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Now you can help raise thousands of dollar$ for
Bryker Woods without it costing you a penny!
Please return your order form and payment (cash or check) to the grocery card box in the office by the 16th of the month.
What is the Bryker Woods grocery card program?
Friends of the school purchase HEB, Randall's, and Wheatsville grocery cards at face value from the PTA. The grocery stores give us a 3-5% discount. There is no cost to participants! Each card you buy brings the school $3-$5. It adds up to thousands each year, and it doesn't cost you a cent. What's not to love about that?
Where can I use these grocery cards?
HEB grocery cards can be used at all HEB grocery stores, HEB pharmacies, HEB gas stations, and Central Market. Randall's grocery cards are good at all Randall's grocery stores and Randall's pharmacies. Wheatsville cards work at Wheatsville Food Co-op.
What grocery card denominations are available for purchase through the PTA?
Grocery cards from all 3 stores (HEB, Randalls, and Wheatsville) come in $100 denominations.
How do I purchase grocery cards?
Fill out an order form, attach cash or check, and put your order in the PTA box in the BW front office by the 16th of the month. Then watch for notices from the Distribution Manager when the cards are ready for pick- up, around the first of the month. Orders submitted after the 16th will be fulfilled the following month. Make it easy on yourself and establish a recurring monthly order; these continue until you cancel in writing.
Can I pay with credit card?
Cash and check are preferred payment methods, since the fees for processing credit card payments are almost equivalent to the discount we get on the cards. However, credit card payments may be accepted for bulk orders ($2000). Please contact program administrators for more information.
How, when and where do I receive the grocery cards I purchase?
The Distribution Manager will notify the school community when the cards are ready to be picked up. Distribution will usually occur on Monday and Friday mornings at the beginning of the calendar month. The cards are distributed in front of the office from 7:30 a.m.- 8:00 a.m., or by special arrangement with the program administrators.
Distribution location: In front of the office, near the front doors—inside.
Can I buy extra cards on the distribution days?
Yes, a few cards are available for purchase on distribution days, on a first-come-first-served basis. Cash or check will be accepted.
How long do I have to pick up my cards that I ordered?
You may pick up your cards on the days specified by the Distribution Manager. Special arrangements can be made with the Distribution Manager if you are unable to pick up your cards on the specified distribution days.
What if I lose my grocery cards?
Bryker Woods PTA is not responsible for lost cards. However, we may be able to help you cancel and re-issue lost HEB cards. Randalls cards that are lost have no means of cancellation (i.e. you are out of luck.)
Who do I contact if I have questions?
Please send all questions to email@example.com.
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Life Outside of Pearl - Plot Summary
The feature film "Life Outside of Pearl" is about a lower-middle class Haitian-American family assimilating into a new culture, while maintaining their ethnic identity.
The family patriarch presents a proud exterior earning a living as a taxi cab driver trying to keep his adulterous affair, a secret. His wife is aware of his indiscretions but chooses to deny her own needs to keep her home and family intact.
Jean, the couple's teenage son is smart, but naively decides to postpone college to pursue dreams of opening a computer shop in the neighborhood. Jean uses illegal means to raise capital for the shop, conflict occurs, and he gets involved over his head with less than savory friends.
Jean's sister finds love with her new boyfriend only to have her romantic fairy tale life shattered by catching her father with another woman. Marco, the handsome family cousin is a local police officer trying to balance his life on the street with family involvement.
Each family member's personal issues intersect and climax when they learn that Jean has been shot by his cousin while breaking the law. Secrets are exposed, changes must be made and the family unit is ultimately strengthened by facing its weaknesses.
With an all star cast- Jimmy Jean Louis, Rudolphe Moise, Carole Demesmin, Freddie Robinson, Natacha Noel and Anthony Stevenson- this drama/action/comedy film is a sure crowd pleaser!!

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Brain Injury
Below is a listing of Brain Injury Web sites selected by the library staff. They are listed in alphabetical, NOT ranked, order. Clicking on any of the links below will open the professional site in a new window.
Brain Injury Association of America
Brain Injury Society
Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF)
Headway: The Brain Injury Association
International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)
The Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse (MBIC)
National Neurotrauma Society
The Rancho Levels of Cognitive Functioning
Developed by Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, it is one of the most widely used rehabilitation tools which identifies patterns of recovery for people with closed-head injury.
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TORONTO: Canadian Oil Sands is set to reject a hostile takeover bid from rival Suncor Energy , according to a source who is familiar with the situation.
The source, who is not authorized to publicly discuss the matter, said that the company is also unlikely to engage with Suncor on the basis of the current proposal.
Suncor earlier on Monday put forward an all-stock offer for Canadian Oil Sands, which owns a large stake in Canada's largest synthetic crude project, Syncrude, in northern Alberta. Shares of Canadian Oil Sands surged more than 48 percent on the TSX following the offer.


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I arrived in Tochigi in the autumn of 2004, swapping a university city an hour away from Prague for a railway halt on the very northernmost edge of the Greater Tokyo Area. I lived in a shoebox-sized flat with no internet connection, a phone restricted to incoming calls only, and a single window with a view of two rice paddies, a convenience store and the road out of town. It was a ninety-minute train ride to anything that didn't resemble a Wednesday night out in Sunderland; the surrounding prefecture couldn't even muster as much as a J.League team to support. The closest options, I very quickly discovered, were Kashima Antlers, Urawa Reds - respectively the country's most successful and biggest teams - and Omiya Ardija, an insignificant second division outfit which had never before played in the Japanese top-flight. For a Newcastle United supporter, there was only one choice. My contract done, I beat a fast retreat to the brighter lights of Northern Bohemia; the next time I saw Ardija play, they were losing in J1 and I was living twenty minutes west of Shinjuku, the busiest railway station in the world.
Eleven years on, I'm back in provincial Japan to see the prefecture's second team, Tochigi Uva FC. Founded soon after WWII by workers at a local Hitachi plant, the club altered its name in 2002, was promoted to the country's highest amateur division eight years later, and is now next to last in the JFL table with a single win and nine defeats, including a 4-0 spanking its last time out. The only side keeping Uva off the bottom is, unpromisingly enough, today's opponents, Fagiano Okayama Reserves, who have acquired just one point and a measly four goals from their opening ten matches."The quality might not be up to much," says Mike Innes, Ardija fan and long-time watcher of Japan's lower leagues, when we meet on the platform at Shin-Tochigi. Along with Steve Barme, fellow expat Omiya supporter and our designated interpreter for the day, we navigate from station to stadium by iPad screenshot, passing a swimming pool, a petting zoo which has a pair of goats on a blue tarpaulin and a ferret in a pink cage, and a man who says "No money" as he presses three tickets into our hands.
The free entry is part of Uva's off-the-field push for the J.League, resulting in a bigger than expected crowd of almost 1,300. The ground comes in standard single-stand-with-mini-roof-and-grass-banking design, with a fountain on one side and forested hills on the other. The seats are three-quarters full, the grass is more sparsely populated. The Uva ultras are behind one goal, waving flags and setting up drums which they bang on incessantly. The Fagiano four stand by a corner flag, partially hidden by a set of stairs. "God almighty!" Mike exclaims when the first chants of "Fagiano!" blow faintly across the running track. "I thought that was an echo." "The standard's pretty terrible," says Steve - who clearly hasn't yet experienced the lower reaches of the Tokyo Soccer League - as the ball arcs lazily overhead and the referee's whistle blows for yet another offside. The closest we get to goalmouth action is a corner which is blown by the wind first towards and then about ten metres past the far post, missing every single player on the way. We're busy speculating on the likelihood of a miskicked set-piece eventually breaking the deadlock when a Fagiano backpass is poked against a post and bounces tamely into the net. "One of the shittest goals you'll ever see," says Mike, whose years of supporting Altrincham and Ardija make him something of an expert in the field.
Half-time brings a queue at a vending machine, where I'm joined by an Uva fan with a megaphone, flag and Polar bear's head. Intrigued, we follow him into back to the rest of the ultras, who break off from a group huddle to say "Hi", "Konnichi-wa" and "Welcome to Tochigi." "The only thing that could improve this welcome," thinks Mike, "is if they give us free beer." Instead, we make do with a rip-roaring start to the second half, the home side having a goalbound effort headed off the line before Toshihiko Uchiyama smashes in a second after his first attempt bounces back from a teammate's chest. The Uva support keeps up a clamour of drumming, which crescendoes with the polar bear spreadeagled on the grass while screaming incoherently through his megaphone. Another fan waves a towel scarf. A third, in blue curly wig, shakes everybody by the hand. "Come again next game," says one of the ultras, while a woman holds aloft a photo of her favourite player and screeches at the pitch. A strange afternoon, but by far the most fun I've ever had in Tochigi. "Fancy coming again?" asks Steve as we polish off mini-steaks in a restaurant which mysteriously empties almost as soon as we walk through the door. It takes me three hours and four trains to get back to Yokohama, sunburnt, tired and ready for more.
Admission: "No money"
Date: Sunday May 10th 2015
In case you're wondering, the Uva in Tochigi comes from the Italian word for grapes, though Mike's father-in-law assures him that Tochigi's grapes are actually "shit, too sweet and with no depth of flavour." The polar bear head, disappointingly, is tied in to a sponsorship deal with an air conditioning company (with thanks on that one to Steve's superior Japanese language skills).


