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Juniper berries have become increasingly popular in recent months due to be introduced to gin! The addition of the berries in gin adds a slightly spiced infusion of goodness, which is why the combination has become so popular. The aromatic flavour from juniper berries is perfect in infusing drinks and adds an unmistakable flavour to poultry. Simply grind down and mix with other spices to create a tasty rub to add to poultry or tofu before cooking.
What are Juniper Berries?
Believe it or not, juniper berries are not actually a berry at all and are in fact a cone with a berry like appearance. The size and shape of juniper berries resembles a small berry hence the name.
What do Juniper Berries taste like?
Juniper berries have a rather distinctive pine-like, spicy and aromatic flavour that will give you flavour options that no other ingredient can offer. They are extremely versatile when it comes to flavouring rich, hearty dishes and meats such as pork that requires seasoning before cooking. If you are wondering how you could use juniper berries in your day-to-day cooking, let us inspire you and give you some culinary uses you could try your hand at.
Ways to use Juniper Berries
- Use juniper berries for gin making for a subtle spice
- Try grinding and mixing you dried juniper berries with garlic and sea salt to really enliven cabbage and other tasty green vegetables. All your guests will be asking how you managed to create such a special flavour!
- Like many berries, juniper berries are fantastic for making chutneys, sauces and marinades. Throw them in to your homemade recipes for a totally new dimension of taste.
- Stuffing is something that most of us love (whether we eat meat or not). To take yours to the next level, add a sprinkling of our top quality juniper berries to any stuffing mixes – whether homemade or shop-bought!
- Stews, casseroles and lots of juicy rustic dishes will benefit from a smattering of juniper berries and make the flavours come alive.
- Meat eaters take note. Juniper berries are a fitting match for many different meat dishes, including beef, pork, duck, rabbit and venison. Of course, for the best flavour and healthiness, try to consume organic and high-welfare meat wherever possible!
- Use juniper berries for tea to enhance the flavour
If you like to use organic ingredients in your kitchen creations fear not, we have dried organic juniper berries that you can buy too!
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Pacific Conference of Churches launches PANG report on Australian and NZ âpower politicsâ to launch PACER-Plus negotiations
General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches, Fei Tevi, formally launched a new report from the Pacific Network on Globalisation on July 30. The report (Speaking Truth to Power: Australian and New Zealand power plays to launch Pacific free trade negotiations) exposes the often secret world of regional trade discussions - where meetings between Pacific government officials and their Australian and New Zealand counterparts are held 'behind closed doors'.
Mr Tevi said Australia and New Zealand had taken advantage of the fact that there is no clear rulebook for trade negotiations, and have pushed the region to launch free trade negotiations on terms that reflect their own political and economic priorities. âThis report puts them on notice that we are watching closely, and that any âbackroom pressureâ of the Island countries will be resisted,â said Mr Tevi.
Speaking Truth to Power documents veiled and overt threats by the Australian and New Zealand governments â directed at Pacific trade officials (and even Ministers) to secure a launch of PACER-Plus negotiations when Australia hosts the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Cairns next week. The report also highlights attempts by Australia and New Zealand to control studies relating to PACER-Plus, and the training of Pacific officials who will take part in PACER-Plus negotiations.
The report draws widely on public announcements, media reports, internal briefing notes, confidential reports and interviews with trade officials from across the Pacific (many of whom have asked to remain anonymous out of fear of reprisal).
Speaking Truth to Power: Australian and New Zealand power plays to launch Pacific free trade negotiations is available here http://www.pang.org.fj/doc/Speaking_Truth_to_Power.pdf
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My name is Alia. I grew up on a small island in the Pacific Northwest here in the USA. I love to travel and have had the opportunities to visit Canada, the Bahamas, Peru, Guatemala, Egypt, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Cambodia. In addition I have lived and worked in both Turkey and China. I went to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California for my first degree. I have always loved animals and grew up surrounded by wild creatures as well as pets. I also love to read and go to the movies. In addition, my life is incomplete without a gym to go to. My favorite food is sushi. If there's a sushi bar in town, you'll find me there at least once per week.
I have a 100-hour TEFL certificate and two bachelor's degrees, one in Spanish and one in Communications. I have been teaching English for about 5 years. I've taught in Turkey, China and via another online platform. I have experience teaching all age categories, from age 3 to adults. I've taught with a wide variety of material and over the years have picked out bits and pieces of each curriculum that I found the most useful and tried to carry them forward as I enhance and sharpen my teaching ability.
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MS Treatments the Subject of PCORI-Funded ResearchNew funding is enabling researchers to compare multiple sclerosis treatment approaches.
There are currently more than a dozen drugs used to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). But which medication should be given to which patients? Can a person who's taken an MS disease-modifying drug for years safely go off it?
And what about lifestyle enhancements for multiple sclerosis? Which are the most effective?
These and other crucial questions for people with MS are currently being explored in clinical trials, thanks to $64 million in new research funding by PCORI, the eight-year-old Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
PCORI Created by the Affordable Care Act
Most people think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also called the ACA, signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010, was only about increasing Americans' access to health insurance, but other important issues related to health were also part of the bill. Included in this legislation was the creation of PCORI, whose mission is to fund research that pits one line of treatment against another.
The people who created the ACA recognized that there was a dearth of comparative effectiveness research, and no place where that research is naturally funded, explains Diane Bild, MD, MPH, associate director for science at PCORI, who notes that drug companies typically compare their medication to a placebo rather than to another effective pharmaceutical.
"We use the analogy of Consumer Reports," Dr. Bild says, referring to the nonprofit organization that compares thousands of consumer products each year.
"PCORI provides information on clinical strategies, medication, surgeries, and nonpharmacological treatments that are used but were never compared head to head. This is important information for both patients and physicians to have," Bild says.
MS a Major Focus of PCORI Research
With a dozen studies funded so far, MS is an important focus of PCORI research. Neurological diseases are the third most funded areas of research, behind the much more pervasive conditions of cancer and mental health problems.
That's because in 2015, patients, researchers, groups like the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and others came together to identify the areas most in need of research. Soon after, PCORI began accepting proposals to fill this void.
MS Drug Treatment Strategies Being Compared
The most recent round of funding in fall of 2017 included two important studies. Each will compare the existing treatment philosophy for people newly diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS — to begin with a less effective drug with fewer side effects, with the option of being more aggressive right away.
One of these studies, a $10.6-million international, multicenter project based at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, will compare this "escalation" approach, which starts with a less powerful drug that is considered safer and escalates to more potent therapies as needed, with an "early, highly-effective treatment" approach, which involves jumping right in with one of four high-efficacy drugs — Tysabri (natalizumab), Lemtrada (alemtuzumab), Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), or Rituxan (rituximab) — all of which have the potential for rare but serious side effects.
This study will begin recruiting patients from at least 16 treatment centers in the United States and United Kingdom in the summer of 2018. It will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over a five-year period to measure loss in brain volume, a predictor of long-term disability. Other markers include relapses, brain lesions, and other indications of disease severity.
"This study will have significant impact on how we treat relapsing-remitting MS," says study leader Daniel Ontaneda, MD, a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic. "Its design came from the frustration neurologists feel day in and day out when we see new MS patients and try to help them decide which treatment to start. There is currently no evidence to guide that decision."
Another PCORI-funded drug study already under way is examining whether people who have successfully been treated by disease-modifying drugs for years can stop their treatment without relapsing. (Participants have the right to restart their medicines any time they feel they need to.)
RELATED: 10 Key Questions About Multiple Sclerosis Drugs
Telemedicine for Rehab, Comparing Treatments for Fatigue
Because many people with MS can't easily get to places offering treatments aimed at improving their lifestyle, two of the newly funded studies will compare in-person programs with more flexible, and less costly, options offered by teleconference or online.
