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About The World's Best Massage Chairs Online Store
At World's Best Massage Chairs®, we want to be your total "R & R" company.
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Being able to get proper rest and relaxation is difficult for many, but it's critical to the enjoyment of life. Every massage chair in our collection delivers deep and abiding relaxation. If a chair makes the cut for our store, you can bet that it will help you clear your mind and get the restorative rest you need.
Rest & Recuperation
We are confident that our massage chairs provide both deep relaxation and invigorating recuperation. This magic combination — a combination all our products provide — will help you manage and surmount the stress of daily life.
Relaxation & Refinement
You'll discover that the chairs we feature seemingly anticipate what your mind and body need and expect. All our chairs conduct body scans, and a couple of our chairs — the MA70 and MA73 from Panasonic — use pressure sensors to adjust in real time to accommodate problem areas. Engineering. Precision. Programming. Choreography. Our expert staff evaluates and considers all of these factors in the brands and products we choose for you.
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We believe in providing quality massage chairs that are reliable and that have a reputation for outstanding performance in any setting.
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Fibromyalgia and Stress
After reading through all of the various discussion topics, I was beginning to think that what I am going through is not as severe as what most of you are going through, but make no mistake - I am miserable from a day to day basis. I also have RA, depression, rls, diverticulitis, IBS and many, many more things that are common with fibro, including insomnia and sleep apnea. If there are anyone else who would like to discuss with me how you cope, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you!
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Hi my name is Joyce I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia back in November of last year but I think I have something more than that there are days that I hurt so bad I can't stand it but I also have 3 herniated discs in my back and artificial discs in my neck and so I have more pain then ever there but my hands hurt and swell really bad and I don't sleep well at all like last nite it rained I didn't k.ow it was going to I woke up at 1am my hands hurting so bad I was crying and tried to fall back to sleep I laid there till 4am said forget it my husband woke up and said what is the matter I said I hurt so bad I can't lay hear anymore so I go up with him at 4am so its going to be a.long day I don't take naps I take a pill called savella for fibromyalgia 50mg twice a day but I don't think It's working like it should I have tried that cymbalta it didn't work for my so they are trying this I have been on this for 6months or more, I think maybe I should go to my arthritis Dr and ask for more testing you think?
I also have fibromyalgia, DDD, insomnia, sleep apnea and toss in restless leg syndrome -- it makes for a very uncomfortable life. I have found that Lyrica helps with the fibromyalgia, Zolidipen for insomnia and use my CPAP nightly. I am able to take Tylenol #4 for my DDD pain with some relief but the arthritis makes it difficult to control and am unable to take anti-inflammatories due to an acute renal failure last summer. I'm struggling day to day but giving up is not an option as I believe strides are being made for our benefit in the research of diseases but patience is not one of my virtues and it's difficult to wait for whatever relief the future holds. Know you are not alone but in the boat with many of us....you're in good company!
hi jamie Im not sure but I think I have it also. muscle pain I had surgery a year ago. if the weather is nice I feel good if its changeing then I ack feel like Im going to die it hurts so bad. I have been taking Ib propern. that and heat seems to help mine. my lumbar is all fused so sometimes I have over stretched my muscles. I have to get down on one knee. no bending. you should go to a sleep dr. I have a cpack it helps your body , I hope you find some common ground with this problem. whirlpools really are helpfull.I try to walk as much as I can,
Hi Joyce,
I have all the same things you have (you can read my previous post),along with swelling and pain in hands every night that wakes me up out of my sleep.You did not mention if you have had an EMG study done to test for carpal tunnel syndrome.I did and it said i have moderate nerve compression in my arms.Many of these ailments are intertwined and connected in some way or another,which can make it hard sometimes for doctors to come up with an accurate diagnosis.Fibromyalgia is usually diagnosed by negative lab work on all of the other auto immune disorders ,along with having multiple trigger points.Ask the doctor if you can be tested again for rheumatoid arthritis,as sometimes it can be weakly positive.Hope this helps.Take care,and God Bless.
Nurse Nancy
Thanks nurse Nancy I did have an EMG done but that was a long time a go but did have one done on my legs and it came out I do have nerve damage there in both but I will mention it to my doctor and I will be tested again for the arthritis thanks

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Getting away from the daily grind is central to wellbeing, but is it possible to find a place to which to escape during the working day? At Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, there has been a conscious effort to ensure the answer to that question is yes. Claire Read reports.
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The idea of an escape from the daily working grind often conjures up images of relaxing at home, weekends with friends or holidays in glorious locations.
The reality, however – like it or not – is that the vast majority of adults can expect to spend most of their time at work. Indeed, a 2018 study commissioned by The Association of Accounting Technicians reported that the average person living in Britain will spend 3515 full days – or 84,365 hours – of their lives working.
Carving out time to escape during the working day is therefore exceedingly helpful in maintaining wellbeing; arguably even more so than a periodic longed-for holiday. The challenge, of course, is that a busy veterinary practice is rarely the most conducive place in which to find a peaceful spot to escape for five minutes.
At Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, there has been a very deliberate effort to change that. The Solihull-based practice – which offers both general and specialist veterinary services – has a stated aim of ensuring that the care offered to clients is matched by the support offered to staff. And to that end, a dedicated wellbeing room has recently been opened.
The idea is that it offers a calm setting in which any of Willows' 175 members of staff can relax during breaks or before or after shifts. There is a range of comfortable seating and a small library has been curated. Books cover wellbeing topics such as personal development, mindfulness and stress reduction, as well as veterinary subjects.
Meanwhile, two 'jars of joy' feature top tips for emotional, mental and physical wellbeing. Employees have the opportunity to put forward their own top tips, which will in turn be shared with colleagues. It is also hoped the space will become a phone-free zone, in which staff can take a break from social media, emails and messaging and truly relax.
Staff can take their breaks away from the hustle and bustle
'The staff at Willows do a stressful and sometimes upsetting job, so we thought it would be a good idea to create a beautiful area where staff can take their breaks away from the hustle and bustle,' explains hospital director Tracey Morley Jewkes.
'Whether they choose to read or simply have a few mindful moments, we want them to know this little haven is there for them to benefit from.'
Clearly not every practice will have the space or resources to fully mirror the Willows' approach. But explicitly acknowledging that momentary escapes during the working day can be helpful is a good first step and it may well be that some of the approaches can be adapted by other practice managers and staff.
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Wellington's rental market is dominating the headlines. January through to March is usually our busiest time of the year – with universities returning, corporate workers relocating, and landmark companies like Weta gearing up for the year ahead – but the short supply of rental properties across the city has pushed the usual demand through the roof!
We always plan ahead for the traditional peak demand period, and since late last year, our team has worked with renters looking to get ahead of the game and secure a home early. Likewise, we also work closely with our property owners in anticipation of this demand, so we can avoid issues around supply.
At a higher level, overall supply isn't an issue that can be fixed overnight – a more long-term sustainable supply of housing is key to easing pressure in Wellington, benefiting both renters and property investors.
So why the shortage? There is little land available for new development in the city, and the city's incredibly buoyant property market has led to more investors are taking advantage of high sales prices and exiting the market. In the last three months, the median sales price of a home in Wellington has been $648,000, 37 percent higher than capital valuation. The average sale price of an apartment was $349,750, 33 percent higher than capital valuation
If anything, the increasing demand for rental properties highlights the vital role property investors play in providing rental accommodation in Wellington – they are part of the housing solution in the city.
There are more legislative changes on the horizon for property investors in 2018 – at both local and central government level, which if not carefully managed could further reduce rental availability.
Ultimately, we want all key stakeholders to work together – from renters to owners, to both local and central Government – to have open conversations about improving housing supply in Wellington, benefiting both owners and renters and easing pressure on the rental market.


