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Patrick Thean is the author of Execute Without Drama and RHYTHM: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth, which recently hit #3 on Amazon Best Seller Rank for Kindle. His presentations pack a punch with tested, proven tools that help companies drive execution and bring their strategic plan to life. Patrick Thean is a thought leader in strategic business execution, a successful serial entrepreneur and currently CEO of Rhythm Systems. He has also received a highly coveted patent as creator of Rhythm Cloud-Based Software Platform, which has thousands of users worldwide.
His teachings are so simple and pragmatic that the world-renowned Entrepreneurial Masters Program had Patrick serve as Program Co-chair for 7 years. He also chairs a similar program in Malaysia: "Taipan: The Making of Asian Giants."
Prior to founding Rhythm Systems, he also founded Metasys Inc., which he grew to a ranking of 151 on the Inc. 500 list. He was also named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for North Carolina in 1996. His real life experiences and practical advice create a genuine connection with his audiences and gives them excellent take home value every single time.
How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth
All growing companies encounter ceilings of complexity, usually when they hit certain employee or revenue milestones. To meet these challenges, a company must develop a reliable system that prompts leaders to be proactive and pivot when the need arises.
Patrick will share simple methods and tools that you can use immediately to help your team execute better and faster.
Patrick is known around the world for teaching growth companies about Think Plan Do: the three rhythms to get their teams focused, aligned and accountable.
- Think Rhythm: A rhythm of strategic thinking to keep your teams focused and working on the future of your business.
- Plan Rhythm: A rhythm of planning that will allow you to choose the right priorities and get your departments or divisions aligned with those priorities.
- Do Rhythm: A rhythm of executing your plan and making effective and timely adjustments every week.
Strategic Workshop
Thousands of users around the world are using the Think Plan Do Rhythm to achieve Breakthrough Execution. The Results?
- Record revenues and profits.
- 300% increase in productivity.
- Ability to execute top priorities 2x faster.
- Patrick is known around the world for teaching companies about Think Plan Do: the three rhythms growth companies around the world are using to get their teams focused, aligned and accountable.
Come ready to work on your business! Patrick will provide you 3 simple tools to "do" what he teaches so you can make an immediate impact on your business.
At the end of this workshop, attendees should know how to:
- Pick the right winning move strategies to focus your team.
- Connect your strategy to execution to get your team aligned.
- Create and use leading indicators to make critical adjustments before it is too late.
- Use the power of Red-Yellow-Green dashboards to drive results!
"It was spectacular. I had a great time working with my team and being led and mentored by Patrick; he really had a lot to offer. I brought my entire management team of five here. I particularly liked the exercises and the way he laid them out, explained them, set us up for them, let us work on them together and circled back at the end and gave us a way to implement it back at the office."
Craig Fluty, EO Albany
"Since last year, we have been working with Patrick Thean and realized 20% additional annual growth after implementation of his Rhythm system. I met Patrick during an YPO event in Geneva and his presentation and workshop immediately resonated with me. Based on our own experience, I can strongly recommend an event with Patrick."
Peter Stas, Member, WPO Alpine
"Patrick really packs a punch! He's got so much stuff that's amazingly simple to integrate into the business. I think the thing that's really incredible is the tools are really profound in terms of what they can achieve, but the way he articulates them is so simple, well thought out, nicely structured and really scalable in my business."
Godvindh Jayaraman, EMP Class of 2015, EO Ottowa
"I would recommend Patrick as a speaker definitely. He's super easy to work with, really funny guy, has a great way of communicating with any audience, very open and honest and willing to learn and change his presentation based on feedback from the audience or the client. He has a really great way of communicating with the audiences' needs and really giving them take home value every single time."
Leslie Baum, EMP Director
"Thank you for speaking at our ATSI conference. You mixed in humor, real world experience and practical advice in an easy to understand way. What's more, you left everyone wanting more!"
Gary Puddles, CEO, AnswerNet
"A year ago Patrick did a half day session with our chapter here at BTN and it was an experience that really transformed our organization. We for the first time have organizational alignment, every employee went from having a different vision of the company to having a very clear vision of the company, we have daily huddles every morning at 8:04 AM, when we first implemented it I was scared to death all the engineers would say "No we can't do that!', and it's now one of the things they love to do and we're on track and have a great future ahead of us."
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Our summary of the key changes trustees and finance staff need to be aware of.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have published the Academies Accounts Direction (AAD) 2017 to 2018, which is the guidance pack for academy trusts and their auditors to use when preparing their annual reports and financial statements for accounting periods ending on 31 August 2018.
For the second AAD in a row there have not been a significant number of changes. The subtle amendments and enhancements are positive and should help consistency and understanding of financial reporting requirements for academy trusts.
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Studio Background
FigDesign was founded in 1986 by David Fiegenschue, who is lead designer and creative director for all projects. The company brings together experts in related fields to solve a variety of branding and marketing problems for midsize organizations and corporations. Such solutions may involve video, social media and mobile apps in addition to logo, corporate identity, branding, and web site design.
David Fiegenschue managed Marketing Services at Future Computing, a market research company. He developed the company logo and identity system and directed a team of designers and writers that produced newsletters, brochures, trade show design, signage and various corporate materials.
During his three years there, he worked with new technologies and computer systems including the Apple Lisa and LaserWriter. He was an early user of the page layout software tool PageMaker and drawing programs like MacDraw and FreeHand.
Future Computing was acquired by McGraw-Hill, and rather than accept a position at their New York headquarters, he launched FigDesign in 1986. The firm located first in the Galleria, then in Las Colinas, and in 1996 moved the studio to the Caldwell House in the Irving Heritage District.
Fiegenschue holds both a BA from the University of Dallas (UD) and an MFA from Texas Christian University (TCU) in Printmaking, specifically hand lithography. He has a special appreciation for typography and the written word that shows in his private work.
He has developed and taught design courses at Brookhaven College, lectured at the University of Phoenix, and created and taught a course on Self Promotion to graduate art students at the University of Dallas. The FigB®and exhibit, featuring over 20 years of his logo design work, has been shown at Brookhaven College, the Art Institute of Dallas and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).
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Game on? The use of gamification in e-learning.
by Sarah Sweeney, Marketing Assistant at Aurion Learning.
Many HR and L&D professionals face the problem of ensuring that their training and learning programmes maintain learner engagement and motivation. Gamification has been regularly recognised as an opportunity to help solve this problem.
In this post, we consider whether gamification can enhance the learning experience. Before we consider if it is game on for gamification in learning, it is necessary to look at what gamification essentially is.
What is Gamification?
Games and game like components have been invading the learning realm for quite some time now. Although its definition differs, for the most part, gamification in learning is the use of game mechanics to 'gamify' content to engage and entice users by encouraging and rewarding use.
Although Nick Pelling first coined the term "gamification" in 2002, it has actually been around for some time – 40 years in fact, with many organisations already using features in their work from video games.
Indeed, it can be said that loyalty programs, target-based bonuses and employee-of-the-month schemes are all examples of how gamification as an incentive to growth has been around for a long time too.
Examples of gamification in learning include:
- Training: technology giants, Microsoft use gamification to train users of Microsoft Office on how to use the new ribbon interface effectively.
- Education: New York based school – Quest to Learn, advocates game-based learning to make education more engaging and relevant to children.
- Employee productivity: Management tool Arcaris uses gamification to improve productivity in call centres.
Now that we know what gamification is and where it is being used in learning, it is necessary to see whether it actually works.
Does Gamification in learning work?
The gamification of e-learning unquestionably presents unique possibilities for learning technologists as they explore additional ways to educate and importantly engage learners.
It is widely recognised that adding interactive activities in e-learning are no longer optional extras, but essential to effective learning. However, it is important that the addition of game like elements into the e-learning programme are only applied in the context of the programme that allow the learner the opportunity to apply their retained knowledge to live situations, rather than distract and dazzle learners with wizardry from the overall learning goal.
Frequently, my social media feeds are inundated with social games, although irritating at times, there is no escaping the surge in popularity of online gaming and social media. The site, DevHub, reported an eightfold increase in the number of users completing their sites after adding gamification elements to the process. If there was any indication that the gamification was a fad, according to research from M2 it's here not only stay, but increase in its use.
"The global market for gamification apps and services will grow to $2.8 billion by 2016."
