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Case Study: Web-based software product for the restaurant industry
Clients: US-based entrepreneurs
Business goals: Early market entry with a B2C product for restaurant reservations and dynamic pricing services
Product: The front end comprises a responsive website created with Bootstrap. The back end is based on PHP and contains logic with complex calculations.
Applied technologies: JavaScript, Bootstrap, PHP 7.0, Agile management framework, extensive manual testing, 3rd-party integrations
9 months of full-cycle software development led us to delivery of a Web-based B2C product for the restaurant industry. It's a platform for dynamic pricing services and reservations at restaurants. One of our main goals was to consult the clients and help them form and elaborate their ideas, creating a properly documented product vision.
A few words from the Client
"It has been a great experience working with MobiDev, they are a talented, creative and professional team. Communication was excellent and they always found great solutions to every challenge we faced throughout our project. It felt like having our own "in-house" IT department, only better given the size of their team and their strong technical skills. We will engage them again soon for the second stage of our project. You can't go wrong choosing them as your development partner."
Input & objectives
This project was initiated by two co-founders: an experienced entrepreneur and PR expert, and a banker, her husband. They approached us with an idea to unite restaurants and diners under a new B2C platform. It would allow restaurants to increase their revenues and occupancy during peak and off-peak hours. Diners would receive offers from restaurants according to rich customizable preferences; it would be an opportunity to either get discounts during off-peak hours or pay surcharges and book tables during prime dining time. The entire system would revolve around the idea of dynamic pricing.
Our main objective at the earliest stages was to help the clients form their ideas into a cohesive and well-documented vision. Then we assembled a project team and provided full-cycle product development from scratch. Afterwards, we launched it together with a marketing campaign, adjusting the product to the needs of early adopters.
Finally, at all times we helped take the clients' ideas to new levels, in terms of both technology and functionality. We facilitated the process with our abilities to find and implement optimal tech solutions, offering ways of saving the budget from unnecessary expenses and remaining flexible.
One of the most distinctive things about this restaurant app development project lay in continuous changes in product requirements, even late in development. The most natural solution was a dedicated team and quick start of development that would be guided further with easy communication chains. The team had to demonstrate flexibility and rapid focus shifts for frequent cases of need. The roster varied according to workload, but generally included:
Development process
We agreed to start from UI/UX design; it would help us clarify the logic and product requirements. The client had a huge amount of ideas, one better than the other, and we could test and prioritize them on the spot. Vital project artifacts—including user stories and acceptance criteria—were created at the UI/UX design stage.
Our standard Agile processes were tailored to the client's scheduling as well. Our goal was to roll the product out as soon as possible. We needed to strengthen the efficiency of our communication, which comprised daily mailing and weekly calls. Our conversations and call summaries helped us go far beyond the original ideas and shape the product. It's worth noting that the clients were extremely responsive and attentive. Both of them provided our app developers with full answers to all questions immediately.
Frequent changes in requirements were never too good for the budget. However, this fact was slightly balanced out by putting the lesser ideas into a properly maintained backlog.
Although project documentation was not put forth by the client as the object of the highest priority—which the delivered product was—the team started to elaborate main artifacts thoughtfully from the beginning. With every change, the documents were modified accordingly.
The QA process was characterized by extensive testing on 5 desktop browsers (each one on different operating systems), 3 screen resolutions, 2 iOS versions and 2 Android versions (+2 browsers for each), and both landscape and portrait orientation for every case. Later on, the client decided to single out 2 relevant browsers and 4 devices to support, leaving the lesser ones for next versions. Thus we managed to bring the release date closer.
Since ongoing changes constituted main risks, the progress was measured with feature-based deliveries over the first 6 months, while the remainder of the time was spent on making the system work seamlessly together. Beta users were first involved to test the app as diners on a special demo server.
The first version of the product was deployed within 9 months from the start of development.
Delivered product & applied technologies
This is the product that was eventually delivered. We assembled a forward-looking tech stack to make the product reliable and extendable, with a number of effectively implemented 3rd-party integrations. The front-end, a responsive website, was the favored option; it ensured faster delivery and at the same time allowed users to access it from any device. For further details, take a look at the scheme below.
Achievements and plans for the future
This collaboration grew into a trustful, inspiring, and productive partnership, and we are proud of the product that was finally delivered after months of extensive brainstorming and committed work, following web application development principles. The product was first launched in NYC. The first restaurant responded and signed up in just a couple of weeks, and 3 more joined soon afterwards. When a sufficient number of restaurants signs up, the marketing campaign will involve diners – which means everyone who likes to dine out with convenience and pleasure.
After a sufficient amount of feedback, the product can be evolved in the direction dictated by modern app development for restaurant business. Among plans for the future we can name mobile apps, and the same team might be allocated at any time necessary. Additionally, data science could be used to generate relevant offers based on statistics gathered over a certain period of usage. The value of this feature lies in automation, and it requires data about most popular dining times, discounts and surcharges, average bills, and regional data.
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Reynolds-Finley Historical Library
Welcome to the Reynolds-Finley Historical Library, a growing collection of over 14,000 rare books, manuscripts, journals, and pamphlets pertaining to the history of medicine, science, and health care, dating from the 1300s through the mid-1900s. The library is free and open to the public.
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Chanting for Others
I received another message about a member who is ill in the hospital and we are asked to chant for the member. It reminded me of a discussion we had at a meeting a few months ago.
What do you think about chanting for others? Can your chanting affect another?
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Company announces the acquisition of $25m stake in the six-tower Ritim Istanbul real estate project
Kuwait's Al Mazaya Holding has announced the acquisition of a further 50 percent stake of the Ritim Istanbul real estate project in Turkey, raising its share of the project to 90 percent.
The deal is valued at 77 million Turkish Lira (around $25 million), the developer said in a statement.
Ritim Istanbul is being built on 39,000 square metres of land on the Asian side of Istanbul, and contains six towers with presidential and offices units.
There is also a retail complex spread across over 22,000 square metres of land, encompassing 1,113 residential units, 147 retail shops and 113 offices.
Al Mazaya Holding group CEO Ibrahim Al Soqabi said: "This acquisition reflects the confidence of Al Mazaya in Ritim Istanbul project; it also reflects the high potential of the project", adding that 80 percent of it has already been sold while construction is reaching 95 percent completion.
He added: "The deal has positive financial returns for Al Mazaya from the profits generated by the acquisition and also from consolidating the project's balance sheet into ours - the handover of the project started in the second quarter of this year, which led to pocketing profits from this handover process."
Al Soqabi said: "Mazaya entered the Turkish market two years ago and aimed to diversify its property investments and geographic reach in the region."For all the latest real estate news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily.


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The sharp contrast created by pairing this chic duo produces a sophisticated look when worn together. Adding a white acessory to an all black outfit, or a black piece to an all white ensemble breaks it up and gives it zing. When opting for either all black or all white, try incorporating fabrics of different texture ( eg. leather and silk) within the same color palette. Experiment with varied patterns, or add just a dollop of color with your handbag, shoes, or jewelry to create a smart, modern look.
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Not a fan of high heels? Consider this dressy alternative. These point toed shoes with ankle straps from Zara are an elegant version of the ordinary ballet flat. Gold buckled ankle straps and plated heels will enhance your outfit, and keep you comfortably in vogue. A daytime look that allows you to gracefully ease into a night out with panache.