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In Chinese belief, red symbolises good fortune and joy. However, did you know that 2015 is the year of the green goat? By being green and adopting sustainable practices, we believe it will bring in green prosperity too!
Here are our 5 simple tips to green your 2015 starting this Lunar New Year.
Recycle & Reuse while spring cleaning
While spring cleaning, sort items for recycling (Eg. paper, plastic, cans..) Repurpose items like old clothes as rags, and bigger ticket items like home appliances and furniture that are still in good condition can be donated to charities such as Salvation Army.
Have fun while re-purposing
We give out red packets and gifts throughout the year on CNY, birthdays, or Christmas. Recycle paper by creating your own red packet envelopes, fortune cookies or gift packaging using old magazines or used ang pows. Used ang pows also make great CNY decorations when re-purposed!
Green your celebrations by minimising waste
When celebrating CNY (Or the many other festivities throughout the rest of the year), minimise the use of disposables, especially non biodegradable plastic cutleries. Reuse old plastic bags as trash bags rather than brand new ones. Also, in an attempt to throw the best parties and our love for food, we typically over buy food during celebrations. Avoid buying too much food at the parties to avoid food wastage, which is a growing concern in Singapore.
Use long-lasting items when renovating
If you're thinking about renovating your home this year, think about investing in long-lasting, eco-friendly materials in your home. For example, most kitchen and bathroom cabinets are built of non-waterproof materials such as plywood – but because they are frequently exposed to moisture and water, some tend to mould and rot quickly, which leads to more material and renovation work needed. MultiPanel, which is 100% waterproof, eco-friendly and long lasting, can be used to prevent this.
Support energy efficient products
With our homes furnished with the latest appliances and products such as the air-conditioner, washing machine, dryer, water heater, we are utilising more energy each year. Without cutting away this level of comfort we are used to, look into reducing energy use by getting energy efficient products like LED lights, solar air-conditioners and more. Switch on appliances only when in use and we believe this would contribute in cutting down energy use and your electricity bill!
Hope you enjoyed these tips and have a happy 2015!


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...newborn baby, family gatherings, giving thanks, Cracker Barrel (on my bucket list to visit one day--not in our state), pies and love!! A beautiful Thanksgiving and you deserved the bite(s) of sugar :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Those bites were yummy! =) Cracker Barrel is one of our favorite places to eat. I always splurge for the biscuits. I put lots of butter.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 8, 2015 at 5:38 PM
Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving Day with us! Looks like you all had a wonderful time...and those pies look delicious! Can you believe I didn't have any dessert on Thanksgiving? Bobby had to work so we had a late dinner at his mom's house (around 6pm) and by the time the food settled, I had to take Bobby to work.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see Annette's purity pictures! I think that is such an awesome thing to do.
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Wow, no pie, pretty amazing!!! Glad you all had a great Thanksgiving as well.Delete
Sounds like a good Thanksgiving, though it was different for your family!ReplyDelete
I've homeschooled all six of my kids too and have three graduated, one graduating this year, and an 8th and 5th grader!
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Most Active Stock Update: Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE:GNW)
Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE:GNW) Belonging to the Finance sector which surged 2.27% and closed its last trading session at $4.96.
The company reported its last EPS on 6/30/2016 and is expected to report its next EPS on 11/3/2016. Currently, the stock has a 1 Year Price Target of $3.95.
The consensus recommendation, according to Zacks Investment research, is 3.4. The scale runs from 1 to 5 with 1 recommending Strong Buy and 5 recommending a Strong Sell. The Stock had a 3 Consensus Analyst Recommendation 30 Days Ago, whereas 60 days ago and 90 days ago the analyst recommendations were 3 and 2.83 respectively.
Genworth Financial, Inc. on 6/30/2016 reported its EPS as $0.25 with the analysts projecting the EPS of the stock as $0.21. The company beat the analyst EPS Estimate with the difference of $0.04. This shows a surprise factor of 19%.
Many analysts have provided their estimated foresights on Genworth Financial, Inc. Earnings, with 8 analysts believing the company would generate an Average Estimate of $0.22. Whereas they predicted High and Low Earnings Estimate as $0.24 and $0.21 respectively. While in the same Quarter Previous year, the Actual EPS was $0.13.
Analysts are also projecting an Average Revenue Estimate for Genworth Financial, Inc. as $2.15 Billion in the Current Quarter. This estimate is provided by 4 analysts. The High Revenue estimate is predicted as 2.2 Billion, while the Low Revenue Estimate prediction stands at 2.1 Billion. The company's last year sales total was 2.15 Billion.
For the Current Quarter, the growth estimate for Genworth Financial, Inc. is 69.2%, while for the Next Quarter the stock growth estimate is 223.5%. In the past 5 years, the stock showed growth of 7.56% per annum. While for the next 5 years, the growth estimate is 5%.
The Company got Initiated by Goldman on 17-Nov-15 to Neutral.
Insider Trades for Genworth Financial, Inc. show that the latest trade was made on 19 Feb 2016 where Evangel Lori M, the Officer completed a transaction type "Buy" in which 11667 shares were traded at a price of $0.
Over the period of 6 months, Insider Purchases show a total of 8 transaction in which 205000 shares were traded.
5 analysts projected Price Targets for Genworth Financial, Inc. The analysts believe that the company stock price could grow as high as $5.25. The Low Price target projection by analysts is $2 and the Mean Price Target is $3.95.
Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE:GNW) has the market capitalization of $2.47 Billion. The company rocked its 52-Week High of $5.75 on Oct 9, 2015 and touched its 52-Week Low of $1.57 on Feb 11, 2016. The stock has Return on Assets (ROA) of -0.3 percent. Return on Equity (ROE) stands at -2.5% and Return on Investment (ROI) of 2.1 percent.
The stock is currently showing YTD performance of 32.98 Percent. The company has Beta Value of 2.4 and ATR value of 0.23. The Weekly and Monthly Volatility stands at 4.57% and 4.54%.
Company profile:
Genworth Financial is a leading insurance company in the U.S., with an expanding international presence, serving the life and lifestyle protection, retirement income, investment and mortgage insurance needs of their customers. They distribute their products and services through an extensive and diversified distribution network that includes financial intermediaries, independent producers and dedicated sales specialists.


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Pep Guardiola expressed his delight for City's attacking display against Brighton.
Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero were on the scoresheet in each half at the Etihad Stadium, as the Blues produced a professional display to down the Seagulls with two moments of quality.
Guardiola expressed his satisfaction after the victory, and spoke highly of his team, deeming City's display 'alive'.
"I am very pleased. I told the players to be careful because Brighton are a serious team," he reflected. "They came up from the Championship with the same manager and I give a lot of credit for our performance and the way we attacked.
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"Every time we lost the ball, we recovered and we attacked with ten players at the edge of their box. That is a dream for us.
"We would like to use (counter-attacks) more but sometimes, the opponents don't break. To make these breaks, you have to play long-balls but often, there are ten players there.
"We have to learn to attack ten men. We have the kind of players to do that. When we play with Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling, we use it. We don't have Kevin De Bruyne, who makes these kind of actions, but to do that anyway, the opponents have to break.
"It is important that we had 80% of possession and conceded only one or two counter-attacks."


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Wednesday: Tenants Can Learn Their Rights and How to File Complaints at HPD Outreach Day
The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development is hosting an outreach day at Council Member Helen Rosenthal's office on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Code enforcement officers will be there to explain how tenants can file complaints or remedy code violations. They'll also talk about how to apply for affordable housing. Owners can also have their questions answered.
The event takes place at Rosenthal's office, 563 Columbus Avenue between 87th and 88th Streets. Heere's a flyer explaining the services.
A neighbor wrote in Harpers:
"In my part of the forest, thank goodness, the process is (a little) more civilized, a sort of soft, running eviction. The large rental company that now owns every building on my side of the block (and much of the next block as well) brought in crews of what obviously seemed to be undocumented workers to repoint the brickwork, and thus drive up the rent for all of us by a couple of hundred dollars each month. Working out on precarious scaffolding in winter weather, these men were forbidden to talk to us, even when we tried to offer them water. As the older families move out, more crews descend on their apartments, tearing them apart, right down to the brick, in storms of noise and dust that go on for months.
"They cut through electrical cables and crash through ceilings and walls too. An overly zealous smash that shattered our bathroom ceiling, in the workers' rush to get things done, led to that room being redone for the first time in thirty years. What we got was the same 'deluxe' treatment that the new tenants receive: cheap linoleum tile made to look as close as possible to actual ceramic, cheap wooden shelving, and furnishings built to last a fortnight. All to lure the next tenants into accepting three times what my wife and I now pay. And there are rumors that next our perfectly adequate lobbies will be soon be 'redone,' which will no doubt raise our rents more."
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"…brought in crews of what obviously seemed to be undocumented workers…"
How is it possible to know this only by observation?
"seemed to be"
You found the rest good, eh?
Interestingly, crews of undocumented workers behave in ways that make it possible for people with some experience to tell when it's more likely that they are, indeed, undocumented.
They are more likely to follow orders without protest, refuse to speak with outsiders, not protest orders to do questionable tasks like put the hammer through the floor into the ceiling of the downstairs unit, etc.
I spent a few years working on cases involving wage theft from construction crews, it's not that hard to tell.
I read this article about the other day.
It's another one of those moronic articles about how great the good old days in NYC were (they weren't) and how NYC is so "gentrified" today nobody can afford to live here.
This is kinda like the old Yogi Berra expression "nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded".
I'm glad this article is Gospel to you.
"I'm glad this article is Gospel to you." – Sherman
That is not the case, but is consistent with your labeling a 24 page Harper's article "moronic".
Your synopsis is on par with rest of your comment; it has no relevance to the article.
You just insult so you can dismiss what you don't previously Believe.
i doubt Sherman ever spent any time on the UWS in the 70s.
But he tells the rest of us all about it.
I am so tired of calling 311 about my apartment.I live in a new building The building is falling apart.The hallways is dirty ,and a young someone got raped in 2014.Only channel 12 hadit for one day a tenant told me this.Why do the landlords gets all this money to get 10 year of tax credit.They built these builings with cheap material.Hear everything comes through the wall especally loud music.they get this money and we have no privacy.
Im living in 3 family house ..Ive have literally doe the past 3year living on the time the people who live over top time. What i mean her kids get up we have to get 1st thing in morning running jumping..On Purpose called the police..Spoke qith Property Management nothing..Her boyfriend attacked my friend on May27,2018..They issued out a warrant for his arrested. So now my family have been under attack over this..Caught her 10yrs son peeking through my window on my fire escape. Called the company..All i get what do you want me to do…I losing my mind could someone HELP ME.LOST IN EAST NEW YORK.