One will match exercise programs provided at gyms or rehab facilities with a telerehabilitation program for patients at home. Another will compare in-person instruction in fatigue management during medical visits with similar information offered by teleconference or internet for patients in their homes.
Yet another lifestyle study will examine how cognitive-behavioral therapy (a form of psychotherapy) compares with the wakefulness-promoting drug Provigil (modafinil) for fatigue, including whether a combination of the two might be best.
'Collaborative Care' Results Coming Soon
Most of these larger studies are only now getting started, which means results won't be in for several years.
One study, which was funded in 2013, is expected to publish results this year. This study compared typical MS care with the addition of a "collaborative care" intervention to minimize depression and pain. Participants met regularly for 16 weeks (in person or by telephone) with a nurse who provided strategies for managing these symptoms.
How to Get Involved in Clinical Trials
The best way to find out how to enroll in these or other clinical trials is through the government website ClinicalTrials.gov. On the home page, you can click the link for "recruiting and not yet recruiting studies," then type in "multiple sclerosis" and add your state and city.
The PCORI-funded studies are not differentiated from others that are currently recruiting, but you can cull through the list to see if any comparative studies are located near you. (You might also consider enrollment opportunities for studies funded by drug companies or other institutions.)
Another way to get involved is via the PCORI-funded website iConquerMS. This website asks people with MS to confidentially share information by answering surveys about daily experiences and symptoms, and also provide medical records.
The aim of iConquerMS is to bridge the gap between patients and scientists, allowing researchers to get insight into the areas most important to people with MS, as well as help them observe disease patterns that might form the basis of future research. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and other organizations are also part of this collaborative effort.


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We don't remember much about the 1984 movie "Gremlins," but we do remember the adorable protagonist/lead Gremlin Gizmo! Who can forget his big, pleading eyes, doll-like stature and chubby tummy? Our four-year-old selves swooned over the fantasy that we could own our very own Gizmo as a pet. Unfortunately for us, our pipe dreams went bust when we discovered that Gizmo shockingly wasn't real, but at least we can still recall the tender days of yore by drawing this Gizmo character.
Check out this drawing tutorial by Wizard to learn how to sketch out Gizmo the Gremlin in all his adorable glory.


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I already have next month's block done so I am free to stitch on the new quilt project I started a few days ago. Pictures soon.
Your lovely flowers really stand out on the dark background.
I love the yellow polka dot in the flowers.
Ooh that's pretty - I love the alternating colors.
Lovely! That background really brings out those colors.
Your blocks are so lovely and authentic!
Lovely, I like the color change up
LOVE your Lily block!
Your color combinations are so beautiful!
I immediately thought of a mirror image as I looked at these blocks. Like Alice through the Looking glass. The block turned out really pretty.
LOVE these two flowers!! Gorgeous! This quilt is going to be out of this world!
Another beautiful block Karen, can't waito to see your new project.
Really love this one, especially the double color on the flower, great fabric choices.
Very Pretty and the blending is perfect! Excellent work in color.
Beauitful block! I've seen flowers with this color combo is the garden centers.... would love to have them growing in my garden!
Another fantastic block, and you are ahead -- that's great.
Such an interesting blocks! I love the double petals and the quirky bases!
This block has been a favorite of mine. I think it's the little rim of color on the edges that makes it extra special.
I like these colors - muted but striking. blessings, marlene
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GE-Current to launch 13 solar projects to drive clean energy for businesses
Mar 24, 2017: Businesses across the Northeast are using the power of the sun to reduce energy costs and improve their environmental impact. Solar solutions from Current, powered by GE, are now generating clean energy to fuel diverse industries like healthcare, manufacturing and municipalities. The Boston-based company is building more than 17 MW in solar carport and ground-mount projects across six northeastern states.
"The clean energy movement continues to surge ahead, and businesses all over the Northeast are leading the charge, including right here at GE," said Erik Schiemann, General Manager of Solar at Current. "Smart companies are realizing that solar isn't just good for the environment, but it can help their bottom lines too."
Current is installing more than 9 MW of onsite solar power across eight different GE facilities throughout the region along with several outside customer projects, including:
Partners Healthcare's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod in Sandwich, MA, will debut a 1.1 MW carport and ground-mount installation that will produce the equivalent of 70 percent of the hospital's electricity consumption. The healthcare leader is also installing two carports at its Newton-Wellesley Hospital facility, which will save more than $4.4 million in energy costs.
Life care provider Seabury has installed solar ground-mount solutions to save more than $600,000 at its Life Plan community in Bloomfield, CT.
Smith & Wesson's new 2.6 MW solar carport project at its Springfield, MA, industrial facility will provide approximately 10 percent of the site's energy needs and offers a lifetime savings estimated at $2.8 million. The site also upgraded its lighting to more efficient LEDs from Current, further reducing energy consumption and energy costs.
The Town of Wallkill, NY, commissioned a 2.4 MW solar plant on a capped landfill, which will provide more than $2 million in savings.
GE has also invested in solar solutions at its own regional facilities in Bridgeport, CT; Lynn, MA; Marlborough, MA; Billerica, MA; Hooksett, NH; Schenectady, NY; North Greenbush, NY; and Rutland, VT. These installations add up to more than 9.4 MW in solar carport and ground-mount power for a total savings of more than $13.8 million across sites.
"Adopting cleaner, more efficient technologies like solar and LED shows that we are committed to investing in the future of our businesses and communities," said Schiemann. "We will continue supporting these efforts, both within GE and with our customers, as we all look to build a stronger, more sustainable outlook for our region."
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the idea of making bumps with a fabric in between layers started here; I did it because I wasn't happy with the overall look of the design in that particular piece; in this piece I've intentionally started with the three dimensional concept; I'm not sure it was what I had in mind, but I do like it. It has potential for more exploration.
|here the layering is pulled through the white fabric to create a bump or cloud, white on white.
here the bumps are pushed back into the blue, creating holes.
the next photo's are of the piece almost full length, it's rather long and therefore not easy to capture on camera, not with enough detail that is.
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From Sundays news comes this story about the Pope requesting the G8 help stop poverty.
Pope Benedict has urged G8 nations to boost development aid to Africa and the world's poorest countries in spite of the financial crisis.
He made the call in the run-up to a leaders' summit in Italy this week.
In a letter to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi released by the Vatican, the Pope said decisions made during the summit can only be efficient if they are ethical.
He said aid programs, particularly those for Africa, risk being cancelled or drastically reduced because of the financial crisis, plunging even more people into poverty. from abc.news
Hmmm, One of the richest organisations in the world, though we'll never know how rich they are as they, unlike proper organisations, aren't audited or accountable. The Catholic Church (like all religions) also get huge tax breaks in numerous countries to aid their wealth even further. But, despite being so wealthy what are they doing to stop poverty in the world? Not much I'd say.
In fact the Catholic church has for many years been exacerbating and compounding the problem of world poverty by denying proper family planning and birth control measures (they actually encourage large families). Thus ensuring areas where Catholicism is rife have high, and often too high, birth rates. More mouths to feed only worsens poverty in many countries.
Perhaps the Catholic church could, instead of requesting others to help stop poverty, let their followers use birth control and put in measures to ensure families do not overpopulate, especially in poverty stricken areas. Additionally perhaps the Catholic church could spend some of its ill gotten gains assisting poverty stricken areas to fend for themselves.
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Economic Development is community development. The main objective of economic development for Southborough is to sustain and improve economic, social and environmental well-being through initiatives that promote job creation and retention, enhance and expand the tax base, and support the development of infrastructure and amenities that improve our core services and quality of life.
FAQs & Metrics
Southborough's Economic Development Committee's FAQs
Economic development aids in building and sustaining a healthy economy for sustainable community development, including the following benefits:
Increase Commercial Tax Base:
- Revenue provided by economic development initiatives to maintain a robust commercial tax base helps keep residential taxes low and provides support, maintenance and improvements for our roads, parks, libraries, and emergency services.