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Just had some thoughts about meaning as a function in time. Help me out here. And I am thinking audio, as in speaking and listening, rather than writing, which is related but it involves a different modality.
We can listen to people talking, and somehow meaning is emergent, we make sense of the words as we go along. Too many words, too long, and we lose the plot. How long before we lose the plot? How many words… concepts…?
Before answering, be careful about our ability to package. That is, we say a few sentences, and somehow package them, compress them, into single words, thus enabling us to string together "paragraphs" and sections, so that an entire one hour lecture makes sense. This scalable aspect is another thing. I am here simply interested in the length of a sentence. I mean, we seem to have evolved "sentence"-length events in script, and I suspect this is a measure of our speaking/listening modality.
Also, because we have so many grammatical words in english and indo-european languages, as opposed to content words, I thought it might be useful to hear about characters, and thus bypass the word-concept compression trick we perform. So, how many characters can be juxtaposed to "make sense"?
(There's something about breath here as well… how long we can speak. Definitely an interesting thought this, wrt meaning as a function in time. It all sprung out of counting, to music, an 8 bar rhythm as it happens. And the thought emerged out of considering the listening quality required to comprehend a symphony, with movements 20 mins long.)


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New Acquisition will become the Centerpiece for a new Gallery Theme at the Getty Villa
June 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES—The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of a remarkable marble sarcophagus that dates to the third-century A.D. Never before seen by the public, Sarcophagus representing a Dionysiac Vintage Festival joins the Museum's impressive collection of ancient funerary monuments, which are on view at the Getty Villa.
The Sarcophagus representing a Dionysiac Vintage Festival is not only an excellent example of late Roman relief work, but provides insight into how Romans perceived life and death. In addition, the Sarcophagus transcends its function as a funerary monument by touching on themes of daily Roman life, festivals, iconography, religious beliefs, and sculptural reproduction.
"The quality of relief carvings on the Sarcophagus, its state of preservation, and its lively subject matter adds a new dimension to the Museum's antiquities collection, and helps us tell a fuller story about Italy's rich cultural heritage," explains Michael Brand, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum. "It will soon become the centerpiece for a new themed space at the Getty Villa."
The provenance of the Sarcophagus can be traced back to the 19th century to the Villa Rondinini in Rome. In 1852, it was purchased by François de Corcelle, the French ambassador in Rome, and was in the possession of his descendents in France until 1994, when it was auctioned at Christie's in London. It had been in a private collection since then.
At the Getty Villa, the Sarcophagus will form the centerpiece of an installation focusing on wine and wine-making in antiquity, featuring objects in the collection that were used for storing and drinking wine. "The making and drinking of wine was a vital aspect of ancient culture," said Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities for the J. Paul Getty Museum. "The Greeks produced terra cotta and metal vessels depicting the drinking of wine, while the Romans commissioned entire mosaic floors and marble sarcophagi around the subject. This gives us a wonderful opportunity to put on view a variety of works from the Museum's permanent collection, including glass flasks shaped as grape clusters. It will also be fun to expand our public programming with events like the 'Wine Tasting in Antiquity' course, which was a huge hit and sold out in one day."
The artist who carved the Sarcophagus is unknown, but the sculptural tradition indicates a workshop in Rome. With the sides rising perpendicular to the base, it belongs to a type known as a lenos, which reflected the form of a long trough used for stomping grapes to make wine.
Several visual cues place the Sarcophagus stylistically. The Vindemia scenes with Erotes (winged gods of love) harvesting and stomping grapes can be placed among a tradition of sarcophagi created in the late third century. These scenes were primarily used for children's sarcophagi in the second century, but were later used in adult tombs. Erotes not only featured in Greek and Roman art, but were appropriated for Christian imagery as well, and appeared as a continuous motif throughout the history of Western art.
The use of the running drill for carving details in the lions' manes and the hair of the Erotes, as well as their sharply drawn eyebrows and the holes in the corner of their eyes and mouths that create a shadowing effect, also indicate a late third-century style.
The symmetry in the figural scene strongly suggests the use of pattern books by the sculptor. The three Erotes treading grapes provide the most visible sign of repetition, with each body carved almost identically.
In addition to being the centerpiece for a new gallery theme, the Sarcophagus representing a Dionysiac Vintage Festival will unite with the Museum's collection of funerary monuments including cinerary urns, tomb altars and stelae, and sarcophagus reliefs. The quality of the relief sculpture, preservation, and subject matter adds a new dimension to the iconography preserved on the Museum's existing sarcophagi and reliefs. The Sarcophagus will be on view in its new space at the Getty Villa on June 12th.
Learn more about the Sarcophagus and see detailed images.
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An agile podcast, delivered by agile practitioners, focused on helping agile teams. Bob Galen and Josh Anderson use their decades of agile coaching experience to power your organizations need for agility and scale. If our 140+ episodes don't have what you need, ask us a question and we'll help you out!
Episode 86 - Microservices & Agile
Learn what microservices are and how they affect/support/challenge many of your existing, basic agile and software engineering principles and practices. Josh walks you through the Dude's evolution of their microservices approach and provides some insight into future evolutions in this area.
How are microservices used in your organization? Let's discuss!
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Wow, great episode! I have already shared it with a colleague. Your explanation was great and I was really able to wrap my head around your examples. I especially like the self-describing services, it answered some questions in my head.ReplyDelete
I'm a big fan of the idea behind micro-services and even mini-, though as a non-coder it's an intellectual love, not something I've done myself. Are either of you familiar with Mark Burgess and his related work on Promise Theory?
I was surprised there wasn't a discussion about running different micro- and mini-service versions at the same time and keeping them running until reporting indicates older versions are no longer necessary. A different solution to the conversation about fixing a problem for 1 of 5 service users.
Again, great episode. Keep up the good work!
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It's a beautiful spring day here in New York City, but unfortunately, the Javits Center still thinks it's winter. Although temps outside the convention center reached the mid-70s, inside, the high never got above 60. However, that doesn't mean things weren't "hot." Today, I attended four sessions, and all four were inspiring, informational and in some cases eye opening (despite the fact that I had to wear a coat and scarf while attending them.)
The first session of my day (after scarfing down breakfast at Cosi, which I really, really wish we had back home in Kansas City) was a presentation on circuit strength training with Wayne Wescott, fitness research director for the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, MA. Wescott presented the audience with many studies on the benefits of circuit strength training, including increased muscle, decreased fat, improved VO2 max, and all in a 20- to 30-minute format. Although the crowd was a bit divided (and testy, I might add) about whether we're doing a disservice to our members and clients by not always sharing this information and research with them (and instead encouraging them to do longer, more involved strength training routines), I think everyone learned something from the presentation. And impassioned people with strong opinions are always a good thing, leading to more diversity in the industry, right?
Next, I crashed the show's JCC track. (And when I say "crashed," I mean it, because I actually got called out for not being with a JCC by the JCC's head fitness person. Thankfully, I talked my way into staying.) Rick Caro, last year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and Sandy Coffman, Focus On Seniors columnist, both addressed the group of JCC fitness professionals and directors about how to improve customer service, retention, programming and how to find and cater to your niche. Both speakers stressed that you can't be all things to all people, so you need to find your bread and butter (so to speak) and stick with that. Caro suggested implementing a loyalty rewards program for your members to increase the rate of retention, and Coffman emphasized the importance of good customer-service skills when keeping your attrition low.
After a quick bite to eat at the back of the convention center (and a quick call to the husband on how he and our puppy were doing), it was back into the classroom for a session with Doug Ribley of Akron General Health Systems. Ribley gave an interesting talk about medically based wellness facilities. Ribley shared his top tips for creating and managing a medical fitness center, which included making sure medical components are truly integrated with the fitness side of things (meaning you share equipment, resources and staff instead of just dividing up all the services and then placing them under one roof and calling it integrated).
Although the content for today's seminars was fantastic and the speakers were all very good, I was most struck with the business intelligence of attendees at this year's show. Maybe it's because it's New York and the health club industry here is the most established in the country, but I'm not sure if I remember a show where the questions have been more interesting and intelligent. Session after session, attendees have asked specific , business-driven questions and received great advice for them. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings, but I do know one thing: I won't forget my coat! --Jennipher