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A new rule has been proposed by President Trump's appointees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — the agency that oversees SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. According to the administration's own calculations, the rule could take food away from up to 755,000 of the most vulnerable low-income Americans, taking up to $15 billion worth of food out of their shopping carts over the next ten years.
The rule limits the ability of states with high levels of unemployment to qualify for waivers of certain rules mandating up to 20 hours of work activities per week for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) to receive SNAP benefits.
Tell the USDA you strongly oppose this rule! For starters, the Trump Administration is attempting to subvert the will of Congress, which recently reauthorized SNAP in the 2018 Farm Bill, rejecting such additional restrictions.
This newly proposed, harsh rule would deny food for people who are temporarily unemployed. Since 1996, every state except Delaware has used the waivers currently in place to halt time limits on SNAP. The current rules give states the flexibility needed to support residents during tough times, and this heartless rule would limit that flexibility. This rule would, ironically, force unemployed people to halt their job search to go to government offices to attest that they are looking for work. It will increase hunger while doing nothing to increase employment.
The public comment period is open until April 2. Tell the USDA that the proposed rule is bad public policy that would only increase hunger and make it more difficult for people to find meaningful work. Add your comments by clicking here.


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German spy chief removed after migrant chase video fallout
The government call came amid a row over Mr Maassen's response to far-right unrest in chemnitz, eastern germany.Anti-migrant "hunts" were according there on twenty six August when a German man was killed during a brawl with migrants.
Mr Maassen doubted that foreign-looking folks had been hounded. Chancellor Angela Merkel was urged to sack him.Critics said his skepticism downplayed the seriousness of far-right violence and intimidation in chemnitz.
Mr Maassen can leave the BfV spy service and become a state secretary within the interior ministry. German media report that he can truly move to a better pay grade. it's not nonetheless clear who can replace him.
The announcement came tuesday evening following a crisis meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel, Social Democrats (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles and Seehofer, and was wide seen as a compromise resolution designed to appease each the SPD, that had entailed Maassen to travel, and Seehofer, a staunch defender of the spy chief.
"The alleged agreement on Maassen may be a joke," Florian Post, an SPD lawmaker in state, told the RND newspaper group in germany. "Either the person is fit to hold high workplace or he is not."
Families Minister and SPD lawmaker Franziska Giffey condemned the move and entailed Seehofer to travel, according to Reuters.
The Social Democrats were joined in their anger by politicians from the Green Party, Left Party and the liberal FDP.
FDP leader Christian Linder delineate the decision as a "formulaic pseudo solution," whereas Green Party chairwoman Annalena Baerbock expressed concern that Maassen had become Seehofer's "right-hand" man.
Neither Merkel nor Seehofer nor SPD chairwoman Andrea Nahles, who met on weekday evening to determine Maassen's fate, faced reporters once the choice was declared. That was most likely a calculated move, as the compromise has been greeted with scorn by opposition politicians and press analysts alike.
"This is an incredible fudge," wrote Green Party parliamentary leader Katrin-Göring Eckardt on Twitter. "Anyone who rewards instead of enabling disloyalty and cozying up to the AfD has lost all sense of what is right and wrong. and the SPD goes together with everything."
"What qualifies Maassen to be a new deputy in Seehofer's ministry?" asked the Left Party on Twitter.
"Maassen's promotion is simply a solution on paper," declared Christian Lindner, chairman of the center-right FDP, on social media. "Either you trust him or you do not."
For its part, the AfD has taken the efforts inside the coalition to remove Maassen as an effort to stifle criticism of Merkel's migrant policy, with party co-leader Alice Weidel tweeting "Merkel, not Maassen, ought to go!" The party is additionally promoting the hashtag #wirsindmaassen "we are Maassen."
Migrant activist teams reacted to Maassen's lateral move with dismay. The media have mostly dismissed the compromise as a move born of political expediency; Die Welt newspaper noted acidly, "The coalition will continue perhaps it'll even be able to govern some day."


