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As the N.B.A season trundles along towards the playoffs, the usual suspects and big hitters are positioning themselves for an assault on the biggest prize of all, the Championship.
With only a matter of weeks remaining before the Playoffs begin, both the Eastern and Western Conferences are beginning to take shape. Despite many teams already having played at least seventy games, the season, like the weather, is only beginning to warm up now. Whether or not the sheer number of games serves to dilute the quality of fare on offer is open to debate with all teams playing 82 regular season games before the playoffs begin. Although the N.B.A's heavy schedule has its detractors, it also means heightened anticipation of the playoffs, where television audiences and media coverage grow substantially as the also-rans are whittled away leaving the cream of the N.B.A crop to fight it out.
Last summer was dominated by LeBron James' relocation from Cleveland to the sunnier climes of Miami. Combined with resident Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade and fellow new arrival Chris Bosh to form the "Big Three", the path appeared clear for LeBron and co. to dominate the N.B.A for seasons to come.. Despite some early season difficulties and series defeats to the Boston Celtics(2008 Champions) and the L.A Lakers(2009 and 2010 Champions), the Heat's galaxy of individual talent appears to be clicking at the perfect time. They have won seven of the last eight and in Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets each of the "big three" finished the game with at least thirty points and ten rebounds each, the first time this has being achieved since 1961. The victory leaves the Heat sitting atop their division in the Eastern Conference and thoughts in Miami are undoubtedly turning towards the playoffs. Despite Miami's recent form the two other division leaders of the Eastern Conference will relish the opportunity to prevent the big three and their supporting entourage from reaching the Championship series. The Boston Celtics have already clinched the eastern division and possess Championship winning pedigree, having being crowned Champions in 2008 and runners up to Kobe Bryant's dominant L.A Lakers last year. Under the stewardship of Doc Rivers and containing All Stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajan Rondo, they represent a formidable unit who would undoubtedly love to extract revenge on the Lakers for their tight defeat in the Championship series last year.
While LeBron James' former team-mates at the Cleveland Cavaliers wallow at the bottom of the Eastern Conference's central division, fellow new Miami arrival Chris Bosh's former team-mates at the Chicago Bulls have flourished since his departure and have sealed victory of the central division. The Bulls, driven by point guard Derrick Rose currently hold the best record in the Eastern Conference, having won fifty three and lost nineteen so far. Their impressive recent form allied with the home court advantage they will take into the playoffs makes them a dangerous proposition for any side. It is extremely difficult to see past these three for the Eastern Conference Champions. The bookies back up this contention, offering 6/4 for Miami to claim the prize with Boston and Chicago nearly impossible to separate at around 9/4. The daunting task facing other playoff hopefuls in the Conference is reflected by the bookies with Dwight Howard's Orlando Magic, deemed the next most likely contenders available at a juicy price of 9/1.
While most of the talk and hype is directed towards South Beach and the "Big Three", Kobe's L.A Lakers, the reigning champions, are positioned nicely for a run to regain their crown. Having won their last seven, the Lakers are perched atop the Western Conference's Pacific Division and retain the core squad that has led them to the three previous Championship Series. With Kobe Bryant's experience(five Championship Rings to Lebrons' zero) and a powerful supporting cast including Spaniard Pau Gasol and Ron Artest, the Lakers are odds on to be involved in the Western Conference finale. Joining them there could be the San Antonio Spurs who currently have the best record in the entire league. Despite their impressive 57-16 winning record the Spurs would appear to lack a player of the points scoring ability that their main rivals for the N.B.A title possess. They are however formidable at home, having lost only three at the AT&T Center all season and remain the biggest threat to three consecutive conference final wins for Kobe and the Lakers, especially with the home court advantage they will receive as probable number one seeds in the conference. The other contenders in the Western Conference include Oklahoma City Thunder who made their inaugural appearance in the playoffs last year, losing to the Lakers at the first hurdle. They will be looking to improve upon that showing and in the impressive Kevin Durant they have the leading scorer in the league with 27.7 points per game. Questions remain about his supporting cast and it would appear likely that the Thunder will struggle against the big hitters of the Western conference. Joining the Thunder in the Western Conference playoffs will be the Dallas Mavericks, alongside the aforementioned Lakers and Spurs. This leaves four playoff spots available with seven teams having realistic ambitions of filling these berths.
There are three spots left to be decided in the Eastern Conference but two of these appear sealed by the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers who look set to join the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Braves in the eastern Conference Playoffs. This leaves one spot, with the Indiana Pacers in pole position with their 32-42 record just ahead of the Charlotte Hornets who still have a reasonable chance at 30-42. Over the next few weeks the final contenders and seedings will be decided. The possibility of a dream Lakers vs. Miami grand final remains a very real possibility but the Celtics, Spurs and the other playoff contenders will be determined to prove the bookmakers wrong. The long winter is over and the excitement is about to begin.


