation and Creativity 2010'.
Design Handmade Souvenirs
At Heritage Homes Centre the artisans take care of every stage of the production from the making of soaps to the carvery and packaging of the souvenirs.
In particular Joe Galea is famous around the island for its miniature of the Malta's houses and historical buildings as the Majestic Royal Opera House. The main two range of gifts are so called the Heritage Homes and the Artistorika.
Heritage Homes
Heritage Homes range includes representations of actual Maltese village and town houses, farmhouses, churches , chapels, palaces, gateways and prehistoric temples.
Each miniature in the series is hand made by master craftsmen and hand painted by a team of professional colorists.
As part of the Heritage Home range you can find:
- miniatures
- fridge magnets
- plates
Artistorika produces a wide range of souvenirs and gifts both for the tourist and local market. As the name implies the majority of the items produced are inspired by motifs, ornaments and designs typical to our Maltese History. Most of the ornaments in the this range are made from simulated Maltese stone which has become so popular and synonymous to Artistorika.
As part of the Artistorika range you can find:
- modern sculptures
- jewel boxes
- letter holders
- card holders
- pen holders
- key hangers
- historic replicas
- candle holders
- fridge magnets
To view the ONLINE CATALOGUES, Click Here
For more Information,
Contact Us
Studio: 99, Craft's Village, Ta' Qali, Malta
Tel: (+356) 2141 7619
Email: [email protected]


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Imagine a diverse group of women who "mobilize together across differences and politics to challenge systemic and intimate violence in a dystopian…democracy marred by white supremacy & capitalist patriarchy," writes activist and artist Rex Renee Leonowicz (@rexylafemme).
Is Leonowicz describing the Women's March? Or…the ultra-low budget '80s indy sci-fi mockumentary Born in Flames (1983)? Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.
"Born in Flames is a movie of its own moment," wrote Richard Brody for The New Yorker in early 2016.
Perhaps, but according to Leonowicz, the film, three decades later, is equally relevant and resonant in today's (i.e., Trump's) America.
"It always makes me feel empowered, moved to act, moved to envision new, old, and creative ways to resist on the ground," Leonowicz wrote me. "It's also just great to see a motley crew of women kicking ass, taking names, and winning."
Looking for information and inspiration to mount your own political or social resistance? Below, 10 activists and organizers across cause spaces recommend films to help you take a stand against oppression and injustice, wherever you are. Welcome to the Resistance Movie Club: sit back, relax, and revolt.
The Black Power Mixtape
"This documentary features so many amazing and intimate interviews with some of the most important activists and revolutionaries of the Black Power Movement. It's rich with information but it's also a powerful look at racism in America and the fight to resist." – Pilar Barreyro, DoSomething.org
The Internet's Own Boy
"[The Internet's Own Boy] follows the story of an important internet freedom activist, and covers the new frontiers we'll need to defend for the future of all humanity…It is an important story about a lesser known but increasingly vital movement to protect digital rights." – Remy DeCausemaker (@Remy_D), DevProgress, Hillary for America
The Mask You Live In
"This movie is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to know what it is like to be a man in modern America, what exactly 'toxic masculinity' is, and how it all influences our culture…The movie shows you what effects our ideas of masculinity have had not only on boys, but on men as well." – Alyssa VanSkyock (@alyssavanskyock), Gamma Rho Lambda
The Salesman
"As an Iranian-American living during a time of Trump's ban, the movie in and of itself represents resistance. [The film won] this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but [director Asghar Farhadi] boycotted the ceremony and instead used the platform of his acceptance speech to speak out against Trump's travel ban and the way it affects Iranian immigrants. That's powerful." – Carmen Daneshmandi (@carmendaneshmandi), photographer
Kuma Hina
"Kumu Hina is a powerful film that centers Native Hawaiian existence, cultural traditions and kumu (teacher) Hina, who is a proud māhū, or transgender woman. This film is important during this time, because it disrupts westernized colonization of Hawai'i, to center Kumu Hina's existence as a trans woman and cultural leader who is actively revitalizing Native Hawaiian language and tradition." – Selena Velasco (@tendervirgo), Families Of Color Seattle
Paris Is Burning
"[Paris Is Burning] is look into gay, trans, and drag culture in the '80s/'90s specifically focused on LGBT people of color in Harlem…[My favorite thing about Paris Is Burning] is that it is so eye-opening to me even as a gay man. We like to think we're 'woke' but being a white man means I always have things to learn." – Drew Penkala (@drewpenkala), activist and YouTuber
A Good Day to Die
"[A Good Day to Die] is a film that tells a powerful Native American story that many don't know or don't know much about. This film will be especially moving for those who were inspired by the incredible Standing Rock movement." – Nancy Treviño (@nancirulia), Power U Center for Social Change
Miss Representation
"It's important to watch during this moment in history because it explains our patriarchal society and how there aren't enough women in leadership positions and what changes when women are in those positions…My favorite thing about this movie is how well it explains oppression that happens in our society, so it's easy for people to understand it who are new to the movement." – Ally McKeone (@allymckeone), formerly Hillary for America, currently University of Iowa
The Imitation Game
"It offers an alternative view of how WWII fascism was resisted (through tech!)…The main protagonist, Alan Turing, was both defeating the Nazis and being persecuted by his own country. The movie is overall uplifting and touches on both social and technical issues." – Jess Lee (@jessleenyc), The Practical Dev
The Gatekeepers
"While not about the US, I think it is a perfect example of the right way to voice opposition to popular support of a military buildup, thinking about the long-run repercussions and the moral/human element to any action taken by our armed forces…I first saw this in 2012, and re-watched it again recently as the US slow walks its way into new conflicts with undefined goals. In just two hours, it walks the viewer from national defense and the moral high ground, to mission creep and disillusionment, to a place where conflict seems permanent. If only certain members of the White House could be convinced to watch this movie." – Jake Mikva, GoodWerk


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Bengt Sjölén
= Swedish Open Source Hardware hacker
"Bengt Sjölén is an independent software and hardware designer/hacker/artist based in Stockholm, with roots in the home computer demo scene.
He is not part of one single group, but rather collaborates with several networks, including Teenage Engineering, a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Stockholm, and aether architecture in Budapest. Collaboration is often in the form of peer production, where the network, rather than the individual, is the author, and where not only is the network crossing discipline boundaries, but so is each individual participant, too, creating a sum larger than its parts through sharing and cross-breeding of ideas.
Sjölén is doing projects in the contexts of media art, science, sound, visuals, architecture and technology. He experiments with, among other things, programmatic generation of design, function, hardware and software. One example of this is customizing computer-controlled machines with parts manufactured by the same machines to enable rapid prototyping of electronics and mechanics from generated designs, bypassing the traditional processes and economics of prototype design and manufacturing." (http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=888&facId=3798&p=member)