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I'm pleased to present the forth edition of The Holiday Spirit Blog Carnival. We had several great submissions for this edition and I'm pleased with the submissions that we've had this time around. There is some humor in this edition as well as a story about giving that will tug at your heart, so please read on. I look forward to seeing what other posts will be submitted as we go along with the rest of The Holiday Spirit Blog Carnival.
Shopping and Gift Ideas
From Tina at ThinkSimpleNow:
Tina has made some drastic changes to her gift-giving strategy but has still managed to come up with 38 creative gift ideas. "this year's list leans towards gift ideas that are practical, clever, frugal, or eco-friendly "
From Living Almost Large:
Some ideas for trying to keep your gift-giving budget under control.
From GrrlScientist at Living the Scientific Life:
"by Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns, this is an entertaining and informative romp through twenty "kitchen science" projects [book review]. I think it is a great book to use when planning "theme parties" for your friends and family."
The Hungry Scientist Handbook: Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies
The only gift is a portion of thyself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Music Road:
Some ideas about musical related gifts that you can give to many of the people on your list.
From The 10 Hour VA:
"So, is there someone out there in the business world that you truly appreciate, but don't want to send a costly gift that they might never use? Why not give them something that will be out there on the Internet for all time...the gift that keeps on giving...word of mouth! And don't let them find out about your good deed accidentally - send them a holiday themed email and let them know. Here are some ideas:"
8 Holiday No Cost Gifts for Colleagues / Service Providers in 2008
From Lazy Man And Money:
Talks about this infamous yearly shopping event and asks why does it exist?
Black Friday: Why Does It Exist?
From Savings Toolbox:
"Recently the idea of a gift registry has expanded to monetary gift registries for weddings, gift registries for baby showers, and now there are even monetary gift registries for college savings."
Save Up For College with Freshman Fund's 529 College Savings Plan/Gift Registry
From Cindy Morus at Mend Your Money:
As we get farther into the holiday season it is more important to have some strategies for your gift-giving, so that it doesn't get out of control.
10 Best Debt-Busting Holiday Strategies for 2008
From Fitz Villafuerte at Ready To Be Rich:
"Shopping for gifts this Christmas? Then read first these tips so you can save and get the best value for your money."
10 Money Smart Tips For Buying Gifts This Christmas
From Credit Karma:
"In a tough economy, any saving is a nice bonus so we compiled a list credit cards with 0% APR for 6 or 12 months on new purchases to help consumers stretch their
0% Interest Rate Credit Cards for the Holidays
From Kevin at Credit Shout:
"Having your identity stolen would be a devastating thing during the holidays, as well as any other day of the year. Imagine the anguish that credit card fraud would cause for you and your family; and especially around the time of year that normally would be a joyful time. Taking certain precautions and additional security measures can protect your credit cards during the holidays and throughout the entire year."
Common Sense Ways to Protect Your Credit Cards During the Holidays
From Lauren Rose at No Debt Anymore.org:
"With the holiday season in full swing, Credit card and ATM theft is increasing at an alarming rate. Here are 3 common ways thieves may try to gain access to your personal information using a skimmer device, and 10 tips to protect yourself."
Credit Card Skimmers - Keep Your Eye on Your ATM card
From One Family's Blog:
"A comparison of the best value laptops and netbooks that should allow frugal shoppers to decide which one to get for general family use."
Best Value Notebook/Laptop and Netbook/Mini-Notebook Computers - Comparison/Review (ASUS Eee PC, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, HP Mini-Note, Dell Mini 9)
From Surfer Sam And Friends:
"A Cute Christmas Story You'll feel warm all over. It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me. Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or those who squandered their means and then never had enough for the necessities. But for those who were genuinely in need, his heart was as big as all outdoors. It was from him that I learned the greatest joy in life comes from giving, not from receiving. It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn't been enough money to buy me the rifle that I'd wanted for Christmas. We did the chores early that night for some reason. I just figured Pa wanted a little extra time so we could read in the Bible."
From Astrid Lee, Reiki Master Teacher at World Healing:
"Not everyone is happy about Christmas. In fact, it's one of the most stressful times of the year. This article offers solace and some genuinely good advice on how to stay worry-free. Happy Holidays"
Trust, Stress-Combating Thought & Saintly Help
From Lisa at Condo Blues:
"There are a lot of good green gifts out there. None of them are on this list."
From GrrlScientist at Living the Scientific Life:
"Holidays mean celebrating with friends and family, but what about our pet birds? How can we keep them safe?"
Ten Tips to Keep Your Pet Birds Safe This Holiday Season
From Vera Lang at Fine Pet Care:
"The holiday season can be stressful for pets, with all the additional 'comings and goings' and changes in the daily routine. This article helps you to consider the needs of your pets at this time."
Including Pets In Your Holiday Plans
Not Related to the
From Louis Burns at the NLP Marketing Blog:
This article is about not only visualizing your own goals but the experience you want other people to have as well.
Crafting Mental Movies for Others
From Rich Leverage:
"The level of consumer confidence in the
Consumer Confidence in United States has Increased
From KCLau's Money Tips:
"Now let's talk about money and how to manage cash flow."
How to manage monthly cash flow
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What's the Lord Sayin'?
First of all promotion does not come from the east, west or south, promotion comes from God. He moves one man up and another man down.
This scripture in and of itself answers the question, who puts someone in the White House? Do you think that this caught the Lord off guard or did He not hear the conservative evangelical side of the platform argument?
During this time, well meaning front line preachers have said, "the church did not pray enough". Well the truth is the church never prays enough, however, the Lord is in control and the lack of or abundance of prayer did not contribute to the outcome. Go back to I Samuel 8 thru 11 and I believe we find the answer.
Before I go any further let me say I did not vote for President elect Obama, however he is my soon to be residing President of the United States of America. That makes him "our President." Make no mistake. As for "me and my house" we will support our President unless he disqualifies himself.
1 Samuel 8 says the people have gone to Samuel the prophet saying, "we want a king like everyone else." When Samuel went to God with this the Lord said they have not rejected you Samuel they have rejected me. Nevertheless, they want a king I will give them one.
He gave them Saul who was the tallest most handsome man in Israel. I read it this way "he was a tall, dark handsome man."
When Samuel anointed him as king over Israel the word states that when Saul turned around the Lord changed his heart.
The moment that President elect Obama is sworn in (anointed by our magistrates.) after taking the oath on the same King James Bible that Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on, and when he will turns around to leave the platform, the Lord will put a new heart in him.
1 Samuel 10 tells how the Prophets came down from the mountain playing their guitars, tambourines and percussion instruments and doing what the prophets do, "PROPHESYING" that Saul was turned into another man.
1 Sam 11 states that Nahash wanted to take the right eye out of all the men of the tribe of Benjamin. This is the eye that looked over the shield during battle while keeping the left eye covered (the name Nahash means: serpent, to hiss and practice divination). When King Saul heard about Nahash, the bible says the Spirit of the Lord came upon him and his anger was kindled, meaning he became enraged and set on fire.
Saul's downfall came when he feared the voice of the people more than the voice of God. This must be our prayer. "Obama will not listen to any voice but the Lords."
Now is when we need to pray with fervency. We have Israel and Gaza, a trillion dollar deficit and a worldwide let alone a U.S economic recession facing him. And he has not yet taken office. Suffice it to say, his plate is full. We are on the threshold of spiritual reformation in this country. Brace yourselves; it's a monumental time.
We must keep the praise on and sing prophetically; Lord change our president into another man. Turn up the volume America and shout to the Lord. Change into another man!


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Delly Beekman, CEO of Family & Children's Service (FCS), has announced that she will be retiring after what will be six years at the helm of Monmouth County's oldest, private nonprofit social service agency. In a message to the FCS board of directors and her staff, Ms. Beekman cited confidence in the agency's current position and the board's ability to find a qualified successor.
"The decision to retire from FCS did not come easily," Ms. Beekman said. "I have spent the better part of my life involved with FCS and will sincerely miss the individuals I have had the privilege to work with, including the board, my amazing staff and our dedicated volunteers. I am confident, however, that the board will choose a new CEO who will maintain our long-held values while taking the agency to new heights."
In response to the announcement, FCS's board of directors' chair Deborah Zilai expressed deep gratitude to Ms. Beekman for her dedicated service to the agency and pledged to lead a thorough, deliberate search for her successor.
"As a resident of Monmouth County and a board member, I know the trust and confidence people have in FCS," Ms. Zilai said. "That's due in large part to the quality of leadership Delly has brought to the agency. We're in a strong and stable position right now, both financially and programmatically, and Delly has left us well-positioned for continued success."
Ms. Beekman has been a part of the FCS family for more than 30 years. She began her career as a volunteer, serving on the FCS board of directors for 24 years, including two as president. In December, 2012, Ms. Beekman was appointed interim CEO of FCS before being named CEO in March of 2013. During her tenure, she led the expansion and growth of numerous agency programs and services including:
- Expanding Adult Protective Services (APS) to include Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, doubling the number of cases of abuse, neglect and exploitation it investigates.
- Partnering with Middlesex County to provide Telephone Reassurance to homebound seniors.
- Advocating for funding to hire additional social workers to meet the critical needs of vulnerable adults in our community.
- Supporting the growth of the Representative Payee program to manage the finances of more than 1,300 developmentally and intellectually disabled individuals.
- Launching the Medicaid Application Assistance Program (MAAP) to provide assistance with the complicated Medicaid MLTSS application.
Before coming to FCS, Ms. Beekman, a graduate of Newton College of the Sacred Heart, now merged with Boston College, had just completed a two-year term as president of the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. In addition to her involvement with the League, Ms. Beekman served on the nominating committee of the Girls Scouts of the Jersey Shore and the board of the Children's Research Triangle in Chicago. For ten years she also managed Leadership Shore, a community leadership program offered by Brookdale Community College.
Ms. Beekman says that while she has no definite plans for life after retirement, she expects to spend more time with her family, including her husband, Peter, the couple's four grown children, their spouses and their two grandchildren.
Ms. Zilai anticipates the leadership transition will go smoothly. "The board has a detailed leadership succession plan and after a review of our strategic goals, we will release a job announcement in the coming months."
Ms. Zilai expects the board to announce a new CEO by the beginning of the new year, 2019. Ms. Beekman will continue with FCS through that time to ensure a smooth and successful transition. For further information, please contact FCS marketing & communications director Maureen Collins at 732-222-9111 or email email@example.com.


