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A Course in Miracles
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A Course in Miracles is a self-study book of spiritual psychotherapy that was scribed by Helen Schucman between 1965 and 1972 through a process of inner dictation. The book is composed of a 669-page Text, which sets forth the theory, a 488-page Workbook for Students, which sets the theory in motion, and a 92-page Manual for Teachers, which is a short FAQ answering questions commonly asked by students. The Course, as referred to by its students, was first published in 1976 but was later revised to have neater chapter structure and subtitles and was republished in 1992. There are currently over one and a half million copies of the Course in circulation worldwide, and in over 16 different languages.
- This is a course in miracles. It is a required course.
- T-in.1:1-2
- This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way: "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists." Herein lies the peace of God.
- T-in.2:1-4
- There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not 'harder' or 'bigger' than another. They are all the same. All expressions of love are maximal.
- Each day should be devoted to miracles. The purpose of time is to enable you to learn how to use time constructively. It is thus a teaching device and a means to an end.
- Whatever is true is eternal, and cannot change or be changed.
- This is a course in mind training.
- Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation.
- Text, Chapter 3
- The body is the ego's idol; the belief in sin made flesh and then projected outward.
- Text, Chapter 20
- This course is easy just because it makes no compromise. Yet it seems difficult to those who still believe that compromise is possible.
- Text, Chapter 23
- ...you must realize that your hatred is in your mind and not outside it before you can get rid of it; and why you must get rid of it before you can perceive the world as it really is.
- Text, Chapter 12
- This is an insane world, and do not underestimate the extent of its insanity.
- Text, Chapter 13
- You have no idea of the tremendous release and deep peace that comes from meeting yourself and your brother totally without judgement.
- Text, Chapter 3
- I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.
I made the decision myself, but I can also decide otherwise.
I want to decide otherwise, because I want to be at peace.
I do not feel guilty, because the Holy Spirit will undo all the
consequences of my wrong decision if I will let Him.
I choose to let Him, by allowing Him to decide for God for me.
- Text, Chapter 5
- This passage is sometimes called "the Course in miniature"
Workbook for Students[edit]
- The theoretical foundation such as the text provides is necessary as a framework to make the exercises in this workbook meaningful.
- W-in.1:1
- I am never upset for the reason I think.
- There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind.
- Very few have realized what is actually entailed in picturing the past or anticipating the future. The mind is actually blank when it does this, because it is not really thinking about anything.
- These exercises are concerned with practice, not with understanding. You do not need to practice what you already understand. It would indeed be circular to aim at understanding, and assume that you already have it.
- You think that what upsets you is a frightening world, or a sad world, or a violent world, or an insane world. All these attributes are given it by you. The world is meaningless in itself.
- Purpose is meaning.
- God is in that waste basket.
- I could see peace instead of this.
- Lesson 34
- There is a place in you where there is perfect peace.
- Lesson 47
- Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.
- Lesson 62
- A mind and body cannot both exist.
- Lesson 96
- God is but Love, and therefore so am I.
- Lesson 171
- Let miracles replace all grievances.
- Lesson 342
Manual for Teachers[edit]
- This is a manual for the teachers of God.
- M-in.5:4
- The world of time is an illusion.
- There are no accidents in salvation.
- There is nothing you say that contradicts what you think or do; no thought opposes any other thought; no act belies your word; and no word lacks agreement with another. Such are the truly honest.
- Healing is accomplished when the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain.
- Healing must occur in the exact proportion to which the valuelessness of sickness is recognized.
- Healing is always certain.
- Doubt is the result of conflicted wishes. Be sure of what you want, and doubt becomes impossible.
- Heaven is here. There is nowhere else. Heaven is now. There is no other time.
Sourced to 1976 edition[edit]
- Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
- 1976 edition: Ch. 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions, p. 315.
- To compare the patronizing pedantry of A Course in Miracles with any line or two from the New Testament gospels is like comparing a washing machine repair manual with Shakespeare.
- Robert M. Price, Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms (2008), p. 133


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It has recently been reported that China's sovereign wealth fund is about to receive new capital from the government, adding billions of dollars annually to its already impressive wallet. As China's economic power continues to grow and countries around the world compete for Chinese investment, the question facing developed countries is not so much what happens when China rules the world, as what will be the impact when China owns the world?
China Investment Corp was set up in 2007 to invest some of the US$3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves that have accumulated through trade surpluses. It is currently the world's fourth-largest sovereign wealth fund, but is growing fast as Beijing pursues its twin goals of securing raw materials and energy, and reducing its holdings of US Treasury bonds — no longer seen by Beijing as future-proof.
Until 2000, China's investments outside Asia were small and largely aimed at energy and natural resources in Latin America and Africa, but now China is on a spending spree, buying into mining interests from Australia to Canada and looking for acquisitions that might give them technology, major brands or market access.
In addition, a host of other Chinese companies have moved into Europe and the US. Luxury textiles and vineyards in Italy, electronics manufacturers in France, engineering in Germany and car manufacturers in the UK are only some of China's purchases. All are harmless enough, but as Richard McGregor describes in his recent book on the Chinese Communist Party, within every significant Chinese company there is a shadow party structure. Before we sell the entire farm, should we not be clearer about who exactly is buying it?
Britain, one of the world's most open economies, has assiduously courted Chinese investment and now boasts more than 400 Chinese companies and 40 percent of Chinese inward investment to Europe. China is still a relatively small investor in the US and in Europe, but as both struggle to escape recession, the increasing pace of Chinese deals makes McGregor's question more salient: Should China be regarded as just another country?
Right now, politicians and officials are tiptoeing toward a decision on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's offer of discounted mobile telephony for the London Underground. The deal is described as "sensitive" in official circles, because Huawei exemplifies the suspicion that dogs China's industrial and commercial giants around the world. Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei (任正非) is a former People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer, Huawei's corporate structure is opaque and, as a key operator in Chinese telecoms, it has a close relationship with the Chinese government.
In the US, three Huawei deals have been blocked by the US Committee on Foreign Investment. Huawei's opponents insist that ties to the PLA remain. China's policy of owning 50 percent of any "pillar" industry is enough to ensure continuing hostile scrutiny. And the US is not alone. In 2009, Australia, which has extremely close economic ties to China, invoked national security to disallow China Minmetals Corp's attempted US$1.8 billion purchase of OZ Minerals on the grounds that the key asset — the Prominent Hill mine — was close to the Woomera weapons testing range.
China itself bans foreign investment in any military or national security sector and restricts it in other key areas, which has killed off some steel and construction sector deals. In February, China set up its own mechanism for scrutinizing foreign bids under national security rules. Britain has no similar mechanism. Perhaps it should learn from the Chinese.


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KWright needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 82 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
Reboot (URL will be http://www.rebootwomen.com)
We are a web portal, TV show and blog targeted to "mature" women who've (still) got style, smarts and ambition and who want useful information, practical ideas and smart, funny conversation about the realities of life at our stage. The tone is hip but mature, edgy but not aggressive, fresh but not naive, fun but not silly and irreverent but mature.
Women between the ages of 40 and 60 who are still fully engaged in career and life. Probably professional and executive, mid to upper income. We think More magazine is too bland, Cougartown is vulgar and anything targeted to "boomers" and "retirees" as being way too old and lacking our kind of drive and energy. Many of us still have kids living at home. Most of us are in the middle of or are considering something of a reinvention or next phase of our lives, whether that be as a result of a change in marital status or a change in our business/profession. A huge number of us are starting businesses or redirecting our careers. We stay current - fashion, news, technology, music - but are not driven by popular opinion. We know who we are and what we want, and we want to hear and participate in straight talk about the realities of our lives.
While the idea of a "reboot" is a technology term, as women we immediately think of footwear when someone mentions boots, so if we can work with a boot as a graphic element of some sort that would be our first preference - and that's not a directive to use a boot, but a request to use a boot or the idea of a boot either literally or in a suggested way.
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Twelve-year-old Kayleah Wilson set out from her family's apartment in the 2800 block of 28th Street in Greeley on the afternoon of March 28, 2010 to walk to a friend's birthday party.
She was wearing a white-and-pink shirt over a white tank top, blue jeans and white-and-red shoes. She was 5-feet-2 and weighed about 140 pounds.
The Brentwood Middle School sixth grader was supposed to meet a friend at the Greeley Mall and together they were going to walk to the birthday party. Kayleah never met her friend and didn't show up for the birthday party.
The peculiar thing about 12-year-old Kayleah Wilson's disappearance was that she vanished in broad daylight in a heavily traveled area in Greeley. She was last seen at 3:40 p.m.
The path she would have taken includes heavily traveled roadways. Police requested an Amber alert throughout Colorado. But none was issued because there was no evidence she was a runaway, nor was there any obvious indication of foul play initially.
The next day, police began canvassing the neighborhood, including an area south of the Greeley mall. The investigation became very intensive. Police reviewed videotape of the mall and from businesses in Greeley to see if they could spot the young girl captured on surveillance cameras. They couldn't find any.