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The NEIBA Board members are starting a Question of the Week on the NEIBA Group at Yahoo! Groups (our Listserv). The goal is to share everyone's common knowledge about bookselling or anything related to independent bookstores. It is our hope that after the Board has run through with their questions other members will continue the asking.
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Switzerland is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Neighboring countries include Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Germany. The geography of Switzerland is mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes.
The government system is formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic; the chief of state and head of government is the president. Switzerland has a modern market economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system. Switzerland is a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
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Presidential Task Force outlines new measures
MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Special Presidential Taskforce has outlined a number of new measures to conduct an impartial probe in the Global Witness corruption report.
The Chairman, Fonati Koffa, said consistent with the mandate of the Task Force, the Justice Ministry will now play a prosecutory role to assist the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission in the prosecution of those indicted.
Cllr. Koffa said: "The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) will work along with the Justice Ministry in the ongoing investigation by submitting names of individuals considered as interest to the ministry and the LACC."
Chairman Koffa spoke Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the regular press briefing of the Information Ministry in Monrovia .He noted: "Previous GAC audit reports will be taken into consideration and a list of persons of interest will be made public for compliance screening."
"Twelve witnesses have already been interviewed and seven hundred pages of evidence reviewed so far," Cllr. Koffa also disclosed that at least four persons and one corporation have been indicted and more will be indicted shortly.
In his acceptance remarks, Justice Minister, Frederick Cherue, said the ministry will rely on the Taskforce for evidence to ensure the successful prosecution of all those indicted.
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Workers' compensation is a state-run program designed to provide compensation to employees who suffer injury or illness on the job. If you have been injured at work, you should speak with an attorney about filing for benefits through the North Carolina workers' compensation system. To recover Workers' compensation benefits, you must establish two things:
Construction accidents are responsible for the filing of many workers' comp claims each year in North Carolina. Ladder and scaffolding falls and falling debris are especially dangerous for construction workers. These types of accidents can cause severe head and back injuries.
Workers also can suffer injury because of building collapses, radiation exposure, asbestos exposure and fires or explosions. Such accidents are capable of causing life-changing injuries, so victims should always talk to an experienced lawyer before filing for workers' compensation.
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QCEA Building Peace Together report launch
21 March 2018, London
The visibility of violent conflict from all over the world in our daily digest of news and media creates a sense that violence – or the threat of violence – is ever-present, when in fact, it is peace that is the norm. Building Peace Together makes the case for peacebuilding and provides a myriad of tools that can be used by actors across the board.
The report argues that peacebuilding requires an in-depth understanding of context, of the nature of the conflict dynamic and a conjuction of actions across a wide range of sectors. It enables any actor to see their engagement through a peacebuilding lens and makes peacebuilding everyone's business.
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Complaining about one's hometown is as fruitless as it is familiar. All children, if they have any gumption, are wild to leave home as soon as they possibly can and then disparage the place as though it somehow caused their woes. Years ago, fourteen-year-old boys hit the road to escape home-grown abuse; girls were often trapped until marriage, which might go far to explain the psychological damage so many women suffered.
I was among the small group of girls privileged by talent, access and means to escape at seventeen, on my way to college and out to the big world. It would never have occurred to me to return to a Midwestern town (with southern affectations) where the upper-class white men, still securely in the saddle in business, politics, education and what passed for the arts, had no use for bright, uppity girls. (Remember, this was the time when after suburban dinner parties, women were herded up to their hostess' bathroom to "powder their noses" while their men discussed the news of the day downstairs over cigars and brandy.)
Architecturally, Louisville then had suffered an aesthetic decline along with a drop in per capital income after the boom years of the late 1940's. The handsome, late nineteenth-century houses in the old neighborhoods close to downtown were deteriorating, broken up into apartments. Smoketown and the West End were beginning to fall prey to developers building hive-like "projects" which exist today (some have been torn down), deteriorating in plots of mashed-looking dying grass. A few have been renovated, with balconies, stoops and iron railings, giving them an air of middle-class respectability; remarkably, there is very little litter, and here and there a pot of annual flowers on a stoop.
All that is relatively unchanged. Developers can't make the money they want to make on low-cost housing, and "projects" no longer attract any support. But a few blocks east, in the busy downtown, renovation projects have almost entirely altered the drab, bland cityscape of my childhood, made up of six-story brick commercial warehouses and limestone office buildings with a few grace notes—columns, porticos…
Ordinances designed to protect historic buildings prevent these now-outdated, shabby structures from being torn down. On Main Street, the old facades, propped up on long supports, are now all that remain of the commercial buildings. They're reminiscent of the facades built in Russia when the Czar was due to pass through, to hide the peasants' hovels. Six-story tall scaffolding is buzzing with construction workers, and I wonder if any of them are voting for Trump. In six days in the state, I saw only about a dozen Trump yard signs, and only two bumper stickers—only two Clinton yard signs and no bumper stickers—and this is the part of the country (although traditionally Democrat, that has been changing) which might be presumed to vote for the T. But here, at least, in renovating Louisville, there are a lot of good construction jobs which might lead these workers to wonder about some of the T's pronouncements.
Even more astonishing is the railroad bridge, engineered in 1870 by a man in my family, unused for decades, which the city has turned into a pedestrian walkway uniting Louisville with its neighbor across the river, Indiana. Even on a working day, the bridge is thronged with people walking, riding bikes or pushing strollers—a mixed population of city dwellers taking in the fresh air and the long views of the big river stretching down to the falls and the locks, with a busy little tug boat nosing its loaded barges along.
And then there is the new bridge, recently constructed after a lot of controversy focused on its sister bridge whose construction in the suburbs disrupted and disturbed the well-off inhabitants and threatened several not-quite-historic houses in its path.The bridge I'm looking at, the downtown bridge, a beautiful slender, spidery structure gleaming over the river, is as pretty as any bridge could be, and may spread out the snarls of cars and trucks shoving their way from the city to Indiana. But we know now that new bridges and new superhighways—likely to be part of the opportunities for employment offered by the next administration—only lead to more cars and more trucks and, inevitably (eventually) more snarls. We are reproducing too fast, and our fuel is too available, and, right now, too affordable, to allow for mitigation by highway and bridge construction.
But never mind that now. The Hillbilly Teahouse offers the best tea-baked catfish I've ever tasted (the tea is the novel element) and the hammering and banging of new construction and renovation lend an air of vitality to what was once drab and declining.
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Do not book shows in Columbia/W. Columbia 14 days before or after a show booked at NBT. It generally affects both shows negatively and is unfair to the bands you play with and the venues you're playing.
All bands are expected to promote their show at least two weeks in advance, whether they are headlining or not. Promoting your show means flyers, posting on the internet, calling and e-mailing friends/fans, etc. Also WUSC will allow on air interviews if you contact them far enough in advance. Touring bands are expected to have posters and promotional materials to the club at least 3 weeks before their show. Approximately 15 posters are requested. In addition, we request a total of 4 press kits to be submitted to properly promote the show. These kits need to be sent to The Free Times, The State, The Gamecock and one to the club. Contacts are listed on the contact page.
Local bands are expected to be able to draw a minimum of 15 people, regardless of the day they are playing or their spot on the bill. 30-50 is considered a solid draw and 50+ headlining material. If you can not draw the minimum 15 people then please do not contact use about booking you until you have built a crowd of 15.
Stage times are approximate, and sometimes bands go on later than the time given. Advertise the time given. We reward bands that have their crowd come early and stay late to support the other bands on the bill. It is also expected that bands stay the entire night to support the other bands on the bill. If you are not interested in the bands that you are playing with then why did you choose to play the show with them?
All bands are paid after the show. If you are a local band and can't stay until the end of the show to get paid then check back with the bartender within a week of the show for your pay. Most local shows are door splits based upon your draw with the bigger the draw the better the percentage the band will receive.
Traditional press kits and demos are not necessary. Website/Myspace/Purevolume links are preferred. If you don't have a website with an audio clip, you need to get one. If touring, please check the calendar first to see what's going on, and don't ask to be added to any shows the week of the show. If you have never played NBT before, don't ask to be booked as support on a big show. We reward the bands that help us first. At load-in, please do not be late. These times are given for a reason. If you aren't here on time, we may not know if you are coming at all. Always call the club (803.791.4413) and/or the booking agent (803.414.9070) if you are going to be late. Bands that are excessively or repeatedly late will be bumped from shows. Once your levels are set at sound check, under no circumstances are you to turn up. We have strict noise levels we must adhere to. If the soundman asks you to turn down, and you refuse, he has the right to cut your power.
These nights are setup to give new bands in S.C. a chance to play in the Columbia area. They are also used by the club as a way to scout bands and see how well they play, what kind of a draw they have, etc. These nights are non paying gigs. If you are a new band, or a band that has never played NBT before, you must first play a New Music Night before being considered for other bookings. Click the Contact link and include the following in the message:
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Tulsa is one of six cities nationwide selected to receive funding over the next four years to implement better opportunities for developing students' social and emotional skills.
Tulsa Public Schools announced Monday that it and the YMCA of Greater Tulsa obtained the four-year grant provided as part of the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative by the Wallace Foundation, based in New York City and dedicated to improvements in learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children and the vitality of the arts.
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Arie Sivan is an organizational and management consultant and executive, and deals chiefly in the field of employment and employability. He serves as director of the employment program at Association Aspberger – Israel ("Effie"), as well as director of employment skill advancement for projects for Ethiopian Israelis under the aegis of the Ministry for the Development of the Negev and Galilee, the Jewish Agency and the Ministry of Economy. Likewise, he advises programs that advance employment skills for various organizations in Israel and abroad. He previously served as CEO of the Adam Institute's employee placement company, and as CEO of "Agens" Israel, which operates the Wisconsin Employment Program. He graduated from the Department of Political Science and Senior Business Management Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.


