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UWC ISAK Japan: 7 Weeks of Giving
As part of the "7 Weeks of Giving" Campaign: read about how UWC ISAK Japan engages its students, alumni and the local community in Karuizawa to make a big impact!
"During the UWC ISAK Japan Opening Ceremony in September 2017, we received the terrific news from Shelby Davis, patron of the UWC movement, that we would undertake the Davis-UWC IMPACT Challenge and have the opportunity to earn US$1 million in matched funding. It was an unprecedented opportunity for our institution, and one that we wholeheartedly threw our efforts into.
Being a new institution meant that we had to be strategic with how we would reach out to our community to fundraise. The aim of the Davis-UWC IMPACT Challenge, after all, is to encourage the community to pay it forward, from alumni to parents, and continually strengthen the movement's donor base. However, at the time we started our challenge, we only had one alumni class and only four classes of parents to reach out to. Even so, we relished these obstacles - a Challenge is not meant to be easy!
With our alumni, we were inspired to set up an Alumni Association to formalize communication channels between alumni and UWC ISAK Japan. We worked together with the Association's pro-tem President and Vice-President to come up with the Alumni Gift, which enables alumni donations to be funnelled towards a cause determined by the alumni themselves. Even though this class of alumni had just started university, we were successful in receiving donations from a surprising percentage of the class! What made their spirit of giving all the more poignant is the fact that our Class of 2017, while formally considered UWC alumni, graduated before we officially became a UWC school.
It was not just our alumni who came through. Here at UWC ISAK Japan, we pride ourselves on being a small, tight-knit community, including every single person from our students to our staff and faculty. We are incredibly proud of our community for the way they answered our call for help, highlighted by 100% participation in the Challenge from our faculty! Some of our faculty and staff even pledged monthly donations.
The Furusato Nozei (Hometown Tax) program, which enables taxpayers in Japan to pay a portion of their tax payments to a specific municipal government, also played a large role in our fundraising efforts. Thanks to the generosity of the town of Karuizawa, UWC ISAK Japan receives a portion of donations made to Karuizawa, not only making it easy for our Japanese parents and staff to donate, but also encouraging local residents to support our school! To thank these generous donors, as well as encourage them to continue donating through the program, we welcomed over 70 visitors to campus for an appreciation event in April 2018. This was a great opportunity for donors to interact with our students, go on campus tours, and sit in on student presentations.
With just two months to go, we are gearing up for the last leg of the race. We are confident that we will be able to unlock the full US$1 million matched funding this year with the help of everyone in our community, many of whom have already been so incredibly generous. The matched funds from the Davis-UWC IMPACT Challenge will give us the extraordinary opportunity to offer additional UWC scholarships, helping us to achieve our goal of deliberate diversity by admitting students from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. We strongly believe that everyone deserves the chance to experience a UWC experience, and we are thankful to Shelby Davis for giving us this opportunity to make it happen."
Over seven weeks, UWC International is working alongside the seven remaining UWC schools and colleges in the Davis-UWC IMPACT Challenge to highlight how your donations will pave the way for further funding for UWC scholarships. Donations must be received by the relevant UWC schools or colleges by 31 July 2018 to be eligible for the current Challenge funding period.
UWC schools and colleges currently participating in the Challenge are:
Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong
UWC Changshu China
UWC Costa Rica
UWC ISAK Japan
UWC Mahindra
UWC Red Cross Nordic
UWC Thailand
You can visit each school or college's donation page to learn more about their activities and how far they have come on their journey with the Davis-UWC IMPACT Challenge. Be sure to continue to watch this space over the coming weeks as we share their stories!
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For some patients, having open-heart surgery can be risky. Now, thanks to new technologies and proven methods, patients who visit Spartanburg Regional Heart Center have choices.
New treatments offer new hope
Structural heart conditions include holes in the heart, birth defects, valve problems and aneurysms. Recent decades have seen major advances in treating these problems. Qualified patients at the Heart Center can now avoid more high-risk surgical procedures or be treated for a condition that was once considered inoperable.
Helping structural heart conditions
Spartanburg Regional Heart Center is recognized nationwide as a leader in cardiac care. The Heart Center has recently added three integrated programs that can improve — and even save — the lives of people who have specific heart-related problems:
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) – For the patient who needs an aortic valve replacement because of aortic stenosis. The aortic valve is the valve in the heart that regulates blood flow to the rest of the body. The valve needs to be replaced if it becomes clogged with calcium buildup or if it malfunctions because of a birth defect. In the past, mild cases were treated with medicines and more serious cases needed open-heart surgery. Today, the Heart Center can replace the aortic valve through a catheter, which is much less invasive and offers the patient a much shorter recovery time. The valve is about the size of quarter when fully expanded.
- MitraClip therapy – Treats the patient who needs a repair of the heart's mitral valve because it is leaking or regurgitating (exiting blood back into the heart). The clip, which is about the size of a dime, attaches to the valve leaflets to help them close more tightly and keep the blood from backwashing into the heart. This procedure is performed using a catheter, rather than the more invasive open-heart surgery.
- Watchman – For people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) that is not caused by a heart valve problem or who need a choice besides blood-thinning medicines to help prevent strokes. The left atrial appendage (a protruding sac) in the heart often collects blood clots. Blood-thinning medicines can help keep clots from forming, but the drugs have side effects, such as bleeding a great deal after a cut. Watchman is an implanted device that seals off the appendage and keeps blood clots from collecting and escaping into the body where they could cause a stroke. This procedure is also delivered through a catheter, rather than open-heart surgery. It allows the patient to stop using blood-thinning medicines that can cause excessive bleeding.
Return to better health
The new structural heart procedures at the Heart Center launched in August 2017. Since day one, the Heart Center has made sure all staff is properly trained and that best practices are carefully followed.
Kim Valenti, NP, coordinator of structure heart services at Spartanburg Regional, says a safe and successful treatment for each patient is the No. 1 priority.
"Each patient gets a high level of personal attention. When a patient is referred to our program, I meet with them to discuss their choices and treatments," she said. "We talk about the fantastic team of physicians, the heart team, and what is actually going on with the patient's heart. I make sure patients know as much as possible to make the best decisions for their health."
Among their many services, Valenti and the team:
- Schedule all pre-procedure tests and doctor appointments.
- Guide patients through the processes of each procedure.
- Educate patients about specific health problems.
- Monitor the patient's condition during treatment.
- Follow up with patients once they leave the hospital, to help make sure they recover successfully.
"Instead of open-heart surgery, these small devices are folded up, inserted into a vein and threaded into the heart for placement," Valenti said. "People are able to get back to their normal routines much quicker. That's the ultimate goal — to get people back to their normal lives instead of living with pain, shortness of breath and blood-thinners."
For more information about Structural Heart Services available at Spartanburg Regional Heart Center, please contact 864-560-8133.

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SPIRIT RIVER, A.B. – The Fort St. John Flyers improved their record to 2-0 last night in NPHL action.
The Flyers were in Spirit River last night taking on the Rangers. Spirit River struck first with a powerplay goal midway through the first, but Jeff Shipton answered back for the Flyers with a powerplay goal of his own assisted by Daylen Pearson and Brody Busche with 25 seconds left.
Shipton struck again with another powerplay goal 8 minutes into the second assisted by Rick Cleaver and Adam Horst. The Rangers answered back once again with a shorthanded goal five minutes later, before Robbie Sidhu scored on the powerplay with one second left in the frame to put the Flyers up 3-2. Busche and Horst tallied assists on that goal.
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Going into the third, the Flyers continued to dominate. Shipton scored less than 5 minutes in to get the hat-trick on a feed from Cleaver and Cody Hildebrand. After Spirit River responded with a pair of goals to even things up just past the halfway mark, it was all Fort St. John from then on. Brody Busche tallied his third point of the night, scoring with 2:59 left in the third assisted by Shipton and Cleaver. Thirty seconds later, Shipton himself scored his fourth to add some insurance for the Flyers, helped out by Andrew Payou. Robbie Sidhu sealed the fate of the Rangers to give the Flyers a 7-4 win with a minute and a half left, assisted by Pearson.
The Flyers are back on home ice on Saturday night to host the Falher Pirates. The puck drops at the North Peace Arena tomorrow at 8:30 p.m.