The enthusiasm for gamification has however met with some criticism. Game designers Radoff and Robertson have criticised gamification for excluding aspects like storytelling, an important element of learning. Whilst university researcher Deterding, has argued that current approaches to gamification create an artificial sense of achievement.
What does the successful application of gamification in e-learning look like?
- Gamification isn't about games, but the learners.
- It isn't about knowledge but behaviour.
- It extracts the motivational techniques out of games and uses them for life-applicable learning.
- It allows quick feedback of progress and communications of goals that need to be accomplished.
Gamification is made appealing for e-learning because of our human tendencies. On the whole, we generally enjoy actively participating engaging and competing with others. Gamification allows learners to connect and learn together with playful applications and incentives, particularly when there are engaging game design elements used.
Today's learners are however no longer placated with trivial reward systems but rather sophisticated experiences that hold real value. Organisations embracing the gamification in learning can stand to see learners more engaged and retain more information, but only if it is applied aptly to the e-learning programme, achieving the overall core learning objectives.
Please let us know your comments or share with others who you think may benefit from this. Follow us on twitter @aurionlearning for our latest blog articles and updates.
Training for Success: Learning and Technology Trends
Six out of ten learning and development managers say their training budget is one of the first to be cut when times are hard, according to a report published in Personnel Today. Now more than ever it's vital that training is closely aligned with key business goals, that the effectiveness of training is properly evaluated and that return on investment is accurately measured.
But no one can deny that workplace training has changed. Where once the role of the training manager focused on developing classroom based programmes, scheduling events, measuring effectiveness, and reporting on attendance and performance after events, it's now much more about harnessing the best learning technologies to provide access to information and learning content.
Training managers need to be solutions architects – capable of designing innovative ways for employees to access relevant knowledge, on-demand, no matter where they are. And they need to keep up-to-date with the latest learning developments, to guarantee success.
Here we examine some of the top trends in learning and technology that influence modern workplace training, and that we utilise to support our clients.
1. 70/20/10 Model of learning
The most effective way to facilitate workplace learning is by giving workers opportunities to develop, apply and practice new skills and behaviours on the job and in real-life situations. Many organisations have adopted the 70/20/10 learning philosophy, whereby:
- 70% of learning & development takes place on the job, through tasks, experiences and problem-solving;
- 20% of learning & development comes through feedback, learning and sharing with others (formal and informal); and
- 10% of learning takes place via formal training, study and reading.
Recognition of the 70/20/10 approach means that the entire learning environment is changing from:
- knowledge delivery to knowledge sharing and problem-solving;
- formal and structured training to free flow of knowledge;
- individuals to learning communities; and
- training courses to learning environments (offline and online).
* 70/20/10 concept developed by McCall, Eichinger and Lombardo
2. Convergence of learning, performance and talent management
Businesses are beginning to seek enterprise wide solutions where they can unite the functionality of a learning management system (LMS) (e-learning, classroom training, reporting & tracking, certification & assessment) with a performance management system (performance appraisals, performance management, career & success planning, competency management) and talent management system (on-boarding, talent acquisition, compensation management, workforce planning).
3. Learning technologies are becoming social, collaborative, and virtual
Google, LinkedIn, twitter, YouTube, wikis, blogs all contribute to modern workplace learning. Live training is often virtual and facilitated via tools such as Skype, GotoTraining and WebEx.
4. The rise of mobile learning
It's been mentioned before, but has been slow to be adapted in many organisations. Mobile or mlearning is about delivering learning content and experiences to learners when and where they need it. Typically mlearning is accessed via a mobile device such a smart phone or tablet – it's particularly useful for performance support – checklists, quick guides, short 'how-to' videos.
5. The rise of DIY rapid elearning
More and more organisations want to be able to create their own e-learning to build in-house capabilities, save money and time. Demand for Aurion's rapid eLearning training course has tripled over the last two years. Training staff want to know how to use the best rapid authoring tools to create their own e-learning and gain an understanding of e-learning theories and strategies.
Please let us know your comments or share with others who you think may benefit from this. Follow us on twitter @aurionlearning for our latest blog articles and updates.
How do you solve a problem like content?
Successful e-learning is a combination of technology that works, great learning design and meaningful content. Content is often however the most difficult resource to obtain when developing e-learning.
In this short post, we take a look at how to source content, make the most out of existing content and ensure that the content is suitable for your e-learning programme or module.
What many organisations don't realise is they are already sitting on a mass of existing content that can easily be replicated in to usable and effective content for their e-learning courses. Any company or organisation that is already delivering some form of training is actually ready with content.
Existing content can come in various forms:
- employee handbook,
- policy documents,
- facilitator guides,
- classroom training hand-outs,
- presentations given on various subjects by senior managers at various forums.
- company information
So what do you do with the content now that you have identified the sources?
As tempting as it may be to simply regurgitate those existing text based resources and assume that it can be deployed onto a web based progamme, you will be disappointed to hear that unfortunately it is not quite as straight forward as this. It is essential that you take a careful look at the content and determine whether it still has the same meaning in an online context. If not, you need to (re)organise it, paraphrase it and reproduce it as content plays a pivotal role in providing the structure of an e-learning programme.
The content for your eLearning programme needs to not only meet the learning needs of your organisation but also actively engage the learner, including interaction with fellow learners as without the right content, quite often learning points are missed and participants become disengaged.
When developing content for your e-learning programme, it is important to start with the basics – identify the content that is aligned with your organisational goals and developed within the context of your broader training strategy.
Please let us know your comments or share with others who you think may benefit from this. Follow us on twitter @aurionlearning for our latest blog articles and updates.
Learning Mission Critical Control: Corporate Compliance
Almost every organisation has to deliver some sort of compliance training. In some companies, it may be as simple as communicating the internal rules. In others, it can be a matter of life or death.
As one of the top 10 Most Popular LMS providers, Alex Poulos CMO of NetDimensions discussed the role of learning systems in compliance training in this blog article.
Compliance requirements for employees and organisations place new demands on learning systems that more traditional, developmental requirements do not. Our industry nowadays seems flooded with learning and talent management systems. But for such systems to succeed in a compliance-related role, they must be able to readily adapt to changing needs, operate at enterprise software level, and offer the requisite functionality around auditing, reporting, and security.
It is important that L&D and HR departments are up-to-date with the compliance requirements specific to their business. Here are a few suggestions to make this easier:
- Talk to your legal team and to your compliance officer to better understand who in the organisation is responsible for what.
- Define clear requirements and objectives for training and the technology implementation.
- Question your vendor and demand a software validation for the learning or talent management system. For the technical parts, don't be afraid to ask your IT team to participate.
- Make compliance an on-going part of your business via well-defined workflows, checks and balances, and actionable reporting.
- When it comes to training, reinforce formal compliance learning with recurring programs. These initiatives may include informal collaborations (such as forums to discuss on-going compliance issues), on-the-job assessments (to better evaluate the effectiveness of the compliance training), and performance support (to provide easy access to compliance-related materials at the point of need).
This blog is an abstract from Learning & Compliance: Friends or Foes? – You can read the full article here. You can find more blogs from Alex at the Work, Learn, Play blogs.
If your organisation struggling to meet government regulations, standards set by professional bodies, or obtaining and maintaining qualifications such as ISO 9000 or Sarbanes-Oxley?
You can download "Compliance and your LMS – A Practical Guide to Make Compliance Easy" by NetDimensions.
Aurion Learning is Ireland's only accredited reseller of NetDimensions' Talent Management Suite. For further information on its learning management system solutions, visit our website
To read more about the 20 Most Popular LMS study and how the results were obtained, visit the Capterra website.
Please let us know your comments or share with others who you think may benefit from this. Follow us on twitter @aurionlearning for our latest blog articles and updates.
Get Learners to Truly Learn Through Spaced Practice
By Maresa Malloy, Instructional Designer.
In this blog article, Maresa takes a look at how spaced practice can be applied to learning and discusses the benefits of this approach.
The idea of 'spaced practice' is not a new phenomenon in learning. Hermann Ebbinghaus, the German psychologist who first described terms such as the 'learning curve' and the 'forgetting curve', studied the effectiveness of spaced practice as far back as 1885. It has, to some extent, been applied to teaching and training curricula ever since then. So why then write a blog about it?