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Classical systems containing cleverly devised combinations of loss and gain elements constitute extremely rich building units that can mimic non-Hermitian properties, which conventionally are attainable in quantum mechanics only. Parity-time (PT) symmetric media, also referred to as synthetic media, have been devised in many optical systems with the ground breaking potential to create nonreciprocal structures and one-way cloaks of invisibility. Here we demonstrate a feasible approach for the case of elasticity where the most important ingredients within synthetic materials, loss and gain, are achieved through electrically biased piezoelectric semiconductors [1]. We study first how wave attenuation and amplification can be tuned, and when combined, can give rise to a mechanical PT synthetic media with unidirectional suppressed reflectance, a feature directly applicable to evading sonar detection [2]. In the same context we also focus on the possibility to create a truly non-reciprocal device permitting ultrasonic signals to propagate along a one-way only [3].\n\nThe second part of my talk focused on topological insulators in a non-Hermitian environment. Acoustic analogues of electronic topological insulators have recently lead to a wealth of new opportunities in manipulating sound propagation with strikingly unconventional acoustic edge modes immune to backscattering. Earlier fabrications of topological insulators are characterized by a fixed geometry and a very narrow frequency response, which severely hinders the exploration and design of useful devices. Here we establish topologically protected sound in reconfigurable phononic crystals that can be switched on and off simply by rotating its meta-atoms without altering the lattice structure. Furthermore, we introduce non-Hermitian ingredients in terms of loss and gain in order to explore topologically protected acoustic valley pseudospin transport properties with amplifying or attenuating states [4,5].\n\n[1] J. Christensen, M. Willatzen, V. R. Velasco, and M.-H. Lu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 207601 (2016)\n\n[2] S. A. Cummer, J. Christensen, and A. Alu, Nature Reviews Materials 1, Article number: 16001 (2016)\n\n[3] A. Merkel, M. Willatzen, and J. Christensen, submitted (2017).\n\n[4] Zhiwang Zhang, Ye Tian, Ying Cheng, Qi Wei, Xiaojun Liu, and Johan Christensen, submitted (2017).\n[5] Mudi Wang, Johan Christensen, Zhengyou Liu, submitted (2017).
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|A wound filled with food remains
|I am a man of 31 years from Tanzania, I dreamed having a wound in my right hand, like a blister, and when I pressed the wound a lot of food remains eaten in the past come out and after that the hand returned into normal size and got healed.
|The wound in your right hand represents a problem that is obstructing your plans. You are unable to pursue your goals with full focus and determination because of this barrier. Since the wound closed up and healed when the food came out, then your past food intake is the source of your stagnation. All those food remains represent excess and hedonism. Your wasteful and careless ways have derailed you from your path, so now you have to cleanse yourself of bad habits so you can chase your dreams with a sound body and a clear mind.
|Discharging sperm
|I discharged sperm in my dream after confusion.
|Masturbation, ejaculation and sperm are all dream symbols referring to impatience. Instead of waiting patiently for your hard work to bear fruit, your impatience would tempt you to take shortcuts and bend rules at work. Unfortunately, once your superiors find out about your unprofessional conduct, they will punish you accordingly.
|An eye turning completely black
|Hello, I dreamt that I was looking in a mirror and my right eye was black with no white, only black and large. This is the second time that I had dreamt this dream. I was afraid the first time but not the second time I dreamt this dream. The second time I have dreamt this dream, I wanted to ask my mother (deceased) who was in bed to look at my eye and I woke up.
|Dreaming of a pitch black eye reveals your fear of your future. You are entering a period of uncertainty and you are feeling pessimistic about how things would turn out. Since this is a recurring dream symbol, then it means you do not like change. So whenever there is a big shift in your situation, moving to a new place or a loved one moving away, your subconscious projects your apprehensions into your dream through the symbol of a black eye. Fortunately, since you were no longer afraid in the second dream, this indicates your acceptance of the fickle nature of life. Changes happen without warning, so soon enough you would learn how to adjust to your new reality.
|Unable to move the body
|My body is very heavy. I can't move my body, but my mind is fully awake and aware of what is going on around me.
|Dreaming that your body is too heavy to move even while your mind is alert and active suggests you currently hold two ideas or beliefs that are opposed to each other. In a sense, your body is weighed down by the irrational, opposing thoughts that cloud your mind. This type of vision is commonly seen when someone thinks a certain action is fine for them but not for everyone else. For example, if you drive over the speed limit because you are late for an event it is justifiable, but if someone else is speeding then they are a bad driver. This vision should be taken as a sign that you need to re-evaluate some of your notions and maintain a more rational, open-minded point of view.
|Legs frozen
|Many times I have the same dreams when my legs are frozen from walking and I fall down on the floor.
|A dream where your legs freeze up and you are unable to walk has negative connotations in the dream world, as it suggests that things are not likely to go your way in the near future. You may have difficulty accomplishing tasks that where no problem before, such as household work or tasks related to making your basic living. Your troubles would have a negative impact on your mental well-being, making you feel depressed and frustrated. Now may be a good time to step away from unessential responsibilities so that you can focus your energy on the things that matter most.
|Grass growing from under the skin
|Skin on my body sprouted grass. Tried removing them one by one, but they grew so fast I started pulling them out by handfuls, which ripped tufts of my flesh along with it. Male.
|Grass sprouting on your skin reveals your tendency to compare yourself with others. The state of your skin in dreams reveals how you present yourself to the world as well as issues which tend to get under your skin. So in this context, you are prone to feeling envious about the achievements of others and the only way you would feel better about yourself is to acquire the same worldly belongings or accomplish the same feats which you see from your peers. Fortunately, your efforts at trying to rip off the grass signifies your self-awareness. You want to stop allowing social comparison to dictate the way you live your life, but in doing so, you would have to admit your own shortcomings and confront your frailties because that is the only way you can truly find your rightful place in this world.
|Giving birth through butt
|Birthing a child out of my butt. My mom being so happy I did it so easily. (Side note, I have been married over 10 yrs, no children, nor do I want any....too old now), I am 47.
|A quick and painless birth in dreams represents relief and happiness. Your loved ones and social connections are finally going to ease up the pressure of urging you to become a mother. They would finally respect your decision not to have any kids. Instead, you can look forward to lucrative and fulfilling undertakings which would also make them proud of you. Birthing through your anus in this case symbolizes a release of insecurities, self-doubt and other negative emotions which are holding you back from achieving your full potential.
|Being chased by a boy's leg
|I was with my mum and my younger sister and we went to a train station and a little boy's leg chased me through the train and my mum and sister got off and left me on the train. When I got off, the leg followed me and rolled onto the train tracks and a train ran over it.
|The train station in this dream indicates a dilemma. You are faced with a difficult decision and you are running out of time. The boy's leg could be a symbol of youth and freedom. One of your choices requires giving up control and a little bit of freedom. To move closer to your dreams, you need to put your trust in people who have more knowledge and experience than you. Of course, this does not mean that you become passive. At the end of the day, you get to decide what you want to do with your life, but a little guidance would not hurt.
|Boyfriend with a prosthetic leg
|I saw my boyfriend's leg is replaced by a prosthetic leg. Despite that I love him.
|Dreaming that your boyfriend has a prosthetic leg means that he is going to go on a different journey. You would have to be supportive as he adapts to a new situation or even a new job. Alternatively, a prosthetic leg can also reveal your impression of him. A part of you sees him as unfocused and at times incapable of standing on his own two feet, but this is okay because you are there to boost his confidence and allow him to explore his true potential.
|Cooking poop
|I was cooking in a big casserole a pile of soft poop and I'm asking a foreigner if it is still smelly because I smell the odor of the poop. And I'm thinking that was for the dog.
|A pile of poop symbolizes immense wealth or unexpected profit. The smellier the poop, the more impact this financial gain is going to have on your life. Meanwhile, cooking in a big casserole means you are going to take on a lot of responsibility. It will be difficult, but the rewards you reap from all of your hard work would benefit not just yourself, but a lot of other people depending on you. Furthermore, rather than feel burdened by your obligations, you actually consider this a privilege. Your generous nature rejoices every time you are able to provide for your loved ones.
|Green mud on the face
|Dreamed I went to a mirror and saw I had green mud on my face.
|Having a dirty or covered face is often thought to represent untruthful or misleading behavior on the part of the dreamer. Perhaps you have recently misrepresented yourself to someone else by embellishing your talents or taking credit for someone else's hard work. The green color of the mud further suggests this is related to money or financial issues. If you have not been completely honest with someone about the wealth that either you or they possess, this vision may be a warning to set the record straight before the situation gets out of hand.
|Stubby feet
|I dreamed that I and other people in my dream had chewed up, stubby feet. I don't remember faces or anything else. Just that I was annoyed by it, but I could still walk and had no other issues.
|Stubby feet is a bad omen in the dream world. This unfavorable symbol portends a period of hardships that would take its toll on you, both financially and mentally. The good news is that you will survive this trying time and you will not be the only one trudging through it. The fact that other people also had chewed up feet means the challenging time is an economic or societal problem negatively affecting many people.
|A gush of blood
|My dream was a literal loop in which I would stand up off a couch, my IUD came out, followed by a gush of blood, and then the actions repeated.
|Blood gushing out of your body suggests you are struggling to keep your emotions in check. You are probably exhausted from all your personal and work-related obligations that you are craving for some time off in order to recuperate and regain balance. Furthermore, the IUD means source of your stress could be predominantly related to your partner or significant other. You think you are being pressured to be this domesticated, motherly figure, when you have a different view of who you are. On the other hand, an IUD can also reveal fears of pregnancy or contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Maybe you are worried about certain physical symptoms, so you may want to get yourself checked out just to be sure.
|A locust inside vagina
|Female. I had a dream that a locust was trapped inside my vagina. I could feel it. I kept touching my vagina because I could feel it moving. Finally it flew out. It was so nasty.
|A locust generally refers to an individual imposing ideas upon you. So, finding a locust in your vagina means you are starting to succumb to this person's maneuverings. After repeatedly trying to get you to agree with them, your defenses are slowly eroding. If this person wears you down even more, you may even be completely convinced that you share the same interests in the first place. Hold tight to your opinions and principles because they are going to be heavily challenged soon enough.
|Being kissed by giant lips
|My lips were kissed by giant lips.
|Big lips often refer to a big romance or a great love. As such, being kissed by giant lips indicates an encounter with someone capable of showing you unconditional love. On the other hand, this could also refer to self-discovery. Meaning, you would soon go on a journey into your own soul. After years of insecurity and self-doubt, an incident will inspire you to finally learn to love yourself. By extension, embracing who you are wholeheartedly could attract an individual with whom you would create a healthy and beneficial relationship.