Job Creation & Retention:
- Economic development encourages competitive wages, improved benefits, and increased opportunities for advancement.
Business Retention & Expansion:
- Businesses are integral to Southborough's prosperity and when they feel appreciated and valued by the community, the result is higher business retention, job growth and investments in our Town.
Economic Diversification:
- Southborough's diversified economic base with multiple business sectors helps expand our local economy, and reduces our vulnerability to a downturn in any particular business sector, which could help Southborough to weather an economic downturn.
Productive Use of Property:
- Property used for its "highest and best use" capitalizes on the premium value of that property and supports a vibrant community for residents and businesses.
Quality of Life:
- More local tax dollars and jobs raise the economic tide for the entire community, support core Town services, and enhance the overall standard of living of our residents and our residential property values.
Shop Local:
- Encouraging residents, visitors and businesses to shop locally produced goods strengthens the health and sustainability of our local economy.
The Economic Development Committee ("EDC") was established as a permanent standing committee by vote at Town Meeting on April 27, 2017. From 2013 to April 2017, the EDC had been established as an Ad Hoc Committee to the Board of Selectmen. The EDC is permanently established to expand and strengthen the local economy, promote job creation, and enhance the Town's quality of life through prosperous, balanced, and sustainable economic development that retains the distinct character and charm of Southborough.
The EDC measures performance using recognized quantitative metrics, including: employment growth, increased assessed property values (commercial), vacancy rates, number of businesses/non-profits directly supported, number of business and projects for which EDC provided technical assistance, and value and square footage of projects for which EDC provided technical assistance. These are well-established metrics upon which economic development organizations (EDOs) measure performance. See link here for the EDO Metric Guidebook by the International Economic Development Council. A number of qualitative measures are also compiled, including: testimonials, adherence to the Economic Development Recommendations within the Town's Master Plan, and improving organized efforts to promote local businesses.
The EDC assists the residential, non-profit, and business community by providing management, technical assistance, and other resources.
Some of our free services include:
- Site selection assistance
- Local permitting and technical assistance
- Local Licensing Assistance
- Local and regional market information
- Entrepreneur assistance
- Meetings with public officials and local stakeholders
- Municipal updates
- Marketing coordination
- Business to business opportunities
- Other key programs, events and materials have included; the Commercial Broker Breakfast Series, Boroughs+ Summit on Last Mile Connections, Shop SOBO, and Permitting Guide for Businesses, and the Southborough Business, Non-Profit & Community Guide.
With our town's good fiscal discipline, the EDC's mission is to help stabilize residential taxes through growth of the commercial tax base, while preserving the unique character and charm of Southborough. Assessed commercial values are up $300,000 from the last fiscal year – a direct offset to residential taxes. With over 100 new jobs created in 2016, funding the EDC pays for itself and preserves an approximate $6 million commercial and industrial tax base to the benefit of all residents. This represents approximately 15.5% of the Town's total tax revenues. The EDC also supports historic preservation, open space, and other efforts that enhance the quality of life for our residents, businesses and their employees.
Yes. Many Town Boards and Committees have coordinators or paid employees, such as the Planning Department, Conservation Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), Board of Selectmen, and Town Clerk. In the modern economy, economic development has become a core government function, evidenced by the widespread establishment of economic development organizations at the local, state and national level. In Massachusetts, a high percent of municipalities have an economic development committee or organization in some form. The EDC needs a coordinator to provide consistency of effort on numerous EDC objectives and projects, and to coordinate the scheduling, outreach and support of the Committee to over 600 businesses and non-profits in Southborough.
The EDC is a volunteer Committee of Southborough residents with a diversity of backgrounds who want to assist the Town in maintaining and enhancing a prosperous and sustainable economy. The EDC consists of up to 9 members, appointed by the Board of Selectmen for staggered terms of 3 years. The EDC welcomes all residents who are interested in furthering the EDC mission to join us as a member or to attend our meetings and events.
To become a Committee volunteer, submit your interests and personal/professional background information on the Town's volunteer information sheet, found here. You can also contact the EDC Coordinator, Pam DiGiovanni, by email, firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone, (508) 485-0710, ext. 3011. The EDC generally meets with interested volunteers, prior to recommendation for appointment by the Board of Selectmen.
We have one interest group only – THE RESIDENTS. We assist business and non-profits doing business in Southborough to the extent their activities benefit the residents. As one of several EDC initiatives, we assist brokers and companies looking to locate in Southborough because occupied buildings are worth more than vacant ones, and increased property values brings higher property taxes for the Town. That tax revenue helps fund core services for our residents including, schools, roads, library, emergency services and more.
The Committee supports efforts that enhance the quality of life for residents, businesses and their employees, and it recognizes the inherent value of open space preservation in our community. The EDC believes that business and open space preservation can coexist and reinforce one another. The preservation of open space enhances and supports a sustainable environment and our economy. At the same time, a thriving local economy helps generate the funding needed to support open space preservation.
Our Committee members have a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experience. We almost always operate by a broad consensus of our members, although, there is rarely a shortage of differing points of view. We welcome public attendance and participation in our meetings and events. We also talk to other residents, friends, contacts, Town officials, and other board and committee members and invite their feedback. We have an open door policy and welcome public input.
Southborough's broadly diversified business base is comprised of 19 of the 20 recognized industry sectors. Our leading industry "Super Sectors" include: education and health, professional and business services, manufacturing and trade, and transportation and utility services. To learn more, click here.
Visit these pages for updated news and events. Read our Annual Reports or like and follow us on twitter @southboroughedc
Contact Pam DiGiovanni, EDC Coordinator by email firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling (508) 485-0710 ext. 3011.
Economic Development Metrics – How We Measure Our Success
Measuring the success of Economic Development policies, programs and activities is just important as implementing them. There are many recognized measures used and bench marked within the economic development industry, and in recent years, this process has become a marriage of an art and science. We strive for efficient work toward our stated goals, while recognizing that some measures of progress are not so easily captured, such as, encouraging vital connections between businesses and residents, or improving customer service for permitting at Town Hall.
Many recognized guiding principles in Economic Development have been corner-stoned by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). This Internationally recognized Council consisting of more than 5,000 members of Economic Development Professionals (learn more here), has made them the largest organization of its kind. The IEDC has created an Economic Development Reference Guide that can be utilized to assist with how communities create and develop an Economic Development program and policies.
Another great resource in assisting to develop how to measure the success of Economic Development in a community is from the Economic Development Research Partners program, of the IEDC, Metrics for High Performing EDOs. This dynamic Guidebook for Economic Development professionals provides a menu of metrics by which to measure economic development success in a community. Since no two communities are alike, this menu based Guidebook offers an insightful approach on devising a system to benchmark economic development success that plays to each communities uniqueness, and isn't a one-size-fits-all approach.
Learn more here about the methodology behind this comprehensive Economic Development Guidebook for Metrics and how it was developed.


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I've been shooting a lot of photos of stuff I'm into, like vaping, and posting a bit on instagram. Bear in mind that these shots are all "instagram-ified" for the sake of catching the target demographic's eye (lots of unnecessary editing). Without further adeu, here is what IFBKO has been up to:
(Edit: Forgot to mention that all the shots below are with my Galaxy S 6 Edge. I'm digging this camera on this phone. )


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Children and Christian Initiation is a resource for Catholic parishes.
This journal is designed to be used with the comprehensive book, Children and Christian Initiation: Leader Guide. It offers a place for young teens ages 11-14 to record their own participation in the initiation process. The colorful pages are reflective and engaging, inviting candidates and catechumens to express their thoughts through writing and drawing. Interactive and highly personal, the approach honors the individual's spirituality, encourages personal ownership of the process and invites prayerful, reflective conversion.
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Extend Battery life
This is one of the major needed thing among the smartphone users. Especially for Android. There are little steps to extend the battery life of your Android phone.
