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Jennifer Lopez - Peggy Sirota Photoshoot 2018
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Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, fashion designer, and television producer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller Money Train. Her first leading role was in the biographical film Selena (1997), in which she earned an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress. She earned her second ALMA Award for her performance in Out of Sight (1998). She has since starred in various films, including The Wedding Planner (2001), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004), Monster-in-Law (2005), and The Back-up Plan (2010).
Lopez came to prominence within the music industry following the release of her debut studio album On the 6 (1999), which spawned the number one hit single "If You Had My Love". Her second studio album, J.Lo (2001), was a commercial success, selling eight million copies worldwide. J to tha L–O!: The Remixes (2002) became her second consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, while her third and fourth studio albums –This Is Me… Then (2002) and Rebirth (2005) – peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. In 2007 she released two albums, including her first full Spanish-language album, Como ama una Mujer, and her fifth English studio album,Brave. Lopez returned to music and released her seventh studio album, titled Love?, on April 19, 2011. Its single, "On the Floor", has impacted charts worldwide. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements, including two Grammy Award nominations; two Latin Grammy Award nominations; three American Music Awards, amongst six nominations; and the estimated sale of over 55 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked her as the 27th Artist of the 2000s decade.
Following an unsuccessful period, she returned to prominence in 2011 with her appearance as a judge on American Idol, and released her seventh studio album Love?. In 2016, she began starring in the crime drama series Shades of Blue and commenced a residency show, Jennifer Lopez: All I Have, at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. Since 2017, Lopez has produced and served as a judge on World of Dance.
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text: 10 Rules for Smarter Smart Growth April 16, 2013 By Bill Adams 6 Comments The Pravada project in La Mesa CA has been touted as smart growth and transit oriented development due to its proximity to light rail. However, its sits on top of a 2 story above ground parking garage that creates a hostile pedestrian environment and offsets transit proximity with auto convenience. These days, a lot of projects are crashing through the gates of community plans and dashing existing neighborhood character under the banners of smart growth or transit oriented development. [Read more…] about 10 Rules for Smarter Smart Growth

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Expose and lay bare. Conceal and keep a mystery.
SLY is your brand if you seek the new, ultimate sexy.
The ideal woman wins the heart of not only men but also women.
She holds to her own ideas, and lives her own life. She's intelligent.
She dresses herself knowing what to reveal, and what to cover up.
She knows how to bring out the woman in her,
and play up her sex appeal, but in a classy way.
Her sex appeal oozes both from her style and from her soul.
Men idolize her. But she has tact. She can always judge a man's true worth.
She reveals her unexpected feminine side only to the man she likes.
She's a woman with a mystery.
The woman in her forever continues to allure.
"SLY brings out the "new sexy" in you.


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Lexington Public Schools
Pershing 5th Graders Make Noodles at Grand Generation Center
February 5, 2013
The 5th Grade students at Pershing Elementary travel to the Grand Generation Center to make noodles for our annual soup supper. The soup supper willl be Friday, February 8th from 5:00-7:30 pm at the High School Cafeteria. Tickets are $5.00 per person. Preschool and younger are free. Help support Pershing that evening!
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Lessons Learned from Years with Lawns
Effective Lawn Mowing Techniques One of the fundamental determinants of the quality of a lawn is the technique the care taker opts to use while mowing the lawn. Poor mowing technique could bring about a series of problems regarding lawn mowing. It is, therefore, important to choose the best lawn mowing techniques to achieve the best results for your lawn. For you to get the desired results in your lawns, you need to change your mowing techniques by choosing amongst the one available and selects the one that suits you most. Before studying yard mowing techniques, it is very important to understand the reason why mowing is an essential exercise. To begin with, cutting grass is the main viable method for taking out some causes of ailments and other wellbeing related issues. Apart from that, it ensures the development of thick grass as well as eliminates broken tips and weeds. In case lawns are left without mowing, and it may result in the growth of inconspicuous flowers which produces sensitive pollen and inhibit the growth of a healthful lawn. Good mowing tips and techniques ensure that grass grows in the right manner and that all the requirements are met. A portion of the suggested garden cutting methods incorporate building up a decent cutting arrangement. The type associated mowing pattern selected will be crucial in attaining the appropriate state of the grass. The cutting arrangement ought to be changed routinely. Choosing a different mowing pattern ensures that the grass grows vertically. Besides, following the same mowing pattern results in progress ruts which make the particular lawn appear disrupt.
Discovering The Truth About Lawns
The height of the grass should be the major determinant of the mowing intervals. The most crucial consideration is knowing the lawn type plus mowing it accordingly. The grass should be allowed to grow at least one third more before mowing during springs. The propensity for cutting grass at consistent interims hurts the grass.
Why Options Aren't As Bad As You Think
Picking the correct cutter with the correct elements impacts the consequences of your cutting. The edges ought to be sufficiently sharp to make an unmistakable and clean cut. Unsatisfactory trimmers harm the grass and may even prompt sicknesses and vermin invasion. Mowing and trimming dry grass is recommended to mowing wet ones. Mowing wet grass causes uneven cuts on the lawn. To avoid additional exertion, the sharp corners of the grass ought to be cut last. Another significant strategy which decides the nature of a garden is the grass cutting recurrence. Mowing when the problem of the lawn requirement guarantee the desired physical appearance of a lawn. These are some useful tips on the way to undertake your mowing. Taking in these procedures is a guaranteed method for getting a well-kept yard consistently.


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I moved to a new hosting provider yesterday as the contract with my old one had run out and they were ludicrously expensive for the service and bandwidth supplied. My new host – Baxter Media – came highly recommended by friends, and Dale there made the porting process as smooth as possible.
