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NBE rules out issuing foreign bonds currently
Dealing with financial institutions is better and cheaper than bonds, says Aboul Fotouh
Dealing with financial institutions is better and cheaper than bonds, says Aboul Fotouh
Nasr explained that this announcement was only a few hours after the tournament concluded, and there may be other financial awards from businesspeople or companies.
Transportation projects among NBE's top funded sectors, says NBE's Sherif Riad
NBE, Banque Misr, Banque du Caire, CIB, ABE issued these cards free of charge for six months
All bank branches will provide e-tax collection services during official working hours
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) decided to extend its working hours at 64 branches until 6:00 pm to provide electronic tax payment services in the periods between 24-31 March and between 22-30 April. The NBE will limit its services after normal working hours to tax payment services in order to achieve a successful tax …
Industry bank's top priority due to its positive impacts on economy overall: Aboul Fotouh
Egyptian banking sector is strong, capable of achieving Egypt's leadership in sustainable development in Middle East, Africa
Bank signed 3 new agreements to fund Semadco, Emisal, AMOC with €25m in third phase of project
First phase of project includes 4 branches in Nasr City, Fifth settlement, Sixth of October City, Alexandria
Card targets over 20 million Egyptian citizens who do not deal with banking sector: NBE Chairperson
Bank lead Egyptian market in joint loans in 2018
Bank is working to employ technological infrastructure, modern software available to provide best service for its customers: El-Baz
Benefiting companies include eight private sector companies
Loan to be channelled to finance working capital of NBE's clients
Microfinance portfolio reached EGP 3.5bn end-March, says Aboul Fotouh
NBE first in Egyptian, African banking markets in syndicated loans, Bloomberg says
Helwan University to become first university in Egypt with pillars of financial inclusion
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) decided to extend its working hours at 65 of its branches until 5:00 pm to provide electronic tax payment services in the periods between 25 and 29 March 2018 and from 22 to 30 April, according to Yehia Aboul Fotouh, chairperson of the bank. Aboul Fotouh explained that this …
About EGP 40bn available funding for SMEs, bank aims to increase that to EGP 100bn by 2020
Bank seeks to increase its loans for major companies to EGP 350bn, SMEs portfolio to EGP 40bn, deposits to EGP 1tn
SMEs portfolio increased to EGP 39.8bn for 57,400 projects by end-December, says Al-Baz
Bank injected EGP 1.2bn to fund 7,400 livestock, poultry, fishery development projects
Bank reopens Montazah branch after development
We aim to achieve growth rates of 15-20% by end-June 2018, our expansions in SME finance without limits
Bank foreign exchange earnings $17bn from 3 November 2016 to 5 December 2017, says Aboul Fotouh
We are seeking to launch Debit Business Card to provide more alternatives to customers to pay government dues through the bank's website: Hegazy
Dsquares works with top local & international brands like Vodafone Egypt, Orange Jordan, NBE
The bank has financed foreign trade operations worth $13bn since 3 November 2016, asserts Abu El-Fotouh
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Éric Faye; Emily Boyce (translator)
Gallic Books, Jan 13 2015, $12.95
In a Nagasaki suburb, fifty-six years old meteorologist Shimura Kobo enjoys being a solitary man. For instance, instead of occasionally joining his colleagues for drinks after work, the bachelor prefers no deviation from his daily routine, which means go home.
However, Shimura notices minute deviations to his orderly life, but assumes it is his imagination running wild. One day he feels ill so he comes home early only to find proof that his paranoia is based on reality; someone drank half of his juice while he was at work. Though he loathes to do so, Shimura changes his daily routine; instead of going home he take the tram to Hamanomachi to buy monitoring equipment so he can observe his kitchen from his office computer. After setting up the camera in his kitchen, Shimura struggles to do anything at work but watch the monitor. Seeing tiny differences in what he perceives he left in his kitchen to what he observes on his screen, the meteorologist rationalizes these are in his head until he witnesses the fruit juice thief.
Based on a 2008 event in Japan, this profound psychological novella with no action takes an insightful look at how two middle age people react to living alone. Whereas Shimura thrives on a solo act; the house invader desperately seeks belonging (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs third level). Selecting this house eventually makes sense to the audience.

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The Satir Change Model seems to addcress the behavior I have seen when introducing changes and also when undergoing changes myself.
After discovering this model I have talked intensely about it with my colleagues, who also works with introducing change in software development companies. From my limited knowledge of the model so far, it seems to offer the ubiquitous language that we have been lacking when talking about introducing change.
This model hs been added to my backlog of things I would like to be proficient in!


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UC Berkeley Press Release
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Chancellor announces Memorial Stadium renovation, new academic commons building
BERKELEY – University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau today (Thursday, Feb. 3) announced plans to renovate and seismically strengthen Memorial Stadium as the centerpiece of a sweeping new vision for the southeast corner of UC Berkeley. The project aims to enhance and better integrate athletic and academic aspects of campus life.
|Memorial Stadium history
Built in less than a year, and inaugurated with 1923's Big Game, Memorial Stadium's original $1 million cost was financed entirely by private donations.
The ambitious plan envisions three key components. First, it preserves the historic character of the grand, 82-year-old stadium and improves its seismic safety. The concept calls for using existing space below seating on the east and west rims to build modern fan amenities and state-of-the-art athletic facilities for football and a dozen other of UC Berkeley's 27 varsity sports programs.
Second, a new academic commons building serving the campus's School of Law (Boalt Hall), Haas School of Business and Intercollegiate Athletics is planned across the street from the stadium between the law and business schools.
Capping the area's renaissance is a redesign of the Piedmont Avenue/Gayley Road area that will transform it into an inviting game day and everyday environment of pedestrian plazas and landscaped open spaces. The goal is to tie together more effectively the stadium side of the road and the main campus.
"This is a smart, skillful approach that addresses all of our goals for the stadium, provides critical new facilities for law and business and achieves our larger desire to integrate and enhance the various dimensions of students' lives," said Birgeneau. He noted that the plan is also consistent with the goals of UC Berkeley's Long Range Development Plan.
"With the basic concept now in place, we will immediately accelerate a determined and ambitious fundraising effort," said Birgeneau. Funding for the project will come from private sources.
The first phase of fundraising is under way in what's known as a quiet phase. The public part of the effort will follow, in which a full range of giving opportunities, including a seat-licensing campaign for the stadium, will be made available.
To move quickly onto more detailed, next stage plans, the campus expects to have an architectural firm selected by early March and next week will begin the project management consultant selection process. It is anticipated that detailed schematic drawings will be completed and reliable cost estimates will be known by fall 2005.
Key to the concept announced today is the flexible integration of all the elements in the plan so that each component may move forward independently from the others.
Components of the plan for the southeast area include:
Memorial Stadium renovation
The stadium renovation is driven by the need for both seismic safety improvements and modernization. The plan is to create a first-rate facility to improve life safety, greatly enhance the game day experience for fans, and provide football and 12 other men's and women's intercollegiate teams with space for a state-of-the-art training, development and coaching center.
The renovation is to be accomplished within the stadium's existing footprint, honoring and preserving the sense of a collegiate experience for players and fans.
"We are extremely excited about today's announcement and appreciate the leadership that Chancellor Birgeneau has taken in this dynamic academic-athletic venture. In regards to our part, we are prepared to move forward as soon as humanly possible," said Sandy Barbour, UC Berkeley director of athletics.