- Turn off Bluetooth, GPS, data connection and sync when not needed. These are the main things which destroys your battery within hours.
- Go to settings -> Battery and see which Apps mostly sucks the battery and force stop those Apps which don't mean to you.
- Also you can check for background running Apps and close them too
- For more efficient battery life, you can low your Display brightness and turn off the Keyboard sound and vibration as well.
- Also you can increase your battery life by installing Battery Savers too. LINK
Plug in Keyboard or Mouse
You can connect a mouse or Keyboard in to your Android Device. This will help you more with handling your Android Device. To connect a Keyboard or Mouse into your Android phone, simply get an OTG cable which converts your micro USB port into USB port and plug the Keyboard or the Mouse in to the cellphone via the OTG cable. The phone will automatically recognize.
Also you can connect Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard.
- Turn on the Mouse / Keyboard
- Turn on Bluetooth on your Android device
- now scene for new devices, it will detect the Mouse / Keyboard
- connect it to your Android Device
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Multitask better by loading links in the background
Flynx, this is one of the best background App. You can open links from any Apps and a small icon of Flynx will pop up on the screen and load the links in background with a loading Animation. Once it is loaded while using the App, anytime you can view the link by tapping on the icon. The best part of the Flynx is you can load many links without interrupting your progress and you can also save links by double tapping on it to view later.
- Download and install Flynx in to your Android Device from the Google Play Store.
- After the Flinx App once installed into your Andoid device, now when you click a link somewhere like the social media or something, it will ask to choose an App.
- Select Flinx and click always allow
- Now whenever you click a link the Flynx will pop a bobble icon on the screen and the link will load in background without interrupting your progress.
- When you want to read you can click the bobble icon and view the links.
- You can also save links on Flynx to read later
Set up Automatic Phone unlock at certain Locations
Smart lock is a Feature which is built from the Android 5.0 (Lollipop). What this feature does is, it removes your Android Device passcode in such locations that you have marked safe.
You can enable it by going to Settings > Security > Smart Lock > Trusted Places and add the locations there.
Make your Friends and relations access your wi-Fi without password
Generate a QR code for your Wi-Fi by using the link I have given. As you open the link, it will require the Wi-Fi name, password and network type to create the QR code. Now you can print this QR code and attach it somewhere at your home for usage. When your friends scan the QR Code with the QR Code Reader, they will automatically connect in to the WI-Fi.
Zoom in on anything
You can enable this option by going to Settings > Magnification Gestures and switch it on. After enabling the gesture, when you are using something you can just triple tap to get the Magnifier anytime. Also use two fingers to drag the Magnifier. Once again when you triple tap on the screen the magnifier will disappear.
Reduce screen Blue Light emission and get to a better sleep cycle
Twilight is an App that you can download from Google Play Store. This App offs the Blue lights on the screen and it helps your brain produce Melatonin. So you will feel sleepy at the night.
Find your Phone after it is been LOST
This is one of the most useful Android trick you will find in this blog. Prey is the App you can download from Play Store. This App keeps you track from the lost device's location via GPS and Wi-Fi. It also as the access to the front camera, so you can get the picture of the handler.
Also you use Android Device Manager too, on this purpose.
Block people whom you don't want to get disturbed by
In the contacts find the person you want to block and press edit. In there you as the option to block the person from bothering you. Also you can block contacts by going to call block settings in the settings and add the contacts to the list whom you want to block.
The one finger swipe and two finger swipe for Notification bar
This feature is built with Stock Android OS. You can swipe down the notification bar with two fingers for more settings option to be appear on the Notification bar. For Custom ROM, this feature is available on the Play Store.
When you swipe down the notification bar with two fingers, the notification bar comes down with more setting, rather than the usual notification bar. This might make you more fast with the settings.
Root your Android phone right now
To root or not to root? It's a question that most people don't ever ask themselves, because Android devices are powerful and customization from the get-go, and rooting can be risky but it can gain you so many good opputunities than Stock OS.
- Automate everything
- Latest Updates, here I come!
- Faster than the speed of…your CPU
- Better battery life
- Bye-bye, bloatware
- Really, really back up your stuff
- Customize all the things!
- Store apps wherever the hell you want to
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MMM Ripa in Bruneck
Reinhold Messner knows how to make themselves known: in the past with extreme expeditions, such as those on Himalayas and later with the museums and exhibitions based on the mountain.
In summer 2011 he inaugurated the "Messner Mountain Museum" at Bruneck Castle, dedicated to the peoples of the mountain. For Messner, however, the realization of museums has not been easy, there have been many controversies to be done. Almost like climbing a mountain!
The Messner Mountain Museum in Bruneck, is the fifth of this kind. Other museums by Reinhold Messner's are Juval Castle, the museum in Sulden, Sigmundskron Castle and Monte Rite in Belluno.
This is an interactive museum, through which Messner intends inspire people to an exchange of experiences with local peasant populations. Each year will be invited guests of the various Alpine regions that will tell their costumes and their lifestyles. The Messner Mountain Museum at Bruneck Castle should be dedicated to the Sherpa, Indians, Tibetans, Mongols and Hunza people.
Bruneck Castle
The castle was built in 13th century and in later centuries it was several times restored. The castle is located just above the city and can be reached on foot.
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The rumors are true! As of July 11, 2017, you can choose the order of your GMAT sections. Find out more about what this means for the format of your GMAT below.
First, Some GMAT Basics
The GMAT, or Graduate Management Admission Test, is a computer adaptive test (CAT). This exam is designed to test analytical skills, quantitative and verbal skills, and skills in reading. The GMAT is used for admission into graduate-level business and management schools.
But what do those basics mean, in terms of how the test is formatted? Read on for details.
Table of Contents
- A quick look at the GMAT sections and formats
- A more detailed explanation of the GMAT structure
- An overview of the GMAT sections
- Facts about the GMAT exam format
- Which resources can help me with the different GMAT sections?
- Summary of the GMAT format
GMAT Sections and Formats
|Section of the GMAT
|How many questions?
|Types of questions
|Time limit
|Analytical Writing Assessment
|1 essay prompt
|Argument Analysis
|30 minutes
|Integrated Reasoning
|12 multiple choice
|Multi-Source Reasoning
Graphics and Table Interpretation
Two-Part Analysis
|30 minutes
|31 multiple choice
|Data Sufficiency
Problem Solving
|62 minutes
|36 multiple choice
|Reading Comprehension
Critical Reasoning
Sentence Correction
|65 minutes
|1 essay prompt,
90 multiple choice
|3 hours, 7 minutes
GMAT Structure: A More Detailed Explanation
What is the GMAT format? Well, first off, the exam has four sections: Integrated Reasoning (12 questions), Quantitative (31 questions), Verbal (36 questions), and Analytical Writing (1 essay topic).
Prior to July 11, 2017, all test-takers had to take the GMAT in that exact order. However, this is no longer the case. You can now choose the order in which you take GMAT sections. This is absolutely groundbreaking news! See this post on Picking Order of the Sections on the GMAT for more details.
Nevertheless, what's contained within those sections is going to stay pretty much the same, so it's still well worth knowing the format of each GMAT section. Here are some rough-and-ready facts about the GMAT exam format and common GMAT topics. The current incarnation of the GMAT has four sections, with assorted breaks. Here's the layout of the overall GMAT format.
GMAT Format: GMAT Sections Overview
- Intro = check in a Pearson VUE, surrender all your worldly possessions into a locker, get escorted to a computer in a hermetically sealed room, work through the few screens of introductory material. After this you are ready to start the actual GMAT itself.
- As mentioned before, you now have a choice of the order in which you approach the sections. Here they are in the "classic" order, for simplicity, as you learn what each section tests and the kinds of questions it presents.
- GMAT Section #1 = Analytic Writing Assessment (30 minutes) — one essay, analysis of an argument.
- GMAT Section #2 = Integrated Reasoning (30 minutes) — 12 multi-part problems on data interpretation and combined Verbal/Math reasoning.