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Ament, William S. "Bowdler and the Whale: Some Notes on the First English and American Editions of Moby-Dick." American Literature (March, 1932), pp. 39-46.
Babcock, C. Merton. "Herman Melville's Whaling Vocabulary." American Speech (October 1954), pp. 161-174.
------------------------. "Melville's Backwoods Seamen." Western Folklore (April, 1951), pp. 126-133.
------------------------. "Melville's Proverbs of the Sea." Western Folklore (October, 1952), pp. 254-265.
------------------------. "The Vocabulary of Moby Dick." American Speech (May, 1952), pp. 91-101.
Biddlecombe, George. The Art of Rigging. London: Charles Wilson, 1848.
Bryant, John and Springer, Haskell, eds. Moby-Dick: A Longman Critical Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Longman, 2007.
Dana, Richard Henry. The Seaman's Friend. Boston: Thomas Groom & Co., 1851.
Davey, Michael J., ed. Herman Melville's Moby-Dick: A Sourcebook. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Hayford, Harrison; Parker, Hershel; Tanselle, G. Thomas; eds. The Writings of Herman Melville Volume Six: Moby-Dick or The Whale. Evanston and Chicago, Illinois: Northwestern University Press and Newberry Library, 1988.
Kier, Kathleen E. A Melville Encyclopedia: The Novels. Troy, New York: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1990.
Maeno, Shigeru. A Melville Dictionary. Tokyo: Kaibunsha Ltd., 1976.
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick, First American Edition. Hosted by Princeton University.
Parker, Hershel and Hayford, Harrison, eds. Moby-Dick, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions). New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. New York: Viking Penguin, 2000.
Royce, Patrick M. Sailing Illustrated: The Sailor's Bible Since 1956. Marina Del Ray: Western Marine, 1986.


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Leaping Bugs Masters of Acceleration
Leaping Bugs Masters of Acceleration
High-speed cameras and a lot of curiosity have led to some amazing photos of muscles. The pics aren't body builders, but athletes of a different stripe.
One researcher has uncovered the secrets of jumping, hopping and landing among some of the planet's best engineered creatures: insects. Dr Gregory Sutton, who is working with colleagues at Universities of Cambridge and Bristol, studies the acrobatics of a fleas, grasshoppers, and froghoppers.
What Dr. Sutton has discovered sheds light on the limitations of muscle groups. In order for insects to leap, they must accelerate quickly – almost instantaneously. Yet muscles have upper limits in the amount of energy they can produce.
The way insect engineering has evolved to gain more acceleration is to use "ratcheting" processes, as well as storing energy and springing forward. These methods can be understood by thinking of the energy in a bow and arrow. To shoot the arrow, the bow is drawn back, which takes muscle energy in the arms. But the energy of the pulling back is also stored in the bow itself. Upon release, the stored bow energy is what makes the arrow fly.
Insects have structural components to allow "ratcheting" up before springing. They will even alter how they move in the moments prior to jumping to make sure energy is stored in their legs.
Considering how insects have survived in a tough environment with many larger predators, their ability to leap quickly makes evolutionary sense. The adaptations of hopping and flying are often escape maneuvers.Tags: Leaping Bugs Masters of Acceleration


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What solutions can research bring to fruition for smart grid in the next five years? That was the question posed to a panel at the GridWise Global Forum on Thursday afternoon. From increasing situational awareness to bringing on intelligence to reduce theft and increase security, there were various factors the panelists pointed to as the driver of technological research.
When the panel participants gazed into their crystal ball (or maybe just tapped into a research-driven wish list), here is what they saw:
- "Ubiquitous low-cost grid scale storage in five to seven years," said Mark Johnson, Program Director of ARPA-E.
- "More consumer-focused research," said Karl Elfstadius, Group VP and Head of Global Smart Grid Development at ABB. "The technical solutions have to support the end user that make it simple to act in a smart way."
- "Solar will be competitive with traditional power," said Kensuke Tomita, Deputy Director-General of the Commerce and Information Policy Bureau with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
- "More widespread distribution [of smart grid intelligence]," said Dr. Rahul Tongia, Principal Research Scientist at the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy. "Broadband has taught us it's a moving target."
Johnson from ARPA-E also noted that the air conditioner essentially has not evolved since Willis Carrier invented the technology in 1902. Residential air conditioning alone accounts for five percent of total energy use in the U.S. But the government research agency is looking to change that figure and has assembled a team to bring cooling technology into the 21st century.


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To create this A2 card, I die cut some white card stock to fit the card. I then die cut the sun die, which is a detailed two-piece die and also the two clouds, which are also two-piece dies. I painted all the little colored pieces and fit them into the open areas. After that I adhered the clouds. I stamped and cut the sentiment, and then used Ranger Enamel Dots in rainbow colors to create a splatter effect. Thank you for reading this and the materials used are listed below.
I'm entering this card in the Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #314 Challenge and Casual Friday's CFC #194 Challenge.
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I fired up Twitter this morning and found out about something pretty insane happening a few blocks from my apartment in San Francisco's Tenderloin.
Occupy SF protesters have apparently taken over a vacant building owned by the Catholic diocese. The police blockading the occupation of 888 Turk Street aren't allowing food past the barricades, so occupiers are asking that people drive by in cars and throw food into the building.
A sign with a line from the Lord's Prayer reads "Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses." I guess both clauses are meant to be taken literally.
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Who Needs Mole Checks?
If you are low risk, your primary care doctor can check your moles. If you are high risk, see a dermatologist. How do you know which you are?
You are higher risk if you have a personal or family history of skin cancers especially melanomas, if you have very fair skin which burns or freckles easily, if you have over 20 moles on your body, if you've had a lot of sun exposure or have a history of blistering sunburns, and if you have used tanning beds on a regular basis.
See Dr. Irwin's in depth article on Moles, Lumps, and Bumps.


