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With its hidden courtyard and delightfully home-like interiors, Café Van Gogh in Brixton is one of London's best Vegetarian Secrets and we at Leafcard seek to change this. Everyone should be dining and this gorgeous artistic establishment!
Named for the Dutch Master himself, Café Van Gogh continuously makes some of the most colourful and creative Vegetarian dishes in London, channelling the style of The Starry Night perfectly. With a superb chef that ensures that every day sees a new menu, you tastebuds will constantly be on their toes.
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Applications are invited for admission to the MBA (Full Time) programmes at for the coming academic session of 2014-16 at Institute of Management Nirma University (IMNU), Ahmedabad.The admissions are though CAT 2013. Eligibility
- A three-year bachelor's degree (10+2+3) or equivalent in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.
Candidates appearing in the final year of the Bachelors Degree and completing all requirements for obtaining the degree by 25th June 2014 can also apply provided they furnish the proof of having met with the minimum eligibility criteria by 30th September 2014.
- The candidates failed to meet the minimum eligibility criteria will be asked to withdraw from the programme.
- The tuition fee paid by such candidates will be forfeited unless such vacant seats are filled by other candidates.
Application Procedure:
- Applicants are required to appear for Common Admission Test [CAT 2013] conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM).
- Separate online application shall also be made for IMNU
- Online application form will available on our website www.imnu.ac.in from 3rd October 2013 onwards.
- Fill in the on line application form and submit it along with an online payment of Rs.1,500 by credit card / debit card / net banking. NRI/NRI sponsored/Foreign Students/Person of Indian Origin/Gulf Countries and South East candidates should make a payment of Rs.5000/- or US$ 115 as processing fee.
- To obtain the application form and prospectus, applicants can also send a request along with a demand draft for Rs.1, 500 favouring "Institute of Management, Nirma niversity" payable at Ahmedabad addressed to Deputy Registrar, Institute of Management, Nirma University, Sarkhej, Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad – 382 481 (Gujarat).
- IMNU will receive the test scores from IIM for those candidates who have appeared in the CAT examination and have also applied to IMNU. IIM have no role either in the selection process or in the conduct of the programme.
Important Dates:
Offline Application form available from: 3rd October 2013
Online Application form available from: 3rd October 2013
Last date for submitting the form: 31st December 2013
Short-listing of the Candidates: January/February 2014
Written Communication Test/Personal Interview: March/April 2014
Commencement of the Programme: June 2014
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Dear Readers!
Passionately Raw! is taking a short summer break, but before I go I would like to share with you a fantastically refreshing coconut water kefir recipe. This drink will not only keep you hydrated on a hot summer day, it will help you restore your intestinal flora and improve the digestion.
Summer is such a wonderful time of the year. Enjoy what you are up to and remember that now is the best time to put more raw fruits and vegetables on your table.
~ Fizzy Coconut Water Kefir ~
- 4 cups coconut water (preferably straight from the young coconut)
- 1/4 cup water kefir grains (follow package instructions to activate the grains)
- 1/2 organic lemon
- 1 clip top jar (large enough to hold the liquid and allow space between liquid and the lid)
- 1 clip top bottle
- a plastic mesh funnel (or a plastic funnel and a cheesecloth - if you are using metal use stainless steel)
- Pour coconut water into a clean jar.
- Add water kefir grains and the lemon half. Remember to wash lemon carefully to remove any wax residue form its skin.
- Close the lid and leave the jar in a warm place for 2-3 days.
- Carefully open the lid. Using a funnel pour the contents into a bottle. Discard the lemon, but save the kefir grains to start another batch.
- Seal the bottle with a lid and leave it in the room temperature for 3 or 4 days. Remember to slightly open the lid to allow the fermentation gasses to escape just a bit. When you will hear a slight "burp" close the bottle and let it rest. Do it twice a day to prevent bottle from exploding.
- When your kefir is fizzy enough for you, put the bottle in the fridge and keep it cool.
- Enjoy chilled in good company on its own or with a slice of lime or lemon. Dare to add fresh sage or mint.
Summer is such a wonderful time of the year. Enjoy what you are up to and remember that now is the best time to put more raw fruits and vegetables on your table.
In radiant health - passionately raw - Dominique


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Chr. Hansen expands strain library for next generation probiotics
Press Releases • Jun 12, 2017 10:47 GMT
Research on the human microbiome has exploded in recent years revealing it to be of major importance for human health and disease, creating opportunities for development of next generation probiotics. That is why Chr. Hansen is proud to announce that we have now expanded our world class strain library of potential microbiome modulating strains.


