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Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
Ebury Publishing, 31 aoűt 2011 - 512 pages
Jim Morrison's electrifying live performances, and appetite for sexual and psychedelic experience enflamed the spirit of a generation. In Jim Morrison, critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis brings together insights gleaned from dozens of original interviews, long-lost recordings, and Morrison's own unpublished journals to create a vivid portrait of a misunderstood genius.
Each page brims with new details on every phase of Morrison's life, from his troubled youth in a strict military household, to his coming of age in the avant-garde scene of 1960s LA, his epic alcohol and drug binges, and sexual affairs.
In a gripping final chapter, Davis synthesizes new evidence recently uncovered in Paris to resolve at last many of the mysteries surrounding Morrison's death, and reconstructs the final days and hours of America's greatest rock star. Compelling and harrowing, intimate and revelatory, Jim Morrison is the definitive biography of the rock god who defined the 1960s.
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Home > About Altru Health System® > Who We Are > 2017 > Altru Receives Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
Published on October 02, 2017
Grand Forks, N.D. – Altru Health System received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. The award recognizes the hospital's commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Hospitals must achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month periods and achieve 75 percent or higher compliance with five of eight Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures to receive the Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
To qualify for the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient's arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. If given intravenously in the first three hours after the start of stroke symptoms, tPA has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke and lessen the chance of permanent disability.
These quality measures are designed to help hospital teams follow the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients.
"Altru continues to strive for excellence in the acute treatment of stroke patients. The recognition from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke further reinforces our team's hard work," said Lynde Quirk, STEMI & Stroke Coordinator at Altru.
About Altru Health System
Altru Health System is a community-owned, integrated system with an acute care hospital, a specialty hospital, more than a dozen clinics in Grand Forks and the region, and a large home care network. It employs nearly 200 physicians and 4,000 staff and has an annual net operating revenue of more than $549 million. As the first member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, Altru's providers have access to clinically integrated tools extending Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise to patients.
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Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with tools and resources to increase adherence to the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 6 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.


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Hatters full back James Justin is hopeful that the club can keep hold of goalscoring midfielder Cameron McGeehan in the face of strong interest from Championship side Barnsley.
Although denying it was by any means a done deal, Luton chief Nathan Jones admitted the Tykes were keeping tabs on the 22-year-old, who scored 11 goals in 28 games last season before breaking his leg against Portsmouth on January 2.
Cam coming back for us would be a great addition with his goals from midfield.James Justin
Speaking to the News/Gazette, Justin would be delighted to see the former Norwich City starlet line up in a Town shirt against Yeovil on August 5, as he said: "I hope we can all stay together, so we all know each other and how each other plays.
"Cam coming back for us would be a great addition with his goals from midfield. Hopefully he can just continue it into next season."
Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom has also been addressing the local media this morning, although didn't give any hints over a move for McGeehan, telling the club's official website: "We absolutely need more players, course we do.
"The market is constantly changing, we are trying get things through. But until these things are confirmed it's all speculation."


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How Form and Function Create Community in the Middle Landscape
Keith, Ryan H.
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The middle landscape, more commonly referred to as Suburbia, has become spatially discontinuous, lacking the cohesive union, open spaces and city centers that once defined community. Presently, the middle landscapeâ s community spaces do not offer the opportunity for familiar and chance encounters or ritual activity. Large-scale housing development in Northern Virginia and in the mid-Atlantic region is continually segregating and ultimately destroying community and all links to the areaâ s history. Located in Southern Fairfax County, the newly abandoned Lorton Central and Maximum Security Prison Facility provides an opportunity to serve as a catalyst for community in this area. This thesis investigates the historic precedence for creating successful community centers. The authorâ s personal investigation is focused upon using form and function to accomplish this vision. By adaptively reusing the existing architecture alongside new construction, the intent is to create a dense urban town center at the abandoned historic site.
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The Mentalist
For over 30 years, Gerry McCambridge has honed his mind reading techniques to wow audiences at his Las Vegas show "The Mentalist" at the V Theater. Using his astounding talents, McCambridge has become the dean of mind reading on the Strip thanks to deftly mixing comedy and magic into his remarkable production. BestofVegas.com has tickets for this incredible show that's all about playful audience interaction. McCambridge tells you he's not a psychic (they talk to the dead), instead he fuses lies and truth with intuition and "psychometry." What that means is you're a part of a show that will have you marvel at the information he's able to get from anyone that volunteers. Gerry McCambridge has dazzled audiences around the world with his TV special, off-Broadway show, and performances for countless Fortune 500 companies. He's even helped as an advisor for the hit CBS program "The Mentalist". Now it's time to find out what he knows about you.
Show Highlights
McCambridge mixes comedy, magic, and mindreading into an astounding show and has earned worldwide attention as the longest-running mentalist performer in Las Vegas history. If you're looking to be spellbound by shows during your Vegas vacation, then you'll want to see Gerry McCambridge. His act has been called "Amazing" by Access Hollywood and voted by readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal as one of the "Best Bargain Shows" in town. Also, you'll never see the same show twice, as he reads a new audiences on a nightly basis. He's so popular that stars have flown him in for private parties. So come have your own party at the V Theater and prepare to be wowed by Gerry McCambridge and his uncanny ability to read your mind!
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- Carved top sirloin with pan gravy served with mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables.
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NOTE: Late arrivals may be subject to a re-assignment of seats at management discretion - there will be no refunds or exchanges.
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Usually, when they want to promote something new, tire manufacturers go for some fancy new ATV, but this time Toyo Tires decided to make a difference. They teamed up with Action Vehicles Engineering and restored a British tank from 1959. They turned it into the six-wheeled monster which has no limits, and what it can do is just incredible.
This modernized tank now has 800bhp and a functional grappling hook which replaced the cannon turret attachment. On top of all they let off-road racing maniac and several-time world champion BJ Baldwin drive it and the result is this awesome video. I would definitely like to take this for a spin and how about you?


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Purpose of the Position
A content creator, as a member of the content team, writes and contributes curated articles (like Upworthy) and original content (from interviews) to bring more high quality posts to families impacted by disabilities.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Gain valuable writing experience by writing curated and original articles
- Build relationships with key influencers in the disability sector with in person or remote interviews
- Update database with articles and videos to curate from our list of partners
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- Weekly remote check-ins to set weekly deliverables
- Excellent communication, writing and editing skills
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TOKYO — The Japanese economy grew at the tepid rate of 1 percent in the final quarter of 2013, data showed Monday, falling short of analysts' expectations and heightening concerns that the country's recovery might not be strong enough to weather an impending sales tax increase, a worsening trade balance and other problems expected this year.
Forty-one economists polled by the Japan Center for Economic Research had predicted an annualized growth rate of 3 percent for the quarter. But an unsteady recovery in exports and a surge in imports helped blunt the rate of growth, according to preliminary figures released on Monday by the Cabinet Office.
On a quarterly basis, Japan's economy expanded 0.3 percent from October to December, for the fourth-consecutive quarter of growth. Economic growth for the year came to an estimated 1.6 percent, separate data showed.
