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Hello, reading and writing pals --
I know it's been awhile since I last updated the website, so here's what's going on:
I've been on a writing hiatus for some time now, but plots are and always have been percolating, and characters still demand the stage. So there's that!
I recently retired from the day job that pays (paid) my bills, and I expect I'll be back at the writing gig soon. You'll be the first to know when I am.
As always, thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll take a look at the existing back list of delicious short romance stories with swoon-worthy heroes. You'll find everything from a sensual Regency historical to smoldering contemporaries and HOT paranormals. You can check them out at BOOKS.
My sizzling contemporary foodie romance, IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, is now an audiobook! I love this hot, sweet, sexy and delicious story and its mouth-watering hero, and hope you will, too. It's still available as an ebook, of course, but now also available for your listening pleasure at Audiobooks, Amazon and iTunes.
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And if you love my wolves, look for my latest Black Hills Wolves story, AMBER'S ACE.
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AMBER'S ACE is the story of Amber Northridge, one of the recently-rescued sisters of Brick (WOLF'S SONG) and Chance (ANOTHER CHANCE) Northridge. You briefly met Amber during her rescue at the end of ANOTHER CHANCE, when she and her twin were wrested from the secret prison compound of the Black Hills Wolves' crazed former alpha, Magnum Tao.
AMBER's ACE is a stand alone read and you won't miss a thing if you haven't read Brick and Summer's story in WOLF'S SONG, or Chance and Julie's story in ANOTHER CHANCE. Of course, I'd love, love, love for you to read all three! And...for a limited time only, WOLF'S SONG and ANOTHER CHANCE are on sale for 99 cents!
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All Class B, C, or D high school choral groups in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties are invited to apply and compete for prize money. Applicants will submit an application and recording that will be judged. The top three choral groups will be selected to win a $1,000 prize each and participate in the Celebration Concert on March 5.
Madrigal Chorale Competition Celebration Concert Details:
· Sunday, March 5, 2017
· Central Woodward Christian Church, Troy
· 2:00 – Clinic with Madrigal Chorale artistic staff (Bios attached)
· 3:00 – Combined rehearsal (all groups and Madrigal Chorale) of "River in Judea"
· 3:30 – Doors open
· 4:00 – Concert in which each group will have the opportunity to perform two individual numbers in addition to a group rendition of "River in Judea."
Eligible groups must submit their application and recording for judging by January 18, 2017. Finalists will be notified by February 1, 2017 regarding their participation in the Celebration Concert. Please note that participation in the March 5 event is required in order to receive any award.
Complete details and an application form are attached.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Kathryn A. Murrenus
Chairman, Vocal Scholarship Committee
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Our black sheep in the family woolly sheep print, All In A Row, is a classic design from the Penny Lindop Design studio. One little black sheep is just doing its own thing.
The sheep are hand finished using real sheep's wool which we source from a variety of Britain's ancient and rare sheep breeds.
This picture, like all our work is produced in our Norfolk studio.
Printed on an acid free quality archival paper made in the UK.
The artwork is mounted in a conservation quality double mount which really adds an extra touch of quality to the finished print.
Mounted picture size is 330 x 202 mm, or 13 x 8 inches.. This is the inside frame measurement and is not a standard frame size. But don't worry as we are very happy to frame the print for you in either our natural oak frame or our charcoal grey stained ash. Both these mouldings have a simple plain profile and will enhance the artwork.Product Code: E10A10BW
Where possible, we will try to ship orders within 3 to 7 days of receiving your order. Some orders, in particular bespoke designs and art work, may take a little longer – especially if the team are away at events and shows (do please check our News and Events pages for dates of our events).
Nearly all of our products are hand finished, and this does take a little time, so please allow plenty of time when buying gifts. We try to do our best….
Orders which class as large letters are sent by Royal Mail – we cannot guarantee delivery of these, especially during any postal disputes.
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StillForJapan: An Initiative to Support Tsunami Victims
Monday, July 11, was the four-month anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan. The fall out from the catastrophe continues though there is now scant coverage about Japan's suffering in U.S. newspapers and broadcast outlets.
A dedicated group of marketing professionals sought to change that with an event to mark the date in Times Square. "Still for Japan," was conceived by Kaede Seville, a Japanese national based in New York, who covers the ad-marketing industry for several Japanese-language publications in her native country.
On a digital billboard owned by Clear Channel Spectacolor in Times Square (which donated the use of the screen), a message flashed asking passersby to observe a moment of stillness as a way to let the Japanese people know that they are not forgotten. The goal is to reach one million minutes of stillness. No money is being solicited.
If you couldn't make it to Times Square yesterday, you can still donate your moment of stillness at www.stillforjapan.com.
DiGennaro Communications along with ad agency McKinney, Dentsu Corp., Clear Channel Radio, AICP, Mirada/Motion Theory, Sacred Noise and instructors and students from the VCU Brandcenter all donated their time to this effort.
You can watch McKinney's agency director of communications, Janet Northen and the VCU Brandcenter students responsible for the creation of the StillForJapan idea discuss the initiative at Times Square during the launch below (website created by McKinney):
To read initial coverage regarding the StillForJapan effort, check out these articles: PRWeek and PR Newser.
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As President and Founder Steve holds a degree in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition with a clinical background in exercise testing and fitness prescription from The University Of Idaho. With 27 years of experience in Fitness Center Design, fitness equipment sales and consulting, he provides professional management and execution to every project opportunity. Every concept Steve has developed transpired from hours of rigorous exercising. It is the science of exercise, which is practicing what you have learned, that creates new Knowledge.
