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Just a simple parish priest who believes that we are all one in Christ whatever race, ethnicity, class, gender or orientation. An advocate for the poor, the middle class, that the working people. It is time for us to rise up and fight back against the greed of the rich the super rich and the multi-nationals who seek to rob the people of our place in the sun
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Good Shepherd of ALL God's People!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Money Power Greed and Wall Street
Frontline has done a good job detailing the particulars in its current series on Money, Power and Wall Street. Not only do we stand judged by our own Greed, but we also stand near the precipice of insisting on our own self destruction.
We fight sensible self regulation.
To ask that the rich and the super rich pay as much taxes as their menial helpers is fought with every fibre of the political might of the right wing.
They claim that it would be a job killer to tax business at a rate that is equal to those who have work for these same businesses or even those who have been laid of from them.
It is untrue to say that fairer taxation is a job killer.
Business has more cash on hand than at any time in the past 20 years, and still no jobs!
Greed gone wild!
Not something I might add that God is doing to us; it is rather something we are doing to ourselves.
The people arise in protest. 99% Rise up in protest.
Something is telling us that the rich and the super-rich and the multi-national have gone way too far toward the Wildness of Unrestrained Greed!
Common sense tells us that lie upon lie continues to sap the middle class, the working class, and the poor.
The Occupy Movement has not gone away. In fact a whole new burst of energy is close at hand.
Let us pray that we are not too late.
Even Trinity Church in Wall Street is preparing a May Day Teach In!
When the Episcopalians on Wall Street figure out that that things are way out of hand you know that we are onto something.
Keep pushing folks. We're onto something!
Fr. Paul
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Oh That We Might See Better Times
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown,
And an immortal crown.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Don't Bully Nuns!
Somebody needs to tell the Holy Father not to bully nuns. According to a recent New York Times article and according to the Vatican itself, it has become necessary to reign in a national network of nuns for their outspoken commitment to the poor, the uninsured, and the unemployed.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Doubt, Skepticism and Faith
Doubt, Skepticism and Faith
Our readings today proclaim the story of our dear friend "Doubting Thomas". Not only do I like Thomas, I think that without him there can be no real faith, and I would go a step further. Without Thomas, scientific inquiry could never have found a home in the world of faith either.
Many can take their faith blindly on the basis of other witnesses. And there certainly is a special blessing for those able to do so. Not so Thomas. He wanted to see it with his own eyes, touch it with his own hands. He is the Patron Saint of the fellow from Missouri; the "show me state".
Down through history, some of the greatest minds in science have also been great minds in the world of faith.
Copernicus for instance set the stage for Galileo's struggle to make us aware that the earth was not the center of the solar system, but that the sun was. He was a papal nuncio and brilliant canon lawyer, but he was also a mathematician and an astronomer. And his curiosity; his inquiring and discerning mind could not let go of the elegantly simple thought that the earth and planets revolved around the sun. He worked out many of the mathematical problems and it became clearer and clearer to him that he was onto something. He was fortunate that the publications of his new theory came near the end of his life. He was reputedly given a copy of his newly published book describing the orbits of the celestial bodies on his death bed, and thus, it is said, he died in peace.
True enough, both Copernicus and Galileo were persecuted by the Biblical literalists but that did not change the fact that they were correct. And after 600 years of so the church did apologize.
As humbling as it is to wake up one morning and figure out that the universe does not revolve around you, it is just as essential. For until we discover our true place in God's universe, we cannot have a true understanding either of ourselves or of God. This is the nature of the scientific enterprise. It is essential for us in discovering the truth.
Another good example of just such a man is Gregor Johann Mendel, the Augustinian friar who pioneered the work of modern genetic research. He really didn't know that's what he was doing. He was just trying to grow better varieties of peas for the monastery. Then he began to notice that traits in pea plants followed particular patterns. He took careful and complete records. His work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century, but finally his curiosity and his search for fact and truth was finally rewarded.
Then there was our own Charles Darwin. He was a devout member of the Church of England and studied theology, and even took the bible quite literally as an ethical guide for human behavior but not as a document for scientific authority. He noticed aboard the Beagle in his five year journey around the world that fossil remains, and the amazing variety of species that he witnessed in places like Patagonia, for instance, began to suggest to him the notion of natural selection.
His discoveries have revolutionized the way we think of the evolution of our own ancestry in the development of humankind. It may be humbling to recognize that we are inextricably interwoven with all life, but that's the truth of the matter.
So controversial is his work that there are places in the United States that take his work as a threat to biblical authority. In some states Evolution must be presented as a theory on a same level as Creationism as if they were completing and valid scientific options; the one based on flawed human inquiry and the other based on inerrant biblical revelation.
That's like saying; "Nah, the sun still revolves around the world"...don't believe facts and figures and scientific observation, and for God's sake don't look into that telescope!"
Such thinking is an assault not only on the truth of science but on the truth of faith as well.
The ongoing battle between science and religion is a false one for most intelligent and educated people of faith and/or science. Some of the greatest minds of our time have seen a role for both. One of my favorite quotes is from Albert Einstein who is often thought to be an atheist. But hold the phone; was it not he who said this; "Science without faith is lame; and religion without science is blind!" Thus for many thoughtful folks science and faith can be mutually creative and corrective.
In our own church, Margaret Mead taught us a great deal about cultural relativism in her observations in in the South Pacific. Her book; "Coming of Age in Samoa", is mandatory reading in most Liberal Arts Colleges. As a brilliant thinker she was clearly a formational mind in the development of cultural anthropology. She was also a devout Anglo-Catholic and an Episcopalian.
And lest we forget our current Presiding Bishop. Not only is she a marvelous and articulate woman of faith; she is also a brilliant biologist and a pilot. She is indeed a Renaissance woman.
So then that brings me back to Thomas. He would not believe until he saw it with his own eyes and touched it with his own hands. I am like that in many ways. And yet when I look and when I touch what is indeed around me, I see and feel a world that reveals that God is very much alive, and that Jesus is alive in the hearts and lives of those around me.
The Resurrection of Jesus is not so much a reassuring comfort to us about where we go when we die, but an ethical demand about who we are called to be while we are alive.
There are the poor to be fed, the homeless to be housed, the young to be educated, the elderly to be cared for, the sick, the bereaved and the broken heated to be mended with the healing touch of Jesus.
That's something I can see and touch. It is the healing touch of Jesus that will make all the difference.
I can assure you that God's existence does not depend on whether you can wrap my mind around various doctrinal statements. When I am asked to "Believe" in the Creed, I am not asked to give my intellectual assent to a credal formula, as much as I am asked to make a commitment to a way of life.
In many ways, Christ's existence does depend on whether I am willing to do the work of the living and loving Christ for the sake of the world.
Teresa of Avila summed this up in these words
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Fr. Paul
Saturday, April 07, 2012
God Shows No Partiality! When will we?
Monday, April 02, 2012
An American Manifesto, Revised, Holy Week 2012
Revised, Holy Week 2012
A Response to Class Warfare being waged against the 99%
I wrote this statement last Spring as I looked down the long barrel of class warfare being waged against us. I'm in this for the long haul. We need to be clear about where we stand. What I list below is a reasonable set of demands. What is not reasonable is that we should carry the rich on our backs enduring heavy unemployment, working for $5 an hour, with no health insurance, no vacation, and then having them take our homes away and giving our jobs away and taking our jobs away.
We may or may not do it this time, but momentum is building. Eventually we, poor, working class, middle class, first responders, teachers, etc. will all see that we are all on the same side.
The people shall arise from slumber!
From Cairo to Wisconsin the people have taken to the streets to demand justice. The grinding poverty under which too many of us are living has caused enough pain! We labor for wages that cannot support a family, while the super-rich are giving themselves billions in tax cuts and immoral bonuses. The corporate machine lays us off, and ships our jobs overseas. Now they are taking aim at government jobs and collective bargaining. They want to take away a hard won health care victory, they want to take away our homes, they want to take away our social security, and cut medicare and medicaid all for the sake of lower taxes for the rich. They have no idea of the pain they inflict upon the poor and the worker and now even on the middle class.
It is time for us to gather at every town and city hall across the country and I dream of a day when by the millions we gather at the Lincoln Memorial and stand our ground until our just demands are met.
1. Jobs and Job Security
We demand full employment. Unemployment Bureau is a misnomer. It should be THE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. Unemployment insurance should then be EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. The government shall be the employer of last resort.
We demand that all teachers, police, fire and EMT's be rehired and that we beef up education and public safety. It is a matter of national security! We cannot afford not to do this at the very least.
THERE SHALL BE UNION REPRESENTATION IN ALL WORKPLACES. The workers shall elect representatives from the workforce who will negotiate on behalf of the worker. THAT'S CALLED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
No more layoffs or terminations without a review of elected workforce representation. Grievances shall be brought to the same representatives for mediation and negotiation. WE INSIST ON UNION PROTECTION FOR THE AMERICAN WORKER.
Figure out how to bring our jobs home again. We want to buy American made products again.
2. Wages
We demand an immediate doubling of the minimum wage.
We demand an immediate increase of 20% of all wages under $100,000. You can figure out how to pay for that but you can begin with a super-tax on the super-rich.
And we want another 20% bonus for our work too on November so we can spend it on Black Friday and pump up the economy. They've been giving themselves billions in bonuses while we were losing our jobs and suffering from cutbacks, and losing our homes. You owe us!
3. Universal Health Care
We have fought long and hard for healthcare. It is unconscionable that in this country anyone should be deprived of good health care. Now you want to take away this modest advance on behalf of millions of folk in this nation! NO! We demand healthcare. We're willing to negotiate how to pay for it. But we demand it and we demand it now. Hands off heath care!
4. Two Year Moratorium on Foreclosures
You made a huge mess and we bailed you out (Banks & Mortgage Companies, Finance Institutions.) Now its your turn to bail us out. No more foreclosures for two years while we secure the American worker with good jobs and good pay. Then you better be ready to cut a deal, or its back to the streets!
5. Three Weeks Paid Vacation
You keep preaching to us about family values. I'll tell you about family values. We want a minimum of three weeks paid vacation, two weeks annual allowance for illness, and five personal days a year. We cannot afford what you have. The least you can do for us is give us time with those we love. Then, as a bonus we'll take four weeks after five years working for you.
6. Quit picking on Gay Folks! Quit the bullying! Quit the threats on Obama and the Liberals! IN CASE YOU HADN'T NOTICED THE GREAT AMERICAN EAGLE CANNOT FLY WITHOUT BOTH WINGS. YOU NEED US AND WE NEED YOU. WE WON'T FIGURE THIS OUT UNLESS WE DO THIS TOGETHER.
Paul Bresnahan is a semi-retired Episcopal Priest on assignment in Douglassville, PA at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church.