Private consumption rose 0.5 percent from the previous quarter, though economists attributed much of that to spending ahead of a sales tax increase set to take effect in April and warned that growth could slow later this year. Exports grew 0.5 percent, a gain that was offset by a 3.4 percent jump in imports.
The latest readings underscored the challenges facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his three-pronged plan to put Japan's economy, long in the grips of deflation, back on a path to robust growth.
Stock markets rose by over 50 percent last year in response to Mr. Abe's first so-called arrow — aggressive monetary stimulus that has flooded the Japanese economy with money and helped weaken the yen. But while the weaker currency has brought record overseas earnings for Japanese exporters, it has yet to translate into significantly higher export volumes or a rebound in wages and investment at home.
Japanese stocks have recently fallen back somewhat, hurt by concerns about the strength of the global economic recovery. The weaker yen has also driven up Japan's import costs, contributing to a record trade deficit in 2013. The worsening trade balance was the most significant damper on growth in the fourth quarter, the data showed, illustrating that Mr. Abe's bid to weaken the yen to increase exports had not yet hit home.
Fourth-quarter growth "came in much weaker than expected," said Masamichi Adachi, an economist at JPMorgan Securities Japan. A "much larger increase in imports and softer exports left a significant drag, while private consumption was somewhat softer," he said.
A planned sales tax increase in April, to 8 percent from 5 percent could depress consumption, presenting another problem for Mr. Abe. But the government says a stimulus package worth 5.5 trillion yen, or $54 billion, approved by Parliament this month will help to minimize the effects of the tax increase.
Some economists worry that economic growth has become dependent on the large-scale government spending that is the second component of Mr. Abe's growth plan. At the same time, the economic changes intended to improve Japan's growth potential — the final and most anticipated facet of "Abenomics" — have yet to crystallize.
"Taking away the effects of last-minute demand, it is hard to say that underlying consumption is strong," said Ryutaro Kono and Hiroshi Shiraishi, economists in Tokyo for BNP Paribas. And they added that a significant part of that domestic demand was, in fact, escaping overseas through the higher prices that households were paying for imports like fuel and food.
The prime minister chose to go ahead with the tax increase to quell concerns over the government's finances, as Japan's public debt has risen to more than twice the size of its $5 trillion economy. But the tax increase could be ill timed, especially when the Japanese are already grappling with rising costs and their wages have not kept up.
This year, Mr. Abe is set to decide whether to raise the tax rate to 10 percent in 2015 to help pay for costs incurred because of Japan's aging population. That decision highlights the challenges of chasing economic growth and fiscal consolidation at the same time.
Still, Kyohei Morita and Yuichiro Nagai, economists in Tokyo for Barclays Capital Japan, wrote in a research note that though growth sharply undershot forecasts, they did not expect the numbers to prompt the Bank of Japan to immediately introduce more credit-easing measures.


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We have 22 nursing kids on the farm right now and they really are a joy. Folks who've never seen young goats before are usually surprised at how playful and friendly they are. We love seeing them jumping, frolicking and playing with each other.
Yesterday we saw them all playing king of the hill on a dirt mound topped by an old stump. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera. But I did get a shot later of a few of them playing on a log.
The situation with little Heeza and Sheeza has improved. They're getting enough milk from their mother now that we only have to supplement with the bottle. Lately Sheeza doesn't even take it. But her larger and always hungry brother will.
The sight of kids at play is something I hope I never grow tired of, or take for granted.
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I read a quote a few years back which truly sums up my love for nail paints and perfectly manicured nails.
"Life can't always be perfect ! But your nails can be !! " Anonymous
Instagram is one of my favourite social media to search for local Australian made and owned brands and getting to know more about them. In this quest I stumbled upon Nail'd at Tiffany's which is an Australian owned and made brand that was started by a beauty therapist and a young mum. After becoming a Mum, Tiffany became more aware of the products she used on her body. She wanted to create an Eco-friendly product that she would be happy for her daughter and family to wear. Thus came about Nail'd at Tiffany's which is an ethically produced polish, certified vegan and cruelty free.
♥ A Bit about Nail'd at Tiffany's Polishes
Nail'd at Tiffany's polishes are made in Australia and they are based in Perth. Nail'd at Tiffany's are 7-free i.e. Free from toluene, dibutyl phthalate, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, parabens and Xylene. They also do not contain phalates, triphenyl phosphate or ethyl tosylamide.
These polishes are certified Cruelty Free and have not been tested on animals. They are Vegan so they do not contain any animal products and have been certified by Vegan.Org and PETA. Nail'd at Tiffany's Nail polishes are hand made in small batches to ensure the products are of exceptionally high quality. These polishes are water permeable so they allow your nails to breathe. Similarly an addition of Aloe Vera to the polish help moisturise the nails and are safe to use around young children. Nail'd at Tiffany's use recyclable packaging materials so help minimise their carbon footprint.
I was super impressed just reading about the effort Tiffany has put into researching and creating a Cruelty free and 100 % Vegan product. So I was extremely happy to review and wear Nail'd at Tiffany's Polishes.
♥ The Packaging and Colours
I chose two gorgeous and different colours to review namely Blueberry Buttercream and Jellybean Pop. It was so hard to choose just two of the various shades that Nail's at Tiffany's offers. They arrived within a week in a cute baby pink packaging with Nail'd at Tiffany's logo on it. I liked the simple and fuss free packaging. The pack fit both the nail polishes. The nail Polish bottles had the shade written on the bottom with Nail's at Tiffany's written on the front and a bit about the polish at the back of the bottle.
Jellybean Pop is a turquoise blue shade that is a perfect pick for summers. Blueberry Buttercream on the other hand is a pastel purplish pink shade which can be worn through the year.
You can check out all the colours Nail's at Tiffany's offers here
♥ Mumbai 2 Melbourne's Review of Nail'd at Tiffany's polishes
I was already super impressed with the research and effort that Tiffany has put in creating the Nail Polishes and I was super excited to try them on.
I wore Jellybean Pop on my toes and shot this 2 days after application. The nail polish being water permeable was still similar in texture to any other nail paint. It was super easy to apply and just two coats gave a fantastic colour pay off with a matte finish. After two days I had no chips or colour peeling off. This is a huge plus for mothers on the go like me who are always time poor.
I applied Blueberry Buttercream on my fingernails. I just loved this shade a pastel lavender shade with hints of pink in it. You cannot go wrong with this shade, a total must have in your vanity case. I loved the colour pay off with just two coats of polish.
It has lasted me 5 days now and not chipped or peeled off yet. This is a total win win for me as re-application of Nail colour is my biggest pet peeve especially so after I have had my son. As a Mother herself Tiffany has totally nailed this brief in her Nail'd at Tiffany's polishes.
Price and Link to shop Nail'd at Tiffany Polishes
The polishes come in two sizes 9 ml and 15 ml. The 9ml is priced at $12 and 15ml polishes are priced at $18.