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[Germany, January 17. Image via Getty.]
Baby giraffe 'Kibo' is observed by his father in their enclosure at the zoo in Cologne, western Germany. The young animal born at the zoo is estimated to have a weight of about 80 kilograms (176 lbs.) and to be 1,80 meters (about 6 feet) tall.


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|Morristown, N.J.
|High School:
Career Highs
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Points: 0
Ground balls: 3, twice
2013 (Freshman):
Credited with two ground balls against UMass (Feb. 23) … Picked up three ground balls and caused one turnover versus Holy Cross (Feb. 26) ... Credited with two ground balls versus Hofstra (March 2) ... Registered one ground ball in a victory over Georgetown (March 9) ... Credited with one ground ball in a victory against Dartmouth (March 23) ... Registered one ground ball in a game against Albany (March 26) ... Registered two ground balls in a matchup with Duke (March 30) ... Picked up five ground balls against Cornell (April 6) ... Recorded three ground balls in a victory against Quinnipiac (April 9) ... Tallied two ground balls in a matchup with Princeton (April 20) ... Compiled two ground balls and two caused turnovers versus Yale (April 27).
Before Harvard:
Ranked as the No. 27 recruit in the class of 2016 by Inside Lacrosse … Played varsity lacrosse all four years at Lawrenceville … Captain of the lacrosse team in 2011 and 2012 … Named All-American in 2011 and 2012 … Led team to four consecutive MAPL and NJSIAA Prep A Championships … Selected as an Under Armour All-American and NILCA All-America third team in 2012 … Named non-public first team All-State in 2011 and 2012 … A MAPL first team all-conference selection from 2010-12 … Chosen for the Inter-Ac Invitational All-Tournament Team in 2012 … Awarded the Trenton Times Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year in 2012 … Recipient of the NJISAA Nick Gusz Male Scholar-Athlete award in 2012 … Also played four years of varsity football at Lawrenceville … Captain of the football team in 2011 … Helped the football team win the MAPL Championship in 2010 … Named New Jersey first team All-Prep in 2011 … Also named MAPL first team all-conference in 2010 and 2011 … Selected as National Football Foundation Student-Leader-Athlete in 2011 … Member of the wrestling team for one year at Lawrenceville … Received High Honors all four years at Lawrenceville … Member of the Cum Laude Society … Brother, Morgan Kirby, plays varsity lacrosse for Duke University.


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Friday, May 21, 2010
Oh My Stars
You know those quilts that just "have to come out"? Well this was one of "those" quilts for me. I was inspired by an exhibition of Amish quilts at the Houston Quilt show. I came upon a red quilt with scrappy stars and lots of quilted feathers and I was mesmerized. (Red, stars, feathers are all some of my favorite things!)
And when I quilted this quilt, I went really "went up" a level. So, if you have a quilt top that is something special to you but isn't quilted because you are afraid you will mess it up. Get that quilt out get it pin basted and quilt it! You may surprise yourself and do something FABULOUS!! Happy quilting!
33 comments:
- Victoria Findlay Wolfe said...
I feel like your talking to me! :-) get quilting those quilts!!
Having seen this quilt in person, I can agree it is one true beauty. Your work, mind and quilting inspires me do do better! Thanks girlie, your the tops!
- May 21, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- Sujata Shah said...
I agree with you! I waited for so long to try the machine quilting.. It still takes me a while to finish the quilt but I am happier with the finished quilt than the quilt top!
- May 21, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Rene' said...
Shelly, this quilt is breathtaking!!! I clicked on the photos to see a larger image, and I am blown away by your quilting!!!! I love how you used different quilting designs within the quilt.
It's funny how you mention not to be worried about messing up a special quilt top by quilting it ourselves. That is exactly how I feel about my quilts, and lately I've been reading that many others feel the same way. Glad to know I'm not the only one, but also happy to be inspired by your inspiration and confidence that I might be able to "surprise myself and do something fabulous"....if only I could convince myself ;-)
- May 21, 2010 at 7:07 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
Absolutely full of sparkle! Just gorgeous.
- May 21, 2010 at 7:23 AM
- Lesly said...
Just stunning! I love everything about this quilt - the colour, the quilting, the pattern! If I could quilt like that, I'd have no qualms about doing it all myself!
- May 21, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I love the circle quilting. really sets it off!
- May 21, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- Allie said...
Wow! I love stars, and your quilt is beautiful!
- May 21, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Lauren Phelps said...
I love this quilt! I like how at first glance it's a simple nine patch but up close you see the stars.
- May 21, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- Sandra said...
What a great star quilt. I just found an antique feather star with a nine patch star in the center and you've captured that spirit.
Sandra Starley
Come see my new star quilt & its 1890 cheddar star original
and my 1890 pink blazing star antique
- May 21, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Dawn N. said...
what a great quilt!!
- May 21, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Michelle said...
What a striking quilt! Really like the little stars within the bigger block.
- May 21, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- meli B said...
The simplest of Amish designs can become the most amazing quilts with a bit of colour play, well done
- May 22, 2010 at 12:46 AM
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- May 22, 2010 at 12:46 AM
- Alexis said...
Gorgeous! I love all those things too. And yes, I have a quilt top that has been sitting for years now because I don't think I can quilt it well enough. Thanks for the motivation to reach new heights!
- May 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Kathy said...
Your quilt is beautiful and I like the patriotic colors. Amish blocks are a great inspiration. I bet you are glad you did the quilting.
- May 22, 2010 at 12:47 PM
This is a lovely quilt. It has taken me years to just jump in and machine quilt my tops due to fear. Aren't we funny folks to be so worried?
- May 23, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Vicki said...
It's so pretty. Love the colors.
- May 23, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Sew Fresh Fabrics said...
i love the colors in this quilt- very powerful! It really is beautiful!
- May 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Sharon said...
This is a stunning quilt! I love the stars and the feathers. I like how the simple 9-patch becomes so complex in this quilt. And your quilting is exquisite!
I still stall about quilting my quilts, because I'm afraid I'm gonna screw them up. The one's I've done, I think are alright, so I really have no excuse. It's a mind game, I guess!
- May 23, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Jodi Nelson said...
i love red! and i love red white and blue. And i love stars. so this quilt is perfect! ;o)
- May 23, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Marit said...
Wow! This is a quilt with lots of character. Love the bold colors! The quilting is fantastic!!! I have a long way to go...
Thank you for sharing this, it's an inspiration to keep hand-quilting and exploring a bit!
- May 24, 2010 at 2:35 AM
- Riel Nason said...
Hi Shelly, Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. This is a great quilt festival exhibit. The colours have such impact and then a closer look reveals the stars!
- May 24, 2010 at 5:08 AM
- Deborah said...
This is gorgeous!
- May 24, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
It's beautiful Shelly! I'm taking your advice and getting one quilted right now!
- May 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Karen said...
I so love stars. It is such a lovely quilt. It is always going to be special for you.
- May 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Browndirtcottage said...
.....yeah.....but......!!! I am such a whiner when it comes to the quilting!!
(Your quilt is FAB!!)
- May 25, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Randi said...
Just do it, eh? Love the quilt & quilting.
- May 27, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Abby and Stephanie said...
Vibrant color combo, pattern, and quilting. It all works together to make one spectacular statement.
- May 28, 2010 at 4:05 AM
- beverlyanne said...
This quilt is dazzling. Funny, but I used to think that red and blue was my least favorite color combination. I have to rethink that.
- May 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- jmb_craftypickle said...
awesome job on the quilting!! I also loved your post about machine quilitng. Rock on sister!
- May 29, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Anne at Film and Thread said...
Love the colors and love the quilting on this!
- May 30, 2010 at 4:20 AM
- Eileen said...
love the bright colors of this quilt and the stars are wonderful. thanks for sharing! come visit me if you can: http://fligamapoof.blogspot.com/
- June 3, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Em said...
Thank you for the cheerleading! I love the colors because they are so striking! What talent you have!!!!!
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Emmy Nominations? ONLY ONE STORY
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The Emmy Nominations can usually be a little predictable. Until they're not. There is only one headline here: TATIANA MASLANY nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of EVERYONE in Orphan Black. Amy Schumer (also nominated) was so happy about it she tweeted at her with the hashtag #notsnubbed. Full Story
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Steak and Eggs with Salsa Verde and Fontina
- Yield: 8 servings
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
Made from tomatillos, salsa verde is available in the salsa section of your grocery store.
- 1 1/2pounds skirt or flank steak
- 1teaspoon sweet or smoked paprika
- 1/2teaspoon salt
- 1/4teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
- 3cups medium-hot salsa verde
- 8 eggs
- 6ounces fontina cheese, coarsely grated
- Fresh mint sprigs (optional)
- Heat the broiler. Rub steak with paprika, salt and pepper.
- Pour salsa verde into a heavy 12-inch skillet with a lid. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium. Carefully break eggs directly into simmering salsa. Mound cheese over each egg. Cover and cook 6 to 8 minutes, until whites are set and yolks are still runny.
- Meanwhile, broil steak until medium rare, about 3 minutes on each side. Let stand 5 minutes, then slice on the bias.
- Serve steak with eggs, salsa verde and mint sprigs.
Reprinted with permission from Rozanne Gold's Radically Simple: Brilliant Flavors with Breathtaking Ease (Rodale, 2010)
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Glycemic Load 0
- Calories 330
- Fat 18g
- Saturated Fat 8g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5g
- Monounsaturated Fat 6g
- Cholesterol 270mg
- Sodium 1130mg
- Potassium 570mg
- Carbohydrate 7g
- Fiber 0g
- Sugars 7g
- Protein 30g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 25%
- Vitamin C 6%
- Calcium 15%
- Iron 15%