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by Ashley
I have no poem, but i do feel the need to share my story .
I want women and even men that have been abused to understand that they arent alone .
I was 10 years old . And Daddy was my BESTFRIEND . But still a monster inside . The trust i had for him was greater than the trust i had for anyone else . He appeared to me as the best dad ever, except for the fact that i had been beat from the age of 2 till now . I wanted so badly to believe it was his way of parenting, but i really knew what he was doing. My dad was a truck diver and he wanted to take me on another one of his trips (Which I LOVED). We got to where we were suppose to be and then it was time for him to park the truck while the trailor was docked. I didnt expect anything to happen despite the fact that before we parked , he made me promise that whatever goes on in the truck stayed in the truck. He told me he was tired and then went to the back to lay down. He asked when i was gonna come back with him , like it wasnt optional. I climbed into bed with him. And in just a brief amount of time he started rubbing me. He touched my vagina over my clothes , but then realized it wasnt good enough for him. When all this was going on , i was so confused and thought of nothing but to pretend that i was asleep, and i did. He then went under my shorts and started fingering me. I was shocked . I tried so hard to hold in the tears but they couldnt hold back. I wiped them off with the pillow and then let him continue. It just got worse. After he fingered me , he told me to get up and i acted like i had jsut woke up. Without any notice he stuck his tongue down my throat. I pulled back and asked him what he was doing, and he pulled me closer to him with a VERY firm grip and wouldnt let me move. I found it getting harder for me to breath , almost as if he were chocking me. Then he threw me down and got on top me and i said nothing. I just let him do it. I let him hurt me all over again. He took his pants off then ripped mine off , then the underwear. I asked him what he was doing , and all he said was shut up. He was just about to put his dick inside me until at that very moment his truck number was called on the intercome. I felt such a relief. It was God , it had to of been. I felt blessed. But once he took care of the trailor , he came back and put his hands on my face. He held me so tight my cheeks felt numb. He then lightly kissed me and said your lucky this time. But i told myself that there wont be a next time , and there wasnt. I think about it all the time. Even though its been three years, I find myself afraid to go to sleep at night, what if it happened all over again ? He has caused my life to be HELL for so long, but i turned around because i finally realized that im strong. And I cant let something like that hold me back. It taught me who my dad really was . And that i didnt have to see him anymore. Of course things are still hard for me. I dont trust people , and I found myself attached to cigaretts at the age of 13 !! But with Gods help and the support of my family and friends , I have gotten so far in life , and i thank my dad for doing what he did. It changed my life for the worse and for the better.
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Enrich your exhibition visit with one of our Gallery Education Tours. The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey's tours make learning about contemporary art fun and exciting. Each tour includes a docent led tour of our current exhibition where participants are encouraged to view, learn, and share their ideas about the art on view. As an optional addition, an hour-long hands-on art project taught by a Studio School instructor that relates to the themes in the exhibition can be added. Art projects include a variety of media such as paint, pastels, found objects, or watercolors, depending on the current exhibition on view.
Want to share your love of contemporary art? Join our team of docents!
ART SPEAKS (College and Adults)
Learn to look at and understand contemporary art with one of our experienced docents. Discuss the artists' process, common themes throughout the exhibition and the social context of the art on view. A hands-on art project can be added to any tour for an additional fee.
Fee for Tour only: $75 for a group of up to 10 people, please add $8 for each additional participant
Fee for Tour and Art Project: $135 for a group of up to 10 people, please add $15 for each additional participant
Tours available Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM
Each tour is 1 hour in length. If an art project is added to the tour, the program will be 1½ hours in length.
CLASSROOM IN THE GALLERY (College)
Use the Art Center galleries as your classroom! Professors are invited to lecture in our galleries, using the art on view to supplement their coursework. A docent can be added for an additional fee.
Fee: $50 for a group of up to 10 people; please add $6 for each additional participant
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Tours available Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM
Each tour is 1 hour in length.
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Second-hand retailer Troc.com saw Belgian and Luxembourgish turnover grow 5 %, partly because it now also buys items itself. Previously, it had only allowed people to take a percentage of the sale of their items.
This English version is only a summary to make Belgian retail news available for an international audience. The complete article can be read in the Dutch version or in French.


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I didn't head for the beach on my vacation.
Instead I searched out used bookstores and homed in on the cookbook sections like a
cockleshell-bedecked pilgrim sighting Compostela. On an inclement day, as rain pelted pleasantly overhead, I uncovered a musty tome entitled Where Paris Dines, a bon vivant journalist's quirky collection of reviews of the Parisian dining scene between the wars. The Zagat ancestor is rich with memories of eateries large and small peopled by debutantes and boulevardiers, "lusty eaters and stalwart bottlemen," recalling a time when simple dishes showcasing the fresh tastes of the finest ingredients were a culinary common cause. The legacy of this Paris of my food fantasies lives on in Chez Louis, David "David's Cookies" Liederman's new Midtown eatery, where megadeals percolate, ladies lunch, and tourists in half-Clevelands have their first taste of foie gras.
Summer was just beginning when I made my first trip to Louis's place. The pale yellow walls and minimalist decor had little in common with the dark-wooded trenchermen's hangouts of my Gallic dreams. Yet somehow the easy informality of the room, the warm welcome, and the way the wine bottle was left out on the table even if you'd only ordered a single glass evoked the less harried era of two-hour lunches spent in animated conversation and midnight dinners near Les Halles. Perhaps it was the food–classic bistro or American nouvelle, the taste of the ingredients glistening through with laserlike intensity. My bone-in chicken salad ($19.95; since replaced, I'm told, with a boneless variant) was crisp-skinned and moist-fleshed enough to make me wish I'd ordered the roast fowl entrée to have more bones to suck on. My friend's three soft-shell crab main ($24.95) replayed the same textural melodies with the added sea tang of the crustacean. The tabletop bottle, an inspired combination of conviviality and marketing, worked its wiles as we poured seconds to toast a kitchen that lets food be food. I was hooked.
Neighboring boutiques were featuring fall duds by the time I got to return. The menu, though, still spotlighted summer delights like the massive wedges of August-ripe beefsteak tomato that combined with teensy haricots verts, a pile of mesclun, and flaky medallions of salmon as the salad of the day ($19.95). The roasted mushroom and garlic appetizer that preceded it ($12.50), a meaty portobello combined with the sweet unctuousness of allium, was tasty, but blown away by the salad entrée. My special appetizer was a tomato lover's bliss–thick slices drizzled with a mildly tart dressing that let the sun-ripened sweetness of the fruit shine through. I indulged my carnivorous tendencies and scarfed down a classic burger on a soft roll adorned with a hunk of more ripe tomato and a slice of red onion that recalled the barbecues of my youth ($15.95). The accompanying mound of frites added an appropriately French touch. As we shared a wedge of diabolically rich fallen chocolate soufflé cake, we poured yet another glass from that bottle that remained tantalizingly within reach and gave a new twist to the words to the old hymn agreeing that in matters gastronomic, it's a gift to be simple.


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This is your 26th opportunity to take part in this most glorious and wonderful festival.
The New Zealand Juggling Association NZJA has been holding this event for many years up and down the country and this year it is being hosted in beautiful Hastings.
The Festival always includes:
A huge number of fabulous, very accessible, casual workshops that anyone can join;
A colourful display of circus and busking performers sharing their amazing talents;
A hilarious, though highly contested, Juggling and Circus Olympics on the Saturday afternoon;
And a wonderful Public Gala Show on the Saturday evening.
This a chance for anyone and everyone to try their hand at all the things you might see in a circus: juggling of every kind, acro-balancing, poi, diabolo, unicycling, hula hoops, contortionism, falling for fun, balance beams, aerial silks and rings, whip cracking and magic tricks. In fact, lion taming is about the only thing not on offer and for a fee you can always find someone to dress up...
This year's theme is art deco because the NZJA event is happily coinciding with the Art Deco Festival 2018. Come in your finest hat and your best stretchy stripes and make a day of it; or buy a full pass and enjoy the whole glorious weekend from start to finish: camp amongst clowns, juggle around jokers, revel in the Renegade, ogle at the Olympics, guffaw at the Gala and have the best value time, in the best value town during the best value weekend in the Bay!
Included in the full ticket price: camping and use of facilities, a wonderful paella dinner on Friday evening before the Renegade show, bus trip to Gala Show, joining the Olympics, use of the Big and Chill-out tents, and all workshops.
Amazing local and international talent already confirmed:
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Building a Cultural Landmark for Boston
Robert Campbell, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning architecture critic, examines how Piano's design for the Gardner works within the Fenway Cultural District.
When an institution is housed in an older building that is itself a distinguished work of architecture, there's a special burden on the owner to maintain that level of excellence.
The Gardner has stepped up to the plate on this issue by commissioning a building from Renzo Piano, acknowledged as one of the leading world architects of our time, a winner of the Pritzker Prize and the designer of such outstanding art museums as the De Menil in Houston and the Beyeler Foundation in Basel.
Piano's design has been developed in collaboration with the Museum staff and trustees. It's unobtrusive in scale, so as not to compete with the Palace. But it's also ambitious. It seeks to be, itself, a work of art worthy of taking its place in the Gardner's famous collection.
The Piano addition will decant from the Palace many of the activities that have gathered there over the years during which the Gardner has been morphing from a private museum into a 21st century civic institution. These activities have overcrowded the Palace and, in many cases, have caused deterioration. Removing them will permit the Palace to be restored closer to Mrs. Gardner's intentions. There will also be basic new visitor amenities, starting with an adequate entry lobby.
Architecturally, the new building doesn't try to floor you with some flabbergasting new shape, as do other recent museums. It's simple, understandable and logical. Nothing about it feels heavy or heavy-handed. Instead it is crisp, light and transparent, reminiscent of nautical design, and thus a deliberate foil to the closed "plain brown wrapper" of the Palace. A ground floor, wrapped in clear glass, welcomes you when you're looking in from outside, and when you're inside it opens up views of the Palace across a newly landscaped garden. Upper levels are clad in more glass and in copper, a natural material that will weather over time.
Piano has been careful to preserve the Gardner's most frequently cited virtue, namely the famous explosion of space, light and color you experience as you emerge into the atrium. You'll now come at the atrium from a different angle, but the experience will be at least as dramatic as in the past.
The Gardner isn't a loner. It's one member of an extended family of cultural entities in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. That membership is part of its strength. Taken as a whole, the Fenway institutions form a cultural cluster with few if any peers in the United States. It's a green cluster: the institutions gather near the Back Bay Fens as art-maven guests might surround around a green table.
Opposite what will be the Gardner's new front door is Evans Way Park, already renovated with new trees, plantings, pathways and benches. Nearby is the Museum of Fine Arts, which has now reopened its Fenway entrance, from which you can stand at the top of the stairs and look across the Fens to the lights of that more populist cultural institution, the Red Sox. A push is on for renovation of the neglected parkland.
All the arts, from Titian to a well-turned double play, are present in the Fenway. Besides the Gardner and the MFA, there's a wealth of visual art at the Museum School, Mass College of Art and other centers. There's theater at the Huntington. There's music at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New England Conservatory, the Boston Conservatory, and the Berklee College of Music—and of course at the Gardner. There's history at the Mass Historical Society. There are students everywhere, starting with Northeastern and its handsome new west campus. Architecture is studied there and at Wentworth, and soon may be an option at Mass College. Many of these institutions—at least half, by my count—are actively at work on some kind of plan for physical improvements to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Thus the new Gardner will not be an isolated entity, as it was both socially and geographically when it was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner, but will be a part of a meta-cultural green world where nearly all the institutions—like the Gardner—are now reaching out to connect with the broader and more diverse audiences of our own time.