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The Such Stuff Players is pleased to present the casting for their 2013 production of Henry V on April 23-25, 2013.
Such Stuff Player's Henry V
Chorus – Ben
The English
Henry V – double cast with Zachary and Hannah
Duke of Exeter, Henry's uncle – double cast with Zachary and Hannah
Duke of Gloucester, Henry's brother – Zeke
Duke of Bedford, Henry's brother – Shanti
Duke of York, Henry's cousin – Bridget
Earl of Westmorland – Caelyn
Cpt. Gower, an Englishman – Josh
Cpt. Fluellen, a Welshman – Daniel
Pistol – Hannah B
Nym – AJ
Bardolph – Graeme
Boy – Meguire
Mistress Quickly, hostess of the Boar's Head tavern, and Pistol's wife – Bridget
Archbishop of Canterbury – AJ
Bishop of Ely – Daniel
English Soldier – Joshua
English Soldier – Arron
English Soldier – Zeke
The Traitors
Earl of Cambridge, Henry's cousin – Arron
Lord Scroop – Tim
Sir Thomas Grey – Emma
The French
King of France – Ariel
Louis, their son, the Dauphin – Graeme
Katharine, their daughter – Maggie
Alice, Katherine's lady-in-waiting – Caelyn
Duke of Berry – Tim
Duke of Burgundy – Emma
Duke of Bretagne – Katie
Monsieur le Fer, French soldier – Rachel
Montjoy, French Herald – Caleb
Governor of Harfleur – Ariel
Raquel, Lady in Waiting – Rachel
Elise, Lady in Waiting – Emma
Suzette, Lady in Waiting – Shanti
Pauline, Lady in Waiting – Piper Prairie