- Break #1: At two points during the exam, you'll have the option of a break as long as 8 minutes. Where this break falls will depend on the order in which you choose to approach the GMAT sections. Remember: 8 minutes isn't much! This is enough time for a quick snack (from your locker) or a quick bathroom trip.
- GMAT Section #3 = Quantitative (62 minutes) — 31 questions, either standard five-choice multiple choice (called "Problem Solving") or Data Sufficiency.
- Break #2: Again, you'll have the option of a second break as long as 8 minutes. It doesn't matter how much time you used on your first break: you get a fresh new 8-minute allotment for this second break.
- GMAT Section #4 = Verbal (65 minutes) — 36 five-choice multiple choice questions, of three types: Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction.
- Denouement = See on the computer the BIG composite score of the test you just finished. Walk out, get handed a preliminary GMAT score report, with every score except the AWA. Collect your worldly possessions and depart.
GMAT Exam Format Facts
Fact: These four GMAT sections, including the two allowable breaks, as well as the whole pre-exam security procedure, will run over four hours.
Fact: All four GMAT sections are taken at a computer, a computer at the Pearson VUE testing center. During the GMAT, the only break you get from staring at an electronic screen is to take one or both of the optional breaks (and we highly recommend that you do so!) In the past, there was a paper-based GMAT, but that is long gone. (BTW, those old paper-based GMATs had a slightly different GMAT format but they still provide excellent practice.)
Fact: On the Integrated Reasoning section, you will have access to an IR on-screen calculator; on the Quantitative section, you get no calculator.
Fact: Both the Quantitative and Verbal sections employ Computer Adaptive Testing. As you move through each of those sections, the algorithm adjusts the difficulty of each new questions based on your overall performance thus far. If you are doing well, on average you get more challenging question. If you are having trouble, on average you will get easier questions. Only the final two sections employ the CAT. On the Integrated Reasoning section, you just get a batch of 12 questions, and those are the ones you do: nothing is adapting to you as you move through the IR.
Fact: As part of the GMAT format, on no part of the GMAT can you go back to a question once you are done with it. Among other things, this is an unavoidable feature of the CAT. Once you submit your answer, that question is gone forever. Because of this, and because of the time constraints, it's important to understand when to guess and when to skip questions.
Fact: Your BIG composite GMAT Score (200 – 800) is determined only by the Quant & Verbal sections. Your full score report has several components, but the BIG score depends only on these two sections. The full GMAT score report has the BIG composite score and a subscore for each of the four GMAT sections: the admission committees of business schools will see everything when you send them your score report.
Fact: With good resources, you can learn both the content and strategies you need, and improve your performance on the GMAT. 🙂
GMAT Format Resources
If you are just getting starting in your GMAT studies, take heart. I know this can all feel overwhelming when it's all new. Be patient with yourself: step by step, you will make this new world your own. We definitely recommended getting an official guide: you don't necessarily need the latest edition, if you can find last year's edition at a much cheaper price.
A great—and free!—supplement is our Hassle-Free Guide to the GMAT. Aside from the format of the GMAT, it covers everything from how a GMAT practice test can help (and where to find one) to how to score 700+ on the test.
We provide a variety of study schedules and we provide a GMAT Diagnostic Test that helps you place yourself in these study plans. If you would like a more detailed introduction to the GMAT format, the various GMAT sections, and other important introductory material, we share these ten free videos.
Quantitative Section Breakdown
Pacing, Skipping, and Guessing
These will provide a great deal of information about the GMAT format and answer many common questions about the GMAT.
GMAT Format Summary
The GMAT is a long and hard test. Knowing the GMAT format is just the first piece of the puzzle. The GMAT requires critical thinking skills, mastery of several math & verbal content areas, a host of test-taking strategies. Magoosh can help with it all: we can guide you from your first tentative steps to your final bold strides toward the GMAT. We can help you solve the entire GMAT puzzle, from the first piece to the last!
Editor's Note: This post was originally published in March 2013, and has been updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.


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When buying birdwatching binoculars to use for your favorite pastime, it is always important to realize that the subject doesn't sit still for a long time and they usually move very fast. What this means is that your binocular must have a wide field view because failure to focus the binocular on the subject fast enough will mean that in most cases you will almost always miss it altogether.
Focusing Wheel: The focusing wheel should be such that you can use it almost intuitively and as simple as possible. You need to be able to turn past the sharpest point and back without a hassle because in slackening with this mechanism will totally mess up the strategy. You should make sure that the knob turns smoothly throughout the range; if you detect any sloppiness as you turn the focus knob, you could be dealing with a low quality binocular.
The focus knob: Make sure that the focus knob of your birdwatching binoculars has a non-slip surface. Your finger tip should be able to give you a secure tactile feedback so that you don't have to push too hard to get traction; normally there should be a soft rubber surface with ridges or a pattern. You also want to check that the wheel is large enough so you can reach it easily and it should also protrude from the top of your binoculars. With this feature you can easily adjust the focus even if you are wearing gloves in a simple but accurate manner.
The Focusing Mechanism: Most birdwatching binoculars come with a fixed linear focusing gear; there are a few that can change ration depending on the speed at which you turn the dial while others have different ratios on the opposite ends of the focusing plain but they aren't too common.
High gear ratio: If binoculars has an aggressive focusing mechanism you should be able to go from close focus to infinity using a single full turn of the wheel or less. This means that you need less turning to get from one extreme to the next one. However, the downside is that fine tuning will become challenging. This is good for birding situations where you are observing many birds at different distances such as at the coast, near a lake or a marsh.
Lower gear ratio: If your birdwatching binocular has a lower gear ratio it requires more turning of the dial and, as such, you have the opposite effect; going from one extreme to another becomes slower but easier. This makes it easier for one to male micro adjustments. Such a binocular will be good for situations where one is following a bird that is hopping from one tree branch to another.
Medium gear ratio: This type is perhaps the perfect all-rounder; it will take one and a half to two rounds of the wheel for the birder to turn from one extreme to another. Alternatively you may want to try that fixed focus variety but which won't give very sharp images at times.


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On my blog post Progress Bars with SharePoint Online Column Formatting I showed how the new Column Formatting functionality can help to show progress bars inside a list: On this post, I received the following comment from Rick: Progress is usually associated with completion (blue). What would it take to have the progress % be blue, and the background color of the bar (= 100%), associated from a separate column? Your Details
Progress Bars with SharePoint Online Column Formatting
Now that Column Formatting has begun rolling out to SharePoint Online tenants, I decided to look at some older use cases and test how they could be achieved with this new functionality. The first use case is a common one: an item's progress is tracked in a list with a percentage indicator – a project's total completion so far, an individual task's progress, etc. This is usually stored as a Details
Automatically setting Cache-Control for Azure Storage Blobs via Azure Functions
I'm storing my blog's images in Azure storage and serve them via Azure CDN for a better performance. However, the images didn't have a Cache-Control header so far, so they wouldn't get cached as much / as long as I wanted to. And while setting the CacheControl property on my Azure Storage blobs manually is possible, I didn't want to do that, but rather have it automated. Azure and automation? Details
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For a customer project I'm working on at the moment, we are using AWS CloudFront as a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to improve the global performance of a public website. Users in regions far away from the server should be able to view the website much faster thanks to it being cached on a CloudFront edge location close to them. For our testing, we wanted to know whether a resource Details
Awarded Microsoft MVP for the sixth year in a row
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Office 365 Advent Calendar – 24 Office 365: Overview of Services and Applications
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Office 365 Advent Calendar – 23 Bulk-updating File Extensions in SharePoint Online with PowerShell
Scenario A short while ago, I had to update a fairly large number of documents in multiple libraries in a SharePoint Online site. Problem was that their file extension was .html which doesn't display in the browser if stored in SharePoint Online, but rather these files get downloaded upon opening. The workaround – rename them to .aspx. The following scripts does this for all .html files and renames them to Details


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Integration is key. Apple and Google have delivered on this focus i.e. tight integration of their products, platforms and services. On Apple iOS devices the built-in iTunes and App Store own the music and software franchises. On Android devices, Gmail and Google search are tightly integrated. Microsoft meanwhile has not exactly kept integration in mind. An explicit download of Windows Live Essentials is required to get Microsoft IM client, blogging client and photo editor.