To check all the shades and shop Nail'd at Tiffany Polishes click here
♥ Pros of Nail'd at Tiffany Polishes
♦ Water Permeable polishes thus letting nails breathe
♦ Added Aloe vera to hydrate and moisturise the nails
♦ Hand made thus retaining an exceptional quality
♦ Does not chip or wear off easily
♦ Great variety of colours available
♦ They are 7 Free from toluene, dibutyl phthalate, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, parabens and Xylene.
♦ They are also free from phalates, triphenyl phosphate or ethyl tosylamide.
♦ Certified Vegan by Vegan.org and PETA
♦ Certified Cruelty free and has no animal products nor are they tested on animals
♦ Recyclable packaging material thus reducing Carbon footprint
♦ Australian owned and made
♦ Affordably priced
♦ $1 from each polish sold is donated to The Esther Foundation ( Giving back to the community)
♥ Cons of Nail'd at Tiffany's
I truly cannot find a single con for Nail'd at Tiffany's polishes.
♥ Mumbai to Melbourne's rating : 5/5
♥ Styling, Concept and Flat Lay Photography – Sharvari Paivaidya Mehan
♥ Other Pictures – Ankit Mehan
Mumbai 2 Melbourne highly recommends Nail'd at Tiffany's Nail polishes as they are Vegan and cruelty free. They are free from all the nasties that can damage your nails. They make perfect gifts for your loved ones this Christmas and festive season. Not only will you contribute towards The Esther Foundation, you will also help reduce carbon footprint while enjoying beautiful colourful nails this summer. I hope you enjoyed today's product review. Definitely leave me your feedback in the comments below.
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2015 is here! What do you need to be successful this new year? Here are five areas that I am focusing that I want to share with you:
Tip Number Five: there are a lot of screens
This will come as no surprise if you read any of my blogs but you will know that I'm a huge fan of multi-screen design. If you have not already started creating multi-screen design for phones, tablets and traditional computers then you're missing out on a huge market. The phrase that has become the dominant phrase for 2014 is responsive web design or RWD. Responsive Web Design refers to creating a single page scales to different screen size. It's really important as we start seeing huge number of screens entering our lives including new platforms such as television cause and smart watches that we learn more effective ways of creating design that is optimized for the experience.
Tip Number Four: native mobile and mobile web are different
So I've been around the block a few years and I've seen a lot of trends come and go, one of those was websites back in the 1990s. Was the first thing that we did? We took printed materials such as three-page fliers and put them on the web. Guess what? Those first Web sites stunk! Taking one medium and forcing it into another doesn't work. The same is true in subtle ways between native applications and the mobile web. A native application is a solution that takes advantage of the hardware, SDKs and features on your smart phone/tablet. Creating a mobile optimized website is something you do need to do because so many of your customers come to your website from a phone or tablet but expect experience to reflect the same kind of content found on a traditional website. The two are not the same. Does this mean you need to choose between having a native app and I mobile optimized website? No, it means you need to have both.
Tip Number three: icons matter
Over the last year has been a growing trend where we use icons to replace images and text to drive action on a site. You will see that happening more and more during 2015. Icons can be used in many ways such as
- Image replacements
- App icons
- Infographics
- Sprite sheets
- CSS styles
Check out the link for icons that Google has released as part of that new Material Design metaphor.
Tip Number Two: use cloud services
To make life easier for yourself use the many great cloud services that are available such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox and Office 365. These services will make it easier for you to communicate with your customers, build better solutions and deliver apps to a broader range of consumers.
Tip Number One: experiences change
2014 can be seen as a banner year for experience design. Google with the release of material design has finally embraced a concept that Microsoft and Apple have been promoting for several years: design and experience matter! Expect these three companies and many more to refine and extend the science and psychological impact that experience design has when influencing. 2015 is looking to be a truly exciting year as a UX designer.


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Today we are engaged in the production of small tyres, in the modeling and motorcycle industry. We boast many victories at international level in all categories, thanks to a product developed from experience, continuous research, investments and a lot of passion.
Today PMT is recognized as the industry leader, with a distribution of its products on five continents and a loyal customer base that makes us extremely proud. Thanks to our know-how and attention to quality, we are called to collaborate with leading companies and universities in the implementation of forefront projects related to tires and technical articles in rubber.
PMT Tyres Tomorrow
The successes obtained, the goals achieved and the growing number of our customers are the stimulus for a continued growth and research. The development of new materials, new products and new solutions represent an ongoing challenge for us, projecting us over the final result. The performance and quality are our field of competition, and how you we do not settle for second place! Our motto is Winning! ...Winning forever!
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Why the pilot light goes out and how it is related to improper venting of the gas water heater. Pilot outage issue, as one of the common problems, when operating gas-fired water heaters doesn't have to be hard repair or find the cause, as long as good working conditions are provided. Even if it happens, troubleshooting gets easier afterward.
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To avoid pilot light problems, sufficient air must be supplied to the combustion chamber, for both pilot light and the main burner, and especially with a new FVIR technology that doesn't tolerate contaminated environment. Regular burner assembly maintenance, including cleaning flame arrestor from dirt, dust, and lint is a must on gas water heaters. The area where the pilot light and gas control valve are and the opening for the air intake and venting must not be restricted.
Our focus here is to explain to you how improper venting affects normal pilot light performance, about pilot light problems and why your water heater pilot light goes out. Correctly sized and run venting system is also a must for regular water heater performance and efficiency.
Find here several reasons why your water heater pilot light goes out and how venting, for example, can cause improper water heating:
Poorly designed and installed venting system and outside weather conditions can produce a "capping", and force the flue to stall. This is happening when the downward force of the air is equal or greater than the pilot draft in the vent, mainly due to high wind conditions.
The natural draft inside the flue won't be enough to allow products of combustion coming from the pilot flame to rise; it will be pushed down so all the oxygen needed for gas combustion will be used up.
To prevent pilot light from extinguishing, a vent termination has to have at least two feet extension above the roof to provide a necessary difference in pressure and allow natural draft.
The most frequent scenario with the pilot outage is when the water heater is installed in the spaces like attic or garage and where the ventilation is the issue (insufficient amount of incoming fresh air).
Water heater installation in the attic is especially problematic, due to the high temperature of the surrounding air, poor ventilation and little to no traffic. Poor ventilation means lack of incoming fresh air for combustion, resulting in improper gas combustion.
How to recognize improper gas combustion?
Observe what is happening inside the combustion chamber of your water heater, using the sight window on the unit, if it is present. Flame on the main burner will change the color, from light blue to yellow and red. Such a condition will also result in the flame pattern change, first, it will light smoothly, and then you will see luminous burner flame that will eventually flatten out.
If during the summer months the air that surrounds the water heater is higher than the tank's set temperature, the thermostat won't open the gas valve to light the main burner. Heat produced by the pilot flame is not enough to make a condition for natural draft, so all the oxygen will burn up, and pilot light will extinguish.
Also, if there is poor ventilation, the hot air tends to rise, and the combustion air from the attic doesn't come down to provide the oxygen to the burner, resulting in the pilot outage.