Spaced practice is often forgotten about or simply left out of training curricula, despite its effectiveness. Many people don't understand in what way it is beneficial to learning or how they might apply it to their teaching. In this blog, I will explore how Learning Designers can embed reminders and staged practice activities post programme completion to help embed learning.
What is Spaced Practice?
According to Dr. Will Thalheimer's, "spaced practice occurs when we present learners with a concept to learn, wait some amount of time, and then present the same concept again".
(Spacing Learning Events Over Time: What the Research Says: 2006)
There are two ways to integrate spaced practice into learning materials:
(1) Put a delay between two or more repetitions, or
(2) Present other learning material between two or more repetitions.
1. Putting a delay between two or more repetitions
The table below shows how you can put a delay between two or more repetitions of a learning concept:
|Spaced Practice:
Insert a delay between repetitions
|Scenario on Topic A
|Scenario on Topic A
|Scenario on Topic A
In this example, a delay is placed between three repetitions of scenarios on Topic A (the learning concept). The scenarios do not have to be the same, but they must teach the same concept (Topic A).
2. Present other learning material between two or more repetitions
The table below shows how you can present other learning material between two or more repetitions of a learning concept:
|Spaced Practice:
Insert other topics between repetitions
|Scenario on Topic A
|(Scenario on Topic B)
|Scenario on Topic A
|organize (Scenario on Topic C)
|Scenario on Topic A
In this example, scenarios on other topics are placed between two or more repetitions of Topic A (the learning concept).
Just like the growing trend in eating habits, little and often learning works as it gives the brain time to translate and organise memories, as well as reinforcing those retentions over time.
What are the benefits of Spaced Practice?
Repeating learning concepts supports and reinforces learning. Repeating learning concepts
over time produces more learning and better long-term retention than repetitions that are not spaced. The spacing out of practice seems to avoid fatigue effects and consolidates memory.
Dr. Will Thalheimer's research suggests that longer spacings tend to produce more long-term retention than shorter spacings (up to a point where even longer spacings are sometimes counterproductive).
How can you apply Spaced Practice post programme completion?
There are various methods whereby you can embed reminders and staged practice activities post programme completion to help embed learning. I've listed some of them below:
Break your programme up into chunks
Instead of creating one 1 hour course, break it up into four 15-minute chunks. Prioritise the chunks and schedule them so that the most important and most easily forgotten points are provided more often throughout the chunks. Schedule your learners to take each chunk one or two weeks apart.
Provide short refresher courses
Provide short refresher eLearning programmes with the key learning points from the initial eLearning programme. Prompt your learners to make decisions based on learning points you want to reinforce. Deliver these at intervals throughout the year or when performance is low.
Provide practice exercises
Provide practice exercises which give learners an opportunity to apply what they have learned to their jobs. Reinforce key learning points via role-plays, discussions and scenario-based questions.
Send emails with key points
Send emails with key points at various intervals after the learner has taken the programme to reinforce learning.
Use other tools
Use other tools to keep the topic alive. For example, create a discussion forum, add a Twitter feed, write various articles in your newsletter, put up posters, give learners access to related articles, and provide live support.
Support learners on the job
Provide learners with Job Aids and resources which help them to retrieve information when they need it.
Encourage managers to follow-up afterwards
Get managers to talk with learners about key learning points. This not only encourages learners, but it helps you to discover what they may need to reinforce their learning.
These are just some of the methods you can use. Has anyone any other suggestions that have worked for them? Please let us know your comments or share with others who you think may benefit from this
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Continuing Education Students: We will gladly refund your money if we cancel a class. If you ask to withdraw from a class, we will refund your money based on our refund schedule.


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- People close to farms, cities and roads
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- Very effective at removing particles in the air including dust, pollens and smoke elements
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I'm Paul Bissex. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. Started my career doing graphic design for newspapers and magazines in the '90s. Then wrote tech commentary and reviews for Wired, Salon, Chicago Tribune, and others you never heard of. Then I built operations software at a photography school. Then I helped big media serve 40 million pages a day. Then I worked on a translation services API doing millions of dollars of business. Now I'm building the core platform of a global startup accelerator. Feel free to email me.
I co-wrote "Python Web Development with Django". It was the first book to cover the long-awaited Django 1.0. Published by Addison-Wesley and still in print!
Built using Django, served with gunicorn and nginx. The database is SQLite. Hosted on a FreeBSD VPS at Johncompanies.com. Comment-spam protection by Akismet.
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A story on Slashdot notes that Yahoo is now selling one (yes, one) MP3 without digital rights management shackles. The best comment I saw:
This isn't a marketing ploy to pretend to be anti-DRM when they are not, and this is not being done because they "want to work on other stuff". This is being done because DRM free music is the only way Yahoo and company can break into the monopoly iTunes has over the iPod, which itself has a near monopoly on MP3 players.
As for why I said "sort of," this comment explains:
If John Q. Moron decides to fileshare, he'll soon be indicted by a thousand copies of "Jessica Loves John Q. Moron" floating around. You might add that they were being slightly clever by selling this crude copy protection measure as a value added feature.
Not entirely accurate, since only first names are used, but it's still a very clever "soft" way to limit sharing.
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An interesting and fascinating tour. It is the only place in the world that gives you the opportunity to visit an ancient Roman town and drive you to the top of the volcano that destroyed the town nearly two thousand years ago and yet rendered it eternal.
Travel from Naples, early in the morning. The journey is approx. 45 minutes from Naples to Pompeii.
Accompanied by the experienced guide, you will explore the main features of the ancient city including the baths, bakeries, and theatres just to name a few.
After free time for shopping and lunch in Pompeii, the coach departs for Mount Vesuvius. You will arrive up to 1000 meters high, then you can walk up to the crater. The climb will take 30 min approx.
Upon reaching the crater, a local guide will walk them around the crater.
Return to Naples in the afternoon.
- Round-trip transportation from Naples to Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
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Anyone else been struggling to find a diet that works for them?
Since being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis about a year ago, I've embarked on various diets to try to ease my symptoms and heal my body (hence this blog). In fact, I started this blog to document my experiences on the SCD diet (see a summary here), which has helped many, many people to heal after the ravaging effects of inflammatory bowel disease.
But it's been really tough to find a diet that stuck.
SCD wasn't the answer for me, so I moved on to autoimmune paleo after consulting a nutritionalist. I followed it mostly strictly for a month or two (AIP is not a long-term diet), and then switched to paleo. By this time, my various diets had exhausted me psychologically, and subconsciously I think I felt imprisoned by them. I was either restricting or bingeing, and I constantly felt guilty about my slip-ups. How could I care so little about my health that I couldn't find the willpower to avoid gluten or dairy or all the other things that were so bad for me? Restrict, binge. Restrict, binge. Guilt guilt guilt. I was trapped.
Cravings, weight gain and other un-fun things
Compounding all of these negative feelings towards myself and my diet was the fact that my clothes were getting tighter and the number on the scale was steadily rising. Having faced some weight demons for many, many years, this just made everything so much worse. I was constantly going back onto my restrictive diets simply to lose weight, even though I said it was because of my IBD. They didn't work, so I'd binge some more.
Perhaps most ironic of all was that, apart from one or two isolated incidents, my UC symptoms were completely under control and, thanks to my Asacol, I was never aware of any issues.
Coming round to 'high fat' way of thinking
Several weeks ago, spurred on by yet another attempt to trim down, I decided to give the high-fat, low-carb diet a bash (also known as a ketogenic diet). Although I've been hearing about it for months, it's taken me ages to come around to the idea. Eat fat? No, surely not. I'd spent the past decade avoiding anything with fat, oil or even a single additional calorie. And fat has the most calories of all! Plus, everyone was doing the diet (especially here in SA, where Tim Noakes has become something of a ketogenic legend), and that made me not want to do it even more. Ugh, fads.
But I was also desperate to kick my sugar habit (which by this point I had labelled an 'addiction' – read about my binges and attempts to overcome them here), and I thought that severely limiting carbs, at least at first, might help.
I read up about the Atkins diet, which is essentially a ketogenic diet (at least in the early phases), and thanks to the guidelines provided, I figured I'd be able to give it a shot.
That was several weeks ago, and I hate to say it (because it still feels like such a fad), but it is actually working.