"Stadium renewals have become commonplace at colleges throughout the country. At Cal, our stadium is a signature landmark. We have a responsibility to preserve this campus treasure while also addressing the many pressing needs of the athletic department. It is time for the entire Cal community to join forces and make this project a reality."
To ensure timely project completion, the building program can be broken into discrete stages so that the football team would be displaced for only one season and construction can be sequenced as fundraising continues. The first phase would be to excavate and build below the east concourse to provide program space during construction of major new facilities on the west side.
In addition to the training and coaching center, new facilities in the stadium will include space for sports medicine, the California Athletic Hall of Fame, a new home for the 200-student Cal Band, and new meeting and dining facilities to be shared with the business and law schools and the larger campus community. For fans, improved seating, new restrooms, concession areas and improved walkways would be included.
Built into the entire program is a seismic renovation of the stadium -- part of SAFER, the ongoing, campus-wide seismic improvement plan. The Hayward Fault bisects the stadium bowl, and a quake could pose a threat to the safety of UC Berkeley employees who work daily in stadium offices under the west concourse and students who use the training and team rooms, as well as fans during a game. The most perilous threat to life safety was addressed in 2002 when the press box perched on the west rim was torn down and replaced with a temporary facility.
New academic commons building
To provide modern space required of collaborative and contemporary legal and business education, a new academic commons building is proposed. The plan also calls for providing accommodation for the Haas School's executive education and MBA programs.
In addition, the Athletic Study Center and other academic needs would be housed in the commons building located between the law and business schools. Renovation and reuse of existing university-owned houses along Piedmont Avenue are part of the plan.
"This will be a physical and intellectual bridge between two great professional schools, not only meeting critical space needs for teaching and research, but supporting innovative collaborations. It will be unique in America," said Christopher Edley, Boalt Hall's dean.
Haas School of Business Acting Dean Richard Lyons fully concurs. "This will be a new era for professional schools at Cal," he said.
Piedmont Avenue/Gayley Road corridor
Critical to the overall concept of a southeast area renaissance and its goal of more physical interaction and social connections among aspects of campus life is a landscaping and redesign of the area between the stadium and the central campus. Envisioned are new pedestrian pathways and decorative paving. Pedestrian plazas and landscaped open spaces would be placed within the grove of trees west of the stadium, providing an attractive and pleasant place for game day use by Cal fans and everyday use by the campus community. At the same time, improvements to pedestrian safety, disabled access and bicycle and vehicular circulation would be made.
The integrated concept for the southeast region of the campus was developed over the past few months by the Memorial Stadium Advisory Committee.


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New York Comic-Con 2012
Yen Press Panel
by Crystalyn Hodgkins,
Publishing Director Kurt Hassler hosted the packed Yen Press panel on Saturday evening not in a panel room but on the con's "unbound stage," which made it very difficult to hear the panelists, but the audience was obviously full of energy. Along with Hassler was Senior Editor Ju Youn Lee, and Assistant Editors Abby Blackman and Tania Biswas.
Hassler started off the panel by talking about the graphic novel adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire novel. Rice was at the convention on Friday, and Yen Press announced then that it is going to release a graphic novel version of Anne Rice's The Wolf Gift novel.
Yen Press then launched into its new announcements. The company is going to release Yoshiki Tonogai's Doubt survival horror manga. The manga is about five people who play a cell phone game called "Rabbit Doubt," which is a survival game. When the five teenagers meet up in real life, they find themselves stuck in a real-life version of this survival game where they must find out which one of them is the murderer before the murderer kills them all. The company will release the series in omnibus editions, with each volume containing two of the Japanese volumes.
Yen Press then announced that it will release two Madoka Magica manga spinoffs: Takashi Tensugi's Puella Magi Kazumi Magica ~The innocent malice~, and then Chloe Mura's Puella Magi Oriko Magica after that. Puella Magi Kazumi Magica ~The innocent malice~ will premiere next year.
Yen Press will also release Ai Ninomiya and Ikumi Katagiri's Are You Alice?manga, which was originally published by Ichijinsha in Japan. Hassler then said that Yen Press has been getting a lot of requests about what is going on with K-ON!, and Yen Press has licensed both kakifly's K-ON! Highschool and K-ON! College manga. Those two volumes will be released next year.
Yen Press will also release a Soul Eater art book next year, which will include color art from the Japanese magazines. The company will also release volumes 5-7 of the Highschool of the Dead manga in its color omnibus edition, and a Highschool of the Dead artbook spinoff.
Finally, Yen Press announced that it will be the exclusive digital distributor for Square Enix's manga in English worldwide. The company is going to try to branch out to every digital venue possible with this new agreement. The digital distribution will start this winter.
Hassler then launched into a Q&A session. When asked if Yen Press had looked into licensing the Nichijo manga, Hassler noted that Yen Press tries to keep information on what titles they are looking at under wraps, so he can't talk about what the company is taking into consideration. But Hassler said that Yen Press is familiar with the title.
Hassler also noted that he would love to publish more artbooks in the future, and hopes that the Soul Eater artbook will be the first of many.
When asked if Yen Press has considered permanent downloads for its Yen Plus magazine, Hassler said that the company has considered it but it is not prepared to do that right now because of the restrictions about the material itself.
When asked, Hassler also said he could also not give an ETA on an Android app at this time. An iOS app for the company is currently available.
After the session, the panelists gave away three large boxes full of manga, with each box containing the first volumes of Durarara!!, Black Butler, and Infernal Devices.
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January 31, 2014
With the Superbowl coming up .....GO SEAHAWKS!
I want to share a few of my favorite Clydesdale Ads- both need a Kleenex handy! I in no way support "budweiser" but I support these gorgeous horses and love these commercials!
I have seen the new one for this weekend and its another one of my favorites!
Watch my blog tomorrow for my Superbowl Special on Stampin Up Products!


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It comes as no surprise that Australia's resources industry makes a healthy showing in The Diplomat Global 100, with the sector having 15 companies on the list. The industry's two champions, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, are so globalised it is difficult to think of them still as Australian. The oil and gas companies, Roc Oil, Santos and Woodside, have operations dotted throughout the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, from Papua New Guinea to the Middle East.
The remaining ten companies are miners that regularly make the headlines. But unlike the two majors, almost all are Australian exporters only. Four have operations in one other country: Straits Resources and Newcrest in Indonesia, Oxiana in Laos, and Iluka Resources in the US.
The initial assumption, of a parochial industry uninterested in following BHP to overseas glory, is false, says chief executive Mitch Hooke of the Minerals Council of Australia. Hooke wouldn't be drawn on the specifics of individual companies, but he said each company had to be judged on its own particular circumstances.
Some have no interest in expanding: there is little incentive for coal companies such as MacArthur to move offshore; and ERA and Coal & Allied are wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries of Rio Tinto. Some had their start overseas, such as Oxiana, which began in Laos then moved to Australia. And the domestic resources industry is still recovering from a downturn that lasted nearly 10 years. In the mid-1990s, copper sold at US70 cents a pound and gold mines considered closing as the metal hovered around $US280 an ounce.
Brendan James, resources analyst at Deutsche Bank explains that there "just wasn't the money to go into the resource sector, so all of the background work stepped right back to exploration, which is why it has taken so long to see the new resources come on line. Basically, the industry had to start again."
Hooke says there is no simple formula to expansion, but there are some familiar characteristics. Resources is a highly globalised and globally integrated industry which is facing converging global supply. Companies are looking to build economies of scale on the cost side and supply side, and market presence in some other area. But they need to build their capacity in their country of origin first, says Hooke: "There's no point letting your domestic operations grind into dust while you go looking for opportunities offshore."