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Decompression is happening when the inside air pressure drops below the outside pressure. Instead of having products of combustion going from the water heater out, the higher outside air pressure will push the flue gases down, causing the negative pressure, where the fresh air cannot find its way to the combustion chamber and pilot light.
Pilot light goes out as it runs out of oxygen as there is no natural draft in the flue pipe.
These three cases of the improper water heater installation or venting are good examples why to avoid installation in areas that are too small or closed rooms (attic, for example) where there is not enough air movement. Follow the codes for venting, see the requirements for air provisions and how to provide a sufficient amount of air, and what is needed when installing two or more gas appliances in the same room.
Insufficient air supply will cause recirculation of combustion products, which will contaminate the surrounding air and become hazardous to life. This will also create improper gas combustion that results in the carboning or sooting combustion chamber, burners, and flue tubes as well.
If the pilot light goes out and you smell gas leaking, turn the gas valve to OFF. If the gas smell is still present after turning the unit OFF and it doesn't dissipate, turn off the main gas valve, call the gas utility company to check, and wait for them outside.
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A reminder that May 21st is the deadline for reporting all lobbying activities carried out between January 1st and April 30th 2017. If you are registered and have no carried out lobbying activity during that period, you must also make a nil return.
As the Standards Commission advise people in a reminder email today:
Failure to submit a return of lobbying activities carried out during the above relevant period by the 21 May 2017 is a contravention of the Regulation of Lobbying Act.
A person who fails to submit a return of lobbying activity will be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a maximum fine of €2,500.
Where a person commits an offence by submitting a late return of lobbying activity, the Standards Commission will issue a fixed payment notice. The fixed payment penalty will be €200. If the fixed payment penalty is paid by the date specified in the fixed payment notice, no further action will be taken. If the fixed payment penalty is not paid by the date specified in the fixed payment notice, the Standards Commission may proceed to prosecute the offence.


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North Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking United States
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- A senior North Korean army official says his country is armed with "powerful mobile weapons" capable of striking America.
Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho emphasized the importance of defending the North against the U.S. and South Korea as Pyongyang marked the 80th anniversary of the nation's army Wednesday.
He told officials at the April 25 House of Culture that the weapons could defeat the U.S. "at a single blow."
North Korea made another unusual claim Monday, promising "special actions" that would reduce Seoul's government to ashes.
North Korea is believed to have nuclear weapons but not the technology to put them on long-range missiles. A rocket launch that the U.S. claimed was a North Korean attempt to test missile technology failed this month.


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Startup Journey
Company building: the many joys, struggles, and offices
Early Days
When we started Amperity in January 2016, Derek, Stephen, and I were cozied up in a small WeWork office in South Lake Union. Due to a lot of interest in the problem we were working to solve, we quickly built an amazing team, and just five months later we were big enough to need our own office.
We found a great spot in Belltown. It was steps from Seattle's shopping district and had enviable views of the Space Needle, the Sound, and the Olympic mountain range (when the clouds part that is). And most importantly, it was a cheap sublease from a company that was eager to get it off their books. We felt very lucky to be there.
We hunkered down and, working closely with our founding customers, accelerated development of a product that we would later realize really could transform how marketing gets done at consumer brands.
A Series of Milestones
Launching the Company
15 months in the fox hole, in September 2017, we had launched the company out of stealth mode with some of the world's most loved brands – who were achieving measurable value using Amperity.
But it wasn't all up and to the right to get there. The summer of 2016, for example, was a rough patch that tested us all pretty deeply. Born out of raw enthusiasm, we set some extremely ambitious engineering goals and timelines. Here's some hubris for you: we set up iPads throughout the office that counted down the seconds to our first big release. As we worked, we were continuously reminded of the looming deadline. Predictably, we missed it. We learned that even with the best engineers, time only stretches so far.
In the fall, we released the first version of the product and went live in production with founding customers. Even then, we were developing the product while customers were using it, which felt like trying to fly a plane while we were still building it.
It was a period of great challenges, phenomenal successes, and enormous learnings. And none of it would have been possible without the early adopters and visionaries who understood the audacity of what we were building, and worked with us to help craft the best possible product. Keep your eye on the folks at Alaska Airlines, Moët Hennessy, Chandon, PMI, Stanley, TGI Fridays, Kendra Scott, Wynn, the Sounders, and Brooks Running: they are making big waves in their respective industries.
Constant Laughter
Ok, this might not be a milestone per se, but sometime during our tenure at the Belltown office, the still young team really began to gel. Maybe it was our natural wackiness, or how we enthusiastically encourage one another to be our most authentic selves. Or maybe it was all those happy hours and "Amp It Up" events that the team lovingly referred to as 'mandatory fun' (which were actually not at all mandatory).
Growing Partnerships and Leadership
There were other significant milestones as we looked back at the latter part of 2017. For example, we established a significant partnership with Microsoft. Amperity provides the customer data foundation layer to complement and enhance the efficacy of Microsoft's advanced marketing and analytics tools, and across the Azure ecosystem. Thanks to the team there, we have met some incredible industry leaders and connected to many amazing customers.
The team also expanded, with top talent across product, operations, engineering, marketing, and the board of directors. Dave Fetterman joined as VP of Engineering, after an illustrious career with Facebook that culminated in him leading engineering for the company's mobile products. We had also attracted Kelly Wright to the board. She came from Tableau, which she helped grow into a multi-billion dollar public company as its SVP of Sales.
Raising a Monster Series B
Shortly after launching the company, we were, in all honesty, a bit surprised to rapidly raise our series B funding round: $28M led by Tiger Global, the global investment firm well-known for making early, long-term investments in companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, Spotify, and other tech giants.
We had had quite a bit of inbound interest, and started to spend a little time with firms that we deeply respect. And while cash wasn't a priority for us, this infusion came at an opportune moment. We have always been highly frugal, which can be very unpopular at times. But I always remind those who understandably complain about it, that the number one reason startups fail is they run out of money. It's that simple. But, with growing demand, raising more capital to expand the team and accelerate our roadmap and overall capabilities made a ton of sense, so we took down the dough.
Growing Pains
It's every startup's dream to be successful enough to grow quickly, and I personally feel incredibly lucky to be on this journey. I know all of us do. That said, growth is painful on many dimensions — and when space and people become the bottleneck for your organization, that's the last thing you want to worry about!
It came on suddenly. We had invested in key technical teams early and then had a period of relative hiring calm, adding 1-2 new people per quarter. But within the second half of 2017, it became urgent to scale the business side of the house. The last thing a new company can afford to do is turn away promising clients or compromise on the quality of the work. To take advantage of the incredible demand and momentum we were generating as a company, we needed to triple our strategic accounts, sales, and solutions engineering staff ‒ as fast as we could.
Our recruiting superhero, Sami, worked tirelessly to bring in new talent, but kept an achingly high bar. If we wanted to grow and grow well, she and I both knew we needed to bring on only the best, and discipline was the name of the game.