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ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Two Iranian naval ships passed through Egypt's Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Tuesday heading for Syria, a source at the canal authority said, a move that Israel condemned as a "provocation".
Iran appears to be testing the state of affairs in the Middle East after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A longstanding peace treaty with Egypt is crucial to Israel's regional security.
Washington said it was monitoring the ships' movement.
The ships entered the canal at 5.45 a.m. (0345 GMT) on Tuesday and passed into the Mediterranean at 3.30 p.m. (1330 GMT), the Suez Canal Authority source told Reuters. "Their return is expected to be on March 3," the source said.
The Suez Canal cuts through Egypt and allows shipping to pass from the Middle East to Europe and vice versa without going around the southern tip of Africa.
The canal's northern mouth, Port Said, is around 100 km (60 miles) from Israel, but the ships' route would take them into the Mediterranean along Gaza and the Israeli coast. The vessels, the first Iranian navy ships to enter the canal since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, are a frigate and a supply ship.
Israel is anxious about political upheaval in Egypt and other Arab states aligned with its ally the United States. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously said he would take a "grave view" of the passage of Iranian naval ships.
Deputy Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon told Israel's Channel 2 television on Tuesday: "It's an Iranian provocation. When you look at the Middle East, wherever the Iranians weigh in, the situation is not good."
He added: "It certainly does not bode well, but these two ships are not an immediate threat against us."
Israeli media have quoted unnamed navy officials as saying the Iranian vessels would be tracked, but not confronted.
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said: "We the United States have for a long time supported freedom of navigation, so the decision to allow them to transit the Canal is a decision between Iran and Egypt."
"Obviously we have concerns about Iran's behaviour in the region, we'll be watching carefully," he said.
Iran's deputy commander of the army, Abdolrahim Mousavi, was quoted by the official Irna news agency on Tuesday as saying that Israel was "astonished" by the presence of Iranian naval vessels in the canal.
Using a term by which Iran refers to the United States, he added: "The global arrogance must know that the Islamic Republic of Iran's army is fully prepared to defend its goals.
"The world should know that the presence of Iranian warships in the Suez Canal has taken place ... through the deep guidance of the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and our young and brave personnel's self-confidence."
A recently completed Israeli war game, the first since Mubarak quit Egypt's presidency, concluded it would boost military preparations but try to avoid confrontation unless it sees a greater threat from Iran.
Separately, Israel announced on Tuesday that its Arrow II missile shield had aced its latest live trial, shooting down a target missile off a U.S. military base on the California coast.
Israeli defence official Arieh Herzog said the test marked Arrow's upgrade "to contend with new and additional threats" in the Middle East.
"Arrow can intercept all of the weapons arrayed against it in the region, including those that are liable to come from Iran," Herzog told reporters.
Egypt's ruling military council, facing its first diplomatic headache since taking power on Feb. 11, approved the Iranian vessels' passage through the canal, a vital global trading route and major source of revenue for the Egyptian authorities.
The decision was difficult for Egypt's interim government. Cairo is an ally of the United States while its relations with Iran have been strained for more than three decades.
Analysts say Iran sees itself benefiting from the upheaval across the Middle East. Dislodgement and weakening of leaders sympathetic to the United States are likely to embolden Tehran, and lessen the chances of it making concessions on its nuclear programme. Iran denies it intends to build atomic weapons.
(Additional reporting by Dan Williams in Jerusalem, Zahra Hosseinian in Tehran and Dina Zayed in Cairo; Writing by Edmund Blair, Maria Golovnina and Sarah Mikhail; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Hans' Ice Cream & Deli : Summer + Ice Cream = Delicious!Posted by Kat at 7:53 PM
Hans' Ice Cream & Deli has been on my list of places to try for a while. Since I was out with Veggie Girl and TP in Costa Mesa, I decided it was time to make a trip. Once you step in , it is like stepping back in time to a more peaceful time. The decor was very nostalgic. Imagine a family sitting together and enjoying a meal finished off by dessert or a couple drinking a shake with two straws. Being here feels like it is back when things were more simple and wholesome. Although I think us crazy gals shook up the place a bit. O=D
If you come in the morning, you can see the ice cream being made. Seems like everything is made fresh daily and in house.
I debated and debated on what to get here. Their Watermelon Sherbet caught my eye and I asked for a sample. It was refreshing and you could taste that real watermelons were used and the sherbet had a tangy aftertaste. In the end, I decided to get a scoop of the Peppermint Stick. Their prices are pretty reasonable for $3.50 you get a 1/4 lb. scoop. Boy were they not kidding because it was a nice big round scoop! The texture was very smooth and I love munching on peppermint bits.
Veggie Girl decided to get the Raspberry Sherbet. She thoroughly enjoyed it as she positioned herself provocatively in the booth. We all had a really nice laugh at how she was enjoying her dessert. She asked if I wanted to try it and I immediately replied NO! lol I hate raspberries but I did enjoy the watermelon flavor.
All in all this is a great place for family and friends. It is your neighborhood ice cream parlor. Prices and portion are very reasonable along with friendly service.
Hans' Ice Cream & Deli
3640 S Bristol St
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 979-8815
3 comments:
- DanGarion said...
Han's is one of our favorite places to get ice cream!
- August 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Kat said...
Oooh what is ur favorite flavor? Will have to try that one out =D
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Dick Reed, CEO – Just Media, Inc., gave interesting insight into the industry and shared a couple of unexpected facts with a very appreciative audience. The event was so popular that usual meeting area had to be expanded to accommodate more interested marketers.
A few points from the event:
- Important to involve all stakeholders of the initiative (marketers, internal stakeholders, agencies), and make sure everybody understands the big picture. In some organizations this approach introduces internal stakeholders to each other first time.
- "Plan campaign backwards" – the easiest method to discover any gaps in the flow
- Facebook audience converts for b-to-b initiatives (surprising finding) – though the content needs to be more suitable to the medium, not a typical white paper.
- Paid search combines two categories:
- Searches (people are searching industry terms – looking for an information on the topic)
- Navigators (using Google to navigate to a destination – ready to convert)
- Half of cookies are deleted in a week (I find it hard to believe… )
- Leads coming from the company's website, 8-10 times better quality than leads coming from content syndication. People who are looking for something on the site, are further down in the sales cycle.
- Print advertisement – direct mail pieces with interesting features, dimensional, etc. are effective now as very few companies do them. People are excited to receive something unusual.
- Avoid RAM (Random Acts of Marketing) 🙂
- Marketers expectations of what a video can deliver is currently off. Videos are watched, but direct action is is rarely taken.
- Mobile devices impressions are growing in b-to-b, but the engagement is significantly lower. Mobile clicks are 1/3 of desktop clicks – the agency is optimizing campaigns for desktop.
- The agency believes that the next stage is for agencies to help customers run marketing systems they purchased, as the systems are becoming more and more complex and require in-depth expertise. Curious development…
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As we discussed in our last blog, sometimes people turn to different programs that help an individual go through the divorce process without representation because they want the process to be done quickly. A lot of clients will ask a lawyer, "How quickly can we get this done?"
The unfortunate answer is that it depends on the individual case. There are many things that can slow down a divorce and any one case can struggle with one of those issues or many of those issues. While there may be specific wait periods that are set by each state in order for the divorce to be finalized, there are a few specific things that happen that can hold up a divorce.
Most people can understand that uncooperative parties can definitely hold up the process. If one side of the divorce is not willing to provide specific paperwork, the other party's attorney may have to file a motion with the court, which could add months onto the divorce.
Financial documents can also cause the divorce to drag on. Sometimes it can take a lot of time to find this documentation or to get it into the right hands. If the divorcing couple has a lot of assets, the process could take months if not years. If financial experts have to be brought into the case, that can also prolong the case.
Finally, the judicial system itself can hold up the process. There are many family courts that are swamped with cases, with many getting about 250 new cases a month. With just a few judges on hand, it can take a long time to get to any one individual case.


text: We've been having fun sprucing things up around here! I've gotten pretty much all of our decorations at after Christmas sales, so it's always fun to pull out the boxes and have fun new things to put up. I got the branches in the second set of pictures at the sale we went to over Thanksgiving. I saw online where someone used epsom salt for snow and, while I was skeptical at first (I've only ever used it for blistered ballet toes), I was pleasantly surprised by how real it looks! The cookbook in the last set of pictures was a gift from Zach's mom over Thanksgiving. She complied family pictures (recognize the cutie in the blue?) and recipes into a cookbook and gave a copy to each of the kids. The thought and time she put into putting it together was so sweet. I love looking through ours and am excited to be able to make some of the delicious Angle recipes!