There's a few kinks I have iron out, as the design was done on an old version of WordPress and moving it borked a few things. Perhaps I'll take time out to overhaul it completely at some point… I think I have a couple of hours free in September, according to the diary.
If you tried to email me yesterday and got bounced, it's because the server switch took a bit longer than expected. I'm still here. Honest.


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Saying goodbye to our new
we were on the road again.
Yannick, Malfoud and Collette..
hope to see you again someday!
It was another long day in
the car
but Simo made many
along the way.
We passed through the
Valley of the Roses..
and lucky for us we were there
during high season.
We saw women
and children picking roses
in the fields..
we stopped and bought a
few of these wreaths made
by the children.
Little pink shops lined
the road selling bottles
of rose water.
I can still smell the roses!
Men and women
carrying food to feed
the sheep.
Simo told us that children
walk for MILES to
school and back.
We saw so many children..
younger than Griffin,
walking to/from school.
These boys were selling
little birds made out of
palm leaves.
Our last stop before reaching
the desert.
Steve ran into a market
to grab some snacks
and these little boys were
just too cute.
Steve gave them a handful
of change..
...and they ran off so excited!
Almost there!
We said goodnight to Simo and
headed off into the Sahara with
our guide.
our night in the Sahara!


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James is a writer, artist, activist and naturalist. He is a Co-Director of PLATFORM, which since 1983 has brought together artists and activists to create projects and campaigns that help the struggle for ecological & social justice in London, PLATFORM's home, and distant elsewheres impacted by that metropolis.
Current work includes a campaign against the proposed oil law in Iraq, a series of performances about BP and climate change for oil analysts and journalists, a living memorial to the Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, a book exploring the psychology of those who work within major corporations, and a campaign to stop the Royal Bank of Scotland being the major European private financier of oil & gas development. Recent productions include 'And While London Burns', an operatic audio walk about climate change and 'The Next Gulf – London, Washington & the Oil Conflict in Nigeria' (Constable 2005).


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Pre-order Santa Cruz SOLO 650b
June 12, 2013
Steed Cycles is now taking pre-order's for the second 650b wheel all-mountain bike Santa Cruz Bikes has launched this season. Introducing the SOLO!
From the Santa Cruz web site:
With Bronson landing amidst more hype than a free-falling Austrian, you'd be forgiven for thinking we'd burnt up on big launches for the year. But the show has just begun. Solo pushes further into the realms of 27.5? possibilities. Developed using what we learned from Bronson, it takes the design platform in a different direction. The low bottom bracket height, shorter chainstays and 125mm of progressive VPP suspension give Solo its snappy, nimble, ride.
A 68 degree head angle adds climbing agility into the equation, whilst a 5lb carbon frame weight define Solo as the tool for that back country mission you've always planned.
Responsibly offered in Mountain Rescue Orange, Solo goes where no bike has gone before.
Steed Cycles will be carrying the SOLO in both carbon and aluminum and as with most Santa Cruz Bikes, pricing will depend on build kit, fork and wheel options.
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Santa Cruz Bikes offers a number of excellent kit and fork options for the SOLO. Please call us at 604-987-2168 and a member of the Steed Cycles Sales Team will be happy to walk you through all of the options and recommend the right bike for your intended use.


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Team Advisors
Dora Barilla, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Dora Barilla is the President and Co-Founder of HC2 Strategies. Previously, she was the Assistant Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Associate Director, Institute for Health Policy and Leadership, and Associate Director, Institute for Community Partnerships at Loma Linda University Health. She is also the founder and Director of Partners for Better Health, a not-for-profit organization that promotes health initiatives in communities. Dr. Barilla has worked in health care for many years, partnering with hospitals, providers, health plans, public health, elected leaders, business and community-based organizations. She has implemented innovative alternatives to traditional health care by using a collaborative and community-based approach. She serves on the Board of Trustees for San Antonio Community Hospital and American Heart Association.
Eileen Barsi, GC Gerontology
Eileen Barsi is a health advocate who has dedicated her professional career to the service of others, with a specific focus on underserved and vulnerable populations. Following 26 years in the health care sector, she has formed her own consulting business and offers consulting services in the areas of Community Benefit / Population Health as well as comprehensive care of the older patient along the care continuum. Previously she was the Senior Director of Community Benefit at Dignity Health and a member of the Mission Integration Team, accountable to the Audit and Compliance and Strategy Committees of the Dignity Health Board of Directors.
Eileen completed her undergraduate studies in education and graduate studies in gerontology at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California, and has completed coursework in epidemiology at San Francisco State University. She is also a certified spiritual director.
For the last several years Ms. Barsi has served as the co-chairperson of the Community Benefit Committee of the Catholic Health Association; is a member of the National Advisory Council of the AHA Association for Community Health Improvement. Ms. Barsi served on a statewide coalition with representatives from the California Department of Public Health and Department of Aging to advance evidence-based chronic disease self-management education. Ms. Barsi currently serves as an advisory member for Stakeholder Health, a national movement of leading health care systems in the U.S. Stakeholder Health has evolved from a learning collaborative originally convened by the White House Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Angela M. Haggard, MBA
Angela Haggard serves as the Vice President for Product Development at IlliniCare Health. IlliniCare Health is a Managed Care Organization (MCO) contracted with the state of Illinois to provide comprehensive, coordinated health care services to improve quality and outcomes for Medicaid recipients. Previously, she was the System Service Line Vice President for Presence Health, the largest Catholic Health System in Illinois. She worked collaboratively providing transformational senior leadership for the system's overall Medicaid and community health vision to improve the health of the communities served. In this role she also led the system‐wide community benefit efforts.
In 2011, she was named one of "Tomorrow's Leaders," a national distinction awarded by the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) to high‐performing individuals who have demonstrated commitment to advancing the mission of Catholic health care.