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August 15, 2012
By John Tozzi
Photograph by Tim Boyle/Bloomberg - A plumbing contractor installs copper tubing inside a new home under construction in Des Plaines, Ill.
The nation's smallest businesses—those with no employees other than their owners—failed to regain the ground they lost during the Great Recession in the first full year of recovery, Census data released today show.
These businesses on average lost $1,000 in revenue from 2008 to 2009, or 2.5 percent of sales, and they didn't make up that difference in 2010, the first year of growth after the downturn.
They're heavily concentrated in construction, real estate, professional services, retail, and health care. In Census jargon, these ventures are known as "nonemployers," or any business that's run just by the owners, with no one else on the payroll. Think of accountants or psychologists who work out of their homes, or solo workers like carpenters, truckers, and real estate agents. Together, nonemployers have nearly $1 trillion in revenue, or more than 6 percent of U.S. gross domestic product.
The Census data, based on tax returns, don't yet go beyond 2010, and a change in methodology makes it difficult to compare in detail with years before 2008. Despite these limitations, we know the average nonemployer had revenue of $43,600 in 2008. The next year, that figure dropped to $42,500, and recovered to only $43,000 in 2010.
Some industries got hit much harder. On average, nonemployer construction businesses lost 9 percent of their revenue in that period, bringing it to $50,000. Nearly 100,000 of them disappeared. Though contractors suffered, brokers' business picked up. Average sales for real estate professionals increased from $78,000 in 2008 to $89,000 two years later.
At nonemployer hotels, restaurants, bars, and caterers, sales dropped on average from about $51,000 to $44,000 in that period. Despite the lower payoff, the number of these businesses also increased, by about 6 percent. Perhaps workers laid off in 2008 tried their luck at hospitality to make ends meet.


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By Bob Schaller//Contributor | Tuesday, October 24, 2017
A 2012 Olympian, 2017 World Championships team member, NCAA All-American, four international medals (two golds, two silvers) -- but to start the story of Andrew Gemmell, one would have to go back to 2009, where he first repped the USA in Rome (and won silver), then Worlds in 2011, and Pan Pacs ('14) and Pan Ams ('15). Nearly a decade -- nine years in a row, in fact -- of making the U.S. National Team. He explains what that means to him, and what he's pursuing now, in this week's 20 Question Tuesday.
1. So you have a Masters in Applied Economics now from Georgetown -- you graduated this year, right, and are you using it?
Andrew: I graduated in August and I work at a consulting firm. We're a firm that specializes in employment and labor law. We do, among other things, compensation audits -- an example would be if a company is paying women as much as men or equally among races and ethnicities.
2. Sounds interesting -- how is that job going?
Andrew: It's been good. It's a small office. It's in DC. I was lucky to find a good spot to get started.
3. So you are using your Master's degree already?
Andrew: I'm definitely using my degree. It's an economic consulting firm. So having that (master's) allowed me to walk in right away and have some autonomy.
4. How is it possible we have been talking for more than a decade?
Andrew: It goes by really fast so it's nice to slow it down as you look back at it. But in the moment, you experience some great friendships -- great relationships -- that made those moments mean so much more. I had a good run.
5. How were Worlds this summer -- you still came out of it in the top 20 (17th)?
Andrew: Worlds was a great experience. It's always great to get to race at that level. You start appreciating how rare those opportunities are. I was really disappointed with my swim. I took some big risks to try to win. If I was aiming for a race to swim a 4th or 5th place, it might've been different. But I put myself out there and went for it. I had taken six months off after (open water) trials with everything that was going on (with graduate school). But looking back, it was a lot of fun.
6. This long of a career at the highest level -- I remember me and you sitting with our dates after you swam for the U.S. in London at the 2012 Olympics -- how is that consistency at the highest level for so long even possible?
Andrew: I think you sort of picked up on it right there -- that is one of the things, making nine straight National Teams, that means a lot. It's a testament to the support I've had around me. From my Dad (NCAP Coach Bruce Gemmell) to (Georgia Head Coach and Olympic Coach) Jack (Bauerle) and (Georgia Associate Head Coach) Harvey (Humphries), swimming at Fullerton with the group out there and Coach (Jon) Urbanchek, my teammates at Georgia and NCAP, and my teammates even before that -- all those people helped put me in a position to earn great opportunities and enjoy the sport. They kept me passionate about being my best and getting better. I love that I had a chance to put myself in that position and compete on the world stage.
7. Do you still have all your medals somewhere safe?
Andrew: Actually, they are sitting at home, at my Dad's place. The medals are nice, but the memories that are attached to each mean so much more. That's what tells the story, these amazing groups of people. Even when I get a chance to see those medals again, the people from those times are the memories I think about and enjoy the most.
8. How about your Dad coaching Katie and the job he's done at NCAP with so many great swimmers?
Andrew: Oh, for sure I am proud of him. I have seen how hard he works. I know everything he puts into it. His passion and commitment -- and that he's still eager to learn at his age -- I won't say his age! -- and still willing to get better. I was just back at Georgia (for Homecoming) and I ran into an old teammate talking about our time in Delaware, and just how some wouldn't recognize my Dad from 15 years ago -- in a good way. He's better at it, and he's happier. He just loves what he's doing.
9. You really pushed Katie Ledecky as her teammates at NCAP for the Rio run-up and your Dad says that is a precious memory -- what was it like for you?
Andrew: I had the best seat in the world for her whole quad basically. I could see it from the inside, which allowed me to appreciate it on a micro level with the day-to-day basis. There were a few times where I'd just stop and watch what she was doing. And I got to enjoy it on a macro level, from week to week and month to month, even year to year -- it was so impressive and fun to be part of it.