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Lagidze Waters company plans to expand its export markets. In the near future, they may export a syrup to Ukraine, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. According to the company's representative Vakhtang Lagidze, 20-30 tons of syrup are exported to Russia monthly, now 8-9 varieties of syrup are sent to Russia as well …Read More »
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Police Use Force to Clear Baghramian Avenue Protest Site
The Armenian police used force and special means to clear the site of sit-in demonstration in a central Yerevan street after a night of standoff with activists protesting against rising electricity prices. In the early hours on Tuesday, special police forces used water cannons and other equipment to disperse the …Read More »
Thousands in Yerevan Protest Against Electricity Tariff Rise
Several thousand people protested on Monday in the Armenian capital Yerevan against a recent decision to raise public electricity prices. About 5,000 demonstrators marched to the presidential headquarters but were stopped by riot police and began a sit-in protest on the road, blocking traffic. The protest, which was organised by …Read More »
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Kakheti is Georgia's main wine-producing region in the country's east. Wine grapes have been cultivated in these lands for 8,000 years, which, archaeologists say, makes Kakheti the cradle of wine. A total of 104 endemic varieties of grapes grow at the Alaverdi Monastery of Saint George, which traces its history …Read More »
What's Normal in Muzaffarnagar: A Trip to a Refugee Camp
Through August to September of 2013, riots ensued a couple miles away from my ancestral home in India. Muzaffarnagar, for a moment, became the epicentre of one of the worst sectarian conflicts between Hindus and Muslims in India since its 1947 partition and the infamous 2002 Gujrat Riots. The conflict …Read More »


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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Janus Capital Group Inc. ("JCG") (NYSE: JNS) today announced two senior-level appointments aligned with its efforts to enhance relationships and meet the evolving needs of clients around the globe.
Andrew B. Weisman, 52,has been appointed Senior Vice President, leading the development of JCG's alternative and multi-asset client solutions, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Weil. Soonyong ("Suny") Park, CFA, CPA, 44,joins Janus as Institutional Client Strategist, reporting to Susan Oh, Senior Vice President and Head of the U.S. Institutional Group. Both roles are new to the firm.
"Attracting investment industry experts and thought leaders such as Andy and Suny represents our continued focus on providing leading-edge talent, strategies, and risk management solutions for our clients," said Weil. "The powerful combination of their extensive experience increases our ability to help Janus clients develop a better understanding of risk and how to successfully manage it during a very volatile time in the market."
Weisman has 25 years of experience in portfolio construction and risk management, particularly in alternative asset management strategies, and is Janus' subject-matter expert and thought leader on asset allocation. Using proprietary asset allocation methodologies, Weisman will assist Janus clients in combining both traditional and alternative asset sources of return.
Prior to joining JCG, Weisman was a partner at WR Platform Advisors, Inc., a technology platform and service provider of managed accounts, risk analytics, and investor reporting for hedge funds. Previously, he was Managing Director and Chief Portfolio Manager for Merrill Lynch's Hedge Fund Development and Management Group, and served as Chief Investment Officer for Nikko Securities International. These roles involved the development of risk management products, analytical tools, and trading methodologies.
Weisman has published an extensive collection of articles on asset allocation and risk issues related to hedged portfolios. His research awards include the impressive Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award for Outstanding Article published in The Journal of Portfolio Management in 2002 and the 2003 GAIM Research Paper of the Year. He has a bachelor's degree from Columbia College, a master's in international affairs from Columbia University, and was awarded a doctoral fellowship to Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, where he completed all coursework and comprehensive exams toward a PhD. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE).
Park will lead institutional client strategy, provide thought leadership and research on institutional pension and strategic asset allocation issues, and partner with Janus' investment team, along with Weisman, to meet client needs. Leveraging his years of experience with public and corporate plans, endowments and foundations, and insurance and financial firms, Park will work with institutional clients to provide problem-solving insights regarding the strategic issues their plans face today.
Park is a veteran of the institutional investment management business, most recently serving as Head of Global Portfolio Solutions and Co-Head of Research at Segal Rogerscasey, where he led institutional thought leadership on topics such as strategic and tactical asset allocation, plan structure, governance policies, and manager research. He was a member of Segal Rogerscasey's leadership team and its Fiduciary Investment Review Committee, which oversees all discretionary pension assets. Previously, Park was Head of Traditional Manager Research Group. He received a master's of business administration from the University of Chicago, a bachelor's degree in accounting from The King's College, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
"Our clients face increasing complexity in managing investment risk, and the pace of change in asset allocation is significant," said Weil. "Andy's and Suny's combined expertise enhances our ability to offer our clients greater insights and unique solutions to the challenges they are facing today."
About Janus Capital Group Inc.
Janus Capital Group Inc. (JCG) is a global investment firm offering strategies from three individual investment boutiques: Janus Capital Management LLC (Janus), INTECH Investment Management LLC (INTECH) and Perkins Investment Management LLC (Perkins). Each manager employs a research-intensive approach that is distinct within its respective asset class. This multi-boutique approach enables the firm to provide style-specific expertise across an array of strategies, including growth, value and mathematical equities, fixed income and alternatives through one common distribution platform.
At the end of March 2012, JCG managed $164.0 billion in assets for shareholders, clients and institutions around the globe. Based in Denver, JCG also has offices in London, Milan, Munich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Melbourne.
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Reposted from last year: Movies are a great uniter, or can be, and they're a favorite way to kill time during a manufactured holiday. But Mother's Day can be a landmine, cinematically-speaking; there are so, so many ways a film choice can turn horrifically awkward. Some (not all!) of the above movies are excellent; just seek them out on another day — or, better yet, seek them out with anyone but your mother.
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Article By: Panhead Frank
Originally Published In The September 2016 Issue Of Cycle Source Magazine
After coming off of a really hard winter, all that was streaming out of the motorcycle chamber of my mind was the Big Mountain Run (BMR). There cannot be a BMR without a Gypsy Tour and there can't be a Gypsy Tour without a freaking awesome Kick Off Party! Dude, I'm telling you that Steel City Harley Davidson did us an amazing job! They hooked us up with food, beer, awesome entertainment including bands like Three Car Garage, a bike show and to cap the night off we watched Easy Rider projected on the side of the Cycle Source Trailer!
Believe it or not, Steel City HD even gave us burn barrels loaded with wood to set stuff on fire. Ha ha, fire! At the end of the night, they gave us a place to lay our little fuzzy panhead filled minds down (because I know all of you bitches dream of panheads). A big thank you to Steel City Harley Davidson! You did us at Cycle Source, the BMR and the crazy cool cats that attended the Kick-Off Party a great service! From me, Panhead Frank, I personally pray that your business grows and prospers and that every person that walks in your building is blessed, No bullshit!