Angela earned her MBA from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL and her BS in Administrative Management from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. She was the co-chair of CHA's Community Benefit Committee from 2011 – 2014 and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Arthur T. Himmelman, MA
Arthur Himmelman is a nationally recognized consultant who assists organizations and communities in the design, implementation and evaluation of community and systems change collaboration. His speaking engagements, consultations and publications include insightful conceptual frameworks for understanding the collaborative change process with user-friendly, practical guides promoting mutual respect, learning and accountability.
Before creating his consulting practice, Arthur was a senior fellow at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and a senior program officer at The McKnight Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation. He also worked extensively on expanding access to higher education for inner-city communities, and served as a staff member at a community action agency, several community colleges and the University of Minnesota.
Arthur has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including organizations that advocate increasing access to the arts, providing women safe passage from abuse, supporting decent and affordable public housing, and campaigning and organizing for social justice.
Arthur also enjoys reading, provocative conversations, golf, music, dancing and any and all magical moments.
Donna Meyer, PhD, FACHE
Donna Meyer is Director of Shareholder Advocacy for Mercy Investment Services, Inc. She specializes in health and community related issues while performing this socially responsible investment work. Previously, she was system leader for community health for the CHRISTUS Health system. In this position she managed the CHRISTUS Fund grant program, the community direct investment program, the socially responsible investment program, and the other community benefit activities for the system. She currently holds a faculty appointment at the Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice; she uses her doctorate in Public Health and her specialty in community health to teach and provide for leadership for developing programs and services which focus on improving the health of local and global communities. She serves on the Board of the Texas Health Institute, as a member of the Catholic Health Initiatives Mission and Ministry Committee, on the University of Texas Research Conflicts of Interest Committee, and as chair of the socially responsible investment committee for Salient Partners, an asset management firm. Dr. Meyer is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives; she earned her BS and MS from the University of Minnesota and her Doctorate from the University Of Texas School Of Public Health.
Mark Rukavina, MBA
Mark Rukavina, is the Business Development Manager at the Community Catalyst Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation. Community Catalyst is a national nonprofit advocacy organization working to build consumer participation in the health care system. In this position, he manages the consultative service offerings to assist health plans, provider groups, social services providers and others to effectively engage consumers in new models of care, as well as advise hospitals and health systems on effective methods of community engagement and providing community benefit.
Mark has more than 25 years of experience working on health policy issues. He is recognized for his policy expertise on health care affordability, community benefits, and community health improvement. Mark recently testified before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has testified before House and Senate Congressional committees. He has served on a number of Healthcare Financial Management Association Working groups including those focused on surprise medical bills, price transparency, and medical debt.
His previous experience includes being a principal of Community Health Advisors, LLC. He has served as executive director of The Access Project, a national nonprofit and also served as Program Director for a partnership under a national demonstration program sponsored by AHA's Health Research and Educational Trust. He holds an MBA from Babson College and a BS from of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Vondie Woodbury, MPA
Vondie Woodbury is widely recognized as a national expert in community health processes and innovative programming through her work at the Muskegon Community Health Project in Muskegon, Michigan. The project is known for its innovative use of community-led collaborative structures to address coverage expansion, access to care, elimination of health disparities, reduction of service duplication and the intentional linkage of spending to needs assessment processes. Her recent work has targeted the intersection of Population Health Management and traditional hospital community benefit within Trinity Health a 90+ strong Catholic hospital system located in Livonia, Michigan where, until recently, she served as Vice President of Community Benefit. While at Trinity, Vondie oversaw the system-wide implementation of Affordable Care Act requirements for Community Benefit. She established new processes/protocols including "playbooks" that targeted inclusive CHNA processes, coverage expansion, and grassroots engagement, using an "excellence in local community benefit" approach.
Vondie has participated as a faculty member with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Catholic Health Association, and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. As a private consultant she has worked with the Health Resources and Services Administration on community-clinical linkage models to address the social determinants of health and with the 100 Million Healthier Lives Campaign at IHI targeting the Pathways Community HUB model and the Surgeon General's effort to address opioid addiction. At present she is working as a consultant with the State of Michigan's CMS-funded State Innovation Model (SIM) team and, with CJA on a social networking project targeting community innovators.


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|Achileos Street, Athens
|The Parthenon in the distance
Kostas, our taxi driver, looks like a younger version of Michael Douglas.
'Thank you,' he says, flicking his shoulder length hair when I tell him. 'He is more handsome than me. My wife, if I tell her customer say that, she kill me.'
He drops us off at the Athens bus station after telling us the politicians are corrupt.
'We have same family, same bad for thirty or forty years. How can we have good with same politic?'
He apologises for his poor English.
'It's much better than our Greek,' we say.
The bus station is full of noise and lots going on. A gypsy woman tries to sell me tissues and points to her stomach saying 'baby'. And then an Asian man goes by, selling bagels. The only person to get any money is the man with his long stick of lottery tickets
A bus station dog, a long-nosed Labrador-cross, pads past and saunters into the betting shop, tail wagging. But he's out of luck and heads down the platform.
And then our nine-hour journey begins. It's raining hard on the first day of spring.
Stalls of colourful kites in all shapes and sizes line the rainy roadsides beyond Athens. They're selling them for Clean Monday, a public holiday in Greece which marks the start of Lent.
And as we pull up to the toll booths at the beginning of the motorway to Corinth, the pure blue and white of the national flag of Greece flutters side by side with the red and black bastardised swastikas-but-not-swastikas of New Dawn. The party's shaven-headed faithful are handing out leaflets to passing motorists.
The sight hits me in the breastbone. I feel physically sick.
We cross the bridge over the Gulf of Patras and head north.
And when we arrive at our house, some flowers and a nice bottle of home made red wine is waiting for us.
That's about it.