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Funds for conferences
KNAW conference grants
|The Conference Grants Fund assists the organisers of international scientific/scholarly conferences in the Netherlands.
|Target group:
|All Dutch universities and research institutes
|Amount of funding:
|The grant is intended to cover no more than a third of the total conference budget, with a ceiling of € 8,500. The conference budget may not exceed € 170,000
|More information:
|KNAW homepage for the Conference Grants Fund
KNAW Academy Colloquia
|To bring together a select international group of researchers to discuss a topical theme
|Target group:
|Universities and research groups: all types of disciplines
|Amount of funding:
|The Academy contributes a maximum of € 6,500 per day and makes a further € 3,500 available to organise a master class immediately following the colloquium for a minimum of fifteen Dutch doctoral candidates. In addition, the Academy assists the colloquium organisers with organisational and administrative matters at no charge.
|More information
|KNAW homepage for academy colloquia
ESF Call for Conference Proposals
|The European Science Foundation invites researchers to submit proposals for high-level research conferences in the field of social sciences and humanities. ESF Research Conferences promote free discussion and exchange of information, and aim to create long-term networks between participants
|Type of funding:
|Conferences should last 4 or 5 days and have to be held in a location determined by ESF. Maximum 150 attendees.
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Whenever the temperatures start to climb outside, you know that is inevitable to use the air conditioner. Just because your AC worked all last summer doesn't mean that it has to work this summer. There are plenty reasons why you need Houston air conditioning tune-ups.
If your air conditioner sat idle all winter long, debris can settle into the unit causing negative affects to your system. Refrigerant leaks can also be brought about all because it sat too long and without any maintenance.
You may not realize this now but a tune-up can be a lot cheaper than future repairs. Some repairs can become a thorn in one's side as they can become more consistent. That's why it's vital to have Houston air conditioning tune-ups.
You might also save money with a tune-up. One of our biggest problems is that we spend too much money each year wasting too much energy. Poorly working units exert themselves too much using too much energy which leaves behind carbon footprints and a larger energy bill each month.
Also, if you're looking to increase the lifespan of your air conditioner, it is important to have it tuned up annually. Neglecting it will cause you to replace it early. You'll get maximum comfort from yours as well.
Indoor air quality is getting more and more out of hand these days. It's becoming well know that indoor air is much poorer than outdoor air. Regularly scheduled maintenance for the Houston air conditioner will improve the air quality in the home.
Increased air efficiency is possible through a tune-up. You'll be able to rely on your cooling system much more as it produces cooler air whenever you need it to. You can also bet that it won't fail you on those dog days of summer.
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What do you call the second? Number 2? the new baby? Miles' brother or sister? This baby? From the very start, it seems obvious that things are going to be different. However, this pregnancy made itself known much as the first – a negative test followed by symptoms that were obvious to me, but that I pushed to the side since the pregnancy test was negative. Then another test a week later that I didn't need to look at the second purple line slowly fading in on a Saturday afternoon to know it would grow to be two solid distinct lines indicating that another life was forming within. Physical signs this time included fatigue, extreme hunger but loss of sweet tooth (seriously, I turned down cheesecake), almost vomiting from garbage truck and durian smells (but that's normal, right?), and a distinct metallic taste when I drank cold water. It's not jetlag or not being used to the heat – we're expecting a baby!
Expected Date of Delivery: 12/25/2011. Christmas.
Since Miles was born I knew I wanted another one, soon. Close together so they can play with the same kind of toys, enjoy the same kind of things. We decided to wait until Miles' first birthday to start trying again. Mother nature made sure that was possible, the hormones released from breastfeeding kept my fertility at bay until I completely weaned Miles at 13 months. A single visit from my old friend and its gone again, perhaps for another 2 years. So we had planned on this, and we got what we planned for.
We'll have this baby in Malaysia. Its a US export, since it was certainly conceived on our last visit there. The hospitals are great here, medical care is advanced and I know lots of moms who have had babies here. But here's the fact: I will have this baby in a hospital. Not a suped-up B&B with a jacuzzi tub like we had in Austin. That is kind of a hard bite to swallow, but it will be an experience. The OB we see actually does do waterbirths, in a large tub in the middle of a (freezing ACed sterile) hospital room. It worked out well for me last time, perhaps I can try again.
I wanted to keep a little blog of what is going on with this tiny little seed inside of me right now. Of course I won't share it publicly until I am good and ready. Lots of this will be post-dated.
Five weeks(4/26): I went in for a super early scan to see what's up in there. I
didn't go into the doctor for Miles until I was 11 weeks. Turns out there wasn't much to see, just a tiny little water sack stuck to the side of my uterus. Wow! It's really real. I'm feeling OK. Slight tingling under my tongue, a reaction to the bile leaking up my esophagus, I assume. Eating suppresses it. And eat I shouild! A recent flare up of my Graves disease (controlled now – all levels normal!) left me a bit underweight. I am starting this pregnancy off 10lbs less than I was with Miles, only a pound up from where I was at my lowest-morning-sickness-low. At 130lb (59 kg), I am trying my best to gain a bit before week 7 and the highly anticipated real fun begins. My fingers are crossed, I am eating beans like a madwoman, but unfortunately the thyroid hormones can act like the morning sickness hormone and so I am pre-disposed to 6 weeks of misery. Tim and I have moments where we look at Miles, than at each other and think, can we do this? The baby is apparently the size of a poppy seed, and Tim has taken to calling him/her "kas kas", Tamil (south Indian) for poppy seed.
Seven Weeks(5/9): I am slowly emerging from what I hope will be noted down
as the worst week of this pregnancy. I started throwing up over a week ago. I was 5 weeks pregnant. Not good. It escalated until I was visiting the toilet (to puke) every hour and Miles had abandoned his initial scared reaction of mom throwing up and was pretending to throw up too. I was pretty dehydrated, and looked gaunt and sick. I had no energy. Screw you, bean cure. I couldn't keep down water. So I called the doc and started some OTC anti nausea drugs. He wanted to check me in over night and hydrate me, I opted to do that alone at home, but it took days until I could stand without being dizzy. Finally 5 days later, I am feeling better. Vomiting has reduced significantly, to just once and a while, and I am feeling more like myself. Well, a very tired pregnant version of myself.
We went in for scan #2 today, an abdominal US that showed us a tiny 7mm baby with a tiny beating heart. I measured exactly 7 wks 0 days, which is right on. We're not out of the woods, but the beating heart assured us this is a viable life inside, so we're starting to spread the news. Not on the blog, though. Not just yet…
Eight Weeks (5/18): Time is crawling by. Days feel like months, a week a year. I'm trying to take this one minute at a time, but I am getting a bit sick of being sick. So often I find myself right on the edge, just hanging on. This will go on for an hour or more before I finally either slide into sleep or end up with my head over the toilet. Its taking its toll not only on me, but on Tim and Miles, who if they are lucky get a tiny fraction of the mom and wife I was 3 weeks ago. It gives me a new appreciation for people who live through serious illness, and a deep appreciation that there is a light at the end of this very short tunnel.
Ten Weeks (5/31/2011): Things are settling down, and I realize that if I just don't get too tired out I can manage this pretty well. We had visitors from Singapore, and I am so grateful for their easygoing attitude that allowed us to just chill most of their visit. Last weekend we went away to Pangkor Island and I ate and ate and never threw up. It was a great weekend, reminicient of the trip we made to CO when I was 9 weeks preggo with Miles, not the weather or surroundings at all, just the change of scenery that allowed me to break out of the sick routine. Another thing is that one night before I went to sleep, I was just laying there and felt some kind of distinct movement in my low belly I could not write off to indigestion. Not sure if this walnut sized little one to recently be upgraded to fetus is capable of any kicks yet, but I might have felt it… Help arrives in one week in the form of family, and I can't wait. Miles will be happy too 🙂
People ask me if I am having cravings. Well, I can't eat almost everything, opening the fridge or freezer is sure to set off some retching, but I do experience cravings. In the form of I must eat this now cravings. My shopping cart is sad: beef, bacon (the imported, pork kind), mac & cheese. I want Chili's and BLTs and pizza. Western food for sure (one Thai craving was discovered to be sorely misguided). I want sandwiches. Fricano's spicy Reuben with Boar's head meat on good rye bread, grilled in a panini press. The closest we have is subway. Very, very sad. Last night it was roast chicken dinner (not the first for this particular craving, the last was satisfied by KFC). I had been on the couch nearly all day when I bounded into action for this 30 minute cook-a-thon which produced chicken, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and salad. At least this stuff is going down and staying down (for the most part). Still no weight gain, I hover at 124 lbs.
(almost) Twelve weeks (6/10): My sister came early and has been here all week. She's excellent at getting in the kitchen and making up what I need, bringing me water, keeping the dishes done, keeping my mind elsewhere. Then Tim's parents arrived and some more help in the form of diversions for both me and Miles. I'm still tired, throwing up about once a day, but being in the double digit weeks and so close to what I hope is the end of this puts my mind at ease. Scrambled eggs are awesome.
Tim came with me for another check up. I asked for Zofran, a strong anti-nausea
drug meant for chemo patients but often described for pregnant ladies in the states. The OB responded shocked, and told me I didn't need that. I guess he is a bit more conservative than I gave him credit for, and for that I'm glad. Still no miracle drugs for me to take to Borneo (a 9 day vacation I had planned for us all with some hope of being OK by then). He promised things would get better 1-2 weeks tops, and we went on to the real fun. The abdominal ultrasound immediately displayed the complete profile of a BIG and fully formed baby! Holy crap! By big I mean 5cm (2″), but it looked big on that screen. Doc froze the screen and took some measurements – neck fat, nasal bone and spinal – that were all normal indicating the lack of likelyhood of certain chromosomal deformities. He kept saying "beautiful!" "perfect position", making Tim and I think we had another ham-bone on our hands (Miles loves being cute in front of others). Once he unfroze the screen, we noticed something else a little different about this one. We remember distinctly watching Miles the Mexican Jumping Bean on the screen of our 12 week ultrasounds – never still for a minute. This one was calm, slowly rolling onto its side and then back over waving arms and legs up in the air. We smiled at each other – is it a sign? We are going to get an angel baby? Of course we would welcome another active spirited child to our family with open arms, but that glimmer of something different was fun.
Twelve weeks, 6 days (6/19): Back from Borneo, 9 days of no puking, no meds, (relative) relaxation. It was a good holiday. I ate what I needed to – mainly in the form of massive amounts of western food (especially toast with butter and jam) and satisfied strong cravings (mostly for watery fruit). Tim was there with Miles and family carried some of the burden – literally for Aunt May in Kuching. I'll write more in the trip report.
I was feeling great – my belly is swelling so that evenings I look obviously pregnant. I took long rests in the afternoon while Miles napped and went to bed early with him at night. Then maybe the traveling caught up with me, and not an hour after getting home, I was back at the toilet. Maybe it was opening the fridge again. In any case, I hope this passes, quick. There's only a week left in this first trimester.
Fourteen Weeks (6/27): Today marks the end of the first trimester and the start of the (glorious, motivated, energetic, I am hoping) second. I'm eating, it's been almost a week since I threw up. I've been craving, and eating, healthy things like veggies and fish. Still tired, but I've managed a few late nights as well. I'm getting a bit thicker around the middle, and the bump is obvious if I stand with bad posture (when I hold Miles!) or at the end of the day. I'm looking forward to the time ahead, and can officially say I am done with being sick! (**hour later update – not done with being sick apparently, but definitely through the worst of it) In fact, I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight, and the slope is looking positive for the next 26 weeks. Bring on the elastic waistband.