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Thu, 4 January 2018
"When I came in with a pitch deck, it was one conversation. When I came in with a working prototype, it was another conversation and a lot friendlier."
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Raising capital isn't like Shark Tank.
It involves a lot more meetings with a lot less glitz and glamour. Time after time, you stand in front of a boardroom, guiding a group of investors through your pitch deck and prototype. For those of us who've done this, we know the routine. For those of us who haven't, we're seeking advice on how to best approach raising capital.
In today's episode of The Tai Lopez Show, we are joined by Crystal Rose of Sensay. Crystal has successfully launched three different tech companies, all involving different methods of raising capital. Today, she shares her insights on how to approach raising capital; and, once you've secured investment, how to best go about allocating those funds.
Don't forget, you can listen to The Tai Lopez Show on Spotify! Click "Follow" and let me know what you think!
"When you get overcapitalized, it's actually a detriment. Because you then just go get fancy offices and focus on the furniture, what the lamps are going to look like."
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Points to Keep In Mind
Direct download: Tai_Lopez_-_1-4-18_-_FINAL_MIX.mp3
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Category: Web 2.0
Jun 14
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Quizlet is an online learning tool that allows you create and study flashcard sets. Using the flashcard sets, students can learn in six different study modes: Flashcards (flip through the material), Scatter (match words to their definitions), Speller (type what you hear), Space Race (type words before their definitions vanish off screen), Learn (track your …
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Feb 04
SlideRocket for Education
SlideRocket for Education is a cloud-based presentation creation tool. It is currently offering free, full-featured accounts for students and teachers with an EDU email address. SlideRocket lets you embed videos from YouTube, add photos from Flickr, and record narration for your slides, all from within your web-browser. No additional software (except Adobe Flash) is required. …
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Mozilla Popcorn Maker
Mozilla Popcorn Maker is a video editing tool that allows you to "enhance and remix" existing video content. You first locate the online video file that you want to edit, and then using Popcorn Maker's editor you can add text, Wikipedia content, images, Flickr galleries, Google maps, Twitter feeds, and video effects (like pauses or …
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Dropmark allows you to drag and drop files from your computer or web browser to create a cloud-based presentation. You can add photos, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs and websites and then organize them as you wish. You can choose who you want to share the "dropmark" with and can even collaborate with other users to …
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FaceFlow is a video chat service that features a web interface for online video calls (with multiple people). Sign up is free, and it has a mobile app and a desktop application that you can install … but its web interface allows you to video chat with colleagues and friends without installing any stand-alone software. The website …
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Sep 19
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Aug 24
BatchGeo is a website that lets you create maps quickly and easily from spreadsheet data. Simply copy and paste geographical data from Excel (or any other spreadsheet application) or from any table on the web into BatchGeo, and click "Map Now" to create a Google map of your data. That's it! The map can then …
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SpeakingImage allows you to bring interactivity to your images. You can add "points of interest" and "zones of interest" to annotate specific objects or areas in your image. SpeakingImage's annotation tool also lets you work with different layers, which allows your visitors to toggle specific annotations on or off. Check it out here: http://www.speakingimage.org/
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Universal Subtitles
Universal Subtitles (or Amara) is a free online tool that allows you to subtitle exiting video sources (you can enter the URL of an Ogg, WebM, flv, mp4, Youtube, Vimeo or Dailymotion video) in many different languages. If you have ever tried to construct a .srt file from hand, you know how difficult and time …
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While doing some research, I had Press TV in the background and I heard this woman say: "Trump is a racist and we wan't him impeached". How is Trump a racist? What has he done to be one? Does this mean we are now forced to like someone? Is racism now being shoved down our dead brains?
I don't think you're a racist if you don't like Chinese people. While in Canada, I had an issue with East Indians. I had a big issue with them. Not all of them. Most of them. They come to the country and DO NOT adapt. The women walked around in their saris, the men were allowed to wear swords in their belts and I got pulled over by an RCMP officer that wore a turban. Does that make me a racist because I don't like these people? I have nothing against them, I just don't like or approve of what they do. I think that if you're coming to a new country, you should be given a book of rules and culture handbook and told that if you want to live in the country there are certain rules and customs you have to abide by.
I don't care what you do in the privacy of your home. But I am bothered by migrants and immigrants alike now demanding their culture and religion is allowed. We can't mix, it's impossible.
Imagine being at a dance. There is a mix of races. What music is the DJ going to play? Is he going to play Indian music? Is he going to play Swahili music? Is he going to play techno? Every single different person in that room will want to play his music that he/she is familiar with. First we got separated because individuality and a world with different cultures was cool. Then the invasions came and disintegrated those individual cultures and beliefs into hatred for each other. Now our countries are invaded by different cultures and races and we're supposed to all get along?
No, it's not possible to integrate cultures that go back centuries. It's not racist to not like someone a different culture or race. I have the choice to like what I do and don't like.
Racism is now the Ace card being played against us. It's used to pitch us against each other, to create chaos and civil wars. It's used to help remove 2/3 of the useless feeders of this planet so why not get humans to kill themselves off?
There is no such thing as racism in the sense that liking or not liking someone determines whether you're a racist or not. Racism is violence against someone of a different skin color or culture. I reserve the right to like or not like someone. That doesn't make me a racist, it makes me free to choose what I like and don't like. I don't have to like what others like. I don't have to like Indians because I'm told I have to.. No I don't. That doesn't make me a racist, it simply makes me brave and courageous to speak up about how I feel.
I have no problem with humanity. I only have a problem with people that cause harm to others. It's the immigration policy that needs to be fixed. Like my parents that immigrated from Croatia to Canada in the late 50's. My parents had to go to school to learn the language. They had to pass culture tests before getting their citizenship. My parents were not allowed to abuse me. They were warned once that maybe in the old Yugoslavia you can beat your kids, but in Canada it's called Child Abuse. My parents acclimated and accepted the new world they lived in because they had to. They would not get their citizenship if they didn't learn and pass the tests. My father failed his driving licence exam 12 times. His English wasn't that great, but he didn't have an interpreter in those days. You either learn the language or you're fucked. You will be ostracized, rejected by your community because you can't speak the language.
I love all of humanity but I reserve the right to NOT like someone. I don't like them because of what they do, not because of their skin color.
They are pinning us against each other folks, can't you see that? Racism is another mind control program to instill into you that you either abide by the regime or you will be punished for having a choice. You can call me what you like, but I am proud of the fact that I can tell you to your face that I don't like you. Not because of what your skin color is or your religion, I may not like you because of your behavior or the fact that you are causing discomfort and harm to others. In that case, we need to let people know why we don't like them. If we don't tell them, how will they know to correct their mistake?
I feel sorry for the Americans. This madness that has fallen upon them is horrific. To have to think before you open up your mouth must be horrific. To be afraid that someone might consider you to be a fascist, racist, woman hater or man hater or gay hater or religion hater. You better wake up folks…you are heading for the abyss and I can guarantee that the rest of the world is not going to come and help you or pass you a rope. You were the beacon of democracy, now you have fallen into the abyss of madness and political correctness. I love all of you Americans except those that cause harm to others. .When you cause harm to others you cause harm to yourselves because we're all ONE.. We need to help each other and teach each other to be better humans. It's why we came here. I don't like "homosexuality", but that doesn't make me a bad person. I simply don't agree with what others think. It's my right to choose how I feel. I don't dislike homosexuals. I simply don't agree with the concept or reality that someone born a male can go through that ritual of changing their sex. They don't need body changes to feel differently. If that's the body you were given or you chose, why prove to me you need to do this? You need to prove to yourself that you can accept yourself for what and who you are. There is a reason why you chose that body to incarnate into. I don't dislike you for that, I dislike the idea and concept that it's normal and natural. What does that make me now?
If you ask me, it makes me someone who can voice their opinion without fear of what others might think of them. Can you do that?


