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Re: Jane Adams - Kentucky
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John, I was able to speak with my mother this morning and discern the following info:
(I will start from scratch as there is a correction in regards to my great grandmother's name whom I knew as Mommie Sue)
Jane Adams married Frank Abelaard Reynolds.
Their daughter was Mary Susan Reynolds, born in Illinois January 25, 1883 and died in Anaheim, Ca. 1976 at age 93.
She married William Chandler Brown and they had two children; Majorie Francis Brown, born in Nebraska(possibly Arlington) June 1, 1906 and Edgar Brown probably born 1905
Majorie married Christian Moller Madsen and had one child, my mother, Patricia Jean Madsen born in Anaheim, Ca.,I believe, August 30, 1925. She married my Father, Robert Edgar DeWeese, Jr. in 1947.
My great uncle, Edgar Brown, who later went by Edward, was a silent film actor in the twenties and went by the screen name Rex Hart or so we believe. He died at 72 in 1977 in Anaheim, Ca.
My great grandmother, Mary Susan, often told my mother of our descendancy from John and John Quincy Adams. My mother also says that Mary Sue's family was from the south, possibly KENTUCKY, though my mother isn't sure if it was on the Reynolds side or the Adams side or both. My mother actually knew her great grandmother, Jane Adams Reynolds as a child when she spent a year in Colorado. It was in Colorado that Jane Adams Reynolds died around 1940 around the age of 80. Frank Abelaard Reynolds also died there around 1930.
My mother does not remember her other great grandfather's name (the father of William Chandler Brown) but is looking for an old newspaper article about his death. I remember reading this article when I was young and to my recollection he died hours after being thrown from a horse or a horse drawn carriage after the horse was spooked by an automobile sometime in first or second decade of the twentieth century. If my mother is able to come up with his name I will foward that to you.
Of course, I am very interested myself as to any relation to the Presidents, John and John Quincy, and or Samuel Adams as I have grown up thinking I was related, however distantly and have passed on this claim to my own children. - Thanks, Tim DeWeese

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USC Landscape Architecture exhibit in City Hall
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Master of Landscape Architecture Design Research Exhibition
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Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery - Open through August 29, 2013
On the eve of a landmark decision from the US Army Corps of Engineers on the future design and funding of its Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Study, a new exhibition on view at Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery explores significant opportunities showcasing concepts and designs for the river, each hydraulically tested to respond to changing seasonal conditions.
Organized by Alexander Robinson, Assistant Professor at the USC School of Architecture, and his Landscape Morphologies Lab, working in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering's Los Angeles River Project Office and the Department of Water and Power, the designs demonstrate how the river can be effectively designed for multiple values while accommodating the river's complex infrastructural functions.
Using physical hydraulic modeling (complete with running water), graduate-level USC landscape architecture students developed new visions that are responsive to the river's dynamic water flow conditions. Included in the exhibition is a selection of twelve-foot-long foam model river inserts and videos documenting the dynamic hydraulic tests.
The USC School of Architecture's commitment to developing the compelling and sophisticated responses necessary to enrich our urban condition comprises a second section of the exhibition. A selection of landscape architecture design studio projects represent consequential initiatives for transforming challenging sites across the City in numerous Council Districts.
Under the direction of Robert Harris, FAIA, Hon. ASLA, the accredited USC Landscape Architecture Program now offers three curricula within its Master of Landscape Architecture degree. The focus of the program is landscape architecture as a natural and urban phenomenon; integral to the quality of human experience, essential for reclaiming degraded places and cities throughout the world, necessary for sustaining all of nature. For more information, visit http://arch.usc/mla.
The USC School of Architecture exhibition at LA City Hall is generously supported by the City of Los Angeles and the University of Southern California School of Architecture Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture.
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Here is Princes Avenue's sole remaining butcher's shop, T L Norman. Now it's been called T L Norman for longer than I've lived in Hull but Mr Norman retired a while ago and it's now run by some body else. Looking for something to say about this I found that there used to be six butchers on the avenue, I can only remember two others. They are now either a café or a bar along with just about every other shop that used to trade in this street.
This miserable year appears to have run out of days … more of the same tomorrow then! Oh and remember; "Better the butcher than the meat.".


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A lot of books do proclaim that babies must be sleeping through the night at three months, but most babies haven't read these books. In actual fact, the only babies who sleep through the night at three months are "somebody else's baby." The age at which babies settle down—meaning going to sleep readily and staying asleep—varies staggeringly and is typically a reflection of your baby's temperament and not of your night time parenting skills. Remember that throughout the first six months, or even a year for some babies, a baby wakes up easily. They don't wake up to bother youor to deliberately keep you awake. Doctors realize that babies do what they do because they're designed that way. An exhaustive explanation of why babies sleep differently than adults will help you understand and therefore sympathize with your baby's frequent night waking.
Babies and adults have two dissimilar sleep patterns. For simplicity we will call these two patterns light sleep and deep sleep. During light sleep, the higher brain centers are not entirely shut down and the sleeper could awaken easily. During deep sleep, the higher brain centers shut down, leaving the sleeper to drift into a very deep, almost motionless state of sleep. The main difference between adult and baby sleep is that grownups spend around eighty percent of their night sleep in the state of deep sleep, whereas with babies the opposite is true. They spend most of the night in light sleep.This hardly looks fair to you till you realize that babies are deliberately designed that way for both survival and developmental reasons. A baby has the highest percentage of light sleep throughout those early months when his nighttime necessities are highest, but his ability to convey them is lowest. Say he had a stuffy nose and could not breathe, yet could not easily awaken to communicate this need? Suppose he were hungry and required food, yet didn't easily awaken to cry? Suppose he was cold and didn't easily awaken to signal this need for warmth? If a baby had the equal predominance of deep sleep states as we do, his survival will be in peril. As the baby grows older, the percentage of light sleep slowly decreases as the percentage of deep sleep increases.
Some other interesting reason why babies have a huge percentage of light sleep is linked to their need for developmental stimulation. Prominent sleep researchers feel that during the state of light sleep, the higher brain centers keep on functioning, and this operation is essential for the brain to mature. When this theory was explained to a very tired mother of a frequent night waker, she exclaimed, "In that case my baby is going to be very, very smart!"
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Turn up the Heat or "Tuth" pheromone cologne is a very powerful sexual pheromone by Androtics loaded with AndrosteNONE. Tuth is purely a sex pheromone, caution is required when using this bad boy.
Since this is eNONE heavy a little does go a long way. You don't want to come off too sexual since you may scare off many of the younger women. There are 2 strengths this comes in: 2.5 mcg/spray and 5 mcg/spray.
When choosing a strength the general rule of thumb is for younger guys – choose the lowest strength. (You body already produced lots of testosterone so you don't need much.)