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Butcher believes Meekings can rise to the top
Ipswich Town and England legend Terry Butcher believes the sky is the limit for what former Haverhill schoolboy Josh Meekings can achieve.
The former national team captain was the 22-year-old Samuel Ward Academy graduate's manager who launched his professional career in the Scottish Premier League with Caledonian Thistle two-and-a-half years ago.
And speaking to the Echo at a recent Ipswich Town Supporters' Club event, after moving back to Suffolk having been relieved of his position as Hibernian manager in June, he said Meekings is already good enough for Celtic or the England's second tier, and believes he could play in the Barclays Premier League one day.
"He trained with us as a young boy and he is now a man," he said. "He has improved enormously. He always had the raw ingredients, coming from Ipswich.
"Russell Osman (then Ipswich Town Academy manager) recommended him to me and ever since he came to Inverness he has been a revelation really."
Asked if the Caley regular had the talents to play for runaway Scottish leaders Celtic, Butcher said: "Yes, he could do.
"He could also easily play in the championship, and who knows, if he is improves as the way he is improving he could go on and play in the Premier League."
He added: "He is quick, he is sharp, he wants to learn, good passer of the ball, aggressive and he has played right-back but his main role is as a centre-half.
"He could go right to the top."
Despite a lack of academy players graduating into SkyBet Championship Ipswich's first-team in recent years, Butcher feels their decision to let him go should not necessarily be seen as a mistake.
"No, at the time they made a decision and I have made decisions like that before as well," said Sir Bobby Robson's captain of club and country during the 1980s.
"Sometimes you have a choice and if you feel it is not right, you make that call.
"Whereas it was unfortunate for Josh, it was fortunate for us."
While he also told highly sought-after Tyrone Mings, who turned up to listen to Butcher at Ipswich's Dove Street Inn, that he should stay put, he also offered the same advice for Cavendish-raised Meekings.
"He has done very well up there, Butcher said.
"He has signed another year's contract and is enjoying it.
"And he may want to come back to England one day, but I would say if you are enjoying your football, stay with it.
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GALA/LA would like to to address some concerns that seem to have emerged within the community regarding a couple of issues.
First GALA/LA would like to clarify that we work with every one of the growing mosaic of LGBTQ organizations in Lethbridge and others in Calgary, Medicine Hat and beyond. We continue to respond to requests for support and sponsorship by providing money, volunteers and supplies and equipment when asked. There is not a single support request that GALA/LA has not responded to positively. And even beyond our community, partnerships with organizations in the larger community continue to increase. That rich mosaic of groups each has their own mandate, structure and process. Each is responsible to their own membership as determined by the structure that they developed and GALA/LA supports and affirms the autonomy each group maintains.
The second subject where it seems some concern has arisen is around the same-sex dances held in November. First, the women's dance was held at the request of a number of women in the community and was in fact very well received. The event had about 50 people present and was successful enough that many attendees, some of whom were at their very first GALA dance, asked that the event be repeated.
The men's dance was a response to requests by several GALA/LA members, asking that we also hold a men's dance if we held a women's dance. Perhaps the reason for the limited response was due to the difficult weather or maybe the men's community here really isn't interested in men's only events that are so popular in larger centres. Many of the men in attendance had genuinely looked forward to it and regardless of the reason people chose not to attend, GALA/LA was responding to input from its community.
The New Year's Event was also a request from some members of the community but low ticket sales meant that GALA/LA had to make a decision to be financially responsible and cancel the event. Perhaps the reality is that LGBTQ people do not need dances of their own in the same way that they did even three or four years ago. We are hearing that the queer community in Lethbridge can and DO openly attend other events and dance establishments and that is something that we should celebrate. But for those who do enjoy dancing and spending time in "queer" space, mark your calendars....the next GALA/LA dance is scheduled for Saturday, January 22!
Finally, as 2010 comes to a close, we want to share with you all the many accomplishments, successes and amazing steps forward that GALA/LA has made in the past eight months, each one of them with you, the members of the LGBTQ community in mind.


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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Haute Couture
What a gorgeous photo of Miss Trisha in this ruby red haute couture dress. I love the colour on her as it compliments her lovely hair and skin tone. I hope the beautiful girl had a fabulous evening out!
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Dianella revoluta
Common Name - Flax Lily - Found through many parts of Australia this tough native grass has small purple clusters of flowers on staffs. This has long been one of the best used ornamental Australian native grasses. Green strappy leaves and drought tolerance make it a great addition to any garden.