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Bob Downes took up the role of Chair of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in January 2016. He is deeply committed to the role of technology in improving our society and believes there are significant benefits for our environment and prosperity. He is also Chair of CENSIS, an innovation centre for sensors and imaging systems.
In February 2018 Bob joined the Board of Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, and in May 2019 he was appointed Chair of the Independent Oversight Board (IOB), the review body in Irish telecoms.
In addition, Bob is a Non-Executive Director with KUBE Networks, a digital services business, and until recently, was a Non-Executive Director with the Scottish Government.
Bob also chairs Cryptic, an innovative leading edge arts production house. He is a Trustee of the Mackintosh Campus Renewal Appeal for Glasgow School of Art. He is an Advisor to a number of fast growth technology companies.
Formerly, Bob was a Senior Executive with BT Group and the Conran-Roche Group in London.
Registered Interests for Bob Downes
Terry has over twenty years' experience in the environment profession, having held senior roles in Melbourne with the Environment Protection Authority in the Australian state of Victoria, in London with the global consulting firm WSP and, most recently, in Belfast as Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency before he joined SEPA. In all this work, Terry has strongly focussed on bringing environmental and economic aims together, supporting business and social innovation and getting tougher with the worst environmental performers. Terry is a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Footprint Network and a Fellow of the UK Institute of Directors.
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Fran helps companies to become more effective sustainability leaders and to manage risk and opportunity to build lasting value. She is a partner at sustainability consultancy One Stone Advisors Ltd, a founding B Corp, and is part of a team rolling out the B Corp concept in Scotland. Fran was a Research Manager at ENDS Carbon and a senior consultant at SustainAbility Ltd.
Fran holds an MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Environmental Management from the European Association for Environmental Management Education. She served on the board of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute from 2004-2011.
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After a PhD in Astrophysics, Richard completed an energy and environment MSc at Glasgow Caledonian University. After working for CSV and Strathclyde Regional Council, he was appointed Head of Research at FoE Scotland in 1994. He worked on issues as diverse as climate change, bathing beaches and fish farming. He moved to become Head of Policy with WWF Scotland in 2002. In this role Richard led a 6-strong policy team working on marine, freshwater, climate, education and resource consumption issues.
Richard became Director of WWF Scotland in July 2005. Richard helped set up Transform Scotland and has been particularly involved in creating the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, which pressed for Scotland's strong climate targets and aims to help deliver them. In 2011 WWF Scotland won the Great Places to Work award for best charity workplace in Scotland. In January 2013 Richard became Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, where he continues to work on energy and climate issues, as well as air quality. He serves on the boards of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and SNIFFER.
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Michelle is qualified to MSc level in Environmental Science and has worked as an environment and sustainability professional for 20 years in both the public and private sectors.
Within businesses she has advised on environmental and sustainability management, having been Head of Environment at Network Rail for 6 years, covering the whole of the UK, and prior to that Environment Manager for Railtrack in Scotland. Michelle established herself in consultancy in Scotland in 2004 and has for 10 years been providing advice on strategic sustainability and environmental management for a variety of clients across the UK. She served as an SNH Board Member for 6 years from 2005-2011.
Michelle is currently Director and owner of Sustainability Catalyst Ltd, a small sustainability and environmental consultancy practice operating largely in the transport sector. Recent assignments include advising on sustainability issues for a large infrastructure project and leading the sustainability submission for rail franchise bids.
Michelle holds no other ministerial appointments.
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Nicola, a chartered engineer, has welcomed the opportunity to contribute to Scotland's future as a member of the board of SEPA. She holds a number of non-executive roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors. She has been Lay Chairing Member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland since 2017 and is also Chair of the Strategy Advisory Board at Heriot-Watt University's Institute of Petroleum Engineering. She serves on the boards of Arts & Business Scotland, Edinburgh Printmakers and the Scottish Oil Club.
Formerly, she spent many years with Shell in the international oil and gas industry. As a senior leader, she developed and implemented strategy, partnered with government in Denmark and Norway and led business improvement programmes. She led teams running the UK's Brent field and also Norway's Ormen Lange development which still supplies 20% of UK gas demand. She was the first woman in Scotland to be awarded a degree in Petroleum Engineering.
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Martin Hill is a retired health service senior manager and former NHS Trust Chief Executive, currently working as a freelance management consultant with particular interests and experience in strategic planning, programme management and executive coaching. He is also currently the Scottish Secretary of the Institute of Healthcare Management and a Non-executive Member on the Boards of NHS Lothian and the West Lothian Integration Joint Board.
He holds a First Class Honours Degree in Social Sciences (Geography), with particular relevance to climate change and sustainable development. He also holds the Diploma of the Institute of Healthcare Management and is a Companion of the Institute.
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Nick Martin was Head of Corporate Development at The Weir Group PLC, a leading global manufacturer of engineered equipment for the natural resources and power generation sectors. Nick led the Corporate Development function at Weir, implementing a strategy of business acquisition and divestment, in a decade of transformation that saw the market value of the group increase eightfold – to become Scotland's largest industrial company. A chemistry graduate, Nick has extensive international business experience, having lived and worked in France, the Netherlands and Germany and executed acquisition and joint venture projects in over 15 countries.
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Bill McKelvey was Chief Executive and Principal of the Scottish Agricultural College for ten years until early 2012. He now holds a number of Non Executive roles including membership of the Scottish Food Advisory Committee and of the Court of the University of the Highlands and Islands. He has also recently been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Northern Ireland.
He holds a first class honours degree in veterinary science from the University of Glasgow, a postgraduate diploma from the University of Guelph, Canada, and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. He is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies, serves as a member of the Veterinary Policy Group of the British Veterinary Association, and is a member of the Governance Review Group of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
In May 2011, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in recognition of his contribution to science, and was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours (June 2011), for services to agriculture.
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Keith Nicholson ( PhD, CChem, CISA, CISM, MIoD, FAAG, FRSC) is an internationally recognised scientist and award-winning company director with over 30 years' experience in environmental surveys and data modelling on energy and environment systems. As a chartered chemist and chemistry professor working on environmental and energy systems he has worked in universities in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Denmark and Scotland until he decided to move full time into consultancy.
As CEO Keith founded and managed several firms including EnviroSurveys (NZ) and The TP Group, which was a first-mover into eCommerce, and has held Directorships in a range of environmental and technology firms. He has acted as a scientific advisor to past governments in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and, as Fellow of the RSC, UK MPs, specialising in environmental forensics and impact analysis. He is presently a specialist consultant providing strategic advisory services in cybersecurity, technology and business development and is Chief Executive of Cyber Security Scotland. .
Keith has been appointed as Chair of Revenue Scotland from 1 August 2015. Dr Nicholson has acted as Chair of Revenue Scotland since Revenue Scotland was established as an independent body on 1 January 2015 and has successfully overseen preparations for the collection of Scotland's devolved taxes.
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Professor Lesley Sawers is an Honorary Professor with Glasgow Caledonian University. She is also Executive Chair of tech start-up GenAnalytics Ltd, having stepped down as Vice Principal and Pro Vice Chancellor for Business Development, Innovation and Enterprise at Glasgow Caledonian University in September 2015. Previously she was Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI), a position she took up in March 2008. She joined from the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce where she was Chief Executive, having previously held a number of senior executive positions in the private sector.
She is also a Trustee of Glasgow Life and a non-executive director with Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.
She has also held a number of Board and non-executive appointments across a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations including VisitScotland, Event Scotland, Royal Mail Group, Business Club Scotland, Action for Children, Arts & Business Scotland and the Commonwealth Youth Trust.
She has a degree in economics from Glasgow University, a PhD from the Institute of Retail Studies in Stirling University and holds honorary doctorates from both the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University.
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I'm very happy to be attending the Kansas Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative meeting which will be taking place on September 30 and October 1, 2011 in the Kansas City area. For those unfamiliar, this is how Kansas law defines the term "medical home:"
The definition of a medical home according to Kansas law (K.S.A. 75-7429) is: "A health care delivery model in which a patient establishes an ongoing relationship with a physician or other personal care provider in a physician-directed team, to provide comprehensive, accessible and continuous evidence-based primary and preventive care, and to coordinate the patient's health care needs across the health care system in order to improve quality and health outcomes in a cost effective manner."
In addition on their website, here is a more practical explanation of the PCMH model:
For an individual, the PCMH model provides a regular source of primary care, which is associated with better health outcomes at lower costs. But, the PCMH model will also improve the patient experience. For example, patients enjoy enhanced access to care through open scheduling, expanded hours and new options for communication between patients, their personal physician and practice staff.
I will be attending the meeting at the invitation of the meeting organizers, and I'd like to thank them for that. I hope to be talking to some speakers and some attendees and reporting about that on the website here. In the video above, I talked about the upcoming conference in my latest podcast. You can download my latest podcast here.
For the Kansas PCMH meeting, I invite you to follow the @KansasPCMH twitter feed. We'll also be using the hashtag #pcmh. If you want to learn more about the Kansas Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative, check out their wordpress blog. Hope you'll be able to join us on twitter on Friday & Saturday!