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I got this to simply help me increase that sexual spark in those intimate situations when I needed it. As with all my eNONE heavy products I always spray Tuth to the chest. For me 2 spays at 2.5mcg per spray was enough but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you test your sweet spot.
Off the bat I must say it's wise to pair Tuth with a social like (Instant Shine) because you want to soften the very overt sexual signature or vibe Tuth seems to bring out. I have used Tuth several times and it worked great in the bar scene and when I want to get intimate with my lady it almost always is a winner.
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Priests - Right Wing (from Bodies and Control and Money and Power)
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By Carol
Posted in Hacks/Tips, News & Events, TV Appearance | Tags : AM Northwest, AMNW, Capsule Wardrobe, capsules, carol parker walsh, closets, creating capsule wardrobes, Evolve Image Consulting, Evolve Image on TV, spring capsules, TV Appearance, Wardrobe
Creating Capsule Wardrobes
Capsule wardrobes have been around since Susie Faux coined the phrase in the 1970s. With a move toward 10, 20, and 30 piece wardrobes and a minimalistic approach to dressing, capsule wardrobes have taken on a new meaning. Many people struggle with pulling a capsule wardrobe together primarily because they have a hodge podge of pieces in their closet that don't make sense. But before we go into that, let me provide a working definition for you.
There are a few definitions out there so I'll go ahead and add mine. A capsule wardrobe is:
A collection of 20-40 coordinated and versatile pieces that allow you to create a mini wearable wardrobe for a period of time.
Capsule wardrobes are great for traveling because you'll learn to pack less and get more wear out of what you bring. They also save a lot money because you're more likely to wear more of what's in your closet and make fewer purchases. Finally, with a capsule wardrobe you'll save a lot of time and frustration getting dressed in the morning because in many ways your wardrobe is "pre-planned."
If you're not on the minimalist bandwagon and are quite comfortable with your burgeoning closet, then creating mini-capsules in your closet will help with the overwhelm of, "What will I wear today!?!"
How Does It Work?
I wrote a blog post some time ago about the keys to building a capsule wardrobe. There are some great tips in that post which I discussed today on the morning show. However, I'd like to add a few additional considerations when creating capsules in your closet.
First and foremost you have to start with a clean and recently sorted closet. Don't start creating a capsule with items in your closet that you don't like, don't fit, or don't wear. You will be quickly frustrated trying to put things together. If you need help getting your closet where you'd love it to be, then let's schedule and appointment to chat.
Second, you need to know why you want to build a capsule. Do you want to create a few travel capsules for your vacations? Want to make getting ready for work quick and painless? Desiring more use and wear out of your closet? This will make it easier to choose what goes into the capsule and what does not.
Third, use Fashion Feng Shui® to create mini-capsules to support and fuse your essence and intention. Again if you need help, I'm one of 10 Fashion Feng Shui® Master Practitioner's in the world and would love to be of assistance.
Fourth, don't forget your accessories: Shoes, Jewelry, Scarves, Jackets/Coats, Belts, Sunglasses, Handbags. Include them in the count for your capsule so you don't get to this stage of getting dressed and get stuck.
Finally, keep track of what you put together and whether it worked for you. Putting capsules together take some work and only become successful after some trial and error. So be patient with yourself and get use to this new way of working through your closet.
Keys to Making It Work
As I mentioned above, the most important thing is to be is patient with yourself and the process. It's a new tool, but can be a very useful one.
Also, commit to stop shopping. Only pick up those pieces you see are missing or lacking in your closet. The idea is for you to get reacquainted with what you ALREADY own. Don't complicate it by bringing in even more stuff.
Along with being patient you need to be flexible. Life happens and if you need to make adjustments do it. If you have to keep making adjustments you may need to rethink the capsule you put together in the first place.
Finally, consider the timeframe in which you've built the capsule. I love to create little 30 day mini-capsules that allow me to rotate through a set number of pieces. After that 30 days it gives me time to send things to the cleaners, make repairs, or simple get rid of things that I don't really love or are no longer working for me.
Overall, have fun with it and just make sure it works for your needs and lifestyle.
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There's more on my recent segment on AM Northwest.
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The cult of personality
The meteoric rise of social media, as a ubiquitous phenomenon and a formidable socio-economic force, is unquestioned. On the street, it means that consumers increasingly expect direct relationships with 'their' brands. Likewise, in business, it's given the cult of personality an increasingly pervasive role in how markets are defined and brands perceived.
It's about an appealing and powerful narrative
The type of people now entering the field and disrupting things, are from a different mind-set and often have a more appealing and powerful narrative. A brand like Boeing may be strong but, it's also faceless in many ways. Now these venerable brands find themselves competing with the cult of personality.
Space is about more than talk
With a vision that spans from electric cars to SpaceX, putting satellites in space more cost effectively, Musk is certainly punching above his weight. But while the champions of the new galaxies, like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and even Richard Branson, are past masters in the public relations sphere, can they actually deliver? How much of their campaigning is just that? How much is self-promotion, bluster and bravado? And how much is based on cold, hard ability and the power to perform? One thing's for sure. When tech luvvies, like Elon Musk, appear with their disruptive ideas and a vision for a better future, it makes life for the venerable incumbents much more challenging. In fact, they make owning the innovation narrative and winning the hearts and minds of audiences a whole lot tougher.
For engineering and science brands in the aerospace and smart transport sector, it places the emphasis on communicating with an authentic voice and personalising the customer journey.
About the author: Andrew Reid is Strategy Director at Shelton Fleming, a creative agency that produces live events which transform how you see the wider-world, business and brands. We do this by designing intelligent, personalized experiences.
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Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin
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Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin is a Principal Engineer at Kitware, Inc.'s branch office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. J-Christophe is leading the development of commercial applications based on "3D Slicer", a medical imaging platform built with C++ and Python. In the last three years, he engaged with 10 different customers and crafted Statements of Work (SOWs) to address their needs. Customers report high satisfaction. Projects had between 2 and 5 follow-up SOWs. He also reviewed C++ and Python pull requests and coordinated teams of up to 5 developers across multiple companies.
In parallel, J-Christophe is also leading the development of "3D Slicer", a cross-platform, open source software for medical visualization and image computing downloaded over 230K times. He made many distinguished contributions to the Slicer platforms. He created more than 10 releases of "3D Slicer" in the last 5 years. He improved code to reduce "3D Slicer" startup time by 50%. He designed and implemented a web front-end, web services and build system infrastructure allowing to distribute more than 100 "3D Slicer" plugins written in C++ and/or Python and contributed by the community. He authored more than 5000 commits addressing issues or implementing new features in C++ and Python which requires expertise in multiple toolkits such as VTK, ITK, Python, CTK or Qt. He is also administering build bots and maintaining build system with more than 30 dependencies. And finally, he facilitated more than 200 weekly developer hangouts.