While Australian mining is more accustomed to a globalised way of business, miners face challenges to overseas operations which make it hard to leave their home town.
One hurdle lies in the nature of today's resource-rich countries. As exploration moves deeper into the developing world, inadequate infrastructure is only one of the hurdles. Resource companies face corruption, cultural difficulties and language barriers in Africa and Asia. But the greatest challenge is political instability. Smaller players cannot afford to explore and develop a site with the risk of losing it all to a civil war or change of government. Resource companies need to be big enough to take on that political risk, says James.
Eventually, Australian miners will have to go where the resources are, says James, and some are reaching critical mass. This means expanding into Asia: Laos, the Philippines and Indonesia will become far more important. James also notes that it takes time to establish relationships in Asia, which means companies like Oxiana have a head start.
Oxiana's first success was its Sepon copper and gold project in Laos, and it is expanding into other parts of the country as well as into neighbouring Thailand, Cambodia and Southern China, says Owen Hegarty, managing director and CEO of Oxiana. "We saw a huge opportunity in Asia. Asia consumes 50 per cent of the world's copper, but produces only 15 per cent and it is an extremely prospective part of the world. It boasts truly world class deposits but is undeniably under-explored and still only receives around 5 per cent of all mining companies' global exploration budgets," says Hegarty.
However, Asia may be a short stop on the way to Africa. Australian resource companies have a total investment in sub-Saharan Africa of $US17 billion – close to their 2005 global tally – and are the third-largest spenders on exploration in Africa after the US and Canada, according to a recent report by Roger Donnelly and Benjamin Ford from the Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC). BHP Billiton alone plans to spend $US4 billion on sub-Saharan mega-projects in coming years, say Donnelly and Ford.
Africa's largesse also extends to the supporting acts; Australian engineering companies have accumulated African order books of more than $US1 billion in total.
But these rewards won't come easy. China is also signing up deposits in African countries through state-owned companies to secure supply for its construction and manufacturing bonanza.
Consequently, Australian resource companies will need to adapt to new political risks, say Donnelly and Ford. "Unfair competition for resources and contracts from state-owned and state-directed companies is one. As part of the 'New Great Game' on the [African] subcontinent, governments are throwing in large sweeteners, such as soft loans, aid and infrastructure, to win licences and contracts."
The contest to control supply has an impact at home too; witness Sinosteel's recent deal with steel producer Midwest. And Australian-owned agribusinesses have steadily fallen to foreign investors over the past 12 months – is the same in store for Australian miners?
Industry watchers indicate this scenario is very unlikely. Although the Foreign Investment Review Board approved the China offer, Midwest is relatively small in the steel business. James says the Australian government is unlikely to open the gates as wide to inward capital for resources as it has for other sectors.
"If there was a sense that pricing was being controlled away from Australia, I think that would be the point where they would look at stepping in," says James.
The threat of consolidation by overseas players has receded somewhat, too. The boom appears to have arrived in time to make Australian miners too expensive for their foreign competitors to buy.


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EDIT: At the time this was written BLESSA were operating under the name Jack Rabbit.
Hopefully you remember Jack Rabbit. They were featured on Keep Pop Loud a few weeks ago. "Sheffield's newest hot property" I said. And that's still the case.
Well, this last week they landed a brand new song from a forthcoming EP that's currently in the process of being recorded. 'Vices' is an epic piece of indie rock that pairs the rattling of effected guitars and the striking female vocal and delivers on all of the promise of their early live sets. Deftly showcasing a combination of influences from both ends of the spectrum 'Vices' could easily be described as a combination of shoegaze and pop.
Although it's still very early days and there's a distance for Jack Rabbit to travel before they reach the mega status that they're destined for, there's little doubt that the band have got what it takes. With the right producer they'll be unstoppable, so get in now.
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A new comScore report is out today which breaks down the smart phone landscape as it pertains to five European countries. Their findings were that Android has grown to the tune of 16.2% year-over-year and now sits as the second most popular mobile platform. Nokia's Symbian platform still owns the top spot, however the market share has dipped 16.1% as compared to the same time frame last year. Coincidence? Hardly.
Apple was able to pick up a slight 1.2% growth to take third place with RIM growing 1.5%, still only good enough for fourth. Where is Microsoft in all of this? Dipping 4.8% year-over-year, they've dropped from third to fifth place.
In terms of which handset makers are the most popular, HTC and Samsung battle it out for the top spot across the various countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). Combined, the two account for nearly 2 in every 3 Android phones!


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Ryo Miyaichi: Your time has comeLeave a comment
July 30, 2012 by thegoonerreport
Every season a player emerges to become a new fan favourite with the Arsenal faithful, the 2011/12 season saw Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain make an immediate impact and much will be expected of him in the coming season, however another starlet in the form of a young Japanese prodigy appears to be eagerly awaiting his chance to win over Wenger and the Emirates' spectators.
Ryo Miyaichi is an example of what Arsenal's future looks like, hardworking, often quiet but determined Ryo has his eyes set on making an immediate impact for Arsenal in the forthcoming season. For those who are unfamiliar with Ryo you need look no further than his performances on loan at Bolton towards the end of last season, although the Wanderers were relegated it does not take away the fact that Miyaichi gave his all for his then boss Owen Coyle, who was a big fan of the lightning quick winger:
''He's wiry and takes kicks and he will be black and blue because of the knocks he takes, but he's so positive when playing against good players. He went to Millwall in the last round and scored a wonder goal. He went to Chelsea and frightened the life out of their defenders and he did the same recently at Manchester City.''
There is no doubt that Miyaichi has the mentality about him, commenting on his character Mori Masatoshi, a well-known Japanese football writer told the Telegraph:
''the one thing that makes Miyaichi stand out is his character. Most Japanese players are too modest to succeed in England, but Miyaichi is strong, confident and aggressive. He is a pleasant and likeable boy, but he has the determination to succeed that others maybe didn't have.''
His character isn't the only thing that makes the young Japanese prodigy stand out; his pace is enough to scare some of the best defenders in the world, Ryo almost defeated Theo Walcott, the fastest player in the Premier League on the running track, with a ridiculously quick time of 10.6 seconds. Theo has been one of the first to acknowledge his team-mate's talent, whilst Ryo was on his loan spall last season Theo told Arsenal.com that he believes the Jap has it in him to scare the life out of the Premier League's fullbacks:
''The way he is playing, there are full backs out there now who are thinking, 'I don't want to play against him this week.''
However the stats don't appear to make the lad out to be a world beater, with 1 goal and 2 assists in 11 games, however 6 of these appearances came from off the bench, his goal against in the F.A Cup in February against Millwall was the first sign of the impact Ryo would have, his performances can't be assessed on paper, you have to watch Miyaichi's performances to understand how well he performed for a player new to the rigorous pace of the Premier League.
At 19 and new to the Premier League Ryo was able to show up his colleagues and give Mr Wenger a lot to think about. Miyaichi was sent out on loan to Bolton to see if he could hack it at the top level, Bolton was the best place for him to be sent. Jack Wilshere came back from his loan spell at Bolton a new player, the boy had become a man, has it had the same effect on the young Japanese wonder? The Japanese Olympic team appeared to think not, Ryo Miyaichi's name was left off the list when Japan's Olympic team was declared, a strange decision you would think, as Ryo falls into the under 23 age limit. Bemusing it may be, however one has to wonder if Arsene Wenger had anything to do with the decision, we all know Arsene wouldn't tell us if he did, however it seems plausible. Wenger has become known over the last couple of years for wrapping his young stars in cotton wool, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is one of Arsenal's greatest prospects, but Wenger was reluctant to use him in situations which would put him under pressure, especially away games. Many fans believe that Ryo's exclusion from the Olympics could hinder his progress, I believe not though; Ryo has been ever present on Arsenal's pre-season tour of Malaysia, and some would argue that taking the Asian star is a smart bit of PR from the club, they need a poster boy for Arsenal's huge Malaysian following to latch too, Ryo is the perfect choice.