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Meijburg & Co1 is dedicated to protecting the confidentiality and privacy of information entrusted to it. As part of this fundamental obligation, Meijburg & Co is committed to the appropriate protection and use of personal information (sometimes referred to as personal data) that has been collected online
Generally, our intent is to collect only the personal information that is provided voluntarily by online visitors so that we can offer information and/or services to those individuals or offer information about employment opportunities. Please review this Privacy Statement ("Privacy Statement") to learn more about how we collect, use, share and protect the personal data that we have obtained.
1. Collection and use of personal data
We obtain personal information about you if you choose to provide it — for example, to contact mailboxes or to register for certain services. Your Personal data is not used for other purposes, than the purposes for which you have provided the information to us, unless we obtain your permission, or unless otherwise required or permitted by law, professional standards or quality rules, or in case required to improve the quality of our services. For example, if you send us an email message requesting information about Meijburg & Co, we will use your email address and other information you supply to respond to your request. If you send us a resume or curriculum vitae (CV) to apply online for a position with Meijburg & Co, we will use the information that you provide to match you with available Meijburg & Co job opportunities. If you choose to register or login to a KPMG web site using a third party single sign-in service that authenticates your identity and connects your social media login information (e.g., LinkedIn, Google, or Twitter) with KPMG, we will collect any information or content needed for the registration or log-in that you have permitted the social media provider to share with us.
Meijburg & Co generally collects only the personal information necessary to fulfill your request. Where additional, optional information is sought, you will be notified of this at the point of collection.
The law in the Netherlands allows us to process personal information, so long as we have a ground under the law to do so. It also requires us to tell you what those grounds are. As a result when we process your personal information, we will rely on one of the following processing conditions:
- Performance of a contract: this is when the processing of your personal information is necessary in order to perform our obligations under a contract;
- Legal obligation: this is when we are required to process your personal information in order to comply with a legal obligation, such as keeping records for tax purposes or providing information to a public body or law enforcement agency;
- Legitimate interests: we may process information about you where it is in our legitimate interest in running a lawful business to do so in order to further that business, so long as it doesn't outweigh your interests; or
- Your consent: we may occasionally ask you for specific permission to process some of your personal information, and we will only process your personal information in this way if you agree to us doing so. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting Meijburg & Co at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Examples of the 'legitimate interests' referred to above are:
- To offer information and/or services to individuals who visit our website or offer information about employment opportunities.
- To prevent fraud or criminal activity and to safeguard our IT systems.
- To customize individual's online experience and improve the performance usability and effectiveness of KPMG's online presence.
- To conduct, and to analyze, our marketing activities.
- To meet our corporate and social responsibility obligations.
- To exercise our fundamental rights.
KPMG only collects "sensitive" personal information (including personal information regarding a person's race, ethnicity, political beliefs, trade union membership, religious or similar beliefs, physical or mental health, sexual life or criminal record ) when the relevant individuals voluntarily provides us with this information and in each case we collect such information where permitted by law.
1.1 Automatic collection of personal information
Meijburg & Co and its service providers uses cookies, web beacons and other technologies to automatically collect certain types of information when you visit us online, as well as through emails that we may exchange. The collection of this information allows us to customize your online experience, improve the performance, usability and effectiveness of Meijburg & Co's online presence, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities.
1.1.1 IP addresses
An IP address is a number assigned to your computer whenever you access the internet. It allows computers and servers to recognize and communicate with one another. IP addresses from which visitors appear to originate may be recorded for IT security and system diagnostic purposes. This information may also be used in aggregate form to conduct website trend and performance analysis.
1.1.2 Cookies
Cookies may be placed on your computer or internet-enabled device whenever you visit us online. Cookies are small text files which the website automatically saves on your computer, tablet or mobile phone. This allows the site to remember your computer or device and serves a number of purposes.
On some of our websites, a notification banner will appear requiring your consent to collect cookies. If you do not provide consent, your computer or internet-enabled device will not be tracked for marketing-related activities. A secondary type of cookie referred to as "user-input" cookies may still be required for necessary functionality. Such cookies will not be blocked through the use of this notification banner. Your selection will be saved in a cookie and is valid for a period of 90 days. If you wish to revoke your selection, you may do so by clearing your browser's cookies.
Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can choose whether or not to accept cookies via your browser's settings (often found in your browser's Tools or Preferences menu). You may also delete cookies from your device at any time. However, please be aware that if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to fully experience some of our web sites' features.
Further information about managing cookies can be found in your browser's help file or through sites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.
Below is a list of the types of cookies used on our web sites:
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Performance (i.e., User's
Our web sites are built using common internet platforms. These have built-in cookies which help compatibility issues (e.g., to identify your browser type) and improve performance (e.g., quicker loading of content).
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Security (e.g. Asp .NET)
If you register for access to a restricted area, our cookies ensure that your device is logged for the duration of your visit. You will need your username and password to access the restricted areas.
Deleted upon closing the browser
Site Preferences
Our cookies may also remember your site preferences (e.g., language) or seek to enhance your experience (e.g., by personalizing a greeting or content). This will apply to areas where you have registered specifically for access or create an account.
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We use several third party analytics tools to help us understand how site visitors use our web site. This allows us to improve the quality and content on meijburg.com for our visitors. The aggregated statistical data cover items such as total visits or page views, and referrers to our web sites. For further details on our use of Google Analytics, see below.
Persistent, but will delete automatically after two years if you no longer visit meijburg.com
Site visitor feedback
We use a third party survey tool to invite a percentage of visitors to provide their feedback. Cookies are used to prevent visitors from being invited multiple times.
The first cookie (1) is set if the visitor is not invited to participate in the survey, and is used to ensure visitors are not invited after their first page view. The second cookie (2) is set if the visitor is invited to participate in the survey, and is used to ensure the visitor is not invited again to participate for a period of 90 days.
1 Session Deleted upon closing the browser
2 Persistent Deleted automatically after 90 days or presenting survey invite.
Social sharing
We use third party social media widgets or buttons to provide you with additional functionality to share content from our web pages to social media websites and email. Use of these widgets or buttons may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use, ensure your interaction is displayed on our webpages (e.g. the social share count cache is updated) and log information about your activities across the Internet and on our web sites. We encourage you to review each provider's privacy information before using any such service. For further details on our use of social media widgets and applications, see below.
Persistent, but will be deleted automatically after two years if you no longer visit meijburg.com
Cookies by themselves do not tell us your email address or otherwise identify you personally. In our analytical reports, we may obtain other identifiers including IP addresses, but this is for the purpose of identifying the number of unique visitors to our web sites and geographic origin of visitor trends, and not to identify individual visitors.
Google Analytics
Meijburg & Co uses Google Analytics. More information about how Google Analytics is used by Meijburg & Co can be found here: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. In addition Meijburg & Co followed the manual provided by the Dutch Data Protection Authority to configure and enhance google analytics to use the currently available privacy safeguards. This means we have a data processor agreement with Google, anonymized your IP, Google is not authorized to collect personal information from our visitors for its own purpose, marketing options are turned off, User ID's are switched of and we informed our visitors via a notification banner.