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Personally, I always wondered why women of the same house a lot of time had that "time of the month" together. (Calling out the PMS posse, right?!) I wondered why menstruation was on monthly cycles (Another part of His design that really does have a purpose!). And, as I studied the laws of niddah, I was confused as to how women were able to carry out the laws of separation in times past. Reading that we are MAJORLY off on our cycles with the integration of modern technology (also contributing to the rising epidemic in infertility) helped me make sense of all the random information and put the "whys" into logical terms that more clearly indicate the Creator's design for us.
I am going to list for you several links that discuss all of these issues. I hope you find it helpful. But I warn you, these sites are infiltrated with pagan deities and the customs of unbelieving cultures. However, as my dear friend put it, "The info is very enlightening and beautiful to me... Of course, there may be some hidden fish bones, so don't forget to use your filtering system." Great advice from a great friend. So here are the articles in all their glory:
The Moon Cycle and Menstrual Cycle
*Be warned: Many references to pagan deities.
Fertility and Artificial Light
Women Who Bleed with the Moon
The Full Moon's Pull on Fertility
I know it might be odd for me to post about this, but maybe it's time to get us back on track. I appreciated reading how Native American women who were menstruating went to a designated location and the men and grandmothers took care of the households and kids for the period of separation. That sounds just about right. Who wants to see this implemented today? Happy reading, ladies!


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Let's get our glasses on! The Xwerx team recently explored the user experience design challenges of Virtual Reality (VR). We were guided in our discovery by Camille Donegan, founder of Alive-O Productions and organiser of a monthly Virtual Reality meetup at Filmbase.
Camille has an unconventional background, having conducted parallel careers in theatre production and IT. With VR, she believes she has found an ideal playground to marry technology and creativity. "This is the first time that a technology can literally put you in someone else's shoes. It can be very emotional", she said.
"The next big computing platform"
Virtual Reality is no longer "sci-fi". A growing number of people have had a chance to try it, either during a public demo or with the super-affordable Google Cardboard option.
Samsung released its Gear VR in November 2015, while Facebook followed with new generation of Oculus Rift a few months later, adding new milestones to the democratisation process.
Areas of application are multiplying, from gaming to e-commerce, but also include productivity and enterprise software. "Headsets could be the office of the future", predicts Donegan. According to a study by Goldman Sachs, VR has the potential to become "the next big computing platform". The market could reach €100 billion by 2025, as much as the desktop market today.
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But as these technologies mature, questions arise about how to design the new experiences that they support. If there are rules, they still have to be clarified and tested in a limitless number of contexts. "We are still in the experimental phase", says Donegan. Headsets can be off-putting, navigation nauseous, interactions frustrating, content stuck in demo-stage … In other words, VR needs better UX.
Which is exciting.
Equipped with Samsung Gear VR glasses, we were able to surf some waves, gatecrash a U2 jam session and "gaze" at a few items in a floating virtual menu. We also played around with some Augmented Reality educational games, such as this funny Crayola app that changes your drawings into 4D animations and these "Elements 4D cubes" that add some magic to chemistry learning.
These are some of the lessons we've learned…
It's hard not to laugh when you see a VR gamer walking on the spot like some sort of drunken zombie. Getting from point A to point B is not the most straightforward thing in the virtual world. Add the problem of "motion sickness" (the feeling caused by the lack of control of your body motion), and you'll have an idea of the technical and design challenges that still need to be solved. The list of experimental "motion tracking" tools include Wii Balance and multi-directional treadmills. There are also virtual shortcuts: users pick a point on the horizon or on a mini-map, then get tele-transported to it (think of Google Street View). Handy … but not very "natural".
Orientation and focus
These are some of the most basic rules of usability – you need to tell your users where they are and what they can do from their current location.
In 4D environments, however, guiding your users can be tricky. Can they figure out where to look and when? Visual and aural triggers – like animations and audio clues – are precious allies here, helping you to catch the user's attention or make them look in a particular direction.
With headsets covering their entire field of view, VR users can't see the real world around them. A direct consequence is that they can't see any physical controllers – like a keyboard or a remote control. New generation controllers adapt to that constraint with ergonomic shapes and a minimal number of controls. Also, VR experiences integrate UI elements such as virtual menus and dashboards. These have to be adapted to a 3D environment with volume and depth, and not distract the user.
To optimise interactions that involve a 360-degree point of view, a designer needs to obey a couple of ergonomic principles.
The main rule?
"Think lazy", said Camille Donegan.
VR offers a 94 degree field of view, but it's better to keep it under 77 degrees to make sure users can look around comfortably. Up, stick to 20 degrees, down to 40 degrees. For close distance, half a meter is a minimum. Your users would get cross-eyed otherwise. Office ergonomics also apply in the real world: if your user is sitting, interacting with a virtual screen, make sure he looks downward between 15 and 50 degrees and with a 1.3 meter focus.
UX Designers will play a key role in the development of compelling virtual and augmented realities. It's clear that most of the fundamental heuristics of good usability that we have been working with for over 20 years will continue to be relevant. However, the methods of applying these heuristic principles are inevitably going to change as we move towards the VR and AR space.
When we start to see products being developed for enterprise to a level beyond the research lab, the influence of UX Design will be critical in ensuring products are built to last beyond the initial novelty factor.