10. Katie said you made her better -- how did she make you better?
Andrew: She kept me honest -- she kept me more than honest, really, and it was in more than just her incredible times and performance, though those were motivating also. It was her attitude and effort, and the integrity she puts into all of it. She kept it a fun environment, and that makes all the hard work easier.
11. How about Katie's shorter distance speed, did you see that 200 coming?
Andrew: Katie actually got all the way down to the 100 and was great on those relays. And of course her 200 is just incredible, too. That was a conscious effort from her. She is always looking for a challenge, a way to get better. So that 100 and 200 didn't spring up by accident; they were a long time coming. It was great to see her succeed, because trying something like that doesn't always work, but she was so thoughtful and deliberate in her pursuit of it.
12. Going back to how you left the east coast for Georgia, what did you take from that time with Jack and some of the best teammates in the world?
Andrew: The importance of time management and correctly prioritizing different things. In fact, when I went into job interviews, that's what I talked about. I told them, "I might not have everything on the resume you are looking for, but I can work hard. I can learn fast. I won't get discouraged." I knew at Georgia as an undergrad that I wanted to go to grad school, that I had more to learn, and skills to develop. Swimming helps you learn to organize your life and commitments.
13. Did you think you'd end up at Georgetown in that prestigious Applied Econ Master's program?
Andrew: I had an idea from the time I started college and sort of started down that path -- but it didn't take me where I planned. You just go with where your passion is and where you are motivated, you stay flexible and grow along the way. So while I had a different idea going in, coming out into the life I have now -- I have no complaints.
14. I had George Mason or George Washington University on my mind -- need another George school?
Andrew: Oh, (laughs) definitely! They were two different experiences. I am glad I got to experience Georgetown and Georgia, because they are two very different places. And because Georgetown is so good at basketball and Georgia at football, I don't have to (laughs) worry about allegiances! But it really did allow a wide breadth of experiences, and different ideas and ways of thinking -- going to both schools. They are very different -- not that one place is better than the other, because both are great -- but that allowed me to learn from a lot of different people and programs, and for that I am very grateful.
15. You are in an airport while we are talking coming back from Georgia, how cool was it to be back at UGA?
Andrew: Oh, it was great! I definitely stay in touch with Jack and Harvey all the time. Being there this past weekend, watching their Saturday practice and (how they) get up and race. I know a few of the older guys on the team and some post-grads. That's a really easy team to root for.
16. Who is still there from when you where?
Andrew: Jay (Litherland), Gunnar (Bentz) -- some of the guys who are all seniors, so several of them and many of the post-grads, men and women. That time goes by so fast. Such great memories. So excited to see them all doing so well. That's not by accident -- Jack and Harvey bring in only good people, so it's easy to root for them.
17. What was it like being on that Worlds roster with so many Georgia folks on the team?
Andrew: Between guys and girls, I think we had eight. That was really cool to see and be a part of. Everyone who is an alum is so proud of the Worlds team and the Rio Olympic team. It's great because that group, especially the women (Melanie Margalis, Hali Flickinger, Olivia Smoliga) have such different personalities which balance each other out but individually they are all such great people. And they have something really good going with their post-grad group.
18. Do you ever take time to reflect on your well-earned spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team in London?
Andrew: I still, even five years later, don't know if I have a good answer for that. What it means changes as I get older, and it means different things in different contexts. Let me answer it with a moment: We (Olympians) all sign (U.S.) flags, the coaches, staff and team, and one of the Olympic Training Camps we had right after 2012 Trials was in Tennessee. So one of the flags we all signed hangs there (at the University of Tennessee). My father went back to Tennessee for a meet, and he happened to see that flag. Katie and I had signed our names right next to each other -- even though at that time we didn't know each other yet. What an odd circumstance that she'd later be a training partner with me and swim for my Dad, and there we are side by side on the flag. Those sort of special memories and moments about some of the greatest people I know mean the most, and they are tied of course to swimming.
19. Do you ever have moments where it just dawns on you out of nowhere that you have been on World Championship and Olympic teams?
Andrew: Well, I am not really sure how to answer that. But I have a story from this summer in New Jersey, I was in line at a (dessert) place, wearing a USA Swimming shirt, and the guy next to me was wearing a USA Olympic shirt. He looked at me, and I looked at it. He asked, "Where'd you get that shirt?" And I said, "OH, I competed in 2012." He said, "What sport?" I said, "Swimming. My name is Andrew Gemmell." He said, "Oh, Andrew! I am Brendan Hansen's Dad!" I mean, here we are, in line, and that connection was just incredible. Brendan and I have a bit of an age difference, but we're both from the northeast. To be able to have those kinds of interactions -- when you least expect it -- just shows how special it is to be a part of this sport, and around these people.
20. Those medals -- those memories -- kind of shows you what a special time of your life swimming was for you?
Andrew: Oh yes, certainly. It's a great reminder that if you surround yourself with good people and people with similar aspirations, you can go really far. You will probably come up short at times, and it'll never be easy. You might even come up short in your last race. But if you are with people who make you better, and you are all in, you run with it. You enjoy it. It tests you, and it makes you better. And what you learn about yourself helps you as you move on into life.


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While still only in their twenties, Irish trio Kopek have a history that stretches back a decade. Drummer Shane Cooney and bassist Brad Kinsella grew up as next-door neighbors in Dublin. The first singer who answered their ad in a local musician's magazine turned out to be the golden voiced Daniel Jordan and from there Kopek was born. Look for the band to release their US CD debut White Collar Lies in January 2011 on Religion Music via SIN/SonyMusic Independent Network, the band to tour through out 2011 in support.