In the software product development environment, product integration has become very important. The steps listed in the CMMi process framework provides a clear sequence of the process involved.
- Prepare for product integration
- Establish and maintain integration sequence
- Establish the integration environment
- Establish product integration procedures and criteria
- Ensure interface compatibility
- Review interface description for completeness
- Manage interfaces
- Assemble product components and deliver the product
- Confirm readiness of product components for integration
- Assemble product components
- Evaluate assembled product components
- Package and deliver the product or product components
CI has worked on several projects involving integration of ERP's with add-on products and CRM's. While all projects may not have involved all the steps the basic framework for the project usually tends to be the same.


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New Italian Kitchen Design Ideas Bringing Art and Chic into Modern Kitchens
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New Italian kitchen design ideas were presented during the International Furniture Fair in Milan and Kitchen Furniture Exhibition EuroCucina 2014 where designers demonstrated kitchen trends. Lushome shares beautiful pictures that show two new Italian kitchen designs in contemporary style.
New Italian kitchen design blends floating shelves and attractive kitchen cabinets, enhancing kitchen interiors with art and crafts. Two new Italian kitchen design ideas are called Rustic Charm and Urban Chic. These beautiful kitchens create the collection Arts & Crafts which offers functional, very attractive, luxurious and modern kitchens.
New Italian kitchen design shows a fine combination of materials and create an exciting fusion of style. The contemporary design in minimalist style and elements of classic kitchen design look fabulous in modern kitchens. Walnut and oak finishes are beautiful and timelessly modern. Wood kitchen cabinets add coziness, warmth and comfort to new Italian kitchen designs.
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Modern kitchen furniture set a chic atmosphere in modern kitchens. Contemporary kitchen cabinets and elegant details bring art into kitchen design, complimenting interiors by adding beautiful contrasts of natural wood and glossy surfaces.
Modern kitchen trends from EuroCucina include light and neutral colors, elegance of simple lines, charm of exclusive and chic details. New Italian kitchen design uses different simple geometric shapes and large blocks which harmoniously blend with kitchen interiors and create beautiful, functional, impressive and modern kitchens.
Stainless steel kitchen islands, gorgeous wooden shelves, contemporary kitchen lighting, upholstered dining chairs, rustic wood tables and natural wood kitchen cabinets are skillfully combined into beautiful, artistic and chic Italian kitchen design.
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This starlet is on a high and there's no stopping her. She made waves after her Hollywood debut with TV show Quantico and she has now bagged an award for her role in the series — making her the first South Asian actress to win People's Choice Award.
Priyanka Chopra was up against Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Marcia Gay Harden and Lea Michelle in the 'Favourite Actress in a New TV Series' category. She won the award for her role as an FBI trainee in the American thriller TV series Quantico.
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Deepika to start shooting for Hollywood debut in Feb
Hollywood actor Vin Diesel presented her the award and the former Miss World could hardly contain her excitement. She immediately took to Twitter to thanks her fans.
Her friends from the industry took to Twitter to congratulate her:
PC is definitely giving all other Bollywood celebs a run for their money. We wonder if Deeps will be able to keep up now that she's prepping for her Hollywood debut alongside Vin Diesel.


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As you know now there was some time past the Apples latest firmware iOS 10 has released. And around the world many iPhone, iPad and iPod users were keep watch about the release of this massive firmware. And it was a new experience to many users. But there are some users they can't satisfy with the existing new features of the iOS 10 and they are still finding more things than what iOS 10 has offer. Those users can be called as jailbreak lovers and they are seeking for iOS 10 jailbreak for enjoying the freedom with it. Within the jailbreak process they try to add more functions to their iPhone, iPad or iPod through the Cydia download. What do you think at this moment can you download Cydia iOS 10?
Availability to use Cydia for iOS 10
Have you enjoying the features of Cydia in the earlier jailbroken iOS 9? Yes if you have use Cydia for once then it was not an amazing thing that you love it. But at this time with the iOS 10 at this moment there is no any working jailbreak tool for iOS 10. So you want to wait for some time until the Pangu or any other to find a jailbreak tool for iOS 10. Although do you know in this time with the Apple's firmware iOS 10 there are some features related to the jailbreak tweaks which you are enjoying with the iOS 9 jailbreak. So if you have use jailbreak in earlier iOS 9 then you are not much wonder with the iOS 10.
Some iOS 10 features familiar to jailbreak tweaks
Notification redesign
In the firmware iOS 10 we can see that there is a feature called notification redesign. And this is similar to the jailbreak tweak Watchnotification. Actually we can't say this is exactly same as the feature in iOS 10.But those are close and have similar with each other.
Colorization of CC toggles
iOS 10 has introduce this feature for you to enjoy color effects and in the previous jailbreak you can enjoy this with the jailbreak tweak Cream.
Removing Stock Apps
In the iOS 10 user can enjoying the feature of removing the useless app and this is a huge comfort if you are stuck with your iOS stock. But if you have jaillbroken then within the iOS 9 jailbreak you have enjoy this feature like the HideMeX and Springtomize jailbreak tweaks.
Control center pages
Now with the iOS 10 you can see there are two pages in the control center one for music and other for the rest like brightness. But jailbreak users are enjoy this with the Auxo jailbreak Tweak in many years ago.
Stickers in Message
This is actually noyt much thing for other message apps but it is new for iMessage and now it is now include with the iOS 10. But with the jailbreak app StickerMe jailbreak users are enjoying this feature by using the Facebook stickers on the message App.
In the above I have mention few of the related features including with the iOS 10 related to jailbreak tweaks. But if you follow the above video guide then you can see there are more iOS 10 features are relating to the iOS 10 features.


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Florida Sheriff Nick Finch has been acquitted of all charges after he was arrested in June for simply refusing to charge a man who was carrying a concealed firearm.
We reported a few months ago that the Liberty Co. sheriff was charged with felony "official misconduct" and "falsifying public records". Sheriff Finch was arrested and put into his own jail after releasing a man who was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
The arrest came after Sheriff Nicholas Finch was accused of "covering up" the arrest of Floyd Eugene Parrish. Parrish was arrested after a traffic stop and the police officer found a .25 pistol in Parrish's pocket and a holstered revolver in the front seat. Since Parrish did not have a concealed carry permit he was arrested.
The sheriff went down to the jail to speak with Parrish and released him without any charges, while giving him back his firearms as well.
In an interview on the Alex Jones show Finch said he was not surprised over his acquittal saying, "They knew that they had no case."
In the trial, Finch said he released the suspect and returned his guns because he believed that the 2nd amendment trumped all state gun laws.
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Well it's obvious this isn't Starbucks, the company that asked all gun owners to leave their guns at home so criminals could rob their stores without the fear of being hurt.
This coffee shop in Spokane, Washington decided to start packing heat after a string of robberies. Jitterz Java is refusing to play the victim card and is now encouraging employees who have concealed carry permits to bring their guns to work.
Three robberies in one month prompted the decision and one of the crimes was even caught on surveillance video.
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"I would rather have it and need it, than need it and not have it," Krystal Cogswell said.
Order a drink and you may find yourself looking at Krystal Cogswell's .38 Special Lavender Lady secured to her hip. She's one of the half dozen employees arming themselves in case of another robbery.
"Before I never felt an immediate threat, so I would just have it off to the side or somewhere hidden. But now I feel like if someone can see it, maybe it will just deter it right then and there and I won't ever have to use it," she explained.