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Very light, pretty, peachy hue. Aromas: citrus, nectarine, peach, grass. Dry style with flavours of herbs and grass - reminds me of a Sauvignon Blanc, but stronger in flavour. Some bubbles, slightly acidic. Long finishing, especially for a rosé. Will be having this home-made chicken souvlaki with Greek salad on the side. Yum!


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Argyranthemum, Golden Butterfly, 4.33″ Pot
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Garden VALEDICTORIAN. This is the golden yellow version of venerable Butterfly Marguerite Daisy. The large daisy flowers thoroughly cover the plants all summer, no deadheading needed.
- Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
- Long Blooming
- Fall Interest
- Heat Tolerant
- Deadheading Not Necessary
Duration: Annual
Height Category: Medium
Garden Height: 18 – 36 Inches
Spacing: 12 – 14 Inches
Spread: 12 – 20 Inches
Flower Colors: Yellow
Flower Shade: Golden yellow
Foliage Colors: Green
Foliage Shade: Green
Habit: Upright
Container Role: Thriller
Plant Needs
Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun
Maintenance Category: Easy
Bloom Time: Planting To Hard Frost
Hardiness Zones: 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Water Category: Average
Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil
Uses: Container, Landscape, Mass Planting
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I've been deeply involved with Green IT this week. The climate statistics and how they're changing reminded me of some wise counsel I was given by my dear friend Ivan Goldberg (http://ivanjgoldberg.blogspot.com). Change is inevitable, be an enthusiastic early adopter.
- In a typical office environment the IT Infrastructure will account for around 40% of the total energy consumption (carbon footprint) – the remaining 60% being (mainly) heat & light.
- Cities and towns cover 2% of the surface of the planet, 50% of the world population live there, they use 75% of all the energy produced and in turn, they produce 80% of all emissions.
- Of a total world population of 7 billion, 5 billion have mobile (cell) phones and there are more than 7 billion in use.
These statistics demonstrate the dramatic changes that have taken place on this planet over the past thirty or so years. In fact the change-rate is exponential! One of the most compelling effects of this rate of change has been the compression of time.
For example, we now expect a response to our communications, probably through text or email, in hours and preferably minutes, whereas even fifteen years ago, we had to wait for a snail mail response which could have taken days if not weeks.
Everything is urgent! We are continually distracted by that ping which tells us that another text message or email has arrived demanding that we read it and reply instantly.
The next ten years may see the demise of email as the use of instant messaging and other forms of less formal communication take over. How long will instant messaging last before something else arrives out of left field to improve our lives?
None of this is right or wrong, good or bad. It is simply the reality of the way in which our lives have been changed and it is up to us to determine if it is for the better.
Change is inevitable. Like it or not, change will happen around us and by definition affect the way we live and work. By far the best way is to embrace these exciting changes and use them for the benefit of our organisation and for ourselves.
The pace of change and the ever increasing demand for technology driven solutions has a huge environmental cost. From 2012, the global carbon footprint of IT activity will exceed that of the airline industry! A typical administrative centre packs an annual IT energy bill of over £200,000. This too must change!


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What's happening in the Tuckshop Garden? Read on and find out. Follow the progress of my cutting patch and Tuckshop Flowers.
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Hipplecrips towards the future
Gone is the annoying patch of grass behind the tree. Revealed are the patches of rubble and old cherry tree root underlying bits of this border. Tomorrow, the tackling of these will be added to my jobs list. Along with getting serious compost, leaf mould and muck into the new border areas. And getting to the allotment to do some proper work next week. (Why are good intentions always so frequent where that place is concerned?)
In the garden at home, I can see glimmerings of white sheathed snowdrop buds appearing in the borders and the first tentacles of hellebore flower shoots are slowly probing their way out of the mud. But spring still seems such a way off with this muddy drabness all around. Hard to believe this will all change in the next six to eight weeks (an undending source of annual satisfaction). This is what I have to keep telling myself when I gulp at the thought of actually producing flowers to sell - things seem impossibly dead at the moment, but will not always be so.
I'm starting small, with one stall a month, just to see how things go and although my mind gets ahead of me with multiple markets and major flower undertakings, the reality is, thankfully, more modest. So I'll just have to bear this in mind, take deep breaths, pull on my boots, pray for good weather and set to work...
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Great news about your stall - I can just about feel your excitement up here :) I'm sure you will look back on this moment with a 'what was I worrying about' thought!ReplyDelete
I see your garden is just like mine - hellebores just visible in the soil and plenty more just below!
Good luck - keep taking those deep breaths and start doing a sun dance :)
Thanks for the encouragement - part of me wants all my latent flowers to hold their breath until April! But then I'd just be even more terrified that nothing was growing...ReplyDelete
Hipplecrip.....what a great word !!new to your blog. Best of luck with your market stall.......sounds like an exciting time for you.ReplyDelete
I'm having a great time - it's better than work, if a little chilly to be an outdoor person at present...ReplyDelete


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Jenny, Mary and Sue would like to invite you to join the Coventry & Warwickshire group.
The main aim of this Group is to provide a place where people affected by PSP or CBD and their families, friends and carers can meet and give mutual support to each other as well as having the opportunity to chat informally, make new friends and generally relax and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and homemade cake.
We hold meetings in Kenilworth and Studley.
Group Info:
It would be really helpful for catering purposes if you are able to let Jenny know that you will be joining us, but it is OK just to turn up on the day.
Everyone welcome, so please come along!
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If you are self-conscious about how to use chopsticks, you shouldn't feel bad. It is a skill that takes time to master. Even if you weren't raised in any Asian culture, however, you can still learn how to use a… Read More
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5 Ideas for Cooking with Asian Pears
Depending on the taste profiles that you enjoy you might prefer Asian pears to the pears you are more familiar with; this is because Asian pears tend to be sweeter and crunchier than Bartlett or Bosc pears. However, if you're… Read More
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23 Oct 2017
A Sunday Spent Soaking
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A Sunday evening, at the end of a long week and weekend was always a time to take a moment to reflect and restore. The body and mind had craved an escape, the rush of distraction and adrenaline that was something primal, unhibited and on the edge of comfort. In a world where every decision is played out, re-played he had craved the simple and on a beach he'd found that earlier in the day.
The warm water caressed his body and as his eyes closed he again saw the Autumn sun above the growing wave of water, forming into a barrel that was drawn towards him and he heard its growl and roar approach him before ducking beneath the surface and silence. His head lowered into the bath and he opened his eyes.
Her body approached above, the details hidden but her form so familiar, and he raised his body to welcome her. "How's the water ?" she said with a smile as she stepped into the bath and sat between his legs. He reached for the sponge, submerging it by her thigh and began to soak her shoulders with the warm water. His hand gently on her shoulder, she felt the sponge against her neck and the water run down her back. His eyes studying her back, her neck and the feel of her body inside his within this escape and he felt himself grow behind her.
As his hand moved to soak the sponge again, he leaned forward ... 'That's the not the soap back there' she sighed and gentle nestled her bum and body back against his hardening body. The sponge across the top of her shoulders now, he studied how the water moved down over her neck, her collar bone and caressed her chest. Her nipples stood erect and he watched with interest as the water fell and moved either side and down her torso. She instinctively raised her hips, creating some space for her hand behind and he felt her fingers search and find him.
She felt his lips and tongue meet the skin on her neck and her body shivered as his kisses traced a line to the top of her back. Her fingers around him now, encouraging him, taking him firmly triggering him to moan, his eyes close .. enjoying all of his senses firing as she pulled down.
"Let's add some warm water", her long legs reached out, her foot deftly hitting the tap and the sound of the water falling into the bath. His hands, one massaging her left shoulder, his fingers tracing the lines of her neck and arm and finally allowing themselves to gently hold her nipple between this thumb and finger. The other hand on the inside of her right thigh, stroking with his fingers. Surrounding them, the warm water wrapped them as a blanket would. The feeling of their breaths synch, her hand stroking, as his moved in synch. Eyes closed, just allowing the content to wash over their bodies.
As he stood and dried himself, her eyes never leaving him he turned her to face the bath room mirror and began dabbing her back with the towel. She leaned instinctively forward, her eyes trapped in his gaze in the mirror as she raised her hips for him to dry her lower back and below. "I'm still very wet" she laughed as his fingers toyed with her before entering. She gasped at this feeling, her lip bitten with a groan. His eyes locked on her face, her expressions causing him intense pleasure in her satisfaction. He could feel her body respond to his fingers, dripping intensely and her pleasure intoxicating him.
He closed his eyes, positioning himself up and onto the her ... he opened them briefly to see her eyes in the mirror staring at him - her expression intense, her mouth open in anticipation of him entering her. With that he closed his eyes and eased himself into her. The waves of pleasure forming as he reached deep within her pushing his hips forward. His hand reaching down to steady her hips and leg as he began.
In his mind he saw waves, forming. Their power, the sound mixed with the sound of her pleasure and the building intensity of his own breath.
His leverage with his legs, his hips ...the intensity magnified by her pushing back against him defiantly demanding more, the rhythm between them triggering pleasure as they both reached for the other consumed by the intensity of desire.
Her voice, urging, demanding, groaning ... his own feelings building to a roar ... in his mind, a wall of water approaching, deep and dark, the noise and intensity all around him, high above him .... instinctively his body shot forward, delivering to her a wave of himself against the wall of her body. Wrapped in each other, they let the wave pass through and over them as they settled spent within each other, wrapped in their senses as her body and his and the wave slowly subsided.
Without a word, he turned her towards him and she could see that primal need within his stare. The need to detach, to be truly alone and at peace within the natural, between the waves. His fingers on her ass, pulling him towards her, she felt another wave against her at the taste of his lips and tongue satisfy her.