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Fractionalisation in an FE college
Yvonne was an HPL at an FE college for 12 years. For six years, her employment had been substantive and consistent, with very little variation in terms of hours and types of courses taught (average 0.7 FTE). The majority of her contracted hours (as opposed to sick cover and summer school work) were to teach courses funded by the Skills Funding Agency in exactly the same way as her Main Grade Lecturer colleagues. This funding and therefore staffing requirement is determined in advance, usually in March for the next academic year.
In June 2011 there was a redundancy pool in Yvonne's department which she was not included in. There were zero redundancies amongst the Main Grade Staff, but unlike in previous years, Yvonne's teaching hours for 2011-12 were not determined by the end of the 2010-2011 academic year.
In August 2011, Yvonne was not timetabled for any teaching, nor was she contacted by HR to notify her of redundancy.
It was not until the end of November 2011 that Yvonne was given notice of redundancy. This left her with a complete loss of salary for three months with no redundancy compensation. However, her redundancy notice was backdated to the beginning of the academic year, so although she received the notice at the end of November, the actual date of notice was the end of August. It could appear that this was an attempt by the employer to prevent her from claiming unfair dismissal at tribunal. Nevertheless, Yvonne made an Employment Tribunal application on the basis of Breach of Contract, Unfair Dismissal, Less Favourable Treatment of Part-time Workers and Less Favourable Treatment of Fixed Term Workers.
Throughout this time, the employer maintained that Yvonne's zero hour contract allowed them to not only keep her on zero hours without making her redundant, but also select her for redundancy over and above her Main Grade colleagues.
The employer made an offer to settle the day before the first Tribunal meeting. Yvonne agreed to a payment of a proportion of what she would have earned during the three months she was out of work, and negotiated a 0.5 Main Grade Lecturer, permanent contract to take effect a week after signing the compromise agreement.
During these negotiations, the employer maintained that the zero hour contract, as used to employ HPLs in FE colleges, is a nationally agreed contract and allows employees to be on zero hours without triggering redundancy.


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Leicestershire and Rutland contain a rich and fascinating diversity of wildlife.
Explore the links opposite and information on this page to find out more.
Leicestershire and Rutland are two lowland, mainly agricultural counties with a landscape that is largely of recent origin.
Despite woodland only covering about 4% of the land, there are some exceptionally fine ancient woodlands in the two counties. Species-rich grasslands have declined alarmingly and few now remain.
Other good wildlife habitats include remnant heathland, which is almost restricted to Charnwood Forest, rivers and their floodplains, disused quarries and man-made reservoirs such as Rutland Water.
There are 92 legally protected Sites of Special Scientific Interest, covering about 2% of the counties (compared to a national average of about 6%) and over 1,000 Local Wildlife Sites that have no legal protection.
Wildlife has come under increasing pressure over the last 50 years and the losses of both species and habitats have been greater in the East Midlands than in any other region in the UK.
In Leicestershire and Rutland the two main causes of this serious decline in wildlife are changes in agriculture and building development. As a result many of the most important places for wildlife are now small and isolated from one another, making them particularly vulnerable to whatever unpredictable conditions arise in the future.
Urgent action is needed in Leicestershire and Rutland to protect and enhance our precious wildlife and wild places.
Samuel Stuart and Bas Forgham will talk about the coal mine history of the area and nature reserve.


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At Coburg North Primary our talented Art Teacher inspires our students every week. Our students experience a wide variety of visual art mediums in the areas of drawing, painting, threads & textiles, collage, modelling, printmaking and construction.
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e-Verify: Ensures all TempForce employees are eligible for employment in the United States. Through e-Verify, employee I-9 forms are compared with over 444 million records in the Social Security Administration database, and more than 60 million records in the Department of Homeland Security Immigration databases.
e-Timesheeting: This web based time-entry program will help reduce your staff time. Our teammates enter their hours worked into a web time sheet which is auto forwarded to you for approval.
e-Reporting: View a variety of management and financial reports via web access or have them delivered via email.
e-Billing: Provides automatic notification of new invoices to view. This system allows for customized hierarchy levels of viewing and routing to appropriate managers for approval. All invoices can be printed and reviewed multiple times and are stored electronically for future reference.


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In the case of questions or recommendations, please feel free to get in touch with the GISEP coordinator of the German Startups Association.
Sascha Schubert – Deputy Chairman
Sascha Schubert serves as Deputy Chairman of the German Startups Association and is responsible for the realization of their events such as Exit Con, Growth Company Forum, Startup Camp Berlin, German Silicon Valley Week, German NYC Week and the CeBIT Scale 11. Sascha started three companies and two non-governmental organizations in his entrepreneurial life and shared his insights and experiences as a mentor at Startup Bootcamp, IBM SmartCamp and Founders Institute.
Natalie Gips – GISEP Project Lead
From June 2015 to July 2018, Natalie Gips was Project Coordinator in the ELNET-Germany office and coordinated political exchange between Germany and Israel. Before that, she worked for the European Office of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council in Frankfurt and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Germany and Ethiopia.
MA in International Politics/Peace and Conflict Research.
Nicolas Kollat – GISEP Project Assistant
Nicolas joined the German Startup Association in October 2018 as part of the team of the German Israel Startup Exchange Program (GISEP). He completed his Bachelor of Political Science with focus on Political Theory and International Relations at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and is currently enrolled in the Master of Africa Studies at the Humboldt-University Berlin.


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At Atlantic Financial Management we are committed to ensuring that your Debt Management Plan remains in your best interests as your circumstance change or the debt solutions available to you change. By way of example, in October 2015 the criteria to be eligible for a Debt Relief Order (DRO) changed resulting in the level of qualifying unsecured debt rising to £20,000 from £15,000. The criteria to become eligible for an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) has changed over time with creditor attitudes to acceptance of lower levels of disposable income and debt levels being reviewed on a regular basis.
Understanding your future goals
We encourage any customer who has had a change in circumstance to contact us to book a review. This equally applies if you have foreseeable events that could impact your plan.
You can arrange a telephone appointment with one of our trained debt advisers. We will ask you to update your current statement-of-affairs in advance of the review to make the most of appointment and to avoid the call becoming too long.
Why do you need a review?
It is important that we review your Debt Management Plan (DMP) at least once a year. We need to understand your future objectives and take account of recent or imminent events that may make a difference to your financial stability. You may be in a position to self-manage your finances or decided to become debt free faster through a personal insolvency procedure. The review will cover all the options available to you and the pros and cons of each.
We encourage you to make use of the free credit report service through Experian's Credit Expert service offered by Atlantic Financial Management to its DMP customers. This enables you to see the current status of your plan and to see what your creditors will see. Managing your credit score and overall creditworthiness over time are important aspects of your plan.