"White Collar Lies", promises to be a breakout record for this outstanding hard rock outfit" – Rock N Roll Report
With production from Glenn Herlihy of Religion, and mastermind mixer and Grammy winner Tom Lord-Alge and multi Grammy mastering guru Ted Jensen White Collar Lies is a bracing dose of heartfelt, compelling, raw and emotional rock.
Recently joining forces with powerhouse management company UEG-Union Entertainment Group (Nickelback, Hinder, RED) Kopek is ready to make it make their presence known in the US.
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In the GSM technology glossar the most important terms are explaint. Feel free to follow the links to Wikipedia for detailed information about the specifi data transmission technology!
Mobile Technology (SMS, VOICE, 2G,3G,4G):
GSM = Global System for Mobile Communications
Mobile Data Technology (2G):
2G = the second generation of mobile phone standards (GPRS, EDGE)
GPRS = General Packet Radio Service
EDGE = Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
Mobile Broadband Technology (3G, 4G):
3G = the third generation of mobile phone standards (UMTS, HSDPA, CDMA)
UMTS = Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS, HSDPA, HSDPA+, HSUPA)
HSDPA = High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA, 3.5G, 3G+ oder UMTS-Broadband)
CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA, CDMA2000, CDMA2000 EV-DO)
4G = the fourth generation of mobile phone standards (LTE, WiMAX)
LTE = Long Term Evolution (LTE, LTE-Advanced)
WiMAX = Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
The middleware collects measurement data via wireless measuring devices, stores the data on a central server and visualises it via myDataweb. Additionally the settings and the configurations can be changed with myDataweb and transmitted directly to the device via GPRS.
PAWN, formally known as SMALL, is a scripting language similar to C which runs on embedded systems.
Additional detailed information is provided on the website of the developers: www.compuphase.com/pawn
There are recording intervals (data is stored) and measuring intervals (data is not stored). The recording interval amounts to max. 1 minute, the measuring interval amounts to max. 1 second. This ensures a quick reaction time. The intervals can be configured individually. Caution! Each measurement consumes energy and affects the lifetime of the accumulator. It is therefore important to choose resource-efficient intervals.
The field devices are equipped with a ring buffer with up to 440.000 measurements (can vary from device to device). They can cache measurements taken in 1 minute intervals for up to 10 months.
The data is transmitted via GPRS to the server using a special protocol. With Managed Service Microtronics offers global connectivity at internationally standardized service rates.
The data volume is calculated by using the measurement and transmission intervals. The intervals are thereby adapted to your requirements. As it works with a very slim protocol, the Middleware basically gets along with a very minimal data volume.
No. The field devices from Microtronics are already equipped with an on-board SIM chip(itemprop="name")and are therefore globally applicable. Microtronics offers multi roaming GSM data transmission technology, that is to say: wherever you may use a device by Microtronics, the best available GSM network is automatically chosen to guarantee a reliable transmission of your data. Details see Footprint
The radio network evaluation for the middleware can be done easily with your own mobile phone. The whole infrastructure (GPRS) already exists worldwide. There are no further costs incurred for complicated antenna technology, radio network establishment and radio network operation.
The accumulator or battery lifetime can last up(itemprop="name")to 5 years. It is, however, strongly depending on the measurement and transmission interval and the sensor's power consumption. Various battery sizes for ATEX and non-ATEX devices are offered: The exact lifetimes are calculated according to your special requirements.
The data is at first buffered in the devices and automatically transmitted to your middleware via GSM/GPRS/UMTS/HSDPA/LTE on occasion of the next transmission interval.
The measurement data and the status of the measurement point are accessible via mobile phone or Internet from any location. The admission data is provided by the middleware provider.
Not necessarily. On the one hand you can use the demo cloud platform from Microtronics as your infrastructure provider. On the other hand you can also buy your own license for the cloud platform. In thiscase the software can be installed individually (e.g. at Microtronics, at a hosting provider's data centre or at your own data centre).
The database can store up(itemprop="name")to 232 data sets per device (this equals to 136 years when recorded every second).
Yes. The middleware was designed as an OEM solution and can be adapted to your corporate identity. A complete branding including devices is available on request. For further details please contact the Microtronics support team.
The necessity of accumulator or battery changes can be indicated via an alarm. No special tool is required for the battery change. The battery block of ATEX-devices can be changed in the ATEX zone without any problems. For devices with sensors you have to stick to the calibration intervals. The complete device can be replaced as the configuration settings are automatically passed on from the server to the new device.
The firmware updates are automatically imported from the server. It is not necessary to see the devices on-site or re-programme it or to stop(itemprop="name")operations.
The average life cycle depends on the field of operation and application. When used appropriately the mobile field device will have an average life cycle of approximately 8 years. The batteries, accumulators and sensors are not taken into consideration in this calculation. When used inappropriately the field device's life cycle will be shortened significantly.
According to MIL-HDBK-217 MTBF the life cycle of a GSM module amounts to 45.1 years when used at 40 degrees operation temperature and is operated 1584 hours /year.
Data access is limited to the provider and the respective customer and is secured by password.
No. The device is only communicating with your provider's server. The communication between device and server is encrypted. Access to the server is secured via a login and password as well as a fire wall.
The data encryption is subject to a 3-leveled encryption concept which is based on the BSI guideline TR-02102.
The measurement data is stored on hard disks on Raid network and can be integrated into the company's internal data back-up.
Yes. The middleware was designed for the international usage. Languages, time zones and figure formats for the server and the measuring points as well as the accesses for providers and customers can be configured.
The instruments are partly ATEX certified and IP66, IP67 and IP68 tested. For devices with an integrated sensor the Ip(itemprop="name")protection rating is to be considered. The devices are exceptionally robust, resistant and surrounded by a protective shell. For further details please have a look at our fact sheets or contact the Microtronics support team.