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As part of the Federation of Gay Games Scholarship fund raising activities, they have five empowering and personal stories from Gay Games participants, and previous Scholarship & Award recipients, to help raise money for the Federation's Gay Games 10 Scholarship Fund. Here is one such story from Hlengiwe Buthelezi:
"Most gay people in South Africa, especially black butch lesbians, are discriminated against in the work place. I've lost friends through unspeakable hate crimes. Some have survived, but left with gruesome and permanent physical, psychological and emotional damage.
The reason we formed KZN LGBT Recreation in 2009 was to fight against homophobic injustices and provide a safe space for the LGBT+ community, the victims, and those who live in fear.
It was 2002. I had never been outside of South Africa and was still in the closet. I received a scholarship to compete in Track & Field Athletics at Gay Games VI: Sydney 2002. It was both awesome and overwhelming at the same time. After years of boycotts and exclusion, South Africans were still a novelty at international sporting events as our fledgling democracy recovered from apartheid. I medalled 7 times in Sydney: 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. Without the scholarship, it wouldn't have been possible.
I received another scholarship to compete at Gay Games VII: Chicago 2006. I was at the peak of my athletic performance and career, finishing with 7 gold medals. I was on the cover of the Windy City Times with Cyndi Lauper and became a member of the FGG Assembly, sitting on the Sports Committee. I had lost my fear of the closet by then, and though not all of the media coverage back home was positive, it was a platform from which to broadcast a public message of hope and acceptance for the LGBT+ community and the country.
At Gay Games VIII: Cologne 2010, I was asked to be a flagbearer of the FGG flag in the Opening Ceremony. I won 7 medals in Cologne and 5 more at Gay Games 9: Cleveland + Akron 2014.
I've gone on to co-found the Afro Games, in conjunction and with the support of the Pietermaritzburg Gay Network, the Durban Gay Centre, KwaZulu-Natal Gay & Lesbian Tourism (KZNGALTA), SameLove and the Durban LGBT Film Festival.
The concept of the AfroGames started in 2015. We tried to establish an event in 2016, but it was postponed until December 2018 due to lack of available resources.
But it all started with the scholarship to Gay Games VI: Sydney 2002. It changed my life and left a lasting impact and legacy on LGBT+ life in South Africa. Thank you FGG!".
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October 19, 2018 | CEO Discusses Global Chinese Financial Forum Presentation From This Past Weekend
Larry Reaugh, President and CEO. American Manganese Inc. aims to capitalize on its patented technology and proprietary know-how to become an industry leader in the recycling of spent electric vehicle lithium ion cathode material such as: Lithium-Cobalt, Lithium-Cobalt-Nickel-Manganese and Lithium-Manganese
Circular Economy (Recycling) expected to be the greatest opportunity in mankind.
Read the Latest News.
Read World Economic Forum Article "The Circular Economy Imperative"
Read Bloomberg Article "Who's Ahead in the Battery Race?"
See AMY Business Plan.
View AMY Powerpoint.
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Natalie Robertson:
The C. N. Gorman Museum extends a warm welcome to Natalie Robertson. We are honored to host her solo exhibition, Te Ahikāroa: Home Fires Burning.
The Headlands Await Your Coming (2010-2013), is rooted in Ahi kā, a cornerstore principle of land rights. This body of work approaches marae (communal and sacred place that serves cultural and social purposes) and surrounding tribal lands as a lived space in which intergenerational use keeps the fires burning.
The 32-page exhibition catalogue includes an essay by Robertson, exploring her perspectives at length, and illustrated with 21 images.
Artist Talk & Reception: Oct 14 from 4-6pm
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This approach was later extended to
also support sharing and collaborative
awareness in the 'co-Activity Manager'
system9 and the entire temporal activity lifecycle in Laevo. 11 Similarly, Microsoft Research (MSR) has proposed
a number of ACC extensions to Windows, including the TaskGallery20 and
ScalableFabric19 window management
systems, as well as 'Colletta,' which is
an extension of the Windows UI that
supports lightweight management of
the user's activities through tagging. 18
On the MacOS, Giornata22 (Figure 6)
provides support for multitasking
through virtual desktop management,
tagging of activities, lightweight file
management using the desktop surface, and collaborative awareness of
the co-workers relevant to each activity.
Managing multiple files and resourcesacross multiple activities and multipleapplications has proven to be a signifi-cant challenge in all OSs. For example,keeping track of files related to a specif-ic customer case across folders, email,applications, and cloud-based servicesis inherently cumbersome. Activity-centric resource and file managementtechnologies have been proposed toaddress these problems and—as isevident from the magnitude of the cor-responding columns in Figure 3—havebeen central themes in ACC research.
However, even the act of managing
computational activity representations
incurs some overhead. One approach
that has been proposed for further
minimizing this cost (but that has been
relatively lightly explored, according to
our review; see also Figure 3) is in augmenting activity representations with
automation to automatically handle
some of this organizational work on
the user's behalf.
For example, by logging interac-tions with applications used in knowl-edge work (for example, email, wordprocessing, spreadsheets, and Internetbrowsers), both the UMEA12 and Task-Tracer5 system automatically organizeresources (for example, documents,folders, URLs, and contacts) into com-putational activities. This classifica-tion is used in, for example, file man-agement interfaces where an open filedialog box opens by default in a folderassociated with the current activity,and quick access is provided to filesmost likely needed as part of ongoingwork. Similarly, Mylar13 uses a degree-of-interest model to capture activitycontexts in an integrated developmentenvironment (IDE) by monitoring theinteractions of a programmer withsource code. These activity contexts aremanaged in a 'task list' view, which canbe used to filter the IDE to only showthose elements relevant to the selectedtask (for example, implementing a fea-ture or working on a bug fix).
Collaboration and AwarenessCollaboration is core to human activ-ity and a number of ACC systems (39%)have targeted support for collaborativeactivity. Activity sharing aims to enablepeople to work on the same digital ac-tivity representations and its resources,without the need for using any externalor third-party collaboration tool, appli-cation, or system. Instead, support forcollaboration support is simply builtinto ACC system support. Additionally,because collaboration and coopera-tion practices differ across individualsand teams and can change over time,ACC systems have supported differ-ent collaboration styles, ranging fromfull real-time synchronous coopera-ActivitySemantic Model of Unified ActivityBusiness Processor B2B Workflow
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Eric Brown
By Emma Ailes BBC
Captain Eric 'Winkle'
Brown has flown more types of aircraft than anyone in history, survived
11 crashes, interrogated high-ranking Nazis, and met everyone from
wartime leader Winston Churchill to first man on the moon, Neil
He is a war hero in the truest sense of the word. Now aged 94, the
Edinburgh-born fighter pilot says he has finally "buckled down to
domestic life".
He is part of an elite group of test pilots who took the untried - and
sometimes deadly - theories of aeroplane designers down the runway and
into the sky.
Over his career, he flew 487 different types of aircraft, a world record
that is unlikely ever to be matched.
It's a job that requires a certain type of personality, he told Radio
Four's PM programme.
After the liberation of Belsen concentration camp, Captain Brown
interrogated notorious female commander Irma Graze "I have a nature that
doesn't panic in these situations," he said.
"My brain goes very sort of cold, and very good at considering things."
Nobody is without fear, he said, but there was often a casual attitude
among the other pilots.
"They'd say "kick your tyres, light your fires, and the last one off's a
"I was not of that school at all. I always put two things down to my
survival. I was always meticulous in my preparation.
"Secondly, my height - I'm only 5ft 7in - saved me because there were
occasions I would have lost my legs in crashes."
It was his height that earned him his nickname "Winkle" - short for
"periwinkle", a type of small mollusc - from his colleagues.
"I would put my legs under the seat and curl up like a little ball in
the cockpit," he said.
Captain Brown, the most decorated test pilot of all time, was also the