How I feel on a high fat diet
This is the first eating plan I've followed where I haven't felt hungry, haven't had many cravings (I've had perhaps two or three bad sugar cravings in total, as opposed to several every day) and have actually felt completely satisfied at all times. Plus… the weight has started to melt off. I can't understand it because I've been eating fat – and a lot of it (for me). I eat handfuls of almonds every day, I add oil to my food (olive or coconut) and I'm consuming plenty of avocado. I eat several eggs each day (my nutritionalist has assured me that four a day is fine, but I usually consume about three), and lean red meat a few times a week.
Making the switch: a bit of a mind-fudge
What has been strange for me, as someone who grew up in a household that was 50% vegetarian, has been cutting down on the amount of fruit and veggies I eat. Fruit I can understand – it's healthy, but not in the quantities I was consuming it. I could eat 10 bananas in a day, or five pears in the space of several hours. Unnecessary, and probably feeding my sugar addiction. I decided to cut out fruit altogether for the first few weeks, to break the sugar cycle, as well as starchy veg, just as the Atkins diet advises. Eating less veg has been weird for me (I never realised how many carbs there are in vegetables, especially when you're trying to limit your carb intake to 20g per day!).
That said, the way that ketogenic and Banting diets work is by getting your body to stop using carbs as your primary energy source, and to use fat instead. It takes a few days to 'switch over' to this way of burning calories, and – for me anyway – it seems that once it kicks in, it's EFFECTIVE!
What I eat each day
For breakfast, I either have a boiled egg or avocado on grain-free seed toast. For lunch I'll have two boiled eggs with salad, and as a late afternoon snack, I'll have almonds. Supper is usually lean steak or chicken, or if I don't feel like cooking, biltong. I serve it with cauli-rice or a portion or two of other low-carb veg (broccoli, zucchini, etc) and avocado. In between, when I'm hungry, I snack on raw almonds or biltong.
In fact, the one area where I slip up is when it comes to snacking. I'm a notoriously big snacker, but on this diet, I don't really get hungry between meals, and sometimes I'm not even hungry at meal times (I always eat though). Not being hungry has never been a reason for me to not eat – but I simply am not craving food the way I used to. This means I don't have a mid-morning snack, but I do tend to have something small in the late afternoon/early evening in the hours before dinner.
Dairy and high-fat diets when you're lactose intolerant
On a high fat diet, one of the primary building blocks is full-fat dairy, and being lactose intolerant, the majority of dairy is off-limits to me. I can have small amounts of hard cheese (ie, parmesan), but soft cheese does weird things to my belly… and I can't even look at cream! However, this might also be why I'm losing more weight: Some people have complained that they haven't lost the amount of weight they were expecting on the 'Tim Noakes diet', which the professor attributes to too much dairy. After all, while butter and cream contain healthy fat, they're also LOADED with calories.
Either way, you do need certain vitamins and minerals that come from dairy. If you don't eat the stuff, make sure you're taking supplements or getting what you need from other food, which you should continue to include in your diet.
How's my belly?
As always, it comes down to this, as it should. My belly has been fine, and I haven't noticed any major differences in its activity since starting this diet. But that's probably also because Asacol does a powerful job of keeping everything under control. Plus, the right kind of fat is extremely healing: avocado and coconut oil especially are very beneficial to the gut and should always be included in a healing diet.
I do have to be careful with almonds, because if I eat too many, they can give me cramps. And I also have to be sure that I include my five portions of fruit/veg in my diet every day – something I never used to struggle with, but which I now have to actually make a concerted effort to do. My stomach is perhaps not as active as usual (normally I have daily BMs, but sometimes now I skip a day). That said, I haven't experienced any bloating, constipation or discomfort, so I'm not concerned about it.
In summary
Overall, I'm loving how I'm feeling on this diet. I LOVE not having cravings, I LOVE that I never feel too hungry, and I'm enjoying the actual food itself (steak, avocado, nuts, caul-rice – what's not to relish?!). I'm aware of the potential pitfalls (too much fat, too little veggies/fruit), and I'm being careful to avoid them. So far, so good, and out of all the diets I've tried in the past year (SCD, paleo, autoimmune paleo), this has been the most enjoyable, the easiest to follow, and the one that has made me feel the best.
Have you tried a high fat, low carb diet/banting? Would love to hear your feedback 🙂


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Chappelle's Show Neal Brennan and Dov Davidoff strike Showtime sketch show deal
One of the masterminds behind the ultra popular Chappelle's Show, writer Neal Brennan and comedian Dov Davidoff have inked a deal with Showtime to produce a sketch series pilot.
Though the show, Seek and Destroy, was purchased by the cable giant a year ago, the news that development has begun, has just surfaced. Shooting will begin next month.
The Wrap reports that the show, if picked up, will be "a half hour comedy that will star Brennan and Davidoff as a pair of comedians who begin each day talking about life at a coffee shop. It will feature their stories along with sketches, man-on-the-street interviews and other elements."


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Lilac Hour is such a wonderful wedding duo that I had to share with you this video so you can hear the voice of Joanna Swan. Please listen, believe me, you will not be disappointed.
This newly re-formed duo is Joanna Swan and Nick Pullin, who have actually been performing professionally for the past 25 years. Lilac Hour is an easy-listening duo playing stylish and sophisticated live music.
The list of venues they have played in to date is very impressive. To see some of these, click HERE.
Lilac Hour perform an extensive range of classic songs from the 1920's through to the present day; from Cole Porter to Burt Bacharach, from Bessie Smith to The Beatles. With timeless songs and a beautiful, sophisticated sound, Lilac Hour is perfect for every occasion. For a list of songs they perform, click HERE.
For those of you living in the South West, you can see Lilac Hour performing at Bristol's first Eco Wedding Fair which takes place on 3rd November 2012.
To visit their website, click HERE.
To follow then on twitter, click HERE.


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With reduced debts too, the second largest state-owned refiner plans to invest Rs 1 lakh crore in the next five years, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked India Inc to loosen the purse strings to step up investments. So far, its private sector peer Reliance Industries (RIL), led by Mukesh Ambani, has announced investments of over Rs 1 lakh crore.
Confirming the development, BPCL's CMD S Varadarajan said, "The idea is to achieve the Maharatna status by posting superior profits in excess of Rs 5,000 crore by the end of this fiscal. With good profits, we have drawn a five-year (2016-2021) roadmap known as project 'Sankalp' to double our investments to Rs 1 lakh crore in next five years from Rs 50,000 crore spent in the last five years."
A company needs average three years' annual net profit in excess of Rs 5,000 crore, average annual net worth of Rs 15,000 crore for three years and average annual turnover of Rs 25,000 crore for three years to get the Maharatna status. So far only seven firms - namely BHEL, Coal India, GAIL India, Indian Oil Corporation, NTPC, ONGC and SAIL - have the Maharatna tag.
With Maharatna tag, BPCL will race ahead of its peer HPCL in the race as the status will help BPCL to take investment decisions of up to Rs 5,000 crore, or be free to decide on investments of up to 15% of its net worth in a project without seeking the government's permission.
A major share of the total investments, or Rs 40,000 crore, is proposed to be used to expand BPCL's refining capacity to 55 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from 30 mtpa now. The company proposes to scale up its Bina refining capacity to 15 mtpa in phases from 6 mtpa now, Kochi refining capacity to 17 mtpa, Mumbai refining capacity to 14 mtpa and Numaligarh refining capacity to 9 mtpa.
Another Rs 25,000 crore is proposed to be invested in the upstream assets, primarily in its discovered oil field in Brazil and gas block in Mozambique with reserves of 75 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas reserves. Rest Rs 35,000 crore will be spent to scale up its marketing infrastructure, city gas distribution business and setting up a global presence in the petroleum product marketing space.
BPCL shares on BSE gained 2% to close at Rs 838 in a volatile Mumbai market on Thursday.


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The emcee's latest album, "One Night Only," features easygoing vocal hooks.
If you read up on Cousin Stizz, you'll find writers often describe the fast-rising Boston rapper's high school as "suburban."
And that's fair. Reading Memorial High School is about 16 miles from downtown Boston, tucked neatly into the northern part of the metro area.
But the term doesn't fit for Stizz, who says his high school seemed "way out there."
Well-to-do Reading was simply a different world from inner-city Boston, where Stizz, born Stephen Goss, grew up flirting with the kind of trouble kids find in tough neighborhoods. His mother gave him an ultimatum when he was in his mid-teens: enroll at Reading or go to military school.