There is a standard setting but also user specific views can be created. Data can be viewed in any way you desire: Graphs with several sets and different types of measurement data, special gradient calculations, calendar, visualisations, tables, lists, maps, current measurement data, downloads. Get a test account and experience the advantages yourself.
The alerting is configured upon the set-up(itemprop="name")of the measuring point and can be forwarded to you via SMS, e-mail, XML or FTP. The values for lower deviation, exeedance and hysteresis can be configured.
The middleware does not require complicated configuration of the telephone number on the device. The alert is easily changed online by the customer or the provider at any time.
Yes. Microtronics offers M2M devices (e.g. myDatalogMUC) that are equipped with a PAWN script engine(programming language similar to C). This enables the creation of scripts that solve customer-specific tasks. You are provided with an editor with syntax highlighting for the direct programming of your M2M devices. Additionally you can use the editing tool on the cloud platform.Download the software for the toolset for free.
myDataweb offers several user levels and levels of access rights (administrator, provider administrator, provider operator, customer administrator, customer operator, default view administrator, default view operator).
Approximately 15 min. including the online configuration.
By simply clicking buttons online customers and measuring points can be added, configured, changed or deleted.
The amount of measuring points is not limited.
The complete middleware system is designed for full automatic updates. For customers with software service contracts the updates are automatically distributed from the maintenance and license server to the provider server. From there the firmware updates are automatically redistributed to the device.
Yes. To ensure security it is required to use a server-side software. The software can be purchased as a service via a telecommunications provider or you can buy your own license from Microtronics.


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Management & Governance
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Both the means that management employs for the allocation of resources etc. and the means it may direct others to use may be specified and subject to constraints; the execution of management tasks is itself also subject to management.
This management of management is defined as Governance.
It follows from this idea of governance as "management of management" that, in addition to being concerned with situations beyond the mandated scope of control of the management process being managed, governance also monitors and compares actual and desired outcomes; but for governance, outcomes are also defined in terms of demonstrated compliance with the policies, rules and procedures established for management of whatever kind.
Governance must therefore establish what aspects of management practice are to be monitored, how compliance is to be evaluated and how deviations are to be addressed.
Governance is therefore also implicitly involved in establishing the values, principles and procedures of management.
However, since management is ultimately concerned with the achievement of desired outcomes, monitoring is only the first enabling element of governance; governance must also direct.
With reference to the approaches to directing change, if change can be directed within implicit or explicit constraints on resources, time etc. the choice of direction remains a standard management responsibility.
If however change cannot be directed within those constraints, or there is a need to change the ultimate objective of the management activity (or the level of acceptable risk), the choice of direction must be undertaken by governance.
We should also note in passing that there must ultimately be a level of strategic management that concerns itself not only with what changes should be made but in defining the values and principles according to which the desirability of any particular change can be evaluated.
To summarise,
- Standard day-to-day activities are subject to operational management, which works to deliver desired outcomes
- Operational management must be in accordance with specified means (policies, rules, processes, standards etc.)
- The definition and application of the specified means for operational management is the responsibility of governance
- Strategic Management defines values and principles to be used in evaluating change, as well as setting specific high-level objectives
There may be multiple levels of management in an organisation: any level that manages a lower level of management executes governance of that level, and any level that is managed by a higher level of management is governed by that higher level.


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The Palace of Illusions (Hardcover)
Doubleday Books, 9780385515993, 360pp.
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
Other Editions of This Title:
Digital Audiobook (2/11/2008)
Paperback (2/10/2009)
Pre-Recorded Audio Player (4/1/2009)
Compact Disc (6/1/2012)
Relevant to today's war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in the Mahabharat, the novel gives us a new interpretation of this ancient tale.
The novel traces the princess Panchaali's life, beginning with her birth in fire and following her spirited balancing act as a woman with five husbands who have been cheated out of their father's kingdom. Panchaali is swept into their quest to reclaim their birthright, remaining at their side through years of exile and a terrible civil war involving all the important kings of India. Meanwhile, we never lose sight of her strategic duels with her mother-in-law, her complicated friendship withthe enigmatic Krishna, or her secretattraction tothe mysteriousman who is her husbands'most dangerousenemy. Panchaali is a fiery female redefining for us a world of warriors, gods, and the ever-manipulating hands of fate.
About the Author
Praise For The Palace of Illusions…
Praise for The Palace of Illusions
"The Palace of Illusions is a woman's look at crime and punishment, loyalty, promises and love and vengeance. With The Palace of Illusions, along with her other bestselling novels, Divakaruni has proven that her storytelling talents put her right up there with the best." —The Miami Herald
Divakaruni's historic and transporting variation adds new and truly revelatory psychological and social dimensions to the great epic's indelible story of sacrifice and spiritual awakening. Divakaruni has triumphantly fulfilled a profound mission."— Donna Seaman, Booklist, Starred
"The Palace of Illusions is unique, amongst Divakaruni's very best. It is particularly refreshing to read an author who breaks the mold as clearly as Divakaruni does.. . . A creative, illuminating feminist work that compels us to re-examine the original text. . . . As in all great cathartic tales, Divakaruni's novel grasps our attention from beginning to end and is a healing, aesthetic experience." —India Currents
"Divakaruni's historic and transporting variation adds new and truly revelatory psychological and social dimensions to the great epic's indelible story of sacrifice and spiritual awakening. Divakaruni has triumphantly fulfilled a profound mission." – Booklist
"Vivid and inventive. . . . rich, action-filled. . . complex." - Publishers Weekly
"An intimate, feminine portrait that is both contemporary and timeless; a ambitious project effectively executed." – Kirkus Reviews
"A lyrical tale imbued with the scent of ancient incense yet . . . rooted in modern day relevancy." – Book Page
"Divakaruni has taken a male centered story and breathed new life into its female characters, giving us a rich tale of passion and love, power and weakness, honor and humiliation. Entertaining, insightful and suspenseful." – Library Journal, starred review


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In memory of Dr. Andreas Höfert
Reinhart and Rogoff erred – so what?
Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff (R+R) are among the best known economists of the financial crisis. Their monumental 2009 book, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, has become a classic. Equally known, quoted and referenced also among policymakers is their American Economic Review article from 2010, "Growth in a Time of Debt."
Many, and I among them, used this paper's argument to explain why large government debt-to-GDP ratios are bad. With a new, multi-national historical dataset on public debt, the paper explores the relationship between high debt levels, growth and inflation. The authors concluded that for advanced economies, "observations with debt-to-GDP ratio over 90% have median growth lower than the lower debt burden groups and mean levels almost 4% lower."
The conclusion that high debt levels greatly reduce a nation's growth prospects has been employed by politicians, especially in Europe, to argue for debt reduction and austerity. Olli Rehn, European Economics and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, stated in 2011: "Reinhart and Rogoff have coined the 90% rule. High debt levels can crowd out economic activity and entrepreneurial dynamism, and thus hamper growth. This conclusion is particularly relevant at a time when debt levels in Europe are now approaching the 90% threshold, which the US has already passed."
Recently, a study by Thomas Herndon, Michael Ash and Robert Pollin, economists at the University of Massachusetts, unveiled major flaws in R+R's results. Using the same dataset, they conclude that "the average real GDP growth for countries carrying a public debt-to-GDP ratio over 90% is actually 2.2%, not –0.1%."
Other economists had also criticized R+R's findings, arguing that correlation doesn't mean causality, i.e. that it is not necessarily a high public debt-to-GDP-ratio which causes low growth; it could also be that low growth causes a high public debt-to-GDP ratio. New here is the clear rebuke of the quantitative findings of the famous paper.
Some four months ago, the International Monetary Fund admitted that since the start of the financial crisis, it had far underestimated the fiscal multiplier and hence the negative effects that austerity measures would have on growth. This undermines still further the European rationale for austerity.
Does this mean, as ultra-Keynesian economist Paul Krugman argues, that trying to reduce government debt doesn't make sense and is counterproductive in this environment? That we should instead focus on growth, boosting it by raising debt even further and at some stage have the renewed growth resolve the debt problem on its own?
I don't think so. We don't need the growth argument to understand that a high level of public debt will likely have more negative than positive effects. No study has ever argued that the higher the public-debt-to-GDP ratio, the faster a country will grow. Logically, the higher public debt is, the higher the debt service for a given interest rate will be, and thus the fewer the options that remain open for a government to spend its tax receipts on things more useful than interest payments.
This scenario is exacerbated by the fact that interest rates in many countries are now at historic lows. How damaging a sudden surge in interest rates can be is visible in the European periphery.
Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada and finance minister in the mid-1990s when Canada was struggling with high public debt levels, explains this clearly, "Deficit elimination must be seen to be essential to people's well-being. It will not be supported because of arcane economic theory or simply because business calls for it. Our message was not that servicing the public debt was crowding out private sector investment; it was that the servicing of excessive public sector debt was crowding out needed social programs: health care, education and child welfare."
R+R might be wrong, but their "arcane" economic theory is less relevant when arguing the benefits of sound fiscal policy.
As for whether such an argument justifies pitching many European countries into a depression, this will be the topic of one of my next editorials.


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It was once a craze favoured by healthfood nuts but 'eating paleo' is now a hugely popular lifestyle choice. Fans of the paleo diet can often be identified by their impressive collections of Tupperware and the bags of nuts they'll have stashed in their bag. They've learnt that the best way to stay paleo compliant is to make it yourself. But with increased demand comes increased supply and more and more Dublin restaurants are offering specific paleo options.
First stop is Borlottie in the IFSC. This places oozes health and well-being and just walking in the door will make you feel like a better person. They've gone to the effort of getting their beet box, power box and gym box salads endorsed by Crossfit, who are the biggest paleo fans of all.
Drury Street's Kaph, is fast gaining a name as the city's leading paleo friendly café. With coconut milk lattes and cakes supplied by Paleo Man Foods they certainly won't make you feel like you're on a diet.
An Indian usually goes hand in hand with colossal servings of Naan bread and rice but Bombay Pantry have an entire page on their website dedicated to paleo. It's not that they have a separate menu but more that they're highlighting the paleo friendly options on their menu and emphasising that they're passionate about provenance and they make everything from scratch, including their own yoghurt. Yes please.
J2 Grill and Sushi is a cool little spot overlooking the Liffey. The combo of sashimi to start and steak with salad for mains sounds like a fine way to fill up without falling off the wagon.
Pablo Picante at Clarendon Market. You might not expect a burrito joint to feature on a 'healthy eating list' but in January Pablo Picante announced the arrival of the 'El Fresco Paleo Box' at their Clarendon Street outlet and it's a tasty looking box of goodness.
Fighter Food. This is a home delivery service where you can get 12 paleo and low carb meals delivered to your door €90. They're popular with top UFC fighter Cathal Pendred. And, well, have you seen him? We're not going to argue.
Steak. Any paleo enthusiast worth their salt know it's not hard to eat out on the paleo diet, you just flock to the nearest steakhouse. Our pick for this is South William Street's Bear. All their sides are sold separately so you can choose buttered leeks or a side salad and avoid arguments with the waiter about whether or not he can swap the fries for something else. Just don't cave in when he offers you the 'millionaire fries'.