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Region: Côte des Blancs
Grand cru sites in Avize, Cramant and Oiry
Annual production: 3000 cases
Total vineyard holdings: 4 hectares
Vines: 100% chardonnay
Varnier-Fannière (AVIZE)
Denis Varnier is only the third generation of winemakers at this estate, but grape growing in the Fannière family (Denis' mother's side of the family) dates back to 1860. Although the estate is small at just over 4 hectares, Varnier-Fannière's holdings are impressive, averaging 45 years in age.
Denis' holdings are in three grand cru villages in the northern Côte des Blancs. He has as much land in Cramant as he does in Avize, with a smaller holding in the village of Oiry. His wines are precise and terroir expressive, in the direction of Avize "graphite", while also being delicious and pleasurable. They exude class and fastidious detail. For a taste of absolute Avize, taste the Cuvée Saint Denis hailing from a single-site of 70 year-old vines, from the monocru Clos de Grand Pere.
"The Avize slopes are planted entirely with Chardonnay. The grapes from the steep slopes provide better and more delicate wines, but, in blending, the more robust specimens from the relatively flat terrain lower down in the village hold their own. Essentially, Avize produces rather more powerful wines than the slightly more fragrant ones from Cramant or Le Mesnil. . . . The nutty and roasted aromas are not to be found among its neighbors, leaning more to chocolate, leather, and truffles, and improving with age. One often finds a high percentage of Avize Chardonnay in famous prestige Champagnes produced by the larger houses."
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Thank you for checking out my site! My previous site, BrennaPierson.com, which was previously all related to writing and fiction, is now ArtisticallyWriting.com.
What is "artistically writing"? It can be a couple of things:
- The art of writing itself
- Writing about art
This is a place for both: for words and art, as well as any inspiration that comes from them. There's a lot of crossover in the creative world—and if you want to take refuge in words or imagery, or just fun and creative stuff in general, this is a place for you.


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|December 19, 2015 09:00 AM EST
Racemi, a provider of automated server migration software, announces availability of updated DynaCenter software with performance improvements that speed Linux and Windows server migrations as much as 30 percent, while increasing reliability and delivering more flexibility.
This latest release of DynaCenter software comes with:
- Near real-time change detection that dramatically reduce the time required to synchronize data during Windows migrations, particularly important when replicating changes on large databases or other workloads with lots of updates.
- Automated migration pre-checks that identify potential configuration issues on source servers prior to capture, which includes checks on server connectivity, available memory and disk space, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) integrity, and more.
- A new High Integrity Capture Mode for maximum security and reliability that performs checksum validation of individual data blocks during the transmission process.
- Ability to capture in parallel large databases that are partitioned across multiple drives in order to ensure data integrity.
- Support for the latest generation of Amazon Web Services (AWS) M4 server sizes.
- The automation software is especially suited for system integrators who can take advantage of dynacenter's server migration capabilities to speed project timelines, along with cloud providers giving them the ability to streamline migrations to their cloud or hosting services. Dynacenter helps drive adoption of services by reducing the time to onboard customers.
"We've reached new levels of performance while increasing reliability and providing higher levels of control over server migrations," said James Strayer, vice president of product management, Racemi. "All of these updates were driven by customer requirements to help further automate server migrations and make the process easier than ever before."
Licensing of DynaCenter starts at $299 per successful workload migration, with volume discounts available.
Racemi's DynaCenter migration software captures the entire server stack - including operating system, applications, configuration, and data - and automatically converts it to run on the selected cloud platform by applying the necessary tools and drivers during the migration process. This ensures existing workloads are migrated in their time-tested configuration, resulting in improved reliability and reduced support requirements. The Live Capture capability ensures that there is no server downtime. All customer data is secured and compressed using AES/RSA SSL encryption over firewall-friendly, fault-tolerant outbound HTTPS connections to provide maximum protection and reliability.
DynaCenter migrates workloads from a physical or virtual server to almost any target cloud platform that supports Hyper-V, KVM, VMware or Xen hypervisors, running supported Linux or Windows guest operating systems.
About Racemi
Racemi, the moving company for the cloud, has been named a "Cool Vendor" and AWS Leadership Award winner, and has over 1,800 customers and partners around the globe. The company develops server provisioning and cloud migration software that allows businesses to quickly migrate their existing physical and virtual servers between dissimilar physical, virtual, and cloud platforms and across geographies. Racemi software can be used for cloud migration projects, data center relocations, disaster recovery, and other server workload migration needs. For more information, visit www.racemi.com.
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Other helpful resources for gathering health and vital statistics:
These are the most essential databases for health and vital statistics:
The University of Chicago Library statistics collection is located primarily in Crerar Library.
Access most Library databases, e-journals, and e-books from off-campus by authenticating with your CNetID and password.
If you are not propmpted for a CNetID, use IT Services' ProxyIt! bookmarklet to manually direct the resource through the web proxy.


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Pork leg with fried eggs for brunch at Huxley. Photo courtesy of Huxley.
Weekend brunch at ~BAR TARTINE~ is changing a bit. Instead of the usual à la carte menu, chefs and owners Nick Balla and Cortney Burns are now offering a prix-fixe family-style menu, with more focus on their favorite way of cooking, which is how they cook for their friends and family. The new menu debuted on Saturday August 15th and will continue to accommodate vegetarian diners and others with dietary restrictions. The price will change depending on what is served, but will always be in the low- to mid-$30s. Take a look at a sample menu here. Brunch is served Saturdays and Sundays 11am-2pm.
Speaking of brunch, you can now get it at ~HUXLEY~ on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 2pm, starting Saturday August 29th. Their famous avocado toast is available, along with egg dishes like the pork leg with fried eggs, chickpeas, roasted peppers, tomatillo salsa, and cilantro yogurt, or a summer succotash omelet with chanterelles. Their brunch cocktails are also available, of course.
~BELGA~ has launched lunch, running Mon-Fri 11am-3pm. You can check out the menu here, which includes salads, a croque madame, roasted tomato soup and fried bread, and a hamburger and frites. And beer! 2000 Union St. at Buchanan, 415-872-7350.
We're big fans of late-night dining over here, so it's exciting to hear that ~HOG & ROCKS~ is now offering a late-night menu on Fridays and Saturdays from 11pm to 1am. A menu highlight is the sausage and beer pairing, which features a different housemade sausage paired with a selected beer for just $15. The special will change regularly, but right now it's an all-pork sausage with zucchini pepper slaw and a Flying Dog IPA.


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By the way, the German Film Festival in Sydney has a good story on Check Point Charlie Border of Despair
TT: Annals of failed flackery
People in my line of work have to sift through a lot of press releases and other forms of flackery, all of which we take with a stalactite or two of salt. It's part of the job. Nevertheless, I confess to having boggled at the blurbissimo I encountered on the back of my advance readers' copy of Andre Dubus III's The Garden of Last Days, which will be published by W.W. Norton in June.
Here it is, in its entirety:
One early September night in Florida, a stripper brings her daughter to work. April's usual babysitter is in the hospital, so she decides it's best to have her three-year-old daughter close by, watching children's videos in the office, while she works.
Except that April works at the Puma Club for Men. And tonight she has an unusual client, a foreigner both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Lots of it, all cash. His name is Bassam. Meanwhile, another man, AJ, has been thrown out of the club for holding hands with his favorite stripper, and he's drunk and angry and lonely.
From these explosive elements come [sic] a relentless, raw, searing, passionate, page-turning narrative, a big-hearted and painful novel about sex and parenthood and honor and masculinity. Set in the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed, it juxtaposes lust for domination with hunger for connection, sexual violence with family love. It seizes the reader by the throat with the same psychological tension, depth, and realism that characterized Andre Dubus's #1 bestseller, House of Sand and Fog--and an even greater sense of the dark and anguished places in the human heart.
I didn't read House of Sand and Fog, so I suppose it's within the realm of possibility that Andre Dubus III is a serious writer. Still, it isn't very likely that I'll be reading The Garden of Last Days, much less reviewing it. I don't mind having my intelligence insulted by publicists--some forms of suffering are hard to avoid--but a critic can only be expected to swallow so much guff, and the Norton publicity department just blew my quota for 200 Garden of Last Days


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Paltalk Launches Screening Rooms for Shared Videos
Today, Paltalk announced the launch of Screening Rooms (beta) for its video-based Web community. Screening Rooms allows Paltalkers to watch licensed or user-generated video content in public or private video chat rooms with up to 5,000 other Paltalk members.
In the Screening Rooms, viewers can watch synchronized video content while interacting with each other through voice, video and text chat. Screening Rooms features programming from many online video content providers including ManiaTV!, Heavy.com, blip.tv, and Rip.tv. The beta version of Screening Rooms is available starting today with general availability coming later this year.
Coinciding with today's release is Paltalk's next generation of the Paltalk Messenger video-community service called PaltalkScene. Paltalk users now have access to original video content ranging from extreme sports, professional mixed martial arts, entertainment news, comedy and serialized programs. Members will also be able to upload and play video content and home movies to share and discuss with friends and family. Look for PCMag.com's full review of Paltalk's latest features coming soon.