Jean-Christophe is also the founder and key contributor to "scikit-build", an improved and open source build-system generator for CPython C/C++ extensions. He won $60k NIH award to further develop "scikit-build" and improve the medical imaging and segmentation C++ toolkit (ITK) packaging for integration in the scientific Python ecosystem. This was presented during the Carolina PyData 2016 conference.
J-Christophe is the founder and key contributor to "python-cmake-buildsystem", an open source replacement build-system for CPython facilitating its cross-compilation. This was presented at SciPy 2014 conference.
J-Christophe is a co-founder and key contributor to the Common Toolkit (CTK), a multi-platform and open source Qt based toolkit providing re-usable components allowing to easily build biomedical imaging applications.
J-Christophe led the development of Visomics, an open source tool for the exploration of biological omics data.
J-Christophe developed web API framework and grid computing module for MIDAS, an open source toolkit enabling the rapid creation of tailored, web-enabled data storage.
Jean-Christophe received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University Claude Bernard of Lyon in 2003 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Information Processing in 2008 from the ESCPE Lyon (France). His Master's thesis was realized at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) as a result of a joint project between Automatic Lab and TouchMind.com. The goal was to design and implement an automatic bidding platform for online keyword auctions.
In the semester prior to starting his thesis, J-Christophe was enrolled as an exchange student at the EPFL. His coursework mainly revolved around his interests in swarm intelligent systems, bio-inspired systems and cognitive psychology. In 2005, J-Christophe did a one-year internship with the pharmaceutical company Scynexis, Inc. (NC, USA) in their information system division. At Scynexis, J-Christophe worked on the development of a web-based Drug Research information management application (relying on J2EE, Tomcat and an Oracle database) to support scientists and facilitate collaboration in their daily work. He successfully introduced new technologies such as AJAX, SQLX and WEB 2.0 into the pre-existing framework. Simultaneously, he actively worked on the tuning and performance improvement projects, focused on a redesign of the core of the platform.
When not staring at computer screen, J-Christophe enjoys outdoor activities especially rock-climbing, mountaineering and backcountry skiing. In Spring 2008, prior joining Kitware, he was in northeastern Turkey skiing and exploring the Kackar mountains and then in Corsica for canyoneering, rock-climbing and kite-surfing. More recently he climbed the south face of Eiger Mountain in the Swiss Alps (2008), the Sajama Nevada in Bolivia (2009), the mount Rainer in USA (2015). Checking his instagram account will update you on his more recent adventures.
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Tanya Tagaq: "Retribution"
- October 7, 2018
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The amazing Tanya Tagaq returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater, this time to Shannon Hall with her Retribution project. An Inuk throat singer, Tagaq's music "is inseparable from her activism, both drawing attention to the still-unsolved murders and disappearances of thousands of indigenous women, the pillaging of the earth and the decimation of Inuit culture," according to NPR.
She first found international recognition for collaborations with Björk and has since performed all over the world. In 2015, Tagaq was commissioned to write a piece for the Kronos Quartet's Fifty for the Future project.
Winner of many awards, including the 2015 Western Canadian Music Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year and the 2015 Juno Awards Aboriginal Recording of the Year, the Rolling Stone called Tagaq "one of the avant-garde's most dynamic performers." Her combination of politics and potent talent makes her one of the most unique performers currently prominent on the international stage. She will be accompanied by local choir for this performance.
For more information about Tanya Tagaq can be found her website.
Tickets go on sale August, 24, 2017.
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Claremont: Feeding the pipeline
Claremont are the UK's leading independent provider of Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Cloud Application services. With offices in Guildford and Newcastle, Claremont work with clients like National Trust, Stagecoach, Arqiva, Unite Students and JLT.
Since we have started working with Bright we have seen an increase in sales leads by over 40%, good attendance at events and improved relationships with key strategic partners
Supporting Claremont's business goals
With a market moving towards Cloud and with ambitious growth targets, Claremont required a marketing partner with knowledge of the Oracle industry who would be able to build the brand and feed the sales pipeline. Claremont's virtual team provide marketing services to support three core business goals:
Increasing demand from new & existing clients
Increasing brand awareness amongst target audiences
Increasing brand awareness with strategic partners
Increasing demand from new & existing clients
Bright run a range of agile campaigns aimed at generating opportunities around Claremont's core propositions. Using a variety of tactics, depending on the audience and messaging, these campaigns have allowed Claremont to meet monthly sales leads KPI's which feed their sales pipeline. Some examples of these are:
- A number of conference style events aimed at HR & Finance decision makers
- Telesales campaigns into FTSE 250 accounts
- Content campaigns, backed up with social prospecting, digital marketing and telesales
- Nurture campaigns aimed at existing clients
Increasing brand awareness with strategic partners
As an Oracle partner, having a good relationship with Oracle is key to Claremont's success. As such, Claremont's virtual marketing team created a range of communications and campaigns aimed at raising awareness within Oracle. These activities include:
- A quarterly newsletter which includes relevant thought leadership and case studies
- Working with Oracle on joint demand campaigns into target sectors that generated a range of shared opportunities
- Collaborating on joint customer video case studies which raises awareness of Cloud project successes
- Social prospecting and engagement with key Oracle contacts through social media channels


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The prevalence of pressure injuries acquired in long-term care facilities has risen in recent years, according to the findings of the International Pressure Ulcer Prevalence survey.
The survey, which was published online this week in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, examined a sample of more than 900,000 patients in the United States across healthcare settings between 2006 and 2015.
Overall, pressure injury rates fell from 13.5% in 2006 to 9.3% in 2015 across all care settings. Prevalence of facility-acquired pressure ulcers dropped from slightly over 6% in 2006 to a range around 3% between 2013 and 2015. Dropping the rate in half over the past decade is likely due to improved pressure injury prevention practices instead of changes to patient risk factors, researchers noted.
The prevalence of facility-acquired pressure injuries in long-term care facilities was found to be on the rise in recent years, increasing from 3.8% in 2013 to 5.4% in 2015, although the statistics showed no "clear-cut directional trends," researchers said. Rehabilitation facilities showed a slight change in rate facility-acquired pressure injuries, increasing .2% to 2.8% over the last three years of the survey.
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Pulse – Irish Comics Now (video by Orla McNelis)
Illustrators Ireland, together with the Alliance Française and The Comics Lab hosted an indie comics festival in Mart Rathmines on 2 March. It ran as part of Fete de la Bande Desinee, which included a comics art exhibition and a talk by French cartoonist,Tito.
The first night (shown in this video) included comics fair, live readings and interviews.