Bunsen Burger on Wexford Street has a paleo option involving lettuce instead of a bun. It's a nice touch which gives the anti-bread brigade the chance to sample their excellent burgers. They have sweet potato fries too which will please the paleoists even more.
With paleo fans using their 'cheat meals' when they go out for a fancy dinner not many high end restaurants are heavy on the healthy options. The exception is Rustic Stone where Dylan McGrath is bucking the trend by giving healthy food the five star treatment.


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Financial Firms Turn to Artificial Intelligence to Handle Compliance Overload
(This is part of a series of stories on "big data" and compliance. The first story is here and the second is here.)
Faced with a proliferation of regulations since the financial crisis, banks have added tens of thousands of compliance officers but are now turning to artificial intelligence technology to stay on top of the ever-changing regulatory landscape.
Whether it's being used to help with anti-money laundering programs, know-your-customer checks, sanctions list monitoring, billing fraud oversight or other general compliance functions, proponents say artificial intelligence can improve efficiency, weed out false-positive results, cut costs and make better use of workers' time and company resources.
"Since 2008 they have been throwing people at the problem but that is not sustainable," said Mallinath Sengupta, chief executive of NextAngles, a company that uses artificial intelligence to help banks handle their compliance monitoring. The company created a natural language processing system to read through the legalese of regulations and reassemble the words into a set of computer-understandable rules. "There are millions of transactions going through, which ones are compliant, which are not? If you have to figure that out on an individual basis, that's an onerous task," he said.
For example, large banks may have to wade through 300,000 cash transactions of $10,000 or more every month as part of their anti-money laundering programs. The vast majority of these cases are false-positives, but that still leaves around 1,000 or so cases to be investigated. "Each of those investigations takes a couple of hours…what a colossal waste that is," said Mr. Sengupta. "Why do we need people for this?" Using AI-driven programs to determine what cases need investigation allows compliance people to use their expertise "to resolve the case in a very short time."
A survey of 424 senior executives from financial services and fintech companies released in March by law firm Baker McKenzie found 49% of respondents said they expected their organization to use AI as part of its risk assessment process within the next three years. Twenty-nine percent expected it would be used in know-your-customer and anti-money laundering monitoring and 26% expected it would be used to help with regulation and risk and compliance.
Darren Williams, executive vice president and chief risk officer at United Bankshares, said the costs in manpower and resources to sift through information to help the government fight money laundering and terrorist financing are substantial, so banks are looking to artificial intelligence to help them analyze transactions for suspicious behavior.
The bank is hopeful artificial intelligence will help it reduce inefficiency in its monitoring processes from 95% to 50% or less, said Mr. Williams, whose bank is involved in a trial use of NextAngles' technology. "Taking it from 95% to 90% isn't going to do a whole lot of good," he said. "If we took that 95% to 50% it would be real close to a 30% to 40% cost savings for us."
Joy Dasgupta, senior vice president of marketing at Rage Frameworks, which provides knowledge-based document interpretation services, said banks have to deal with several hundred regulatory changes each month that they need to adopt immediately, and must compile information from many different sources. Each bank also needs to have a system that provides total auditability so they can see who did what, and when.
As each bank wants the information delivered in a way that often is unique to the systems it has in place, she said artificial intelligence technology has to be very context-specific. It has to be able to quickly switch from anti-money laundering monitoring to a know-your-customer investigation, and be scaleable for large banks and small banks. The systems need to be configurable, intuitive and logic-driven, said Ms. Dasgupta, and need a platform or technology that can handle structured data, semi-structured data and unstructured data, because all three come together in compliance.
Artificial intelligence is playing a role in the area of wealth management, where OpenFinance is taking data from multiple sources, analyzing and aggregating it, then distributing it to banks and financial institutions. The technology allows the company to access information from several hundred institutions, put it into a "common language" so it can be worked on, then return it to each institution in the form they want, said Edward Loughran, a managing director at the company.
This allows OpenFinance to handle data about investment portfolios, asset management and various transactions and, by using a common nomenclature, lets bank compliance departments have access to more data to help them understand who is most likely to be affected by new rules and which parts of the business are most affected, said Lloyd Oestreicher, a company managing director. "We make sure they can consume it in way without knowing where it came from," he said.
Dan Donovan, vice president of financial services at Lavastorm, a software company developing analytic data processes to help bridge the gap between an organization's technology people and business people, said AI can help eliminate project bottlenecks. Making the process more agile will lessen the need to use what Mr. Donovan described as a traditional "waterfall approach" where the business people document the regulatory requirements and then toss everything to a "disconnected tech team to develop some functionality toward those requirements that they may not understand."
By automating the process of pulling together all the necessary data, companies can improve transparency and maintain better oversight over who is working with the data, said Mr. Donovan. "So when they are looking at a result that might end up in a regulatory report or financial statement, they have complete traceability back to the source system...instead of everybody having their own stuff," he said.
AI, in addition to being faster and more accurate, should make compliance easier, said Mr. Donovan. Banks spend much time and effort on comprehensive capital analysis and review--stress tests—only to have to duplicate the work for the next reporting period. "This approach makes that easier than just having separate analyses and silos that have to unroll and then roll back up to have a conversation with regulators," he said.
While the focus is on the financial sector, artificial intelligence can be used in areas such as telecommunications and pharmaceuticals, said Mr. Donovan. "There is nothing industry-specific about the way we think about these things," he said.
Write to Ben DiPietro at firstname.lastname@example.com, and follow him on Twitter @BenDiPietro1.