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If you love books, and derive some indescribable delight from dutifully organising and cataloguing your collection, then certainly bookplates are right up your alley. A variety of shops offer personalised book plates such as those listed here, and coupled with the fact that it comes in vintage-y goodness, it's every bibliophile's dream come true.
Clockwise from left: (1) Family Dinnertime from Silly Goose Creations; (2) Children's Bookplates from Lark; (3) Vintage Night Owl Personalized Bookplates by Oiseaux and (4) Hello Dear by the Paper Princess.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I fixed my scanner all by myself. Guess I just needed a good night's sleep to calm down and follow directions. It said I needed to unlock the device and replug it in. I couldn't find an unlock place yesterday and pushed all buttons I could find. Today I found the unlock button on the bottom of the scanner which I thought was a place for batteries or some such. But there is a little unlock symbol on it. Did that, replugged it in, and it works just like always. So I've been busy scanning the old portraits. Don't know most of the people but they are interesting looking. Have also been taking pictures of all the treasures I brought home. Will get those up one of these days. I'm not done with the dishes yet.
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Senior's Group (55+)
Our Senior's group is designed for those over 50 years of age. They are known as our "Seasoned Disciples - Empty Nesters" group. The ministry team leader is Darell Epperson. This group meets every Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. They enjoy occasional day or evening trips, fellowshipping and sharing meals with each other at different homes. You are always welcome to join in on the fun and fellowship. For more information, please contact the church office or Darell Epperson.
6:30 p.m. - Bible Study (meets in Maryann Fleming's home)


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Residents of the Town of Moraga are invited to hold garage sales at their homes, join with neighbors to hold block sales, or get together with their community group to hold a group sale. With a $15.00 registration fee, the Town will provide marketing for the event and the sellers keep the cash - it's that easy! Community Garage Sale Guides, including maps of sale locations, will be available online, at the Town Offices, at the Moraga Library, and at the Hacienda de las Flores beginning on May 18.
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I was raised in a very pious Christian home. My parents were loving, dedicated, faithful. They were committed to seeing me and my brothers grow up in the Faith and to become leaders in our churches and our families, following God wholeheartedly in the world and in the church. Daily prayer time and Bible study were a regular part of our upbringing. By the time I was in high school I had read every book in the Bible several times. One of my lasting memories of my mother and father will always be their daily prayer time-- before we were supposed to be awake-- heads bowed over their Bibles and interceding for our family, our [future] wives, and the world around them.
I was always that kid growing up. I had all the right answers in Sunday School, and breezed through the tiny Bible school where I spent one year after high school. I have never ever allowed myself to doubt the tenants of the Reformed tradition in which I was raised. My TULIP was tight as a drum and not relaxing for anyone.
And then I went for a semester to a very Calvinist institution and saw the level of hubris I had achieved in my 19 years. I couldn't take it anymore. I still thought I was correct, but I wasn't willing to be so smug about it. I wasn't going to sit around judging other Christians as being in a lower caste of redemption because they didn't believe the way that I did. When I transferred to the school where Felicity and I eventually met and formed a relationship, my uptight Protestant upbringing was relaxed and my receptivity to other religious backgrounds was high.