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Do not use your dog to pimp your book. No photos of your dog wearing sunglasses and reading your book. No photos of your dog gnawing on your book. Unless your dog is really cute, then I guess it's okay. Note: I must confess that I have violated this rule.
Do not create "sockpuppet" virtual identities to tout your book. Sockpuppets, as a general matter, are cute and retro (see photo above). Sockpuppet marketing, or the creation of false virtual identities to give your books five-star reviews or stir up positive discussion in social media, is deceptive and fraudulent. The Word of Mouth Marketing Association, a trade association representing the social media industry, recently issued a Code of Ethics that addresses precisely these sorts of online transparency issues (http://womma.org/ethics/code/). The Federal Trade Commission has also adopted guidelines for the disclosure of financial relationships in advertising and blog posts (http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/business/endorsement-guides.shtm). A recent investigation of Hyundai by the Federal Trade Commission highlighted similar concerns (http://business.ftc.gov/blog/2011/12/using-social-media-your-marketing-staff-closing-letter-worth-read). None of these guidelines provide any sort of exemption for self-published authors of e-books.
In a related and distressing note, The New York Times reported Saturday that there is a company that sells five-star Amazon book reviews in bulk to authors. In this new era of e-publishing, and even in the context of traditional publishing, each author is effectively acting as his or her own business enterprise. All businesses must be conducted ethically and in compliance with the laws and, no matter how great and desperate the pressure to attract readers in the publishing marketplace, authors are no exception. As a general matter, unfair and deceptive business practices may be subject to enforcement action by the FTC or a state Attorney General. It seems inevitable that the increasingly aggressive and deceptive tactics of some online book marketers will eventually attract the attention of the regulators who have been concerned about the transparency of online financial relationships and endorsements.
Just as the use of steroids has caused baseball fans to lose some faith in the game, this sort of blatant trickery compromises a reader's faith that they can trust the one thing that authors of good books have going for them -- word of mouth. When a reader can't tell whether they're getting the opinion of a sockpuppet, a hired five-star reviewer or a real reader, then they won't trust anything they read on Amazon and all authors will suffer as a result.
We're in the Wild West days of e-book marketing right now, but I think it's only a matter of time before a new sheriff comes to town. As far as I'm concerned, it can't happen soon enough.


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The findings may help scientists improve the existing vaccine, which has rare but severe side effects, said Jan ter Meulen, an HHMI international research scholar and associate professor of virology at Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands.
The group has identified a specific region on one of the viral proteins that elicits an immune response. Antibodies produced by the immune system interact with this part of the protein, known as a neutralizing epitope, to fight off infection. To protect people from the disease, yellow fever vaccines must contain this essential fragment of instruction to the immune system, said ter Meulen, senior author of a study published in the July 5, 2005, issue of the journal Virology and published early online.
These days, the horror of Ebola or Marburg hemorrhagic fever grabs more attention, but yellow fever is the original viral hemorrhagic fever. It strikes more than 200,000 people a year, mostly in Africa, killing about 30,000 of them, the World Health Organization estimates. No drug treatment is effective against the virus.
Since yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes, much of America has been safe from the disease thanks to control efforts aimed at the insects and a highly effective vaccine that has been available for 60 years. Vaccination is the key strategy for people living in and traveling to tropical Africa, South America, and several Caribbean Islands, where yellow fever is endemic.
In the last 20 years, however, yellow fever has been on the rise, mostly due to the lapse of immunization programs in high risk areas. More recently, serious and potentially fatal side effects from the vaccine have
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By Katie Thompson
Gordon College News Service
March 27, 2012
(This story appeared March 28, 2012, in the Boston Globe, Beverly site, and April 7, 2012, in the print and online editions of The Salem News.)
After 23 years working on the switchboard and later in access services at Beverly hospital, Linda Riley lost her job in 2010. During the first five months of unemployment, she struggled to find full time work and eventually took a part time shift at Stop and Shop in the evenings.
"It's one thing when you have a job and are looking for another job," she said. "It's another thing when you don't have one and you're looking for something before unemployment runs out."
But Riley, 59, of Beverly wanted to stay productive while looking for work, so she started to volunteer. Since then she has been volunteering at the Beverly Council on Aging where she serves as a receptionist and as a teacher in the computer lab.
"I really love helping elderly people," she said. "They so appreciate the company and the help."
Riley is one of many in the area who are looking for ways to contribute while still searching for work.
The benefits of volunteering are two fold, said Mark Whitmore, executive director of the North Shore Career Center. The Career Center—which has offices in Salem, Gloucester and Lynn—works with both job seekers and businesses to help both sides better understand what is needed and available in the job market. Whitmore said the Center constantly emphasizes the value of volunteering at job seeking events.
"As it gets further from the last job the individual had, they become somewhat unattractive to businesses," he said. "Volunteering is a great way to fill that gap, to learn some additional skills, and to be able to contribute as an active member of that workforce."
Whitmore said that besides helping to keep jobseekers marketable to potential employers, volunteering also has an intangible value.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Volunteers Give Back While Looking for Work
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Salem Dancers Jig to Belfast this March
|Billy Petrocelli, center, with
Micoletta and Julianna Bremer at
the Bremer School.
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By Kate Goodale
Gordon College News Service
March 8, 2012
(This story appeared March 9, 2012, in Boston Globe, Salem site, and March 15, 2012, in the Daily News of Newburyport.)
SALEM – This St. Patrick's Day, keep an eye out for some of the world's best Irish dancers here on the North Shore. Dancers from the Bremer School of Irish Dance in Salem will be performing locally to celebrate the holiday and six Bremer students will head to the World Championships in Belfast, Ireland.
Billy Petrocelli, 12, of Georgetown, has been dancing at the school, located on 87 Canal St. for seven years. Petrocelli has seen more of the world than most kids his age through his dance competitions, known as a feis (pronounced "fesh") and he said Dublin is his favorite city he has visited so far. This year will be his third time competing at the World Championships (Worlds).
"I'm feeling excited mostly," said Petrocelli. "It's nerve-racking on the big stage, but it's really fun. I like the sport and meeting people at the competitions."
Maggie Osbahr, 19, of Nahant, Siobhan O'Neill, 15 of Lynn, Meghan Phelan, 15, of Lynn, Micoletta and Julianna Bremer, 11 year old twins of Swampscott are all students of the Salem school returning to Worlds.
Irish dancers compete for a regional title, in this case New England, before proceeding to the World Championships. Over 5,000 qualifying dancers ranging from ages 5-22 travel from all over the globe to dance and win the title of the world's best. The 2012 Championships will take place in Belfast, Ireland, beginning March 31 and ending April 8.
"This is an extremely busy time for us," said Sheila Bremer of Swampscott, teacher and owner of the school for 13 years. "We have St. Patrick's Day performances, some of my students are trying out for a dancing documentary in Brooklyn and Worlds at the end of the month."
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Monday, March 5, 2012
How Women's History is Good for Business
|Bonnie Smith (courtesy photo)
Gordon College News Service
March 5, 2012
(This article appeared March 6, 2012, in the Boston Globe, Salem site.)
SALEM—For businesses wanting to increase sales, Bonnie Hurd Smith of Ipswich, historian and author of the book, We Believe in You, thinks National Women's History Month might be the answer. Featuring women's history in your business, she says, can attract women clients, members, and donors, and Smith sees history as the key to success personally and professionally.
As a result in 2010, Smith founded History Smiths, a public relations and marketing agency that incorporates history in service to organizations, businesses, communities, and individuals on the North Shore.
She says every business or organization—for profit or not-for-profit—wants to attract customers and their loyalty as well as media attention while also developing a positive reputation. Many also want to make a difference in their communities.
"Getting involved with history can do all of that for you," Smith said. "Studying women's history makes us feel less alone. We can see the experience of women who succeeded and how they achieved their goals."
To highlight such successes and to honor National Women's History Month, Smith will explore the experiences, insights and relevance of women poets, essayists, abolitionists, and suffragists on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 pm as part of Salem's Old Town Hall Lecture Series at 32 Derby Square in Salem. The series is sponsored by the Gordon College Institute for Public History.
Smith will discuss the lives of Anne Bradstreet, Judith Sargent Murray, Maria Stuart, and Lucy Stone, all women with links to the Boston area. But Smith sees these women as more than local role models; they were excellent writers, speakers, networkers and organizers with useful tactics applicable for today.
"From an early age all of these women had a sense of life purpose, what they were good at and who they were," she said. "They had courage in taking action despite obstacles."
In order to increase visibility and/or revenue, Smith suggests companies could celebrate such courage by sponsoring a women's history talk at a local library or school. Non-profits could hold a women's fundraising seminar, or retail stores could create a special sale event. At a women's clothing store in the Boston area, for instance, Smith gave a talk on women's history. The company provided refreshments, and offered items on sale. She says new customers came in for the first time, existing customers showed up, and the store increased sales and status.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Diving In: North Shore Proves a Hotspot for Scuba Culture
Gordon College News Service
February 29, 2012
BEVERLY—Instead of taking to the ski slopes this winter, Vinny Egizi took to the water. And not by boat.
"I like to get lobsters," Egizi, 46, of Beverly said. "You go down and grab them with your hands from the back and put them in a bug bag."
Egizi can be found on the weekends squeezing into his wetsuit, strapping on a diving tank, mask and flippers and submerging into Salem Harbor. He's a certified scuba diver, and though the North Shore is far from the warm waters of tropical islands usually associated with scuba diving, Egizi said that's not a problem for many in the area.
"There's a big diving culture in the winter," he said.
He should know. Egizi is the treasurer of the North Shore Frogmen's Club in Salem, the oldest diving club in the country. Founded in 1957, the diving club currently has over 100 members. The "Froggies" meet every Thursday at Palmers Cove Yacht Club in Salem to socialize and talk about diving, listen to guest speakers, and plan future trips. The club goes on weekly dives every Sunday morning, and has special events like a New Year's Day dive and an underwater Easter egg hunt.
Egizi—whose 'real' job is director of operations at MKS Instruments—loves the challenge of trying to catch lobsters (which he is licensed to do) without getting pinched. He also likes to look for antique bottles on the ocean floor, which he does regularly in Salem.
"It [bottles] was trash in the 1800s and now its treasure," he said.
Egizi has gone on approximately 100 dives since he was certified in 2008, including trips to Cancun and river dives in Vermont, but 75 percent of those have been off the North Shore. He said he always enjoyed snorkeling, but after seeing a dive flag got curious about the sport.
"I was tired of seeing the tops of fish," he said.
Meg Tennissen, 33, of Salem is an associate at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the president of the North Shore Frogmen's Club. Certified in 2005, Tennissen said she fell in love with the sport while practicing in a pool.
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Our 2 week jumpstart program is $599. Once you complete jumpstart, you can then continue to our monthly program at $399 for 4 weeks. This has the same level of accountability, communication, and commitment to cardio, but with a slightly updated menu. Most clients are on this program for 1-2 months as they reach their goal weight and/or are comfortable managing food and exercise on their own.
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Chia Pudding, who doesn't love it? Uhm, well I don't. Haha yes, you're reading this correct. I just cant get over the substance of chia pudding, it's so slimy! So I thought; what can I do about it? And I think I've found the perfect solution.
Chia Cashew Cream! Say what? Yes I combined the two dishes and it's delicious. So you still have all the health benefits from the chia pudding, but the creamy texture from the cashew cream. Easy to make, quick and delicious, what more do you want as breakfast?!
And I even made it better to combine it with a smoothie. So you have a delicious CCC smoothiebowl. Ready to drool on your phone/pc whatever?! Haha.
1 Serving
Chia pudding:
2 ½ tbsp Chia seeds
8-9 tbsp Water
Cashew Cream:
20-25 Cashews
Boiling hot water
100 ml Coconut milk
½ tsp Vanilla
½ Banana
20 Frozen raspberries
80-100 ml Coconut milk
- Make the chia pudding and the cashew cream. Put the chia seeds and water in a bowl, put the cashews and the boiling hot water in a different bowl. Let this sit for about 15-20 minutes.
- Drain the cashews and put them in a blender with the chia pudding, coconut milk and the vanilla. Blend this till it's smooth.
- Pour this mixture in a bowl and clean your blender.
- Now put in the ingredients for your smoothie in the blender. And mix this till it has a smooth consistency and you've your raspberry smoothie.
- Pour this on top of your Chia Cashew Cream. Top off with some fresh raspberries, blueberries and granola. And you can dig in!