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This local yoga and spinning spot—to my knowledge the first of its kind—is blowing up: they've begun selling franchises. A baby YAS may soon be spinning up near you (though word has it that they'll be owner-operated: Couch potatoes need not apply). Full disclosure: The Doglord is a full-on, bat-s**t-crazy YASerciser.
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SANFORD/WELLS — The following information was provided by the Sanford and Wells police departments.
Joshua Adam Phifer, 24, of Windham, was arrested for domestic violence assault in connection with a 9:51 a.m. report of a domestic disturbance Stevens Street. Phifer was transported to Goodall Hospital for evaluation and treatment of a self-inflicted laceration and then transported to York County Jail.
Daniel Bourdon, 22, 7 Nathan Court, was arrested on a warrant following a 6:02 p.m. call for a disturbance on High Street.
Shantel Lee Rodriguez, 20, 777 Main St., was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, operating after suspension, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and sale/use (possession) of drug paraphernalia following a 6:13 p.m. motor vehicle accident on Main Street.
Ritt Alan Moulton, 23, 7 June St., Apt. C, was arrested following a 6:22 p.m. call for a domestic disturbance and charged with domestic violence assault and assault.
Jamie Jean, 28, 20 Hanson Ridge Road, Apt. B, was arrested for theft/shoplifting and violating conditions of release after a 4:59 p.m. complaint from Main Street.
Branden Osten, 18, 13 Oxford St., Apt. A, was summonsed for assault following a 4:36 p.m. report of a disturbance on Main Street.
Two men were arrested in connection with a 9:49 p.m. disturbance on Main Street. Ricky Leslie Brackett, 31, 86 Cottage St., Apt. C, was charged with assault and Christopher D. Gross, 31, 3 Island Avenue, Apt. 102, was charged with refusing to submit to arrest or detention and violation of a condition of release.
Patrick Ryan Murphy, 22, 17 Mousam St., Apt. B, was charged with violation of probation and Patrick S. Noble, 24, 17 Mousam St., 2nd floor, was charged with violation of probation, sale/use of drug paraphernalia and possession of a usable amount of marijuana after a 1:29 p.m. call for assistance from another agency.
Dylan S. Graffam, 20, 62 Philbrick Road, was issued a summons for failure to present ATV registration and operating an ATV on public way following a 4:30 p.m. motor vehicle accident on Shaw's Ridge Road.
Jeffrey J. Judkins, 32, 23 Twombley Road, was arrested for violation of a condition of release and violation of a protection from abuse order.
Nicole Lynn Farrar, 31, 14 Nowell St., Apt. A, was arrested on a warrant following an 8:08 a.m. call for assistance from another agency.
Wells Police arrested Ryan Benoit, 22, 15 Shaw St., Apt. 2, at 8:40 a.m. for operating without a license on Sanford Road in Wells.
Crystal Ferguson, 29, 10 Manor Center, Apt. 10, was summonsed for theft by deception following a 4:54 p.m. complaint from Alfred Road.
Lindsey Kortze, 32, of Portland, was arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs following a 5:44 p.m. motor vehicle accident on Shaw's Ridge Road.
Travis Charles Spencer, 24, and Kelly Jean Spencer, 45, both of 21 Leo St., were arrested following an 11:10 p.m. motor vehicle accident in the parking lot of Fi Wood Restaurant on Main Street. Travis was charged with obstructing government administration and disorderly conduct/offensive words/gestures, and Kelly was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs/refusing to take a blood-alcohol test, leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage, refusing to submit to arrest or detention, and assaulting an officer.
At approximately 6:15 a.m. Wells Police charged David Alexandre, 19, of Lebanon, with sale and use of drug paraphernalia on Horace Mills Road in Wells.
Darlene Howell Brook, 50, of Shapleigh, was charged by Wells Police with operating while license suspended or revoked at 9:30 p.m. on Route 1 in Wells.
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jjacobi necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 71 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
This new casino website will provide players with fun and free casino games. From traditional Texas Hold'em to Black Jack tables. The task is to design a home page and a logo for the casino site. The domain name for the website is http://www.kaasino.com (nothing there now). It's plenty of freedom for the designer.
Kaasino, Kaasino Games
Designer freedom :)
Desired Color Scheme:
Nothing specific - should be fun and colorful
Desired Style:
Fun, Cool, Retro, Modern
Accepted File Formats:
Logo in vector, graphics in layered PSD or EPS
This new casino website will provide players with fun and free casino games. From traditional Texas Hold'em to Black Jack tables. The task is to design a home page and a logo for the casino site. The ideal scenario for us is to have one design covering both contests (website and logo), so please take that in consideration before submitting plenty of fantastic looking logos. If you submit a complete design the more likely you are to win. The reason, we need a consistent look and feel.
HOME PAGE: The design should be new and innovative with a more retro/modern/cool, yet creative look and feel. Sites not to copy are:
http://www.rushmorecasino.com/ : Too dark, too old fashion, and too much play on Atlantic City. Animation for the different game types at the bottom of the page are fun.
* http://www.millionairecasino.com : - another competitor, not our taste
* http://www.roxypalace.com - another competitor way too busy and not our taste
* http://www.fulltiltpoker.com - Probably the most well-known online poker site. This site is pretty good with a clean look, but a bit dull.
We want the website to stand out among competitors in the online Casino and Poker world.
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French Connection, led by chairman and chief executive Stephen Marks, suffered a fall in like-for-like sales of 2.9pc in the UK and Europe in the 24 weeks to January 12.
The company said that it now expected to post a pre-tax and pre-exceptional loss of between £7.5m and £8m for its financial year to January 31.
Shares in French Connection fell by 2¼, or 8pc, to 27¼p.
Kate Calvert, analyst at Seymour Pierce, said: "It now looks likely that it will be at least two years before results break even.
"There must now be question marks over the company's strategy, which was unveiled in September."
French Connection, which operates 153 shops worldwide and has 243 licensed and franchised locations, said that 1.9pc of the 2.9pc decline in sales was due to the company's decision to delay the start of its Christmas sale by one week.
French Connection said the sale was delayed to "build brand equity" and because it had "tightly controlled" its inventory of stock.
Marks & Spencer, Britain's biggest clothing retailer, also blamed a sharp decline in Christmas sales on its decision to avoid widespread discounting.
The fall in like-for-like sales comes after French Connection reported a £6.3m pre-tax loss in the first half of its financial year.
Mr Marks used the half-year results in September to outline a plan to revitalise French Connection's high street business. This included hiring a new design team, offering a greater range of clothes within stores, and closing loss-making shops.
Despite French Connection reporting a fall in sales, online and catalogue-focused fashion retailer
N Brown said its like-for-likes sales rose 7.9pc in the 19 weeks to January 12.
The company, which focuses on larger sized clothing and whose brands include Jacoma, is attracting younger customers on top of its traditional over-50s market.
N Brown now plans to open more shops on top of the seven locations it has trialled in the past year, which is in contrast to the struggles of other high street retailers