Security footage from the latest robbery attempt Sunday night shows a suspect holding what looks like a weapon trying to enter the shop through the drive-thru window. The employee was able to put down a block to stop the entry and grab her gun, but by then the suspect left. Chapel is making sure her employees can defend themselves if it happens again.
"A couple of them bring handguns every day, no matter what shift it is. There is always a gun here now," she said.
So far, there has been an outpouring of support from customers.
"I think it's pretty awesome," customer Kelly Dirks said.
"This isn't a corporation. I encourage them to get guns under each window and shoot first," customer Sharon Whitt said.
Cogswell said there was only one case where someone didn't like the idea of baristas with Berettas.
"I only had one guy that said, 'Whoa, maybe you girls shouldn't have them because when you're angry you do things you shouldn't,'" Cogswell said.
Cogswell said she has her concealed weapons license and has been around guns her entire life. She doesn't plan on using her gun — unless there's one pointing at her.
"I'd like to defend myself if the time comes," she said.
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'The Duel' is out now on DVD and available at Amazon.com (among other places) so don't forget to go and check it out. In the meantime, I have uploaded HD captures of the movie. Enjoy!
Earlier today a few more images were released from the GQ Aus Magazine photoshoot. Check out the gallery now for all the amazing shots taken by top photographer Todd Barry.
Today (June 30) Liam attended the premiere for 'Independence Day: Resurgence' at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan with Director Roland Emmerich, co-stars Jeff Goldblum, Maika Monroe and actor Tatsuya Fujiwara. Check out the pics now over on the gallery. I have also updated the gallery with a few more pics from the 'Los Angeles' Premiere so don't forget to check those out too. Enjoy!
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Yesterday (June 29) Liam attended the press conference for 'Independence Day: Resurgence' at the Tokyo Skytree. He attended the conference with Director Roland Emmerich and his c-stars Jeff Goldblum and Maika Monroe. A few images have now been uploaded to the gallery so go check them out.


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88 people born in Greece - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners: Inquests, 1821-1936
Ancestry.com has a database online that is titled - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, REGISTERS OF CORONERS; INQUESTS, 1821-1936 which includes 88 entries for people who are listed with Greece as their place of birth. These same records may be available free of charge through the STATE RECORDS AUTHORITY OF NSW.
Don't forget - most of you can access these records online at your local public library for FREE. Read more on one of my previous posts "Something New To Try When Using Ancestry.com in the Library for FREE"
This database contains registers of coroners' inquests for New South Wales, Australia, for the years 1821–1937. Coroners were responsible for inquiring into any unnatural or sudden deaths in their jurisdiction. They also investigated deaths when a body was unidentified, a cause of death was uncertain, or the deceased was in the care of the state. Coroners could investigate fires that caused destruction of property, as well. Magistrates could take depositions about circumstances of death in more remote areas where no coroner was available.
Coroners' registers can contain information similar to that found on a death certificate. Depending on the date and the form used for the inquest, records in this database may include the following:
- name of deceased
- age
- birthplace
- estimated date and place of death
- date and location of Inquest
- verdict of inquest (probably cause of death)
- name of the coroner or magistrate
- name of doctor
- occupation of deceased
- personal property belonging to deceased
Earlier registers will show district, before whom the inquest was held, when and where held, date received, name of deceased, finding and the date of the death certificate. The later registers also record age of deceased, locality of birth, locality of death, and cash or property owned at the time of death.


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Best practice: How you can better manage your workload with Sidetrade
Sidetrade's different plug-ins aren't just about analytics. There are also alert functions that empower you to multi-task better, stay on top of your current work, and dispute follow-ups. It all means you get to tick off more actions on your to-do list.
Team management
Sidetrade Network solution lets you stay on track with your staff collection schedule.
You can manage this overview via:
- Action to be taken (postal letter, email, digital letter, etc…)
- By collection stage but also by follow-up on promise or dispute resolution:
It means you can track each team member's portfolio progress.
Cash management of aging balances
From the home screen, a manager can visualize collection performance compared to turnover trend (ie. seasonality) and measure customer dues outstanding, a key component of working capital.
These performance measures can also be accessed by the Accounts Receivable Manager, Sales Department Manager and also per customer group.
To better identify areas for improvement, the aging balance of receivables not subject to dispute or litigation can be used to broaden your overview.
Performance management with alerts
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Yes folks, I finally got around to writing the book. It only took forty-some-odd years. But what the heck, I got it done. I did the whole deal. Wrote it, edited it, sent it to a real editor. Rewrote it. Sent it around to folks to read (them call 'em "beta readers" in the book biz…). Got a lot of great feedback, both positive and negative. Changed it around some more.
Sent it to another real editor. Started looking for a book agent. Finding an agent is like trying to carry a double armload full of chicken livers. I'm not sure it's possible in this day and age, unless you don't happen to actually need one. They live in a rarified world, and it's pretty much impossible for a first time book hack like me to win one over. So, after several months of fishing around, I decided to just publish it myself. We live in a time when it's possible to publish, print, and promote a book, all from your laptop. So, that's what I set out to do.
In the meantime, I started going through boxes of old photos of Gizmo and me, news clippings from the ride, slides, old film, and whatever media I had that I could use. Ended up with a bazillion photos and started sifting through 'em. I hadn't looked at most of them in many years–decades, really–and they brought back a whole lot of memories, and jogged my mind with lots of things I'd forgotten about. Just going through all those pictures was worth the price of admission, I reckon.
So, I was able to piece it all together (with the help of some knowledgeable friends), and out pops this book.
Amazingly, it's getting really good reviews. Of course, I was smart enough to keep Gizmo up front, and you can't go wrong with having a horse on the cover. Everyone likes horses, so having Gizmo as a pal is still paying dividends.
And even though I've been in the publishing business in a roundabout way for a long time, producing records for musicians, I must admit that I'm finding it pretty compelling to be a very small cog in the giant machine that makes up the book world. It's all new and uncharted territory for me. And if there's one thing I've always been a sucker for, it's a new trail.
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What is DeliverMyStrategy?
It is now available for clients to implement in-house, to achieve similar benefits in their own project delivery capability.
The DeliverMyStrategy method unlocks the constraints to successful delivery by applying principles of complexity theory and behavioural science and using the DeliverMyStrategy software to manage the small amount of key information that's critical for managing uncertainty, and making it visible to the CEO, management team, and across the delivery organisation.
What are the major components of DeliverMyStrategy?
- Diagnostic tool set that is used to assess your delivery organisation against key success criteria and derive a prioritised 14-point implementation plan.
- Suite of structured management tools and business practices for reliable, successful delivery of programs, projects and strategic initiatives.
- Simple cloud-based software for collecting, managing, analysing and communicating selected key information across the delivery organisation (including customers and suppliers).
- Expert consulting support to implement the system, train executives and staff, embed the change and ensure it is 'bedded down' successfully (and permanently).
- Ongoing support to ensure you capture the full benefits of the system and provide objective independent assessments as required.
DeliverMyStrategy exerts its influence over all internal business units and external resources involved in delivery, within your chosen implementation scope.
What sorts of projects/initiatives is DeliverMyStrategy effective with?
DeliverMyStrategy can handle the largest projects (or portfolios of projects and programs) but is simple and sleek, so it scales well to even small projects and internal strategic and organisational change initiatives. It is often piloted in a relatively small scope to demonstrate the benefits of the method, before being rolled out across much broader work programs and organisations.
The system is uniquely effective across different contracting modes including Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), alliances, traditional contracts, outsource relationships and others.
DeliverMyStrategy is completely independent of the type of initiative and caters for all functional areas within a business, as well as being applicable across virtually any industry sector that balances change and business-as-usual priorities.
Has DeliverMyStrategy been proven in practice?