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PREPARE/ENRICH is an proof-based mostly marriage curriculum that has been around for 35 years. A big development in the final decade has been the creation of several massive-scale packages that have led to the widespread use of relationship teaching programs locally. Economic means concern with the group of the money, whereas socio as an adjective that refers to something that related to social factor, means regarding the standing or rank that someone has in society. In contrast, practitioners in couple therapy tend to assist partners work on particular issues whereas utilizing communication abilities in the course of. Next, we briefly focus on the rationale for relationship education in terms of concept, research, and altering demographics.
Additionally they suggest that relationship education delivered to individuals or youth ought to include information on cohabitation and, more broadly, about learn how to make healthy choices in relationships. GR: As a clinician, I've found that realizing relationship schooling curricula has additionally enhanced my ease of transitioning from educating abilities to working straight on content in remedy periods. Another means that I combine relationship education includes referring purchasers to native relationship schooling workshops. GR: I integrate relationship education into my remedy practice by educating concepts, skills, and rules from relationship training curricula to remedy clients. It is an accepted fact that intercourse schooling needs to be necesserily given to adolecents.
It's my understanding nonetheless, that it is the household that offers education the most problem in making an attempt to implement such programs significantly for pre-teens. Stanley SM, Whitton SW, Markman HJ. Perhaps I do: Interpersonal commitment and premarital or nonmarital cohabitation. Wedding planning advice abounds, from a plethora of books to web sites and chat rooms that let brides-to-be vent about their quickly-to-be in-legal guidelines or their own family points. I feel our education system (sorry, I'll observe I'm in Australia however I imagine the problem could be very far reaching) has gone too far.
Over 1500 snow plowers and street crew employees are receiving relationship education that's aimed each at bettering communication and relationships among co-staff, in addition to, relationships with family members at dwelling. Unlike premarital counseling, which entails the couple alone and will deal with their conflicts and bother spots, premarital schooling takes place in a group; classes present common relationship advice. In abstract, the sphere of relationship education has considerably advanced in the last decade.
Before reviewing the research which were published from 2002 to the current, we first provide an overview of the conceptual model underlying a number of the proof-based relationship teaching programs. Such services needs to be strongly thought-about in future relationship teaching programs and their effects needs to be evaluated in analysis over the following decade. GR: On the whole, relationship training, when it is well developed and nicely delivered, usually is a portal for individuals and couples to seek extra intensive companies for particular person, couple, or household problems.


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5 Digital Marketing Tips for Start-ups
Starting a new business is exciting and frustrating at the same time. It's exciting because of the possibilities but you often don't know how or whether you will succeed in building a viable business. Fortunately, there are several digital marketing tips that can support your marketing efforts.
Digital Marketing Tips: Lead Generation
You can make assumptions about who will buy from you but you never really know. One way to convert new sales is to build a website and install Google Analytics (GA) on it. GA provides information about website visits such as pages that visitors read and how they arrive there.
For instance, you might find that most of your traffic comes from Twitter or from organic searches. You might also find that your website visitors spend more time on one type of content compared to another and fill out as contact form asking for more information thereafter. This means you have converted a website visitor into your sales funnel using content on your site.
Digital Marketing Tips: Strategies
The strategy that you employ depends on what you want to achieve. Start by creating an awareness of the problem that you want to solve for your customers. Often, your target customers know that there is a problem but they are unable to define it.
Another strategy could be to retain and deepen the relationship that you have with existing customers. Your marketing activities will differ in this instance. For example, you could provide more long-term customer support, incentivize repeat business or start regular webinars that arm your customers with tips and tricks for optimising their purchase.
Digital Marketing Tips: Competitor Knowledge
Many start-ups ignore the competition or they believe that they don't have any competition. Online access presents a vast world of information about your competition, similar products and trends. Learn from your competitors.
Find out which social media platforms that they are most engaged with and see who their followers are. What is working for them and where could they improve? Always thrive to create a distinct competitive advantage rather than just copying your competitors.
Digital Marketing Tips: Creating a Budget
Planning a budget is difficult when you are starting a business. This is because you are not sure what is going to work to grow your sales pipeline. One of the best ways to create a focused budget is by choosing a strategy and executing it.
Experiment with different ways of generating brand awareness. Pick one or two social media platforms then manage them well, and ensure that you are measuring performance against your goals. Look at the sources of your web traffic and where your qualified leads originate from. Spend more in those areas.
Digital Marketing Tips: Planning for Growth
You need to be able to calculate what it costs you to acquire a customer. This is how you can forecast sales and grow. This cost is commonly called Cost of Customer Acquisition or COCA.
Here is an example of COCA using Facebook Ads. If your goal is 100 subscribers for your online course, you must first find out how many people need to click on your Facebook Ad in order to get 100 sign ups. Say your conversion rate is 1% on average. That means you need 10,000 people to click on your ad. If your cost per click on Facebook is roughly £0.20 (this varies from industry to industry and from ad to ad), it means you will spend £2,000 to acquire 100 subscribers. Therefore, your COCA is £20.
Other Considerations
There is also the case of customer lifetime value or LTV. And that better be larger than your COCA otherwise you will not sustain your business long term. More on that in my next post.