In terms of his development however his exclusion from the Olympics will not have too much of an effect on the player, Wenger is integrating him into the squad pre-season, and it appears this is because Wenger looks to give Ryo a chance this forthcoming season. It would seem logical to send him out on loan, as there are a number of players in front of him, but Wenger always seems to make the illogical seem logical. A loan to Ajax seemed on the cards before the Dutch team pulled out of the race to sign the Arsenal winger, perhaps Wenger is waiting on an offer from an English club, by staying in the country Ryo can be considered a home-grown player, not only would this help the winger in the future, but it would also help Arsenal fulfil their quota of home grown players that are compulsory for them to partake in the Premier League.
So Ryo will be staying in England, but is it best that he stays at Arsenal and learns his trade by working with Arsenal's coaches, or should he be thrown into the deep end and sent out on loan? It's all a matter of refining his skills and working on the raw skills and talent he already possesses, sending him to Stoke for example would only have a negative effect, and we don't want the young lad returning to Arsenal a shadow of the player he was. By staying at Arsenal Ryo will have a certain place in Arsenals team for the newly named Capital One Cup however when you look at his competition in front of him there is reason to believe that it would be best to send him on loan, the likes of Podolski, Gervinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain and maybe Arshavin stand in the way of Ryo's progress.
The talent is there, the character is there all that matters now is Arsene Wengers' judgment. I for one look forward to seeing Ryo light up the Arsenal wing and strike fear into opposition defenders, one can only imagine how the Premier Leagues defenders will cope against Ryo and Theo on the same pitch, it's a frightening prospect and gives Wenger an extra option off the bench if an injection of acceleration is needed to help the team recover from the losing positions Wengers' men often found themselves in last season. I suspect we will see the young Japanese sensation involved in the forthcoming season and the years to come, so keep an eye out, watch the back pages and spread the word, Ryo Miyaichi: the next Inamoto… but good.
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Well, I clearly didn't get a chance to update last Thursday. Sorry about that, I meant to, but between catching up on work, organizing things from my trip and then playing in a game on Thursday evening (which I was late to because of work) I didn't really get a chance to do any writing.
I'm going to try and go over everything today with regards to my trip to China and I even have some pictures to post thanks to Seth. I think I'll go chronologically through the trip. I'm going to try to arrange this so that the text that applies to the pictures will be below the appropriate pic. Enjoy.
The flight over was incredibly long. I flew from Seattle to San Francisco, then after an hour or two-long layover, I boarded the plane for Hong Kong. Direct flight. 14 hours. Ugh. Due to the jet stream this time of year we couldn't fly directly over the Pacific, instead we flew north (past Seattle), thought Canada, Alaska, over the straights to Russia, then down through China to Hong Kong, which is a lot further south than you'd think. And if you think 14 hours on a plane is a long time...you have no idea.
I was talking to someone at a party the other day and he said his record was 16 hours to New Zealand. I have to admit that New Zealand sounds like it should be much more than 2 hours further away than Hong Kong. Sometime I'd like to go back to Hong Kong by flying over the ocean instead of around it.
Probably the prettiest picture I have. This is Hong Kong at night. If you're not familiar with the area, Hong Kong is divided between Kowloon (on the mainland) and Hong Kong Island. (I wish I had some source material with me so I could confirm that name.) This is a picture taken from Kowloon, which is where I spent all of my time in Hong Kong, looking out over the water towards the island.
I've commented before on how much I liked the city and it really is a remarkable place. It was very easy for my traveling companion and I to get by speaking English and it was a safe-enough city to walk around in at any time of the day. I'm sure there are parts of the city in which that isn't true, but it seemed like it to me. Of course I'm 6'4" tall and not a small guy otherwise.
I spend a lot of the time that I wasn't in meetings for work walking around the city. The image above is of some of the scaffolding that I saw everywhere that construction was going on. It's all bamboo that's held together by twine/wire. Some people think this is incredibly smart; very cost-effective and easy to do, but apparently it's also pretty stupid because pieces fall off fairly commonly and it's not unusual for passersby to be killed -- not to mention the workers who spend their days walking and working on the stuff. Anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting and actually much prettier than metal scaffolding. I have a few pictures of this type of scaffolding, but this illustrates what it looks like the best.
Saturday and Sunday I went shopping in some of the stores and markets around Hong Kong. This is an image of a street just off Mong Kok market (sorry, I don't remember if that's spelled correctly). This is pretty typical of a Hong Kong street. Signs stick out across the road, if the street isn't very busy with traffic people walk down it and only move when cars are coming, and all of the buildings along the way are stores or eateries of some kind of another. It's a pretty fun place to explore with tons to see.
Monday morning I was up early to go into China and see some of the factories that the products that my company poduces are made. I met up with some people, then took the train into the New Territories. The "New Territories" is just a fancy term for "the area of China outside Hong Kong." I've mentioned it before, but Hong Kong and China are considered and treated as two completely different places. When you talk about China, you aren't talking about Hong Kong and vice versa. Almost everyone that I talked to from Hong Kong thought the people in China were lazy, stupid, greedy, and so desperate for food that they ate cats, dogs, and rats. I'm not saying they do or they don't, but it was phrased by the people from Hong Kong as a completely backwards thing -- much like someone from the West would. I thought it was a funny thing for them to say.
The factories I visited were all very much alike. Each produced a lot of products (not just my company's) and the workers all lived and worked there. They also had to wear compnay-provided jackets and hats/hair nets. Each factory employed and housed about 3,000 employees. I mentioned to the plant manager that he had his own city. He just laughed and said no. That suprised me; how could you not look at it that way? Very weird.
I'm not sure, but I think the building across the street is an example of what the dorms look like. Even if it's not, that building is pretty close to what they looked like. Those may be apartments. Note the clothes hung out to dry on every one of the porches. Everyone did that, even in Hong Kong there were clothes hung off the sides of apartment complexes on poles and strings. It certainly made for colorful buildings.
Besides the scaffolding mentioned above, I also loved these "trucks". They were constructed of a single I-beam or portion of a truck frame that had an exposed engine on the front, two front wheels on a very short axel, a steering whell that the driver didn't turn so much as push from side to side, maybe a something to cover the driver, and a truck bed on the back that was usually filled as high as this one is. And the wheels in the back were on a much longer axel. They were very common in China, but I never saw one of them in Hong Kong. Very clever, but I can't imagine how unsafe they are.
Forgive the poor quality of this picture and the next. I took them out of the side of a moving car and my shirt showed up as a nice reflection in the window as an added bonus.
What you're looking at here are the fields along the side of the road. If you look closely you can also make out some darker areas. It's hard to decipher, but those are houses. Hovels, more like, made of corrugated steel tacked on to some kind of frame. The roofs of these places were usually held down with rocks -- probalby to keep them from blowing off in high winds. The picture below is a better image of what I'm talking about, but I think the building shown below is part of a business. Even so, it gives you a good idea of what the "huts" in the picture above look like.