I am extraordinarily proud of this team and grateful to every single person who has brought us through the past 2 years. While it was challenging for all of us at times, the quality of the work never suffered. Not once. Customers continued to give us glowing references, and the team thoroughly embodied another company value: 'play for each other'. Product helped build solutions; engineering wrote marketing copy; marketing helped design product UI. It was inspiring and made me thankful everyday to be a part of this gutsy and tenacious team.
And then, as quickly as it had started, we shifted into the next gear once again. We had a rapid slew of hires across the majority of our teams. In a matter of several months we went from 32 employees to nearly 50.
So while the workload was starting to become more manageable, there were new problems. There were no desks for new hires. It became virtually impossible to find a meeting room without squatting in it overnight. We crammed into the kitchen for team meetings, sitting on window ledges and rubbing elbows. The men's room… well, let's not go there.
Oscillating from too much work to too little space, all while nearly doubling the team, put our fantastic culture at risk. We wanted to keep things fun and exciting while we scaled, evolved, and grew up as a company. Departments that had grown accustomed to 'hack mode' were now trying to improve operational efficiency and add useful structure. But high velocity change, coupled with a naturally stressful environment, made for some cracks in our bond as a team.
To help, we brought on Mary Miller as our Head of People Operations. Mary had spent most of a decade at another, slightly larger startup called Amazon, where she grew teams, coached executives, and nurtured a high performance culture.
During a recent conversation, Mary pointed out that we have a huge opportunity together. She reminded me that it's very rare for a startup to grow this rapidly, and with the calibre of customers and the size of the impact we're driving. She also cautioned that none of this momentum would scale if we don't hire and retain top talent, and create the conditions that inspire people to perform at their best. We both know there's no set rule book for this process. Ultimately it's about building a culture that's uniquely our own ‒ one that's fun, that bonds the team together, and that helps us accomplish some really big goals. I'm excited to have Mary's perspective, insight, and speak-from-the-heart mindset guiding us to be the most productive team we can be.
(If you are interested in joining us, please reach out: email@example.com)
A New Home in Pioneer Square
We knew we couldn't keep our sanity if we continued to cram into an office designed for half the number of people, as exotic and "startup-y" as that sounds. And unfortunately, there's a bit of an office space shortage in Seattle as the tech scene rapidly grows.
After an epic search for the perfect office, with just the right Amperity vibe, and views that wouldn't make us miss the Space Needle too much, we found our new home in Pioneer Square. Just 25 months after founding the company, we took up residence in our 3rd office.
The new space is incredible, and we finally feel like we can stretch our legs after outgrowing our cozy Belltown digs. We imagine it's a bit like the feeling of shedding a too-tight snakeskin. You loved that skin. It was your sole protection against sun, wind, and rain. But it was time to let it go.
Save the Date for Our Open House
We would love to share our excitement about the new space by inviting you to an Open House. Drink some wine, eat some cheese, and enjoy the views of Seattle's gritty shipping port against a stunning backdrop of mountains, water, and sky.
Save the date:
What: Happy Hour: Open House
Where: Amperity Pioneer Square Office
1000 1st Ave S, Seattle
When:Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
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Happy Holidays' Moms!
Here we are smack dab in the middle of the holidays and I don't know about you but I am feeling the burn. The homeschool burnout, that is.
All of the excitement of shiny new curriculum has worn off and mundane has set in. Some days are ended in tears and arguments. I can't be alone in this, right?
I have a few ideas to help you through the holiday homeschool burnout and come back ready to hit the books in January.
For now find a bin or box to put your curriculum and workbooks in and set them aside. I promise it will be waiting on you in a few weeks.
How to beat the burnout:
- Use Netflix or something similar for school.
Netflix has a wide variety of documentaries and educational shows like Magic School Bus. Your older children can take notes while your younger children draw pictures of what they learn. That evening have them retell their new-found knowledge with dad or grandparents.
- Do a unit study on Christmas or learn about another cultures holidays.
This can be a great time to introduce your children to the different holiday celebrations throughout the world.
Here are some of our Christmas themed printables you can grab
Be Creative to Beat Burnout:
- Bake cookies.
Your children will read the directions = reading. Then your children measure the ingredients = math. Next have your children mix and bake = chemistry. Have your children clean up = life skills. You are welcome! Should you decide to really make a full schooling day of this find a recipe from another part of the world and learn about the culture = social studies.
- Make some fun holiday crafts.
I have a Pinterest board full of ideas and inspiration.
- Make up a bunch of Christmas cards!
Then deliver them to the local nursing home. I guarantee this will warm not only your heart but the heart of the person who gets your card.
- Make gifts or ornaments together.
You can find some great recipes for lotions, cookies and other mixes in a jar, salt dough ornaments, and so much more all over the online world. Create something to give others and create memories while you are doing it. I have some ideas HERE and HERE
School doesn't have to be conventional all of the time, in fact it shouldn't be. Mom, take time off and make memories with your children.
Time is fleeting and you will never get this season back. It is important to teach not only their minds but also their hearts. You are no good to them if you are suffering from burn out.
It is okay to step back and try something different for a little while.
The books will be there waiting on you after the holiday rush is through!
Do you have any other ideas to help beat the homeschool burnout? Share them in the comments below.
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Things to Avoid with FOREX Brokers
Requoting. This is the practice of giving you a different fill from what you were given by your online execution. I am happy to report that while requoting still occurs, its frequency has dropped substantially. You may thank both competition and NFA Compliance Rule 2-43, which limits the times and circumstances that prices can be requoted by brokers.
Market makers uniformly deny stop harvesting -- the practice of running prices to elect a stop-loss order.
Brokers will often widen or balloon the bid-ask spreads on currency pairs when the markets are quiet and illiquid and just before and after a news release. This happens on both market maker and ECN trading platforms. It is a natural occurrence for ECNs, and market makers do it to protect themselves and manage their book. How much it happens and how wide the ballooning becomes are the questions of where effective management ends and profit incentive begins. If you know when and under what circumstances it will occur, you can act accordingly and not be hurt or surprised.
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My first post here and yes I have been sewing since age nine ( doll clothes to start). I am older (50+)and was very lucky to have extraordinary women in my life that handed down many skills. Needles whether sewing, knitting or quilting, though admittedly only small quilt projects like baby quilts and hangings.
Things I most value and treasure, are a stack of sewing and old quilt booklets from the twenties and thirties that were handed down from a grandmother. The old handwritten recipe books, along with a old "Searchlight" magazine cookbook from 1935. It's quaint, and I am a bit nostalgic perhaps.
I joined you to find some answers to some things, and perhaps learn a trick or two about more modern ways. I like the old ways, there is something timeless about them, but I also live in a modern world. Not all shortcuts are good ones, but some can be if useful.
As far as quilts go, I still prefer utility quilts ( the typical pieced quilts) over elaborate ART pieces, but I can appreciate the labor that goes into both. I guess I am just far more traditional. I prefer hand quilting and like both the challenge and sense of accomplishment that comes from it. ( but you can bet I machine piece the quilt tops, before quilting).