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Because Maimonides has a long history of exemplary tertiary care, many of the sickest patients in Brooklyn are treated in the Maimonides Emergency Department. Trainees will benefit directly from the extensive critical care experience of the attending and nursing staff. The emergency department also has a substantial amount of support staff including technicians, phlebotomists, EKG technicians, translators, clerks, transporters and dedicated patient representatives to assist with every aspect of emergency care. A great staff coupled with award winning, cutting edge computer technology creates a work environment where resident physicians can focus primarily on patient care and their own medical education.
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Maimonides received full accreditation for seven years in 2005. The first class of Emergency Medicine residents graduated in 2005. Our residents have been highly sought after and have gone on to fellowship training, academic and community practice. The program is a three-year training program (post-graduate year 1,2,3) which accepts sixteen residents each year for a total of 48 residents.
The emergency center facility was constructed in 1997 and underwent expansion in September 2007. In addition to the clinical areas, the department has a dedicated teaching and administrative building that contains a 600-square-foot conference room, as well as faculty offices and space designated for resident use.
The patient care area is divided into three separate patient care areas: adult critical care, adult acute care, and pediatric emergency care. The adult treatments areas have capacity for over 100 patients simultaneously, including four designated resuscitation bays. The resuscitation area contains many state-of-the-art devices such as fiber-optic laryngoscope and ultrasound machines. The pediatric emergency care area consists of fourteen treatment areas including a dedicated pediatric resuscitation bay. Our clinical area also contains a dedicated radiology suite with two rooms for digital plain radiography and a multidetector helical CT scanner. Our medical record is completely electronic including all ancillary data such as EKGs and radiology studies. Inpatient records are also available through the hospital's computer network. There are numerous computer work stations located throughout the Emergency Department which allows residents access to all hospital medical information systems and the Internet.
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The scent of a thunderstorm. Rain, wet and heavy in the air, soaking through earth and trees alike, with a crackling note of ozone.
I missed a day! Almost two, but I'm going to get this one in juuuuust under the wire.
In the imp, Thor smells like ozone and earth. It's very wet and manly. On skin it's the same while wet, but as it dries it smells less dirt-y (as opposed to dirty) and takes on a clean, woodsy, almost very very slightly floral tone on top of the crackling ozone. It really does smell like a thunderstorm, or at least the air before a thunderstorm, and then petrichor, rain soaking dry soil. I bought it because come on, "the scent of a thunderstorm?" SIGN ME UP. And you know? It delivers.
It's described as being quite masculine while wet but more unisex when it dries down, and I'd say that's correct, although I'd still like it and wear it even if it kept its wet scent throughout.
Would I buy it again? Absolutely. It's exactly as described, and I really like it. This is one I'll consider picking up a bottle of at some point.
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Have you and your roommates ever felt unsure after finishing an interview whether a potential roommate would pay the rent on time? If the answer is yes, then you'll find the old saying "you will never know unless you ask" will come in handy. After all, finding the right roommate that you know will pay the rent is about more than taking an educated guess, it's about asking the right questions.
The key is choosing questions that lets your household find out each candidate's ability and history of paying rent and expenses on time, any disputes that they may have had over finances and their attitude towards money. Asking these questions will give you a good indication how expenses will be paid in the future while helping you select a roommate that has a similar approach towards finances than existing household members which helps avoid disagreements. Ideally, when creating your interview questionnaire you should include as many open questions as possible. These questions are great conversation starters as interviewees can not answer with a simple yes or no answer and require candidates to disclose information about themselves. Each question you include should help you create a comprehensive picture of how it would be to live with the candidate as a roommate.
So, which questions should you ask to find out if a prospective roommate would be financially compatible? Here are a few questions you can ask the next time you interview roommates for your household.
1. How much money can you afford to spend on rent and expenses each week/month?
2. Which payment method would you prefer to use when paying rent and expenses?
3. Do your prefer to pay for your own food or pay money into a food kitty?
4. Have you ever organized or been responsible for your household's rent or expenses?
5. Are you willing to be jointly responsible for household expenses or rent? For example, putting your name on household bills or the lease?
6. If we would ring your referees, what would they say about your ability to pay the rent and any additional expenses?
7. Would your friends say you are a spender or a saver?
8. How do you feel about roommates that do not pay their rent and expenses on time?
9. How would you feel if the financial setup of the household would change while being a roommate?
10. How would you feel if the rent or any expenses would increase while living in the household?
11. Have you ever asked a roommate to move out due to an issue about finances?
12. When was the last time you paid a bill, any expenses or the rent late?
13. Have you ever had a dispute with current or former roommates over money? What were the disputes about?
14. Have you ever voluntarily moved out of a household due to a dispute over money? What were the circumstances?
15. Have you been evicted or asked to leave due to an issue over finances? What's your side of the story?
As you can see, by taking advantage of the old saying "you will never know unless you ask" you'll find the answers that you will need to choose the roommate that lets your household leave financial disputes behind. Just as importantly, you'll never be left wondering after an interview if a potential roommate will pay the rent as you'll have the answer in the palm of your hand.
Good luck and happy roommate hunting!