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Financial Service Associate - Full Time
- Customer Service
Job Details
Job Code: 484278
Job Location: Iowa-Dubuque
How often do you get an opportunity to join a Fortune 500 company? Now's your chance! Start a career journey with Prudential Financial in our Retirement Contact Center. Prudential is a leader in solving the world's retirement challenges, and we are looking for career-oriented candidates who are willing to learn our business from the ground up.
Our Financial Service Associates are responsible for answering in-bound calls from participants of our corporate sponsored retirement plans. These individuals help answer retirement related questions; educate participants on rules/regulations of the plan(s); and assist in processing transactions.
Becoming a Financial Service Associate provides a comprehensive introduction to the financial/retirement industry through an extensive training program that allows associates to develop technical expertise, process knowledge and a solid foundation of Prudential's Retirement products. Beyond training, there are ongoing opportunities to collaborate in group training, call coaching, mentoring and personal development in order to further enhance your professional communication skills and deepen your technical knowledge. This position is a great step on your career path with Prudential, leading to opportunities within the Contact Center and also other areas of the organization such as Performance Coaching, Operations, Sales, and Relationship Management.
Prudential offers an extensive training program, which includes:
8-10 weeks of paid training on Prudential's retirement products, systems and procedures.
- One on One peer, coach and manager mentoring sessions that facilitate building your expertise. These mentoring sessions continue beyond training to foster your continual career and personal development.
- Ability to become registered with training specific to the FINRA Series 6 and 63 licensing exams.
Qualifications for this position include:
- Excellent verbal and written skills.
- Strong commitment to providing exceptional customer service.
- Outstanding active listening skills and the ability to engage customers to determine their unique financial needs and preferences.
- Proficient PC and keyboarding skills with ability to multi-task between multiple computer applications.
We also prefer, but do not require:
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Introduction 1.)
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Teachers across British Columbia have voted overwhelmingly to take action to back their bargaining objectives including improved teaching and learning conditions, fair improvements to salary and benefits, and restoration of local bargaining rights.
A total of 90% of teachers voted yes in a province-wide strike vote conducted June 24, 27, and 28, 2011. In all, 28,128 teachers cast their ballots, of whom 25,282 voted yes. About 70% of teachers in schools and teachers teaching on call participated.
"Teachers take this action very reluctantly but, after a decade of cuts, we are determined to achieve improvements to teaching and learning conditions in BC schools," said Susan Lambert, president of the BC Teachers' Federation.
Teachers want to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement at the bargaining table but so far have faced a concerted campaign by the government and the employer to turn back the clock on their rights and remove hard-won due-process provisions from the collective agreement.
"The government and the employer are offering nothing to teachers and at the same time demanding much from us in terms of massive concessions and trade-offs," Lambert said. "For example, they have tabled proposals which would eliminate transparency and fairness in hiring practices. We know that every collective agreement involves compromise, but this is unacceptable."
Lambert said the strong yes vote shows that teachers are united and are prepared to take action to achieve their goals. If no progress is made in bargaining, the initial phase of job action is set to begin on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the first day of the upcoming school year. Teachers will continue teaching, fulfilling all their classroom duties, and communicating with parents. However, they will stop doing administrative work.
"I want to reassure parents that their children's teachers will be focused on excellence in our classrooms. Because we won't be doing all the many bureaucratic and administrative tasks that have been added onto our jobs, we'll have more time to teach, to offer individual attention to students, and to keep in close communication with parents," Lambert said. "We're looking forward to a year of joyful teaching and learning, without the distractions of 'administrivia' that can take so much time and energy away from what we love to do best—teaching."
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Hi -
I have imaging rights b/c I have VL and can now reimage my OEM stations with a "standard image". I'm not sure what the "standard image" should be ....
Forget for a minute that OEM machines have bloatware etc. Let's just assume that one of my OEM machines is configured just the way I'd like the rest of my OEM machines to be. Now I'd like to clone it out the to rest of my machines.
Do I first have to VL-ify it? By that I mean, do I have to run a repair-install of Windows from the VL media on the "Gold Standard" OEM machine that I wish to clone - before I clone it?
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Do I simply have the right to ghost the "Gold" OEM Windows machine "as is" out to all of my workstations with a Universal Restore option (Acronis)? Won't that get me into activation trouble?
I'm planning to use Acronis Snap Deploy but not sure if the image I'm going to ask it to deploy should be made out of:
(1) the "Gold" OEM Machine as is ....... or
(2) the "Gold" OEM machine + repair install from the VL media to un-OEM it ..... or
(3) A clean full install from the VL media + reconfiguring/reinstalling everything from scratch until I get back to the "Gold" state I was at before I wiped out everything.
I'm sure the best option technically and legally is (3) but if I already have an OEM machine I like, and I just want 100 more like it....
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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Jan 18, 2011 at 07:50 UTC
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not sure if this forum would be the best place for this question.. its more of a technical question.
You're correct that you have reimaging rights - but as far as installing Windows - i prefer a clean/fresh install to the "bloatware." Unfortunately I dont have any first hand knowledge for you. But I do have some great links that will help:
- Windows 7 Desktop Deployment Overview: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd367841.aspx
- Choosing the Right Deployment Strategy: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919185(WS.10).aspx
- Infrastructure Planning and Design Series: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc265612.aspx
Jan 20, 2011 at 14:19 UTC
Are all 100 deployments to identical hardware as the "Gold" machine? If not, you're going to have to spring for the Acronis Universal Deploy add-on to Snap Deploy; it does most of the Sysprep work for you when there's a difference in hardware beween the image and the target.
I don't think Option (1) would work; you'd at least be forced to reactivate Windows - basically Option (2), so you'd be forced into doing (2) anyway. But you're correct that (3) is the by-the-book Best Practice way to do it, and the way I'd do it, but that's just me.
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Jon - You have some solid burgers in SD, no? Nicky Rotten's? I had a burger there four years ago and still crave it to this day!
Anonymous - Thanks for reading and checking out PB. It's definitely a good, affordable option. Haven't tried the concretes yet, but it's certainly on the agenda.
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Journey Middle School
Preliminary Outline of School Planning Council
2014-15 School: Journey Middle School
School Plan: Goal
Goal Area:
Social and Emotional Learning
To improve student achievement by emphasizing social and emotional learning in schools.
Reducing the number of referrals to the office, and suspensions from school; therefore, increasing the time spent with peers and teachers/EAs.
Rationale: Journey is a dual track school which includes a student population of approximately 485 students, 42 staff members, and supportive parent community. We are entering our second year of Restitution and although the students coming from the elementary feeder schools are well versed in Restitution practices; our staff is not as familiar or practiced. Our School Plan Goal for 2014-2015 will be to improve student achievement by emphasizing social and emotional learning at Journey. Our aim is to engage students, staff and parents in all aspects of restitution. This will include providing opportunities to learn from one another, using resources within our parent community, providing opportunities for professional development for our staff, and increasing the resources available within our school. We will strive to follow our vision as we work to reach our goal. Our vision: People Run to Be Here – Meaning all parents, staff and especially students. Our Mission – Accept the Challenge; Stretch your brain; Play, Have Fun; Invest in People; and Explore Cool Stuff in both English and French.
Restitution Information/Practice at Staff & PAC Meetings
SWIS (or similar) behaviour data management system
Grade Group meetings
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School Wide Assemblies
Personal Safety Programs (physical, emotional & cyber)
School Code of Conduct
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Whether you refer to a reaction as a food intolerance, food sensitivity, or full-blown allergy, experiencing one or many of the symptoms listed above may be due to a food allergy caused by eating a trigger food.
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How an Integrator Serves as the Largest Preventive Health Agency in the U.S.
By, Lisa Santora, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, Beach Cities Health District
Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is a local primary prevention agency dedicated to creating a social environment that supports healthy behaviors in the communities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach. Our work aims to touch all 123,000 residents, from prenatal through adolescent to old age.
Reaching every resident involves many community-level partners. In reality, we see our work as a localized National Prevention Council, which, at the national level, brought together 17 federal agencies/departments to intentionally build health into all policy. So, locally, BCHD works with transportation, education, commerce, etc. to promote health everywhere. Somewhat surprisingly, we found partnerships with the fire and police departments to be incredibly fruitful in addition to the more "traditional" partnerships.
For example, we'd never have been able to create safe walking routes to schools without the help of the police. BCHD brought together the department, the Parent Teacher Association, city engineers and others to identify the safest routes to school that also made sense for families and police department resources.
Without the ability to bring these diverse, but necessary, partners together, we'd never have the robust Safe Routes to School Program that we do now. This is exactly how we see our role: as an integrator of all the various resources that can and should be benefiting the health of the community. We are a successful integrator because of our historical and trusted relationships with the traditional healthcare community and other community organizations at large. Basically, we intentionally placed BCHD at the intersection of the healthcare system and community.
As an integrator, we guide work with city governments, restaurants and others to create communities that make it easier for anyone who wants to be healthy do so. For example, we helped residents work toward an outdoor dining smoking ban and have actively advertised healthy messages.
As a result, we've seen smoking decline from 10.6 percent to 7 percent. In addition, 5.6 percent more Beach Cities residents reported engaging in regular exercise (at least 30 minutes, 3 times/week) and 6.2 percent more residents reported eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables, on four or more days in the past week. In total, we have 1,645 fewer obese adults than we did in 2010.
While we know there isn't a direct one-to-one casualty, clearly something is working and the savings on fewer smokers is enormous.
Supporting Healthy Behaviors throughout the Community
In 2010, 28.9 percent of boys and 25.3 percent of girls entered kindergarten overweight or obese in school year 2011 to 2012. In addition, only 42.9 percent of fifth graders in Redondo Beach passed fitness measures.
To address these systemic and life-threatening challenges, we created LiveWell Kids, an elementary school-based obesity prevention program that provides nutrition education, daily physical activity, funding for fresh fruits and vegetables in school meals and school-based gardens.
We have also funded physical education specialists. BCHD-funded physical education specialists provide mentoring and guidance to general education teachers, who often receive little training, on how to effectively teach physical education lessons.
Through increased walking, physical education, consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and other initiatives, there was a 37 percent reduction in obesity rates among the fifth graders participating in LiveWell Kids since the 2004-05 school year. In addition, students are getting 40 percent more physical activity.
Going further, to reach children and families in neighborhoods, we created The Blue Zones Project, a community-wide initiative to improve the health and well-being of residents. By incorporating permanent, evidence-based environmental and policy changes, the project aims to make the healthy choice the easy choice and help residents live healthier, longer lives.
For seniors, we employ seven social workers to work with older/disabled adults to create care plans to provide support. We also partner directly with traditional healthcare organizations, most notably hospitals, to prevent readmissions. From the hospitals we learn of older adults who might benefit from home visits or even remodeling. Annually, BCHD organizes 200 community volunteers to provide wraparound care, friendly visits, run errands, and in-home personal training.
We also have connected with fire departments, so that when they get calls for senior falls, their first call is to us, not necessarily the hospital. We can then provide the appropriate care and increase fall prevention to hopefully stop another fall from happening.
Purposefully, Beach Cities Health District has become the largest preventive health agency in the nation. We intentionally focus on wellness, not sickness, to encourage people to make wiser health decisions. To that end, we offer comprehensive health and wellness programs, paired with innovative services and facilities to promote health and prevent diseases from prenatal to old age. As noted, our programs and services are aimed at making illness prevention an integral part of the classrooms, workplaces and homes of the beach cities.
As a public agency, BCHD is subsidized by district property taxes, program fees and healthcare business, lease and investment income. This forms the basis of our hybrid funding model, which enables us to return $4.79 to the community in services and programs for every tax dollar BCHD receives. Instead of relying on grants, we've created a sustainable model of prevention.