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Good work.
JVP are ENEMIES of Israel and America.
I woke up this morning and received a breathless email from Cecilie Surasky, the Deputy Director of "Jewish Voices for Peace." The email gleefully announced that in anticipation of the AIPAC Policy Conference in DC and the arrival of thousands of Israel activists from across the US, JVP arranged for the placement of 100 large back-lit ads to be plastered across the busiest Metro stations in Washington, D.C. The ads read as follows "Jewish and proud and AIPAC doesn't speak for me – President Obama and Congress: Most Jewish Americans are pro-peace. AIPAC is not." The email then urges JVP's "legions" of followers to flood the White House and Congress with this message.
This pisses me off a bit, because I wholeheartedly support peace in Israel and in the Middle East and I can tell you, without any hesitation, that "Jewish Voices for Peace" does absolutely not speak in my name or, as they imply, in the names of the many American Jews that also support peace in Israel. For instance, JVP claims in their mission statement to be "a diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human rights [to] support the aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination." But there is nothing in Jewish tradition that says that you have to endanger your physical integrity when faced with a foe who declares the intention to, you know, kill you and stuff. In fact Jewish tradition insists that you must kill someone who rises to kill you- to not do so is a sin. Judaism is many things, but it's definitely not a pacifist religion…
JVP claims to support the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians but in the JVP world view, the Israelis are always wrong while the Palestinians can do no wrong. They support BDS, the Security barrier around the West Bank is a severe human-rights violation, but no mention is made of the horrific terrorist attacks it has prevented. They "will not quietly witness the violation of human rights in Palestine" but they will stand mute at the violation of human rights by Palestinians.
By ignoring the context of the conflict, JVP necessarily demonizes Israel and infantilizes the palestinians. Thats what happens when you blame Israel for everything and treat the Palestinians like some kind of retarded appendage with no mind of their own, incapable of formulating the minimum level of willful behavior necessary to attach any kind of culpability whatsoever. So yeah, screw you JVP. You don't speak for me and from what I can tell, you don't speak for hardly any Jews at all except for the disaffected whack jobs at your rallies who seem to have lost a couple of their marbles.
Anyway, I rejigged their sign in Photoshop as you can see below. Click here to download a larger version that you can print and stick on any wall anywhere like say… Madison Square Garden or the Taj Mahal or the Washington DC Subway… those are just some random suggestions. In all cases do not break any laws or deface public or private property when putting up my version of the JVC poster.
Good work.
JVP are ENEMIES of Israel and America.
I received the same email. It makes me wonder how many of the people on JVP's email list are actually strong zionists, who subscribe to their list for cheap entertainment
Useful idiots, 2013 edition.
BTW, great poster.
You ARE PERFECTLY RIGHT ON. KEEP SPEWING THE HATE BRO
I would just add that even when someone isn't sufficiently pro-Israel, that still isn't a valid reason to Jew them on the tip.
I found you by following a link. At first I liked the idea of a website called "Jewlicious." However I see that you're quite Conservative and hate people who aren't. As I understand it, Zionists believe that Israel is only for Jews and killing Palestinians is a righteous thing to do. By that reasoning, I am not a Zionist. I want everyone to get along. I cried when Rabin was shot but I get the feeling you popped the champagne cork and probably thought the settler that killed him did a mitzvah.
AIPAC is Israel is right no matter what it does. I don't ascribe to that view. I don't like it when settlers displace Palestinians and I don't think that Israeli Jews are superior to Palestinians. I think that both belong there and should get along.
I also get the feeling that you're pro Haredi and cheer when they throw rocks at women they feel aren't modest enough. And the Jews that are doing that in Brooklyn.
In your eyes, Jewlicious means screw everyone else and only your sect are true Jews. Sorry, I'm a Jew and a proud one. But I'm not a Zionist. I was not raised to be a Zionist. I find it interesting how Jews, who were driven out by pogroms are all too willing to visit the same pogroms on Palestinians.
Such hypocrisy.
I love your comment. My opinion exactly. I feel like this entire blog could've been a great outlet for discussing contemporary Jewish issues but it's just turned into a hateful, conservative, and silencing blog that insults anyone trying to express their own views on peace and humanity.
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This week we continue with a look at actor Toby Jones, who plays Lance in Detectorists, a relatively new addition to our Afternoon Tea line-up.
The series was written by Mackenzie Crook who also directed and stars in the show. He reportedly wrote the series with Jones in mind for the role of his best mate and fellow metal detecting enthusiast. Crook pitched the idea to Jones back in 2013 when they were both working on the Muppets Most Wanted film. Although they'd appeared in the same films several times, the Muppets film was the first time they'd actually been in a scene together. Jones accepted the part, because as he said in an interview with The Independent, the script made him "laugh out loud".
Apart from Crook's writing skills, another thing Jones appreciates about working with Crook is the writer/director/actor's obsession with metal detecting. "He's genuinely nuts about metal detecting", Jones said in his Independent interview. "After takes, I'd have to say, Mackenzie, you're directing this, you're supposed to be looking at the monitor..." Given that Jones, who turns 50 this year, grew up in an acting family, he probably knew what he was talking about.
Jones' mother, Jennie Heslewood, was an actress, but she gave up acting to raise Jones and his two younger brothers, who also went into what you might call "the family business". At the age of 88, his father, Freddie Jones, continues to act. In fact, you might recognize the veteran actor from his appearances in numerous Masterpiece series, including Pennies from Heaven, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Vanity Fair, Silas Marner, and Casanova. Freddie has also appeared in several mysteries that have aired on MPT such as Midsomer Murders, Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Morse. Currently he stars in the long-running, popular British serial drama, Emmerdale Farm.
Despite his show business upbringing, Jones seems to have had a relatively steady childhood. It was spent in Surrey and Oxfordshire, where he attended private schools. In the mid-1980s he moved to Manchester to study drama for three years and from there he went to Paris, where he trained in the art of clowning and mime at the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.
Jones and his wife Karen, who is a defense attorney, have been together for over 25 years. They married in the summer of 2014 and live in London with their two teenage daughters.
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The following Maine-based financial education programs and resources were compiled to support educators and individuals who are looking to bring financial education to their schools or community.
Adult Education of the Kennebunks and Arundel provides financial literacy classes for a small fee to both students and community members. Browse through a variety of wellness and enrichment courses and find class dates/times on their website.
Bangor Savings Bank provides a free online financial literacy tool called Money Mentor. Access to relevant articles, fun polls, quizzes to test your knowledge, and user-friendly financial calculators are available.
Bonny Eagle Adult Education offers a variety of educational workshops, and information on buying a home, using Quickbooks for business and personal use, on financial aid opportunities for college, and financial and retirement planning. Register by calling (207) 929-9185 or online at www.sad6.maineadulted.org.
CA$H Maine (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope), supported by United Way, is a partnership of community leaders and industry experts working together to help individuals and families achieve long-term financial stability. Through community and workplace outreach, these partnerships encourage individuals and families in Maine to find ways to make the most of their money. Check out their website for online resources or information on free money management courses. Or, stop by one of their ten locations throughout the state for free in-person financial advice from trained volunteers.
Central Maine Credit Union offers financial education presentations to high school classes as well as one-on-one counseling to credit union members.
CEI offers financial literacy courses and one-on-one financial coaching and housing counseling for low-income adults. CEI also offers an Individual Development Account program for refugees and asylees who qualify.
The CARE Committee is a volunteer organization comprised of bankruptcy lawyers, judges, and court staff who offer classroom and/or town hall style presentations geared towards middle school through college-aged students on the responsible use of credit and the pitfalls of falling into debt. They offer a component on student loans and have volunteers who are willing to travel statewide to help educate Maine students on financial literacy. Their services are free of charge.
EVERFI has partnered with local sponsors such as Gorham Savings Bank, Machias Savings Bank and The Maine Office of the Attorney General to pay for and provide EVERFI's online co-curricular financial literacy resource to high schools across the state. The 8-hr standards-aligned course covers topics like savings, banking, credit score, financing higher education, renting vs owning, consumer protection, investing, taxes, and insurance. Pre and Post assessments help teachers track and monitor student progress as they move through the course, and a library of offline resources are available to supplement the online component.
The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) offers a variety of free resources, tools, and classroom curriculum designed to assist students, parents, and educators with understanding the important elements of successful money management. FAME will also provide presentations upon request on a variety of financial education topics and the Claim Your Future game.
EVERFI has partnered with the MassMutual Foundation to bring FutureSmart to middle school students across the country. FutureSmart focuses on the important middle school years by empowering students to become the stewards of their financial futures. This three hour web-based resource educates students on the practicalities of daily financial decisions and the payoffs of long-term planning. Since middle school is an important period for positive habits to take form and grow, this course is particularly meaningful.
Through a compelling narrative in which students play the Mayor of a town, local citizens are helped with real-life decisions. From weighing opportunity costs, to delaying instant gratification for long-term gain, students face important questions on their way to becoming FutureSmart. At the end of the course, students compose their own blueprint for the future. FutureSmart can be integrated into unit plans and used during class time, as a capstone project, or in a flipped classroom.
Girl Scouts of Maine offers a financial empowerment curriculum for Girl Scout members, serving girls K-12 throughout the state of Maine. The curriculum gives girls the opportunity to build their business savvy and hone their financial literacy skills. Materials are intended for purchase by Girl Scout members but may also be purchased by the general public.
JMG is a non-profit that has joined with Maine's public middle and high schools, community colleges and universities to support students in their pursuit of education and career goals. Also, the Opportunity Passport™ program offers youth currently/formerly in foster care (age 14-24) a chance to develop financial literacy skills as they participate in the program's matched savings component. Experienced staff at JMG provide ongoing, consistent support as youth work towards savings goals and plan for asset purchases.
Junior Achievement of Maine, Inc. is a local non-profit organization dedicated to educating students in grades K-12 about entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. In partnership with businesses and educators, JA brings the real world to Maine students, opening their minds to their potential and preparing them for the world of work.
Lawrence Adult Education offers workshops pertaining to paying for college, including FAFSA completion. Toolkits about college are also distributed.
Financial literacy is a priority of Machias Savings Bank. We want to provide all the materials needed to create a foundation of sound financial life skills to our communities. From hosting a seminar, teaching lessons at our local schools, to online videos to watch from your device, we are a resource for you.
Maine Adult Education Association oversees member Adult Education programs throughout Maine and may be contacted for information about programs specific to an area.
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Teachers have to encourage students to shift to Banks' (2003) social motion method which signifies that college students should interact in downside-fixing and important considering activities that require them to judge and take motion on social issues slightly than only floor stage ideas are being taught however the mainstream curriculum stays the same.
Through their respective research initiatives aimed at deciphering differences in cultures, Hofstede (1971) and the Project GLOBE research defined basic cultural dimensions so that citizens or delegates from one particular society might perceive each (a) their own nationwide cultural tendencies and (b) the overall cultural tendencies of these they may encounter from different cultures.
As cited by Banks, the bias discount dimension of multicultural education is designed to assist college students develop more democratic attitudes, values, and behaviors." When college students develop more democratic attitudes, values, and behaviors they turn into extra socialized and are higher in a position to adapt to the economic, political and social establishments of that society" (Feinberg and Soltis).
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Galileo Design Review, a milestone in making Galileo a reality
Galileo, Europe's own global navigation satellite system, undertaken by the European Space Agency and the European Commission, will provide unparalleled accuracy and dependability in global positioning. Work has started on the main activities leading to a key milestone in making Galileo a reality.
Galileo Design Review, a milestone in making Galileo a reality
This month, work intensifies on the main activities leading to a key milestone called the "Preliminary System Design Review" (PSDR). The in-depth preparatory work for this event was kicked off on 26 May 2002 at ESA's technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands and will last until 9 July 2002 when the Review Board will meet.
This review calls for the scrutiny of all system aspects of the Galileo system design keeping in mind how Galileo will be used. Some likely applications of Galileo will be in running trains, guiding cars and landing aircraft. A number of specialized panels composed of European experts in fields such as space and ground segments have been chosen to carry out the review.
This milestone will conclude eight months of intensive work in the European Space Agency and European industry on the design of the Galileo system.
The ultimate goal of the review is to ensure the completeness, adequacy and effectiveness of the project elaborated under the leadership of Galileo Industries. Successful completion of the review will be an important step in the implementation of the Galileo programme, a programme conceived for the benefit of everyone in the world, Europeans in particular.