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Content is King and links are Queen. Together with a nice dose of marketing they make a nice little kingdom. But what if you have trouble generating new content on a regular basis? How can resource strapped bloggers and busy web site owners leverage what they're already doing for the benefit of their online audiences and better search engine visibility?
The answer to those questions lies in an analysis of the content creation processes within the overall organization. Companies like TopRank call that process consulting but in the meantime, here are 5 tips for those active in an industry to re-purpose content for the web.
- Get more power out of PowerPoint – Turn PowerPoint decks into articles and/or blog posts and vice versa. It's smart marketing anyway, to build supporting editorial visibility to a topic you're speaking on at conferences, with prospective clients or other situations requiring PowerPoint. Why not leverage the effort put into a PowerPoint presentation for inspiration to create a contributed article offered for republishing to other blogs or industry publications? Same goes for transforming a PowerPoint into a single or series of blog posts.Conversely, a great article that speaks well to your key strengths with research and examples can be a perfect outline for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation. Two birds, one stone. Nice.
- Let interviews do the talking – lf you're fortunate to be interviewed by other bloggers, typically via email, leverage the answers you've given into a blog post or an article. Many such interviews do not include the full text of your reply, which you can use for your own online content. Another scenario is when the interview is by phone, podcast or video and you've been given prep questions in advance. Answer the prep questions in text and you have a great basis for several blog posts or an article.If the press and bloggers are not knocking on your door for interviews, no worries. Have a co-worker interview you using a digital camera about your perspective on a certain industry topic. Either transcribe the interview or have your co-worker create prep questions and answer them. You get video and show notes out of it, both great content for a blog.You could just write an article of course, but we've found the interview angle to be more motivating for many people not confident about exactly what to write.
- Break it up – Take a long article you've had published online or in a notable publication and break it up in to a series of blog posts. Do this AFTER the article runs in the publication! Add unique introductions and summaries along with plenty of related resource links. Of course this tactic assumes the original article is structured into topical segments, easy for breaking up. If you're not writing articles that way, it might be time to start. Hint hint.
- Turn press releases into lemonade – Press releases written in AP style are pretty boring for consumers. Heck, they're pretty boring for everyone. Take the key messages of the press release and rewrite conversationally as blog post making sure to cite examples, offer tips and to link out to relevant resources – ideally other influential blogs on the topic. There's no harm in having a link to the original press release either.
- What's old is new – A robust blog often posts an array of tips, insights and how to's over time. We've been posting since Dec 2003 and believe me, there's a lot of content update opportunities over 5 years of blogging.The search marketing industry changes pretty quickly creating the need to offer updated tips to stay current. What better source for those updates than old blog posts that were popular in the past? Update the title, ex: "All New Tips for Re-Purposing Blog Content" as well as the actual tips and make recent news references. Be sure to revisit what keywords are in demand by mining popular social tags and keyword research tools. Add new examples and links to external resources, ideally influential blogs on the topic. Those links out are like a virtual tap tap on the shoulder of the popular blogs and might just get you noticed. They can also be useful to readers and search engines.
When you shoot a video for online promotion, take screen shots of appealing moments. Share them on image sharing sites and social networks with a link back to the blog post where the video is embedded. If you manage multiple blogs on relevantly similar topics, show the image(s) on the other blog(s) along with a unique text transcription of the word content within the video. Link back to the blog post with video embedded.
These examples are bit close to home because many are what we do with Online Marketing Blog and our own involvement with the SEM industry. These tips are literally the tip of the iceberg and can be applied to just about any industry. It comes down to being both creative and understanding what your target audience wants. If they don't respond well to repurposed content, then you'll either need to hire a writer or get more creative in your packaging of information.
"Listen" to blog comments or lack thereof, web analytics and social media monitoring to get an idea of how audiences respond and also to get new ideas for more content. As with all marketing, it's a matter of anticipating what the audience wants and doing your best to give it to them. If they don't respond, use analytics and feedback to make changes and refine.
We've shown you some of ours, now how 'bout you show us a few of your tips for re-purposing content?


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*This article and case study was done by a Dentist in Rancho Cucamonga who has a experience a studied heavily in cosmetic dentistry, TMJ, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Aucupuncture*
Studies on EMG Finding from Pre- and Post- Acupuncture treatment in patients with dental malocclusion
Are you constantly experiencing neck pain, back pain and shoulder pain, headaches and migraines, pain in your jaw, locked jaw, pain your mouth that seems to constantly be moving around, clicking sounds in your jaw joints, chipped or worn out teeth, or even feeling that your ears are stuffed? Then you may just be experiencing Temporomandipular joints disorder or TMJ disorder. We understand and know this can be very painful to handle and live with; therefore measures must be taken such as surgery, injections of steroids, and physical therapy and so on.
But what if there could be a different way of handling the pain and stressors of TMJ disorder; a more traditional and alternative way? One without the extreme procedures mentioned above? I'm talking about Acupuncture; the traditional Chinese medicine.
Here we have done case studies with people who suffered TMJ disorder and used Acupuncture as an alternative method to therapy for their TMJ disorder.
A study was conducted using an EMG which is the study of the electric activity of the muscles. The purpose of studying an EMG is to evaluate and record the electrical activity produced by the skeletal muscles. Masticatory muscles in patients with dental malocclusion remain in the state of continuous contractions as they chew or swallow saliva throughout the day. According to Kherani, "Symptoms of headaches, TMJ pain, earache, neck and shoulder pain, and back pain in dental malocclusion patients are induced by chronic hyperactivity of the masticatory muscles". In a study from Ahmed Dental College, Adhkaristates that any deviation from a normal occlusion has a clear influence on muscle contraction.