text: OkayOkay 1,045,763 Posted August 7, 2011 I managed a group of skateshops for a really long time, and still have some ties to the market. Sold literally thousands of skateboards and saw the rise of popularity of longboards, and I'm definitely in CMF/Fap's camp. It's really not the functionality of longboards that's in question, it's all aesthetics. Sidetracking a bit, I fucking HATE hearing people even making the distinction of "shortboards" and "longboards". I don't give a fuck if they are both skateboards technically. A skateboard is what CMF, Santos, BearCousin etc are talking about. Longboards can be called longboards or whatever, just don't give real skateboards a sub-name to try to put each on the same level, they just aren't. Skateboarding is inherently cool as fuck, longboarding is reserved for squares and frat boys, end of discussion. One of the owners of the shops I managed could never stand on a skateboard comfortably, and the other just didn't give a fuck, but he was a huge proponent of "longboarding" and researched every brand and technical detail possible, and tried to play it off like he was super into skateboarding still, even though he couldn't ever ollie or even push without a terrified look on his face. He also wore polyester polo shirts and goldtoe tube socks with his cargo shorts and Osiris D3's. Longboarding is a massive part of the skateboarding industry revenue-wise, that can't ever be debated, and that's good and fine. It's just as similar to skateboarding as boogie boarding is to surfing. Yeah, you're technically riding a wave still, but it's completely different in terms of level of skill/talent, style, aesthetics, culture and more. Longboarders will always be dorks, no questions asked. All that being said, I've ridden a longboard before. And it's fun for a minute. And that's great. But it's still not skateboarding. It's just another razor scooter, or a snake-board, or whatever other hybrid-psuedo skateboard things fat 12 year old kids are riding these days. As far as real skateboarding goes, I barely skate anymore. I got to the point with work/kids/life that I really couldn't take the time or feel like it was worth the tradeoff getting hurt and not being able to work to keep skating. Mad respect for those who do. I wanna skate miniramps so bad and am super envious of the older guys that can still get at it. But I'm also not wearing fucking skateboarding shoes and DC tee shirts anymore. And given all that, I'm still not gonna resort to riding a longboard cause I can't ride a real skateboard anymore. I'm not that old, that fat, or that slow yet, and really would rather just give it all up than limp along clinging to the romantic idea that being on 4 wheels on anything is better than nothing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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If you follow me on Instagram then you may have noticed a few half naked pictures of my physique recently. I have decided to take the plunge (FINALLY) and enter myself into a bikini competition. For those who aren't familiar with the bodybuilding competing world, I'm going to try, in this post and future posts, to help you understand what competing and prepping for a competition is all about. I want to share all of my experiences of the next 13 weeks and start this mini series of blogs as a kind of diary of my prep to track my progress and bring you along on the journey.
For the general population, the term bodybuilding refers to Arnold Scwarzenegger-esque men with huge bulging muscles and offensively orange skin standing on stage, greased up to their eyeballs, tensing every single muscle in their perfectly chiselled bodies wearing a questionably teeny tiny thong covering their manhood. Whilst I'm not about to go and gain 100lbs worth of muscle and become the next Arnie, the idea is still there. I will be getting on stage looking offensively orange in a teeny sparkly bikini whilst I attempt to be super feminine and strut my stuff at a very low body fat percentage, flashing the muscular and lean physique that I'll be training and dieting damn hard for. And that's about it really!
So why am I putting myself through this?
The bodybuilding competing world has been something that has fascinated me for the past 2 or 3 years. The girls look so glamorous in their sparkly bikinis and their bodies look INSANE. What fascinates me the most however is the determination and graft that these girls put in to look the way they do. It's more than going to the gym a few days a week and eating some chicken and veg. They have pushed their diet and training above and beyond to achieve the level of muscularity and conditioning that they have and I think it is admirable.
Muscle on girls just looks awesome!
Don't be fooled however by these glamorous, confident, well presented, shiny, muscular, lean girls that you see on stage or social media. They don't look like that overnight and they certainly don't look like that year round. This is an EXTREME sport that requires the athlete to reduce their body fat to a percentage that the body isn't particularly happy at.
Prep for a show done properly is a long, slow process of training hard, eating the right foods and most of all being CONSISTENT for several months, gradually reducing body fat whilst trying to maintain as much muscle as possible. This isn't a fad diet or a quick fix. It's a pretty big lifestyle change. Prior to the dieting phase of a competition prep even starting, the athlete needs to have built a considerable amount of muscle, have a good knowledge of nutrition and training, have a good relationship with food, have a healthy metabolism to support the dieting phase and understand what it actually takes to get stage ready. Sadly this isn't the case for a lot of girls who do compete.
For many girls, they see competing as the natural step to take having lifted weights for a year. This is when it can become dangerous and have long term mental and physical damage, something I'll touch on in coming blogs.
Prior to entering this competition prep, I was VERY much a flexible dieter/professional scoffer. I manage to maintain a lean and healthy physique whilst eating pretty much whatever I want. I have a very healthy and relaxed attitude towards diet and nutrition, something that has taken me years to establish. I have a metabolism which I have gradually increased over the past few year which enables me to maintain my physique on a daily intake of 2600 calories. I definitely have my boyfriend to thank for that. He has helped me and taught me since day one of lifting and learning about nutrition that making small increases over time will help to restore and improve my metabolism which was in a very unhealthy place when I met him. (Restoring your metabolism and how to become a pro scoffer – coming soon in a separate blog).
I'm buzzing for the experience and the challenge. I want to make this prep as healthy and enjoyable as possible. I'm sure there will be ups and downs. I'm sure there will be social events I'll have to turn down or meals out that I can't enjoy but no stress. There will be amazing days and there will be utter shite days but that's just life.
Don't get me wrong, I am going to miss snacking on handfuls of peanut m&m's, melting chocolate bars on my morning oats and my weekly burrito bowls at Tortilla but food is food and it'll all still be there in 13 weeks time when I've finished prepping. Food care packages kindly accepted from 1st May.
A lot of people don't, and won't ever understand what I'm doing and that's cool. There are life choices which other people make that I don't understand but I'll let them do their thing while I do mine! It's not to say that either of us is right or wrong. We just do things differently and that's OK.
Stay tuned to experience the highs and lows of me getting super shredded for my show. I'll probably complain a few times (*a lot) about missing peanut m&m's and chocolate raisins. For that, I'm not going to apologise.


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Icicle & Youngsta – Momentum – [Free Download]
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Icicle on Rinse FM, 15th January 2015
Icicle takes the controls of this weeks Rinse show.
Youngsta, Icicle, J Kenzo, Vivek, Skeptical & SP:MC all b2b for two hours.
Brand new mix from Fabric, with Icicle on the controls
Youngsta & guests for a 4 hour specal
Icicle & LX One cover VIVEK's show on Rinse FM on 22nd August 2013.
Icicle & LX One step in for another show on Rinse FM (15th August 2013).
If you claim to be a dubstep follower, then you'll have heard of Icicle's Acid Step, infact...you should even own a copy of it! In addition, you'll probably be familiar with the VIP mix, which hardly no one has....well, until now!