I returned from China on Tuesday evening, had some dinner, then Wednesday morning boarded the plane home. We had a layover in Narita, Japan, then flew 8 hours to Seattle. Pshaw, no problem. This time we were able to fly over the Pacific because the wind was working to our advantage.
Okay, that was the trip. Since then I worked for a couple of days, went to Shana's for a gift exchange with people from work, then went to a formal party at Katie, Kate, and Beth's. It was a fun party, but there were a lot of crazy antics going on, including people passing out on the neighbors front step, people making out in dark corners, and even some party-crashers who had to be removed -- one of them forcibly.
Then Sunday I left for home, had a nightmare flight on American (which I'll avoid like the plague from now on), rented a Mustang in Chicago to drive home because they made me miss my flight, and now I've been home for the past couple of days.
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I had my first layout up on the Pretty Little Studio this week and last. So I thought I'd share them here with you.
For this layout I used some papers and embellishments from the April Showers and Monsieur lines!
And for this birthday layout I used the papers and embellishment from the Clowning Around line.
Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Fishing and a Birthday Party
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- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2012 at 10:02 AM
so sweet! love the stitching!!!ReplyDelete
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Great colors and your stitching really adds that special touch!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:05 AM
Both of the layouts are beautiful, but I especially love the colors and patterns in the first one. Great job!ReplyDelete
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Sr. Rose Marie Tresp, RSM* – Pax Christi USA National Council
Excerpted from the article, "Internalizing Justice, Not Just Acting for It," in The Peace Current, Summer 2016
Am I willing to change my internal landscape and my lifestyle in the pursuit of justice? I wonder sometimes if there are "safe" social justice issues that don't require very much change. Does a focus on issues like nuclear disarmament, human trafficking, or abortion allow me to feel good about working for social change but not require much personal change?
We all need to be willing to be personally uncomfortable in the pursuit of justice, too. We cannot shy from important justice issues that also challenge those of us who have built a life on white privilege.
*Sister Rose Marie Tresp, RSM, of Belmont, N.C., has advocated for fair treatment of immigrants in the US for many years. In 2013, she joined the Fast for Immigrant Justice, commenting, "Our purpose is to push for immigration reform. We're hoping to get more people who will support immigration reform and work for it."


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As the whole world marks the World Teacher's Day, we are sending out our deepest thank you message to all the teachers around the world and Nigerian teachers in particular.
World Teacher's Day is a day we should reflect back and appreciate our educational life journey and men and women who against all odd have sacrificed everything to see us become part of what we are today.
World Teacher's Day is celebrated around the world every 5th Oct. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.
Teaching profession is most adorable profession in the world. Today, no matter your passion or whatever profession you find yourself, we should all come together to make our teachers proud. Let them understand how much we appreciate their wonderful works and we will stand by them in improving standard of education in the area of research and teaching.
We are asking you to write down a little message to all your teachers as they celebrate their day today. You can use our Facebook comment box or our inbuilt comment box.
If you are still a student, today is the day you should plan with your follow classmates to let your teachers know how much you appreciate them and thank them for the love to have showed to you.
Not just that, we have integrated a greeting card or post card system. It is located on the right sidebar of this page. It is very simple to use. Just select a greeting card or thank you card you wish to give to your teachers and simply proceed with an embedded message on it. That is all. As simple as that and your teacher will always live to appreciate it.
Thank You So Much To All Our Teachers
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Seite 2 - Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Seite 57 - There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world, her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous. Yonder Journal has an agent, at this minute, giving bribes at Madrid, and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden.
Seite 13 - But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical.
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Seite 102 - The gallery in which the reporters sit, has become a fourth estate of the realm. The publication of the debates, a practice which seemed to the most liberal statesmen of the old school full of danger to the great safeguards of public liberty, is now regarded by many persons as a safeguard, tantamount, and more than tantamount, to all the rest together.
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Seite 95 - The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbours ; this is robbery. — The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. — The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favour, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.
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Please take a couple of minutes to watch. If you weren't planning on voting, if you don't think your vote matters, please know that it does. And it's not too late.
Let's do this.
yes we can.
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The hallmarks of our top Vietnamese picks are places with fresh vibrant flavors as well as good value. Three of them are on the same block in San Francisco's Little Saigon. Our favorite places for banh mi are listed separately.
Bún Mam Sóc Trang: Service is friendly and efficient at this small, tidy restaurant on a residential side street in Oakland. Rice plates and noodle soups fill out most of the menu, including bun mam soc trang, the restaurant's namesake seafood soup, with shrimp, thin slices of steamed pork belly and fresh vegetables in a light fish broth ($8.50). Bun bo hue is a customer favorite: a lemongrass beef soup with tender slices of meat in a complex, spicy broth ($7.95). There's a long list of broken rice plates, but for the money, No. 17, with egg cake, shrimp cake and smoky-sweet grilled pork with irresistible crispy edges, is a winner ($7.75).
Vitals: 1326 E. 18th St. (at 13th Avenue), Oakland; (510) 534-2828. Open Tuesday-Sunday. Takeout only between 4-6 p.m. Cash only.
Golden Star Vietnamese: Perched right on the tip of Portsmouth Square, this time-worn Chinatown favorite has a communal feel with joking waiters and tables filling up and emptying in quick rotation. Many swear by the pho ($6.75) with lean beef with beef flank, which has a lighter-than-usual broth, while others head straight for generous rice plates such as five-spice chicken leg ($9.45) with imperial rolls, nuoc cham and a fried egg.
Vitals: 11 Walter U. Lam Place (near Clay Street), S.F.; (415) 398-1215. Open daily. Cash only.
Hai Ky Noodle House (Hai Ky Mi Gia): Inside the two narrow rooms of this Vietnamese-Chinese noodle shop, you see heads bent over bowls of soup, but it's not pho. The restaurant is best known for its braised duck leg with wonton and egg noodles ($7.49). Another popular option is ho fun, or rice noodles, such as with seafood in a light broth ($7.36). Don't miss the house-made soy milk, warm or cold ($2.30).
Vitals: 707 Ellis St. (at Larkin Street), S.F.; (415) 771-2577. Open Thursday-Tuesday. Cash only.
Pagolac: Run for two decades by the same family, this austere storefront maintains high standards with dishes like made-to-order goi cuon, or shrimp salad rolls ($6). The house specialty is Bo 7 Mon, or "Seven Flavors of Beef," a multicourse meal for $18.50 per person, but several of those dishes are available a la carte, such as the banh hoi ($9.50), a spread of rice paper rolls with grilled meats and crunchy vegetables to pile on top.
Vitals: 655 Larkin St. (at Ellis Street), S.F.; (415) 776-3234. Open Tuesday-Sunday. Cash only.
Turtle Tower: After losing its lease and being closed for a large part of the year, this beloved Northern Vietnamese style pho house reopened in June a few doors down from its original spot in a bright, sunny room that's always bustling. Chicken pho ($6.75/$8.25) is the specialty, with a clear broth that is soothing with a deep chicken flavor. Other soups, such as beef stewed in wine sauce ($6.50/$8), aren't as exciting, but the sticky rice with Chinese sausage ($7) and banh mi ($4.75) are excellent.
Vitals: 645 Larkin St. (near Ellis Street), S.F.; (415) 409-3333. www.turtletowersf.com. Open Friday-Wednesday. Cash only. Also three other S.F. locations.


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Anxiety, Fears & Phobias
Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety disorder, and phobias (social phobia, agoraphobia, and specific phobias).