There are many published studies that discuss the efficacy of the acupuncture treatment, but most studies depend on survey questionnaires that solely evaluate the improvement of subjective symptoms and fail to contain objective findings. Biodi and Portuessi state, "It is difficult to access the efficacy of acupuncture". Similarly, Melchart and his co-authors conclude in their study of chronic headaches that, "Patients reported clinically relevant improvement after receiving acupuncture, but the effect may be due to largely potent unspecific needling and placebo effect".
Not all studies, however, are critical of such acupuncture treatment. Xiaouri Zhang mentions in his interview and analysis of clinical trial reports that, "Acupuncture analgesia works better than a placebo effect for most kind of pain, and its effectiveness rate in the treatment of chronic pain is comparable with that of morphine".
Tanaka in his study concludes that acupuncture is a useful method for decreasing functional muscle distortion and improving synergistic muscle coordination.
The purpose of this study is to show EMG at rest and occlusion before acupuncture treatment and, ultimately, to show how the electrical activity is decreased after acupuncture treatment.
The K-7 computer-aided occlusal evaluation system was used to evaluate and record the electrical activity of patients who complain of chronic migraine headaches, neck and shoulder pain, earache, TMJ pain and back pain due to dental malocclusion.
A case study, one of our patients, is a 64-year-old female who reported to have severe TMJ pain that had progressively worsened over the last 19 years. TMJ clicking was palpated with greater severity on the patients left side.
The at-rest EMG reading was within normal limits (1.6uV) for both sides. Light occlusion of the back teeth resulted in an increase of activity to 7.1uV on the left side and 3.1uv on the right side. This increase was more pronounced on the left side as expected from the initial examination. Notably the patient produced a consistent response to acupuncture treatment on the contralateral side. Application of acupuncture on the right side resulted in a significant decrease of EMG readings from the left temporalis, from7.1uV to 2.1uV. At the same time, a slight increase in EMG activity on the right side was also observed. This increase may have resulted from the balancing and relaxation of the contralateral side. When acupuncture was subsequently applied on the left side, however, the right side temporalis anterior started to respond to treatment and the EMG reading decreased from 3.6uV to 3.4uV.
Another case study was a 60-year-old-female patient who received TMJ treatment to correct dental malocclusion within the last 6 months. The main symptoms included chronic neck and upper back pain due to the dental malocclusion. The patient had very quiet electrical activity, o.8uV on the left temporalis anterior and 1.0uV on the right temporalis anterior muscle. This is a good indication that the patient's masticatory muscles were relaxed at rest as a result of the TMJ treatment.
Light occlusion of the patient's back teeth resulted in increases of EMG activity. The left side increased to 2.8uV and the right side increased to 1.4uV. Though the increases in EMG activity were less pronounced in this particular patient, the comparatively lower level of EMG activity may be explained by the patient's prior TMJ treatment.
Despite the relatively low level of EMG activity; her results still show notable decrease in EMG activity, from1.9uV to1.0uV. This indicates the efficacy of acupuncture treatment even in individuals who may be experiencing only slight pain from TMJ related issues.
These case studies suggest three conclusions. First, the studies show that EMG activity of temporalis anterior muscles can be decreased by the acupuncture treatment using acupuncture points of SJ 3, GB 34, LI 4. Second, EMG results from pre- and post- acupuncture treatment strongly confirm the effectiveness of the acupuncture treatment. Third, the studies show that symptoms originating from the temporalis anterior muscles in dental malocclusion patients such as migraine headache, neck and shoulder pain, TMJ pain, back pain, and earache can be treated by acupuncture treatment.
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ADVA Optical Networking Awarded Title Of "Company of the Year (Public)"June 14, 2016
Innovation Martlesham collaborator ADVA Optical Networking was recently awarded the accolade of "Company of the Year (Public)" at the 2016 Light Reading Leading Lights Awards in Austin, Texas. ADVA Optical Networking was selected from a shortlist of major industry players, including AT&T, Cisco and Infinera. In addition to the Leading Lights Award, ADVA Optical Networking has received several technology and industry accolades from awards bodies across the globe. These include:
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Support your ankles in the Salomon Vitane 8 Classic CF skate boot. With perfect flex, you'll enjoy optimal range of motion and comfort. An adjustable heel strap lets you customize your fit for enhanced support, while the touring soft insole keeps you comfy throughout your adventure. An internal thermo-formed heel counter aids in keeping your foot in proper alignment, reducing unwarranted foot fatigue. Highly technical, this boot is ultra-lightweight and hardy, ideal for rugged mountain wear.
- SNS Pilot is the performance standard for skating & classic racing with two axis for control and power transfer
- Perfect flex for optimal range of motion
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- Internal thermo-formed heel counter helps keep foot in proper alignment and absorbs shock
- Touring soft insole provides comfortable wear
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We have a selection of beautiful horses trained to perform various stunts and tricks each with its own performance level and unique character. Upon request our horses can be trained to carry out a specific task for your production. So whether you need a beautiful horse to carry your lead actor or a comedy horse to sit on a sofa we will do our up most to recreate your vision.
Our horses are also available for actors who need to learn to ride and are great confidence givers for those who have never sat on a horse before and need to master the basics quickly. You will also receive professional equine tuition from a member of the Jive Pony team to help you become familiar with horses.
If you are interested in enquiring further about how Jive Pony can provide you with a highly trained horse for your next production, we'd like to hear from you. You can contact us via our online enquiry form and one of the team will be delighted to get back to you and discuss your requirements further.


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Data Wrangling and Analysis with Python
Learning Pandas and How to Import, Export, Clean, Analyze and Visualize Data
Publisher: Infinite Skills
Release Date: June 2016
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This course is an introduction to Pandas, where you'll learn to filter, group, match, and join data and then move on to advanced functions like analyzing trends and normalizing your data. There is also an introduction to some nifty skills like web scraping, working with API data, fuzzy matching, multiprocessing, and analyzing code performance.