Any GetDarker party with the RC1 Soundsystem requires a unique lineup, so thats what we did...
GetDarker Stage at Let It Roll Winter Festival, Czech Republic 2013
Full photo gallery of Youngsta Invites - Broadcast LIVE on GetDarkerTV: Youngsta, Icicle, J Kenzo, Distance, Darkside - 7th November 2012
Youngsta Invites, Live from Concrete, London with special guests: Icicle, Darkside, J Kenzo, Distance
Youngsta, Icicle, Hatcha, Darkside & Tunnidge, Soap Dodgers LIVE from This Is Dubstep
Live recording of Icicle, at GetDarker presents This Is Dubstep - streamed & recorded live from East Village club, Shoreditch - London, 22nd April 2011.
Icicle and LX One are our special guests this week on episode 94, and lay down this unbelievable set; with a full tracklisting!
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
My Country
Groote Eylandt is an Indigenous Protected Zone - meaning that to go most places on the island you need the permission of the Traditional Owners of the land. The people who belong to that place you're going. Whose ancestors breathed the dusty air and walked across the sand. Whose spirits will one day wander along a songline back to the origins of their Dreaming.
We went camping, on the east coast of the island - pitched our tents just far enough from the water's edge that the salt-water crocodiles wouldn't find us. We hoped. We fished for dinner, collected salt from the rocks, and made coffee in the mornings. Tortillas and eggs one morning, to go with that amazing hot sauce Alex made.
I thought about my country. Where I grew up. Is my Dreaming the sound of the wind through the cornfields? The wide, muddy Mississippi swollen from rain? Bald eagles fishing on the frozen river? Do I even really understand where I come from?
And, when I die, will my heart travel back to Iowa via all the places I've loved? The hot wet forests of Cape Tribulation, the red rocks of Punta Tombo, the iridescent lakes of British Columbia? Will I re-visit the sea turtled corals of Kona, the wild green of western Scotland, the quiet sunny avalanches of Mt Salcantay, and smell the pines of Colorado mornings? Will I run naked through the trees on a cool Alaskan afternoon?
Or is this my country now? Will my heart come full circle back to this wild and warm and sandy and dusty place?
I'm ok with not knowing, not expecting. With feeling peace in so many places. It gives my little soul options, after all.
I'm ok with not knowing, not expecting. With feeling peace in so many places. It gives my little soul options, after all.
Amanda xx
Labels: beach, camp food, camping, Culture, Dreaming, Groote Eylandt, Philosophy, Songline, Spirit, Travel
4 comments:
- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
Beautiful photos and beautiful thoughts. You are braver than I to camp in a tent while crocodiles may be lounging in the water not too far away!
- September 6, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Paula Thank you, Paula! We did select a campsite up a little sand hill ... figuring crocs with their stumpy legs wouldn't make it to us ;)
- September 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- Donna Cosgrove said... [Reply to comment]
Amanda, you really should write a book. Your words and pictures are so beautiful and eloquent. I think you are very brave for camping so close to crocodile territory - much braver than I!!
Hugs Xx
- September 6, 2012 at 10:38 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Donna Cosgrove Why thank you, Cuz! You're not biased, are you?
Or maybe you own a publishing company? ;)
- September 7, 2012 at 12:28 AM
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The inmost places
We eat a lot of apples in my house. They are a quick treat, portable, and yummy. My youngest daughter particularly enjoys Golden Delicious apples thanks to her discovery that they were originally discovered in our home state. As for me, as long as they are crispy, crunchy and juicy - I'm good.
Because we eat so many of them I am very particular about picking them out at the store. I look for apples that are well shaped. I check for signs of bruising, I squeeze to ensure they are firm and not mushy. And then I bring home what appears to be the perfect selection of apples. But sometimes, I cut into one and discover this:
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What I had thought was going to be a sweet treat was actually rotting from the inside out. I'll be honest, I don't really know what causes this in fruit. But I do know that fruit isn't the only thing that can appear beautiful on the outside and yet be full of decay on the inside. Mark 7:21-23 tells us that the things that are evil - pride, foolishness, covetousness, deceit etc - come from within us. More often than not we don't wear a big sign that announces these things about ourselves. Instead we bury those things deep within us and try to look beautiful and pure on the outside. Sometimes we hide the decay in ourselves so well that even we don't even realize it is there.
But God isn't looking at the outside, rather He is searching our heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) And sometimes He has to cut open the apple to reveal the decay inside. It isn't a pleasant process. We often call them trials or hard times. Now don't think I am saying ALL trials are a result of decay in our lives, but I am saying that we need to examine ourselves to see if that might be the cause. Just because you cut an apple doesn't mean it is rotting inside. :)
So the next time things get rough, and if you are following Jesus they WILL get rough, (read our post earlier this week for that lesson!) take a few moments in prayer and ask God if perhaps this is an attempt to reveal an aspect of yourself that isn't pleasing to God, a part of yourself that you may not have even realized was there. Trials have a habit of bringing out the worst in us, actions that we may never have taken or thought otherwise. Then, if God has revealed this is the case, start working to excise those decayed parts. But you can't stop with that. An empty spot begs to be filled.
Fill those parts of yourself with God. I'll leave you with the same advice Paul gave the Philippians, "brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." (Philippians 4:8) For when we fill ourselves with these things, we crowd out the decay.


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Identify the operational and behavioral issues in the following case
A new internal auditor discovers that her company is falsifying inventories—and selling expired medications. When she refuses to ignore her findings, she receives a reprimand. As the family breadwinner, how can she uphold her professional ethics and protect her job?
The Problem
It was a late fall afternoon. My conscience was overcome with guilt for not having done everything I possibly could to correct pervasive financial misstatements at the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical retail company where I worked—PharmCo.
I took a break from the dull task of reviewing construction invoices for a new distribution facility on the West Coast. Even though this was yielding great results, the issue at hand was more imperative. I had discovered that PharmCo was overstating inventory by millions of dollars.
One question kept running through my mind: "How can I protect myself and satisfy my responsibilities as a CPA? My family relies on me for the income to keep the household running. I have two children in daycare and the majority of my husband's income goes toward his law school debt. I have to consider all the factors."
I quietly went to the human resources department to ask to see my personnel records. I scoured my personnel record for any hint of the reprimand I was told I had received for refusing to sign what I deemed to be a fraudulent audit report to the external auditors, which concealed millions of dollars of overstatements in PharmCo's financials. To my surprise, there was no reprimand in my files.
However, I did find a sheet of paper with a list of percentages on it, which was dated on my first day of employment with PharmCo. "What do these percentages represent?" I asked the personnel director.
"The numbers are scores from a personality profile you took on your first day," he replied enthusiastically. He leaned forward in his chair and excitedly said, "Your ranking for integrity is phenomenally high, in the 98th percentile!"