That was an easy decision, Stizz says, and to this day he credits his time at Reading as a formative element of his hip-hop career. Not only is it where he discovered the music of Kid Cudi — a major influence he wouldn't have heard in his home neighborhood, he says — but where he learned how to appeal to different people with different tastes.
"I got the best of both worlds. Like, I would go home and see what it's like to be in the inner city. I'd see all the wrong and all the bad shit. And I'd go back to school and everything's good. Nobody wants for anything. Everybody has everything," he says. "That just gives you an understanding of people. I started to understand how people move, what people listen to [and] what people like, from everywhere."
Stizz plays the High Noon Saloon Oct. 18. His new album One Night Only, is at once sleek and easygoing, with 13 tracks that pair the emcee's singsong flow and knack for vocal hooks with gentle and melodic beats. Songs like "Switch Places" and "Paid" find Stizz engaging in a little good-natured boasting as synths dance around him. Later, the album's best track, "Headlock," benefits from a spirited guest verse by Offset of the Atlanta trio Migos.
Stizz's previous two projects — 2015's Suffolk County and 2016's MONDA — featured beats that were more soulful and club-worthy. But he wanted the sonics of One Night Only to reflect his current situation. Stizz moved to Los Angeles at the beginning of the year and recorded the album there.
"I definitely went for a more vibey sound, just because of the life I've been living recently," he says. "Being in L.A. and out of the 'hood and everything like that. I'm signed now. Things are a little bit better financially. I'm just feeling good so I wanted to make that pop."
To be certain, Boston isn't known as a rap factory. It's biggest success stories are probably Guru from Gang Starr (who hit it big after moving to New York) and underground journeyman Mr. Lif. And that may be why Stizz, 25, never really considered hip-hop a possible career path until a few years ago.
But freestyling with friends for fun eventually evolved into real rhymes and real songs. And Suffolk County earned solid reviews and an important co-sign from Drake, who danced to a Stizz song in a 2015 Instagram post. A record-label feeding frenzy ensued, and Stizz signed to RCA, saying the label reeled him in because of its "family vibe from day one."
Now, he's bringing his "unconventional" approach to big-time hip-hop, one he says is less concerned with the genre's boundaries and traditions than many of his contemporaries. Whatever institutional knowledge Stizz lacks because of his late arrival to rap, he makes up for in raw creativity and irresistible style.
"Because I didn't know any of that stuff, it was all just expression. Just how I felt and what sounded cool to me," he says. "If it sounds good, I'll just do it like that. And it just happened to work out."


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through diligence and conscientious spending, i managed to reduced this month's nett expenditure to $750, a hundred bucks less than last month! woohoo. :) let's keep up the mixed rice and food court meals, and have less overpriced restaurant food.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
have always been dreaming of having a McDonalds near my house since I was young. Although one just opened at Bishan Park which is 5 minutes away, I have already given up on it and pledged abstinence from it from a few months back. Good bye, the oasis of happy meals.
(of cuz, I will still go there for the occassional iced milo and ice cream cones. heehee.)
on the last day of march, I seem to possess an extraordinary level of command of the English language, and as such have been bashing through 3 reports (FYP, tourism e-assignment, and tourism spa proposal) throughout the entire day.
HAHAH (okay end to short spurt of proper english) however, prof's email really dampened things a little, but i will correct things by tonight. :)
oh, have i mentioned that i love the access to dual platforms of Mac OSX and Windows 7 via bootcamp? Being 'isolated' on Windows 7 allows me to full concentrate on work without the temptations of movies and music on the mac harddisk. heehee.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
heeeheee changed hairstyle! :) went to serangoon gardens with alicia and unexpectedly decided to cut my hair at athens by hair profile over there. also visited the village, which has nothing much inside except for the roof top garden with no view and the toilet. after that we had frolicks yogurt one-for-one!! woohoo. :)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
had the most fun today when thm crosses the border to jb!!! hahah we did go-karting (which is currently the most awesome thing to play around with) and paintball in an indoor arena at the top of a shopping mall. WOOHOO!! did lotsa "tour-guiding", jokes, and ate centipede-flavoured-jelli-beans. hurhurhur. and then it was a really sumptuous seafood dinner with crayfish, prawns and crabs!!!!! naise. :) and then we had a few drinks at harry's at velocity back in singapore and listened to jerome's stories before heading home.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
just had an awesome supper session at cr's where we had some of the yummiest home-cooked food by cr, iris and alex! woohoo.
before that was at west coast for joel's birthday party, where we found out that samuel's miraculously knowledgeable about singapore trivia, and when we tied the birthday banner to the pillar using plastic bags. HAHA what ingenuity. hurhurhur.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
今天上鋼琴課,終於鼓起勇氣挑戰R&B歌曲Back At One的自彈自唱。
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
had a really slow day at home today. cleaned up part of the room and did some research for tourism project. also tried playing back at one for my piano lesson. and also practised singing cinema paradiso for gv17. hurhurhur. i dun feel accomplished at all. :(
going out for dinner in a while. :)
such an interesting website! singapore is like at the forefront in alot of areas, including population growth. our population is growing faster than alot of african countries, and we all know why... haha
Sunday, March 20, 2011
finally done with stardust auditions. really mind boggling to have so many people of all shapes, sizes and voices sing for you when they are really nervous. really a good exposure for musicians to see what is happening in the market. :)
i wanna do video covers again soon!!! rubberband peepos let's meet up!! :)
just completed a run and realised that both strength and stamina have dropped. RARRRRrrrrr
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
just had dinner with alicia and irene at raffles city ding tai fung, and then desserts at starbucks. quite some time never see them already! hahah
the motivation to work tml comes when i think of how the money can be used for disaster relief in japan. everyone please donate and contribute to japan's recovery so we can still continue to visit the japanese shrines, the tokyo tv tower, eat sashimi and ramen by local chefs, and watch sumos, geishas and anime characters perform their art.
donate through Singapore Red Cross's link on Groupon below in the previous post. :)
let's help japan through donating. :)
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
hahahah quite an eventful day.
performed with joel for ntu open house today. ahhaha surmised from the recording that there was this girl and her friends who really liked us when we sang the mandarin medley. HAHAHA i think after that we kinda took photos with them. HURHURHUR. thanks daniel for organising yeah! :) and andy and yy for supporting!
yeah then took a train down with yy and joel, and met cr, regina, wendy, iris, alex and terence to support zach and miaoru at safra pk challenge. wooohoooo i love how the music actually set the mood and everything. zach better luck next time!!! you did great today! and congrats miaoru!
headed down to focus music later in the evening to judge for stardust 2011 auditions. woohoo heard some really good voices! oh yeah and i saw cailing and zhuming there. HAHA so funny. anyway had lotsa fun with the other 2 judges qiaohui and ray. :)
haha longest post in a long time. heehee
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Made so many toopid and careless mistakes at work today. Rarrrrrrrr. Must be more careful!
Oh. Is it better to be really busy and accomplish alot of things, or to take it slower and not rush things?
Well, given my personality and the current circumstances I guess I dun have a choice!!! Hahaha


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Let's get the negatives out of the way first. The boot's very small. And… and that's it, really – the only thing you could possibly find wrong with this one. All right, it is quite expensive, too, and probably has no place in the modern world. Pretty, though. Go on: treat yourself.
The boot really is tiny. Open it up and it's like: WTF-Type! Never mind golf clubs, you'd be hard pressed to squeeze a club sandwich in there. My girlfriend's small mini-break wheelie suitcase won't go in, so we end up repacking, in a couple of plastic bags, glamorously.
Oh, and my girlfriend doesn't fit in either. Nothing to do with her size, simply because of the people-to-seats ratio: there are three of us and three into two don't go. So she's on the train because our child can't yet be trusted to get out at the right station, not being two yet.
But then this isn't a car for couples with children. Or luggage. Just toss in a spare pair of knickers and a bottle of champagne, and roar off romantically (the roar is lovely). A child may be the result, in which case you'll have to rethink the wheels; for now, though, live a bit.
Nor is it a car for people with golf clubs, not just because they don't fit in, but because it's simply too cool for golf. The other Jaguars – even XJs – are for golfers, their bellies, their dodgy trousers and probably their dodgy politics. This one's for me.