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by RetroRuth | Feb 4, 2013 | Just Recipes, Main Dishes, Recipes & Cookbooks | 2 comments
I love everything retro, vintage, mid-century, kitsch and all things atomic! A 21st century housewife just trying to fit in...to the 50's. I have a passion for vintage recipes and an enormous vintage cookbook collection that I keep testing, even though by now I should know better. Creator of Mid-Century Menu (www.midcenturymenu.com), No Pattern Required (www.nopatternrequired.com), and I Ate The 80's (www.iatethe80s.com).
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Cindy on February 4, 2013 at 5:57 pm
My dad would make something very similar for us four kids if my mom happened to be away at supper time. We called them francheezies. Slice hot dog part way through, stuff cheese slice in, wrap in bacon, secure with a toothpick and broil. Yummy!! I remember one time he got them prepared for broiling, then left the kitchen to do something else. When he returned, the francheezies had disappeared. Turns out our dog ate them, toothpicks and all. It's a fun family memory.Reply
Stefanie on February 19, 2013 at 10:45 pm
I made these as-is for dinner tonight. I thought they would be fun … I did a "campfire" dinner, with these, baked beans, coleslaw and corn on the cob, as a reminder of summer on one of the coldest days of winter so far. My husband thought they were a big hit, and I think the kids will like them when they get a little older and don't have to eat them deconstructed.Reply
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What Makes India Chef Different?
India Chef is one of the most unique Indian restaurants you will ever find. We not only cater to patrons who want to sample the traditional, authentic cuisine of India, but also to customers who are new to Indian food and are open to trying a more subtle version of the typical, India's popular international dishes. Couples, families, friends and co-workers can dine at India Chef and enjoy the entire spectrum of our traditionally spiced dishes of India served alongside a mild versions that maintain the key flavors of the cuisine. India Chef will create each meal to the liking of every customer at the table.
For Meat and Seafood Lovers
Traditionalists will enjoy the spicy lamb boti kabob or goat curry, while those new to Indian cuisine will love the sweet and savory chicken tikka masala, butter chicken or tandoori chicken. Whether you want chicken, shrimp, lamb, beef, fish or goat, India Chef lets you order what pleases you most. We will serve your favorite meat or fish in one of the many traditional preparations of Indian cooking, using only the amount of spice you want. Try your meal served in a curry, biriyani, masala, kurma, mhakni, bhuna, madras, sag, rogon-josh, jalfrazi, vindaloo, kurma, karahi, balti or pasanda style dish.
Favorites include:
- Lamb curry
- Chicken tandoori
- Beef Rogon Josh
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Shrimp Jafrazi
- Butter Chicken
For Vegetarians
India Chef is a vegetarian's paradise, featuring traditional meat-free options, including basmati rice, spinach, potatoes, eggplant, mushrooms, lentils, garbanzo beans, cabbage, okra, peas, garlic and onions, served in dishes like:
Favorites include:
- Vegetable Curry and Kurma
- Dahl Mhakni
- Mattar and Sag Paneer
- Malai Khofta
- Aloo Matar Gobi
- Bringal Bharta
- Bhindi Bhaji
India Chef grows a variety of peppers in its onsite garden.
Family Friendly
Don't be surprised if you walk into our dining room and see families dining with their children. Our cuisine appeals to all ages and backgrounds; in fact, many parents return to our restaurant because their children ask to go back to India Chef!
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Early thread for 2019-20 men's roster
Player Movement:
From https://www.verbalcommits.com/school...h-dakota-state:
South Dakota State 2017 SG Michael Carter III (6-5, 190, 2★) will be transferring to Long Beach State.
South Dakota State 2017 SF Ryan Krueger (6-6, 200, 2★) will be transferring.
Brandon Key likely transfer
2019 Commits as of 3-27-2019:
Douglas Wilson (Signed JUCO) - PF
Caleb Grill (Signed Letter of Intent) - PG
Baylor Scheierman (Signed Letter of Intent) - SG
Owen Coburn (Signed Letter of Intent) - C
Returning Players:
PG - Beau Brown (SR), David Jenkins Jr. (JR), Matt Mims (RSFR)
SG - Owen King (SO), Alex Arians (SO)
SF - Matt Dentlinger (SO)
PF - Alou Dillon(SO), Aaron Fiegen(RSFR)


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by Reb Gutman Locks @ Mystical Paths
I just came back from my regular eye exam. The doctor is such a fine person. He is an eye surgeon, and a disease specialist, too. Thank G-d, all was well.
He is a very intelligent, calm, Israeli with patience, and a very pleasant disposition. He is not Torah observant. I have been seeing him for a number of years. I like him.
Today, he was moved to point to an old picture of a very religious-looking Jewish man that hangs on his office wall. He told me that he was his grandfather, and that he was the very important chief rabbi of his city in Europe. The doctor seemed rightfully proud of his righteous ancestor.
Subtly referring to his lack of Torah observance, I asked him, "But what happened to his grandson?" (the doctor)
He defended himself eloquently. "The prophets have told us that G-d is not interested in our sacrifices, and ceremonies, but in our hearts… that we should be good people, and be humble." He was roughly quoting the Prophet Micah.[i]
I said, "What you are calling ceremony, I have found to be spiritual tools… exercises that open our eyes to G-d's Presence."
He did not give up, "It is alright for you, if you have found this good for yourself, but each person can take his own path."
I did not give up either. "The real problem with straying from the physical practices of the Torah is that once you leave them you go further and further away, until there is even intermarriage, and the grandchildren are called Luke and John instead of Aaron and Moshe."
His face dropped. His confidence left him. His eyes saddened. He had forgotten that a few years ago he told me that his daughter had moved to San Francisco, and married a wonderful, but non Jewish man.
There are no rituals in the Torah. Each is a precious vehicle that can safely take us across a raging sea.
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On February 27 it is Clean Monday in Greece. This is the start of the Lent period before Easter and there are several traditional dishes that are eaten on this day. We've put together 7 of them. Just click on the links to go to the recipes.
Kala Koulouma!
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Hoang Chau is a village of Cat Ba Island; old name is Vang Chau, Hoa phong district, Hai Phong. This is temple worship tutelary spirit Hoang Chau.
In this birthday memory occasion Hoang Chau temple become a cultural activities place. They gather together, respectful carry a thurible, offer sacrifices, to praise luckily, peacefully.
Specially, on 10/6 lunar month, village held two Principal table on which written the name of the dead procession.
Pinnacle of Hoang Chau festival is Keo Ngua Chien game. It's very interesting and attract visitor. You have prepared carefully: Horse-drawn carriage is official manner which have fully rein, pink blouse… member of two group is tidy, wear different clothes.
When have command, under the control of combatant, two wood horse move very clever and harmonious.
This really is a fun game with sportsmanship, charming national character that Hoang Chau Cat Hai district also reserves.