More than 19 million American adults suffer from an anxiety disorder in a given year, and many people have more than one anxiety disorder.
Anxiety disorders frequently co-occur with depressive disorders, eating disorders, or substance abuse.
Depending on the type of anxiety disorder(s) someone has, effective treatments can include medication(s), psychosocial therapies, or a combination of the two.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.
Anxiety Disorders Fact Sheet
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- Reference guide to types of anxiety disorders including panic disorder, PTSD, OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, and phobias.
Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
- Reference guide to types of anxiety disorders found in children and adolescents.
Excellent Resources ~
Everyone, from the youngest child to the oldest adult, experiences anxieties and fears at one time or another.
Feeling anxious in a particularly uncom-fortable situation never feels very good. However, with children, such feelings are not only normal, they are also necessary.
Experiencing and dealing with anxieties can prepare young people to handle the unsettling experiences and challenging situations of life.
Read on to understand the differences between anxieties, fears, and phobias, and how you can help your child deal with them.
For Parents
Coping With Fears, Anxiety & Phobias
Experiencing and dealing with anxieties can prepare young people to handle the unsettling experiences and challenging situations of life.
Emotions & Behavior
Is it just a phase or a serious problem? Help your child cope with life's ups and downs, from dealing with divorce to preparing for new siblings. Or find out how to understand your ...
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Being Afraid
It's completely normal to feel anxious about taking a test, speaking in front of a group, or competing in a contest. But for some people, these worries turn into much more than a little nervousness.
Figuring Out Phobias
Think you know what a phobia is? It's not just any kind of fear! Read our article written just for kids to find out - and figure out - all you want to know about phobias.
For Teens
All About Anxiety
Anxiety is a natural part of life, and most of us experience it from time to time. But if you spend an excessive amount of time feeling anxious or you have difficulty sleeping ...
Fears and Phobias
Fear is a normal human reaction that protects us by signaling danger and preparing us to deal with it. Learn the facts about fears and phobias and what causes them in this article.
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Being healthy means dealing with the changes in your body - and your mind. Relationships, body image, families, emotions ... sort it all out in this section.


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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, which faces cash-flow problems, yesterday said it had agreed to sell and lease back its head office building outside Helsinki for 170 million euros (US$222 million).
"Owning real estate is not part of Nokia's core business and when good opportunities arise we are willing to exit these types of non-core assets," Nokia chief financial officer Timo Ihamuotila said in a statement.
"We are naturally continuing to operate in our head office building on a long-term basis," he added.
The troubled group, once a dominant force in the global market for handsets, recently posted its sixth quarterly loss in a row, burning through cash as it proceeds with a vast restructuring program.
In October, the company said it was looking to sell its head office building, named "Nokia House."
The building has been sold to Finnish real estate company Exilion in a transaction to be completed by the end of the year, Nokia said.


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If the opinion poll on the February 16 presidential election sponsored by the ANAP Foundation is anything to go by, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will be re-elected.
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However, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, may close the gap and win, if the mass of undecided voters in areas considered as his strongholds cast their votes.
Releasing the results of the opinion poll, yesterday, Founder and President of ANAP Foundation, Mr. Atedo Peterside, said ''that PMB actually had an overall lead in our polls is cold comfort for his supporters because further analysis confirms that only approximately one-third of the electorate nationwide claimed to be certain to back his candidacy. Atiku was lagging behind PMB, but the fact that the undecided votes are concentrated outside the two zones where PMB is strongest (North-East & North-West) must give Atiku cause to believe that PMB's lead might not be unassailable after all.''
Presenting the outcome of the opinion poll in a statement titled: ''Things fall apart, but is the President aware?'' Peterside said voter apathy is strongest in the South-East zone where only 61 percent of the electorate say that they have given some consideration to the forthcoming elections, followed by South-South (73%) and South-West (79%). The rest are North-West, 87 %; North-East, 83 %; and North-Central, 80%.
He added the apathy in the South is ''unsurprising because a choice of two elderly Northern Muslim candidates in 2019 might have alienated quite a few in the South.''


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This blog is totally independent, unpaid and has only three major objectives.
The first is to inform readers of news and happenings in the e-Health domain, both here in Australia and world-wide.
The second is to provide commentary on e-Health in Australia and to foster improvement where I can.
The third is to encourage discussion of the matters raised in the blog so hopefully readers can get a balanced view of what is really happening and what successes are being achieved.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
It Looks Like South Australia Has Caught The Very Problematic Hospital IT Roll Out Disease. What A Disappointment.
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This bodes well for other overpriced US hospital software programs ... like the Children's in Melbourne (EPIC - $48m+) and The Mater Brisbane, more EPIC and all those hugely cost-effective Cerner implementations ...
- July 30, 2014 6:11 AM
The supplier says we have implemented our system in many hospitals/regions and it's very adaptable to the clients needs. What they mean is: we don't use standards and we don't know why you do the things you do; we have the system so flexible that we need to re-invent the metaphorical "wheel" every time and that means poor design; more mistakes; more time wasted, more money wasted.
~~~~ Tim C
- July 30, 2014 10:13 AM
US they may be but let's face it what are the options for a large (mega) hospital system: EPIC, CERNER, ALL SCRIPTS, TRAK.
They all sell off the shelf - we'll tailor to your needs and charge accordingly.
Our bureaucrats gave away the opportunity to develop in Australia for Australia and beyond many years ago. Just like the car manufacturers - going, going, gone. And what of ship building / submarines, almost going, maybe going.
We don't invest in nurturing and building advanced technology skills in Australia - it's our culture you know - we're convict stock - not good enough - poor self image, down trodden. Get something from overseas and increase the national deficit.
- July 30, 2014 11:11 AM
It does depend on what is meant by ADMIT A PATIENT - however it seems inconceivable that doctors would have to click through up to 40 (FORTY) screens to ADMIT a patient.
Surely ONE or TWO screens would capture all the basic demographic details which presumably would be entered by ?? clerical staff ?? or maybe the interns are also the clerical staff.
The opposition raised anecdotal evidence of doctors who have to click through up to 40 screens to admit a patient.
Clerking a patient, ordering investigations (pathology, imaging, etc), prescribing medications, completing a referral (social worker, physio,chaplain, etc), scheduling the patient for theatre surely cannot require 40 screens.
CONCLUSION - the dills who ordered the system were conned by slick sales demonstrators. HUBRIS reigned supreme with everyone seduced by the excitement of the moment - we are leading the way with the biggest and the greatest, money is no object, there is nothing better around, we know we've looked, as for IMPLEMENTATION, DEPLOYMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT - don't you worry about that - that's our responsibility said the vendor - we know how to do it - you just sit back and enjoy the ride. Same old story, year after year, and guess what ----- same old outcomes.
- July 30, 2014 12:12 PM
"The oldie of a US Billing system not working in Australia seems to have also popped up."
Don't worry, if the current government gets its way, a US health billing system might just fit!
- July 30, 2014 5:08 PM
From day one it looked to be a problem. Google of Allscripts just after they won the EPAS tender revealed a company which had only just formed from two different software suppliers in the US Health System. Each supplied different packages prior to the merge and the dream was the merged company would be able to do a complete electronic hospital package. The evidence even then was rumours of dysfunctional management in Allscripts and a dissatisfied workforce with high staff turnover.
The reality of EPAS has been extreme cost blowouts, clunky technology and unfulfilled promises. The EPAS Program is a meld of at least 26 earlier programs, stitched together with code - the result is an unwieldy mess; different pages have different functionality, menus are dissimilar, limks are unclear.....