first person ever to land a jet on an aircraft carrier in 1945.
He described the moment like being a "matchbox floating in a bath".
Captain Brown was bitten by the flying bug at the tender age of eight,
after his father, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI, first
took him up in a plane.
"It was a single seat bi-plane," he said.
"There was no second seat, but I sat on his lap and he let me handle the
He flew 2,407 aircraft carrier landings
He was appointed MBE, OBE and CBE
He has survived 11 crashes
It was a career that would take Captain Brown to the most unlikely of
places and encounters.
He met Churchill, and King George VI on a number of occasions.
He was at the liberation of Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
"What we saw was just unbelievable," he said.
"There were piles of bodies as high as this roof, and a lot of people
walking around like zombies, no idea what was going on at all. There
were just half dead.
"They had taken a bulldozer and bulldozed the bodies into a pit. They
were lying in terribly grotesque positions, arms and legs all over the
"That's not what really got to me. It was this appalling stench. It
still does stick in my gullet."
Brigadier Glynn Hughes, who had taken control of Belsen, called on
Captain Brown to interrogate the camp's two head guards because of his
fluent German.
"Josef Kramer was the head guard, and responsible for the deaths of
thousands of people," he said.
"He didn't deny anything. He realised the game was up."
But it was the camp's 22-year-old female commander, Irma Grese,
nicknamed the "beautiful beast of Belsen", that Winkle Brown described
as "the worst human being I have ever met".
"Her cruelty in Auschwitz was unbelievable," he said.
"She was the one who made lampshades from the skins of prisoners and
that sort of thing.
"The brigadier said 'ask her if she had her time over again would she do
this again?'. She didn't answer.
"I was keeping at it when she suddenly leapt to her feet and said 'Heil
Hitler', and sat down again.
"We never got anything out of her at all. She didn't seem to have any
feeling at all about human beings."
She was not the only high-profile Nazi that Winkle Brown interrogated.
He also interviewed top-ranking Nazis Hermann Goering and Heinrich
Himmler, who set up and controlled the Nazi concentration camps.
Himmler was originally captured under a false identity.
"This chap called himself Heinrich Hitzinger. And his papers were
forged. But the warrant officer kept at him and kept at him.
"Eventually he got mad with this thing, and he said 'I'm Heinrich
"And the warrant officer said 'yes and I'm Julius Caesar'.
"He didn't believe him at all."
Captain Brown described Himmler as a "snivelling coward".
"He was so frightened of what would happen to him. It was all aimed at
saving his own skin," he said.
Captain Brown's long career brought him into contact with another former
pilot, astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.
They later became close friends.
Captain Brown became close friends with astronaut Neil Armstrong, who
was the first man to walk on the moon
"In fact when I met Neil, to my horror and embarrassment, I really
didn't recognise him," he said.
"He said 'well, I'm a naval aviator like you are and I've heard of your
deck landing exploits'.
"There we are, I'm talking to the guy who is the top dog of the lot, and
he knows me and I don't recognise him. How embarrassing."
"Here was a man who touched the hand of God. And yet modest beyond
words, so modest in fact that he didn't want anyone to talk about it."
But Captain Brown said he would still sooner be a test pilot than an
"It is a huge thrill," he said.
"You're up there on your own, and you really feel like this is life. I'm
the king of the castle up here. That's really what it's like."
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Katie Holliday is the principal member of Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC, and is admitted to practice law in the states of Montana and Ohio, the United States District Court for the District of Montana and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Montana in Missoula, Montana in 1998. Katie graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, New York with a Juris Doctorate degree in 2001. She practiced in her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio for several years before returning to Missoula, Montana to practice.
Katie's practice areas have included commercial litigation, agricultural, business, real estate and family law.
Katie resides with her husband, two sons, two mules, horse and two dogs in the Blackfoot Valley outside of Missoula, Montana. In her spare time, she enjoys mule-packing trips, alpine and cross-country skiing, and hiking. She is also a past board member of the Potomac-Greenough Community Center in Potomac, Montana.
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ABTA, the travel trade body which represents travel agents and tour operators in the UK, has alerted users that it has suffered a data breach; 43,000 of it's customers are believed to be affected.
ABTA represents travel agents and tour operators in the UK. It gives advice and guidance to holidaymakers, sets standards for travel firms and promotes responsible tourism in the UK and abroad.
The data breach happened on the 27th of February. ABTA is contacting those affected by the hack and has a dedicated helpline which those concerned can call. It has also alerted the police and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Roughly 1,000 files were accessed, and may include personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals who have made a complaint about an ABTA-registered travel agent. This is one of ABTA's public-facing responsibilities.
An email from ABTA shared with SC Media UK says: "We are not aware of any information being shared beyond the infiltrator, and we are actively monitoring the situation."
Alex Mathews, lead security evangelist at Positive Technologies, says:"If the compromised web application was being hosted on the same outsourced server as the illegally accessed database, this is not best practice, the two should be segregated. This is because any breach of the application would likely provide the attacker with access to administrative levels of the database. The focus will now switch to post breach analysis, investigating the compromised servers to ascertain how long the attacker had access to the system, how the breach happened and what can be done to minimise risk. However, this is obviously no comfort to people who have had their data stolen, who should change passwords across the board, everything from email to social networks."
Other data stolen includes: Email addresses and encrypted passwords of ABTA customers and members registered on ABTA's website; contact details of customers of ABTA members who have used the website to register a complaint; data uploaded by ABTA members in support of their membership ie travel agents who wish to ABTA accredited.
ABTA chief executive officer Mark Tanzer said he would "personally like to apologise for the anxiety and concern" caused to ABTA customers and members.
Tanzer added: "It is extremely disappointing that our web server, managed for ABTA through a third party web developer and hosting company, was compromised and we are taking every step we can to help those affected."
ABTA said the "vast majority" of passwords were encrypted, hence there is "a very low exposure risk to identity theft or online fraud".
Rob Norris, ?VP head of enterprise & cyber security EMEIA at Fujitsu told SC: "Organisations need to think about what data they need to protect and focus on the integration of threat intelligence and other information sources, to provide the context necessary to deal with today's advanced cyber-threats. They also need to be astute as to what third party organisations they work with and ensure they don't pose a security threat, as hackers will look for back doors into an organisation through suppliers that might not have as tight security precautions."
ABTA advised its customers and members registered on the site to change their passwords as a "precautionary measure".
ABTA said those who had uploaded contact details or documentation on the website should actively monitor their bank accounts, social media and email accounts, and "remain vigilant".
It has also offered people who may be affected a free-of-charge identity theft protection service.
Matthias Maier, security evangelist at Splunk told SC: It looks like ABTA has done its homework and ensured that the third party-provider that hosts its website has been able to remediate the vulnerability and identify what has happened quickly. As a result, ABTA has been able to alert affected customers and the relevant authorities in a timely fashion with a view to mitigating its impact. As we see the number of cyber-attacks and breaches grow, having the capability to understand the scale of a breach by analysing all machine generated data from web applications will be key, as will having proper processes and crisis plans in place to respond effectively."