- Master the basics of Python data wrangling and data analysis
- Discover the Pandas software library and its use as a data analysis tool
- Learn to pull data from disparate sources (Excel, CSV, PDF, APIs, etc.)
- Explore web scraping and how to handle encoding and decoding
- Understand how to identify and clean data using RegEx and fuzzy matching
- Sample other data analysis tools like natural language processing and Numpy
- Learn the data visualization capabilities of Matplotlib and Bokeh
Table of Contents
Chapter: Introduction
Welcome To The Course
02m 12s
About The Author
01m 6s
Local Setup, What We'll Be Using
03m 26s
How To Access Your Working Files
01m 15s
Chapter: Getting The Data
Basic Files
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Excel Files
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PDF Files
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Using PDF Tables
06m 16s
Streaming And Rest APIs: Twitter
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Using APIs Without Libraries
04m 40s
Introduction To Web Scraping
03m 35s
Building Your Own Web Scraper
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Python 2 vs Python 3 Encoding
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A Word On Encoding
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Chapter: Data Analysis With Pandas
Pandas Data Structures
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Pandas Data Types
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Filtering With Pandas
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Combining Datasets
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Joining Datasets
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Simple Statistics With Pandas
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Standardizing Your Data
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Normalizing Your Data
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Chapter: Cleaning Your Data
Identifying "Bad" Data
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Simple String Parsing With Regex
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Fuzzy Matching
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Storing Your Data (Local And Cloud)
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Chapter: Pandas. More Advanced Functionality
Identifying Trends
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Identifying Outliers
05m 34s
Monitoring Speed/Performance
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05m 38s
Chapter: Other Advanced Data Libraries
Natural Language Processing
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Introduction To Numpy And Scipy
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Visualization With Matplotlib And Bokeh
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David Trainer of Forbes.com is featuring an article about World Wrestling Entertainment stock and highly recommending it.
"Don't be fooled by the histrionics and high-flying stunts. World Wrestling Entertainment is an excellent business. With a return on invested capital over 22%, it is one of the most profitable companies in the United States.
Though revenues fell in the last reported fiscal year, the company's profits rose as it was able to cut expenses and boost margins. Few businesses are flexible and scalable enough to boost profit margins when revenues decline. And seeing how cheap the stock is leads us to believe that few investors have adequate appreciation for the strong economics of the WWE business.
Specifically, the current stock price (around $13) implies that investors believe WWE's profits will never grow from current levels. There is no future profit growth in the stock price even though the company generated $87mm in free cash flow (10% of its enterprise value) and $36mm in economic earnings during its last reported fiscal year. WWE's strong economic (as distinct from accounting) cash flows and its cheap valuation land the stock on our list of most attractive stocks for February."
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Doctrine Volume One
Doctrine, or what we learn and apply from the Bible, is ultimately the most practical of all Christian disciplines. Whenever a Christian prays, makes a righteous decision, goes to church, or does something loving or kind, he or she is applying doctrine.
Doctrine, Vol. 1 presents the major teachings of the Bible concerning the Person and work of God, the Word of God, angels, man, and sin. The course also gives special attention to some of the objections that have been raised against the central teachings of Christianity. This course, in combination with Doctrine, Vol. 2, presents a comprehensive overview of the major tenets of the Christian faith.
Through your study of this course, we pray that you will:
- Be able to explain the major doctrines presented in this course
- Display greater submission to the authority and discipline of the Word of God in all matters pertaining to life and ministry
- Be able to defend the Christian faith against several objections raised by critics
- Discern spiritual truths and grow as a wise counselor to others
- Be able to confront the teachings of many cults and explain from the Scriptures why they are in error
- Exhibit a sense of balance in understanding and applying Scriptural truth
- Be able to cite, from memory, book and chapter references that relate to the doctrines discussed in this course
- Prepare and teach this course to others in your own ministry setting
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Hot on the heels of his first single, "Airwalker" [IPU115], "We Were There" was recorded by Jeremy Jay in Angel Town with Nick Pahl on drums and features a Vocoder on Side 2. The general feel of the music and the art of this record is like that of Japanese Anime mixed with Super Fantasy Realism. The art of "Drawing Yourself" is definetly drawn here.
The title track "We Were There" starts with a synth lead and a very 60's mod tough boy rhythm. Imagine the Mods cruising the streets in Akira style Tokyo listening to this future music on crystal ball stereos. That's what this sounds like, the uncontrolled excitement of the motorcycle motorway. Tokyo Style. Hell Yeah! And, very fitting for Side 2, "Beautiful Dreamer" is the more dreamy lullaby that is sung with vocoder oohs and ahhs and a hauntingly dreamy lead vocal. Recorded with piano and only a snare & finger snaps for rhythm, the tough boys are showing there sweet side in this beautiful classic. Beautiful Dreamer!
This is Vol. CXIII in 's International Pop Underground Series.
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I've played the game that everyone else has played from time to time: what would my life be like if . . . .
If I never married.
If I had gone to different schools.
If I had different parents, if I'd never joined the military, if I'd never had kids, if I'd moved somewhere else, if I had been born blonde with big boob genes.
But this game is not very helpful for at least three reasons. 1) Stuff happened to me and around me, which I had no control over that also helped determine who I am today. 2) I can't change the past. And the biggest reason is 3) Here I am.
Here I am. It could be better. It could be a lot worse.
I choose to be amazed at what I see, the people I get to know, the things I get to do. The kindness of strangers. The rudeness of some drivers. Hey, I'm not perfect. And they most certainly are not either.
I got a long way to go. And I choose to be amazed.
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will host its annual Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies Thurs., April 26, 2012 and the The J. Hubert Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry Fri., April 27, 2012. These lectures are free and open to the public.