1.1.3. Web beacons
A web beacon is a small image file on a web page that can be used to collect certain information from your computer, such as an IP address, the time the content was viewed, a browser type, and the existence of cookies previously set by the same server. Meijburg & Co only uses web beacons in accordance with applicable laws.
In some of our newsletters and other communications, we will monitor recipient actions such as email open rates through embedded links within the messages. We collect this information to gauge user interest and to enhance future user experiences.
1.1.4. Location-based tools
Meijburg & Co may collect and use the geographical location of your computer or mobile device. This location data is collected for the purpose of providing you with information regarding services which we believe may be of interest to you based on your geographic location, and to improve our location-based products and services.
1.2. Social media widgets and applications
Meijburg & Co websites will include functionality to enable sharing via third party social media applications, such as the Facebook Like button and Twitter widget. These social media applications will collect and use information regarding your use of Meijburg & Co websites (see details on 'Social Sharing' cookies above). Any personal information that you provide via such social media applications will often be collected and used by other members of that social media application and such interactions are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide the application. We do not have control over, or responsibility for, those companies or their use of your information.
In addition, Meijburg & Co web sites may host blogs, forums, crowd-sourcing and other applications or services (collectively "social media features"). The purpose of social media features is to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and content. Any personal information that you provide on any Meijburg & Co social media feature will typically be shared with other users of that social media feature (unless otherwise stated at the point of collection), over whom we have limited or no control.
1.3 Children
Meijburg & Co understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an online environment. In particular, our sites are not intentionally designed for or directed at children under the age of 16. It is our policy never to knowingly collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 16, except as part of an engagement to provide professional services.
2. Sharing and transfer of personal data
Transfers within the network of KPMG firms
KPMG will share information about you with other member firms of the KPMG network as part of our engagement where required or desirable to meet our legal and regulatory obligations around the world. Other parts of the KPMG network are also used to provide services to us and you, for example hosting and supporting the IT application, assisting with client engagements services in order to continue to run KPMG's business.
Transfers to third parties
We do not share personal information with unaffiliated third parties, except as necessary for our legitimate professional and business needs, to carry out your requests, and/or as required or permitted by law or professional standards. This would include:
- Our service providers: Meijburg & Co work with reputable partners, service providers or agencies so they can process your personal information on our behalf. Meijburg & Co will only transfer personal information to them when they meet our strict standards on the processing of data and security. We only share personal information that allows them to provide their services.
- If we are reorganized or sold to another organization: Meijburg & Co may also disclose personal information in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of the site to which the data relates;
- Courts, tribunals, law enforcement or regulatory bodies: Meijburg & Co may disclose personal information in order to respond to requests of courts, tribunals, government or law enforcement agencies or where it is necessary or prudent to comply with applicable laws, court or tribunal orders or rules, or government regulations.
- Audits: disclosures of personal information may also be needed for data privacy or security audits and/or to investigate or respond to a complaint or security threat.
- Insurers: in the event of a claim, we shall share information with our insurer.
In some instances, Meijburg & Co may share personal data about you with various outside companies or service providers or vendors working on our behalf to help fulfill your requests. In addition, Meijburg & Co will transfer certain personal data across geographical borders to other KPMG member firms or outside companies working with us or on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement. Meijburg & Co will also typically store personal data in a jurisdiction other than where you are based. Personal data transfer by Meijburg & Co are in accordance with (privacy) laws and regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Meijburg & Co will not transfer the personal information you provide to any third parties for their own direct marketing use.
3. Choices
In general, you are not required to submit any personal data to Meijburg & Co online, but we may require you to provide certain personal data in order for you to receive additional information about our services and events. Meijburg & Co may also ask for your permission for certain uses of your personal data, and you can agree to or decline those uses. If you opt-in for particular services or communications, such as an e-newsletter, you will be able to unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included in each communication. If you decide to unsubscribe from a service or communication, we will try to remove your information promptly, although we may require additional information before we can process your request.
As described in "Cookies" above, if you wish to prevent cookies from tracking you as you navigate our sites, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Note, however, that some portions of our sites may not work properly if you elect to refuse cookies.
4. Your rights
If you have submitted personal information to Meijburg & Co, you have the following rights:
- Access, rectification, erasure or restriction on processing: you have the right to access to that data. This is sometimes called a 'Subject Access Request'. If we agree that we are obliged to provide personal information to you, we will provide it to you free of charge. Before providing personal information to you, we may ask for proof of identity and sufficient information about your interactions with us that we can locate your personal information. If the information we hold about you is incorrect, you may ask us to correct any inaccuracies in the personal information. You have the right to object to us processing your personal information if we are not entitled to use it any more, to have your information deleted if we are keeping it too long or have its processing restricted in certain circumstances.
- Data portability: in addition, you have the right to obtain copies of information we hold about you in a useable form.
You can make a request or exercise these rights by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com and we will make all reasonable and practical efforts to comply with your request, so long as it is consistent with applicable law and professional standards.
5. Data security and integrity
Meijburg & Co has reasonable security policies and procedures in place to protect personal information from unauthorized loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Despite Meijburg & Co's best efforts, however, security cannot be absolutely guaranteed against all threats. To the best of our ability, access to your personal information is limited to those who have a need to know. Those individuals who have access to the data are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information. We also make reasonable efforts to retain personal information only for so long as the information is necessary to comply with an individual's request or until that person asks that the information be deleted.
6. Links to other sites
Please be aware that Meijburg & Co websites may contain links to other sites, including sites maintained by other KPMG member firms that are not governed by this Privacy Statement but by other privacy statements that may differ somewhat. We encourage users to review the privacy policy of each website visited before disclosing any personal information.
By registering on any KPMG web site and then navigating to another KPMG web site while still logged in, you agree to the use of your personal information in accordance with the privacy statement of the KPMG web site you are visiting.
7. Changes to this statement
Meijburg & Co may modify this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect our current privacy practices. When we make changes to this statement, we will revise the "updated" date at the top of this page. Any changes to the processing of personal data as described in this Privacy Statement affecting you will be communicated to you through an appropriate channel, depending on how we normally communicate with you.
8. Policy questions and enforcement
Meijburg & Co is committed to protecting the online privacy of your personal information. If you have questions or comments about our administration of your personally identifiable information, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with our Privacy Statement. We will acknowledge your complaint or request within one month of receipt and seek to resolve your concern or request.
In any event, you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
1 Throughout this document, "Meijburg & Co" ["we," "our," and "us"] refers to Meijburg & Co, is an association of limited liability companies under Dutch law, registered under Chamber of Commerce registration number 53753348, and/or to any one or more of the member firms of the KPMG network of independent firms affiliated with KPMG International.