Many existing documents have not been catered for online, so hard copies are completed, scanned in and are then almost impossible to retrieve due to poor labelling and search functions.
Medical staff were promised automatic checking of drug doses as they typed, but it turns out the checks are only for a limited number of drugs and it is still quite easy to order a totally inappropriate (potentially lethal)dose of an inappropriate drug.
Every location where it has been rolled out has experienced significant difficulties and a noticeable reduction in productivity.
If EPAS is to survive in SA it will need a major rewrite; and can you imaging THAT cost blowout?
- September 09, 2014 9:58 AM


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Set of 3 Heavy Duty Door Hinges – Kason 1277T
- Sized to fit large walk-in doors and heavy duty walk-in requirements.
- Precision machined steel cams gently raise and lower door for easier opening and less gasket wear.
- Extra wide strap and reinforcing ribs on underside of flange provide great strength and durability.
- Stress tested through thousands of slam cycles.
- Reversible, without disassembly, for right- or left-opening door.
Material : High pressure die-cast zinc flange, 3/16″ (4.8mm) thick steel strap, 5/8″ (15.9mm) diameter steelcam pin.
Mounting: Drilled for 3/8″ (9.5mm) screws.
Load Rating : See Hinge Selector Chart, Group G.
NOTE: Make sure you are using these to replace other large strap hinges. If you try to replace standard size hinges there will not be a large enough metal plate in the door to mount to. This item includes a set of 3 hinges.
Certifications: NSF
MPN Variations: 1277T-4, 1277T-00004, 11277T00004
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Old gold is a popular source of materials to make new jewelry, including rings. Melt down any scrap gold, old outdated or broken jewelry and turn the scrap into gold sheet or wire that can be used to fashion a ring. Melting down old gold offers a way to recycle and is likely to be less expensive than buying fabricated gold for your gold jewelry projects.
Collect old gold. Check to be sure all the old gold is the same karat.
Cut your old gold into pieces.
Put the small cut pieces of old gold into a crucible painted with borax to act as flux.
Melt the old gold with a torch or two until the gold is liquid.
Pour the liquid gold into a mold designed to make gold sheet metal or wire.
Allow the gold to cool to room temperature. Roll the molded gold through a rolling mill until the sheet or wire is the gauge you need to make your ring; 18-gauge gold sheet or 14-gauge wire are good sizes to create a ring.
Wrap the 18-gauge gold sheet or 14-gauge wire around a ring mandrel to form the gold into the shape of a ring. Use a forming hammer to round out your ring.
Check the ring mandrel to be sure the ring is sized correctly. Cut off excess gold wire or sheet using a jewelry saw.
Solder the gold ring closed.
Finish the gold ring by sanding away tool marks using 220-grit wet/dry sandpaper. Switch to 400-grit, 600-grit and 800-grit sandpaper until the ring is polished.


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Hat-Dover Classic Cap-Mens DIS
Caps and hats are popular accessories in the current fashion scene, setting individual accents.
The Winter 2014 collection from Göttmann caps and hats: smart and casual.
With a premium quality standard.
100% wool
Ear flaps can be worn down or up
Colours: Black, Navy or Charcoal
Sizes: Small to X-Large


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Now, now, I know what you're thinking – last week you posted a recipe for creamy chicken and rice soup, amIright? Fair enough. I've been making these vegan red velvet cupcakes for years! I discovered them during my vegan "exploratory" period (didn't end well, obviously) and was so blown away that they became my go-to recipe ever since. I've probably made this recipe, oh, thirty times in my life, I kid you not.
In fact, I made these suckers for O when he came over for dinner the first time. I had a dozen casually strewn about on a cupcake stand–casually–like I whipped up a batch according to my tempestuous craving du jour. A few months later, he proposed. Coincidence?
What do you think?
These vegan red velvet cupcakes are so, so moist, with just the perfect amount of cocoa, a strong depth of flavor, and simply the perfect texture. Naturally, if you are not vegan, you can top them with regular, ole omnivorean cream cheese frosting like I did, but it's simple to substitute out vegan-friendly cream cheese, like Tofutti, and butter, like Earth Balance.
Have you ever heard of "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World"? Even if you're a meat and butter-eater, you might have heard of the total glory of Isa Chandra Moskowitz's incredible recipes. No shame, there's no adaptation here; I use her recipe verbatim.
A few months back I posted my ultimate favorite recipe for red velvet cake, so why the change of heart, you ask? No change! I love that super dense, super moist, slightly more involved recipe for layer cake, and I will never stray–never, I say! But for a quick batch of cupcakes, this super simple, super easy, no-mixer-involved recipe is my permanent go-to.
Make these. You'll thank me. So… you're welcome. Yep. In advance.
Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes
- 1 cup soy milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 2 tablespoons vegetarian red food coloring
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 teaspoon chocolate extract (I never have this! If you don't either, Isa recommends upping the vanilla extract to 2 1/2 teaspoons and almond extract to 1/2 teaspoon)
- One batch of my cream cheese frosting , vegan substitutions used if necessary
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and line muffin pans with cupcake liners.
- Whisk together soy milk and vinegar and set aside to curdle, about 5 - 10 minutes.
- Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into large bowl and mix.
- Add the oil, food coloring, chocolate extract, and almond extract to the curdled soy milk. Whisk well to combine. Gently fold wet ingredients into dry, mixing until large lumps disappear.
- Fill cupcake liners about two-thirds full (these cupcakes will rise fairly high). Place in preheated oven and bake 18 to 20 minutes, but be sure not to overbake. Use a toothpick inserted in the center to tell--the toothpick will be red, but there should not be any batter or gooey crumbs sticking. When done, let cool for a few minutes then transfer cupcakes to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Frost with cream cheese frosting. These look especially awesome with a piped swirl! Try a Wilton 2A round tip to achieve a perfect swirl.
Recipe Notes
I've used regular milk in place of the soy milk with beautiful results, but it won't curdle the same. I leave it aside for ten minutes anyway.


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Recruiting is the reason I went back to school to pursue training and development to enhance my HR skill set. Combining several organizations over recent years in my career, my teams have recruited over 350 new employees. In one case the organization had over 60% turnover and so it was a bit of a revolving door. Through a variety of engagement and HRD principles we shaved off 20%+ turnover in a year's span. One of the magic pills to do this is to develop your people. Thus, my school pursuits. Don't keep recruiting if you don't know how to retain them and develop them. Internal recruits are always best – someone you have developed who is stepping into a new role. If you are interested in a really deep dive into the topic of finding the talent you need and the broken mindset we have in America, pick up Peter Cappelli's book, Why Good People Can't Find Jobs.
This said, it is still absolutely critical to recruit well as recruiting is always going to be part of the HR job as long as there is competition, retirement, performance management and life change to take our employees away. As my favorite job coach told me, recruiting is the way to win the heart of your management team. If you can't recruit well, management won't believe HR is good at anything else.
While there are certainly a myriad of ways to develop complex recruiting systems, the secret formula boils down to just five things in my opinion:
1. Make sure your recruiters are salespeople. Generalists are not natural sales people. Let me rephrase. Generalists are not natural recruiters. We're too rule and process focused because that is what we learn in PHR and SPHR class, and in HR college programs. As such we have to be taught how to be good recruiters if we are going to own some of this role. Good recruiters are salespeople, plain and simple. Good recruiters are hungry for talent and set out on a talent hunt with failure not an option. They're slick. They can overcome objections. They know the features and benefits of the company and job. They are not afraid to cold call and they don't give up.