The F-Type is the first two-seater Jag, the first proper sports car, since the E-Type. It's too early to tell if it will inherit that lovely creature's iconic status, but I suspect not. The E-Type must have been absolutely extraordinary when it first appeared in 1961: a new threat, big and long and thrusty. The F-Type doesn't have that shock factor. That's not to say it isn't beautiful. It is, from every angle: prowly and purposeful from the front, classic and clean from the side, elegant and sculptured at the back. Rear of the Year 2013, no question.
And to drive it's a blast. It feels like a proper old-fashioned sports car: you're low and encased, in touch with the road. The ride is quite firm, but it's perfectly balanced and feels lighter than the 1,600kg it weighs. This is the middle one, with a three-litre V6 supercharged engine that gives 380 horsepower. There's a V8 that gives you a hundred extra horses on top, but I can't imagine who'd need them, apart from maybe Catherine the Great.
For us – me and my son – this will do. It's bright and cold, and we're blasting through Oxfordshire with the roof down, freezing our ears off but happy as Mr Toad. Driving shouldn't be so much fun; it probably won't be for much longer. Quick, before they make it illegal. Poop-poop.
Jaguar F-Type V6S
Price £67,520
Top speed 171mph
Acceleration 0-60mph in 4.8 seconds
Combined fuel consumption 31mpg
CO2 emissions 213g/km
Eco rating 2/10
Cool rating 9/10
• This article was amended on 6 January 2014. V65 has been corrected to V6S.


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Uglyworld #1756 - Push It Reals Good! - (Project TW - Image 333-366), a photo by www.bazpics.com on Flickr.
Project T.W. - Image 333/366
"Push it, push it reals good, salt and pepa's heres!"
Yups, you heareds me rights, checkers out who is lookerings after the salts and pepperers duties here in the cookie cave now!
From the Uglydoll blog at blog.adventuresinuglyworld.com/
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Today we are looking forward into December, and to Christmas Cards! We both love the tradition of Christmas cards! Lisa wanted to share a cute way to display your Christmas Cards and then we also have 5 different Christmas card printables you can choose from for your family card this year!
One of my favorite things about the Pole is that it will be easy for my boys to look at the Cards. I have such fond memories of looking at Christmas cards each year! I loved seeing my family's friends grow up over the years. Now for the Printable!
We have 5 Christmas Card designs available for download that you can simply add your own family picture and personalized message to. The downloadable files below are PNG's, so they will work in all Photo Editing programs! Costco allows you to upload custom designs in to their Christmas Card selections so we have provided their standard size of 6 x7.5, as well as a 5×7. Simply click on the size under each card to download.
Victoria says:
Oh wow!! So perfect. Thanks so much for the printables. I shared them on my blog today: http://www.vixenmade.com/2012/12/fpf-christmas-card-printables.html
Johnnie says:
>These are great! I am featuring you at Printable Decor. The post will publish 12/24 at 8am EST. Thanks for the gorgeous cards.
imklvr says:
>Thank you! LOVE the 'north pole'!
Misty says:
>Love the display post!
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Dr. Cristina Cabanillas is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Information Business of Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria). She received her Ph.D in 2012 at the University of Seville (Spain) with research results on human resource management in business processes. Prior to that she completed a degree on Computer Science with honors at the University of Extremadura, Spain (2008) and an M.Sc. on Software Engineering and Technology (2010) at the University of Seville (Spain).
She has taken part in many R&D&I projects, has experience as a reviewer in top international conferences and journals, and has chaired several workshops and conference tracks. She has coordinated the FWF PRAIS project on process- and resource-aware information systems, and she is organizing a Track on Quality Aspects in Business Processes at the International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC) 2019.
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Doctors know that there are no similar or identical cases of scleroderma. Each case of the disease is different, making it necessary for your doctors to identify your disease subtype, stage, as well as the number of organs involved. This will help your doctor customize a specific scleroderma treatment that will help cure your disease The treatment must address 4 key features of the disease which are the stages of inflammation, severity of autoimmunity, presence of vascular disease, and degree of tissue fibrosis.
Anti-inflammatory medications for scleroderma treatment address two types of inflammation. The first type is inflammation of the joints (arthritis), muscles (myositis), lining of the heart (pericarditis), or lining of the lung (pleuritis). Sesositis is a collective term used if both pericarditis and pleuritis are present. Commonly used drugs for this stage of the disease are NSAID's such as ibuprofen. Corticosteroids such as prednisone are also used if NSAID's are not effective. Unfortunately, not all inflammatory phases of scleraderma respond to this therapy. Skin inflammation and other tissue injury caused by scleroderma are not relieved by anti-inflammatory medications.
Immunosuppressive therapy is employed to limit the progression of the inflammatory phase of scleroderma. You immune system must be suppressed as its hyperactivity is causing the damaging inflammatory process. Methotrexate, antithymocyte globulin, cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil have been studied as scleroderma treatment. So far, studies have showed that methotrexate did not produce any significant changes in skin inflammation. Cyclosporine studies are limited due to the presence of renal toxicity. Mycophenolate mofetil or cyclophosphamide are the only drugs that show promising results.
Vascular changes of scleroderma are also treated with several drugs. Calcium channel blockers such as nefedipine help dilate the blood vessels to prevent or cure Raynaud's phenomenon, as well as reduce the incidence of digital ulcers. These drugs also help improve blood flow to the skin and heart. ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors also help fix vasospasm in renal crisis of scleroderma. Blood circulation to the lungs is improved with the use of bosentan (endothelin-1 receptor inhibitor or epoprostenol (prostacyclin).
Anti-fibrotic agents are used to address the presence of excess collagen production in the skin and other organs affected by scleroderma. This scleroderma treatment acts by reducing the collagen production or destabilize tissue collagen. These medications include colchicines, dimethyl sulfoxide, para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA). Not all medical experts advocate the use of these drugs as they give very little change in the collagen production. Some doctors prescribe D-penicillamine as an alternative.
Research is still being conducted to find the right medication for scleroderma treatment. So far, no universal drug is known to treat all signs and symptoms of scleroderma.


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- All payments by credit card that result in a denial of charges, are subject to a 15% finance charge, and if not paid within 15 days are subject to disconnection of services. A $95.00 CAD reinstatement fee will apply.
- All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for determination and payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties as applicable in your own jurisdiction(s).
- For any upgrade or downgrade in plan level, your credit card that you provided will automatically be charged the new rate on your next billing cycle.
- Downgrading your Service may cause the loss of Content, features, or capacity of your Account. SensMit Web Services does not accept any liability for such loss.
D. Wireless Services Supplied Via Cell Modem
- Sensor Data is encrypted at the moment it is collected by SensMit, and is decrypted only once it has entered the SensMit Web Services site (or during in-field viewing using the SensMit logger device). While we have made every reasonable effort to ensure the security of your data, data transmitted wirelessly is susceptible to interception. You further understand that neither SensMit Web Services nor the wireless service carrier can guarantee the security of wireless transmissions and we will not be liable for any lack of security relating to the use of the Service.
- You have no contractual relationship with the wireless service carrier. You understand and agree that SensMit Web Services and the wireless service carrier shall have no legal, equitable, or other liability of any kind to you except as otherwise specified in this agreement.
- If the wireless service carrier fails to deliver or interrupts services to SensMit Web Services, we will be unable to provide you data transfer Services related to any SensMit-platform-associated modem you may be using during those times, and will accept no liability nor refund any Service fees related to your losses during that period. Using the data shuttling and upload capabilities of the SensMit Platform during any such events may allow you to retain uninterrupted data flow.
- Subject to FCC Number portability rules, you have no property right in any number assigned to your modem and you understand that any such number can be changed from time to time.
- You acknowledge that Service may be temporarily refused, interrupted, curtailed or limited because of atmospheric, terrain, other natural or artificial conditions and may be temporarily interrupted or curtailed due to usage concentrations, modifications, upgrades, relocation and repairs of transmission facilities. You agree that the SensMit Web Services and the wireless service carrier shall not be responsible for such interruptions of Service or for the inability to use the Service outside the territory.
- In no event shall SensMit Web Services or the wireless service carrier be liable for any cost, delay, failure or disruption of Service, lost profits, or incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages.
- In no event shall SensMit Web Services or the wireless service carrier be liable for the failure or incompatibility of equipment utilized by you in connection with the Service. You shall use equipment at your own risk.