Edward P. Wimberly, Jarena Lee Professor of Pastoral Care at Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Ga., will present two lectures on the theme "No Shame in Wesley's Gospel: A 21st Century Pastoral Theology." Special lectures include "No Shame in Wesley's Gospel: The Shame Factor" at 2:00 p.m. and "Public Theology, Civil Rights, and the Wesleyan Spirit" at 3:45 p.m. Lecture Brochure
The Henderson Lectures will feature keynoter R. Gustav Niebuhr, associate professor in religion and the media at Syracuse University. He will address "The Church and the News Media: A Difficult, Necessary, and Inseparable Relationship." Lectures include "Bound Together by the First Amendment" at 11:00 a.m., "The Problem of Differing Directions in Storytelling" at 2:00 p.m., and "Common Challenges in Contemporary Culture" at 4:00 p.m. Lecture Brochure
Contact the Office of Continuing Education at 412-924-1345 or email@example.com with questions or for more information.
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a graduate professional institution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Founded in 1794, the Seminary is located in Pittsburgh, Pa. and approximately 310 students are enrolled yearly in the degree programs. The Seminary prepares leaders who proclaim with great joy God's message of good news in both word and deed. PTS is rooted in the Reformed history of faithfulness to Scripture and commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.


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There are so many different ways in which you can style a Fedora with your outfit. And I am a hardcore fan of the accessory! So I…… Read more "How To Style A Fedora"
Fresh Breath Day ft. Kwikmint
Happy Fresh Breath Day you guys!! Here's something refreshing coming up!! A minty freshness can save your day any time! So here are a few moments where…… Read more "Fresh Breath Day ft. Kwikmint"
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"Class and Elegance comes from within! And there is no secret to it" Hey guys!! I hope you are doing well!! It's been a while so I…… Read more "Ivory Grace ft. House of Masaba"
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"Exercise can help you enjoy the quality of life, and Fashion gives it the extra touch" Just as much as I prioritize my fitness, I value my…… Read more "Fashionable And Fit ft. HRX"
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"Oh Darling! It Won't Be A Party Without Me" I have always and will always be the life of the party! That's right, and when you are…… Read more "Dressed To Gig, The Party Look"
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"When High fashion meets the Farm, Dungarees were born" The dungarees initially started in around the 80s but it was the 90s when it really became popular. …… Read more "The 90s Comeback – Dungarees"


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If you are selling a home in Clearwater Beach, or the surrounding area, you'll want to know about the facts below, and "what buyers want?". Are you interviewing a real estate agent to sell your home? If so, you'll probably want to ask them how their online presence and marketing plans address these issues.
The Rich & Cindy Team approach to selling homes is optimized to address how buyers are shopping for homes in today's market. Please call us at 727-513-8075 for a free, no obligation, no hassle consultation. We'll also tell you about our guaranteed "no hassle" listing philosophy. What buyers want:
Key Findings From The National Association of Rearltors Profile of Home Buyers*
- First Step in the Home Buying Process — 41% of home buyers looked online for properties for sale as their first step in the home buying process
- Use of the Internet — 90% of buyers used the Internet at some point in the home buying process
- More Buyers are Using Search Tools – Real estate related Google searches have grown 253% in the past 4 years. 69% begin their search with a local term.
- Where Buyers Found the Home They Purchased – 47% or almost half of buyer found the home they purchased on the Internet
- What Website Features do Buyer find Very Useful?
- 84% Photos
- 79% Detailed information about the property
- 45% Virtual Tours
- What Buyers Use Video For
- 86% Find out more about a specific community
- 70% Tour inside of home
- Three Most Used Websites in Home Search
- 54% Multiple Listing Service
- 51% Realtor.com
- 47% Real estate agent website
* Source: National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
Key Takeaways Based on What Buyers Want
To get the best price for a home, and to sell it in the shortest time, you need the most exposure you can get on the Internet. This should include great photographs, a Virtual Tour, an Video to attract buyers to your home. Search Engine Optimization is also growing in importance and the right "keywords" can help your property get found.
Please call us at 727-513-8075 or fill out the contact form if you are interested in selling a home in Sand Key or the surrounding area and would like to know more about the importance of a great marketing program for your home, and what buyers want.
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Inventory of Volume and Biomass Tree Allometric Equations for Southeast Asia: 2018 Update
The objective of this report is to provide an update of the GlobAllomeTree database with relevant tree allometric models for seven Southeast Asian countries - Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. Models are obtained from both peer-reviewed scientific literature and national technical reports and validated using methods previously described by Birigazzi et al., (2015) through the Fantallometrik tool.
This report is part of the MRV series of allometric equation database reports of the UN-REDD Programme, together with those for Cambodia (Sarin et al., 2012), Viet Nam (Inoguchi et al., 2013), the United Republic of Tanzania (Vyamana and Sola, 2013), The Pacific (Poultouchidou, Monnier and Birigazzi, 2013), North America (Birigazzi et al., 2013), and Bangladesh (Akhter, Hossain and Birigazzi, 2013), South Asia (Sandeep et al., 2014) and China (Cheng, Gamarra and Birigazzi, 2014).
Presentation given to a GIZ-Indonesia workshop on National Forest Inventories on 16 to 17/3/2016
This publication provides information on management and finance options to achieve emissions reductions and enhance other vital ecosystem services from peatlands.
Peatlands drainage and peat fires are responsible for almost one-quarter of carbon emissions from the land use sector. This report is a good handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatlands. A decision support tree guides through opportunities for both cultivated and uncultivated peatlands. Methodologies and data available for quantifying GHG emissions from peatlands and organic soils are summarized and practical solutions are given concerning measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) and accounting. Country-specific case studies illustrate the problems, solutions and opportunities of peatland management. Feedbackor input to this first edition is very welcome!