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And May means sunshine (except this week, apparently), patios and Texas' favorite holiday – Cinco de Mayo. Plus, this year the most exciting two minutes in sports falls on the celebration of the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla.
Austinites take their margaritas and tacos seriously, never more so than on Cinco de Mayo. The whole town will be celebrating all things Mexican (er, or at least Tex-Mex). Question: is a sombrero an acceptable derby hat?
Here are the Cinco meets Derby West 6th fiestas happening this weekend. Poll: is a sombrero an acceptable derby hat?
Todas Las Fiestas!
Cinco de Derby | Star Bar
Cinco de Debry kicks off at Star Bar at 1 pm. Mariachis, margaritas, mint juleps and massive hats are in store at the original West 6th bar.
Cinco de Mayo | Dirty Bill's
Cinco de Mayo is so essential to Texans that DB's is opening early for fiesta shenanigans. They'll start slinging drinks at 1 pm and will also have FREE @thesmokinrosetacojoint tacos. It'll be packed (and you should fully expect bar-top dancing).
Cinco de Mayo Y Derby | Parlor & Yard
Mariachis take over Parlor & Yard from 2 – 7 pm and the place will be decked out with pinatas, taco specials, tequila and whiskey drink specials – naturally. DJ Mahealani will be spinning in the yard from 3 – 7 pm.
Derby De Mayo | Dogwood
The Dogwood West 6th will also be celebrating the Kentucky Derby with their annual dress-to-impress Kentucky Derby party with a Cinco twist. Expect mint juleps, margaritas and fajita plates.
Cinco de Mayo with La Tradizion | Rustic Tap Beer Garden
Everyone's favorite [adult] rustic playground has a known history of throwing some awesome theme parties. Rustic Tap is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with La Tradizion. The Conjunto ban stays true to its roots with traditional accordion-driven sound while incorporating progressive elements and country and blues influences. The result is strong vocals and a signature sound that will keep you working off those margs. Expect copious margs, drink specials and todas las fiestas.
Don't feel like partying? Head to Ranch 616 for a civilized Tex-Mex meal (and a margarita or two). And, Little Woodrow's will have the playoffs on all TVs and beer specials! If you need to be counter-culture about it, grab a burger at Hut's or some pizza at Frank & Angie's.
Elsewhere in May
May 3 | The Dirty River Boys | Rustic Tap
The Dirty River Boys are a team of four very different people coming together trying to shake things up in the Texas music scene and beyond. Catch their Texas punk-Americana at Rustic Tap on May 3.
May 4 | May the 4th | Star Bar
Arguably, the best event of the year for all Star Wars fans is Star Bar's annual 'May the 4th be with You' party. Rebel Alliance or Imperial Army, dress in your finest Star Wars garb to earn a free cocktail because honor Star Wars with a proper party, we shall. Star Wars films will play indoor and outdoor TVs, and tap specials and limited edition t-shirts are all part of the fun. Bring yourself and your light saber; props if you have a Chewbacca costume.
May 8 | Drink for a Cause | Kung Fu Saloon
We don't really need a reason to drink but it never hurts to do it for a good cause. Join Kung Fu Saloon for our their monthly Happy Hour on Tuesday, May 8th. 15% of 4-9pm drink sales will be donated to Pencils Of Promise!
May 16 | Havana Nights | Green Light Social
Green Light Social is turning two years old! They are celebrating with another one of their insanely awesome theme parties. Havana Nights is back!! Join the crew for to celebrate Cuban-style. More details to follow.
Sundays | Summer Sundays Brunch Buffet | Dogwood
Biscuit lovers, rejoice. Dogwood has launched Summer Sundays which in actuality is a Biscuits & Champagne Brunch Buffet. Yep. Everything amazing on one Sunday buffet, plus live music. What better way to spend Sunday Funday? Brunch lasts from 11 am to 3 pm, and the music gets started at 3 pm.
Live Music | Parlor & Yard and Rustic Tap
Two live music heavyweights are buffing up their live music programming. Check out Check out live music at Parlor & Yard's weekly living rooms sessions (Tuesdays, 9 pm), weekly country-rock crooning throughout the month at Rustic Tap.
Salud, y'all!


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Posted on March 14, 2014, Ron Whitaker Valve Shows Off New Steam Controller Design
The newest version of the Steam Controller will sport two diamond-shaped clusters of buttons in addition to the touch pads seen on the original prototypes.
In a short release, Valve showed off the newest version of the Steam Controller, seen in the image above. It's a step toward a more recognizable button configuration for Valve, and most likely a pretty good move. According to the release, the newest version of the controller, "refines ergonomic aspects of the Controller by adding two diamond-patterned button layouts in the area previously designated for a touch screen display." We've posted the original version below for comparison.
This controller update was first announced during Steam Dev Days, held in February at Valve's Seattle HQ. Stay tuned for a full hands-on report from GDC next week.


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When we begin not to care and consciously take the emotions away from a particular person or issue, we take away the element of struggle. The reason why we struggle and continue to struggle, is because we continue to carry the emotions that attach us to that …Read on »
Month: February 2015
The value of a moment
Something inspirational:
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
DR SUESSRead on »
Old at any age
As a child I always used to think people as they aged, were more likely to have old mentalities, but years on I'm beginning to think it's simply not true. There's no difference between someone being 26 or being 88.
We all have the ability to learn, adapt and find new ways to move forward, or we can choose to do none of those. Our mentality and fixed ways of thinking will always play its part in our outlook …Read on »
We create our stress
If I were to tell you we are responsible for our own stress, you would probably laugh or shrug it off. You may even get cross; after all, who wants to be told they are the reason for their own stress?
I'm not sure how many of us are open to that idea, yet it's a fact that stress is self-generated. Others will contribute to our stress, and although we don't have control over their behaviour and the way they behave …Read on »
An Indra Nooyi quote
Something inspirational:
"Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different."
INDRA NOOYIRead on »
Health consequences
When we're constantly juggling our lives around stress, we will fail to look after our health, will fail to deal with our issues and as a consequence will fail to eat properly, as we continue to spiral into what seems like a permanent emotional rut, with no motivation coming from us to pull ourselves out of it.
The irony is that no one else is responsible for us and therefore it's nobody else's fault if we get ill. As we continue to blame everyone and everything in our wake for how we feel and the rut we're in …Read on »
About true friends
I just don't get it. They say true friends go long periods of time without speaking and still never question the friendship. A true friend implies the presence of the deepest connection, so why would anyone with those connections choose to go long periods of time without connecting?
The quality of any friendship will usually depend on how we've been brought up and whether the emphasis we had was on people or things. It's important for anyone who wants to have true friends …Read on »
Wisdom & experience
Something inspirational:
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom."
TERRY PRATCHETTRead on »
Gentle reminders
Until my mid-thirties I struggled enormously with the things I couldn't change. Through our own struggles and through our children's success, there will always be those gentle reminders that serve to reinforce our own lack of success. Through our vision for our children, those reminders will stir up negative thoughts on what we didn't go on to achieve.
So how do we move on so that we don't go back to negative thoughts about our own accomplishments? I believe to do that we must learn and come to understand why things didn't happen …Read on »
Becoming better individuals
If we were to understand that we are accountable for what we put out there at the moment when our life is revealed to us, I believe we would choose to use our words more carefully and behave in ways that are more appropriate, this side of life. Unfortunately, we don't always …Read on »


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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether North Carolina lawmakers can prevent sexual predators from using prominent social media sites in a case where Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor Law, and students in the school's UCLA's First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic filed a brief in support of certiorari.
In Packingham v. State of North Carolina, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a law that barred any registered sex offender from posting to or even reading prominent social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and others. Supporters contend that the law is needed "to prevent registered sex offenders from prowling on social media and gathering information about potential child targets."
Professor Volokh mocked the court's decision – especially the finding that people barred from using prominent social media sites had ample alternatives – in The Volokh Conspiracy, his blog on the Washington Post: "That's right: The people restricted by the law can't read or post to Facebook, Twitter and so on. But no problem — the sex offender still has ample alternative channels, such as the Paula Deen Network, WRAL.com, Glassdoor.com and Shutterfly," he wrote.
UCLA Law students Jeremy Page, Mike Romeo and Sydney Sherman worked on the amicus brief. The UCLA First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic files friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of nonprofits and other litigants in a wide range of cases.