- You shall indemnify, defend and hold SensMit Web Services and the wireless service carrier and the officers, employees and agents of each of them harmless from and against all claims, causes of action, losses, expenses, liability or damages (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs), and including without limitation for any personal injury or death, arising in any way directly or indirectly in connection with the Terms of Service; the provision or use of the Service; or the use, failure to use or inability to use the number. This provision shall survive the termination of the Terms of Service Agreement.
- You acknowledge that the Terms of Service Agreement is assignable by SensMit Web Services.
- Your Service may be temporarily suspended or permanently terminated upon little or no notice in the event that the provider's wireless agreement with SensMit Web Services is terminated. You waive any and all claims against the wireless service carrier for such suspension or termination.
E. Voluntary Suspension
- The service cannot be entirely suspended. The Base fee carries on for as long as your plan is current and until you 'Cancel' your Subscription on the My Subscriptions page.
- By removing your SensMit nodes from solar power (either by storing them inside or by putting a light-proof cap over them), you disable them. When they do not report for an entire month or longer, you are not charged the 'per SensMit node' portion of the fee.
F. Cancellation and Termination
- You are solely responsible for properly canceling your account. An email or phone request to cancel your account is not considered cancellation. Be sure to download all of your data via the CSV download facility prior to cancelling your account. You can cancel your account at any time by clicking on the Subscription Settings link in the global navigation bar at the left of the screen, and then clicking 'Cancel' at the right of 'Your Current Plan'.
- You may cancel your account at any time. The Account screen provides a simple 'no questions asked' cancellation link.
- All of your Content will be immediately deleted from the Service upon cancellation. This information cannot be recovered once your account is cancelled.
- SensMit Web Services will not terminate your account without just cause. Just cause includes the following: nonpayment of charges owing, abusive or excessive data usage or for such other reasonable grounds as may be established from time to time.
G. Modifications to the Service and Prices
- SensMit Web Services reserves the right to modify the Service (or any part thereof) at any time and from time to time with or without notice.
- Prices of all Services, including but not limited to monthly subscription plan fees to the Service, are subject to reasonable change upon our sole discretion upon 30 days' notice from us. Such notice may be provided at any time by posting the changes to the SensMit Web Services Site (sensmitwebdiv.com). An email will also be sent to the registrant. Price changes may occur due to the following: inflation, increased costs from our providers, and maintaining appropriate market price position.
H. Copyright and Content Ownership
- We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Service. Your profile and uploaded data remain yours. Your data will not be sold, distributed, copied, or altered without your expressed written consent. By entering into this Agreement, you grant SensMit Web Services the right of first refusal to negotiate with you for partial ownership of your SensMit Web Data and the right to make anonymous and distribute it.
- You shall defend SensMit Web Services against any claim, demand, suit or proceeding made or brought against SensMit Web Services by a third party alleging that your Content, or your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement, infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of a third party or violates applicable law, and shall indemnify SensMit Web Services for any damages finally awarded against, and for reasonable attorney's fees incurred by, SensMit Web Services in connection with any such claim, demand, suit or proceeding; provided, that SensMit Web Services (a) promptly gives you written notice of the claim, demand, suit or proceeding; (b) gives you sole control of the defense and settlement of the claim, demand, suit or proceeding (provided that you may not settle any claim, demand, suit or proceeding unless the settlement unconditionally releases SensMit Web Services of all liability); and (c) provides to you all reasonable assistance, at your expense.
- The look and feel of the Service is copyright ©2016 Otacon Systems Ltd. All rights reserved. You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS, Javascript, or visual design elements or concepts without express written permission from SensMit Web Services/Otacon Systems Ltd.
I. General Conditions
- Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
- Technical support is only provided to paying account holders and is only available via email or such other forms of communication that SensMit Web Services may provide from time to time.
- You understand that SensMit Web Services uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run the Service.
- You must not modify, adapt or hack the Service or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Service, SensMit Web Services, or any other SensMit Web Services service.
- You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service without the express written permission by SensMit Web Services.
- Verbal, physical, written, or other abuse (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any SensMit Web Services customer, employee, member, or officer will result in immediate account termination.
- You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
- You must not upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited email, SMSs, or "spam" messages.
- You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
- If your bandwidth usage significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by SensMit Web Services) of other SensMit Web Services customers, we reserve the right to immediately disable your account until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption.
- SensMit Web Services does not warrant that (i) the service will meet your specific requirements, (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the Service will be corrected.
- You expressly understand and agree that SensMit Web Services shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if SensMit Web Services has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the service; (ii) the placement of your sensors and any problems that may arise from such placement; (iii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iv) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (v) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; (vi) or any other matter relating to the service.
- The failure of SensMit Web Services to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Service constitutes the entire agreement between you and SensMit Web Services and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and SensMit Web Services (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service).
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ABC's National Excellence in Construction Award
The Malone Cliff project has won an award for Excellence in Construction®. ABC's National Excellence in Construction program is the premier competition within the construction industry that recognizes outstanding construction projects across the nation. This is the second time that Sebastian Construction has received this prestigious national award signifying the highest achievement in construction in the residential category.


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Miley Cryus Goes Completely Blonde, and Gets New Bob Haircut. For months now, Miley has been seen rocking ombre colored tresses, and earlier this week on twitter the star showed off newly blonde locks.
Excited about her new look she tweeted "Now that I'm blonde I gotta give duck lips in every photo". On top of her changing her haircolor, she also opted for a more mature razor bob cut that really frames her round face shape. One things for sure we're totally lusting after her new look. Peep her new style below.


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Tribute to the pioneers: Gala Concert by Master Kurt Groenen
Fri Dec 15, 2017 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
We invite you to a fabulous concert where we celebrate the history of the founders of Los Cabos, The Pioneers who forged this beautiful place, home of all! Don't miss it! #LosCabos Cultural Pavilion 15 Dec Concert by the German Pianist, Kurt Gröenenwold
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Wall Stories: get inspired
These leaflets introduce some of the stories that make up the fascinating history of the Wall, covering nine areas right across the northern frontier. They are intended to inspire you to visit the places featured, but are not walk leaflets - many excellent walks and trails, long and short, can be found on the web sites featured in Wall Links. The accompanying booklet highlights some of the themes explored in Hadrian's Wall: A Life relating them to the places and people featured in the leaflets.
The content and presentation of the leaflets were shaped by workshops involving a wide range of local people including volunteers, writers, artists, heritage managers, educators, and business owners. Their contribution significantly enhanced the final output. See Acknowledgements for details.


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In August 2015, film director Selina Miles travelled with artist Guido van Helten to Akureyri – a town on the north coast of Iceland, to produce a very unique work. This 6-minute film documents their journey, and offers insight into the unique personality of one of Australia's most sought after street artists.
This project was a self initiated collaboration between Selina Miles and Guido van Helten, who both sought to use their respective practices to delve deeper into the wonderful and unique culture of Iceland.
Thanks go to Akureyrarstofa (Akureyri Cultural Office) for facilitating the project.
Directed, shot & edited by Selina Miles @selinamiles
Artwork by Guido van Helten @guidovanhelten
Music by Julien Marchal


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Make a Balloon Ride the Perfect Way to Start Your Vacation Why not start your vacation is style by enjoying a scenic and atmospheric sunrise hot air balloon flight across the beautiful mountain valleys of Colorado? Life Cycle Balloons can organize … Continue reading →
Spring Specials from Life Cycle Balloon Adventures! $50 – $100 Savings! Champagne Balloon Flight only $195 per Person! Boulder Champagne Flights: Hour to an hour and a half flight followed by a traditional champagne toast from our northeast Boulder location. … Continue reading →
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What a great way to start the Spring Season with a great hot air balloon flight! We launched from Boulder and flew across Longmont and landed to the northeast of Longmont. A spectacular flight covering about 20 miles (we usually … Continue reading →


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Good Friday commemorates the suffering and sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. It is observed by Christians around the world, especially in the Catholic and Anglican countries. For Christians in India, too, it is a day dedicated to fasting, praying, and meditating on the agony and suffering of Jesus. Many churches have a subdued service with solemn hymns and prayers of thanksgiving. The message is centered on observance of the Lord's Supper and his suffering for his followers. The Friday before Easter Sunday is Good Friday, the day Jesus was crucified. It is also known as Easter Friday, Black Friday, Holy Friday or Great Friday. In Eastern Christianity, which follows the Julian calendar, Easter falls on the first Sunday following the full Moon on or after March 21, the date of the spring equinox. The Western calculation uses the Gregorian or Christian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.