Live readings by Sarah Bowie, Alan Dunne, Chris Judge, Paddy
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Interviews and Q&A with Eoin Coveney, Luke Healy, Debbie Jenkinson,
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It was a man-to-man talk. Moe Brown and ... Moe Brown. Or, as the veteran receiver put it, "a self-conference with Moe."
His career at South Carolina had been up and down. So earlier this year, as he prepared for his senior season, Brown talked it over not with his coaches, parents or friends, but with himself.
"We had a little discussion with each other," he said. "We decided, Look this game is too fun. You're gonna drive yourself crazy out here, trying to worry about all the pressures, what people are saying.
"Once I came to that conclusion it was like, Boom, having fun again, starting making plays, and doing things I used to."
And in Brown's mind, the results have been a success -pending two more big games.
It starts Saturday when Brown has his last shot against Clemson, the team he grew up rooting for as a youngster in Anderson. Brown will start this game, as he has every one he has been healthy for this season.
Brown ranks second on the team in catches (31), receiving yards (454) and touchdown catches (three). He also leads the team in yards-per-carry (21.0), the result of a 50-yard gain on a reverse against Florida Atlantic.
Brown showed flashes his first three seasons, but was not a consistent contributor. As a junior, he had a huge game against Georgia (seven catches for 130 yards and a touchdown) only to disappear again the next few games. As a sophomore, he started four games and played in all 12, but had only 13 catches.
"There've been a couple times where I've been knocked down, and stuff didn't go my way," Brown said. "Coaches bench me and I come back from it and keep on fighting. I've started every game this year and there hasn't been any discussion of benching me. Had a good season catching the ball well, running good routes, doing what they ask me to do."
A big emphasis for Brown was returning to how he played at Westside High School: Fast, free and easy, using the athleticism that made him a star on the track team.
He was recruited by Clemson, but not as hard as South Carolina. So it wasn't a hard decision to switch allegiances.
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This season, it all came together - on and off the field. Brown, a finance major, said he is carrying nearly a 3.5 grade point average, and will graduate in May. He is satisfied with his own production. And he has served as a mentor to freshman Alshon Jeffery, who might be the next great Gamecock receiver.
"In my opinion, even though I'm the leading receiver, he's the one who's keeping us together," Jeffery said of Brown. "Even if he ain't getting the ball, he is getting the ball. He just goes out and gives his all on every play. He tells me, don't worry about the next play, just keep focusing."
A little bit like the advice Brown once gave himself.
"If I had to say one word for (my career) I'd have to say perseverance," he said. "I had a pretty good senior year and I hope to continue that the final two games."


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KeAndre Varner, a Georgia high school student, was suspended for four days Monday after he posted a mug shot of his principal to Instagram.
According to Atlanta's WSB-TV, Riverdale High School principal Jamille Miller-Brown was arrested in March for missing a court date related to a speeding ticket. Varner posted a photo of Miller-Brown's mugshot to Instagram. When one of his followers asked him what the arrest had been for, he replied that he thought it was for a DUI.
Varner's mother, Nakesha Thomas, told the station that the official reason for her son's suspension was that he'd passed around misinformation. Administrators said the boy had disrupted school by posting the photo and had been "belligerent" when Miller-Brown confronted him about it, the outlet notes.
Visit WSB-TV to learn what KeAndre Varner had to say.
Social media has gotten students in trouble before. In April, Kyron Birdine, a junior at a Texas high school, was suspended after tweeting a photo during a standardized test. Birdine said he had been made to take the test, despite it not having any bearing on his educational future, so he decided to protest it.
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Sepsis-3: Impact on Previously Defined Septic Shock Patients
2017 22 Aug
In a new analysis, 57% of patients meeting old definition for septic shock did not meet Sepsis-3 criteria. Although Sepsis-3 criteria identified a group of patients with increased organ failure and higher mortality, those patients who met the old criteria and not Sepsis-3 criteria still demonstrated significant organ failure and 14% mortality rate.... Read more
Sepsis E-alert System with Response Team Improves Outcomes
2017 13 Jun
According to a new study, the use of a multifaceted intervention including an electronic sepsis alert (e-alert) system with sepsis response team was associated with improvement in care processes of sepsis and septic shock and patient outcomes. The findings are reported in the journal Annals of Intensive Care. Although sepsis is a leading cause of... Read more
ER Overcrowding Delays Sepsis Treatment
2017 22 May
Prompt antibiotic initiation is associated with improved mortality in sepsis and septic shock. However, new research shows that patients with sepsis, a life-threatening complication of an infection, had delays approaching one hour in being given antibiotics when seen in emergency rooms that were overcrowded. The findings were presented at the 2017... Read more
Vitamin C in Severe Sepsis Treatment
2017 17 Apr
A new study reported in the journal CHEST demonstrates the beneficial effects of high-dose intravenous vitamin C in reducing mortality in patients with severe sepsis. However, an Editorial published in the same issue of CHEST, calls for more studies to determine optimal dose of vitamin C in the critically ill population. See Also : Albumin Administration... Read more
Study: Drug Shortage Associated with Sepsis Deaths
2017 21 Mar
Patients with septic shock admitted to hospitals affected by the 2011 shortage of the drug norepinephrine had a higher risk of in-hospital death, according to a study presented at the 37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. See Also : New Strategy for Identifying Sepsis Arising in the ICU The study, also published... Read more
The Importance of Correctly Identifying Patients with Sepsis
2017 01 Mar
An Editorial in the journal Chest emphasises the need to develop highly accurate, flexible methods for identifying patients with septic shock to ensure these patients are appropriately treated and hospitals are reliably assessed for treating these patients. Sepsis is now the most costly hospital condition and the most common diagnosis among patients... Read more
Surviving Sepsis Guidelines 2016 Update
2017 24 Jan
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign , an initiative of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the International Sepsis Forum, has released the 2016 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock. The document, published simultaneously in Critical Care Medicine... Read more
Hydrocortisone in Severe Sepsis: HYPRESS Trial Results
2016 03 Oct
The results of the first randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of adjunctive early low-dose hydrocortisone to prevent progression to shock in patients with severe sepsis presenting without shock are published in JAMA today. There were no significant differences between treatment groups with regard to mortality or length of stay in... Read more
Study: Vasopressin vs. Norepinephrine in Septic Shock
2016 27 Sep
A multicentre trial investigating early use of vasopressin compared to norepinephrine to treat septic shock found no reduction in the number of kidney failure-free days. The results of the VAsopressin vs. Noradrenaline as Initial therapy in Septic sHock (VANISH) trial are published in JAMA (Gordon et al. 2016). Patients who had septic... Read more
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2016 09 Aug
A study was conducted to determine whether high dose intravenous sodium selenite treatment and procalcitonin-guided anti-infectious therapy in patients with severe sepsis affect mortality. The findings are published in JAMA Internal Medicine . Patients with severe sepsis suffer from oxidative stress that could contribute to multiorgan failure and... Read more


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Exam Overview
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) established the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS™) credential for CPAs who specialize in various areas of financial planning. In order to receive the credential, CPAs must pass the exam requirement that covers all of the planning process and professional responsibilities and disciplines that make up personal financial planning, including tax, estate, retirement, investments, and insurance planning as well as a few niche areas like employee benefits, education, and elder planning. CPAs who have passed the CFP or ChFC exams do not need to take the PFS exam and are deemed to have met the exam requirement.