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Broadly speaking, instruments for measuring Dissolved Oxygen are generally deployed as dip-probes and are split into two main measurement types:
The 'traditional' method has been to use electro-chemical membrane probes with replaceable end-caps, but in recent years there have been a number of optical systems introduced. In brief, the optical option offers increased accuracy (especially at low levels) and less maintenance down-time, however the optical systems tend to be more power-hungry, and may not respond as quickly. Some of these optical systems still require a membrane, others use solid-state technology to reduce the maintenance time and costs.
The electro-chemical versions basically fall into two distinct methods often referred to as Galvanic and Polarographic. These systems require an electrolyte and a semi-permeable membrane. The optical versions use Luminescence technology (sometimes referred to as Fluorescence) – a blue LED emits lights which reacts with a dye. Membrane versions have the dye in a membrane, these are degraded over time and the membrane will need replacing. Solid state versions do not need a replaceable membrane. To prevent fouling of the sensor, an air-cleaning system is often used – naturally readings are suspended whilst air is blasted over the sensor.


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Jasper Connected Car Cloud drives connected vehicle innovation
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, Spain, 25 February 2014 – Jasper Wireless, the leading connected devices platform powering the mobile Internet of Things, today announced the availability of the Jasper Connected Car Cloud. Designed expressly for automotive OEMs, it enables leading automotive brands to transform the connected experience inside the vehicle for driver and passenger. From diagnostics, safety and security, to on-board infotainment systems, apps and Wi-Fi hotspot services, the Jasper Connected Car Cloud has been selected by 11 automotive OEMs worldwide. According to forecasts from automotive research firm SBD, the global market for connected cars will be worth €39 billion by 2018, up from €13 billion in 2012.
The Jasper Connected Car Cloud and Jasper Platform, widely recognized as the first choice for automotive OEMs and enterprises deploying IoT, is available via 15 mobile operator groups representing over 100 countries worldwide.
With Jasper Connected Car Cloud, automobile manufacturers can benefit from:
- Jasper Control Center – the world's leading connected device platform, cloud-based to enable enterprises to flexibly manage IoT services, providing operational automation, real-time diagnostics and innovative rate plan management
- Global SIM – the first end-to-end solution enabling manufacturers to manage a single SIM worldwide, while maintaining local service from local operators
- Split Billing – enabling highly differentiated service business models by deploying a variety of different service, rating and billing policies all through a single SIM and modem inside the vehicle
- Third Party Rating – bringing to life new business models that allow third parties to be charged for data consumption inside the vehicle, relevant to the location and preferences of the car's occupants
- Automated Lifecycle Management – managing services, policies and rate plans for all product lifecycle stages from manufacturing to dealer sales to resale and vehicle destruction
"With more than 40 million cellular modem-equipped cars shipping annually by 2020, car makers are looking for flexible, scalable, global platforms for deploying connected services on a single SIM," said Roger C. Lanctot, associate director in the Global Automotive Practice of Strategy Analytics. "Jasper is a leader in delivering these kinds of 'pre-standard' capabilities and is helping to define and enable new connected vehicle business propositions."
"The whole concept of the 'family car' has changed. It's no longer just about how many people and bags you can fit in the car, but how the whole in-car experience can be tailored to each person before, during and after each journey," said Scott Barkley, VP Products, Jasper. "Whether it is movies streamed over LTE to keep passengers entertained or driver safety and road traffic information, OEMs need the flexibility to be able to innovate with different business models, content partners and rating plans. And they need to do this globally, all backed by powerful and high quality networks."
"In-car connectivity has gone beyond cars being paired with mobile phones to the point where are now performing as standalone platforms for broadband content and services," said Jamie Moss, Senior Analyst, Informa. "Mobile operators and auto OEMs will not only provide access to familiar content in a format and manner appropriate for use within a vehicle, but also the delivery of specialized, vehicle-specific services. Critically for mass market adoption, LTE connectivity is being built into models of vehicle designed for all price brackets as part of the automobile manufacturers' 2015 ranges. LTE has gone beyond simply being an extra option for luxury cars – it's now a crucial part of the consumer experience."
Automotive connectivity business models will vary from market to market, and from OEM to OEM – there is no one-size-fits-all approach with the connected car. Whether the stakeholders involved want to use standard subscription services, pay-as-you-go or more sophisticated two-sided business models, the Jasper Connected Car Cloud provides total flexibility and transparency on rating and billing for all services. It provides complete operational control of wireless services, including rules-drive business process automation, global web service APIs, and supports rating and billing for all services, including both split and third party rating models.
To see a demo of the Jasper Connected Car Cloud at Mobile World Congress, visit Jasper in Hall 5, stand 5G16. For more information, please visit: http://www.jasperwireless.com/connected-vehicle.html
About Jasper Wireless Inc.
Jasper Wireless enables enterprises and mobile network operators around the world with the platform and services to serve the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets. The cloud-based Jasper platform is widely recognized as the first choice for enterprises. To date over 2500 enterprises have standardized on the Jasper platform across 15 mobile operator groups worldwide. Using the company's unique cloud-based technology, network operators and enterprises can scale their deployment of connected devices quickly and profitably globally. Mobile operators leveraging the Jasper IoT Platform include AT&T, Telefónica, América Móvil, NTT DOCOMO, KPN, VimpelCom, SingTel, Etisalat, Telstra, Rogers, and more. Founded in 2005, Jasper Wireless is a privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif. For more information, visit www.jasperwireless.com or follow us on Twitter @JasperWireless. For Jasper Wireless career opportunities, visit http://www.jasperwireless.com/company/careers.html
Media Contact:
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Buying or selling commercial real estate can be a complicated process. There are many factors to take into account for the optimal transaction. Educating yourself ahead of time is the best way to make the process go smoothly, easily, and profitably. The following tips are geared to get you started on the path to success.
To prepare for any sizable investment in commercial real estate, investigate indicators of fiscal health around the property in question, such as average income levels for nearby residents, rates of employment and unemployment, and whether jobs in the area are rising or falling. If your house is near a hospital, university or other large employment centers, they will usually sell quicker and also, at a higher value.
Utilize online reviews and ratings when comparing real estate agents. A lot of people will review an agent on various websites. People will also discuss any problems they may have had with the real estate agent. There can be a lot of useful information that can be found online through reviews. Be sure to check these out.
You should always consult an expert if you are interested in buying large amounts of real estate. There are many people out there that try to make plans to do large real estate deals alone and they inevitably fail. Have someone in your corner that knows what they are doing.
Finding the best commercial property for your business should involve assessing your space needs. You should always look for a property that can accommodate the amount of space your business utilizes on average or requires for appropriate function and operation. This can ensure that your move is successful and profitable.
Cleaning Commercial Real Estate Carpet
Cleaning up your neighborhood can work wonders for your property value, especially if there are several run-down or abandoned buildings in your area. The best thing to do is report any health or safety risks to the authorities. These types of safety risks can include, shattered windows, rusty fences, debris and things of this nature. If the authorities will clean out the neighborhood for you, you can end up saving money on demolition and increasing the overall, neighborhood real estate values.
If you own commercial property, make sure you go out of your way to keep it a clean and safe place. If you have renters you want them to know that you care. If they think you don't care they will not keep your house as nice as you would like. They would assume you don't mind.
The successful purchase or sale of commercial property requires knowledge and skill. The same techniques that apply to residential real estate may not work in the commercial market. These tips ensure that you know the proper methods to apply to your commercial real estate transaction for the most lucrative results.