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Meredith Oare and Thomas Hull
How did you meet? Meredith's sister Kathleen talked her into signing up for eHarmony. It only took three short weeks before her profile matched with Tom. Meredith had always wanted to go the McNay Art Museum in downtown San Antonio and they just happened to have an event that Thursday with live music, food trucks and of course art. Meredith suggested the event to Tom and he was on board. Tom and Meredith both agreed this was the best first date they had been on ever! They confessed they wanted to see each other again. How about tomorrow?
Tell us about the proposal: Hands down, the most memorable trip taken together was to Florida's Disney World. As soon as they got into the park, Meredith wanted to take a picture in front of the castle in their Frozen themed "We finish each other's SANDWICHES" t-shirts. They found a pair of cast members to take their picture. Just as the cast member was handing back Tom his phone he asked if she could take one more picture and got down on one knee and pulled a ring out of his pocket and proposed to Meredith! And she said...YES! To make the trip even sweeter the two cast members taking the pictures were also in charge of selecting the grand marshals for the afternoon parade. Guess who was chosen? Tom and Meredith got to be the grand marshals the parade and treated like Disney royalty the rest of the day!
What inspired the design or theme of your wedding day? Family friendly, rustic, elegant, whimsical, Texas. Tom and I both wanted to get married in San Antonio where we met and currently live. So we embraced the idea of having a Texas-themed wedding and highlighting all the things we have come to love about Texas. We invited our families to join us on a pre-wedding hike at Eisenhower Park on Friday morning, we had our rehearsal dinner at The Cove downtown, we introduced our mothers and bridesmaids to Kendra Scott, and Tom's father to Lucchese. We had our wedding mass and ceremony downtown and our reception in hill country at The Oaks at Boerne. Tom and I even spent our wedding night at Hotel Emma at the Pearl and walked all the way to Casa Rio on the Riverwalk for a late night snack. We love Texas and wanted our family to as well.
Why did you choose the venue and vendors you did? Of course I had been looking at wedding pictures on Facebook long before I got engaged and kept liking the same photographer at Snap Chic Photography. Tom and I got to work with Anna for our engagement shoot and I worked with Kate for my bridal shoot so by the time the wedding came around they both knew us so well.
We fell in love with The Oaks at Boerne from the first time we saw pictures on Facebook to driving up the long drive and seeing the rustic barn with the lights in the oak trees. We knew this was the perfect spot for our reception. We loved that we could customize the space just for our reception.
What were some of the most unique elements of your wedding? It was cold and it rained! We had planned for lawn games and dancing under the oak trees but we loved every minute of our cold rainy wedding. The Oaks brought in heaters for us and my bridesmaids went to three different Targets to find matching clear umbrellas the night before the wedding. You only get married once and no one can predict the weather - just have fun no matter what happens!
Did anything about your wedding exceed your expectations? All of our vendors were amazing. You plan a wedding hoping for the best, but you expect something on your wedding day to go wrong. With the vendors we selected everything seemed to go perfectly and we couldn't recommend anyone of them more.
Our photographer Snap Chic Photography was simply amazing. They took what could have been a disaster with a raining cold day and produced some of the most amazing and stunningly beautiful pictures. You could tell they had a vision for every photo, and they were passionate about making sure our personality shown through. If you can get them, get Snap Chic Photography!
What advice do you have for couples planning a San Antonio wedding? Start EARLY! I called 12 churches around San Antonio and the hill country to try find a Catholic Church that was available. Between quinceaneras and weddings they were booked for 6-10 months. Once we found a church that was available we called our priest to see if he was available, followed by Snap Chic and The Oaks. The vendors make all the difference. Find well reviewed, passionate, and seasoned professionals. P.S. plan your own wedding. You can do it!
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COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - People in Columbus have a brand new place to entertain themselves and their families.
Stars and Strikes is now open on Veterans Parkway.
It's an upscale entertainment venue featuring a bowling alley, laser tag, bumper cars, arcade and restaurant.
The Director of Operations, Kip Lowery, says Stars and Strikes will offer a great experience for families looking to have fun.
"We always get a great excitement with families because that is what it's all about. Showing families a good time," Lowery said.
Stars and Strikes has nine other locations in the metro Atlanta area. The Columbus location is inside the old front porch of the south building.
Launch Trampoline is also in that same building.
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Think equal, build smart and innovate for change: Mainstreaming gender into ABS
8 Mar 2019
Women play a key role in biodiversity conservation and managing genetic resources, yet their role as users, custodians and managers of biodiversity and natural resources is often overlooked and not immediately apparent, limiting their access to credit, land, investment, decision-making processes and preventing them from accessing the benefits derived from the use of biological and genetic resources and their associated traditional knowledge.
The International Women's Day is a time to call for change and also an opportunity to consider how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal number 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
This year's theme, think equal, build smart, innovate for change, couldn't be a better fit to showcase how the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS can transform the roles women play along ABS-compliant value chains.
In this regard, we are happy to launch the MIND Your Step! Gender Toolkit in our upcoming Webinar on March 13th, 2019. This toolkit was developed by the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project and is intended to guide development professionals working on genetic resources in their efforts to mainstream gender considerations into ABS compliant value chains and ensure that men, women, youth and elderly equally benefit from various ABS interventions.
Gender-smart and ABS-compliant value chains place a specific focus on women's involvement in value-chains as a key point of intervention for the transformation of power relations and gender roles. Addressing the drivers of gender inequalities in ABS schemes promotes the transformation of social structures that inhibit women from having a fair and equitable share of the benefits.
For more information about the MIND Your Step! Gender Toolkit and to register in our Webinar on Mainstreaming Gender into ABS: think equal, build smart and innovate for change click here.
Joins now the Global ABS Community to access the recordings, materials and discussions from webinars promoted by the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project.