New PFP Certificate Program Option
Instead of the traditional PFS pathway and exam, you may choose the PFP certificate program to meet the PFS exam and education requirements. Learn more about this option >>
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Exam Format
- Exam Type — The PFS Exam is a non-disclosed exam. This means the questions and answers are not published nor are candidates permitted to remove any exam materials from the testing site.
- Grading — Each exam is carefully graded by our team of psychometricians to ensure that the questions are statistically valid.
- Timing — The PFS Exam is a computer-based exam that lasts five hours, including a 30-minute break (if needed).
- Types of Questions — There are a total of 160 questions per exam module:
- About half are discrete stand-alone multiple-choice questions.
- Half are case studies with accompanying multiple-choice questions.
- A multiple-choice question consists of a stem that includes factual or scenario data and provides four or five options.
- The case studies will vary in length and include short scenarios followed by 2–5 multiple-choice questions and two larger comprehensive cases with 12–18 related multiple-choice questions. The fact pattern of each case study will contain sufficient information to enable the candidate to answer the question. This part of the exam is designed to test your analytical reasoning skills and ability to apply financial planning theory and methodology in a comprehensive manner.
- Reference material — You will have access to a reference sheet of the appropriate tax rates and limits during the exam.
- Calculators — A financial calculator is required for the exam and must be one of the following approved models: Hewlett Packard 12C 10B, 10B II+, 17B II+; Texas Instruments TI BAII Plus, TIBAII Plus Professional; Victor V12, Victor 10.
- Mock Exam Session Video — View a short video tutorial. Your PFS Exam experience will be similar. If you have questions, please email the PFP team.
- Note — The questions and exhibits used in this mock exam session are merely for demonstrative purposes only and do not reflect actual exam content.
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- Volume Pricing — A discount of $100 per exam is available when registering two or more candidates from the same firm for any PFS Exam window. For further details and to submit request to obtain this discount, please email the PFP Division.
Registration Process
If interested in taking the exam, register online and pay the required exam fee. Online registration is available to both AICPA and non-AICPA members. Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation of your purchase via email. This confirmation does not serve as the Notification to Schedule.
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Exam Body of Knowledge Outline
The PFP Body of Knowledge outline is also the Content Specification Outline for the PFS exam and has been developed through various sources to provide a framework of the knowledge that personal financial service practitioners should possess. It is divided into twelve major topical areas that form the comprehensive body of knowledge that will be tested on the PFS Exam. The last update was in December 2016, announced in January 2017, and will first be tested on the July 2017 PFS exam.
It is important to note that you will be better-prepared for the exam if you use the education and exam review resources referenced within the outline and not just rely upon individual experience.
For more information, review the PFP Body of Knowledge.
Download a PDF document of the PFP Body of Knowledge.
Exam Preparation Approach
The key to passing the exam is a combination of education outlined in the body of knowledge and application of this knowledge in relevant work experience in personal financial planning. Accordingly, the amount and type of exam preparation will depend on your prior knowledge and work experience in these areas. To assist in exam preparation, the AICPA offers the following:
For experienced CPAs: Use the PFP Boot Camp (in-person, online class, or online self-study) as an abridged review of all areas, refreshing your knowledge and identifying areas that need more in-depth education. Follow up with more in-depth learning in needed areas from the textbook publications on the 6 major topics included in the PFS exam.
For less experienced CPAs: If you would like to start with an overview, we would recommend the Essentials of PFP publication that covers all areas in a high level overview from a fundamental level. Then form there, go on to the in-depth learning options you need most (textbook publications in the AICPA Store on the 6 main topics that are included on the PFS exam – tax, estate, retirement, investments, insurance, and the PFP process) in those areas in which you clearly have not had prior experience. Follow this up with the PFP Boot Camp (in-person, online class, or online self-study).
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Exam Preparation Tools
In-Person PFP Boot Camp
This class covers all areas in the PFP body of knowledge (income tax, estate, retirement, investment and insurance planning) in a systematic and highly engaging approach. It will help attendees focus their exam preparation on those areas where the most effort is needed. Even if you are not taking the PFS Exam, it is a great overview on how all areas of personal financial planning work together to meet your client's needs. These classes are held each May/June and October/November time frames before a PFS exam enabling you to sit for the PFS exam soon after taking the class.
Register for Upcoming In-Person Boot Camps:
Costs & discounts available:
- $895 for PFP Section members ($100 savings)
- $995 for AICPA and state society members
- $1,295 for non-members
On-Demand Self-Study PFP Boot Camp
For those who prefer to study at your own pace, the PFP Boot Camp is available as a self-study CPE course as well. It can be purchased as a bundle or each of the seven individual sessions can be purchased
Costs & discounts available:
- $479 for PFP Section members ($80 savings)
- $599 for AICPA members
Purchase Self-Study PFP Boot Camp >>
PFS Exam Review Materials
In partnership with Keir Education Resources, this product provides text and online access to practice questions in each area of the exam, case studies with practice questions, and calculator practice questions.
- Practice question book with random questions to provide more exam-like study conditions
- Case studies with hundreds of practice questions
- Sample questions from old PFS Exam
Additional reference material on the PFS Exam website
- The AICPA's Statement on Standards in Personal Financial Planning Services (SSPFPS No. 1) for review (it is tested on the exam)
- PFS Exam Content Specification Outline
Scheduling Process
This process begins when you receive your Notice To Schedule (NTS) email six weeks prior to the beginning of the exam window for which you have registered. It contains instructions on how to schedule, a link to the test center, and your unique voucher code to enable you to schedule your specific date and location.
After receiving your (NTS) email, you may schedule your exam. Please schedule early to improve your likelihood of obtaining your desired time and location. The NTS email will provide instructions on how to do so. Below is a snapshot of the process:
- Visit the PFS Exam Scheduling Website.
- Follow the steps to establish a test-taker account. If you have already established a test -taker account for a previous exam, use the username and password that was previously provided. For assistance with your username or password, please contact the AICPA Member Service at 888.777.7077 or email us.
- Upon receipt of email confirmation of your username and password, login to schedule.