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Someone who withdraws from ordinary life to meditate and practise physical hardships in order to advance spiritually. Jain ascetics or mendicants beg for food from devout lay followers and wander the land.
Also used as an adjective to describe the practice of rigorous, even extreme, physical hardships in the belief that it leads to a higher spiritual condition.
Favourable or lucky. Auspicious objects bring good fortune and may predict good events or a bright future.
Grain or pulses cooked in water with salt, eaten once a day as part of dietary restrictions, especially among Śvetāmbaras.
Giving up or limiting food or specified foods for a period of time, usually as part of a religious practice. Fasting is a key part of Jainism, chiefly because it is believed to:
A public commemoration of a religious ritual. Often a celebration that involves holding a religious ceremony to mark an important event in a religion's history.
The language that developed in Gujarat, in western India. It is also spoken in neighbouring states. Also a term for someone or something associated with or coming from Gujarat.
Follower of the majority faith in India and an adjective describing something belonging to Hinduism. Hindus have numerous gods and diverse beliefs and practices, though many believe in the soul, karma, the cycle of births and liberation. Roughly a billion Hindus comprise the third largest religion in the world.
The terms stavan, stavana, stava, stotra and stuti are all used for a prayer, song, chant or hymn to a Jina, a god or any other holy figure. Religious songs are always hymns of praise in Jainism. These devotional songs may be performed during daily rites or on special occasions, such as completion of a fast or a wedding. The hymns may be performed:
An image of a deity or concept that is worshipped either as a god or as a representation of the deity.
Follower of the 24 Jinas or an adjective describing Jain teachings or practices. The term 'Jaina' is also used although 'Jain' is more common.
Action or act, thought of as physical in Jainism. Created by mental or physical action, karma enters the soul, which then needs religious restraints and practices to make it flow out. Karma can be both:
Both types of karma trap a soul in continual rebirth. A pan-Indian concept, karma has extremely complex, detailed and technical divisions and subdivisions in Jainism.
A sacred sound, syllable, word or phrase that is believed to produce spiritual change if recited correctly. A mantra can be recited aloud or silently, and is often repeated. Mantras are closely associated with religions that originated in India, such as Hinduism and Buddhism as well as Jainism. The chief Jain mantra is the Namaskāra-mantra, which is recited daily, while another mantra very popular in Indian culture generally is Auṃ.
An extraordinary event that cannot be explained by natural causes or human effort and therefore is believed to be caused by divine or supernatural powers.
A man who has taken a public vow to withdraw from ordinary life to formally enter religious life and advance spiritually. Frequently, monks perform physical austerities or undergo physical hardships in order to progress spiritually.
Sanskrit for 'homage formula', the Namaskāra-mantra is the fundamental religious formula of the Jains. A daily prayer always recited in the original Prākrit, it pays homage to the supreme beings or five types of holy being:
Note that chanting the mantra is not praying for something, material or otherwise. Also known as the Pañca-namaskāra-mantra or 'Fivefold Homage mantra', it is also called the Navakāra-mantra or Navkār-mantra in modern Indian languages.
A term for any of the dead vernacular languages of ancient and medieval India. It may be contrasted with classical Sanskrit, the language used by priests and the aristocracy. The Jains used a large variety of Prakrits, with the Jain canon written chiefly in Ardhamāgadhī Prākrit.
Sanskrit for 'worship' or 'homage'. All Jains perform rites of honour to the 24 Jinas. Rites of worship take place daily, with more elaborate ceremonies performed on holy days. Mendicant and lay Jains perform different rituals. Some sects worship images – mūrti-pūjaka – and others do not, and different sects have various practices. Focused on images or not, worship can be:
A sequence of actions that must be followed to perform a religious ceremony. The set of actions is largely symbolic, for example offering food to statues symbolises sacrificing to a deity. The ritual actions are often accompanied by set phrases.
A speech on a religious topic, usually delivered by a member of the clergy. Frequently a sermon has a moral lesson or is based on a sacred text.
The most common mystical diagram – yantra – in Jainism, which is believed to destroy karma and bring prosperity and good luck. There are nine parts, usually arranged in the shape of a lotus flower. The Five Highest Beings are depicted on five parts of the yantra. On the four other parts, there are sectarian differences.
Digambaras call it the navadevatā or navdevata or navpad. The other four elements for them are:
For Śvetāmbaras it is the siddhacakra or navapada or navpad, which has representations of:
British Library. Or. 13622. Vinaya-vijaya and Yaśo-vijaya. 17th to 18th centuries
British Library. Or. 2126 ms. A. Ratnaśekhara. 1467
British Library. Or. 13622. Vinaya-vijaya and Yaśo-vijaya. 17th to 18th centuries
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My friend called me early last month and asked me to write about depression and the part friends and family have to play in the life of the depressed. I agreed, but I just didn't have energy to write about such a mood dampener so I didn't write anything. Last week, the same friend that called slit her wrist and now I feel compelled to write about depression.
Unfortunately for her and fortunately for us she didn't die. Most Nigerians feel depression is a sickness for the oyibos. But it's actually very common in Nigeria. Most patients in that Psychiatric hospital on psychiatric road, Rumuigbo Port Harcourt, started off being depressed and slowly it turned to outright mental case.
I won't even lie, until last week, I thought depression was no "biggie" even though I have a cousin who had to see a shrink because she became suicidal, a friend who liked to cut herself, another who tried to hang herself. Twice. And another who drank finger battery acid because he got depressed after he was accused of being gay.
I'm not making this up, but people suffer from depression and I feel so stupid that I've just come to realize it's actually serious. We know so little about depression in Nigeria, we feel it isn't even a sickness, people joke that Nigerians have no business being depressed, but let's be realistic, we actually have more reasons than the Americans do.
What exactly is depression anyway? It's a mental state in which a person steadily feels unhappy and lacks enthusiasm or energy for anything. Just imagine a situation where someone feels he has no reason to laugh or live. Is this not a sickeness?
How to detect depression or any mental illness
- He/she becomes socially withdrawn
- There's changes in eating, sleeping and hygiene habits
- Starts having thoughts and talks of suicides
- Extreme mood swings/changes
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Difficulty functioning at school or work
- Can't think straight or has problems with remembering
There are quite a few other symptoms but I'm not fully going into that now. I'm going to obey my friend and write the roles family and friends can play when a loved one is depressed or has any other mental illness for that matter.
First thing you should do is;
Seek knowledge
The first step one should take is to get an in-depth knowledge on the sickness, find out the symptoms and the ways to manage it. I feel you should just take the afflicted to hospital straight away, but if it can't work that way, there's WebMd. Thank God, you can read and investigate so that you can support your loved ones through diagnosis and encourage him/her to seek help.
Understand them
When my friend told me she was feeling depressed, I thought it was normal. "I'm sad" and I told her to snap out of it. In my defense, Nigerians throw the word around anyhow so I didn't know it was a serious situation. I made a mistake. What I should have done and what you should do if you're ever in that position it to understand that they actually need you. They might actually be serious, so if you start blaming, judging them or even taking the situation for granted, you might push them far into their shell and they might just alienate everyone.
Understand that they don't like feeling that way, just how people with HIV would rather live without the virus, that's how the depressed feel too. Telling them to snap out of it, or that they are faking it, is not fair. If they could snap out of it they would, so don't add to their shame and pain, try and be empathetic
You know how they say 'he don mental or she don kolo'. Please never address them that way, labelling them with that sickness only strengthens it. Try and understand that they are still humans even though you might not want to, but try and understand what they are going through.
You might not be able to pray depression away. (I say might because I'm a Christian and I believe with faith you can move mountains, but I'm also a writer and I want to be realistic) you can't just hope the sickness will go back the way it came. A depressed person, requires treatment. So ensure you get a doctor involved soon. Whatever the treatments are, it works best when you're involved. You and other members of your family or friends can help the sick by being part of their recovery. This will assist and speed up their recovery and reduce relapse.
Don't make the same mistake I made, if I had lost that friend, I would have beaten myself up about it for all eternity. Pay attention to your friends and family and the moment you notice you're starting to have suicidal thoughts or other symptoms, talk to someone who would help you.
Depression isn't a joke, let's stop treating it as one.
I am, @Lord__Nina
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I've spoken elsewhere of Doug Johnstone's excellent The Dead Beat, the story of one young woman's unique first day at work on an Edinburgh newspaper. Johnstone continues this exceptional run of form in his new book The Jump, a novel which (if I were in the habit of categorising books) sits firmly in the 'domestic noir' category. But as with all generalisations this one masks not only the quality of Johnstone's writing (which is exceptional), but also the strong emotional core that this book has. Johnstone brings a heart-breaking honesty to a difficult subject, something which is rare in fiction in general, let alone any particular genre.
In The Jump Johnstone's protagonist is Ellie, a woman struggling to come to terms with the suicide of her teenage son Logan. Ellie and her husband Ben live in the shadow of the Forth Bridge, from which Logan jumped; and the structure now acts as a constant reminder of that irrevocable act, literally over-shadowing them. Johnstone powerfully describes Ellie's overwhelming grief and the actions that stem from it. Whilst he movingly describes the immediate results of Logan's suicide Johnstone also very wisely doesn't try to explain it away. Such a shocking event is inexplicable, and as a parent I can only wonder how I would cope. For Ellie and Ben, Logan's death is now just a fact – as real and as solid as the bridge itself or the wide expanse of water that it crosses.
Ellie cannot leave the bridge alone. She picks away at it like a scab and returns daily to walk on it and look at the water far below. It is during one of these visits that Ellie encounters Sam, another troubled young man also seemingly ready to jump. Ellie senses a chance at redemption, some kind of atonement for the guilt she feels over Logan's death. Managing to talk Sam down Ellie takes him home. When she later visits his house Ellie makes a shocking discovery, and through it becomes increasingly drawn towards a family haunted by some very dark secrets.
In this (as in his other books) Johnstone does uncertainty very well, and this was one of many aspects of the book that I enjoyed. Part of the plot turns on an accusation of child abuse, which at first seems water-tight. However, when the abuser is confronted the situation becomes much more complex, and as the reader I was left wondering whether everything was as neat as it first appeared. Johnstone does something similar in The Dead Beat – his protagonist, Martha Fluke, is undergoing electro-shock treatment to help her cope with a debilitating depression. This affects her both physically and mentally, and again there are points where the reader wonders just how reliable a witness Martha really is – did what she think happened really take place? Or is something more complex at work here? In The Jump Ellie's mind is clouded by grief, but the implications are very much the same.
There's a steady, tightening inevitability to The Jump, one that will keep pulling you through the book to the last page. But more than that, the story also gives Ellie and Ben a chance at redemption, and it's this emotional depth that keeps you reading, and will ensure the story stays with you after closing the book. I'm already looking forward both to what Johnstone writes next and acquiring those parts of his back catalogue that I've yet to read.
Doug Johnstone's website is at https://dougjohnstone.wordpress.com/. My thanks also to Sophie Portas at Faber & Faber for an advance copy of The Jump.