Upon hearing the word "integrity" I struggled not to reveal my thoughts. I had come to HR to see if the reprimand I received from my internal audit management was an "official" document or was just a ruse to scare me into silence. It seemed that fate had brought me here to check my files, and then led me to hear independent confirmation that I was someone who did the right thing. At the same time, it was clear that internal audit management was just manipulating me to keep me silent about the accounting issues I uncovered during my inventory observations. Further this new information just confirmed to me that my management could be cavalier in their handling of me without regard to corporate rules or legal rules of handling employees. Thus, I did not confront my management. I was already looking for another job and I felt isolated from the rest of the corporation. As for the response I got from the Sr. VP with whom I revealed the information about the overstatement of inventory, via e-mail, it was a courteous "Thank you for the information"... I kept a copy of this e-mail!
The Background
The PharmCo internal audit management team consisted of Tom, the director of internal audit, and Marsha, a CPA, the audit manager. Just a few days earlier they had put me on probationary status. This meant that I was not to be assigned any audits that the management felt were not right for me, plus I had to provide a detailed account of all my time. I interpreted this to mean that I was not to be assigned any audits that would uncover findings that would embarrass the company. This would allow the internal audit department to continue to be management's ally without uncovering controversial accounting activities, as I had done. At the same time, since I had to record all my activities, the internal audit department was assured that I would not pursue anything beyond the limited scope I was given.
Just a week earlier, Tom, the director, had told me that I would have to sign the misleading report on the inventory... or else. It was clear that termination loomed if I stood up for the ethics of the CPA profession. I knew Tom had wanted me to quit rather than follow my ethics and expose the inventory overstatement in the internal audit report to the external auditors and to senior management.
My Beginnings at PharmCo
When I started at PharmCo, as the newest internal auditor, I was assigned the mundane task of completing the external auditor's ten-store inventory observations. The external auditors wrote the respective audit program to be executed, which afforded the internal audit personnel the flexibility to select which store inventories to observe as well as which items to recount to ensure the counters' accuracy.
The home office was located in the East. I was to select surrounding states to perform the observations to get adequate coverage to satisfy the external auditors. Given the training I had received in my previous job with a large international accounting firm, I was well versed on the procedures necessary to complete the audit program prepared by the external auditors.
Based on the schedule provided by the store inventory department, numerous stores' inventory counts were being performed during the following week in New Jersey, so I jumped on this opportunity to get the counts completed timely. One store was in Northern New Jersey, so I stayed overnight at a nearby hotel in order to get to the store before it opened. Since the other inventory observation was in Southern New Jersey, this gave me the evening of the first inventory to travel to that store's location.
All the inventory observations were broken into two segments, one for the store merchandise and the other for a separate pharmaceutical area. The initial store counts were contracted out to a retail inventory company whose responsibility was to perform inventory counts for all items at a store's location, which were then sent back to the home office for processing.
I zealously started on the store inventory area. The store merchandise took up the most space, but the pharmaceutical area inventory represented the higher dollar amount. The counting crew that was consistently assigned to the pharmaceutical area was familiar with the merchandise and proper counting procedures, so I gave them adequate time to complete several areas before I rechecked their counts. It was my responsibility to randomly select merchandise to count and check against the counters' totals, getting a full explanation for any discrepancies, which I could record as a potential finding subject to review by internal audit department management. Alternatively, I had the authority to ask the counters to correct their counts.
Counting was the most tedious part of the job, while preparation and understanding procedures was the most taxing. Counting what others had already counted had never been a problem in my prior experience with the accounting firm, as there is usually a logical explanation for any discrepancies. My counting proceeded without incident, with typical minor questions about a number of store merchandise counts that were off by one or two items. Then I started my recounts behind the pharmaceutical counter.
I selected an open vial to check against the number of pills listed by the counters. I anticipated no problems, as the store's inventory was proceeding smoothly.
Rattling a vial, it was obvious that it contained only one pill. However, on the counters' lists, it was represented as being half full. That would translate to 250 pills. I knew that this overstatement of inventory must be recorded as a finding in my audit report. I felt a sense of accomplishment for finding this item, but later events would dampen my excitement. Upon further review of the inventory list for the pharmacy area, I noted that no items were listed as less than half full. "What are your guidelines for counting items in open vials?" I asked one of the counting crew.
"We do not record any item as less than 50% full," she told me, looking somewhat concerned. "We record items to the nearest 10% for amounts we deem to be greater than 50% full." It was obvious I had a finding for my report. If the counters took the trouble to record items to the nearest 10% when they were more than half full, they could make the same effort for items that were less than half full. The counters' figures were fed to the home office for use in producing financials at the end of the day. With such a massive amount of pharmacy inventory at PharmCo stores, I estimated that the numbers could be off in the millions in New Jersey because of this deceptive counting technique.
To make matters worse, I found that PharmCo was selling expired children's cold and flu medications to the public. I determined, with help from the district manager, that the company was shipping expired cold and flu medications to stores up and down the Eastern seaboard for resale. "Sue," Jim, the district manager, told me when he called, "I found the same lines of expired merchandise in two other store locations this week. They had just arrived from the distribution center in Maryland!" Jim and I concluded that the distribution center was where the expired merchandise had originated. I knew that having this merchandise on the books overstated inventories by millions of dollars and left PharmCo open to subsequent liability. After questioning the manufacturers about expired medications, I was relieved to find that although there were no harmful effects from taking them, the medicine would be useless for treating fevers in children.
I felt a great sense of responsibility, even beyond my professional duties, as I have young children of my own and would want them to have the best medicine when they need it. I was appalled that a company could sell expired products that parents would rely on.
Unfortunately, doing the right thing got me into a great deal of trouble. After returning to the home office and writing up my audit reports, I received a written review from Marsha, the internal audit manager, asking me to remove my findings about the overestimation of the physical inventories and the sale of expired children's medications to consumers.
I compliantly removed the findings but went to Tom, the director, to discuss my reservations. "I truly feel that this audit finding should remain in the report," I told him. "Not only is there a potential liability to PharmCo, but millions of dollars of obsolete inventory will be inappropriately reflected in the financials." "Marsha is right," Tom replied curtly. "Just remove the findings." His hardened look signaled an end to the conversation.
I retorted, "I believe the findings are valid and should remain in the audit report. I refuse to sign an audit report that does not enumerate these extraordinary findings. Ethically, it is my responsibility to report misstatements and potential liability to the company."
"Just drop it!" Tom told me.
After my refusal to sign the report, I got the written reprimand from Tom and Marsha for insubordination. Although I was very shaken when I received the reprimand, I now knew the reprimand had been a ruse.
Since I could not stop the sale of expired medicines in the retail stores through the proper channels, I visited three local stores near PharmCo headquarters and personally pulled the expired products from the shelves to present to the attending pharmacists. I hoped that these pharmacists could work within the PharmCo system to have the distribution center stop shipping expired merchandise to the stores for resale.
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The organization outsourced the inventory counting of standard inventory within the store. The entire inventory process was maintained and handled by the outsourced company. The inventory audit report was sent to back to the corporate office for review. The reason for this inventory count was outsourced because of the lower cost to the company.
The pharmaceutical area inventory count was handled internally because of the high dollar value of the pharmaceutical ...
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