The DeliverMyStrategy methodology has been used by Caravel for more than 25 years and delivered billions of dollars worth of projects. The DeliverMyStrategy software is the most recent evolution of the tools that our project managers have been refining for all that time, and has been developed with the modern, industry-standard cloud technology to facilitate the effective deployment and operation of the DeliverMyStrategy solution for a broad range of clients.
In one case, DeliverMyStrategy unlocked a 20% schedule saving and $10M budget saving on a single program recovery.
It works.
Is DeliverMyStrategy a project management tool?
DeliverMyStrategy provides whole-of-business visibility into all strategic initiatives, projects, programs and other priorities, allowing the CEO and executive team to identify, focus on, and resolve the key issues that typically cause projects to fail. Equally, it caters for the needs of business unit managers across an organisation and assists them to manage their responsibilities.
The software uses small amounts of critical information from across the delivery organisation and analyses it based on some clever science for managing complexity and human behaviour, and it does not require complex integration with ERP, PPM, BI or other operational business systems to be effective.
Must DeliverMyStrategy integrate with our existing enterprise systems?
DeliverMyStrategy is designed as an 'overlay' to existing enterprise systems (including PPM, ERP, BI, accounting, HRM and others). It does not require complex system integrations and is designed to be 'enterprise system agnostic.'
Using a small amount of information carefully selected from normal project and business management reporting, DeliverMyStrategy facilitates the CEO's span of control and provides the reach and visibility they need, even across multiple organisations (including the customers and suppliers who are critical to successful delivery).
Project management and other reports and operational documents can be uploaded to supplement the critical core data, and provide forensic defensibility of the DeliverMyStrategy decision-making.
Does DeliverMyStrategy support PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile or other project management methodologies?
DeliverMyStrategy is not dependent upon any particular methodology, and works effectively with any method your project manger or organisation might choose to use. It also works well in mixed environments, where different projects are managed with different techniques.
Some input from the project management team is required, to deliver status and other key information which can be supplied in virtually any format. Supplementary information is generally supplied in PDF files for attachment to support forensic defensibility of decisions, though virtually any electronic (or scanned) file type is supported.
Does DeliverMyStrategy support Lean and 6-Sigma programs?
DeliverMyStrategy supports these approaches with respect to the delivery of strategic initiatives. This may include initiatives deriving from Lean or 6-Sigma programs as well as initiatives that are delivered using these techniques.
A key element of the DeliverMyStrategy methodology is "right sizing" the operational, management and governance processes required for any initiative or project. This helps ensure effective and efficient delivery, and is very much aligned with both the Lean and 6-Sigma philosophies.
Does DeliverMyStrategy work across multiple organisations?
DeliverMyStrategy can be accessed securely from any browser, and users (including suppliers and clients) can access all (and only) those parts of the system for which they have been granted appropriate permissions (generally based on their role and profile).
No one can access information that they have not been given permission to access and appropriate roles should be defined for everyone in the project delivery organisation.
Is DeliverMyStrategy secure?
DeliverMyStrategy uses secure SSL/HTTPS protocols for all network communication and user access is controlled by secure logins with role- and profile-based access control that is fully configurable by the administrator. Users can access only the parts of the system appropriate for them to plan, update and access the information relevant to their role, profile and organisation.
The system is generally accessed from the Caravel Group shared enterprise-grade server environment, but can also be deployed within a corporate network or in a trusted 3rd-party computing environment (though additional costs will apply).
The system is built on enterprise-grade commercial platform technology that is supported, monitored, patched and kept fully updated by our operations and security experts.
Can we use our enterprise systems (ERP, PPM, BI, CRM, HRM, etc) instead of the DeliverMyStrategy software?
Enterprise systems deliver primarily operational data to support day-to-day management oversight of ordinary operations (including ordinary project management) – and they're designed very well for this purpose.
DeliverMyStrategy is designed to complement these systems and focus on the specific issues and events that have historically caused projects, strategic initiatives and major change programs to fail. Identifying and highlighting these specific critical points is what allows CEOs and executive teams to apply focused attention in the right place at the right time – this is not the task of an ERP.
DeliverMyStrategy allows the upload of enterprise system reports to track the linkage between delivery decision-making and operational status data to provide for the forensic defensibility of DeliverMyStrategy reporting and decision-making.
The diagram below illustrates where DeliverMyStrategy is positioned in context of other Management Support Solutions
Is DeliverMyStrategy a new management philosophy?
DeliverMyStrategy is merely an implementation of a number of existing, proven management approaches that have been applied successfully for years. Caravel Group have amalgamated academic research and practical experience to build tools and training to help our clients apply these approaches successfully and reliably to the management of complexity and uncertainty – to get your projects delivered.
The DeliverMyStrategy software is unique, and has been developed to provide a consistent and reliable way to apply this approach within the enterprise – without constructing a new, dedicated and expensive information layer.
Can we deploy and operate DeliverMyStrategy on our own?
You'll need the executive education and user training during your initial deployment, but that can be provided on a 'train the trainer' basis and there's no reason why DeliverMyStrategy can't be operated without any further involvement from Caravel Group.
We would, however, recommend that refresher training and maintenance of skills as a result of organisational churn be taken into account in your planning whether you get that training from us or not.
Can Caravel Group provide ongoing support to my team?
Deployment generally begins with an initial diagnostic assessment by Caravel Group that identifies key areas that need to be addressed and develops a 14 point solution plan focusing individually on each of the main issues that impact successful delivery. Elements of this plan can be allocated to internal or external support resources to execute, with appropriate support and follow-up as required in each area.
During the implementation (often through a pilot and roll-our process) we will work flexibly with your team to make sure that the right skills and expertise are deployed on the right tasks at the right time to ensure a smooth transition.
Once the system is deployed Caravel Group can provide ongoing services to operate, maintain and monitor the management system on your behalf, and can provide an independent and expert assessment of issues as they arise. Should it be required, we can provide an Independent Project Governor (IPG) service where specific initiatives require independent oversight and/or a little extra 'horsepower' to make sure they're successful.
Can DeliverMyStrategy be deployed in any size organisation?
The time and effort required to implement DeliverMyStrategy depend more on the complexity of your strategic initiatives than the size of the organisation – and so do the benefits to be derived. DeliverMyStrategy is designed to provide any CEO with span of control and visibility of key issues anywhere within the delivery organisation – which includes suppliers and customers and may be much larger than just your company.
DeliverMyStrategy requires a very specific and minimal set of information to be effective within an organisation, making it relatively easy to deploy over both small and large organisations.
My people are busy - how much effort is involved in maintaining DeliverMyStrategy?
DeliverMyStrategy doesn't replicate existing operational systems or management reporting, but does require some information from within them, using a very small subset of normal business and project management data to maintain system information.
The overhead is very small relative to the value delivered by DeliverMyStrategy.
Once implemented, the methodology will also allow a significant reduction the requirement for other reporting systems and saving of the associated overhead – net effort is generally significantly reduced by deploying DeliverMyStrategy.
How do you deploy DeliverMyStrategy to suppliers or clients?
As a minimum, the disclosure and maintenance of information in DeliverMyStrategy (a very low overhead) should be included in your engagements, along with allowances for assessments by your organisation or a third party (not dissimilar to the ISO9001 assessment requirements).
Are the assessments time consuming?
Assessments are tailored for the specific needs of each organisation and our standard templates are simple to use. For a small additional charge, the assessments can be tailored to your specific organisation and strategic delivery context.
DeliverMyStrategy may well be the answer to all your program, portfolio and project delivery questions – it just works, and it makes your organisation work, too.
Use the Contact Form, email or ring directly to find out more, or read on…
- Results: The Value DeliverMyStrategy Offers
- Reach and Visibility that ERP and PPM Can't Provide
- Serving Big Insight Instead of Big Data
- Single Source of Truth, In Near-Real-Time
- Dynamic Governance for Rapid Issue Response
- The Immutable Laws of Effective Strategy Execution
- Overview of Benefits & Value