Large-scale carbon mapping is needed to support the UNFCCC program to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Managers of forested land can potentially increase their carbon credits via detailed monitoring of forest cover, loss and gain (hectares), and periodic estimates of changes in forest carbon density (tons/ha). Satellites provide an opportunity to monitor changes in forest carbon caused by deforestation and degradation, but only after initial carbon densities have been assessed. New airborne approaches, especially light detection and ranging (LiDAR), provide a means to estimate forest carbon density over large areas, which greatly assists in the development of practical baselines. Here I present an integrated satellite–airborne mapping approach that supports high-resolution carbon stock assessment and monitoring in tropical forest regions. The approach yields a spatially resolved, regional state-of-the-forest carbon baseline, followed by high-resolution monitoring of forest cover and disturbance toestimate carbon emissions. Rapid advances and decreasing costs in the satellite and airborne mapping sectors are already making high-resolution carbon stock and emissions assessments viable anywhere in the world.
In this article we assess the costs of monitoring REDD based on available technologies and requirements associated with key elements of REDD policy.
We find that the design of a REDD policy framework (and specifically its rules) can have a significant impact on monitoring costs. Costs may vary from 0.5 to 550 US$ per square kilometre depending on the required precision of carbon stock and area change detection. Moreover, they follow economies of scale, i.e. single country or project solutions will face relatively higher monitoring costs.Although monitoring costs are relatively small compared to other cost items within a REDD system, they should be shared not only among countries but also among sectors, because an integrated monitoring system would have multiple benefits for non-REDD management. Overcoming initialization costs and unequal access to monitoring technologies is crucial for implementation of an integrated monitoring system, and demands for international cooperation.
The new or significantly updated sections cover monitoring of forest area and degradation, carbon stocks and soil carbon, uncertainties, biomass burning, evolving technologies, and a series of chapters providing practical examples for data collection from Annex I countries (incl. carbon budget models), India, community-based measurements and recommendations for country capacity building.
An assessment of national monitoring capabilities of tropical non-Annex I countries: recommendations for capacity-building. Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena and GOFC-GOLD. July 2009
Role of satellite remote sensing in REDD, Issues paper, UN-REDD, 13 October 2008.


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Allstate Insurance In-Plant Wins William K. Marrinan Hall of Fame Award
Monday, January 06, 2003
Press release from the issuing companyPARAMUS, N.J., January 2, 2003 – The National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) has bestowed the highest honor in its Management Plus competition, The William K. Marrinan Hall of Fame Award, on the Allstate Print Communication Center (APCC), the in-plant operation of Allstate Insurance Company. Operating two facilities in Wheeling, Ill., APCC has a long record of success, which has earned it numerous awards, including six consecutive Management Plus Gold Awards for management excellence from 1996 to 200l. The William K. Marrinan Hall of Fame and the other Management Plus awards [see related press release and accompanying list] will be presented at a special banquet on Feb. 20, 2003, during NAPL's Top Management Conference 2003, in Scottsdale, Ariz. The annual NAPL Management Plus award program is sponsored by Compass Capital Partners, MAN Roland, and American Printer magazine. "The Allstate Print Communication Center has consistently exhibited a high degree of management excellence, making it uniquely deserving of this very prestigious award," said Joseph P. Truncale, NAPL's president and CEO, in making the announcement. APCC is the second largest in-plant printing operation in the U.S., providing 24-hour service and shipping to more than 25,000 locations. Operating since 1951, the APCC currently has nearly 400 full-time employees operating out of a 426,000-sq. ft. plant and a 53,000-sq.-ft.. facility. The unit provides full-service offset print capabilities in three shifts, including four-color process, complete web and sheetfed capabilities, and electronic prepress. About Management Plus: Unlike other graphic arts competition in which printed pieces are judged, NAPL's Management Plus program asks graphic arts companies to conduct an analysis of specific areas of their operations. In that way, the program becomes a diagnostic tool that printing company leaders can use to judge their own management performance against accepted industry standards. Participants compete in one of six categories: five based on size and one for in-plant printers. Management Plus entrants are judged on how they perform against industry standards in nine key areas: internal control systems; financial performance; marketing/sales plan; business planning; human resources; environmental/safety concerns; quality control; community/industry affairs; and vendor relations. For more information about NAPL's Management Plus program, contact Robin Schabacker, program coordinator, at (800) 642-6275, ext. 1307.
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OTTAWA — The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the number of job vacancies dropped slightly during the second quarter, an indication of a weaker labour market.
The group representing small and medium-sized businesses says there were 289,800 unfilled jobs in the private sector during the April-July period, a drop of about 5,000 from the previous quarter.
The estimate is higher than the 225,000 job vacancies reported by Statistics Canada in May, although the two surveys were in agreement that vacancies are dropping.
CFIB chief economist Ted Mallet says the problem appears more acute for small businesses, which have a vacancy rate more than twice that of larger firms.
The CFIB notes that historically, vacancies fall as the unemployment rate rises.
At 2.4% of the market, the job vacancy rate in the CFIB survey remains higher than levels seen just following the recession, but lower than the 2.8% pre-recession peak in late 2007 and early 2008, when the unemployment rate stood near six per cent.
July saw the jobless rate rise one-tenth of a point to 7.2% as the economy shed 39,000 workers.
The small business lobby group released the survey results in advance of a "Twitter chat" scheduled for Thursday afternoon with Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney.
The federal government, with support from business groups, have argued Canada faces an imminent labour shortage, requiring changes to employment insurance.
In the March budget, the government also pledged to create a jobs grant program whereby Ottawa, the provinces and businesses share equally — up to a total of $15,000 — in the cost of training a worker for an unfilled job.
The so-called "job grant" has been opposed by some provinces as ill-thought-out and an intrusion on their jurisdiction.