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Campaign of the Month: January 2012
Star Trek Late Night
Psionics is a broad term used to describe supernatural powers that stem purely from the force of one's mind and will, rather than from the harnessing of the Force or Arcane energies. The past witnessed how yogis, martial artists, warlocks and faith healers entered into altered states in order to command great energies for various purposes. As we are aware, the uses of these energies are countless. Vulcans are famous for their mind melds while Deltans are famous for their psychic healing. Many other species have learned to enhance their psychic potential; some races have even evolved far enough that telepathy has become thier primary mode of conversation.
The exact origin of psionic (or psi) powers is unknown, but there is some evidence that they can be triggered by exposure to supernatural energies. Psionic abilities are also inheritable: a psionic parent is much more likely to have children who are psychic than is a mundane parent, and two psis having children together will likely have a child whose psionic abilities are stronger than either of the two.
Currently, Starfleet has seven institutes dedicated to the study of psychic powers and throughout the Federation there are literally hundreds of such places of learning. Almost every race is capable of using psionic powers, but few ever learn how to tap into the parts of their brains to actually do so.
Types of Psionic Abilities
There are several major classifications of psionic abilities, also called disciplines:
Telepathy: Powers of mental contact and persuasion. A telepath, or teep, can sense the thoughts and emotions of others, and influence them in return. Most teeps also have a strong talent for lucid dreaming.
Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP): The ability to see, hear, or otherwise percieve things at a distance. This 'distance' may be in space, in time, or in both. Psis with this ability are called espers. The ability to see things from far away is called clairvoyance (or peeping); the ability to see the future is called precognition (or precog); and the ability to see past events associated with a place or object is called psychometry (or retro). Most espers do not have all of these abilities, at least not reliably; when they do occur, the 'vision' is often spontaneous and not under the esper's control. Like telepathy, precog and retro are enhanced by physical contact with the object (or person) whose future or past is being read.
Psychokinesis: Powers that manipulate matter and energy. This may include the ability to move objects (telekinesis, or teek), or control over fire and heat (pyrokinesis), cold (cryokinesis), or electricity (electrokinesis). Some electrokinetics can even learn how to interface with computers and other electronic devices at a distance, though this requires an extraordinary degree of skill. Many telekinetics who have a small amount of ESP ability are able to sense the air molecules around their bodies and freeze them in place, creating 'PK Shields' capable of blocking knives, fists, and even disrupter beams. Psychokinetics often acquire nicknames based on their most prominent power – teeks, pyros, cryos, and sparkies, to name a few.
Psychic Healing: Some psis are able to channel psychic energy to heal injuries in themselves and others. The process is usually taxing for the psi, as it draws on her own life energy.
Psychometabolism: Powers that manipulate the psi's own body. This is closely related to Psychic Healing, but allows for a greater variety of effects, and can only be performed by the psi on himself. Psis with this ability are called egoists. Some egoists are able to enhance their strength, speed, or dexterity, converting mental energy into physical power to perform superlative feats. Others are able to control their metabolism, greatly slowing their heart rate and respiration to enter a kind of regenerative trance. Most egoists have the ability to regenerate their own bodies to a greater degree than more mundane sapients, slowing the aging process and prolonging life.
Psychoportation: One of the rarest forms of psionic ability, psychoportation is the ability to teleport matter from one place to another. The two known variations of this are autoporting – the ability to teleport one's own body – and exoporting – the ability to teleport other objects. Psis with the former ability are called jumpers; those with the latter ability are called snatchers. Very few individuals have both abilities. Often a psi can only teleport to or from someplace he has been before, though some snatchers are able to 'port objects without even knowing where they come from. Psychoportation is very difficult to control reliably, and many jumpers first manifest their talents by 'porting in their sleep.
Rumors persist among psis of people who are able to not only resist psychic abilities, but actually negate them. Teeps whisper of shadowy figures stalking the street who can cause their heads to erupt with bursts of psychic static, while psychokinetics tell of PK shields that suddenly failed or levitated objects that fell for no reason. It is unknown whether antipsi abilities actually exist.
Psi Drugs
Despite the relative rarity of psi powers and the gaps in the scientific understanding of psionics, an impressive array of psi-enhancing drugs and technology has been developed. Many of these grew out of the military and espionage communities (both governmental and industrial), both of whom value psis for their (nearly) undetectable abilities. Other bits of psi-tech were the result of research into technomagic, which later branched out into other directions, and the first psi-drugs were either discovered accidentally or developed to help mages with their spellcasting. Most of these innovations eventually found their way to the street, where tech-savvy psis reverse-engineered them and co-opted the technology for themselves and their community.
A couple of the more common psi-drugs are:
MD-109: This drug, called Mad or Mad Dak on the street, was first developed by the Tal Shiar as a means of improving the effectiveness of their psi operatives, most of whom had high skill but relatively little power with their abilities. Mad is a synthetic neurotransmitter that boosts synaptic activity in the parts of the brain associated with psionic talents, leading to an impressive increase in effective power.
It is quite popular as a black-market psi-drug, since its effects are more predictable than those of Vortex (see below). Thousands of units of the drug are produced every year in illicit underground laboratories.
Vortex: This drug amplifies psi range a hundredfold, but is, unfortunately, rife with problems and drawbacks. First, it is extremely addictive – users can develop a dependency after only two or three doses. Second, 5% of users will experience severe seizures, coma or even death within minutes of taking their first dose; overdoses of Vortex are almost always fatal, as well. Third, while Vortex greatly increases a psi's power, it makes his abilities much harder to control; several psychokinetics have been killed when their telekinesis buried them under tons of concrete, or a rush of pyrokinetic flame burned them alive.


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Ruth Lowe: 18/02/19
Here is your weekly quote from Ruth!
See you next Monday for the next quote from The Time Fairy!
Ruth Lowe: 18/02/19
Here is your weekly quote from Ruth!
See you next Monday for the next quote from The Time Fairy!
By Cre8tive Brand Ideas- 13/02/19
As you are aware there is hefty competition in the inbox, however by changing your your marketing strategy to include promotional merchandise will mean that you are almost alone in the letterbox.
Promotional goods can add a new dimension to your marketing.
From memorable giveaways to products that form part of a broader drip campaign, you have a HUGE range of options.
And we'd love to help you explore them.
Instead, think about the conversation you want to spark and find items that enhance this message. That way you're not only sending a prospect your company name, but you're also kick-starting thoughts and conversations that could lead to a sale.
Here at Cre8tive Brand Ideas, we blend promotional merchandise with the creative thinking that gets you results. Involved in your product from start to finish, we're more than a supplier. Instead, we're here to ensure you receive exactly what you need – on time, in the right quantity, at a great price each and every time!.
Ruth Lowe: 11/02/19
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By Cre8tive Brand Ideas- 06/02/19
For sure, there are practical choices. For example, you might want to brand bags for an exhibition or give away pens at an event.
But that's just scratching the surface of the possibilities.
Branded goods also create talking points in direct mail promotions.
For example, you could brand:
It's how promotional merchandise plus creativity can add a new dimension to your marketing.
And with thousands of items to choose from, there's a good chance you'll be surprised by the countless opportunities that exist to get people talking.
Hello and welcome to the Social Media Scorecard!
This scorecard has been made to help you get the most out of social media whilst adding a little bit of fun into it. It is aimed at businesses and if you follow it, you will improve your digital footprint which in turn will increase awareness to your brand. It will also give you a guide to follow if you are not sure how and when to post (plus giving people a challenge!).
There are four really simple rules:
Each part is worth 4 points and all scores are out of 100
You are only trying to beat your previous score, everyone has the same goal as you
The only person you are cheating if you make up your score is yourself
If you score a perfect 100, you need to prove how you did it
It is really that simple! If you start using this, you will find that you will start to see the following benefits:
You will be increasing your digital footprint
You will be creating new and exciting content
You will be holding yourself accountable
You will have a greater understaning of what works, and what doesn't
Ruth Lowe: 04/02/19
Here is your weekly quote from Ruth!
See you next Monday for the next quote from The Time Fairy!
In a hyper-competitive market, you have to do more to stand out and over the next few weeks, We will be giving you four good reasons to use promotional gifts to stand out.
Our second reason is……
Boost engagement
Humans are tactile. We like to hold objects in our hands and explore them. So when you give promotional gifts, you're encouraging prospects and customers to engage and interact with an item that's branded with your business's identity.
The items you choose will evoke a reaction. People will feel a particular way towards the products you pick. Choose gifts that evoke the emotions you associate with your business and you can forge stronger relationships.
In other words, promotional goods can help influence how your customers feel about your business.
Join us next week for reason 3
Ruth Lowe: 28/01/19
Here is your weekly quote from Ruth!
See you next Monday for the next quote from The Time Fairy!
Rachael Richardson-Bullock 24/01/19
It's the season for new year resolutions! Most are hitting the gym, participating in dry January and promising themselves this year is going to be different. In January 2018, I had a few goals for the year, one of which was to read more books. In 2017, I believe I read less than three books. For a self-published author and a lifelong reader, this was abysmal. Most importantly though, I missed reading. I missed getting lost innew stories, I missed being exposed to characters, places and experiences that I might not otherwise have access to. In September 2017, I started a new job and the commute to Birmingham meant I felt exhausted all the time. But, fuelled by my desire to read more, in January 2018 I set myself the goal to read 5 books. This was going to be a tall order, but I wanted to give it a go.
Reading in bed has long been a staple for me. However, with so precious few hours at home, and struggling with the exhaustion, I'd fall asleep as soon as I'd read one sentence. This was frustrating. I wished I had more time somewhere, and then it hit me. My commute. The train to Birmingham is 25 minutes each way. So that's almost an hour where I would typically listen to music, feel drained and disconnected, and just try to (mostly unsuccessfully) block out the crowds of people around me. What if instead of that, I read books? It was an instant success! In 2018, I not only met my goal of reading 5 books, but more than doubled it by reading 12 in a year!
So, if you want to read more books, here's how you can hack your commute to achieve your goal:
My reading goal in 2019 is to match 2018 and read 12 books. I'm starting with It by Stephen King, as I'm a massive King fan and loved the 2017 film adaptation.
I've found the benefits of being committed to this have far outweighed my humble goal of just reading more. I find it combats tiredness, improves concentration, helps with mindfulness and connects you with others – I've had countless people ask me what I'm reading, or comment on how nice the edition is. So good luck for 2019 and enjoy your new found reading time. I'll leave you with this from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Some books leave us free and some books make us free."