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News | July 7, 1999
JPL's New Deep Impact Comet Mission Ok'd by NASA
A radical mission to excavate the interior of a comet has been selected as one of the next two flights in NASA's Discovery Program, the agency announced today.
The comet mission, called Deep Impact, will be managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, led by Dr. Michael A'Hearn from the University of Maryland in College Park, and built by Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo. The mission will send a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) copper projectile into comet P/Tempel 1, creating a crater as big as a football field and as deep as a seven-story building. A camera and infrared spectrometer on the spacecraft, along with ground-based observatories, will study the resulting icy debris blasted off the comet, as well as the pristine interior material exposed by the impact.
"Comets are leftovers from the birth of the Sun and the planets, and Deep Impact will punch through the dark crust of P/Tempel 1 to give us our first look at what's inside," said JPL director Dr. Edward Stone.
James E. Graf will serve as project manager at JPL. Graf currently heads NASA's QuikScat mission to measure sea surface winds over the global ocean, successfully launched last month.
Deep Impact will be launched in January 2004 toward an explosive July 4, 2005 encounter with P/Tempel 1. Those impacts will occur at an approximate speed of 10 kilometers per second (22,300 mph). The total cost of Deep Impact to NASA is $240 million.
NASA also today announced the selection of another new Discovery mission, one that will map the pockmarked surface of Mercury. That spacecraft, to be built and managed by the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, is known as Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging mission, or Messenger.
"These low-cost missions are both fantastic examples of the creativity of the space science community," said Dr. Edward Weiler, associate administrator for space science at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. "Deep Impact presents a special chance to do some truly unique science, and it is a direct complement to the other two comet missions already in the Discovery Program."
Those missions are Stardust, managed by JPL, launched in February 1999 on a journey to gather samples of comet dust and return them to Earth, and the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) that will launch in June 2002 and fly closely by three comets. CONTOUR is managed by Applied Physics Lab of Johns Hopkins University.
Another Discovery mission managed by JPL was Mars Pathfinder, which landed successfully on the red planet in 1997, accompanied by a small robotic rover named Sojourner. The Pathfinder mission returned hundreds of images and thousands of measurements of the Martian environment.
JPL also manages the Discovery mission called Genesis, launching in January 2001, which will gather samples of the solar wind and return them to Earth.
In this latest round of Discovery missions, NASA selected Deep Impact and Messenger from 26 proposals made in early 1998. The missions must be ready for launch no later than Sept. 30, 2004, within the Discovery Program's development cost cap of $190 million in fiscal 1999 dollars over 36 months and a total mission cost of $299 million. The Discovery Program emphasizes lower- cost, highly focused scientific missions.
JPL will manage the Deep Impact mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
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What is a résumé?A résumé is a brief document that summarizes your education, employment history, and experiences that are relevant to your qualifications for a particular job for which you are applying. The purpose of a résumé (along with your cover letter) is to get an interview. Research has shown that it takes an average of ten (10) interviews to receive one (1) job offer, so your résumé needs to be persuasive and perfect. Given this, your résumé must be user-centered and persuasive.
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Though you may maintain a general résumé, you should tailor your résumés to fit the needs and expectations of each company and job position. To help tailor your résumé, collect as much information as possible on the organization and its mission/goals. Then collect information on the people who may read your résumé: human resources, decision makers, potential boss, etc. Finally, collect information on the job position and its requirements. When you know about the company, the audience, and the position, you can match your training and experience to their needs and expectations. Please see the Audience Analysis page for details on collecting information on readers.
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Take Your Team To The Next Level!—Effective Motorsports Marketing, Part 1
Specialized motorsports marketing agencies and logistics services have helped elevate racing to one of the most sought-after sports venues for corporate advertising dollars. Here's the first part of a two-part series describing how they can help you enhance your image and secure sponsorship opportunities.
By Virginia DeMoss
Racing is far from a passive sport, yet that's the way many teams continue to present themselves to potential sponsors, according to the experts who spend their working lives in the heady, high-powered world of motorsports marketing, bringing companies with cash and products to sell together with race teams, tracks, and series.
"A lot of drivers think a sponsorship is putting a logo on your car, and it's far more than that," said George Elliott of Elliott Marketing Group, Matthews, North Carolina, which handles racing programs and promotions for large companies like Nestle. "The biggest problem I have when I work with a new driver is that they don't have an understanding of their role in helping a sponsor. If he is spending, say, a million dollars, what is he going to get for that million dollars? He doesn't need a car going around in circles."
The key to successful sponsorships, or what might more appropriately be called partnerships these days, is "activation," according to Brian Lillie at eCreative Group, Independence, Iowa, whose full-service marketing agency focuses on "activating" fans at grassroots tracks around the country. He is also CEO of Three Wide Media, which owns the racing magazines Dirt Late Model, Flat Out, and Dirt Modified.
Lillie, who has frequently given seminars to dirt track racers, agreed with Elliott: "The biggest thing I would tell teams looking for sponsorship is to stay away from trying to sell a logo going around in circles on a race car. That's what everybody is trying to sell: 'Where do you want to be on my car, and this many people will see it?' I guess I would call the logo on the car passive marketing: You just put it out there and hope it works. You could sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr., but unless you activate around it, it's not going to work."
As Lillie described it, "Activation marketing is the art of interacting and directly connecting with a fan or consumer. You're trying to do something to create a reaction from them. It can be as simple as couponing, where you're actually putting something into their hands. There are a thousand different things you can do with activation...it's just getting them to interact with you and making a direct connect."
Dodge is one of eCreative's clients, and the agency is working with Dodge dealers around the country to produce interactive events at dirt tracks. "We activate the fans by setting them up with test drives on the track, prize giveaways, and things like that. It's a direct connect where we're actually trying to touch people, get their information, let them touch the product and learn about it in a fun atmosphere."
When we spoke, Lillie had just returned from a very successful weekend event at a small speedway with about 1000 fans in attendance. "We did it with the local Dodge dealer and we gave 100 test drives on the track after the races," he said. "It was just phenomenal."
In Lillie's opinion, "Teams should be looking for advertisers rather than sponsors. Sponsors shouldn't expect much, and advertisers expect returns, and that's one of the things that a lot of the local teams don't realize. They may know it, but I think they just don't know what they need to do to give an actual return on investment."
Fortunately, there is plenty of help out there. As the racing market has grown in size and sophistication, the number of specialized motorsports marketing agencies and logistics services has kept pace. Big or small, your team, track, series, or racing business can realize its full potential with the guidance of a good agency. To that end, we took a closer look at some of the most popular players in this arena and also elicited their advice for those seeking successful long-term financial partnerships.
Bringing In Big Brands
In its 30th year in business, Atlanta, Georgia-based Championship Group specializes in providing sponsorship development and consulting directly to large corporations. The company works in the full gamut of sports, from stick and ball to the Olympics. Just a few of the companies Championship has brought into racing are Unilever, M&M Mars, Hershey, Georgia-Pacific, and Sue Bee Honey. It has also worked with major race tracks, teams, and series such as IRL.
"We work as a strategic marketing resource directly on the client side to determine what type of sponsorship program is the correct fit," explained Ardy Arani. "What are the business objectives of the program? What are the budget parameters? What are the timing and geographic parameters? Based on that, and depending on a lot of different factors, we make the appropriate recommendation, act to negotiate and secure rights, manage programs, and enable the client to analyze and ultimately justify his decision in quantifiable marketing terms. The program is measured against the objectives going in, to determine how it's succeeding and what, if any, changes or expansion may be required going forward."
With the huge array of sports venues open to sponsors, we asked Arani why a corporation might choose racing over all the rest.
"When a CEO asks why he should consider a racing sponsorship, I say, 'The answer to that is not because you like it or someone on your board likes it. The reason to look at it is because the people you do business with, whether it's the consumer or a trade partner, are interested in it. That's really where you look for the interest level. We're not there to talk about his personal passion; we're there to talk in extremely specific marketing terminology about why these types of programs work. And racing, as a whole, offers a lot of flexibility that many other sports don't.
"For example, let's say I want to have a big star quarterback endorse my product," Arani continued. "That type of program does not get me any access to that quarterback during the event that he's competing in; it does not give me a platform to advertise on that person's uniform or do anything in the stadiums, and so on. Racing is very much an open door, where a company can come in and very seamlessly put together programs that involve exposure, branding, access to an athlete, access to a venue. Racing remains unmatched in its ability to provide a very multi-faceted sponsorship platform that you don't see in the stick and ball arena, and I think that's why a lot of companies continue to use it."
Owing to the economy, Arani has seen the sponsorship landscape in motorsports change over the past few years, leading to a growing trend at all levels of the industry. "We started years ago doing programs with major teams where we would bring in companies as partial sponsors," he said. "Now you're seeing that model really becoming the norm, where companies will carve up their primary sponsorship, so they have two or three of them rotating over the course of a season. While motorsports is still appealing for sponsors, I think the concept of one company coming in and completely underwriting the budget for a team is not as robust as it once was. It takes a lot more creativity these days to put these types of programs together."
Octagon, located in the Charlotte, North Carolina, suburb of Huntersville, represents sponsors' interests in the full gamut of professional and high-profile amateur sports. The company has 60 offices worldwide, 1000 employees, and specialists in virtually every sport. About 90 percent of its Charlotte business is motorsports related.
Octagon's biggest client in motorsports is Sprint. "When it was Nextel, we helped them broker the deal with NASCAR," noted Mark Coughlin. "We continue to represent Sprint/Nextel in everything they do, on and off the race track, not only with their NASCAR program, but all of their other sports," he said, adding that other clients include Bank of America, Home Depot, and AllState.
Because the company has expertise in many sports, "We try to be property or sport agnostic," said Coughlin. "We talk to the brand management team and the senior management of the company to try to find out what they're trying to achieve by being involved in any form of sports or entertainment, and then try to pair them up with the right sport. Some people want brand exposure, and for others who already have very high levels of brand awareness, it may be more about trying to win the loyalty of the fan base. We help companies understand why fans are fans of any particular sport, and create brand equity by showing that same kind of passion and emotion for the things that drew those fans to the sport in the first place. The one constant is that we push clients to put a stake in the ground and determine what success looks like, what they're trying to achieve out of it, and set up a measuring system so we understand what works and what doesn't work when we're working on activation programs."
Speaking of the appeal to sponsors of NASCAR racing in particular, Coughlin pointed to the long season, the positive attributes of the fan base, and the series' "national footprint" compared to other sports platforms. "The New York Yankees might be the most popular baseball team in the world, but the majority of their fan base is in and around the Tri-State area. NASCAR, while it still has a very strong hold in the Southeast, also has a good following nationally, and some pretty fervent pockets in certain areas of the country, as well."
Coughlin, who ran Valvoline's racing program for 11 years, had some advice for all racers, including those in grassroots series.
"No matter what kind of company you're approaching, you've got to think concretely about how they can definitively improve their business situation by becoming involved with you, whether you're willing to put your car out in front of their business in order to create some foot traffic into the store, or you can help them build relationships. In the motor oil space, I used to ask people, 'Who is your main sponsor? Do they have a fleet of vehicles? And what kind of lubricants are they using in those vehicles?' You have to think about who you are making your approach to, and see if you can connect the dots with the people you have existing relationships with, because everybody's always interested in relationship building and new business generation. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about."
Show Me the Money
Just Marketing International, Zionsville, Indiana, also serves the corporate side of the sport, with 150 employees in five countries. "Our clients are the LGs, the UPSes, the Johnny Walkers," said Zak Brown. "We put together their sponsorship programs and help them manage them, run their hospitality, the show cars, the promotions, the strategic consulting."
Big agencies are attracting major investment into motorsports, prompting Brown to say, "With the amount of money at stake, and how complicated the sport can be, people need expert consultation to help make sure they spend their money right and get out of it what they planned on. All of that sponsorship money has driven the need for expert agencies to help companies operate within the sport."
On the flip side, he said many teams could really use professional help in managing their sponsorships. "They're not usually set up to manage sponsors and come up with ideas and campaigns to service them," he said.But he had some sage advice for getting and, more importantly, keeping sponsors. "Just be very focused," he suggested. "I get a lot of solicitations from racing teams where it's clear that they haven't done enough homework, or they wouldn't have proposed certain things that clearly aren't fits or that don't make sense. First and foremost, is finding out what the company needs and trying to build a solution to that, which is not always easy.
"It's really all about sponsor satisfaction and whether they're achieving their goals," continued Brown. "It's important that you understand what they're trying to get out of a sponsorship and work very hard to deliver against those specific objectives. Usually, it ties back to increased sales, and companies are much more sophisticated in measuring the impact of promotions on sales. But they also put value on business-to-business opportunities, where they might be able to conduct business at the track, or make introductions at the track that shorten the sales cycle. A sponsor might have half a dozen goals they're trying to accomplish through racing."
Brown also advised that it's important "to chase a lot of people. You get a lot of no's to get one yes. And you've got to make sure that you're pretty buttoned-up, because sponsors get so many presentations sent to them. You've kind of got 10 seconds to grab their attention, so you've got to make sure that it's about them and not about you. Just as an example, 'Look how many trophies I won last year is not what's going to get someone at LG excited; what's going to get them excited is something they open that tells them immediately how you're going to help them sell a lot of flat-screen TVs."
Elliott agreed that it's about helping the sponsor achieve an ROI (return on investment), and suggested that the driver's role may even entail such things as courses in public speaking. "They need to learn how to represent their sponsorship effectively; they need to understand what their sponsors promote and sell, and they've got to believe in it. A lot of young drivers don't understand that; they just think, 'Well, gee, this guy would want to sponsor me because I've won a few races. They think they're owed the sponsorship, and it's really vice versa: the sponsor is owed a performance. They're investing in you because they expect a return on that investment. If you give them a return, they'll stick with you. If they don't, it's a sign that you're not working for the sponsor."
Speaking of the appeal of the racing market to sponsors, Elliott said, "We're talking a fan base of over one-third of the adult population of the United States. And the amazing thing about race fans is that it doesn't matter what their household income is, they're going to buy the brand name products that sponsor and support their favorite sport."
Offering 25 years of action and motorsports experience, expertise and an understanding of power sports and its customers, Performance Branding, under the umbrella of the Haro Design Group in Cardiff, California, has worked with many well-known brands in the power sports and motorsports world, noted Bob Haro.
"Brands like International Speedway Corporation, Richard Childress Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Ducati Motor Holdings, Yamaha Motor Corporation, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and AMA Pro Racing, just to name a few, have come to trust us for how we think and what we deliver to their brands," he added.
Performance Branding is a boutique design, marketing and branding agency, dedicated to designing and delivering high-quality work that builds the brand and moves the business forward. "We listen to our customers' needs and business challenges in order to build a smart and effective marketing or branding solution that not only fits those objectives, but also meets their budget requirements," Haro explained.
For race teams looking for sponsorship, Haro suggested having a professional marketing package in both a hard copy and a digital email-ready format that is clear and concise in its image and message so that the person you are pitching understands what you have to offer them quickly and easily without having to explain every detail. "These marketing tools are typically talking pieces that you can use to catch a potential sponsor's interest and use when you have a face-to-face meeting to expand on the presented concepts in more detail," he noted.
Once a deal has been inked, Haro advises to constantly update and continue to market your driver's or team's progress and achievements so that sponsors know the value that you are bringing to them. "Provide a quarterly newsletter or monthly press updates on the team or drivers' efforts and achievements, showing press received in magazines, online or on TV," Haro added. "Absolutely have a website and update the content and keep it fresh and interesting. You must constantly build value for the racing service that you are providing sponsors and for the sponsorship dollars they are spending with you."
For even more advice about how to get the most from sponsorship dollars, please visit the Performance Racing Industry website next month for part two of this article.
Sponsorship goes beyond putting a decal on a race car, which the professional race teams understand, and often deliver a quality program to their sponsors. However, this doesn't mean that grassroots racers can't give their sponsors plenty more than they expect. Going above and beyond what the sponsor expects often brings huge results to these race teams, where even a several-thousand dollar sponsorship deal can make a difference.
The key to successful sponsorships, or what might more appropriately be called partnerships these days, is "activation," according to Brian Lillie at eCreative Group. As Lillie described it, "Activation marketing is the art of interacting and directly connecting with a fan or consumer. You're trying to do something to create a reaction from them. It can be as simple as couponing, where you're actually putting something into their hands. There are a thousand different things you can do with activation...it's just getting them to interact with you and making a direct connect." For example, Dodge is one of eCreative's clients, and the agency is working with Dodge dealers around the country to produce interactive events at dirt tracks, such as this one.