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The health care of the university students is taken care of by the Finnish Student Health Service. FSHS (better known in Finnish as YTHS) was established and is administrated by students as a provider for students' health, dental and mental services. Using YTHS' services is either free or inexpensive and you can use any FSHS unit across Finland.
The services are only for the members of the Student Union and you must be able to prove your membership by student card or with a receipt that you've paid the student union membership fee.
YTHS Vaasa is located at Hovioikeudenpuistikko 15 C, 65100 Vaasa (entrance from Hartmaninkuja, 3rd floor).
When closed, the main health center of Vaasa is on emergency duty, and after 10 pm the central hospital's emergency room is responsible for the duty. Developing the student health care on a national level is one of the most important objectives for the social sector of the Student Union. Locally, the Student Union gives advisory on issues relating to health and welfare, and usage of health care services.


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Best fundraising award for Cork's 96FM
The Cork's 96FM Giving for Living Radiothon has been recognised at the Fundraising Ireland Awards 2013, winning the Best Regional Fundraising Campaign award.
The three day event in May raised over €465,000 and an additional €25,000 has come in since.
This brings the cumulative total raised by Radiothon over the six years that it has run to two point six million Euro.
The Fundraising Ireland Awards were held at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin last night.


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DRW is one of the leading proprietary trading firms in the futures markets.
In 2014, intrigued by the emergence of Bitcoin, the firm decided to explore the potential to enter this new marketplace by leveraging its trading experience and infrastructure.
DRW established a separate company called Cumberland that specializes in providing liquidity for large trades. Cumberland currently has about 10 people working out of DRW offices in Chicago and London, with support from many areas of the parent company. It does business with a wide range of customers from all over the world who want to buy or sell cryptoassets, and it sources the liquidity for these trades from within the over-the-counter market and from trading platforms in various parts of the world.
In this interview, Don Wilson, the founder and CEO of DRW, and Bobby Cho, the head of Cumberland, describe the challenges of finding liquidity in a highly fragmented market and the approach they take to managing the risks of doing business on these trading platforms.
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text: Home > Business PH real estate sector to sustain growth - World Bank by Cai U. Ordinario, BusinessMirror Posted at Aug 06 2013 08:28 AM | Updated as of Aug 06 2013 04:28 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn MANILA -- The prevailing low-interest environment caused by the robust expansion of the Philippine economy and increasing consumer confidence are supporting further growth in the real-estate sector, the World Bank said. The bank, in its latest Philippine Economic Update report, said the robust growth of the Philippine economy in recent years gave way to lower interest rates and increased the confidence of many Filipinos to buy residential properties. This, the bank said, has spurred a real-estate boom in the country. "Low interest rates are driving real-estate lending but leverage is still low relative to 1997. In 2012 real-estate loans [RELs] grew by around 30 percent and were equivalent to 4 percent of GDP [gross domestic product], lower than 1997's 60-percent growth and RELs' being equivalent to 6 percent of GDP at the time." "Thus far, the balance sheets of top real-estate companies remain healthy. The average debt-to-equity ratio of the top six Philippine real-estate companies weighted by market capitalization was around 53 percent in 2012, lower than the debt-to-equity ratios seen at the height of the Asian financial crisis [i.e., 66 percent for the top real estate companies and 170 percent for the Philippines's top 1,000 non-financial corporations]," World Bank said. It said real properties that were selling did not only include mid-level units. The luxury residential segment, focused on catering to expatriates, was also seeing some pick up. The World Bank said this segment expects to see an additional 10,600 units in 2013 from an annual average of 3,500 units in the last five years. The Makati Central Business District (CBD), on the other hand, expects to see an additional 336,000 square meters (sq m) of office spaces in 2013 from an annual average of about 178,000 sq m in the last five years. But the bank also warned that observers are beginning to see signs of a possible repeat of the real-estate bubble burst that happened in the latter part of the 1990s. "Some observers argue that the current economic landscape exhibits some similarities to the two years preceding the 1997 financial sector crisis. In the light of these trends, a concern for the possible emergence of asset price bubbles is understandable," the World Bank said. It said while many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and business-process outsourcing (BPO) firms are buying real property, they are exposed to external risks such as slowing global growth, which could impact on real-estate sales in the country. The World Bank also explained that a low interest-rate environment could also lead to relaxed "credit standards and documentary requirements for household real estate loans" and threaten the sector with defaults. The bank also said there are findings that the demand for mid- and high-end condominiums "may be overstated" since only 10 percent of the country's population belong to the middle and high income brackets. This could lead to an oversupply in condominiums and falling real-estate prices. The World Bank said growth prospects in OFW host-countries and the global economy would slow significantly, also affecting BPOs. This could cause a lot of defaults in payments. It added that since 2009, there has been anecdotal evidence of OFWs who were unable to pay their mortgages. The risk escalates under a low-interest rate regime. The World Bank said some local banks have raised their loan-to-value ratio to 80 percent or higher to 90 percent as well as waived requirements such as proof of income to generate sales. The World Bank said the loan-to-value ratio refers to the portion of the total contract price of the property that can be financed by the bank. A very high loan-to-value ratio could reduce buffers against declines in property prices in the event of defaults. It added that there was also anecdotal evidence that some developers used their balance sheets to offer in-house financing or "shadow banking," which could also become significant sources of risk. "This latter practice [of waiving proofs of income] appears to be more prominent among OFWs who are unable to show proof of income, but are nevertheless granted loans if they are able to pay the 20-percent down payment," the World Bank said. "The sources of growth can also become the sources of risk. A real-estate sector driven by OFW sales and BPO leasing is vulnerable to shocks in the global economy. The low-interest rate regime is also a source of risk. As lenders and developers compete, lending requirements may be relaxed beyond prudent levels," it added. Further, the World Bank said with many real-estate companies starting construction of buildings after reaching only 60 percent in pre-sales, there is a risk of oversupply. The bank added that pre-commitment requirements in office buildings have also gone down to 30 percent to meet the demands of expanding BPOs. The 2009 Family Income and Expenditure Survey data showed that only 10 percent of households have non-passive disposable income, excluding remittances and other interest earnings, of at least P30,000 a month. The World Bank said these households are considered middle class and up. In Metro Manila, around 20 percent of households are considered to be middle class. "If 10 percent of these households are prospective end-user buyers, this leads to a projected demand of around 50,000 units, which is much less than the current and pipeline supply," the bank said. The World Bank supported the measure implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The Central Bank has lifted all exemptions in the computation of bank exposure to real-estate firms. The new BSP guidelines also provided a more comprehensive measure of banks 20-percent cap on real-estate exposure. Previously excluded items which are now included in the computation are mortgage loans, socialized and low cost housing loans, loans guaranteed by the Home Guarantee Corp. (HGC), and investments in debt and equity securities issued by real-estate companies. Further, the BSP now requires banks to provide additional details on their exposure to the real-estate sector, such as investments in debt and equity securities that will be used to fund property developments as well as loans extended to property developers, and ancillary services relating to the construction and development of real-estate projects such as buying, selling, renting, and managing real-estate property. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: World Bank real estate