- Click on the Schedule Exam link in the task bar at the top of the page.
- Select the PFS Exam and click on Register Now button.
- Select the desired HOST location (testing center).
- Select the desired date and time the desired location is available and proceed to checkout.
- Enter the voucher code that was provided in the NTS letter at checkout and click submit and done.
- A scheduling confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided. It is important to print and/or keep a copy of this confirmation page on file as it includes the Test Authorization Code required for exam admittance.
For more detailed information of the process, download the process >>
Testing Locations
- At this time, the PFS Exam is only offered in the United States and Canada. There are almost 300 locations nationwide. Find the closest one >>
- The certificate pathway exams are taken on your personal computer with online web-based proctoring via video and audio and can be scheduled anytime 24/7. Learn more >>
Test Regulations
The Kryterion host location has procedures that must be followed. Please make sure to read their procedures document in full so you can be fully prepared. Read below are a list of approved calculators you can bring with you:
- Hewlett Packard 12C 10B, 10B II+, 17B II+;
- Texas Instruments TI BAII Plus, TIBAII Plus Professional;
- Victor V12, Victor 10
Additional Information
To find a more detailed overview of the scheduling process including rescheduling, cancellations and refunds, download the PFS Credential Exam Registration and Scheduling Terms and Conditions document.


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Memphis area Athletes Preview for State Meet
State D2-AA Decathlon Recap
D2-AA State Pentathlon Recap
Houston Classic 2018 Recap!
Previewing this weekend's Houston Track Classic in Memphis, Tennessee!
TN State Indoor Recap of the Sprints
TN State Indoor - Distance Preview
TN State Indoor - Field Event Preview
Athletes to watch at Vanderbilt HS Indoor
Five Things I've Learned at the TN Coaches Clinic
January Track!
Training the Coach!
Titus Winders Signs with University of Southern Indiana
Bartlett athlete signs with Christian Brothers University
Two Briarcrest Seniors to continue their Track careers
Coach Ted Talk: Thanksgiving!
Coach Ted Talk: State - from the ground up!
Memphis Area State Recap
State Recap - D1 Small Schools Boys and Girls
State Recap of the D2-A Boys and Girls
D2 Small School State Preview
D1 Small School State Preview
Coach Ted Talk: State and Beyond
Region 7, 8 and D2 West Region Wrap-Up
Coach Ted Talk: Prepping and relaxing for the final meets of the season!
Mid-State Cross Country Championships - Meet Recap
2017 Brooks Twilight Cross Country Classic - Preview
HOKA Postal National Flagship event and Ed Murphy Mile Preview
A slightly different look back at the State Track & Field Meet!
TSSAA D2 State Track & Field Meet Recap


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How to choose how much internet data you should get
It's fairly known by now, even to non-Canadian citizens, that internet data in Canada is usually capped. What this means is that your internet service provider allots you a bandwidth cap of a certain amount of gigabytes each month and then charges you extra for each subsequent gigabyte. Knowing which cap is the right for you is perhaps the most important part when getting internet in Canada.
The differences between caps and overcharging
The caps themselves come at a varied range, from around 40GB up to 500GB and even higher with some providers. It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that a higher cap means a more expensive package; however, the cost is usually much lower than if you paid for the extra gigabytes through overcharging.
Many people take caps of around 150GB and feel that there's no way they could exceed such a large amount of internet data in a month, especially not with a fairly sluggish speed of 5MB download. However, these people neglect to take into account the increased size of files on the internet.learn more here!
What this means is that the quality of images on the internet is increasing, sites are consistently introducing heavy objects, and of course, videos are becoming of a better and better quality. Whereas a decade ago the standard video online might not have exceeded 100MB, now they can easily go past 1GB once you click on the HD option without you even realizing.
Being aware of your usage
Therefore, exceeding even 200GB becomes commonplace for many households. To know the right internet data cap for you, you will need to realistically assess your internet consumption and your activities online.
Do you download a lot of songs and movies? Do you enjoy spending a lot of time watching online videos and perhaps even live broadcasts? Do you play games that constantly download a lot of content? All of these things can quickly burn through the internet cap before the user realizes it, leaving them with a hefty bill at the end of the month.
If you are a heavy consumer of bandwidth, you have one of two options: either you will limit your activities on the internet in order to reduce monthly data consumed, all the while constantly monitoring your download and upload, or you will opt for an ISP with good options for unlimited internet.see it more from http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/04/netflix-will-stop-asking-isps-to-exempt-its-videos-from-data-caps/
While unlimited internet in Canada is rarely on par with that of other nations, and is often available only in the morning, it could still make a great difference on your internet bill. Even internet that is only unlimited in the morning can greatly help you reduce cost if you move the bulk of your downloading to those hours.
Don't be one of those people paying tens or hundreds of extra dollars at the end of every month because they are overcharged by as much as 100GB or over. Be honest about the amount of internet data you are spending each month, taking into account factors like several users in the same household or potential leechers of wireless internet, and choose an internet package that goes in line with your consumption.


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Looking for Restaurant Manager (Shanghai)
We are a highly reputable Mediterranean Restaurant here in Shanghai. In order to enhance further the dining experience of our customers as well as improve business results, we are on the look out for an expatriate restaurant manager to help maintain a high standard of service and customer satisfaction. The requirements are below:
Must be professional, efficient, energetic, sociable and have the ability to
multi-task. Be familiar with both front and back of the house. Be able to
develop new business for the restaurant.
Have 5 years working experience in Shanghai in western restaurants and
hotel industry. Please send CV with photo and salary expectations.
We will not consider anyone who has not worked in Shanghai as we will need
someone who has contacts here and is able to help bring new customers to the
restaurant, organize events etc.
Please send CV and application to Esther at Protected content .


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Having a panic attack disorder can be frightening and emotionally taxing. Many of those who experience their first attack might find themselves in life-threatening or life-altering situations, especially after hearing news that is either sudden or unwanted.
Alarmingly, a lot of people suffering from panic attacks remain undiagnosed and can suffer from the condition for years on end without any relief. However, make no mistake about it. The effects of panic attacks are very real and their implications can change the way a person carries themselves on a daily basis.
Fact #1: It Is Real
First and foremost, a panic attack is not "all in your head". It is not a mere thought that, if you brush aside or ignore, will just go away. The condition is far more complex than that. They can feel like you are about to have a heart attack and it can come right out of nowhere. At one time, you might be perfectly fine and then be incapacitated by fear or paranoia in the next. Whatever the case, it is important to understand that you cannot brush off the panic the moment it strikes.
Fact #2: They Can Be Triggered
Although the term "trigger warning" has been severely abused in recent years, it was actually intended to aid sufferers of a panic attack disorder and similar conditions. The condition in a sense can be activated if the person revisits a memory of considerable emotional trauma or is put in the same circumstances when the trauma was induced.