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Euroculture Spotlight #10: Jennifer Jun
21 Feb 2017
The tenth edition of the Euroculture spotlight introduces Jennifer Jun, Euroculture alumna working as assistant director of visiting fellowships for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an international affairs think tank.
Thanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to answer our questions!
What is your affiliation with Euroculture?
I was a Euroculture masters student from 2006-2008, hailing from Chicago, Illinois. I was very fortunate to have received the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from the European Commission to facilitate my graduate studies in Europe. Without this financial assistance, I would not have been able to pursue higher education in Europe.
What did you do before Euroculture?
I went straight from my undergraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania to enrolling in the MA Euroculture program. The summer before the program, I had been in The Netherlands as part of a transatlantic human rights fellowship program called Humanity in Action, and it was actually a Dutch participant from Groningen who encouraged me to look into studying at her university.
What is your current occupation?
I recently moved back to my hometown of Chicago to work for an international affairs think tank called the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. I manage the Chicago Council's various fellowship programs, including one that focuses on next generation leaders from the United States and Germany.
Where have you studied during Euroculture?
I completed the first portion of the program in Groningen, located in the northernmost province of The Netherlands, and the second at the University of Deusto. Back then, Deusto's Euroculture programme was located in the Basque coastal city of San Sebastian, Spain. My capstone traineeship was in Geneva, Switzerland at the International Organization for Migration headquarters. These cities are, as you can imagine, very different from one another. As a result, in the span of only one and a half years, I feel as though I rode a bullet train across Europe's vast and diverse cultural landscape.
Would you like to share something special about your Euroculture experience?
Back in 2007, I wrote my master's thesis on the social integration of Ghanaian immigrants in The Netherlands, without realizing that the integration of immigrants and refugees would constitute such an enormous and pressing challenge for Europe ten years later. The research questions on my mind back then are now policy questions for me now as a mid-career professional working in the transatlantic space, and I'm glad Euroculture provided an academic platform for someone like to me to be inquisitive about these questions in the first place.
What did you like the most about Euroculture?
For me, this is the easiest question to answer: my fellow Euroculturians. Euroculturists? Lifelong friends. We are students of history; we share a sense of curiosity and open-mindedness; we are optimistic about the future of Europe. I am still very close to many of my former classmates who came from all corners of Europe and beyond. Earlier this year, I was in Brussels as part of the European Union Visitors Program, and the best part of the trip was reuniting with a wonderful group of alumni, now movers and shakers working in this exciting city. I was so proud of them.


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Vodafone Fiji FACT A Success
2017 Vodafone Fiji FACT was a major success, says Fiji Football Association chief executive officer Mohammed Yusuf.
"Over the years we have seen the tournament grow in stature since first played in 1991," Yusuf said.
He said overall the tournament was well played and everyone enjoyed the football atmosphere.
"From the group stages to the Semi-Finals and Final everyone enjoyed the games. "
The level of competition among the eight districts he said was very high as they all displayed quality football. Chief executive officer said the turnout was good. There were a lot of spectators from the first day and that was encouraging.
"It was good response from the fans and was good to see people of races come together."
Yusuf said the Vodafone Fiji FACT was about development but the logistic was to promote and develop football.
"The fans came out in numbers to show support to their teams and showed district pride."
Yusuf said the fans had shown how crazy they were for football. He said there was no major incident reported during the tournament.
"We did not receive any major incident during the tournament that shows how supportive the fans are."
The people he said were on their toes till the final match on Sunday which showed how competitive the tournament had been.
He congratulated the Rewa, Labasa, Nadi and Suva for making it to finals.
"I congratulate Rewa for winning the title on home soil after so many years and also to Nadi for giving a good go against the host."
"The final he said was something that the fans were expecting and it was a thriller and the best team won. Rewa defeated Nadi 1-0 in the final via a 32 minute goal from Samuela Kautoga."