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Kyle Kendrick pitched effectively for 6 2-3 innings and Jimmy Rollins drove in a pair of runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Kendrick (7-9), one of seven pitchers used by Philadelphia, allowed four hits and struck out three to help the Phillies win for the fifth time in the last seven games.
Tyler Moore homered for Washington, which lost its second straight.
Moore snapped Kendrick's 21 2/3 innings scoreless streak with a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh. Kendrick retired the first two batters in the frame before walking Kurt Suzuki. Moore, pinch-hitting for Edwin Jackson, launched an 0-1 sinker into the seats in left to pull Washington within 3-2.
Jackson (11-8) gave up three runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in six innings to fall to 0-4 with a 5.32 ERA in four career starts against Philadelphia.
Jonathan Papelbon earned his 28th save in 31 chances with a scoreless ninth.
Rollins gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the fourth when he lined an opposite-field, two-out single to left off Jackson to score John Mayberry Jr. and Laynce Nix, who barely beat the tag of Suzuki with an elusive head-first slide at the
Chase Utley's RBI single in the first had given Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. The Phillies were positioned to add on to the lead, with runners on first and third and no outs, but Ryan Howard struck out and Domonic Brown grounded into an inning-ending double play.
The Phillies used four pitchers in a scoreless eighth inning. Antonio Bastardo started the frame with a strikeout of Bryce Harper and was followed by Josh Lindblom, who walked Ryan Zimmerman. Raul Valdes then relieved Lindblom and surrendered a single to Roger Bernadina before striking out Adam LaRoche. With two outs and runners on first and second, B.J. Rosenberg followed Valdes and struck out Jayson Werth to end the frame.
The Phillies padded their lead in the bottom of the inning. Utley walked, stole second and scored on Howard's single to right that put Philadelphia up 4-2.
Michael Morse left the game in the first inning with a contusion on his right hand after being hit by a Kendrick pitch.
Ian Desmond was a late scratch due to a right knee injury suffered in Wednesday's game against Atlanta. Desmond, who was replaced at shortstop by Danny Espinosa, was available to pinch-hit.
Notes: The Phillies honored four Olympic gold medalists with Philadelphia-area ties in a pregame ceremony, as soccer stars Heather Mitts and Carli Lloyd joined Jordan Burroughs (wrestling) and Susan Francia (rowing) to throw out ceremonial first pitches. . Philadelphia placed catcher Brian Schneider on the 15-day DL and recalled Steven Lerud from Double-A Reading. . Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay (7-7, 3.95) is scheduled to face Washington left-hander Gio Gonzalez (16-6, 3.23) in the second game of the three-game set at 7:05 Saturday night.
Rollins Lifts Phillies Over Nationals
Phillies win 4-2
Kyle Kendrick pitched effectively for 6 2-3 innings and Jimmy Rollins drove in a pair of runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.