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A is Amazing: Poems About Feelings
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Amazing, bored, excited, magical, naughty, sad, zestful...you can feel any way you like in this exciting collection of poems about feelings from A to Z. Exploring all kinds of moods and emotions , the poems are by a stellar and culturally diverse group of poets, including Siegfried Sassoon, Carol Ann Duffy, Benjamin Zephaniah, Grace Nichols, John Agard, Jack Prelutsky, Kwame Dawes, Raymond McCormack, EE Cummings, Kit Wright and Michael Rosen. With atmospheric, luminous illustrations on every page.
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WENDY COOLING is a former teacher, and founder of the national Bookstart programme. She has edited many story collections and poetry anthologies, has retold traditional tales, and is a highly-respected reviewer and commentator on children's books. Her previous books for Frances Lincoln include All the Colours of the Earth and All the Wild Wonders. She lives in Hertfordshire. PIET GROBLER grew up on a farm in Limpopo, South Africa. After working as a church minister, he made a career in illustration and now lectures at the University of Worcester. He is the recipient of many international illustration awards, including the IBBY Honours List. His books for Frances Lincoln include The Great Tug of War (9781845070557) and Aesop's Fables (9781847800077) with Beverley Naidoo, and Fussy Freya (9781845075118) with Katharine Quarmby. He lives with his wife and daughter in Great Malvern.


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Do you know when your space isn't right it's hard to be creative, to follow the flow of your thoughts, to be in the moment? The space in which you sew will either bring out your best or cause much frustration. I now have a place of sewing zen with many beautiful things being created. The knowledge is flowing...
5 people attended the machine class.
4 people attended the cutting class cutting all clothing - 3 dresses and a skirt.
15 people made it to sewing class this week to sew children's clothing, jeans skirt, pencil skirt, a few tops, clothing alterations, maternity dress and a prom gown.
I switched my Technique Tuesday class with a cutting class because I didn't have one scheduled and I had people who wanted one sooner then I was offering. Tuesday's cutting class was my last 6-8pm class. I'm now leaving my students enough time to go through the 5 o'clock traffic to make it to class. It also gives me more time to finish up homework with the kids, cook dinner and wait for the daddy to arrive to take over the parenting.
There were many smiles as my students returned this week to sewing class to see my new surroundings. I did have a few finished products like Jamie's dog bed and some very close to being finished like Yasmin's jean skirt. Unfortunately I have to get in the habit of pulling out the camera. There were a few pictures taken.
Cindy's been coming to sewing class to work on toddler outfits for her niece. She started the pink top in class and did the red/white/blue one at home. She's working on the ruffle bloomers with the only thing left to do is run the elastic. She also has to do the buttonholes for the top and sew the buttons. These came out really cute and will look cute on her littlest family member. She probably would have this finished already if she didn't get sick for a few days and had to cancel one of her sewing classes.
Laura, who's standing at the ironing board is working on her vintage tunic top/dress to go along with the pants I showed you in last weeks review. She's taking her time to do everything right. She installed her neck facing and is working on her armholes. I gave her some homework to do because she owns her own machine. If she finishes she can install the zipper in the next class.
And behind her looking in the mirror is Kimberly who is making a maternity dress to wear to her baby shower. I gotta tell ya, fitting the baby belly is harder to do than you think. We have something funky doing on right at the bust line that you can see her messing with. She didn't like the gathers so we did some tucks instead. I think we're going to have to do another little tuck at the center front to get rid of some fabric to make her have some shape.
And Marta who is sitting on the right came to cutting class with Charlisse Tuesday to cut out a red pencil skirt. She's another student who is taking her time to make sure she learns every step of the process. She came to sewing class a couple of times this week. At the end of the first class we installed the zipper but she didn't like the way it came out so out it came. The second time it looked much better. We had to do some alterations for a better fit before we installed the waistband which she's working on now.
So you can see I took my camera out twice this week. One to take a few pictures at the same time. Hopefully I'll remember next week because so many students are very close to being done sewing. And I want to sew a few things next week too. The only sewing I did this week were to sew curtains for the front window WHICH I didn't take a picture of **LOL** My bad..
Zipper Class Technique Tuesday 6:30-8:30
Sewing Wednesday 11am-1pm and 6:30-8:30pm
Sewing Thursday 10am - 2pm
Cutting Thursday 6:30-8:30pm
Cutting Friday 10am-12n
Sewing Friday 1-3pm
Machine Saturday 10am-12n
Sewing Saturday 1-5pm
Call to reserve your seats! Saturday's classes have been filling - you have to let me know at least 2 weeks a head of time if you want to come on Saturday's.
And on a parting note.... no one entered the Project Runway Contest. I'm amazed! I'll be posting about this soon.
Until next time,
Enjoy your moments ~ make them "sew" much fun,


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Schemes for iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are on: You can save more than Rs 38,000
Apple Inc. Recently launched their front-runner phones for this year. Many iPhone junkies around the globe might be thinking of making a switch to the new generation now. In the festive season as the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are now available in weeks of launch. Many offers including cash back, buyback, and exchange are up for grabs.
With current offers, the new iPhone can be very less expensive than it would sound to be.
Saving Offers available
With combination of all the offers, you can even land up with this new phone for a price of Rs 3000/-
Exchange offers
Apple India is offering exchange offer up to 23,000 on an old smartphone. Conditions are your smartphone should be all right and working condition. Prices may differ according to the phone you have and how old it is. You can exchange both Android and iPhone devices in this offer.
Cashback Offer
On payment with Citi bank debit and credit card. There is an additional Rs10,000 cash back on the purchase of the device. which directly makes 74,000 phone a 64,000 rs phone. Anybody with the Citi account can avail this offer.
BuyBack offer
Apple iPhone 8 and Apple iPhone 8 Plus are having buyback offer straight from Apple. They can return their phones to apple within a year and get Rs 33,000 on iPhone 8 and Rs 38,000 on iPhone 8 Plus.
Deals you can score with iPhone for iPhone 8
On Exchange with iPhone 7, you can achieve an exchange of 17,000. Cashback of 10,000 using a Citi card. and considering a buyback option of 33,000 within a year. The phone is priced at 63,000 and if you avail all the offers it will cost you just 7000/- as you get offers up to 56,000/-.
On Exchange with iPhone 7 Plus, it will cost less as the exchange price is rs 23,000 the new phone will cost just Rs 9,000/- availing all offers.
Deals you can score with Android phones
On Exchange with the top flagship of 2016 and 2017, you can get up to 23,000 rs off, and rest offers you can avail as it is are available. you entitle benefit of more than 60,000 with purchase of the new phone.
Availablity of Offers
Offers are available by the midnight of tomorrow. Go steal the deal before it ends you mourn later.