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What is Retargeting?
In early 2014, Facebook launched retargeting for advertisers, calling it "custom audiences". You know when you look at a pair of shoes online at Nordstroms or a new tool at Home Depot, then Nordstroms shoes or Home Depot tools appear in ads all over? Ads will pop up everywhere from ESPN to your favorite recipe blog. That is called retargeting (simplified explanation), where advertisers track you through your device with a cookie or pixel (tech terms). They use the tracking information to serve ads on other websites. They can target you based on certain pages of a website you visit.
Why Do Advertisers Retarget to You on Facebook?
Retargeting has gained popularity in the last few years due to its obvious high rate of conversion and effectiveness. If you have already visited a company's website, you have a MUCH higher propensity to purchase, especially if you are served a well-placed reminder ad about the product you want. Typically, you leave a website without purchasing when considering your options before you decide to buy (according to Marin Software's "A Marketer's Guide to Custom Audiences on Facebook").
Retargeting in some form has been available to advertisers on Facebook for a while through third-party apps such as AdRoll. Then Facebook added the ability to create customized lists of people (including you) who visited certain pages of a company's website, including specifying whether you converted or not. For example, the tracking script can tell Facebook whether you bought the new Home Depot tool or if you left the site without purchasing. If you purchased the tool, Home Depot may deliver similar tools that complement the one you bought. If you did not buy it, Home Depot's ad on Facebook may deliver an enticing discount offer on the tool.
Before Facebook's native retargeting, advertisers could retarget through a third-party to those who visited specific pages of a company's website. Or advertisers could deliver ads on Facebook through Facebook's built-in ad platform, allowing an advertiser to target you based on almost anything in your Facebook profile, including but not limited to your:
- Age
- Gender
- Location
- Job, Job Category Job Title
- Interests
- Relationship Status (if you have changed from single to engaged, you have seen the onslaught of wedding vendors jumping on you through Facebook ads)
- Family Info, Kids
…and much more.
With "custom audiences", Facebook's advertising platform allows companies to get even more specific – targeting BOTH certain visitors from their website AND narrowing those down to only visitors with specifically chosen demographics.
How Advertisers Build Facebook Retargeting Ads to Target You
Here is an example of a Facebook ad for Lawton Digital Marketing with built-in retargeting. First, I setup a list that builds users over time. In this case, my list tracks and adds anyone who visits the Digital Marketing Services page of my website. They stay on my list for 180 days. Advertisers with shorter selling cycles may choose 30 or 60 day windows instead. Since, as a small business owner, you may research marketing companies for a longer time, my window is longer.
Next, I build an ad tailored to those who would be interested in online marketing consulting and campaign management. My ad specifically focuses on small business owners living or operating in Colorado. Here are a few selections I made to narrow down who I would target:
Look at how specific I was able to be! Not only am I targeting those who have visited my Digital Marketing Services website page, but I am also only serving the ad to those who live in Colorado, ages 25+, own a small business or have owner or marketer in their job title, and speak English. Is it scary that I can be that specific?
Here is the ad I could serve:
Chuckle at my ad design a bit – it's ok, I am not a designer!
From the perspective of an advertiser, this is a dream come true. For my clients, I love it. From the perspective of the consumer, it is one step creepier in to the power of the information that Facebook holds with a platform of over 1.32 billion users (stat from TechCrunch), 829 million active on Facebook at least once per day, voluntarily submitting information about themselves that make it easier and easier for companies to reach out only to those with a propensity to buy.
Don't Like A Facebook Ad? Remove It
You can not stop Facebook from delivering ads to you. As a user, you voluntarily signed up for Facebook, agreed to the terms and conditions, and chose to actively provide personal information that Facebook uses to serve your ads. However, Facebook will listen if you really don't like a specific ad or advertiser. See the image with instructions below on how to stop a specific ad or advertiser from showing you ads.
Do you like the idea of ads being more targeted to fit your demographic profile? Or do you feel slighted?


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The Listening Post
As the country mourned the death of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, the media went to work characterising her life.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Inside Story
by Inside Story
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela03 Apr 2018 11:31 GMT
A veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle, Winnie Mandela died at the age of 81.
South Africa03 Apr 2018 06:31 GMT
Uncompromising opponent of apartheid maintained ties with Nelson Mandela despite their divorce in 1996.
South Africa03 Apr 2018 06:30 GMT
A look back at the life of anti-apartheid campaigner and ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
Special series06 Dec 2013 15:04 GMT
Who was the man behind the legend? We get an insight into Nelson Mandela's life through the eyes of people who knew him
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Robb lives and works in Northern California. His humor has appeared in regional and national publications, including ANewsCafe.com and The Funny Times. He's appeared on stage in Reno, and his screenplay, "One Little Indian" was a top-ten finalist in the Writer's Digest competition. He's at work on his fourth book.
He may be reached at PO Box 214, Palo Cedro, CA 96073, by phone at 530-636-0550, or follow him on Twitter @robblightfoot.


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I love that acronym. Even with the many acronyms DBT has introduced me to (DEARMAN, FAST, GIVE) I still love the one FINE. Probably because I can say it without anyone else knowing what I actually mean.
To be fair, I am actually fine right now, but there are a few niggling issues that I wish I could get sorted. I am now almost back to 100% health after the 3-4 weeks of hell I went through withdrawing from Escitalopram (Cipralex). The only residual problem, which I am assuming happened because I was run down, is that I have a nasty case of thrush. Well, I hope it's thrush. I went to the doctor thinking it was cystitis as it hurt to pee, but now it is itchy too, with pain in my lower back. I was slightly worried when the doctor suggested I have a test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea – the only people that could have given it to me were Simon (although the last time we slept together was in Iceland and we used condoms every single time) and James – and I don't think that's very likely. We will see – I have to wait for the swabs to come back. In the meantime, they gave me a Fluconazole Tablet (48 Hours ago) so I am hoping that works soon. I miss sex! I think part of me still thinks of sex as a way of proving that James loves me, and fancies me. Given we haven't HAD much sex over the past month because a) I was so ill, b) I had my withdrawal bleed on the pill and c) I now have this 'thing' going on, I suppose it is no surprise I am starting to feel a little insecure.
James has a friend called Chloe who lives locally, and is currently off sick (he knows her from work). James works shift work so has several days off at a time, and so during that time he spends a lot of time with Chloe. Chloe is two years younger than me, blonde, slim and pretty. She has her own boyfriend, and when I asked him about it in the very beginning, he said he thought of her as a sister and nothing would ever/had ever happened between them. I do believe him completely – I don't think that's the issue – I guess I feel jealous that I am at work and he is having time off, spending it with another girl. Jealousy is a really ugly emotion and I didn't want to say anything to James for fear of sounding possessive/controlling/like a bunny boiler. Or even worse, I didn't want him to turn round and tell me he wouldn't see her any more. I want him to have his own friends and a life away from me – and the last thing I want him to feel is guilty, or like he has to stay away from certain people because of what I say.
I mentioned it to him last night while we were sat in the pub. I mulled over whether or not I should say anything, and decided in the end it was probably best for me to get my feelings out in the open rather than chew on them. I told him I was feeling insecure, and I didn't want him to change anything, but I was just trying to be honest and open with him, because that's what I want our relationship to be like. I think he appreciated my honesty, but there is no real solution to this problem and I hope he doesn't change anything in his relationship with Chloe because of it.
On the whole, most of my BPD symptoms are still under control. For at least three months now, I have had no urges to self harm or thoughts of suicide. Admittedly, when my relationship with James started it was very intense, but because I was aware of it, I kept it under control. Now it has simmered down and I do still feel deeply in love with him (YAY! No 'switching off' of emotion). I truly believe being more self aware has helped this process to happen. I still get impulsive thoughts, such as buying things, spending money (not drug taking/loose sex/drinking though) but I don't act upon them as I understand I have responsibilities such as my mortgage. Having my own house has definitely helped in my recovery BUT that approach could have gone very wrong if I wasn't mentally in the right place for it. I also think I don't have the promiscuous/drink/drugs urges because I am in a happy, safe, healthy relationship and don't want to do anything to jeopardise that. My emotions are also quite stable – no massive highs and lows and I am on NO MEDICATION apart from the pill. So pleased I have been able to get to this point, and I hope I can inspire at least someone to make that step to get well too.


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I had a case where I flagged a very low quality question and answer by the same user. In the meantime a 3rd user changed the content radically to make a better quality post out of it, which is ok IMO (assuming the content is technically right).
Now what happends in this case regarding the flag weight? I get a declined flag because of "no evidence to support it" which is right after the edit, but the flag was right at the time it was set. Shouldn't a flag be dismissed in this case, or count as helpful considering the time it was set?
I just noticed the answer I flagged was declined before the edit was done, so this explains the issue, but what I do not understand is why it was declined, this time I flagged it it had the content: "No answer required. Just here for help.", does this apply as an answer?


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|Todd Grantham. Photo via The Louisville Courier-Journal.
There are "oops!", and then there are "OOPS!" Louisville defensive coordinator Todd Grantham accidentally tweeted out a list of recruiting prospects in the state of Georgia. That is a act that definitely falls into the "OOPS!" category.
Grantham (who not-so coincidently was the former DC at Georgia) soon realized his error, but not before someone got a screen capture of the tweet, which was published online by 247 Sports' Dawgs247 site.
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Recruiting violation? Probably, but it's not a big one. Just one big enough to annoy Grantham's former boss, Georgia head coach Mark Richt.
Georgia beat Louisville in the 2014 Belk Bowl 37-14.
(via Dawgs247. HT: Dr. Saturday)