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In my lifetime, along with everyone else around my age, I've encountered a growth in technology. Today, most people have houses packed with gadgets and games that are fun and occupy their time.
But how is technology helping us? Aside from improving the production process and helping researchers find cures for illness and injury, has technology begun to hold us back in some respects?
I don't know very many students my age or even younger who know what it is they want to do with their lives. Instead of focusing on trying hard in school and studying, many students go home and immediately turn on the television, the Internet or a video game and seem to get lost in a fantasy land.
Now I'm not saying that these high-tech amusements aren't fun and entertaining, but it seems that today we tend to spend the majority of our time wasting away in front of computer screens. And technology has even begun to affect students during school hours.
Cell phones are causing major problems because many students are sending text messages to each other during class. Text messaging is a really great thing to be able to do because it's fast and easy if you don't have time to talk. But if you're texting someone else during class, you're less likely to be paying attention to what you're supposed to be learning that day. Therefore, your grades will suffer.
In fact, it seems that fewer and fewer students are going to college straight out of high school because they fail to make high enough grades or don't do enough outside of school to impress college admissions officers.
Since the increase in technology, not only have grades gone down, sizes have gone up. Of course, there are many reasons for the increase in childhood obesity in America, especially the availability of fast food and parents who work long hours and don't have time to cook. But before the recent outbreak of inside amusement made available because of computer technology, students would go outside and play, which was a great form of exercise. Sitting on a couch or in front of a computer screen is not.
There are exceptions, of course, such as the invention of the Wii video game system that promotes movement while you're playing a game. This is a good thing, but at the same time it seems crazy to me that someone would want to play golf or baseball on a TV screen rather than just going outside and really playing.
Technology is becoming very advanced, but is it really helping the average person? For the last few years, MySpace has become a popular site for young people to develop their own Web pages. But many youths aren't careful about the information they share on the Internet and are susceptible to predators who can easily find them just from the information posted on their pages.
It's true the Internet is a great place to find information, but now there are Web sites that list people's names and addresses and will even give you directions to get to the person you're seeking. This makes it extremely easy for someone to track you down and find you, no matter whether you want them to locate you.
Many people say that all this new technology is a way to waste time. Sure it is, and there are many healthier and more studious ways to spend your time.
In the end, wasting away in front of television and computer screens is hurting your future. As Thoreau said, "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
Molly McGee is a student at Central Davidson High School.
Setting priorities Is technology worth the wasted time?
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The number of employment visa applications is on the rise, following the announcement of suspension of conduct proof.
The recent announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on withdrawal of 'Good Conduct Certificate' requirement for employment visa serves as a positive move, according to experts. They claim that this will allow for an improved streamlined processing.
According to immigration consultants in the UAE, the decision to implement a temporary suspension may have been made as good conduct certificates are crucial to keep the UAE environment safe.
According to immigration consultants who spoke to the media, when the mandatory rule was brought in, the purpose was to strengthen and secure the UAE. The background checks served as a form of protection for UAE's growth programme. It is practiced worldwide, and several countries still require these certificates.
But, it is likely that the suspension has been implemented due to the timelines for obtaining such a certificate. Acquiring a good conduct certificate is a long process, and it in-turn impacts business timelines when hiring workers in the UAE, which is heavily dependent on foreign workforce. When this certificate is mandatory, it impacts the duration of recruitment process and hence can have an impact on business projects, they pointed out.
To obtain a conduct proof input from foreign governments is required. They have to align with the systems of the UAE government. This takes time, so the suspension is a way to make and prepare a system to make the process more transparent and streamlined.
An immigration manager at Santa Fe Relocation said that the temporary suspension of conduct proof is a welcome move, as when the initial announcement was made on 4th February, lot of people were unaware of how to obtain the certificate, as the procedure varies from one country to another.
Now, they will have time for pending applications to be processed faster. The government can now come up with a clear and transparent process. Once the suspension is lifted, it would be good if a two-month notification period is issued prior to reinstatement, he said.
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Rave On, the wonderfully addictive Buddy Holly tribute album, features the likes of Cee-lo, My Morning Jacket, Florence and the Machine and Lou Reed - to name only a few. From what I've heard of the releases so far, you can't really go wrong - especially with what came out ofThe Black Keys (naturally), Paul McCartney, Julian Casablancas and Modest Mouse.
The Keys took a crack at "Dearest" (below), and in my mind - hit it out of the park. Quiet, popping guitar licks against a cool bass line and tumbling drum give the song it's prom dance appeal, while Dan Auerbach's milky blues vocals kick it into modern gear. A cute snapping beat punctuates the sunny flow of the song, and part of you will be able to picture the Keys all suited up in pale blue ensembles, two-stepping behind their guitars at the Town Hall summer fling.
The Strokes' lead singer Julian Casablancas croons the title track "Rave On", maintaining the composition of the 50s rock classic with a touch of surfer guitar and layered harmonies. His raspy, relaxed vocals add a Brit-pop, Ramones sort of feel to it - and as is the case for anything from Casablancas, I'm into it.
Paul McCartney lends a veteran superstar hand on "It's So Easy", bringing his wise rock n' roll experience to the meeting table of young cover artists. Those perfect Beatles-esque harmonic back-up vocals make an appearance behind McCartney's legendary, sexy squeal and... he's still got it.
And lastly, my favourite of the bunch, because it possesses (in my mind) the perfect components to a cover track, is "That'll Be The Day" from Modest Mouse. It's lovely in that it honours the original, while creating a completely new dynamic in its re-vamped state. Sweet and simplistic lyrics are conveyed in lead Isaac Brock's typically waltzy manner - but don't be fooled by the acoustic plucking loop the tune begins with - because before long, the growl of the electric and a beautiful string arrangement rush in to spice things up. The song is so much more than a cover - it's sweet and reminiscent of Holly's talented songwriting, but fascinatingly original in that it sounds like Modest Mouse, and Modest Mouse only.
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Beauty review: with Hand-Filler by Filorga, even your hands have their beauty treatment !
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Filorga already does a lot for our faces, and now they are also helping our hands look better. Right before winter came, I got to discover "Hand-Filler", their latest innovation.
Coming in the shape of gloves, these hand masks are full of targeted components to act on different parts of the hands: hyaluronic acid to bring volume to thinner parts of the hands, shea butter for hydration, and keratin for stronger nails.