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NUI Galway's vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Guiding Breakthrough Research at NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
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Course Overview
This course is designed for individuals who have been out of the formal education system for some time and now wish to begin third level studies in the areas of Business, Law or Arts.
The preparatory nature of the course builds up participants' confidence in their academic ability and equips them with skills that will help them to participate in future third level education courses in a business related area.
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The course takes place over 26 weeks - Tuesdays and Thursday (7-10pm) and one or two Saturdays per month (10am-5pm).
Most modules on the course are assessed through a combination of coursework and examination. For modules where coursework counts for less than 100% of marks, exams take place at the end of each module or semester.
The courses are a recognised entry requirement at GMIT and NUI Galway and for full-time and part-time Business, Science, Engineering and Technology courses at both institutions. Participants on these Foundation courses must apply through the CAO mature students route for a place on a full -time course. Participants must apply to the CAO before 1st February in the year of entry to a third level course, that is, participants apply for a full-time, third level place that will start the following autumn while still completing the Foundation Course.
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26 weeks, part-time
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To prepare students in academic and core modules to progress to degrees in Business, Law or Arts.
Subjects include Economics, Accountancy, Maths, Applied Writing, Study Skills, IT and Educational Guidance.
The aim of the teaching course is to foster in the participants confidence and enthusiasm for each subject and to introduce them to the conceptual framework and language for each subject area.
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Career Opportunities
The Access course prepares students for re-entry to either full-time or part-time education and prepares students for future employment through its educational guidance, study skills and information technology modules.
Upon completion of the course students are encouraged to apply for degrees in Business, Law or Arts in NUI Galway or Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. A degree in Business leads to a wide variety of careers including accounting, public service, human resource management or marketing.
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Past students
Mairtín Ó Tuairisg
NUI Galway was the only University to teach Earth and Ocean Science which is what I really wanted to study. I participated in theFoundation Course in Science and Engineering for one year in advance of starting the full-time degree so that I could prepare myself academically for this course. At first it was difficult to settle into my new life as a full-time student but I had great family support to continue with my studies, attend Lectures, and work out a healthy balance between home and academic life.
Caroline Gorman
My return to college first started with the NUIG Commerce Foundation course in 2009. Successfully completing this course gave me both the opportunity and confidence to start a full time degree. Thanks to the skills I learned through the part time access course, I found it much easier to make the transition into full time education, and subsequently succeed in my exams. I've just begun the second year of my BComm degree, and I love every minute of it! I would encourage anyone thinking of studying Commerce as a mature student at NUI Galway to take full advantage of these fantastic courses, and to explore the possibilities which they can create for the future.
Current students
Michael Richard
Foundation Diploma in Business/Commerce
"...I have great colleagues who are interesting to be with in sharing ideas and thoughts about college and life in general.. Commerce is an interesting and challenging course. The online continuous assessment helps to getting on track with my study and having a deep understanding of the course..."