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The General Consumer Council has produced Shop Around to help raise awareness of consumer rights and responsibilities. It is designed to be used by a variety of groups to provide an informative and interesting way for all consumers to gain the skills they need to cope in today's complex consumer world.
- Consumer Skills

The Office of Fair Trading has joined forces with trading standards departments, Citizens' Advice, the police, charities and neighbourhood watch schemes across the country in a month-long campaign to educate the public on mass-marketed scams received via email, post or telephone calls. Follow this link to find out more and download information.

- Consumer Skills
Draft Forward Energy Operational Plan 2005-2008
This document is the Council's second energy work programme under the new legislation and with the Council's expanded responsibilities in electricity.
- Energy

The Consumer Council has welcomed today's announcement that two new gas licences are being issued for public consultation.

- Energy

Eleanor Gill, Chief Executive at the Consumer Council said: "For the ordinary person in the street, this news of a 9 per cent increase in rates in itself is worrying. However, when you look at this rates hike (almost three times above inflation*) alongside pending water charges it is doubly worrying, particularly for those who are struggling to make ends meet.

- Water

The General Consumer Council has welcomed today's news that the Northern Bank is to introduce a new current account.

- Personal Finances

The General Consumer Council has welcomed today's Belfast Telegraph report of a proposed delay to the introduction of water charges here. However, the Council says if there is to be a delay, it must be used to get the system right.

- Water

The Consumer Council today welcomed new rights for air passengers who face cancellation, long delays or who are not allowed to board their flight.

- Transport

The Consumer Council launched a leaflet today to help consumers switch bank accounts. It comes after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that it is considering referring the banking market here for personal current accounts to the Competition Commission for investigation.

- Personal Finances

The General Consumer Council has expressed disappointment that Seacat's Belfast to Troon service is to close.

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For the last week, I've been hanging about in Bath and Corsham for my second MA residential week. I have to say, it was bloody brilliant. We met some fascinating people – author Maggie Gee, travel writer Gail Simmons, radio producer Sarah Blunt, poet Terry Gifford – and had such a great time.
Corsham Court is a privately owned Estate in Wiltshire with oodles of land and more peacocks than you can shake a camera phone at. From the outside it's stunning, but inside the halls are full of a bizarre mix of animal skulls and art. The grounds used to be the residence of the Bath Academy of Art and there are some pretty amusing stories of what it was like in the sixties – I can't help but wonder how many times the world was put to rights there – but now it's used for Bath Spa postgraduates.
Our week culminated in a 'Cafe Ecologique,' organised by our wonderful tutor Paul Evans, which was loosely part of the literature festival. I get really nervous so I had to get quite drunk, but I did manage to read a piece, even if it was a bit shakey and slightly slurred. I chose a really short bit of non-fiction about my relationship with my body as a part of nature, however I'm not sure it went down too well with some of the older men. I definitely noticed a few side steps afterwards, so I suppose we can count that as a huge success.
Our next residential is hopefully going to be in Melaka, Malaysia. Apparently there's a really interesting clash of cultures there: British, Chinese, Indian. The first one was at Dale Fort in Wales.


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text: Dave is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Science at Simon Fraser University. His research interests are broadly focused on the ecology of tundra ecosystems in Arctic and mountain environments, social-ecological resilience, and the interface between science and policy. Since 1988 he has worked out of the Kluane Lake Research Station. In 2014, he completed a 4-year term as President of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) where he championed engagement of early career researchers, international partnerships, data management, and long-term planning for research coordination. He is also a member of several other advisory boards, including the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS); the Arctic Center (University of Lapland); and the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning in the NWT. Currently he is Vice-Chair of the Arctic Council's 'Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)' initiative; Chair of the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III); and Co-Chair of the International Polar Partnership Initiative (IPPI). Previously, he held the Canada Research Chair in Northern Ecology (2002-2012) and was Executive Director of the Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Secretariat (2004-2009). He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and was awarded the Society's Martin Bergmann Medal for Excellence in Arctic Leadership and Science in 2013. David became a Board member of the Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research in 2014.


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Drip, drop!
Drip, drop!
It's a rainy day here in the northeast. A perfect day to stay in and kit.
This month Master Forger, Susan chose a collection pack for us to counterfeit.
"Indigo Hills" by Pink Fresh Studio is a bit modern for my taste, but there's always a way to approach the inspiration when it doesn't speak to you.
My eye was immediately drawn to the indigo blue and yellow, so that's the way I'll tackle my kitting.
Here's my take called...
"Scrappin' in the Rain"
Let's take a better look inside the umbrella to see the extras...
Touches of gold mimic the inspiration. I'll be "showering" my layouts with more goodies than shown here as the month goes on. I was having trouble gathering things that "worked" so I may have to take my lead from the specific layout I'm working on at the moment.
And the papers...
Classic papers from My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey and Authentique feel like the right fit for me. The yellow and blue combination is a favorite of mine.
Let's welcome our guest designer, Kelly! We are so happy you are playing along with us this month.
Be sure to hop along (and jump through rain puddles, too!) to all of the other Master Forgers.
Now I must go and bring in those supplies as rain and PAPERcrafting supplies don't mix!
- Guest Designer Kelly Barron: http://kaybeetoo.blogspot.com/
- Lisa: http://lisahausmann.blogspot.de
- Lynnette: http://www.sassyscrapper2010.blogspot.com
- Susan: http://littlethingsbigdays.blogspot.com
- Susanne: http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com
- Jemma: http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk
- Kelly: http://www.honeysucklehillcrafts.com
- Julene: http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
- Lesley: Oh! Blog It!
- Leslie: http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com
Thanks for stopping by!


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Lady Luck Slot Game Review
Lady Luck is a SkillOnNet video slot with 5 reels and 20 pay-lines. It comes with a jackpot worth €250,000, multipliers, free spins, wilds, and scatters.
This game is focused on Lady Luck, a young girl in a beautiful dress with red hair. You will notice that this colour is used throughout, on the reels, background image, logo and several symbols. It is designed well nonetheless.
The symbols on the reels include four suits of playing cards, all well-designed to match the theme, a pair of dice, Lady Luck jackpot icon, a shamrock, casino chips, and a diamond ring.
There are twenty lines for you to play so you have twenty chances to win a prize. You can use one coin to activate each line. The coin values range from €0.10 to €1. The maximum bet is €20 and this will give you up to €250,000.
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The redhead girl icon is the top jackpot symbol in this game. You need five of them to get the top payout.
Horseshoe symbols are also in this game. You should look out for them during play because they are representing the wilds that can help you to create more winning combinations.
A star icon is acting as the scatter symbol, a feature that will give you free spins. Two to five scatters will give 2 to 20 spins, depending on the amount of scatters that you get.
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A combination with two symbols will pay you anywhere from 20 to 120 coins, whilst five symbols payout 2,000 to 12,000 coins.
Play Lady Luck video slot machine to see if good fortune is on your side as the lady can help you to win the biggest prize.