The experience can be described as an escalating sense of dread that something bad is going to happen right around the corner. The heart races, palpitations begin, and a sense of losing control sets in.
Fact #3: The Disease Can Lead to Other Conditions
A condition often linked to panic attacks is agoraphobia, a fear of public spaces. The sufferer does not want to revisit emotional trauma out of fear of suffering another attack and, as such, restrict their lifestyle to an area known as their "safe space". Here, the sufferer can be assured that they have full control over everything, and the chances of a trigger occurring are lessened.
However, you must understand that even an agoraphobic does not like to feel restricted. It can be a miserable and depressing lifestyle as their options of enjoying life are limited. The fear of suffering an attack in public, where they are most vulnerable, forces them to keep their activities limited as closely as possible to home.
Fact #4: It Evolves
Like any condition out there, a panic attack disorder can worsen the longer it remains undiagnosed. As the sufferer gets used to the initial symptoms, the condition is devious enough to disguise itself and manifest in new ways. Over time, the person will feel that this might be something more serious as the panic attacks increase in frequency and strength.
Fact #5: They Can Lead to Destructive Habits
Since the condition can be triggered, sufferers tend to self-medicate in order to cope with the changes. Some opt to avoid being in situations where a trigger can occur while others, sadly, will resort to dulling their sensations. Drugs and alcohol can alter the mental state of someone and are the easiest solutions for sufferers trying to get rid of the symptoms altogether.
Of course, resorting to these substances has its drawbacks as the person becomes more dependent on them to function normally. In time, the withdrawals worsen and cause anxiety and, in turn, fuel the person to rely more on these substances. This creates a perpetual cycle of abuse and withdrawal which worsens the condition instead of alleviating it.
Fact 6: It Is Highly Treatable
Despite all its long-term effects, a panic attack disorder can still be treated. Although there are no easy solutions such as a vaccine, there are treatments designed to lessen its effects until the patients find themselves rid of the condition.
The point here is to seek help. Trying to deal with this condition alone can be ineffective and, at worse, disastrous. The assistance of friends and medical professionals can help anyone in dealing with the disorder until it, in time, is removed from their system.


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The End Bullying Globally Forum was introduced to the general community in Montego Bay, St James on April 6, 2016 to brings awareness to the pervasive problem of bullying among the youths of Jamaica.
The End Bullying Globally Campaign in Jamaican Schools and the End Bullying Globally Forums are the first initiatives in Jamaica to tackle the issue of bullying from an open community point. The End Bullying Forum on April 6, 2016 held at the St. John's Methodist Center in Montego Bay was attended by school principals, law enforcement, students, parents, government leaders, youth leaders, a psychatrist and physicians among many.
The Forum was endorsed by Mayor Glendon Harris, His Worship. Mayor of Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica, Senior Superintendent of Police, Montego Bay, Steve McGreggor
Panelist of Le Antonio's Foundation 1st End Bullying Globally Forum
Mrs. Dian Foster-Wright- Educator (Moderator End Bullying Globally Forum)
Dr. Julian Walters- Psychiatrist
Dr. Arusha Chambers – Dermatologist
Ms. Michelle Beckford – Le Antonio's Foundation, Executive Director of Scholarships
Mr. Jerry Winkler – Principal, Montego Bay Christian Academy
Ms. Saunjae Brown- Teacher, Le Antonio's Foundation
Mr. Aubrey Stewart – Youth Ambassador
Mr. Volney Barrett – Senior Journalist
What Drives Our Passion Behind the End Bullying Globally Initiative
The END BULLYING GLOBALLY CAMPAIGN & FORUM started after student of Le Antonio's Foundation Homework and Development Center confided in us that they were struggling with being bullied. We began interviewing the community youths and was faced with a challenge as we talked with children who are being bullied or are bullies themselves. We quickly realized that bullying is a global issue facing our youths. We knew instantly that our children need a voice, and since Le Antonio's Foundation was formed on serving humanity, we answered the challenge to be the voice of our youths facing the monster of being bullied or being a bully. The Foundation decided the best way to solve this problem is to form an education and professional network to illuminate the effects of bullying, and create structures of intervention, counseling and prevention mechanisms to support the youths that are affected by this: Thus the birth of Le Antonio's Foundation End Bullying Globally Campaign and Forum.
We are Seeking Sponsors for the End Bullying Globally Events
The April 2016 Major Sponsors are listed on this banner below:
The END BULLYING GLOBALLY CAMPAIGN & FORUM will receive nationwide exposure in the media, including radio, television and newspapers. This is an opportunity to showcase Prospective Sponsor's products and business, and possibly increase their market share. We will highlight your business as a sponsor in all our promotions of the END BULLYING GLOBALLY CAMPAIGN & FORUM. Your business logo will be added to the End Bullying Globally Campaign sponsorship banner and swags, which will be showcased at all end Bullying Globally events! We are anxious to highlight you as sponsor of this initiative.
Who Will Attend the End Bullying Globally Forums
Le Antonio's Foundation End Bullying Globally initiative will invite Montego Bay community members from the following categories to be a speaker at the youth forums:
- Le Antonio's Foundation Leadership Team
- Le Antonio's Foundation's End Bullying Globally Volunteer Team
- Principals
- Teachers
- Guidance Counselors
- Physicians
- Psychiatrist
- Community Leaders
- Parents
- Media
Discussion Agenda for the End Bullying Globally Forums
- End Bullying Campaign activities
- New End Bullying events
- Effects of bullying on society
- Establishment of a victim support team
- Establishment of a victim support hot-line
- Establishment of support sub-groups in schools
- Matrix to measure the effectiveness of the End Bullying Campaigns
- Community awareness of bullying
- Navigation methods to bring attention to prevention of bullying among youths nationwide
- Development of Le Antonio's Foundation community Anti-bullying education team


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If Australia is the immigration nation, then Scotland is the emigration nation. Until the 1990s, Australia was second only to Israel in terms of the number of migrants it took in per capita. Conversely, from the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, Scotland's level of population loss through emigration was one of highest in Britain and Europe. For much of this time Scotland has had too many people; Australia not enough.
The first period of Scottish immigration to Australia was the initial settlement and convict period. The beginnings of settlement in Australia attracted about 5200 Scots between 1788 and 1832, while the transportation era brought out nearly 9000 Scottish convicts between 1788 and 1868.
When the famous Scottish explorer Thomas Mitchell found the vast pastoral land of 'Australia Felix' in the late 1830s, Scots came in droves; over 31% of all Scottish emigrants chose Australia as their destination in the late 1830s. Between 1833 and 1850, a total of about 23 000 eager Scottish migrants came to Australia.