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HOS Training Clinics
The House of Sports Basketball Academy has enhanced its teaching approach to ensure that the athletes in our program dramatically improve their on-court basketball skills. Instead of skill/position specific classes, we have transitioned our program into one that is based around rotating skill stations.
Small group skill stations are successfully used by other leading basketball programs as it gives players a chance to work on a variety of skills in a short period of time, receive immediate feedback, and learn from others. It also provides every player with the opportunity to have access to our senior coaching staff on a daily basis. Below is a list of our classes offered:
Skills, Drills and Games: This 1 hour clinic will provide a strong foundation to the game with an emphasis on basic basketball skills such a dribbling, passing, shooting and game play. Depending on the age of the students, classes are taught on either an 8 or 10 foot basket.
Shooting Stations: In this 1 hour clinic, players will rotate to a new skills station every 10-15 minutes where they will receive instruction on different aspects of becoming a knock-down shooter. Each session will end with 15 minutes of shooting game play!
Pre-Season Prep: This intensive 1 hour clinic is designed for players that are preparing to play for their modified, JV or Varsity team. Based around skill stations, this college level workout will get your son/daughter into playing shape in a short amount of time.
In-House League: One of our most popular programs! Every Friday night or Saturday morning (depending on the participants age), players will take part in a 20-30 minute clinic, geared toward the understanding of team offense (spacing, passing, cutting, teamwork, etc.) and man to man defense. Players will then be broken up into teams and participate in a 40 minute or 1.5 hour game with certified referees.
Make Your Own Class: If you have a group of friends that want to focus on a special skill, we will design a class especially for you (depending on court availability). Please give us a call at 914-479-5419 to have this set up for you.
Basketball Academy Private Workouts: These workouts are designed for players that want to work 1 on 1 with an Academy Coach to improve their game. Players and Parents will meet with their instructor to help designate the areas of emphasis that will allow the Academy Coach to design an individualized plan for player development.
Session III Classes
Create Your Own Class
If you would like to create your own after-school or weekend basketball class, please contact Customer Service at 914.479.5419 or leave an email at email@example.com. Custom classes must have at least 8 participants.
Private Lessons
Workout with our world-class coaches one-on-one or in a small group. It is the best way to dramatically improve your on-court skills. Pricing is based on the level of coach selected. See below for rates. Call 914.479.5419 or send an email to email@example.com to check on court/coach availability. All private lessons must be paid for at the time of booking. Lessons must be cancelled within 72 hours of the scheduled time for a credit.
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Only today, Best Buy offers a 32-inch Panasonic LCD TV for $229.99.
Bargain 32-inch HDTVs are usually not from the premium brands. Here is 32-inch bargain deal that is from Panasonic. The Panasonic TC-L32C5 sells for $229.99.
Features of this Panasonic TV include 2 HDMI ports and USB media port.
Get this and other deals of the day at Best Buy.
Find more Holiday 2012 Gift ideas and deals in our huge 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. We will continuously add new hot gift tips until Christmas in our Holiday Gift Guide section.