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Network Basics: TFTP Installation and Use
Network administrators must sometimes update the Internetwork Operating System (IOS) file, or firmware of a Cisco device. Using a TFTP server is the most common way of getting a the file to your network device.
Cisco used to provide a free TFTP server that you could download to load the image via the server, but Cisco has discontinued this because there are many inexpensive or free alternatives. The following are a couple good (and free!) choices to use as your TFTP server:
Tftpd32: Open source TFTP server software. (Tftpd32)
The SolarWinds TFTP Server: SolarWinds' TFTP server is available for download from its FTP site. When running their server software, SolarWinds is a bit chatty about telling you about great products for purchase, but submitting to their advertising is the price you pay for their "free" software. (Solarwinds)
Both of these user interfaces are shown in the following figure:
With most TFTP servers, you
Specify a directory to share or serve up via TFTP with the main screen showing you server activity.
You get a list of the IP addresses and what files they have uploaded or downloaded from the directory.
Download your IOS image files from Cisco.
You need a support agreement to be able to download the IOS image files for your device. You can find this software at the Cisco Support portal, following the Download Software link on that page, and then following the navigation tool on the page to locate the IOS image for your Cisco device. After you have them, you can move to Step 3.
Place them in the C:TFTP-Root directory (or whatever directory you have set as your root TFTP directory).
With the files there, move over to your Cisco device to retrieve the files as you will see
Router1>enable Password: Router1#copy tftp: flash: Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.1.3 Source filename []? c2600-advipservicesk9-mz.123-4.T4.bin Destination filename [c2600-advipservicesk9-mz.123-4.T4.bin]? Accessing tftp://192.168.1.3/c2600-advipservicesk9-mz.123-4.T4.bin... Loading c2600-advipservicesk9-mz.123-4.T4.bin from 192.168.1.3 (via FastEtherne t0/0): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [OK - 23134968 bytes] 23134968 bytes copied in 102.648 secs (225382 bytes/sec)
After you copied the image to your Cisco device, you will need to choose a boot image. With the new IOS file set as the boot image, you can continue the boot process with the new IOS file. Voilá! System upgraded.
If you have enough storage space on your device, you can also do this process with the router running, and using the ROM Monitor mode, which is a small OS that is used to load the IOS image.
After you have completed the upgrade and are sure that everything is working correctly, you can delete any old IOS images that you no longer need. This frees up space on Flash memory for future upgrades.
It is often a good idea to keep your last image around for a while until you are sure there are no major issues with the new IOS. You can also use this image for troubleshooting or diagnostics. Do not forget, before you delete the image, you can copy it to your TFTP server so that you can reload it later.


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Why predatory clergy flourish
Clerical sexual abuse of adults is commonplace in considerable part because churches create social and working environments in which predatory adults flourish as clergy. Churches are as a result inadvertently attractive to appropriately skilled predators, who are known to invest as much effort in grooming their social environments as in grooming their victims.
Consider those four of the five "common themes" identified in a study of sexual predation of adults by clergy [.pdf] are also well-known characteristics of church communities.
Those four of the five named by Baylor University's Diana R. Garland and Christen Argueta are:
- Church as sanctuary: Church is typically regarded as a place where both the congregation and its leaders can be trusted. This is a highly valued and carefully cultivated characteristic of religious groups. Trust created by this sense and expectation of safe sanctuary makes church members especially vulnerable to self-serving manipulation by predatory clergy.
- Culture of niceness: Church members are often tolerant, understanding and forgiving of fellow church members. Members tend to overlook or ignore behavior by other members "that we know to be socially inappropriate, rather than naming the behavior and risking embarrassing, angering, or hurting them." As a result, victims refrain from reacting critically to the inappropriate grooming behavior as predatory clergy desensitize them for what is by the legal standards of many states, statutory rape.
- Lack of accountability: Not only do religious leaders "often have unparalleled lack of accountability for where they spend their time and with whom," they may rarely be held to close account for their use of church resources and facilities. Targeted congregants are often also not be held to account for much of their behavior. The combination helps permit predatory clergy to groom (seduce) their targets undetected.
- Multiple clerical roles: Clergy are often involved in parishioners' lives not only as religious leaders but also as professional counselors. The dual role gives predators extraordinary power. They are invested with power by a church community virtue of having been ordained as ministers. They add to this the power of counselor or therapist. The result is enormous, dangerous influence they thus have over the perceptions and lives of their victims.
The fifth common theme is personal and community failure to reject abnormal or inappropriate behavior. Although that is not in our view a widely-recognized characteristic of church communities, it is the most frequently identified precondition for sexual abuse of adults by clergy and does underline the predator's exploitation of his clerical role.
Garland and Arguenta write:
Most (n=23) of the offended said that they had felt uncertain of what was happening in their relationships with their religious leaders. Spouses and friends and other congregational leaders also were uncertain about the meaning of what they observed, and so they did nothing. Their trust of the leader was stronger than their
trust of their own perceptions of the situation. In fact, it altered how they interpreted what they were experiencing.
All five help make it relatively unlikely that a clerical predator will be punished for any given offense. Small likelihood of punishment may be as important to predators as the ease with which the church environment is turned to their purposes. Once a rogue cleric has developed skill in a religious profession and established himself in a church and/or denomination, his expectation of punishment is so low that sociologists Anson D. Shupe, David G. Bromley and others describe it as "elite deviance." Garland and Arguenta define elite deviance as:
…illegal and/or unethical acts committed by persons in the highest corporate and political strata of society who run little risk of exposure or serious punishment, even though their deviance poses danger to the well-being of many others.
Examples of elite clerical deviance (which eventually resulted in some punishment) in the wild are seen here, here, here and here.
More generally, Shupe writes in his book In the Name of All That's Holy: A theory of clerical malfeasance:
Almost everything written on the subject of clergy malfeasance … fundamentally identifies the power inequity issue as being at the heart of the problem. It encompasses a fairly regular sequence: perpetration, victim denial and fear, recidivism of perpetration, organization coverup, later disbelief among some believers, anger and disillusionment of others, and the entire chain of victimization and anguish.
Neither churches nor denominations are helpless to deal with predatory exploitation of the environments of trust they labor to create.
Sound, denomination-wide policies are most effective in helping churches separate the clerical wolves from the real shepherds [.pdf].
For example, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will circulate minister career information for hiring by churches only with a complete criminal background check attached.
At almost the opposite extreme, the Southern Baptist Conventions (SBC) maintains a MinisterSearch database while disavowing responsibility for the contents of that database. The SBC, via LifeWay, does offer a discount background-check program. And free advice. The background-check program was in its first year used by one percent (450) of SBC member churches.
In 2008 the SBC rejected a workable, effective approach — creation and maintenance of a "central database of staff and clergy who have been either convicted of or indicted on charges of molesting minors." That action won for the SBC sixth place on Time Magazine's list of the Top Ten Underreported News Stories.
The pervasive nature of clerical abuse of adults established by the Baylor School of Social Work study offers the SBC an opportunity to redeem itself by establishing a database of all identified clerical predators, as well as following the lead of the Disciples of Christ by requiring all clergy to attach an approved criminal background check to their profiles in the public but strangely disavowed minister search database.
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This article identifies some of the reasons why clergy who are guilty of misconduct get away with it, and some practices denominations should follow to help minimize the chances of a sexual predator becoming (or being allowed to continue as) a pastor.
However, it does not address the much more pervasive problem of clergy who would pass a background check and are not predators who deliberately set out to groom victims, yet still end up having a sexual relationship with a parishioner. If this misconduct is discovered, the victim is often blamed for seducing the pastor, or if both of them are single and over the age of 18 it is viewed as two consenting adults who gave into temptation. Neither of these interpretations is accurate; the fact is that the minister is in a position of authority over parishioners and it is essential for healthy boundaries to be maintained. Even the appearance of impropriety, such as a minister spending an inordinate amount of time with one particular member, or regularly meeting with that member at their home or at the church when no one else is present, can do irreparable harm (and also make it possible for an angry member to make false accusations that cannot be disproved).
As a pastor and spouse of a pastor who provides life coaching and workshops for other clergy, I am continually amazed at how few ministers understand, let alone practice, the concept of healthy boundaries. Sexual misconduct is one of the most extreme and devastating ways in which boundaries are violated, but there are many others. I hope and pray that more pastors, congregations, and denominations will realize how serious this problem is and do more to address it.
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There's a long-running debate on the benefits of homework. The purpose of homework is to bridge the gap between children's learning at school and at home, but just how relevant is it to the modern generation? We cover the advantages and disadvantages of homework below.
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