Sacred Observance
Many Christians usually wear black clothes on this day. The statues and pictures of Christ, and the cross, are covered with black. The clergy wears black vestments instead of purple or red that is customary throughout Lent. Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday. According to tradition, these buns were originally made by the monks at the monastery of St Alban's Abbey in the year 1361, and distributed to the poor people who came there. It is an old belief that a baby born on Good Friday and baptized on Easter Sunday will have the spiritual gift of healing. According to Catholic tradition, this is the only day when the candle is unlit and there is no mass service in the church.
Good Friday Activities
A Solemn Occasion:
Good Friday is a day of mourning and fasting. Many schools are closed on the occasion to enable children to participate in family observances of this solemn day.
The Church's altar is bare, and devoid of ornaments.
The door of the empty tabernacle (liturgical furnishing where the Eucharist is stored outside of mass in church) is open.
Devotees try to understand the struggle of Jesus and at what cost he won their redemption.
Families attend Good Friday services at church and walk the 'stations' or 'ways' of the cross.
Most Catholic churches have 14 images of Christ's final days displayed.
Followers pray at each of the images as they walk past them.
Veneration of the cross is also common; devotees kneel before, or kiss part of the wooden cross.
The worship services begin by noon and last for three hours, which people believe is the amount of time Jesus spent crucified on the cross.
Good Friday liturgy consists of three parts: The first where clergy and assisting ministers enter the church in complete silence, Liturgy of the Word, without any singing; the second is the Veneration of the Cross where the cross is solemnly unveiled and displayed to the congregation; and lastly, the Holy Communion, starting with 'Our Father' but leaving out the ceremony of 'Breaking of the Bread' and its related chant, which is done according to a rite based on the final part of mass.
The Catholic Church treats Good Friday as a day of fasting, where people have only one full meal, which is smaller than a regular meal.
Good Friday food
4–5 cups wheat flour
4–5 tsp or 28 gram dry yeast
1 cup milk
¾ cup water
½ cup margarine (½ cup oil or ½ cup butter)
½ cup white sugar
½ tsp salt
Sesame seeds for garnishing
Take a large bowl and mix 2 cups of flour and yeast together.
In another bowl, mix milk, water, oil, sugar and salt.
Microwave the mixture until it is lukewarm.
Add this to the flour mixture, and beat it until it becomes smooth. This will take 2–3 minutes, depending on the hand blender.
Mix the remaining flour to the mixture, and make soft dough.
Mix the dough until it is soft and sticky.
Grease a bowl with oil, and allow the dough to rest in the bowl for about 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, shape the dough into small balls, place it on a greased baking sheet and allow it to double in size.
This may take about 45 minutes. Decorate the balls with sesame seeds.
Pre-heat the oven to 400 degree Celsius, and bake the buns for about 15 minutes
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Irish Cancer Society Charity Shops
We have 20 Irish Cancer Society charity shops across the country. See below for a list and a map of our shop locations.
Donating goods
Our shops stock great bargains and lovely gifts for all the family, including clothes, shoes, books, bric-a-brac, giftware, collectables and household items at prices to suit everyone's pocket. We also need donations of clothes, shoes, books, bric-a-brac, household goods and gifts, as well as furniture in our some of our shops (but unfortunately we cannot accept electrical goods). Contact your local shop (see below) to make a donation.
Irish Cancer Society charity shop locations
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Bio. Mikael Johansson earned the M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Lund University, Sweden, in 1994 and 1999, respectively. He held postdoctoral research positions at Stanford University and UC Berkeley before joining KTH in 2002, where he now serves as a full professor.
His research interests are in distributed optimization, wireless networking, and control. He has published several ISI-highly cited papers, has served on the editorial board of Automatica and the IEEE Transaction on Control of Network Systems, as well as on the program committee for conferences such as IEEE CDC, IEEE Infocom, ACM SenSys.
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Win passes to attend the world premiere of GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS in Toronto!
If you live in one of the cities below you can enter for a chance to win double passes to see an advance screening of GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS courtesy of eOne Films!
World Premiere
Monday, March 6th
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It's a new day for the Halifax Highlanders. A pro lockout has reunited old teammates and brought a crew of new players to the bench; notably missing from the line-up, however, is everyone's favourite enforcer and heart of the team, Doug "The Thug" Glatt. Sidelined after one too many hits and now married with a baby on the way, Doug is hanging up his skates and settling into life as an insurance salesman. But when Doug's nemesis, Anders Cain, is made captain of the Highlanders and new ownership threatens to tear his team apart, Doug is compelled back into action. Ignoring the wishes of wife Eva, Doug heads to the rink, discovering an unlikely training partner in fellow retired enforcer and one-time arch rival, Ross "The Boss" Rhea. Together with grit, passion and unrivaled loyalty, they will grind out one last chance to do what they do best…protect their team.
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This elegant Ibiza villa is located in a beautiful forest near Cala Vadella and Cala Moli beaches in the southwestern part of the island. It boasts 2 levels with open living spaces and all the comfort you´re looking for. If you want to enjoy your holidays with a small group or friends or your family, this incredible Ibiza villa will meet your expectations.
Its 9 x 4,5 m big pool is surrounded by a lovely terrace, where you can share quiet and intimate moments with your loved ones.
Generous open plan kitchen and dining area.
Elegant and secluded house in Ibiza with private pool is one of our Spain Luxury Rentals . View Guide to Spain Luxury Vacations
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Saljub house is located near Cala Vadella and Cala Moli beaches in the southwestern part of Ibiza.
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NEWGIRL is a new single-camera comedy from Liz Meriwether ("No Strings Attached") that features a young ensemble cast and takes a fresh and outrageous look at modern male/female relationships.
JESS DAY (Zooey Deschanel, "(500) Days of Summer") is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys - especially at home.
Of the three male roommates, NICK (Jake Johnson, "No Strings Attached") is the most grounded. He had big plans for life, but somewhere along the way, he stopped caring and became a bartender. Usually the smartest guy in the room, he has an uncanny knack for reading people and uses humor to deflect everyone and everything. SCHMIDT (Max Greenfield, "Ugly Betty") is a hustling young professional who fancies himself a modern-day Casanova. Though his heart is usually in the right place, he's always scheming ways to climb the social ladder and is driven by an immature and almost obsessive urge to be on "the scene." Viewing Jess as a gateway into the elusive female mind, as well as a personal project, Schmidt encourages the guys to bring Jess into the apartment. The third roommate, COACH (Damon Wayans Jr., "The Underground"), is a former high school athlete who currently makes his living as a personal trainer. Set in his ways and with a take-it-or-leave-it attitude to dating, Coach is most comfortable when he's in the gym. Though he'll never admit it, Coach's macho athletic exterior is actually a cover for his shyness around women, and he struggles to translate his personal confidence into conversation, preferring to speak in sports metaphors - or not at all.
Rounding out this group is Jess' childhood best friend, CECE (Hannah Simone, "Beautiful People"), a deadpan, somewhat cynical model who blossomed after outgrowing her promiscuous adolescent years. She has the street smarts Jess lacks and spends a lot of time doling out no-nonsense relationship advice that only a professional model could give. She and Jess balance each other well and accept each other despite their faults, making Cece the perfect complement to Jess.
As their relationships progress, the five friends come to realize they need each other more than they ever thought they would and end up forming a charmingly dysfunctional family.
NEW GIRL is produced by Chernin Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The series is created and written by Liz Meriwether. Meriwether, Jake Kasdan ("The TV Set," "Freaks & Geeks"), Peter Chernin (TERRA NOVA), Katherine Pope (TERRA NOVA), Dave Finkel ("United States of Tara," "30 Rock") and Brett Baer ("United States of Tara," "30 Rock") are executive producers. Kasdan directed the pilot.
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5" (12 cm) high heel Ankle Boots With Lace Up Front, Two Thin Buckling Ankle Straps, And Two Lock Accessories.
Available in sizes 36-46 Because they are small: Order one size bigger! Special orders also available at little extra cost (20%) You can use your measurements (shoe + foot length, size of single and just above the ankle) specify in the comments box at the settlement of your order.
Topquality product, handmade by HG-Leather (Netherlands)
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