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We had to measure the resistance of $R_x$, we balanced the Wheatstone bridge and did calculations. My question is: we didn't include galvanometer error into calculations. Why is that? I read that it's very precise, but that doesn't seem like a good enough explanation in exact sciences :/
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Hidden Grotto
The Hidden Grottos, known as Hidden Hollows in Japan, are various small areas dotted around the Unova region. These areas are small gaps between two trees and can be accessed by interacting with the tree. While they seem relatively empty, they have numerous features which make them very prominent; The can give out Pokémon with Hidden Abilities, usually Pokémon from within that area. In addition to that, you may find a standard item sitting in the middle or an item hidden for access with the Dowsing Mchn.
Typically, when you go to an area, once you've mined it for its interactable Pokémon and items, it is useless, the Hidden Grotto is different. The contents of the Hidden Grottos change and get regenerated repeatedly.Whenever you take 256 steps in the game, there is a 5% chance that each of the Hidden Grottos will be regenerated. When it's regenerated, there's a 40% chance of an item, a 40% chance of a hidden item and a 20% chance of a Pokémon. The chance that it regenerates can be increased using a Pass Power.
The Hidden Grottos are located in the following areas:
Below is a listing of all the Pokémon and items found within the Hidden Grottos. Pokémon in the Hidden Grotto cannot be shiny and the contents are set when regenerated, they cannot be soft reset. Natures of the Pokémon, however, are soft-resetable


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Legacy 2030 is the comprehensive plan for Winston-Salem, Forsyth County and all its municipalities. If the plan's policies are successful, we will be able to keep our rural areas rural, provide a diversity of residential options, improve accessibility and livability, and help our community thrive in the new economy.
Legacy 2030 has twice been recognized nationally by the American Planning Association. The plan was honored with the 2014 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan, and in 2013 the plan's outreach efforts earned the City-County Planning Department a National Planning Achievement Award.
Legacy 2030 website
Cover and Table of Contents [pdf/750kb/8p]
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Chapter 1. Legacy Vision and Goals [pdf/1.9mb/10p]
Chapter 2. Updated Trends [pdf/2.8mb/10p]
Chapter 3. Growth Management [pdf/5.6mb/16p]
Chapter 4. Land Use [pdf/5.9mb/18p]
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Chapter 6. Economic Development [pdf/3.0mb/12p]
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Chapter 9. Community Character [pdf/3.6mb/16p]
Chapter 10. Downtown and the Center City [pdf/2.3mb/16p]
Chapter 11. Neighborhoods and Towns [pdf/4.8mb/24p]
Chapter 12. Rural Character [pdf/2.3mb/12p]
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Royals tie season-high for runs scored
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Josh Willingham homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12-6 on Sunday for their 20th win in their last 25 games.
Kansas City sent 11 batters to the plate and scored seven times in the second, keyed by two-run singles for Alcides Escobar and Nori Aoki. The Royals also increased their AL Central lead to 1 1/2 games over Detroit, which lost 8-1 to Seattle.
This is the latest the Royals have been in first place since 2003.
Kansas City's Jeremy Guthrie (9-10) returned to the mound after a 54-minute rain delay in the fourth and lasted seven innings, yielding home runs to Joe Mauer and Kennys Vargas.


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September is Baby Safety Month, a time where we take a look at protecting our pride and joy. Now is also a good time to be aware of the dangers that could affect your newborn such as Blue Baby Syndrome. But what is Blue Baby Syndrome and how do you know if your child is at risk? Blue Baby Syndrome is a condition in which a baby is diagnosed with Cyanosis, which is characterized by having blue skin instead of the normal reddish color of the body. This is due to a lack of oxygen being received by the baby's tissues, organs and cells. Typically, babies below six months are most likely to have this syndrome. Treatments vary from case to case so always seek medical advice before going with one solution over another. Another issue is drinking nitrite contaminated water. Infants below the age of 6 months who drink water contaminated with nitrite can become seriously ill, showing symptoms such as shortness of breath and blue baby syndrome. Test for Nitrite in your water with the Nitrite Test Strips which contain 50 test strips and gives a safe and precise water test measurement.
Raising a child takes knowledge and care to ensure the first years are healthy and happy. With that in mind, here are a few items that will help protect your bundle of joy.
To help your baby breathe easier, strongly consider this top of the line allergy machine. The Austin Air Baby's Breath Allergy Machine helps to reduce wheezing, coughing, sneezing and snoring. To improve the air in your nursery, this allergy machine will reduce airborne particles such as pollen and dust. This junior allergy machine is available in blue and pink.
The Sprite Baby Shower filters 99% of free chlorine–which causes cracked and dry skin–leaving your child with soft, smooth skin. The Baby Shower features a small, easy-to-hold handle, enabling you to rinse shampoo and soap away from your baby's eyes. Most importantly, it filters out the chemicals in your water that could be damaging to your child's skin, eyes and hair. The Baby Shower uses an adapter to attach to your kitchen sink faucet, making it a perfect shower for your infant. The filter life for this product is 3 years or every 3,000 gallons. After the filter has run its course, replace it with the Sprite HHC2 Hand-Held Replacement Cartridge.
The Vicks Starry Night Cool Moisture Humidifier produces cool and invisible moisture for medium-sized rooms. With this Vicks humidifier your newborn will experience easier breathing, which will result in a good night's sleep. A distinctive feature of the Vicks humidifier is its independently controlled Starry Night Projector, which transforms an ordinary room into a starry night sky that will delight and mesmerize your infant.
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Teachers and guides of memorial sites or museums are key to ensuring that the connection is recognised between Holocaust and human rights education. However, there is a lack of human rights training available for both groups. The FRA thus encourages national governments to better integrate education on the Holocaust and human rights into their school curricula to reflect the significance of human rights in both the history and the future of the EU.
What is the role of Holocaust-related sites in today's societies? What do they off er to young people? What should be considered by schools and teachers when planning a visit to such a site? And how can teachers make best use of such visits for teaching about the Holocaust and human rights?
This Handbook provides a number of examples, hints and historical background information, which will help teachers and students to make visits to Holocaust-related sites and exhibitions a meaningful and enriching experience.
FRA Director Morten Kjaerum: "There is a significant lack of material available for teachers highlighting the link between the Holocaust and events like the "the night of the broken glass" with human rights. Most school curricula do not include specific studies on the Holocaust and human rights. Testimonies of Holocaust survivors will soon become voices of the past; teachers need new tools for transmitting the lessons learned by past generations. This handbook equips teachers with ways of showing the possible consequences for our future when failing to respect human rights nowadays." Read more in the press release.
See also FRA recent work on Holocaust and Human Rights Education
Discover the past for the future – The role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education and human rights education in the EU (January 2010)
Conference on the Holocaust and Human Rights Education (19-20 October 2010)
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Subeinaoer Lake is surrounded by many wells. So much water as been extracted that there is regularly less than half a meter of water is left in the lake. The lake has been completely dry during autumn for the past three years. Wushen County, Inner Mongolia.
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Touch America
For more than 30 years, TouchAmerica has worked together with our customers in the constantly evolving spa and therapy industries. We understand that a lot of spas, medical facilities, and physical therapy centers, work with an abundance of tactile and sensory experiences, so we manufacture aesthetically pleasing and comfortable tables, chairs and other accessories.
Treatment & Therapy Tables
Working together with valued customers in the constantly evolving spa and wellness therapy industries, we have developed a full line of highly crafted, superb comfort and quality tables that can be used for exams, medical procedures, and facial work. You will find our attention to customer and practitioner comfort is present in our highly durable, motorized treatment tables as well as our stationary models.Popular Treatment Tables:
Massage Tables
As a pioneer in the massage industry, we have followed the trends and demands of the wellness therapies to develop treatment tables and accessories that meet and satisfy both client and practitioner. You will find comfort, dependability and ease of use are hallmarks of our durable, motorized massage tables and stationary tables.Popular Massage Tables:
Touch America's ProStool
Sleek, professional look for any exam or treatment room. Now with neoprene wheels for easy movement on all floor surfaces.
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We are an Independent Insurance Agency serving the needs of Eastern Connecticut since 1942.
Opened in 1989, the Alumni Center is a showpiece facility that is now one of the most magnificent buildings on the prestigious UConn Storrs Campus. Spanning 25,000 square feet and built at a cost of $2.2 million?funded completely by the UConn Alumni Association the Alumni Center is a beautiful example of the dedication and pride of our UConn alumni.
Dedicated on Homecoming Day 2001, the Alumni Center is a great source of pride for the University and our alumni. It includes a renovated Alumni House, an Alumni Hall of Excellence, Husky Heritage Sports Museum, first class meeting rooms and state-of-the-art alumni staff offices. An Alumni Lounge provides the perfect resting spot for visitors to the Center.
The Alumni Center is the perfect location for your wedding, shower, reception or other special event.
Wiring services for new homes, swimming pools, renovations & additions, home theatres, along with commercial services.
The mission of the Mansfield Community Center is to provide area residents with a friendly and vibrant recreational facility, while promoting health and wellness, encouraging family activity, strengthening sense of community, and stimulating active living.
Opened in 2003, our 38,000 sf Community Center has become a true health, fitness, educational, and recreational resource for the entire region. The facilities, programs, and staff are all focused on one thing – making your visit to the Center enjoyable, useful, and safe.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:30 am – 10:00 pm ; Saturday, 5:30 am – 8 pm; Sunday, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
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The Benton, Connecticut's state art museum, provides changing exhibitions of art from the 15th-21st centuries, faculty and MFA installations, and traveling exhibitions as well as openings, campus art walks, gallery talks, musical performances, films and special events. Visit The Store at The Benton and The Beanery cafe. Get news of exhibitions and events at http://www.facebook.com/benton.museum.
Non-profit organization with a mission to revitalize three commercial areas in Mansfield – Storrs Center, Four Corners, and King Hill/N. Eagleville Road.