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The New South Wales government will introduce legislation to approve an underground coalmine that was blocked by the courts because it was polluting Sydney's drinking water.
On Monday the state's energy minister, Don Harwin, announced the government would overturn a decision by the NSW court of appeal to block the extension of the Springvale colliery.
The mine, owned by Centennial Coal, is the sole supplier to Lithgow's Mount Piper power station, which provides about 10% of NSW's electricity.
On Monday Harwin said the mine was "vital for energy security and affordability".
"My top priority as energy minister is to ensure NSW households and business have an affordable, secure and reliable energy supply – this decision supports that," he said.
The legislation, which is expected to be introduced to the parliament this week, will change the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act to "clarify" that "projects in the Sydney water catchment seeking to expand must maintain or improve water quality compared to their existing consent".
It will also specifically validate the Springvale mine's state significant development consent.
The government's planning minister, Anthony Roberts, said the legislation would "support the construction of a water treatment plant" which he said would eliminate saline discharges.
"This new treatment plant will see zero mine water discharge into the Coxs river, is supported by the EPA and WaterNSW and has separately been approved by the independent Planning Assessment Commission," he said.
In August the court of appeal determined that the mine was polluting Sydney's drinking water and therefore operating on an invalid licence.
After a challenge by environment group 4nature, the court found the commission had erred in approving the licence because it involved discharging polluted water into Sydney's drinking catchment.
The approval involved saline mine water being discharged into the Coxs river, which flows into Lake Burragorang, Sydney's major drinking-water reservoir.
The NSW Greens energy spokesman, Jeremy Buckingham, criticised the decision, calling it a "shonky way to govern".
"The proposed changes to the act means that an existing mine can be extended or modified just as long as it pollutes the water catchment just a little less that it currently does," he said.
"This is a significant weakening of protections for our drinking water quality and has significant implications for other areas, such as mining under the Illawarra escarpment."
Georgina Woods from Lock the Gate said introducing new legisalation to overturn the decsion was "reckless and unnecessary".
"There's plenty of coal being mined in this state; we're mining more coal than ever before," she said.
"The idea that a power station cannot secure alternative supplies if a polluting coalmine must be closed to protect the water that supplies Sydney is absurd."
Centennial Coal has previously denied claims of water contamination and said it faced a "rigorous" and "exhaustive" assessment process that lasted five years.
State planning law requires that developments in the catchment must have a "neutral or beneficial" effect on water quality but the court found the mine's discharge was having a negative effect.
Energy Australia has argued that the Springvale mine is the only source of coal Mount Piper can use, and without it the power station will not be able to run to the end of its 50-year life in 2042.
The approval will allow Centennial Coal to extract 4.5m tonnes of coal from the mine every year for a further 13 years. But Springvale's coal will be depleted within a decade.
The NSW government has characterised the legislation as a measure to protect energy security, as the federal government presses AGL to keep the Liddell power station in NSW's Hunter Valley open beyond its slated closure date of 2022.
At last week's Council of Australian Governments meeting Turnbull also sought to put pressure on the NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, to approve the controversial Narrabri gas project, declaring the Santos development would reduce domestic gas prices.


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Celebrating Marriage together in Rome
What a fantastic couple photo session in the eternal city of Rome! Starting in the early morning at the Castel Sant'angelo bridge to get some really nice photos together. Celebrating a romantic wedding marriage in Rome Italy! In some of the most most scenic roman locations. Snapping some nice couple portraits in the warm sun rising light. Then heading over to Saint Peter's cathedral to get some unique shots underneath the large marble columns. Both portrait pictures as well as some more spontaneous snapshots.
Then we were off to the nearby Janiculum hill. Taking some more photos by the Fontanone water fountain and enjoying the view over the ancient city from a distance. Then it was time to reach the Campidoglio square. Where we were able to capture some nice imagery of the ancient ruins from above. As well as a unique and panoramic view of the Colosseum in the far background. Then we took some more shots by a large marble statue and under the old columns found on the side of the square.
Last but not least we drove over to the Roman Colosseum. Taking walking pictures with this incredible background view. Concluding the romantic photo session with some final portraits sitting down before the Colosseo landmark monument.
Time of the year: October
Time of day: Early morning 7:00 am to 10:00 am
Duration: 3 hr photo shoot using a car service with driver
Location: Ponte Sant'Angelo | Vatican St. Peter's square | Fontanone Janiculum hill | Roman Forum from Piazza del Campidoglio | Colosseo
Curated imagery by Andrea Matone photography studio. Click here to learn more about our photo sessions in Italy. Visit our page for bookings and reservations.
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Yeah, so, Amazon kinda sorta forgot to end its best Sonos sale from Black Friday, which means you can still take advantage of it right now. Don't worry, we won't tell if you don't! Head over to Amazon and you'll find you can still buy a Two Room Set with Sonos Play:1 + $30 Amazon Gift Card for just $298. That $30 gift card effectively slashes the price to $268, which is only $134 per speaker. That's nuts!
Here are some important details from the product page:
- Works with Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
- Fill two separate rooms with different music, or link them together to hear the same song in both. Great surround speakers for your Sonos home theater, too
- Versatile, compact fit. Place them wherever you want and enjoy rich, room-filling sound
- Streams all your favorite music services like Amazon Music Unlimited, Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music and more
- Easy 10-minute wi-fi set up. No Bluetooth pairing problems or interruptions
- Connects wirelessly to Sonos speakers in other rooms so you can expand your Home Sound System when you're ready
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Day Traders Diary
11/20/13The S&P 500 futures trade one point below fair value amid cautious overseas action.
Reviewing overnight developments:
Asian markets ended on a mixed note. Hong Kong's Hang Seng +0.2%, China's Shanghai Composite +0.6%, and Japan's Nikkei -0.3%.
In regional economic data:
Japan's trade deficit widened to JPY1.09 trillion from JPY932 billion (JPY814 billion expected) as exports grew 18.6% year-over-year (16.5% forecast, 11.5% prior) and imports increased 26.1% year-over-year (19.0% consensus, 16.5% last). Meanwhile, the adjusted trade balance narrowed to JPY1.07 trillion from JPY1.13 trillion (JPY0.88 trillion forecast). Also of note, the All Industries Activity Index ticked up 0.4% month-over-month (0.5% prior, 0.3% last).
Australia's MI Leading Index came in at 0.1% (-0.1% last).
New Zealand's input PPI rose 2.2% quarter-over-quarter (0.5% forecast, 0.6% last) while output PPI increased 2.4% quarter-over-quarter (1.0% expected, 1.0% prior).
Looking at news:
Japan's trade deficit was among the worst on record as larger-than-expected energy imports outweighed the benefit of increased exports.
Major European indices hover near their lows. Germany's DAX -0.2%, Great Britain's FTSE -0.4%, and France's CAC -0.4%. Elsewhere, Italy's MIB -0.6% and Spain's IBEX -1.1%.
Economic data was limited:
Germany's PPI slipped 0.2% month-over-month (0.1% expected, 0.3% prior) while the year-over-year reading fell 0.7% (-0.6% expected, -0.5% last).
Spain's trade deficit widened to EUR2.59 billion from EUR1.80 billion (-EUR2.50 billion expected).
Swiss ZEW Expectations improved to 31.6 from 24.9 (30.0 forecast).
In news:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her party hopes to finish coalition talks in the middle of next weeks.
In U.S. corporate news:
Deere (DE 86.00, +3.19): +3.9% after beating on earnings and guiding first-quarter sales above consensus.
J.C. Penney (JCP 9.12, +0.41): +4.7% after the company missed on earnings and forecast an improvement in fourth-quarter gross margins and comparable store sales.
Lowe's (LOW 48.81, -1.63): -3.2% following its earnings miss and mixed guidance.
Staples (SPLS 15.42, +0.08): +0.5% after reporting in-line earnings on below-consensus revenue.
The weekly MBA Mortgage Index fell 2.3% to follow last week's decline of 1.8%.
October retail sales and CPI will be reported at 8:30 ET while September business inventories and October existing home sales will be released at 10:00 ET. The day will be topped off with the 14:00 ET release of the FOMC Minutes from the October meeting.
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Explore Labs
Innovation Requires Strong Patents
America's biopharmaceutical industry relies on dedicated researchers and workers to produce lifesaving treatments. The industry also relies on strong intellectual property laws, like patents.
Patents grant inventors exclusive rights over their inventions for a set number of years. During that time, nobody else is allowed to copy or sell the inventions.
It takes an average of over 10 years of research and $2.6 billion - including the cost of failures - to create a new treatment. Patents help biopharmaceutical companies try to recoup this massive investment. Without patents, medical progress would grind to a halt, since no company would invest in research if a rival firm could simply swoop in, copy a medicine's formula, and then sell knockoffs.
Patents are, quite literally, the foundation of the biopharmaceutical industry.
Congress Wants to Reform Patent Laws
Congress is debating a number of changes to the patent system. Lawmakers want to target "patent trolls." These businesses and individuals don't actually invent anything. They simply acquire patents - often for obvious ideas - to collect licensing fees or extort settlement money from companies by filing frivolous patent infringement lawsuits.
The House of Representatives is considering the "Innovation Act" (H.R. 9), which would increase the difficulty and cost of filing a patent infringement lawsuit. While the goal is to stop trolls, the Innovation Act is so broad that it would make it harder for legitimate patent holders, like biopharmaceutical companies, to protect their patents in court.
The Senate is considering its own patent bill, the "PATENT Act" (S. 1137). The PATENT Act does a better job of balancing the need to crack down on trolls while ensuring patent owners can still protect their inventions from copycats.
However, the PATENT Act lacks provisions to protect medicines from unfair patent challenges. To encourage continued investment in biopharmaceutical research and development (R&D), senators must exempt patents on FDA-approved medicines from challenges before a biased review panel at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) known as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Unfair Patent Challenges Would Undermine Medical Innovation
Since 2012, parties looking to challenge the validity of a patent have been able to petition PTAB to overturn the patent. Congress created PTAB to reduce the need for lawsuits by providing a way to resolve some patent disputes outside of court.
Unfortunately, PTAB rules in favor of those seeking to overturn patents so often that it has become known as a patent "death squad." Operating under different standards than a federal court, PTAB has invalidated some or all of the reviewed claims in more than 80 percent of its final decisions.
This well-known anti-patent bias has allowed hedge funds to manipulate a biopharmaceutical company's stock value. The hedge fund bets that the company's share price will fall, and then challenges the company's patent before PTAB. The stock price decline becomes self-fulfilling as investors, fearing the patent will be invalidated, sell off the stock. This tactic can earn millions for the hedge fund but harms shareholders and decreases the company's ability to attract new funding for biopharmaceutical R&D.
The possibility of PTAB challenges could discourage biopharmaceutical companies from investing in costly and uncertain R&D. To encourage such research, Congress should protect the current process for challenging medicine patents found in the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (Hatch-Waxman) and the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA).
Medicines already have their own patent challenge and review process under these two current laws. To encourage R&D efforts, both laws provide for a "data protection" period during which competitors are prohibited from using the innovator biopharmaceutical company's valuable clinical data to seek approval from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their copycat versions.
After this period, generic and biosimilar manufacturers can use such data to seek FDA approval for their knockoff treatments. They can also challenge the innovator's patents through the Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA systems that already allow challenges to be brought under them against patents that are potentially too broad.
There's no need for PTAB challenges to disrupt this system, which is vital to the R&D process that led to 41 new FDA-approved medicines in 2014. Congress must prevent PTAB challenges on medicines and preserve the delicate balance struck under the Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA patent challenge processes.
How to Improve Patent Legislation
Any patent reform law should target patent trolls with scalpel-like precision, while ensuring that legitimate patent holders can still enforce their patents. To protect biopharmaceutical innovation and prevent abusive patent challenges by hedge funds and others, the "Innovation Act" (H.R. 9) and the "PATENT Act" (S. 1137) should exempt patents for FDA-approved medicines from PTAB challenges.