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Serves: 8
For The Basil-Simply Syrup
cup water
cup sugar
basil leaves
For the Popsicles
cups fresh or defrosted peaches
cup basil simple syrup
cup Bravazzi Limonana Hard Italian Soda
- To make the simple syrup, combine all of the ingredients over medium-high heat in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 2-3 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the simple syrup to cool to room temperature. Once cooled, the simple syrup can be used.
- To make the popsicles, add the peaches, ¼ cup of the simple syrup and the Bravazzi Limonata Hard Italian Soda to your blender. Blend on high until smooth. Pour the mixture into your popsicle molds and insert your popsicle sticks. Transfer the molds to your freezer and allow them to freeze for about 6 hours.
- Remove the popsicles from their molds before serving. You can run a little warm water over the molds to help loosen the popsicles from their molds if needed.
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Panthers rally past Redskins to win Div. II District crown
George Harrison reminded us that all things must pass, and so it was for the Wapakoneta baseball season as the Redskins dropped a 5-3 decision to Maumee in the Division II District Final at Patrick Henry High School Monday afternoon.
The loss caps a wonderful season for the Redskins, who won their first Western Buckeye League baseball championship for the first time in 21 years this spring.
"We're all disappointed and have a bad taste in our mouths," Brandt said of the district final loss to the Panthers, "but we know that the sun will come up tomorrow."
When asked what he told his team after the disappointing loss to Maumee, Brandt said he reminded them that, despite what they might feel in the moment, when they look back they will realize that they had a terrific season by any standard.
"Our saying all year was 'Leave your legacy' and we told our seniors that they definitely left their legacy," Brandt said. "We won the WBL title for the first time in 21 years. We ended up state poll champs which no Wapak team has ever done in any sport, I don't believe. We have nine players who made all-league or all-district, which is the most ever for a Wapak team. They have a lot to hang their hat on."
The Redskins finish the season with a 20-4 record, the least amount of losses in a season in program history.
In Monday's Div. II District Final at Patrick Henry, top-seeded Wapakoneta jumped on the scoreboard first with a run in the bottom of the second when Mitch Apple reached on an error, then made it around the bases helped out by hits by Wyatt Moyler and Bubba Miller and the Panthers inability to hold on to the baseball.
The Redskins added two more in the third under similar circumstances, as Maddux Liles was hit by a pitch and scrambled around to score following another Panther error and a single by Apple, who himself then scored again on by a single by Mike Burton to give the Redskins a 3-0 lead.
Maumee struck back for one in the top of the fourth, and then turned it around in the sixth, tying the score at 3-all when the Panthers plated two runs with two outs following a single, an error and a double.
Wapak loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the inning, but the Panthers turned a ground ball into a 4-6-3 double play ending the Redskins' threat. The Panthers carried that momentum into the top of the seventh where they collected a single, took advantage of another Redskin error, and brought them both around with a two-run single.
Maumee advances to play Parma Padua Franciscan in the regional semifinals Thursday at Bowling Green's Carter Park. Lexington will play Jonathan Alder in the other semifinal.


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Los Angeles - Taylor Swift performed the song she wrote for ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris at her only full concert on 2016 on Saturday.
The 26-year-old singer took to the stage at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix and as well as playing her biggest hits for the 80 000-strong crowd, she also treated the audience at the Super Stage area in Del Valle, Texas, to a piano-led rendition of This Is What You Came For, which was a chart-topping hit for the DJ in collaboration with Rihanna earlier this year.
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Best quality video of Taylor singing TIWYCF last night!! pic.twitter.com/NZjGuTfOwc— Taylor Swift Updates (@The1989Tour) October 23, 2016
Best quality video of Taylor singing TIWYCF last night!! pic.twitter.com/NZjGuTfOwc
— Taylor Swift Updates (@The1989Tour) October 23, 2016
This Is What You Came For at #F1!! #TaylorSwiftOnUSGP #TaylorSwiftAtF1 #TIWYCF pic.twitter.com/MyqfvkVj4I— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftDailyNews) October 23, 2016
This Is What You Came For at #F1!! #TaylorSwiftOnUSGP #TaylorSwiftAtF1 #TIWYCF pic.twitter.com/MyqfvkVj4I
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The track sparked a row between Taylor and Calvin after they split in May, as weeks later it was rumoured the Shake It Off hitmaker was the person behind songwriter pseudonym Nils Sjoberg.
And after representatives for the singer - who struck up a romance with Tom Hiddleston after splitting from the Scottish DJ, though they have now split - confirmed her involvement, Calvin took to Twitter to slam her for trying to "tear [him] down".
Calvin brought Rihanna in to record the vocals on the song as he and Taylor - who dated for 15 months - feared their relationship would overshadow the track if they released it together.
However, they split in May and the so-called "breaking point" in their romance reportedly came after he was ''disrespectful'' by saying he'd never work with her while promoting the track.
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'Shall I take my little black currach over the broad-breasted glorious ocean? O King of the bright kingdom, shall I go of my own choice upon the sea?'. Written by Shaun Davey in 1982 for orchestra, soloists, pipe band and choir, this recording incorporates live performances taken from both the premiere in Brittany in 1983 and the revised 1990 performance in Glasgow.
Commissioned by Derry City Council to celebrate the Tercentenary of the Siege of Derry. Shaun Davey writes, 'I felt the music should attempt to speak in terms of the most profound sympathy and respect for people who suffered so unavoidably in times of cruelty and lawlessness'. Performed by the Ulster Orchestra with conductor Gearóid Grant and soloists Liam O'Flynn, Rita Connolly and Gerard McChrystal.
Gerry Murphy's work, Dialects, sets the traditional sounds of the Irish uilleann pipes against the background of the Western symphony orchestra. David Downes (pipes) with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jiri Mikula. The CD also includes works by four other contemporary composers.
'To take music which is already teeming with detail and alive with entanglement as Parker and Guy's has always been and augment it with the variegated layers added by Casserley may seem absurd or unnecessary, but this Dividuality creates something new and compelling (Declan O'Driscoll, Solaris, 2001)'. This CD features the work and performance of Barry Guy on chamber double bass, Evan Parker on soprano saxophone and Lawrence Casserley using live electronics and sound processing.
John Gibson's chamber opera tells the Old Testament story of Judith, who led the Jewish nation against the mighty Assyrian army of Holofernes. It is performed by the Opera Group of Cork School of Music in a setting for four solo voices, chorus, narrator and chamber ensemble (including the composer as pianist). It was written to mark the 25th anniversary of Cork Peace Week and recorded live in April 2002.
The six members of Slagwerkgroep Den Haag (Percussion Group of The Hague) have 600 instruments and a repertoire that encompasses the entire literature of western percussion music. The five very diverse and distinctive works on this CD, among them Donnacha Dennehy's 'Composition for Percussion, Loops, Blips and Flesh', were specially commissioned for the group in 2002-03.
Harp duo Cormac de Barra and Anne-Maire O'Farrell have been playing together for over a decade. As composer performers, 'Double Strung' reflects a marriage of Ireland's oral musical heritage and the classical tradition.
A reissue of a selection of some of A. J. Potter's best traditional arrangements recorded by the RTÉ Light Orchestra in the 1970s. The orchestra was, musically, his first love and these pieces display an extraordinary sense of instrumental colour.