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ATLANTA (12/7/15)--The lead counsel for financial institution plaintiffs in the Home Depot data breach lawsuit will hold a conference call today regarding a settlement agreement that has been proposed by Home Depot and MasterCard International Inc.
The call, set for 3 p.m. (ET), will cover communications that were sent to plaintiff credit unions and banks just prior to Thanksgiving. The call-in information is (844) 286-3346; code: 98309432.
Credit unions should evaluate any potential settlement they might be presented in light of their own specific circumstances. It remains to be seen how the recent $39 million class action settlement between Target and financial institutions will affect this case.
"While all the details are unknown, making it difficult to evaluate, the available information indicates that the settlement offers inadequate reimbursement for the losses caused by the Home Depot data breach, while requiring financial institutions to release their legal claims," counsel noted. "For example, one financial institution was informed that the settlement compensation offered for 'operational reimbursement' includes only $1.18 per 'Qualified Account.' This amount falls short of the operational losses sustained as a result of Home Depot's breach."
The class action lawsuit was brought against Home Depot over its massive data breach in 2014, which CUNA estimates cost credit unions alone $60 million.
"The Target settlement sets an important precedent by showing that financial institutions can achieve greater compensation for their losses through the legal system," plaintiffs' counsel said.
Plaintiffs' counsel also advised that it is in credit unions' best interests to first find out all the facts relating to Home Depot's agreement with MasterCard before accepting a settlement


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I'm currently playing around with Jeenode boards. The JeeNode is a small wireless board with an 8-bit Atmel RISC microprocessor. JeeNodes are compatible with the Arduino platform and can be programmed under Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux using sketches created with the Arduino IDE. As a first test of it's capabilities, I wanted to […]
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Plugwise protocol unleashed part 1: introduction
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Introduction In the Plugwise protocol unleashed series, I will describe the plugwise protocol. As far as I have been able to re-engineer it. I did this re-engineering work because there is no Linux/OSX software available to control your plugwise devices. All information in these series are based on the 2.0 firmware version! DISCLAIMER: use of […]


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The incessant overlapping of lives in a concentrated area naturally brings forth a feeling of lightness in which I am curious to explore. By observing the natural rhythm in my surroundings, subsequently, the act of walking becomes a time for observing interconnection, a type of meditation. These photographs reflect this state of mind.
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Ongoing Update – Cochrane Report – March 3, 2017
The following was sent on behalf of Damian Lange, Director Clinical Operations, NRGH, and Dr. Ben Williams, Medical Director, Oceanside, to all Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Oceanside Health Centre and Dufferin Place physicians and staff
Dear Colleagues,
As outlined previously, Island Health President and CEO, Dr. Brendan Carr, has asked that we provide you with regular updates.
1. NRGH Quality and Operations Committee Meeting on CPOE Suspension
On Thursday March 2, the NRGH Quality and Operations Committee had its inaugural meeting. The meeting included NRGH clinical and medical leaders, representation from the Medical Staff Association (MSA), as well as multiple guests including regional and local representatives impacted by CPOE suspension. Formal minutes are pending. The following is a high level summary of the meeting:
• Executive Outline Task and Acknowledged Multiple Perspectives
Members of the Island Health Executive attended the first few minutes and opened the meeting by outlining the meeting's task which was to develop a common understanding of what it means to suspend CPOE as requested by the MSA executive, determine what other processes are involved, and to begin work towards safely suspending CPOE. The Executive acknowledged that there would be many different thoughts and feelings regarding the decision to suspend CPOE. It was expressed that there was a common desire to have patient safety as the focus.
• Impact of CPOE Suspension on Other Advanced EHR Functionality
Dr. Fyfe presented a slide outlining interdependency between CPOE and advanced-EHR functionality such as the Electronic Medical Administration Record (EMAR), Bar-coded Medication, Nursing and Allied Health Documentation, Provider Documentation, Clinical Decision Support, Nursing and Allied Health Activities and Tasks. While it may be possible to preserve some advanced EHR functionality, CPOE acts as the "Hub" of the system and most other functions cannot be fully maintained without CPOE.
• Uncertainty as to Mandate
As the meeting continued, there was some uncertainty regarding the exact task of the meeting. Dr. Carr's letter to all staff and physicians indicated the commitment of the Island Health Board and Executive was to take steps to safely suspend CPOE as requested by the MSA executive. Members of the MSA Executive indicated they had received a commitment to return all function to those that existed prior to EHR activation 1b in March 2016. It was agreed to seek clarification from the Island Health Executive regarding the task at hand.
Some physicians asked if electronic ordering of laboratory and diagnostic imaging investigations would be affected by suspending CPOE. CPOE includes all electronically based orders and electronic ordering of lab and DI will cease with suspension of CPOE.
• Oceanside and Dufferin
It is anticipated that there will be no significant changes to the operation of the EHR at the Oceanside Health Centre.
There was considerable discussion about whether CPOE could continue at Dufferin Place. Dufferin Place ordering providers and clinicians represented at the meeting requested that CPOE remain in place. The Medical Staff Association and the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice expressed concern regarding ongoing use of CPOE at Dufferin place. No decision on this point was made.
• Training needs
It was reported that there have been over 190 new hires since activation 1b in March, not including new ordering providers. There is significant design, testing and training that needs to be done in preparation for suspension of CPOE.
• Staff Survey
At the meeting it was identified that while physicians had participated in MSA surveys, there has been less opportunity for members of the non-medical staff to express their views. Physician representatives at the meeting suggested that an anonymous survey of all staff and physicians be undertaken by Island Health. The Committee fully supported this and meetings are underway today to implement this decision.
2. Easy Identification of Patients returning to Emergency Department or Urgent Care
Patients making unscheduled returns to the emergency room within a short time frame are at high risk. It will now be easy for clinicians and physicians working in the emergency room or urgent care to see if a patient is returning to any emergency department or urgent care using FirstNet. There are new icons that will appear in the FirstNet "Info" Column if a patient has returned to the emergency department or urgent care centre in the last 24, 48 or 72 hours.
3. Revalidation Update
Thank you to all those who participated in revalidation activities. Initial survey results indicate a high level of satisfaction with these sessions. The MSA Executive has requested that maximum attention be given to suspending CPOE; therefore, further revalidations sessions have been put on hold so that clinical and technical teams can focus on CPOE suspension.
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Damian Lange
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For decades, sanctions have been used as a diplomatic tool to pressure governments to change their bad behavior. VOA's Margaret Besheer takes a look at how sanctions are imposed and enforced.
When a country feels it is necessary to impose sanctions on another government, the head of state or the national legislature has the authority to impose punitive measures.
But Professor Tom Weiss of the City University of New York says unilateral sanctions are difficult to enforce.
"Rarely does a single country have enough leverage to make sanctions work because there are always alternative sources of supply," said Weiss. "And there are numerous ways for a country that is sanctioned to break the sanctions."
Since few countries have the influence necessary to enforce effective sanctions on their own, they usually go through the United Nations Security Council in the hopes of imposing comprehensive sanctions that have the broad support of member states.
Gary Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics says smart sanctions are directed at regimes and tend to spare suffering within the general population.
"If you can somehow deprive the elite of their bank accounts, of their schools in Switzerland, their travels and so forth, at least you don't penalize ordinary people," said Hufbauer. "So the plus of that is that you don't have the bad side of sanctions, which is widespread ill-health or malnourishment, especially of older people and children, which causes a lot of backlash."
Just this month [March 2008], the Security Council used its mandate to impose targeted sanctions against the Iranian government for its controversial nuclear activities, which some nations believe is a cover for a secret nuclear weapons program. Professor Weiss says this latest round of sanctions against Iran is likely to only have a symbolic impact.
"The regime [in Iran] is clearly not keen to have these sanctions," he said. They clearly want to be a member of the international community of states and they spent a lot of diplomatic effort to make sure these sanctions did not come about. Not because it is going to have a real impact, in terms of day-to-day economics, but it is going to have a large, symbolic impact."
Once the Security Council imposes sanctions, such as the ones against Iran, there are several specialized U.N. agencies and other intergovernmental organizations that play a role in their monitoring, implementation and compliance.
One of the most important is Interpol -- the world's largest international police organization. More than 180 countries belong to Interpol, and the organization's highly trained personnel help enforce arms embargoes, travel bans and financial sanctions. International customs and aviation authorities are also key to enforcement.
Regional organizations such as the European Union, the Arab League and the Organization of American States have also played important roles in sanctions enforcement.
But despite international efforts to enforce sanctions, many experts say they cannot be used on their own and need to be part of a broader equation in order to be effective.
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We are a village side based in North Essex and play in the T Rippon Mid Essex League on Saturday's and the North Essex League on Sunday's. We also run an active youth section with sides at U15, U14, U13, and U12s. For more information please visit our website http://www.raynecc.co.uk/