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Residential property prices in Ireland have gone up 13% in the year to April, according to the Central Statistics Office.
This compares with an increase of 12.6% in the year to March and an increase of 9.5% in the 12 months to April 2017.
In Dublin, property prices grew by 12.5% in the year to April, with house prices increasing by 11.7% and apartment prices going up 15.9% in the capital.
Dublin City saw the biggest rise at 14.9%, while the lowest rise was in South Dublin, where house prices increased 6.9%.
Outside of Dublin, property prices were 13.6% higher in the year to April, with house prices increasing by 12.9%.
The Mid-West showed the greatest price growth, with house prices rising by 18.7%, while the Border region had the least price growth of 9.3%. Apartment prices went up by 17.8%.
Despite all the increases, residential property prices nationally are 21.1% lower than the peak in February 2007.
Dublin residential property prices are 23.3% lower than their February 2007 peak, while residential property prices in the rest of the country are 26.1% lower than their May 2007 peak.


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Roper/Photometrics PVCAM adapter
|Interfaces with Roper and Photometrics cameras that work with the PVCAM driver
|Nenad Amodaj, with contributions from Nico Stuurman (Mac adaptation) and Ji Yu (expose more PVCAM properties)
|Windows and Mac OS X (linux possible but not tested)
|PVCAM compatible cameras
|Example Config File:
This adapter should work with all PVCAM compatible camera on all platforms. To use it, you will need to have the PVCAM software (download here) installed and working. At the very least, the pvcam test application should give you an image, and preferably RSImage works with your camera (although we have seen cases where Micro-Manager works with a PVCAM camera whereas RSImage does not). We tested it with an old MicroMax, a newer Firewire CoolSnap and Cascade II cameras on Windows and a Firewire Coolsnap ES, EZ, and HQ2 on Intel Mac. Some properties are relatively hard-coded, so you will find a property for EM gain even if your camera does not have it (we are working on this). Thanks to Ji Yu, most available camera properties are exposed. To use the adapter on Mac OS X, you will need at least version 2.7.7 of the PVCAM adapter (older versions will lock up your Mac).
If you encounter the following error message on startup: Error code: 39
Line 14: Property,Core,Initialize,1
Error code: 22
Device Undefined. Duplicate property names are not allowed.
then Micro-Manager was most likely not terminated in a graceful way during the previous session. Simply quit Micro-Manager, reboot your camera (by switching it off and back on again) and try again. One way of quitting Micro-Manager non-gracefully is by using the ImageJ 'Quit' command. ImageJ does not give Micro-Manager a chance to clean up and therefore will lead to this problem. When you use the Micro-Manager File->Quite command, things will be fine.
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Marketers today are a very busy breed, so every possibility to save time (as well as sanity) helps! While the primary purpose of the Sendible social media management dashboard is to provide a more efficient way of managing social media for your business, it can also simplify your content creation process with a number of useful functions.
Read on to find out how exactly Sendible assists marketers with their content, including their very own content creation service - perfect for whenever you require original blog articles, suffer from writer's block, or have fast approaching deadlines.
Original content is important for your business
Let's just start with the fact that almost everything you create is classified as content - be it images for your social media channels, an email newsletter, a website banner, infographic or even a piece of writing for your blog.
Original content allows to truly show your brand's personality and is especially important for a successful content marketing strategy. This marketing technique allows businesses and individuals alike to build a loyal follower base by engaging with them through non-commercial, educational content on a variety of channels (social included). Blogs are central to this strategy (more on this below) and their greatest advantage is the ability to house your content and extend its longevity (compared to individual tweets on Twitter for example).
Types of content available through Sendible
Social Media
All of your posts on social media networks - Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram or LinkedIn - can all be scheduled in advance and it doesn't stop there, you can also manage your brand presence and engagement directly from the dashboard.
Social media posts, especially those with unique images and videos classified as content, plus various channels, can be used to promote particular areas of your website as well as your blog. Social media is an extension of your content marketing strategy.
Popular Content Curation and Sharing
Content curation, also known as content sharing is especially useful as it increases your credibility as you link to influencers and can show your audience that you are up to date with industry news. Sometimes someone else has said it better than you, and you show your audience that sharing important information is more important to you than simply your own writing.
Situated under Content in the main menu, the Suggested Content feature is perfect for finding influencer articles as well as videos that are already being shared on social media. You can sort the feed either by topic and keywords or by influencer, whichever is more appropriate for your business.
There are lots of resources you can follow in order to be the best you can possible be, so receiving freshly published content should be a breeze. With the RSS feeds service, you can subscribe to all of your favourite blogs, receive them right into your dashboard and share it easily.
Extended reach with Snip.ly
It's possible to extend your reach and brand awareness even further by integrating with Snip.ly. This is a very effective, paid service that allows you to add CTA's to each link that you share.
Once the user clicks on the "snipped" link, a CTA button will appear at the bottom of the user's screen. These pop-ups are extremely powerful, especially when they are relevant to the audience and the shared post, see an example below.
Canva - graphics tool for marketers
Social media networks and blogs are becoming increasingly visual, one of the reasons for this is our ever shortening attention spans - it's much simpler to consume information expressed in visuals than plain text. So even if you aren't a fully qualified designer, you still have to know the basics of design and there are tools to help you do just that!
Sendible has integrated Canva into the dashboard for your convenience, making it really simple to create unique designs for your social media posts or even campaigns. Canva has really handy guides on how to use their tool, so if you are just starting out, we recommend you check it out.
If you have the resources to invest in blogging for your business (you really should find them if there are none), be sure to plan it out and prepare to invest time in it. Remember, blogs are essential to your content strategy and can compliment your other marketing efforts (especially on social media). The beauty of a blog is that you obtain a permanent content hub where all of your content can be housed and then found in one place and also, where your content has a much longer lifespan than it would usually have, say an update on social media.
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It's really simple. Under Content - My Content and then selecting Add Content, choose a topic and angle (simply fill out a form) and an article will be written for you by one of our expert writers within 48 hours. These blog articles are of course fully SEO optimised and can be delivered to your Priority Inbox. Please mind that this service is currently available to Sendible customers only, but hey, you should really trial the tool if you haven't already!
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Monica and Rhodonia from Finland were our 2017 Rider League winners with a whopping 169 points! Here, Monica tells us all about her very special mare, talks about her training and what their plans are for 2018.
Rhodonia is a 2011 Finnish Warmblood mare (Sir Donnerhall I x Rohdiamant). She was bred by our (previous) stable keeper/trainer, from whom my sister and bought her as a two year old filly. So basically we have known her for her whole life.
She is a little princess horse, whose life should be absolutely perfect - at least by her own standards. Place a rug on her just a tiny bit wrong and she will let you know it.
She is a horse that thinks a lot, sometimes maybe too much. However, that makes her a very special kind of girl.
She has been competing in FEI young horse classes under professionals, and we are aiming to school her to as high a level as possible and all the way to Grand Prix, if she stays healthy that is. She has the capacity for it, it just needs to be brought to the surface piece by piece.
We started out the year 2017 quite fumbly as I pushed us to try Preliminary level, even though I could barely keep her in canter. During the previous year she strained a muscle in May while out at pasture and after that developed a persistent mud fever that lasted all the way to autumn. During all of these months she was lame and it affected the quality of her canter quality quite badly.
Before this, she had been mainly schooled by professionals, but by this point we wanted to take more responsibility for her rehabilitation and training. As she is a very sensitive horse, the first thing I had to fix myself was my own seat. And with this my sister helped me a lot by lunging us and correcting the position of my body and its flow to the horse's movement. It is still a continuous work in progress, but just by correcting my own position we managed to raise our test result level by around 10%, and that's a lot!
In April we tested ourselves at Novice level. The snow in the outdoor arena had finally melted and because its surface is not as hard work as the indoor arena, her canter also got better. Percentage was just a tad below of what I had deemed myself to be happy with, but very good for a first try.
We had lots to work at Novice level before moving up. I didn't want to ask her for things like rein-back untill we managed to re-school her in it (she didn't react to the riders aids there in the correct way). Also, halts needed a lot of attention and medium trots were just starting to slowly build into showing more lengthened steps, instead of just hurrying in the rhythm. I did hope that we could test ourselves at Elementary level before the end of the year, but we needed to be able to perform walk to canter transitions, which I could only do for right canter. Also, the canter itself would need to have a a bit more collection before we would be able to do canter-walk transitions, and this feeling I did not have at all.
During the summer months (May-August) I rode Rhodonia occasionally as she mostly trained under a professional rider, with the objective that she could participate in the FWB Breeders' Prize competition. We knew it was a stretch to get her to learn flying changes in a few months and to qualify into the competition, but decided to give it a go without any real stress.
In July we travelled to outside competitions where she participated in an FEI 2009 CCI*/CIC* Eventing Dressage Test open to 5-6yr old horses placing third and on the second day FEI Preliminary Dressage Test for 6-year old horses, winning with a respectable score of 74% and qualifying to the Breeders' Prize competition. In August she placed third at the BP competition for 6yr old horses.
Her training level took leaps forward during the few months, but it's still quite a different thing for a professional rider to carry the horse through a challenging test than for me, as an amateur, to be able to ride the same things with her. We are now, little by little, building together the necessary groundwork needed for us to really take on the Elementary/Medium level tests.
Because we moved our horses to a different (more lively) yard at the end of November, test filming became a bit more challenging for us as there's almost always other riders around and we can't just book the whole indoor arena just for ourselves. But we did manage to fulfill my goal of riding our very first Elementary level test on December 31st. I got up at 4:50 AM to be able to ride and film our test before any other riders appeared. All in all, there were lots to improve upon, but also some very nice parts. For one, we did get a 7 for the rein-back (which I was super pleased with how we presented it). Now we're taking some time apart from filming dressage tests and concentrating on training. During spring (once we have another riding arena in use) I hope to be able to tackle the Elementary level and then onwards.
Riders taking part in our monthly competition classes (classes 1 to 7) are eligible for this year's Rider League. Points are calculated automatically and updated on the Rider League scoreboard, so you don't need to do anything or enter a separate competition! More information about scoring is here on our help page.


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Erica Stephens
Erica is a highly credentialled Sports Dietitian. She has an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Diploma in Sports Nutrition; a Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics (Griffith University) and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science and Nutrition; University of Queensland).
An Accredited Sports Dietitian, as well as an Accredited Anthropometrist, Erica provides private consults on all aspects of nutrition. This can include evidence-based advice and assistance with weight loss, body composition, fueling for training/competition, dietary advice for specific intolerances or other health conditions to name a few.
Erica is able to conduct body fat testing (skin-fold testing) and regularly presents seminars and information sessions for teams, clubs and various orgnaisations in the ACT and across Australia. Get in touch if you're looking for a quality presentation and information session for your organisation.
Erica also published her own e-book: Nutrition for TaeKwonDo, having extensive personal experience in the sport in the past and a strong desire to improve access to quality, evidence-based nutrition advice for these athletes. For more information on this, click here.
In the past, Erica has been employed as a Clinical Dietitian in the Yass community and hospital, where she provided services to clients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, overweight/obesity, malnutrition, cancer and heart disease.
Erica is a member of the Dietitians Association of Australia and Sports Dietitians Australia. Availability is by appointment, please call our reception or see her website for more information.