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- Fonds
- [ca. 1924]-[ca. 1979]
Fonds consists of manuscripts written by Dr. Weld along with photographs, correspondence, and papers related to community organizations.
Weld, Charles Beecher, 1899-1991
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Fonds consists of manuscripts written by Dr. Weld along with photographs, correspondence, and papers related to community organizations.
Weld, Charles Beecher, 1899-1991
Fonds consists of correspondence regarding Dalhousie Alumni News.
MacRae, D.A.
Donald Alexander Campbell fonds
Fonds consists of registration cards and student tickets from Dalhousie Medical School and articles about Dr. Campbell. Fonds also contains papers regarding his medical practice, including correspondence, medical notes with sketches, personal note...
Campbell, Donald Alexander, Dr., 1984-1917
The fonds consists of correspondence, examinations, invoices, and a notebook from medical school.
Cunningham, Norman, 1849-1912
Fonds consists of papers documenting Dr. Stewart's entire professional career. These papers include files on the construction of the Tupper Commission and the Hall Review Commission in addition to research notes on aviation medicine and decom...
Stewart, Chester B.
Fonds consists of a manuscript entitled "How I Came to Dalhousie."
Babkin, Boris
Fonds consists of medical notes on obstetrics and gynaecology.
Atlee, Harold Benge
Fonds consists of: three postcards featuring a photograph of medical residents (ca. 1923/1924) and various diplomas and certificates; two photographs of Dr. Ernest Glenister, dated approximately 1945 and 1960; one photograph of Dalhousie Universi...
Glenister, Ernest Ireson, 1901-1987
William Oban Farquharson fonds
Fonds consists of a medical license awarded by the Provincial Medical Board of Nova Scotia. Missing from the fonds are two Dalhousie University Football (Dal Meds) photographs (1901 and 1902).
Farquharson, Willam Oban
Fonds consists of patient records, autopsy reports, correspondence, various medical reports from several institutions, and business records including a ledger and daily journals.
Murray, Angus Edward, Dr., 1901-1986
Thomas John (Jock) Murray Fonds
Fonds consists of the archival records of Thomas John (Jock) Murray, which includes correspondence and research materials on neurological disease, the humanities and the history of medicine.
Murray, Thomas John (Jock), Dr.
Fonds consists of four papers on dental care.
Thomson, George Kerr, Dr.
James Miller's notebook of surgical lectures given by Dr. Munro
File consists of one notebook of surgical lectures given by Dr. Munro. There are a few pages of poetry in the notebook.
Miller, James
Robert William Murray MacKay fonds
Fonds consists of lecture notes, administrative papers regarding the Nova Scotia Hospital, certificates of achievement, medals, and personal correspondence.
MacKay, Robert William Murray, Dr.
Fonds consists of four certificates of achievement from different educational institutions.
Curry, Matthew A., 1858
Fonds consists of copies of speeches, miscellaneous correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and diplomas.
MacKenzie, Luther Burns, Dr., 1880-1981
The fonds consists of one report: Pathophysiology of Ischemic Heart Disease.
Douglas, G. David, Dr.
Fonds consists of correspondence in association with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia and correspondence regarding his involvement with the Provincial Medical Board. Other papers include financial records, miscellaneous public...
Scammell, Harold L., Dr., 1905-1991
Fonds consists of medical reports taken while employed with the Massachusetts-Halifax Health Commission.
Sieniewicz, Thaddeus M., Dr., 1895-1975
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the professional life of J. Gordon Duff while he was director and professor at the Dalhousie College of Pharmacy. Records include correspondence, pharmacy history and research, photographs, and materials on ...
Duff, J. Gordon
Andrew Walter Herdman Lindsay fonds
Fonds consists of biographical information as well as correspondence associated with the Provincial Medical Board and other papers.
Lindsay, Andrew Walter Herdman, Dr.
Halifax Visiting Dispensary fonds
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, and administrative records such as annual reports and inventories.
Halifax Visiting Dispensary.
Fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, photographs, a plaque, and newspaper clippings.
Coward, Norman Barrie, Dr., 1905-1997
Our Voices Matter Oral History Collection
Collection consists of 16 DVDs, 5 CD-ROMs, and 54.4 GB of digital video and electronic transcriptions. The collection contains oral histories given by mental health consumers that span the second half of the twentieth century to the present. Some ...
Canadian Mental Health Association. Halifax-Dartmouth Branch.
No. 7 Stationary Hospital Benevolent Association fonds
Fonds contains correspondence, a financial ledger, and financial statements.
No. 7 Stationary Hospital Benevolent Association
A tribute of sympathy and affection written to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband
Item is a tribute of sympathy and affection written by officials at Halifax's Charles Street Church to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband in 1902.
Harris, Eliza, 1850-1921
Receipt to Frederick Booth for five shillings interest paid on the capital or joint stock of reduced £3 per cent annuities, charged on the sinking fund
Item is an 1806 receipt to Frederick Booth for five shillings interest paid on the capital or joint stock of reduced £3 per cent annuities, charged on the sinking fund.
Booth, Fredrick, 1806
Cyril Gilbert Moran Chapman Fonds
This fonds consists of 6 student law notebooks from 1907 to 1909 while Chapman was Dalhousie.
Chapman, Cyril Gilbert Moran
Letter from James Ross to Hugh Campbell regarding the recovery of his son, John, from an unspecified illness
Item is a letter from James Ross, principal of Dalhousie College (1863-1885), regarding the recovery of John, the son of Hugh Campbell, from an unspecified illness.
Campbell, Hugh
Fonds consists primarily of correspondence from the period during which Weldon was a Member of Parliament, and includes personal and business letters. There are also telegrams, bills, invoices, and a geometry textbook from Weldon's studies at...
Weldon, Richard Chapman
Fonds consists of annual publications, reports, communications, and memorabilia relating to the Nova Scotia Rifle Association and associated organizations.
Ventham, Richard J.P.
Fonds contains various records from the many different activities, organisations and associations of which Balcom was a part. Balcom played an important role in organising reunions of those who served at the No. 7 Stationary Hospital, and amassed ...
Balcom, Samuel R., Col.
Personal archives of Theodore Ross
Accession consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Theodore Ross. Materials primarily concern agricultural and personal matters, Dalhousie's anniversary, capital campaign, and student residents at Pine Hill.
Ross, Theodore
Fonds comprises records that illustrate Joan Gilroy's professional life as an educator and a practitioner of social work, with particular reference to feminism and social justice issues in the academy and across the wider community. Record se...
Gilroy, Joan
Fonds consists of various personal records, including correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, negatives, an artifact, and legal and financial records. Some business records from Oland and Son Limited and its affiliated companies are also ...
Oland Family
Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin
Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.
Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878
Fonds contains personal documents of Alexander E. Kerr, including sermons, notes, personal writings and essays, certificates and degrees, pamphlets, publications, newspaper clippings, two photographs, and some correspondence.
Kerr, Alexander Enoch
Hid treasure, or the labours of a deacon, and other poems : [manuscript]
Item is a manuscript of "Hid Treasure, or The Labours of a Deacon and Other Poems" dated April 29, 1919, which is possibly when the pages were taped into the bound scrapbook with the title embossed on the spine. A contents page lists bot...
Fenerty, Charles, 1821-1892
Fonds contains off-prints of Lawson's papers (1854-1894), a handwritten catalogue of Lawson's library, handwritten botanical observations (1891), a published program of a course of botany lectures, published testimonials (1874), and an o...
Lawson, George
Memorandum regarding work required and cost of repairing a building at 132 and 134 Granville Street, Halifax
Item is a detailed memorandum regarding work required and cost of repairing a building at 132 and 134 Granville Street, Halifax.
Corston, James F., fl. 1894
This fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, lectures, article and book manuscripts, papers and poetry, Greek prose, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous records.
Stanley, Carleton Wellesley
Manuscript of "The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton" by M.D. Morrison
Item is a manuscript of an unpublished article titled "The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton" written for presentation to the "Literary branch of the Guild" in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is a letter written by Morrison ...
Morrison, Murdoch Daniel, Dr., 1868-1946
Papers of William A. Major on the Halifax Curling Club
File consists of a brief manuscript essay on Halifax Curling Club's history, the 1923 end-of-season report, and an excerpt from a published pamphlet called "Curliana Memorabilia."
Major, William Azor, 1860-1926
Correspondence and notes of Yvon LeBlanc regarding the design of Dalhousie University Arts Centre
File consists of correspondence and notes regarding the design of Dalhousie University Arts Centre.
LeBlanc, Yvon, 1918-
Lecture notes of James M. Carmichael
File consists of notes from lectures on political economy delivered by Reverend James Ross, Principal of Dalhousie College 1863-1885.
Carmichael, James M.
Fonds consists of law publications and print materials relating primarily to government, the Canadian Constitution, or to Newfoundland joining confederation; copies of speeches; correspondence with family, friends, and professional associates, inc...
MacDonald, Vincent Christopher
Fonds consist of records related to Marian Binkley's extensive research studies on the fishing industry, particularly the health and safety of fishermen and the effects of the industry on their wives and families. Population data and research...
Binkley, Marian
Fond consists of correspondence between R.M. Hattie and members of the Dalhousie Class of 1897 between 1893-1951, including newspaper clippings relating to classmates' lives and information regarding class reunions between 1897-1947.
Hattie, Robert McConnell
Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds
Fonds comprises correspondence regarding Burpee's geneological research into his uncle, James De Mille, research notes and secondary materials about De Mille, and two manuscripts by Burpee on De Mille.
Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone, 1873-1946
Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to the professional activities of Ransom Myers and the major organizations and projects with which he was affiliated during his career as Killam Oceans Chair at Dalhousie University; there are also re...
Myers, Ransom Aldrich Jr.