In the early 1850s, gold was discovered in Australia, and this attracted record amounts of settlers to Australian goldfields. Throughout the 1850s, approximately 90 000 Scots came to Australia, and many of them were searching for fortunes in famous gold towns such as Ballarat, in Victoria. Because of the goldrush, Australia was a hugely popular destination for Scots and in 1853, for example, half of all Scottish emigrants went to Australia. Within this period of history was also the emigration of large numbers of Highlanders, who had been evicted from their small farms in Scotland and sent on boats to the New World – North America and Australasia.
Over the next fifty years from 1860 to 1914, the Australian colonies consolidated their populations and grew their economies, and over 175 000 Scots came to Australia. Important years for the relationship between Scotland and Australia were from 1860 until 1864, when 59% of Scottish emigrants selected Australia as their destination, and from 1875 to 1879 when 44% chose to come to the Antipodes.
This was mostly due to the economic boom in Australia that peaked in the 1880s, which offered urban Scots gainful employment, good living conditions, and the opportunity to own a house of their own in the suburbs. The boom was over by the 1890s, and somewhere between 35-40% of Scots in Australia decided to head home and try their luck back in Scotland again.
From 1914 until 1939, around 61 000 Scots came to a growing Australian nation. They contributed their skills to Australia's industrial development in this period, and gave lives in the First World War. When Europe was recovering from the war in the 1920s, between 18% and 25% of Scottish emigrants sought opportunities for a better life in Australia. Their hopes were soon dashed when the Great Depression hit Australia particularly hard in the early 1930s. Not surprisingly, immigration almost entirely stopped during the recession.
The next great period of Australian immigration was the postwar era, which changed the demographic make up of Australia from a mostly British population to a vibrant multicultural society. In the forty years between 1940 and 1980, 172 000 Scots came to Australia. Many of our Australian readers were part of this historic period of mass immigration. The number of immigrants to Australia was exceptional – after Second World War, net migration was over 100 000 people in some years. Just under 900 000 came from Britain between 1956 and 1960 alone.
From 1980 up until the present day between 45 000 and 50 000 Scots have migrated to Australia. The most recently arrived Scots have been part of a new, unprecedented, but mostly unheard of immigration revolution. There were eight years between 1949 and 1980 in which net migration was larger than 100 000 people, but since 1995 there have only been two years in which net migration was not over 100 000 people.
Since 1788, around 600 000 Scots have come to Australia for reasons that have changed over the years. Their numbers have fluctuated, often linked with the changing fortunes in Scotland and in Australia. Today, over two million Australians say that they have Scottish ancestry. Scotland, the emigration nation, has certainly given many of her sons and daughters to Australia, the immigration nation.


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Laudon Design is an independent type studio, established in Gothenburg by Carolina Laudon in 2000. It's dedicated to custom type design and lettering art, font development and typography, as well as spreading knowledge about typography and type design through history, technology and expressions.
© Laudon Design AB, 2016.
Stenmans Urmakeri was a Swedish watchmaker based in Gothenburg. The logotype is drawn by hand and inspired by stone carvings in the spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement.
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Who hops among the trees and who has big furry paws? Discover tiny mice, snuffling wild piglets and more in this adorable book about baby forest animals.
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In the courtyard of a small temple on the same street as the grand Dagoda of the Enchanter, the Forbidden Princess came nightly to her balcony so that all who desired gaze at her beauty. She was beautiful, indeed, but her eyes were empty and her expression blank.
Oh great Park.. Great Park. Amanda sighted and longed for the friends, Caretaker and Marcie, remembering the Circle of Sacred Flames and the Great Celebrations. How she would love to make entrance and become real- a princess again.
Despite these longings, she contented herself to be doing the crucial work of the Kingdom. In the months since slipping into the Enchanted City and for the learned respect for her unpolished compatriots in the taxi resistance and for the skills of chief, big operator, and she had discovered that her own gifts of perfect aim and seeing were invaluable to the cause.
Amanda spent many nights in the little courtyard not far from the bustling terminal of the City taxi Company. She liked to sit in the soft light of the courtyard lanterns and remember Great Park — the graceful wood doves, the forest creatures, the pattern of leaf and sun and shade on a hidden stream.


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Taking on the EcoChallenge: Running a restaurant by bike
From Sustainable Business Oregon
In November, Tapalaya, a tapas — or small-plates — restaurant serving Cajun/Creole cuisine, will celebrate four years of business.
From day one, sustainability has been a part of our business model and our ethos. We were the first restaurant on our block to request on-site composting from the city. Every Wednesday, we offer an all-night happy hour for anyone who travels to the restaurant by bike. We use fresh, local ingredients as much as possible. And this year from October 1-15, I decided to lock up my car keys and run the restaurant entirely by bicycle, as part of the Northwest Earth Institute's annual EcoChallenge.
Here's how the EcoChallenge works: each October, participants choose one habit to change for two weeks, to make their life (or business) a little more sustainable. Although I'm an avid bicyclist in my off-hours, a commitment to local ingredients means daily trips to vendors all over town, and that means a lot of time in the car.
The EcoChallenge seemed like the perfect opportunity to push the restaurant and myself a little further in sustainability, although I wasn't really sure whether I'd be able to pull it off. Ten days in, I can report that this has definitely been a learning experience — but one of the best lessons is that it's easier than I thought it would be.
Last Thursday, I found a great bike route to Hayden Island and actually enjoyed towing a bike trailer full of ice and crab back to the restaurant. On Tuesday, I had the opportunity bike to Guam (well, to Guam Street) to pick up a will-call order for vanilla beans from Provvista. In all, each day I've probably spent about two hours on the bike. It has required a little extra planning but has also meant a lot of great outdoor-time — a rarity in the restaurant business — making the most of this beautiful autumn weather.
I admit that there have been a few lowlights, too. Locking the bike and the trailer can be a little unwieldy, and I did get cursed at by a driver because I was too close to the car lane with my crab-laden trailer in tow.
But the hands down highlight has been the enthusiasm of Tapalaya's customers. Many of them ask me about my daily bike adventures, and — perhaps lured by the $20 gift certificate I offered to anyone who joined the EcoChallenge team — 23 of them are taking on their own EcoChallenges. Some of them are biking, too, while others are going vegan, using reusable coffee cups and joining a local car share program. I love reading their daily blogs on the EcoChallenge website and hearing about their "A-ha!" moments along the way.
The EcoChallenge has definitely changed the way I run the restaurant. While I can't say I'll continue doing all of those pick-ups by bike, the experience has helped drive home for me that a business can be a vehicle for change, as well as a way to make a living. And I'm already thinking about what next year's EcoChallenge will be.