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After a few years, a roof becomes dirty because of natural debris, the build-up of moss, and harsh weather. To keep your roof in top condition, clean it regularly. You can clean it yourself. Or you can hire roof restoration professionals to clean your roof. In fact, moss damages roofs, so clean it as soon
3 Common Home Plumbing Problems
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Great Things About A Slate Roofs
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NanoViricides has secured orphan drug designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its drug candidate DengueCide, for the treatment of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that affects around 400 million people per annum, while dengue hemorrhagic fever is a subset of the disease that can occur after reinfection with another strain of the same virus, has a case fatality rate of about 20%, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The orphan drug designation will provide several benefits including 'protocol assistance', or specific scientific advice that can accelerate its drug development programme, as well as certain fee reductions, for drug approval under EMA.
The company said, an approved orphan medicine in the EMA countries is expected to benefit from ten years of marketing exclusivity protection.
In addition, two years of exclusivity can also be secured if the drug development has complied with an agreed pediatric investigation plan, with a total of 12 years of market exclusivity for a drug that is approved for both adult and pediatric usage.
Earlier the company has also received orphan drug designation from the US FDA for DengueCide.
Recently, the company had renewed its evaluation agreement for DengueCide and next generation dengue therapeutics with the Eva Harris Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
Currently, DengueCide is in pre-clinical development and if successful, the company will need to file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the US FDA and carry out human clinical trials.
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Inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in January 2006; Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.
Daphne Akhurst won five Australian singles and doubles titles and the mixed four times, an achievement that was unsurpassed until 1951 when Nancy Bolton won her sixth Australian title.
Born in Ashfield, NSW, in 1903, Akhurst showed promise as a pianist growing up. She studied at the State Conservatorium of Music and became a music teacher but it is her achievements on court that she is best known for.
In 1925 Akhurst was part of the first Australian women's team to tour Europe. She competed at Wimbledon and made the quarterfinals. In 1928 she would make the semifinals in singles and doubles, and the final of the mixed doubles at The All England Club. During this period, Akhurst enjoyed an unprecedented run of success, winning the women's singles title at the Australian Championships in 1925-1926, 1928 and 1929-1930.
Akhurst died on 9 January 1933 of an ectopic pregnancy at the age of 29. The winner of the Australian Open women's singles final is presented with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.


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Clear Architects has recently launched a new architectural studio in the New Forest, in the south-west. With headquarters situated in Epping Forest, Essex, the fast-growing practice specialises in the creation of stunning modern architecture designs across residential and commercial sectors.
Protected Area Planning Specialists
The practice is renowned for its bespoke high-end architectural designs and impressive planning success rates – particularly in protected spaces, such as Essex's Green Belt and Hampshire's New Forest National Park.
As a boutique practice that solely offers bespoke architectural designs, Clear Architects is unusual in appointing its own Planning Director. Arron Breedon is a Chartered Town Planner (RTPI) who works with the design team to pre-empt planning-related issues and contributes to their planning successes at first-time applications and with planning appeals. This provides considerable benefit to Clear Architect's clients both in terms of insight, consultancy and efficient use of project resources.
New Forest Architects
Melanie Clear, founder and managing director of the practice, says: "The potential for fantastic design often arises from the context you're working in, particularly in restricted planning environments such as Green Belt or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In some cases, working within a tighter set of parameters opens up tremendous opportunities, as the limitations challenge you to think outside the box, stretching your creativity."
She continues: "When a sensitive approach is taken to the design process, modern harmonious architecture has a place in these scenic, protected zones. High-quality design and materials are everything in these environments, and we are proud to be guided by our membership to the Association for Environment Conscious Building."
Arron Breedon, Planning Director at Clear Architects, is based at the New Forest studio. He says: "Over the years, I have forged strong relationships with the local planning departments across the New Forest and the South West. I have developed a deep understanding of the intricacies of their unique planning policies, which makes me well-placed to co-ordinate design proposals for schemes in the area."
Sustainability Built In
Sustainability is an important part of the design ethos at Clear Architects, and the practice explores various ways in which green strategies and recycled materials can be incorporated into projects. The Coffee Cup House scheme is one such an example.
This innovative idea for a low-cost starter home utilises shredded used coffee cups as the insulation for timber frame structures. The idea received praise from Grand Designs presenter, Kevin McCloud. He said: "This was a radical design which might form the basis of a home that could utilise other materials, for example, by using old car tyres to form the foundations," while The Metro newspaper said the design was "the most innovative".
Project Design Variety
Architect Melanie Clear founded the practice based on the principle of developing buildings with a purpose, that also enhance their natural surroundings and situation. Clear Architects is a RIBA Chartered practice that works across residential and commercial projects. It works on a vast array of design-led schemes, with budgets that span from £350,000 up to £20 million.
The practice takes on an eclectic range of architectural projects. Many of its residential schemes have been recognised by some of the UK's leading consumer magazines, including Grand Designs and Real Homes. Clear Architects also enjoys working on multi-partner commercial projects involving grand heritage houses, hotels and even an Art Deco cinema. The practice has been commended for its design panache by industry leading institutions, including the Sunday Times British Home Awards.
Clear Architects accepts commissions predominantly from across London and the South East (particularly Essex and Hertfordshire) and the New Forest/South West (especially Hampshire and Wiltshire).


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Lupin intros generic Vibra-Tabs
Lupin has introduced its generic Vibra-Tabs (doxycycline hyclate). The company's generic will be available in 100-mg dosage strength tablets.
Lupin's generic of Pfizer's Vibra-Tabs is indicated to treat infections caused by various microorganisms, and as an adjunctive treatment for severe acne.
The product had U.S. sales of roughly $144 million for the 12 months ended November 2017, according to IQVIA data.
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Well, last night a href="http://www.davidjay.com"David Jay/a came into town to showcase his new venture Showit Sites. IT IS AMAZING!! I'm really excited about it, and I can't see a photographer, or any business for that fact not wanting to use it. Basically he has merged the ease of template websites with the availability of making them as custom as you want. They do have style templates to choose, but you can alter them as much as you want by changing text, color, layout, all with just a few clicks. Not different enough for you? Well have a designer make it more custom for you….but you'll be able to maintain it yourself! Adding a picture is easy as dragging it into the program and voila, the software resizes it for you and it's available immediately! Don't take my word on it, just visit a href="http://showitsites.com"Showit Sites/a and download the beta version of it. (You can thank me later :)br /br /These pics were taken by the infamous a href="http://www.xanga.com/kennykimdotcom"Kenny Kim/a. If you need someone to blog for you, Kenny is available full time for very reasonable rates. (lol)br /br /Here is DJ and some of the group. During his presentation, there was a lot of oooing and ahhhing. We actually didn't even realize we were saying it outload!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-01-722405.jpg"img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-01-722400.jpg" alt="" border="0″ //abr /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-02-704251.jpg"img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-02-704238.jpg" alt="" border="0″ //abr /br /Bob and Dawn Davis from a href="http://www.lastoriafoto.info/"LaStoria Foto/a came, and Bob got so excited he had to get up and take a closer look.br /Don't you love our make-shift screen???br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-03-784770.jpg"img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-03-784763.jpg" alt="" border="0″ //abr /br /Here is the group!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-04-763142.jpg"img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bellissimaphotography.com/uploaded_images/blog-04-763137.jpg" alt="" border="0″ //abr /br /I want to thank DJ for coming out to share this fabulous new marketing tool!
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Hey, girl! It was so nice meeting you while I was in Chicago! I love your work and hope to keep in touch!
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It's finally getting cold and I'm sure you're all stressed out with the holidays, so here is an easy and warming soup to make for while you are running around holiday shopping. The crockpot makes life so much easier and sometimes makes certain foods so much tastier…
This is a thick "soup", so feel free to a add extra broth, especially if re-heating leftovers. I like to serve it over some greens, as well, because #micronutrients.
Crockpot Chicken & Parsnip Soup
Serves 4-6
4 chicken breasts (about 1 lbs)
4 celery sticks, chopped
4 small-medium parsnips, peeled and chopped into chunks
1.5 cups bone broth
1 cup full fat coconut milk (shake the can or melt it all together in a saucepan over low heat)
1 tsp. se salt
1 tsp. dried rosemary
Throw everything into the crockpot and cook on low for 4-6 hours, until chicken is done.


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This is a refresher course geared especially to your safety needs. Learn defensive driving techniques and to adjust your driving to age-related vision, hearing and reaction changes with up to date advances in car safety and features specifically available for older drivers. AARP has completely revamped this four hour class with new videos and workbooks taught by certified instructors. The course is fully supported by the State of CT and offers the same insurance benefits. The fee for the new course is payable the day of by check made out to AARP. $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Call to sign up 203-270-4310 to reserve a seat. Other classes scheduled for Friday June 2, August 18 and October 20 at the Newtown Senior Center.


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