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gives a list of page-rank centralities for the vertices in the graph g and weight α.
gives a list of page-rank centralities, using weight α and initial centralities β.
uses rules vw to specify the graph g.
Details and Options
- Page-rank centralities represent the likelihood that a person randomly following links arrives at any particular page on the web graph.
- PageRankCentrality gives a list of centralities that are solutions to , where is the adjacency matrix of g and is the diagonal matrix consisting of , where is the out-degree of the vertex. »
- If β is a scalar, it is taken to mean {β,β,…}.
- PageRankCentrality[g,α] is equivalent to PageRankCentrality[g,α,1/VertexCount[g]].
- Page-rank centralities are normalized.
- The option WorkingPrecision->p can be used to control the precision used in internal computations.
- PageRankCentrality works with undirected graphs, directed graphs, multigraphs, and mixed graphs.
Background & Context
- PageRankCentrality returns a list of normalized positive real numbers ("page ranks") that are particular centrality measures of the vertices of a graph. The page rank centralities of the directed graph corresponding to a network of hyperlinked web pages give the probability that randomly clicking on hyperlinks in the network will arrive at a particular page. Page ranks can therefore be used to find the web page that is most likely to be visited after a large number of clicks. Other applications include finding a species whose extinction would lead to ecosystem collapse in a given food chain and finding proteins in a metabolic cellular network that play a major (or marginal) role in the system. Here, each such system is again represented as a directed graph.
- Page ranks can be used to measure the importance of web pages or vertices in a network, based on the likelihood to reach each vertex. They are used by Google's search engine to rank the order in which websites are returned when performing searches. PageRank was named after Larry Page, one of the founders of Google.
- PageRankCentrality requires specification of a weight (or "damping factor") satisfying and may optionally also take a list of initial centralities of length VertexCount[g] whose values sum to 1.
- A similar measure, HITSCentrality, rates web pages using hyperlink-induced topic search.
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- Please tell us how this all began?
A well-known Estonian children's book "Agu Sihvka gives report" starts with the words, "To give an honest account of the events I should start with ...". I should start with my birth, which was a long time ago and to describe all the events taking place after it takes a lot of time and a lot of space. It calls for another interview.
- Please describe five things in your university you are proud of
There are a lot of things at the university that make me happy. Every organisation's most valuable assets are its people - our active and inquisitive students, open-minded and supportive staff and our graduates, who bring added value to our activities. I'm proud that according to QS World University Rankings by Subject, EMÜ is one of the top 100 universities in the world in the field of agriculture and forestry. As to research, the Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators database places the EMÜ into the top 1% most cited research facilities in the world in the field of plant and animal science, as well as environment and ecology. This is a sign that we are on the right track. However, we shouldn't rest on the laurels but push forward. There are a number of events that the University is proud of, for example the Graduate Reunion that took place this September and brought together more than 3000 graduates of our University or international XXX EURAGRI Conference "The bio-economy – challenges and implementation – the research organizations' perspective". It has been said that success isn't always about greatness, but about consistency. There are a lot of events and sectoral conferences that have repeatedly taken place at our University for a number of years – "Researchers' Night", conferences "Biosystems Engineering", "Agroforum Mare Balticum", Usage of Renewable Energy Sources, Green Forum "Rohevik", "Healthy Animal, Healthy Food", "Veterinary Medicine", "Soil Day", etc. The University attaches a lot of importance to fostering a sustainable and environment-friendly way of thinking and that is why it is heart-warming to see that the students and staff follow the principles of sustainability in every-day life. We just had the Green University Week at our University and the competition "Let's Pedal" is still running.
- What do you think are your greatest managerial achievements at university?
As to managerial achievement I think the most important thing is that we adopted the new strategy for the University at the end of the previous year. People sometimes tend to forget how things fit together and, now and then, it is good to go over the old truths. Today, our University is compact, its facilities are in good order and nice to look at. Now our main task is to meet the expectations of our students and keep our staff reasonably happy on the way.
- Do you feel that your university stays Baltic when everyone wants to be European or Global?
Please define the term 'Baltic'. I think it's the ambition of every University to make a mark internationally, first closer to home and then on a larger scale. On the other hand, we cannot forget our roots and our own particularities as they will only add personality. Thus the short answer is, we want it all!
- Do you think that cross-border cooperation can be valuable? Any examples? What kind of international experience you feel important to absorb?
Being the only university specialising in agriculture and agriculture-related fields, the answer is – of course we do. It is done all the time, through official accreditation of institutions or study programmes, through comparing oneself with the colleagues, professional reviews, personal experience, feedback from the students, alumni, professional organisations, etc. Nowadays different projects, competence centres and graduate schools involve partners not only from one's own country but from abroad. As Baltic dimension was mentioned before, BOVA University network that this year celebrates its 20th birthday might be a good example of such cross-border cooperation.
- When you travel to partner universities what makes the most impression on you?
People, it's always the people. People reflect spirit of the place or institution.
- What are your ambitions for the next year?
That's between me and the God! But I hope I'll have more time for my grandchildren and hobbies.
- What are three the most curious things in your office?
It's difficult to say. Maybe the dress suit in the closet, hanging there just in case; maybe the fact that out of the four closets, two are still empty; maybe the tree made from amber that reminds me of the days I was at the head of the BOVA network; maybe a box of tissues and a bottle of brandy in the drawer for the members of staff that need to be cheered up; maybe the hand-made metal rose I was presented when my second term of office began. Make your pick! "ut the most important thing is that my doors are open for the members of the University – both for the staff and the students.


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A baby takes their first step any day after 12 months of watching his mum and dad running around to care for them, and the desire to be up and running like their parents shows in baby's eye.
It isn't a fast process and you can't expect him/her to be running around the house soon.
Blogging is the same process which also takes a lot of time to be up and running at full speed. Many bloggers start blogs these days with grandiose dreams of making lots of money and getting thousands of readers.
While there's nothing wrong with dreaming big, because it is absolutely possible to build blogs that are widely successful and profitable, but the reality is that it takes a lot of time and hard work to achieve it.
Focus on first step Blogging Goals:
Babies can't dream of running overnight; they take the first steps and learn to walk slowly. So new bloggers can also do well if they spend more time thinking about the first steps and setting proper blogging goals that will bring them closer and closer to the bigger dreams they have.
I had a chat with a brand new blogger sometime back who had some very big dreams and blogging goals, I reflected back to him that instead of the big dreams he could benefit more by setting some realistic, short term goals.
By short term I mean something where he could see results over a period of "3 weeks" or "2 months".
Here are some examples of short term blogging goals that I would suggest every upcoming blogger set during their first steps:
- Publish 20 quality blog posts
- Work on the design of your blog to make it stand out and easy to navigate
- Leave a 20 awesome comments on other high visibility blogs in your niche for engagement
- Get your first comment from someone you don't know
- Get your blog indexed by Google using Google Webmaster Tools
- Build a readership with more than 20 readers per week
- Hit a level of 200 unique visitors a day
- Do your first guest post on another blog
- Hit the level of 100 RSS or email list subscribers
- Get your blog earning $100 a month
For new bloggers these blogging goals can be really helpful to take their blog to new level quickly. These short term achievements will boost your confidence and give you the encouragement you need to keep growing.
Now you might think those are great goals and all, but how exactly one would accomplish them? How does one get people to visit a blog that is completely isolated on the web? How exactly is it the few random visitors I get would like my blog and my content? Plus I know that the readers of the blog should be the main source of promoting it, but how do I get the first readers?
Well, spend some time reading the information here on Basic Blog Tips, this is where you can find answers to all of those questions and more.
When babies achieve the first step, they work towards the next steps to be able to walk or run, maybe with the help of parents, but the babies also work hard and sometimes they even fall down too. I'm sure that you can relate to this experience on your blogging journey thus far.
So, now if you've hit the target of your first step goals, start to increase them and double the numbers for your next step.
For newborns to blogging setting realistic blogging goals can be the key to keep your sanity. It's really great to have lofty ambitions and to keep them in mind daily. It might be a small accomplishment that will keep you going everyday, and then it starts to get easier to keep the momentum moving forward for your blog.
Final words:
In today's world we are thinking about instant gratification as a way of getting things done. We sometimes forget that it's a journey to get anywhere in life and too often we think that the end result is what which matters the most. In fact It's a process of getting there which matters the most and which is meaningful.
Being able to build a blog as well as following requires you to be honest with yourself like a baby and learn the idea of taking it one step at a time.
Now I turn it over to you:
Do you agree with me on this? What do you think of those short term and first steps for new bloggers?


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Ipod Nano 4th Generation
RE: Ipod Nano 4th Generation
From: Mike . <giac2000_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:45:30 -0700
> Hello
Unfortunately the firmware on that device is encrypted, and as far as I know there is no known way to decrypt it. Without knowledge of the decryption, it would be hard if not impossible to reverse engineer the hardware or upload a changed firmware. If you want to hack this device, I think you'll need to explore the firmware format and try to figure out how to decrypt it.
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text: Old news at this point, but I produced the beat for a track off Lil B's latest mixtape, P.Y.T. / Pretty Young Thug called Cold Case. SPIN was nice enough to blog about the track and pick it as a Rap Song Of The Week when it came out, you can check that here. Stream/download the track from my Soundcloud below, and download the whole mixtape over at Dat Piff. I'll be releasing the instrumental version as part of the "Soft Swerve" compilation I'm working on now, but in the meantime you can check it out on youtube.