There are a few ways I'd recommend you train your recruiting team, especially if you as most companies do are going to use your generalists. First, be sure they are social networking adept and on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Bullhorn Reach, Twitter and so forth. Second, since the world of recruiting is mostly electronic these days I suggest you join ERE-Electronic Recruiting Exchange and pay the bucks to send your recruiting team to learning opportunities. Third, make sure they know what a Boolean search is and are PC savvy. Fourth, teach them to cold call like the best headhunters out there (there are headhunters you can pay to teach you this – a large company I worked at put all us recruiters in a class to learn to be shameless headhunters). Fifth, make sure they can analyze stuff and sink the advertising dollars and activities only where it counts. Process is nice, but if you focus on too many things that aren't working it's an obstacle. Be flexible to change up what you do to include only what gets a return – that's where good analysis comes in.
2. Remove bottlenecks. Time and time again I've shaved off months of time-to-fill problems by removing the perfectionists from the crowd. If you have hiring teams that think they can find Prince Charming to hire but they don't have a Castle and Cinderella to offer, kick them off the hiring team. If you have an old office, unknown business name, low pay, or any other impediment, you need to be equally realistic about who you can find. Find good and fits, not great and perfect.
3. Employ behavioral interviewing techniques and realistic job previews. This means that you are asking questions that demand answers that really show how the candidate is going to respond under a certain circumstance. This means your questions require examples, substance, detail and a realistic preview of who the person is going to show up as if you hire him or her. In similar form, you need to be transparent yourself to give a truthful and realistic overview of what the job entails. And be sure to include culture in this preview. I once was hiring for a dining services leader and I was very realistic about the 70+ hours a week that was required and the formal setting. No need to drag a new hire through something unexpected as everyone's time is wasted. Rather, hire someone who gets it and is on board with what really is.
4. Offer something that is not an insult. If you want strong talent, pay good dollars.
5. Be Pushy! Good recruiters are a little pushy. This gets back to the sales streak. They drive the process and keep the hiring team accountable to not sit on a good talent find. When they find talent, they push through to get to offer, and to get to offer quickly. There is too much competition out there (equal and better employers) so we cannot sit on our laurels and think we are the best thing there is.


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- Put your baby(ies) on a schedule--makes for a more predictable day
- Everybody has quiet time after lunch
- Practice "obedience" time we call it Training Time in my house. Make up things for you kids to do for 10 or so minutes, so they are practicing obedience without tough emotions in the heat of a moment.
- Prepare for the next morning Tonight! Get the coffee ready, lay out clothes for yourself, or everybody. Make your husband's lunch. Run the dishwasher! :) Put clothes in the washing machine. Whatever you have to do to make your morning more seamless.
- Simplify - stay home more.
- Be flexible. Be willing to change as the Lord leads you to. If something isn't working, make the appropriate change that is best for your family!
October 28, 2011
When They're All Preschoolers
If you are in a similar boat as I am (all your children are kindergarten/preschool age or younger) than you have probably wondered or asked another mom "How are you managing?"
I couldn't have said it better myself when I found this article. We have implemented just about all of her ideas over the past couple of years and it works so well! From having the little baby on a schedule, to consistent quiet times for everybody to practicing obedience in a fun way, this mother has summed up her tips beautifully. Please read her article - if you have time, or quickly scan the bullets below. (In no particular order by the way)
Filed Under: Homeschooling, Raising Boys, Time for Kids, Tot School
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- Anonymous said...
good suggestions! It's amazing though how different life is when living in a different culture where, say, your husband can come home every day for lunch or else stays at the buvette for a lunch cheaper than you can make it. and, house help makes for easier mornings/days: no doing laundry, dishes, cleaning the bathroom... (so amazing!!) as for being flexible, haha, that's something that, if one hasnt learned by the time one moves to an african country, God and the culture teaches us in double time!! at least we've had to work on that a lot more in this place!
I'm looking forward to sharing parenting and spiritual insight with you on a daily basis in the new year. All the best as you make your preparations in the coming weeks!
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On the twilight of a lovely 29th of August, I headed into York's Crescent to catch Jeffrey Lewis perform with his band Los Bolts. Presented by local bigname promoters Please Please You, the night kicked off with two support acts; first Me & My Bro, whose hilarious and ruggedly simple songs like "Cactus Boy" and "Got To Finish This Paperwork by Tuesday" got laughs from everyone in the crowd, and then Meabh McDonnell, who had a nervous but likable charm in her similarly amusing tunes like "Who Stole My £30 From Morrisons?".
The main event was somewhat delayed by some last minute wiring and technical configuration. I'm not smart enough to know what was going on, but luckily one of the band had the knowhow to fix it. It seemed like a reflection of Jeffrey and the band themselves; rough and haphazard, yet experienced. Jeffrey also set up a projector onto a small white screen behind the drummer, initially showing scenes from a comic strip – which I assume were of Jeffrey's creation, given that he also doubles as a comic book artist/writer in his home in New York.
Donning a guitar that appeared to have been in a sticker factory accident as the projection changed to something straight out of a Windows Media Player visualizer, Jeffrey & Los Bolts opened with the calm and dreamy 'Thunderstorm' from their latest album Manhattan.
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Most people usually identify with movie heroes. In other words, they become one with those heroes. When people watch zombie movies they gain confidence because they believe they are strong survivors who managed to stay alive while all others died.
In most horror movies the evil spirit is undefeatable, but in zombie movies the zombies are usually killed. This gives people who watch those movies a sense of being in control and this allows them to feel more confident.
One of the main reasons people like to watch movies is that they allow them to safely escape to a new world that is not by any means connected to their stressful world. Zombie movies allow people to live this experience fully, and easily helps them escape from stress.
Right after watching a few episodes of 'The walking dead' some people start to appreciate the little good things they have in their lives. When we see people suffering, from lack of food, for example, we feel blessed because we realize we don't have those problems (See striving to feel superior).
Long ago, man used to hide in caves from predators. Our ancient brain is that of a hunter and a caveman. Zombie movies remind men of their original identities and help them bond with their reptilian brain.
If a person feels bad because of his boss or the taxes he has to pay then he can easily forget about all that when he lives a new scenario where his troubles no longer exist. In other words, some people enjoy those movies because they mark the end of all of their current pain.
People can learn a lot of new survival skills by watching a good zombie movie. Learning how to build a shelter, scout for food or create weapons out of any available object are all examples of skills a person can easily learn by watching such movies.
Horror movies usually feature mysterious souls and creatures, but in zombie movies the enemy is already known beforehand. The way to kill a zombie by shooting its head is also known to most people. This makes people who fear the unknown feel more comfortable.
Zombie movies can be very thrilling, especially when heroes barricade houses, hide inside them and watch the savage world through a broken window. The setup of zombie movies, when done right, can be very thrilling to most people (See also why some people like horror movies).
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Bayer Corp. will consolidate its Electronic Chemicals Business Unit with H.C. Starck, Inc., a Bayer Corp. subsidiary. The consolidation will take effect on Jan. 1, according to Dr. Elie Saad, Bayer's director of Performance Chemicals. Bayer Electronic Chemicals products that will be transferred to H.C. Starck include dimethylamine borane, a reducing agent used in circuit board manufacturing; Levasil(R) colloidal silicas used in a wide variety of applications and industries; Baytron(R), Bayer's family of conductive polymers; and related products.
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