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DENVER – Federal immigration officials say they arrested 63 people in the Denver area this week as part of a national sweep in cities it says block immigration agents from doing their jobs.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it arrested a total of 498 people across the country in a four-day operation that ended Wednesday, targeting people in the country illegally with criminal histories. It says 54 of those arrested in the Denver area were criminals.
ICE says the operation was focused on cities where its agents aren't allowed to interview jail inmates and where authorities won't hold inmates slated for release until immigration agents can pick them up.
Denver recently barred immigration agents from interviewing inmates without a warrant although it does notify ICE about inmate releases.


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so I've never cross stitched before. Which means when I saw this really cute pattern at Disney I immediately thought "Yes, I can obviously do this despite never having done it before because I am the best and not delusional about my crafting abilities at all and it will be super adorable at the wedding"
Apparently I can. I had my mom introduce me to it and I apparently cross stitch now?
It's surprisingly soothing. But I have to enlarge the pattern so it's easier to see.
Also, threading the needle is the hardest part. Goddamn thread ends. I need to pick up one of those threading cheat thingies which I assume exist. Well, they better exist.
I just couldn't have started with a sampler, could I? Why do I always jump from "0 knowledge" to "pretty big project"?


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Goldmark: The amazing rise of the supercomputers
In the second half of the 20th century, we saw computers as powerful machines for doing calculations. They were faster and more accurate than humans, and could handle more variables and solve more complex problems.
A short half-century later, we are on the threshold of co-evolution of humans with digital machines. We are not quite codependent -- for a while longer we'll still be able to live without machines, and the machines will still largely depend on us. But we are heading for a world where each relies on the other to stay alive.
Watching my grandchildren play with handheld digital devices before they learned to talk helped me understand that learning itself was changing. When I was growing up, we had to learn "material" and master "fields." Now, the critical skill is "finding" the information you need and "navigating" fields of activity. Today's key skill set -- and what will set people apart -- is knowing how to "search' and "find" information, which is more important than mastering content that seems to grow in volume every second.
I read the MIT Technology Review regularly because it helps me understand modern technology and where it's going. One development described in the latest issue is customized, 3D-printed heart implants -- such as pacemakers or defibrillators -- that are computer-designed to work with your specific heart. Another development is genome editing: the ability to target specific genes with the aim of introducing or withholding a specific genetic capacity. (This was successfully done last year with monkeys.)
A host of startups are working on wearable sensors that can monitor your health and alert you when action is required to protect it. And scientists at Boston Dynamics, a Google-owned company, have created robots that can recover their balance rapidly and thus have the agility to walk or run across uneven terrain, bringing us closer to having a "robot army." But before we get there, we will probably get the "robot home health aide," which will dispense medicine, prevent an elderly person from falling, and accompany people outside the home.
My last example is a robot named Pioneer, built by Qualcomm in San Diego, that operates on neuromorphic chips. This allows the robot to learn immediately from someone else's gestures or instructions, rather than requiring comprehensive programming. Pioneer can recognize and deal with people or objects it hasn't seen before because of their resemblance to what they've seen previously. That's getting pretty similar to the human nervous system -- which is why, I suppose, the chips are called neuromorphic.
The trends are clear. We live in a time when we are heavily dependent on computers for the security of our energy systems; for tracking our finances; and for managing much of our medical care, from preparing treatment plans to custom-designed drugs. More and more we will rely on computers to design and monitor complex societal tasks, including disease detection and identification, military weapons design and anti-terrorism efforts, including protecting us from other computers.
Today, robots and computers need us to design, update and maintain them -- but gradually supercomputers and superrobots that can share in designing and caring for their successors will emerge. And then we will need them to help design more advanced generations of themselves.
Peter Goldmark, a former budget director of New York State and former publisher of the International Herald Tribune, headed the climate program at the Environmental Defense Fund.
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"When we founded Airbnb in 2008 our office was in a three-bedroom apartment in San Francisco, where [co-founder] Brian Chesky and I also lived at the time. The space was packed; there were engineers coding in the bedrooms, we were conducting interviews for new hires in the kitchen; and so restaurants and cafés became our "flex spaces" to have conferences.
One of our first off-site "offices" was Sightglass Coffee – a cool coffee shop in the SoMA area, which launched in 2009 – and we still go there, especially for the affogato [espresso over ice cream] bar. For more meaningful conversations we relied on Rocco's Café, a family-owned Italian restaurant where the chicken parmigiana is excellent. This is where the early strategic discussions with my co-founders took place and I've lost count of the meetings we had there. I still love the atmosphere and daily specials – from pizza with pesto, olives and sundried tomatoes to pasta carbonara with chicken.
These days, I spend a lot of time in meetings in offices, but since our brand is based on the premise of getting out into the world, we try to work outside the constraints of the workplace as often as possible. My go-to spot at home for meeting investors as well as colleagues is Bar Agricole. Everything about it is just right: the food, the atmosphere, the architecture, the vibe of the staff. The all-organic menu changes daily, with things like avocado and marinated beetroot and fennel salad, and farinata – a Ligurian chickpea pancake. I came here recently with retired US army general Stanley McChrystal, a mentor of mine, and talked about leadership over plates of charcuterie and Marin Miyagi oysters, washed down with a rum cocktail.
I like laid-back restaurants, so another local favourite for dinners is Piccino, in the Dogpatch area. I'm a big fan of the converted warehouse vibe and open-air kitchen, and the menu references Italian classics but always in interesting new ways. The burrata, for example, is served with peas, fava beans, pistachios and mint. Everyone always leaves in a good mood.
For half the year, however, I am travelling – identifying new designs, as well as building relationships and focusing on humanitarian work. In the past year I've spent a lot of time in Japan where we have been creating Yoshino Cedar House, a shared rental space in the shrinking rural village of Yoshino, in collaboration with design studio Samara. Our conversations with designer Kenya Hara and architect Go Hasegawa began over dinner at the Michelin-starred Daigo, in Tokyo. We sat on the floor and ate delicious Buddhist vegetarian dishes of warm bamboo shoots, sweet potato tempura and soba noodles; there was lots of sake involved. The evening also exemplified two of my dining rules: I always defer to my host when ordering, and I'll try anything once. This approach can, however, backfire, as at one dinner at Bror, in Copenhagen – a quintessentially Danish restaurant started by two former Noma chefs. The menu is nose-to-tail in the extreme and was, to my American palate, full of outrageous foods. I just had to man up and tuck into chicken hearts and bull testicles.
But challenging cuisine aside, I love places with local colour, such as Fabrica de Arte Cubano in Cuba. It was a real highlight of my recent trip. It's such an architecturally amazing space – an interactive gallery in a converted olive oil factory in the vibrant Vedado area, featuring a wonderful mix of emerging artists as well as a restaurant, a club – and great mojitos. Best of all, cell phones don't work in there. The dancing went on until dawn."


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In my online search for a wedding photographer in the Collingwood area, I came across Sophia Lemon and was immediately impressed by her website and photography style. I followed the easy steps in contacting her and since that first day, she did not disappoint! From my initial Skype meeting with her, to the correspondence in between and of course, on the big day, Sophia was incredibly professional, reliable and just very easy to work with throughout the whole process! My fiance and I aren't the most comfortable in front of the camera, but Sophia made the whole experience on the day of very relaxed and comfortable. She was organized, prepared and was amazing at working with our families and wedding party! Both Sophia and her assistant Katie, were fabulous on our wedding day and we would highly recommend her! We love our wedding photos and know that we will cherish them forever!


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Gundobin, Nikolai Petrovich
Gundobin, Nikolai Petrovich
Born Nov. 15 (27), 1860, in Shuia; died Sept. 15 (28), 1908, in St. Petersburg. Russian pediatrician.
Gundobin graduated in 1885 from the medical department of Moscow University. In 1897 he became a professor in the subdepartment of childhood diseases of the Academy of Military Medicine in St. Petersburg. His principal work dealt with the age-related features of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the child. Gundobin was chairman of the school section of the Society for the Protection of Public Health and one of the organizers (1904, with N. A. Russkikh) of the Union to Combat Infant Mortality.
WORKSVospitanie i lechente rebenka do semiletnego vozrasta, 3rd ed, Moscow, 1913.
Osobennosti detskogo vozrasta. St. Petersburg, 1906.


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With many students having recently received confirmation or rejection from OSAP loans and grants, it's an important time to consider your financial options. This is why Student Accounts & Financial Aid are holding financial aid sessions on September 6 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Thistle 147, each week tacking a different issue commonly faced by students with regards to financial aid.
SAFA is responsible for administering student accounts, which includes assessing fees, preparing receipts and tax documents and processing payments.
SAFA encourages all students to utilize these sessions as an opportunity to drop in and chat about part time employment, affordable housing or living options, re working their budget, external scholarships, The Brock OneApp, OSAP and managing student debt.
Students are encouraged to bring all finance-related queries and documents to these drop-in sessions to discuss a myriad of issues. While each case is different and treated individually, many students struggle with OSAP loans, which is looked at in detail by SAFA. From applying, to issues after the loans or grants have been confirmed. Many students having received their confirmations may have questions regarding the next steps.
Regarding OSAP grants, it can typically take four to six weeks to receive the money owed to the student, which is why financial aid aims to help with the process. If the student is a full-time student, they typically receive their money in two installments. The first installment is typically in September when the first study period begins. The second installment is granted halfway through the study period in January when the second semester typically would start for a student. However, it is stressed that this money is only released after the application is fully completed and any additional documents are received and approved. Once your information has been verified and the university has verified your enrollment, the money will be released.
However, the payment schedule will change if you are a part time student which is an area where many Brock Students struggle. As a part time student, you have to additionally complete your part time funding certificate and your part time loan agreement form These are tasks with which SAFA can provide information and guidance to students.
Additionally, it was recently announced that beginning July 1, you can post both fully completed documents and copies of your government ID and Social Insurance Number. Students can mail this information from any Canada Post Outlet by asking them for the Canada Post Return Number PR150936.
An area where many Brock students have issues and seek help from SAFA is when their application is either rejected or they need to alter the amount.
If students need to alter their amount, they can seek assistance by requesting a funding review. This is only granted due to special circumstances such as unexpected financial issues, academic issues such as failing to meet course requirements based on surrounding circumstances outside of your control or you are unable to make your expected contributions.
Once the student has gotten in touch with SAFA, they can review the case and indicate if a funding review is feasible. SAFA will detail the forms required and assist with the process. It is heavily stressed that a review request must be submitted to SAFA by no later than 40 days before the final day of the study period.
The third main issue Brock Students can face is how to keep their loans interest free. OSAP loans typically are interest free for the study period once Brock confirms the student's enrollment. If the student isn't receiving full or part time OSAP but is enrolled as full time or part time student they can apply to have any previous loans interest whilst in their studies.
If throughout the year a student alters their course load or their information changed then their application will be reassessed and they may not be eligible for the same level of OSAP funding. In this case, contact the Student Accounts Financial Aid office and inform them and they will help you take the necessary steps.
For those who cannot attend the FinTip$ Thur$days or need a more detailed meeting SAFA is located at Brock Central, on the third floor of the Schmon Tower and is open to students from Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.