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A Manhattan federal judge refused to block a New York City regulation requiring people who perform Metzitzah B'Peh to first obtain written consent from the parents.
U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on Thursday refused to issue a preliminary injunction against the change to the city's health code, which some members of the city's Orthodox Jewish communities called an unwarranted government intrusion on religious freedom.
In September, the New York City Board of Health voted to require mohels, who perform circumcisions, to obtain advance consent that tells parents about the risk of a potentially fatal herpes infection linked to the ritual of metzitzah b'peh, or MBP.
Enforcement of the regulation was put on hold until Buchwald could rule on the request by the Central Rabbinical Congress of the USA and Canada, the International Bris Association and some rabbis for a preliminary injunction.
In court papers filed in October, they said the regulation improperly singled out an exclusively religious ritual, and violated the free speech and free exercise protections within the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
But in a 93-page decision, Buchwald refused to halt enforcement of the regulation, and said the plaintiffs' claims were likely to be found without merit.
"There is ample medical evidence that direct oral suction places infants at a serious risk of herpes infection, as well as evidence that parents are sometimes unaware in advance of a circumcision that MBP will occur, and the regulation plainly addresses these legitimate societal concerns," Buchwald wrote.
"As enacted, the regulation does no more than ensure that parents can make an informed decision" whether to consent, she added.
Shay Dvoretzky, a partner at Jones Day representing the plaintiffs, was not immediately available for comment.
The city welcomed the decision. "Informing parents about the grave risks associated with this procedure is critical to safeguarding infants' health," Michelle Goldberg-Cahn, a senior lawyer for the city, said in a statement.
New York City said it plans to begin enforcing the consent requirement even if litigation continues.
City health officials on Thursday said at least 11 infant boys have in the last several years contracted a potentially fatal form of herpes following circumcision with direct oral suction, and that two of the boys died.
Opponents of the regulation have said the health department had not proven a higher incidence of neonatal herpes among boys who had received direct oral suction.


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Baird Hicks
Satisfying customers with ultimate service is something Baird Hicks was born to do. As the great granddaughter of Ninnie Baird, she is cut out of the same cloth as the woman who founded Mrs. Baird's Bread at a time when women did not do such things. Baird also grew up steeped in quality residential real estate - her step-father chaired the noted real estate brokerage firm, Brant's Company of Fort Worth. Her ingrained sense of customer service, therefore, is a continuation of two extraordinary family traditions.
Graduating from Mary Baldwin College with a degree in communications, Baird forayed into politics, working first for Dallas' U.S. Congressman, Rep. Steve Bartlett, in Washington, D.C., then for U.S. Congressman Larry Hopkins in his Lexington, Kentucky office. For both, she represented the best interests of the Congressmen while sensitive to constituents' needs. Her degree in communications was being tested on the job.
After moving to Dallas and marrying, this native North Texan entered the world of high-end sales, selling memberships for Club Corp. and the Bass brothers luxury-level clubs. Born with an aesthetic eye, she then began to practice interior design.
Baird's two children grew up first in Preston Hollow, then in the Park Cities, giving her valuable market knowledge in what would become her specialty areas. She volunteered in several capacities at Armstrong Elementary, McCullough Intermediate, and Highland Park Middle School, where her children attended, giving Baird an excellent knowledge of the Highland Park Independent School District.
Today, Baird is following in her father's footsteps in residential real estate, which she always wanted to do. As the Assistant Director of Sales for the Lovers Lane and Lakewood offices, the agents under her are now the beneficiaries of all of her experiences and talents: refined communication, luxury sales expertise, an aesthetic eye that can visualize a property's potential and acute customer service skills.
Specializing in the Dallas Forth Worth Metroplex, Baird's biggest satisfaction is to see clients happy at closing. And she is willing to go every extra mile to get that.
Baird has a great love for horses and is an avid tennis player. Her community involvement includes working alongside her daughter with the National Charity League, an organization that teaches daughters about philanthropy and volunteering. She has been a Sunday school teacher for years, and she has served in numerous church ministries. She currently attends the Highland Park United Methodist Church.
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NASA plans to launch an orbiting satellite observatory to map the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. The new satellite, named OCO (for Orbiting Carbon Observatory) is schedule to be launched later this year. Once in orbit, it will give space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. NASA hopes that it will allow researchers to generate precise global maps of the abundance of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere and get a better understanding of the global carbon cycle.
OCO will fly very nearly over the Earth's poles, an orbit that will let it observe most of the Earth's surface at least once every sixteen days. The mission is part of a new constellation of six closely-spaced earth-observing satellites dubbed 'The A Train.' We'll talk with the project's principal investigator about what they hope to learn.


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Nova Scotia's Culture
The Mi'kmaq are native to this rugged, sea-swept peninsula. Their art, music, language and spirituality are just a drum beat away. The spirit of l'Acadie also echoes deep in our culture, a legacy of the intrepid French settlers who first claimed Nova Scotia as their home in the seventeenth century.
The French were followed, not always harmoniously, by the British, who brought over tens of thousands of Gaelic-speaking settlers from Ireland and Scotland. Later came New England planters, Black Loyalists leaving the U.S. after the War of Independence, the Maroons of Jamaica… all contributing to Nova Scotia's distinctive voice and character.
Our culture is written in the lives of our people. It's also written in our stage plays, movies, music and art. Our artisans craft unique expressions in their art, inspired by our history, cultures and natural landscapes. Artisans are located throughout Nova Scotia and Halifax is the proud home of the only mouth blown, hand cut crystal makers in North America, NovaScotian Crystal. The Cabot Trail has an established artisan loop that features mediums such as pottery, glass, wood, photography, leather and kilt makers and the South Shore is home to hand crafted pewter, potters, rug hookers and stainglass artists.


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Vicenza handed final spot in Serie B by Italian Football Federation
Vicenza have been awarded the final place in Serie B this season, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Friday.
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They were confirmed by the FIGC as the club who would take the place of Siena, who were declared bankrupt and automatically relegated from the league this summer.
The Lega Serie B had intended to start the season with only 21 clubs, but an appeal by Novara -- who finished in the final relegation spot last term -- to the Italian...