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Mainstream commentators finally noticed.
It's been a bit lonely sounding the alarm that the next crisis and bailout was on the runway waiting to take off.
That all changed this week as Congress debated whether to extend funding for the "discretionary" chunk of government. You know, stuff like defense department contractors, highway construction and repair, national parks, food stamps, scientific research, border patrols and so on.
Much to my surprise, the long-time policy that derivatives trading is a "Heads – we win; Tales – taxpayers lose" business became an issue that bubbled up to general consciousness.
Here's what one of our most conservative bank regulators had to say when this bad idea came up:
Statement from FDIC Vice Chairman Hoenig on Congressional moves to repeal swaps push-out requirements
In 2008 we learned the economic consequences of conducting derivatives trading in taxpayer-insured banks. Section 716 of Dodd-Frank is an important step in pushing the trading activity out to where it should be conducted: in the open market, outside of taxpayer-backed commercial banks. It is illogical to repeal the 716 push out requirement. In fact, under 716, most derivatives — almost 95% — would not be pushed out of the bank. That is because interest rate swaps, foreign exchange and cleared credit derivatives can remain within the bank. In addition, derivatives that are used for hedging can remain in the bank. The main items that must be pushed out under 716 are uncleared credit default swaps (CDS), equity derivatives and commodities derivatives. These are, in relative terms, much smaller and where the greater risks and capital subsidy is most useful to these banking firms.
Derivatives that are pushed out by 716 are only removed from the taxpayer support and the accompanying subsidy of insured deposit funding — they will continue to exist and to serve end users. In fact, most of these firms have broker-dealer affiliates where they can place these activities, but these affiliates are not as richly subsidized, which helps explain these firms' resistance to 716 push out.
To translate, the funding advantage banks have because their credit is ultimately guaranteed is huge. So important, in fact, that the largest banks were willing to call in every political favor they were owed to keep that last 5% of their derivative action inside the insured bank, even though it required a maneuver as visible as pasting it onto a budget bill that keeps the lights on at the US government.
In a rather stunning demonstration of special interest servitude, Congress agreed to shift the ultimate loss from exotic derivatives back to taxpayers by reversing Section 716 of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). That was one of the few actual protections in the Act, though it had loopholes that still left us at risk.
Bear in mind that the four banks with the most derivatives activity hold 92.5% of all derivatives, while the largest 25 banks account for nearly 100% of all contracts, according to the most recent Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) report on derivatives. (Check out Tables 3 and 5 and Graph 4.)
Just to keep this in perspective, the "derivatives used for hedging" include strategies that can wipe out all their earnings in one bad trade, as was demonstrated two years ago by JP Morgan's infamous "London Whale," who managed to lose $7 billion before the bank even knew they were losing. Those hedges were already allowed to stay in the banks. So were the "cleared" credit derivatives, the ones that have moved to an exchange for settlement. So were all the foreign exchange and interest rate swaps.
Every financial institution thinks they are above the average in managing their risk (hedging) or judging credit. They all believe their risk is minimal, their books are nearly perfectly balanced, and that their senior managers and top traders can't possibly make mistakes that would precipitate another crisis.
They even measure their trading risk and report it – just $374 million (with an M) on $237 trillion (with a T) in face amount of derivatives outstanding at insured banks and savings associations.
For those who glaze over when the numbers get big enough (this even catches me sometimes), for every million dollars of derivatives trades on their books, the banks believe they have just $1.58 of risk. To emphasize, that's a buck and a half of risk for every million dollars of trades. At least that's what they report to the OCC, and each bank measures that risk in their own unique way. Hmmm...
In my book Finance Monsters I discuss how to mitigate these risks, which I think are much larger than the banks think they are. I can only hope the ideas in the chapters Detoxing Derivatives and The Market is the Solution become part of the mainstream policy discussion.


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Boulevard Kids // Route 56
Route 56 is geared for 5th & 6th graders. This program will teach kids how to take Bible stories they have learned over the years and apply their knowledge to their faith. At this age they are just beginning to own their faith. This is the time they will start to truly see what it means to be a child of God.
On Sunday mornings we offer two two quarter classes for our 5th graders: God is Good at Victories and The Old Testament. 6th graders are in The Discipleship Class that meets in the Pit Stop on the Route 56 hallway.
This summer on Wednesday nights the 5th & 6th graders will meet with all elementary children and their parents in The Filling Station for UP! This is a great time for families to worship together and play fun games to build their faith!
Route 56 is designed to help our 5th and 6th graders discover their faith and make it their own. We want them to decide to follow Jesus and give their lives to Him and our goal is help them to get there on Route 56.


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Jacob is a Utah native, born and raised in the town of Duchesne. He attended Southern Utah University in Cedar City where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Prior to RVU, Jacob lived in New Jersey where he worked in financial aid at a community college. "I loved the environment of working with the students and assisting them in obtaining their education through grants and loans." As the Financial Aid Coordinator for the Southern Utah Campus, Jacob assists students with payments, refunds and answers all questions pertaining to loans, scholarships, and student health insurance.
In his free time, Jacob enjoys hiking, the mountains and beach, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.


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This year I am exited about learning how to learn new skills in art class. Not only that, I want to create art using different types of materials, like clay, paint and pastels. This year I'm also looking forward to Girl Guides. In Girl Guides you get to go on trips like apple picking in orchards and horseback riding! That's all I can think about right now!
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TFS precision rifle team captures win versus White County
A first win is on the books for the Tallulah Falls School precision rifle team in a match versus White County High School held at University of North Georgia on Jan. 25.
The TFS team scored 1041 total points.
"This was the second match for the team and they were very happy to see their hard work over the past five months pay off," said coach Casey Barron.
Additionally, TFS had the top two shooters of the match with Sam Stamey of Clarkesville finishing first with a score of 284 and Ben Fisher of Clayton finishing second with a score of 269.
"All five of the freshmen shooters performed well to help clinch this first victory," Barron added.
The team next competes Jan. 31 at Creekview High School.


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Geographical Skills
Asking good 'geographic questions'
Almost always my lessons utilise an element of enquiry based learning. It is therefore very important that my students ask good questions. This power point and supporting sheet guide students through what I feel makes a good geographic question. There is plenty of opportunity to pause and assess the quality of questions being generated against the criteria stipulated in the power point.
Learn a case study in 5 steps
This note taking frame can be used from Key Stage 3 to A Level. It helps focus students on the key information from case studies and aids their revision. Print off a stack and have them handy!
Image Analysis
Images are such powerful resources in Geography but need to be used properly. This sheet helps students analyse the geography of images in depth making them think about how the image could change, how it has changed and what could be present that we cannot see.
Diamond 9
I use this sheet when completing diamond 9s with my classes. Diamond 9s are great for analysing cause and effect or evaluating solutions. The most and least labels on this sheet are blank so you can put your own criteria in e.g. most sustainable / damaging / cost effective. There is also space for students to justify their decisions, a worthwhile extension to any diamond 9.
Balanced Arguments
An incredibly important skill from Key Stage 3 to A Level. This sheet will help students formulate balanced arguments. It can be used as a plan for longer pieces of writing or as the end product in its own right.


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