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On Thursday, May 4th, Divine Savior Academy will host its annual Shark Shootout Golf Tournament, an annual event that raises money for the school's athletic programs. Hosted on Trump National Doral's Golden Palm Course, the tournament welcomes school supporters and business sponsors from all over South Florida.
Proceeds from this year's Shark Shootout benefit Divine Savior Academy's athletic program, specifically unbudgeted projects. Athletic Director Dan Unke, comments, "Divine Savior strives to keep tuition as low as possible. While our athletic programs are fully funded by tuition, expenses like locker room upgrades and weight room television systems are not covered. As a school dedicated to excellence, we want to give our athletes an "above and beyond" experience while keeping tuition affordable. Raising money through events like the Shark Shootout accomplishes both goals."
Everyone is welcome to attend the May 4th event. The itinerary begins at 7:00 a.m. with registration, pre-round putting, and driving range practice. The tournament kicks off at 8:15 a.m. with a shotgun start and team scramble tournament format.
After 18 holes on the Trump National Doral course, the day concludes with a post-round meal, awards, raffle prizes, and a silent auction at the Trump National Clubhouse. In past years, silent auction items included Dolphins tickets with Club Liv access, Cirque du Soleil tickets, and autographed Miami Heat memorabilia.
Registration and more information is available at Divine Savior's school offices located at 10311 NW 58th Street in Doral. Participants can register as single players or foursomes, while businesses can participate as sponsors that receive advertising.
"The Shark Shootout is a great opportunity to come together as a community and as a school to support our youth. Not only is it a good cause, but the tournament is also a lot of fun!" comments President, Carlos Leyrer.
Divine Savior Academy is the only private Christian school in Doral, Florida. The Academy has 850 students enrolled in Pre-K3 through 12th grade. For more information about the Shark Shootout, please visit the school at 10311 58th Street in Doral or contact Athletic Director, Dan Unke at email@example.com or 305-597-4545.


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1. Article 7 TEU: From a Dormant Provision to an Active Enforcement Tool?
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(Martina Coli/Essay)
... such a provision deserves the greatest attention, especially after the European Commission's proposal in December 2017 to trigger the procedure against Poland, under Article 7(1) TEU. This article contributes ...
2. A new Commission for a new era. Is the parliamentarization of the European Commission the way forward?
(Jerónimo Maillo González-Orús/Essay)
(Jerónimo Maillo González-Orús/Essay)
... The Commission seems to be well-fitted for that purpose and therefore it is at the core of my analysis and my reform proposals. After explaining the so called Commission's paradox (decline but growing ...


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SEC scales back regulatory barriers for ETFs
Wall Street's main watchdog is cutting back regulatory red-tape for ETFs, potentially triggering faster growth for the $4 trillion market.
After more than a decade of wrangling, the SEC said Thursday that it had eased constraints that the industry argues have slowed down the process of issuing new ETFs. Specifically, the regulator eliminated the need for ETF providers to seek a special order from the agency before funds can be sold to investors.
"As the ETF industry continues to grow in size and importance, particularly to Main Street investors, it is important to have a consistent, transparent, and efficient regulatory framework that eliminates regulatory hurdles while maintaining appropriate investor protections," said SEC Chairman Jay.
The changes represent a delayed but nonetheless major win for the ETF industry, which has long complained about the wait and cost associated with getting the regulator to sign off on new funds. The move, which is focused on straight-forward ETFs based on things like the S&P 500 and bond indexes, may also add more fuel to the global shift into passively managed funds.
The new, streamlined process will still require firms wishing to list more complex products to seek approvals through the more drawn out approach the regulator currently uses. For example, so-called leveraged funds that hold derivatives to juice more returns from their strategy won't get an easier pass.


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It's been a helluva year. Let's bid it farewell in style. We've rounded up the best events to send off 2016. Fireworks not included.
Orana's younger sibling, Blackwood on Rundle Street, will be putting on a spirited service for New Year's Eve. Revel in casual luxury with a set-menu of their favourite dishes. Enter 2017 with a full stomach.
$77 per person. Reserve your place by calling (08) 8227 0344.
The Henry Austin
Bring in the New Year with a "Hootenanny" at The Henry Austin. You'll get a feast of food and a glass of bubbles on arrival for $100, or let Max Mason and the team take care of dinner and drinks for $150. They'll pair their finest wines alongside their favourite dishes from 2016.
$100 or $150 per person. Reserve your place by calling (08) 8223 2998.
Hilton Adelaide
The Hilton Adelaide is preparing a massive spread for New Year's Eve. Start off with artisan bread, then crack open a delectable southern rock lobster. If you get all the way through the six courses, a citrus meringue awaits you at dessert.
$190 per person (including champagne and cocktail). Tickets can be purchased here
Botanic Gardens Restaurant
A five-course menu designed by head chef Paul Baker awaits you in the beautiful setting of the Botanic Gardens. There's canapés and champagne upon arrival before a dinner matched with premium wines.
$210 per person. Reserve your place by calling (08) 8223 3526.
The Gallery
Enter 2017 from up high, with a great view at The Gallery rooftop bar. For 130 bucks, your ticket gets you a beer, wine, soft drink and spirits package, canapés served until midnight and an evening of entertainment from DJ Cloak Dagger.
$130 per person. Purchase tickets here.
The Sailing Club
Sam Worrall-Thompson (head chef and co-owner at Jack Ruby) will bring some of SA's best eateries, winemakers and brewers to Harbour Masters Reserve from December 30 to January 1. If you want to keep partying after the big night, there's a Gin Party on New Year's Day.
Harbour Masters Reserve in Port Elliot. December 30 to January 1. $10 at the door.
New York-inspired venue BRKLYN is planning to go out with a bang before the year of the Trump begins. Celebrate the "end of the world" with good vibes and Mexican eats and drinks (think nachos, tacos, Patron tequila and sangria). No booking necessary, just rock up and shake the blues away.
Mr Goodbar
Another free event to head along to, featuring prosecco, pilsners and spiced rum. DJs Jorge Watts, Ezee G and Goran will see you through the night with funk and house jams. Also: it'll be happy hour until 2017!
Hains & Co
Drop an anchor at Hains & Co on New Year's Eve and celebrate the end of 2016 with "The Admiral" Marcus Motteram and his merry crew. For only $20, you'll have your spirits lifted with cocktails, gin, rum and tunes from bluesman Cal Williams Jr.
$20 per person pre-booked or $30 at the door. Book through email or call (08) 8410 7088.
Celebrate Supermild's first year in its new digs with a no-frills NYE party. There'll be cheap drinks, DJs and a sausage sizzle for your New Year's snag cravings (yes, veggie options available too).
$5 entry at the door.