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Mohammed Barwani Charity Foundation spreads cheer amongst children at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Recently, the Mohammed Al Barwani Charity Foundation (MBCF) brought extra joy to the children in the pediatric department of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital. In its efforts to provide support to patients, the Foundation distributed goody bags among children across the wards. The wards were decorated with colourful balloons to make it festive and there was a clown who brought smiles to the children's faces with his antics.
Sharifa Al Harthy, Chairperson, MBCF, said, "The Holy Month of Ramadhan is a time of giving. We believe that children are the future and what better way to celebrate this Holy Month than bringing a smile to their beautiful faces. One of our key agenda at the Foundation is to support Omani Youth be it through education, medical assistance or supporting families under the social welfare scheme. We are glad that the children at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital are happy."
Iman Al Barwani, Manager - Corporate Communications & CSR, Petrogas E&P, added, "This event is supported by our Foundation as an extension of continuous support and collaboration extended through our CSR programmes to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in appreciation of its efforts in sustaining the overall health of citizens in Oman."
The Mohammed Al Barwani Charity Foundation has been formed by the shareholders of the MB Holding Group. It has been formed with the objective of supporting a number of activities including providing scholarships to needy students, providing support to families under the social care (insurance) scheme, needy patients who require medical treatment locally or abroad, providing humanitarian aid in cases of emergency and disasters and supporting Omani Women Associations.
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California Chrome jockey Victor Espinoza will seek redemption on Saturday when he rides California Chrome for a chance at the elusive Triple Crown.
Espinoza will also seeks to avoid being remembered as a jockey who lost two opportunities to win the Triple Crown.
In 2002, Espinoza rode War Emblem for a shot at the Triple Crown only to lose stunningly to 70-1 Savara.
As ESPN noted, Espinoza said he tried to do too much with War Emblem in the Triple Crown race where jockeys may matter the most.
War Emblem stumbled out of the gate at the 2002 Belmont Stakes, and, coincidentally, "the only tiny fault Espinoza ever mentions about California Chrome is Chrome's tendency to — what do you know? — get distracted in the start gate."
He's also racing for his brother. Espinoza has actually had "some of the biggest success of his racing life in the months since his older brother and fellow jockey Jose suffered serious brain trauma in a race."


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Skitch review
As social media continues its relentless expansion, there's a growing demand for all kinds of new tools. Skitch falls into this category. After playing with it in beta for some time we're impressed with its slickness, the huge range of features that are packed into what seems at first to be a simple application, and its connectivity.
There are two parts to Skitch. There's a very simple online image storage service. You sign up, and you get a barebones profile with the ability to upload photos from your Mac. Then you can share them in a number of ways. More on that in a second.
The second part is awesome. Skitch already has a business plan; like TwitPic and YFrog, it's all about sharing images. So, we'd love to have been a fly on the wall when the folks behind the service, Plasq, decided to bundle in a kick-ass image-editing application too. They could have gone for a simple screengrab and uploader, like TinyGrab. But, no, Skitch the desktop application is a very cool sketching, annotation and screenshot-taking tool in its own right.
We haven't even mentioned some of the other solid gold stuff either, like iPhoto integration, the most intuitive resize and crop tools we've ever seen in a drawing app, and the ability to drag and drop image URLs to any text box. But sharing is what Skitch is really all about and the software enables you to do that with your Skitch account, MobileMe, Flickr or standard transfer protocols like FTP.
It's still in beta, so it's flaky in places. We couldn't connect to Twitter's API, for example (pretty much essential for a modern image service). But on the whole, we were impressed with how compact and intuitive the interface is. Right now, it's free. Grab it.


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Since our last newsletter, dozens of developers like you have reached out with ideas for new kinds of apps that weren't yet possible. These are some of my favorite conversations because they help us find out which features should be prioritized. With your guidance, we've spent this month
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With a recent change in ownership, Fountain Square Brewery is hitting the refresh button on their branding. We sit down with their President Brad Smith and head brewer Mike Grap to discuss the rebranding, what fears accompany a rebranding, and what's on the horizon for the brewery. And don't worry, none of the beloved beers will be rebranded, but be on the lookout for a few surprises (barrel aged beer anyone?) in the near future!
Beers on the show:
Fountain Square Brewing Saison Dujour
Fountain Square Brewing Barrel Aged Backyard Porter
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Welcome to the latest House of Beers episode, this time featuring Books & Brews Clifford the Big Red Ale. We dive deep into the history of the beer with head brewer Bryan Suter, breakdown the style via the BJCP Style Guide, discuss out latest beer experiences, and finish the episode with news.
Publish Date: 8/8/2018
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We sat down with New Day Craft's Tia Agnew (CEO) and Brett Canaday (Cider/Mead Maker) to learn more about the business, how they got into making cider and mead, and how they've kept it going for 14 years. They also drop some exclusive tidbits on upcoming releases and ideas currently fermenting. Throughout the episode we sample 10 of the cider and mead varieties, learning about how Canaday makes each one and other interesting facts.
Cider & Mead on the show:
Cacao Cinnamon Breakfast Magpie
Make sure to buy tickets for the 3rd Annual Meadful Things and Outciders event on Sept. 1! Just make sure to say "Hi!" we you spot us!
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As you can guess from the title we are discussing another great #HouseBeer this week in Quaff ON! Brewing's Busted Knuckle English Porter. We dive deep into the history of the beer and beer style. In the second half of the show we talk about a few beers we've had since our last episode, Zymurgy Magazine's Top 10 beer list, and newly approved Goose Island Bourbon County Stout labels & flavors.
Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor Books & Brews, a place for people without a place.
And make sure you grab your tickets for New Day Craft's Meadful Things and Outciders!
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We head up to Muncie, IN to imbibe with the guys from The Guardian Brewing Company. We learn about what drove Jason Phillips to open the brewery, why Sean Fickle decided to leave his post as head brewer of Fountain Square Brewing Co. to be the head brewer for The Guardian, and a lot about the beer they make. Oh, and we get to hear why Sean hates the New England IPA trend...he's obviously part of the Fountain Square brewing family.
Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor Books & Brews, a place for people without a place.
And make sure you grab your tickets for New Day Craft's Meadful Things and Outciders!
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For our second #HouseBeer we discuss the No.1 selling Indiana IPA, Daredevil Brewing Lift Off American IPA. We dive deep into the history of Lift Off, compare it to the BJCP style guide, and tell you why it's a beer that should always be in your refrigerator..
After that we get into what we've been drinking and where we've been drinking. Lots of different beers and breweries covered in this episode including, Black Acre Brewing, Ash & Elm Cider, Sun King Brewery, and Heretic Brewing.
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You can train your dog to help you manage your Parkinson's symptoms!
Here are some of our esteemed graduates:
Our CCPDT-certified dog trainer, Kate Palese, has 20+ years of experience training dogs. Her mother had Parkinson's, and she is thrilled to have the chance to teach you how to train your dog to "lend a helping paw".
Impossible, you say? In the six-week class, Kate will help you train your pup to:
- Pick up dropped items
- Fetch
- Recognize when you are in a "freeze" and help you "unfreeze"
- Walk civilly on leash
- Heel, whether you use a cane, a chair, a scooter or walk unassisted
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COST: $80 for a six-week course
Your dog's mastery of these skills is not guaranteed – but the laughs are.
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Completion of this course does not confer the ADA rights reserved for owners of certified service dogs.
See coverage of Parkinson's Pooches on CBS News