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You know those small red rash-like bumps that some people (or maybe you) have on their outer upper arms? That's keratosis pilaris and it's fairly common. It doesn't only affect the upper arms but most people have it on this area.
Keratosis pilaris is not harmful but it sucks! It mars a flawless appearance and if you scratch it, it can turn red, painful and pus-filled. There are quite a few remedies out there for keratosis pilaris and one of them is the oh-so-soothing shea butter!
Shea butter is a natural plant butter extracted from the dried nuts of the Shea tree. It's manually harvested by African women, who've been using it for centuries. It's an excellent moisturizer and what makes it super amazing for keratosis pilaris is that it doesn't clog pores! I've tried using other oils but shea butter is the one that won't clog up that delicate sensitive skin.
Did you know that keratosis pilaris is actually influenced by genetics? My sister and cousin also have it. It's so frustrating but thankfully, I don't have to worry anymore! The most effective remedies to keep your white/red bumps under control is using shea butter and sugar scrubs.
Use the sugar scrubs in the shower at least every three days and the shea butter, you can use it every night after your shower. If you want to know how to use shea butter for keratosis pilaris, below are some effective ways:
How to Use Shea Butter for Keratosis Pilaris
1. Direct Application. I'm always someone who uses minimal ingredients on my body. And when you have sensitive skin issues like acne/keratosis pilaris, by all means use miminal skin care products. What I mean is, I don't go ahead and slather different products on my body. I stick to homemade stuff and even if it's homemade, I make sure not to mix up a whole lot of ingredients. So simply slathering a suitable amount of pure shea butter on your keratosis pilaris can be very effective in reducing inflammation and redness. It's best when you use it in the shower before toweling off.
2. Tea Tree Oil Mix. Tea tree oil is very good at treating keratosis pilaris! It's a powerful disinfectant that fights off bacteria and germs. What's more is that it's also a good anti-inflammatory substance. It reduces inflammation, hence reducing the appearance of keratosis pilaris.
3. Sugar scrub. My sugar scrub just consists of ½ cup of fine white sugar, ¼ cup of liquid coconut oil and a few drops of rosemary oil or dried rosemary powder. But you can definitely make a DIY Shea Butter Scrub (follow the link to go to my recipe). It's much better since shea butter won't clog your pores like coconut oil.
Where to Get Shea Butter
Always purchase 100% pure high quality shea butter, without any additives. I like shea butter that comes in a jar for easy application. You can purchase Molivera Organics Shea Butter or Perfect Body Harmony Shea Butter! Both come in a UV protectant jar and can keep your shea butter fresh for long! I also love Better Shea Butter's Unrefined Shea Butter. I've been using it for long and it's a great brand! It comes in a 1 pound packet.
So those are my three easy and effective ways of using shea butter for keratosis pilaris! Do you have any other remedies for this skin condition? Please share below!


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Kibbel notches double-double
By Suzanne Werre
The Underwood Comets will be working on honing their offense, controlling the speed, and making their shots count as they head into the Christmas break following a split on the hard court this week.
The Comets easily handled Drake-Anamoose on Drake's home court last Monday, then fell to Hazen Thursday night on the Bison home court.
The Comets were set to be back on their own turf Tuesday night, ready to take on Washburn in District 10 action.
After dominating Drake-Anamoose 63-20 earlier in the week, the Comets took on a much stronger opponent in Hazen.
We came out from the tip off playing an up-tempo game, and our press did a nice job of frustrating them and creating some turnovers that transitioned into some easy buckets," said Underwood Coach Toni Cottingham.


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A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava, 2000, Trade Paperback from Library, 461p.
A Perfect Evil is the first novel in the Maggie O'Dell series, and a very interesting serial killer story. I decided to start reading this series because I read Breaking Creed, a spin off from the Maggie O'Dell series, and loved Maggie O'Dell and Ryder Creed in that book. Although A Perfect Evil doesn't feature Ryder (I believe he comes into the series later on) it does feature Nick Morrelli, who was interesting – a confident professor who becomes a not so confident sheriff, who invites Maggie to Platte City when he stumbles into a young boy's mutilated body.
Usually, as soon as a book features a kidnapping, or follows a serial killer who targets children I put it straight down, because I find these to be VERY cliche in the genre. Because it is the big scary – having your children raped/murdered – so many authors use this trope to cover up poor writing and a lack of characterisation. The only reason I decided to read this book was because I know Kava is a decent writer and has amazing characters. And I was right, there was the creepy murderer's POV which made me shiver, and the next chapter would be O'Dell and Morrelli trying to deny their undeniable chemistry – it was like mood whiplash – which is so effective in these sorts of novels.
I really liked the setting of Platte City – I'm finding so many of my favourite American books are set in small towns, and I dislike many set in large cities. Probably because I could never see myself living in a big American city – Adelaide is sometimes too large for me, and I just want to go back to the country. I'm wondering if Platte City will feature in the next O'Dell Novel, and if Nick Morrelli will be involved, I really do hope so. I have the next book waiting for me on my bookcase, and once I'm caught up with Andy McNab's Tom Buckingham series I plan on whipping my way through the O'Dells.


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2019 Foster Memorial a truly memorable occasion
Each year at the annual Music and Arts Festival, the winner of the Foster Memorial Prize is chosen. Last year, the adjudicator chose William. During the following school year, the winner then creates a concert with the help of the Director of Music, so on Friday 1st March, William created a truly memorable evening with his friends and fellow Choir and Orchestra Members.
William and George opened the concert, singing Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck). The concert was bursting with talent from pupils in both the Prep and Senior Departments with more vocal duets, solos, piano and cello performances. Well done William!
Here is the very talented Kaila, age 14, playing a beautiful piano piece.


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