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In California, when a legally intoxicated driver is involved in a traffic crash, a criminal court can order the defendant to pay restitution to the victim. The victim is entitled to compensation for property damage, medical expenses, and lost wages. In DUI-related accident and injury cases, California criminal courts impose payment of restitution as a part or condition of probation. Restitution orders require a defendant to pay the victim a pre-determined amount calculated by the prosecutor's office, a victim assistance program, or the county's probation department.
In criminal law, the restitution amount is determined by the actual losses the victim can establish with documentary evidence. Thus, the amount of the restitution order is the amount owed the victim as a result of actual losses caused by the defendant's DUI-related criminal conduct. A victim who incurs professional fees (for lawyers and investigators, for example) is also entitled to recover those fees as part of the restitution. Assuming the defendant is insured, his or her insurance company typically compensates the victim, ending the restitution matter as far as the criminal court is concerned. Restitution orders cannot be discharged through bankruptcy.
Sometimes, a victim claims an amount above the insurance settlement figure. The criminal court is not limited by the insurance settlement, and it may require additional restitution to the victim if the claim is reasonable. The defendant is entitled to credit for any amount already paid by his insurance company. In some cases a defendant will have no insurance or insufficient insurance, or a victim may have additional losses not covered by insurance. If so, the victim may also file a personal injury claim against the defendant.
If you are accused in any DUI-related accident in southern California, you're going to need counsel and representation from an experienced Orange County DUI defense attorney. A good DUI defense lawyer will honestly explain how the law impacts your case and will fight aggressively for the best possible outcome. If you face any DUI-related charge in southern California – now or in the future – get immediate legal help. Consult an experienced Orange County DUI defense attorney promptly.


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Tony Judt is an intellectuals' intellectual. To review a book composed of his book reviews, which are often about other people who wrote a lot of book reviews, you feel you really ought to be sitting in a caf' on the Rive Gauche, smoking Gauloises and sipping Pernod.
In fact, you are more likely to encounter Judt in downtown Manhattan, where he directs the Erich Maria Remarque Centre at New York University. Readers of Postwar, his recent, critically acclaimed history of Europe since 1945, will know that he is a highly readable authority on sometimes unreadable west European (and especially French) intellectuals. What this new collection reveals, however, is how the Left Bank looks viewed from the West Village.
A regular reviewer for the unwaveringly liberal New York Review of Books, Judt is accustomed to writing for an elite American audience. At times, he is content to lead that audience in a liberal singalong. On page one of Reappraisals, he laments the years between the fall of the Berlin wall and "the catastrophic American occupation of Iraq" as "the years the locust ate: a decade and a half of wasted opportunity and political incompetence on both sides of the Atlantic". His parting shot is a call for "the left in Europe ... to reconstruct a case for the activist state". Ho hum.
Thankfully, Judt says these boring things only so his liberal readers drop their guard. Then he delivers the intellectual equivalent of a left hook. "The Jewish intellectuals of interwar and postwar Central Europe", he writes, "were especially drawn to Marxism ... 'Zydokomuna' ('Judeo-communism') may be an anti-Semitic term of abuse in Polish nationalist circles, but for a few crucial years it also described a reality." It takes nerve to write a sentence like that, especially in the NYRB.
The uppercut soon follows: "After 37 years of military occupation [of Gaza and the West Bank since 1967], Israel has gained nothing in security; it has lost everything in domestic civility and international responsibility; and it has forfeited the moral high ground forever."
And finally, a knockout punch: "Eric Hobsbawm is the most naturally gifted historian of our time; but rested and untroubled, he has somehow slept through the terror and the shame of the age."
Judt is by education (King's, Cambridge, 1966-1972) a man of the left. But, as his devastating verdict on Hobsbawm suggests, he reserves his harshest words for Marxist intellectuals, especially formerly line-toeing communists. Judt now understands what some people knew all along: "Some version of liberalism that accords the maximum of freedom and initiative in every sphere of life is the only possible option."
Judt is also by birth and upbringing a secular Jew; the descendant of Lithuanian rabbis, he spent his gap year on a kibbutz and even volunteered for the Israeli Defence Forces during the Six-Day war. But in this volume he bestows his highest praise on Edward Said, for decades the Palestinians' most vociferous spokesman in the US.
He even endorses Said's view that Israel should recognise the Palestinian refugees' "right of return" and become a "binational" state, shared equally between Jews and Arabs.
Many of the "rootless cosmopolitans" about whom Judt writes were uprooted by forces beyond their control. Judt is a cosmopolitan who has uprooted himself. He has lapsed not just once but twice: as a socialist and as a Zionist.
It is not surprising, then, that so many of Judt's heroes are what the Germans call Querdenker or contrarian thinkers: Arthur Koestler, Hannah Arendt and, especially, Albert Camus. The thread linking these intellectuals, in Judt's mind, was their readiness to question dogma, especially when they saw it used to justify violence. "Mistaken ideas always end in bloodshed," he (twice) quotes Camus, "but in every case it is someone else's blood."
As a rule, the Querdenker ends up with more enemies than friends. Certainly, Judt lost friends by criticising Israel. But he is clearly a man with the courage of his (new) convictions. He abhors bloodshed but relishes a verbal fight. You sense that he rather admires Koestler for (as one contemporary recalled) being "capable of reciting the truths of the multiplication table in a way to make some people indignant with him".
Judt certainly has a wonderful eye for the telling quotation. Here, in all its awfulness, is the snobbery of the London left circa 1970, as exemplified by Sonia Orwell at a dinner party: "Auschwitz, oh dear, no! That person was never in Auschwitz. Only in some very minor death camp."
Also beautifully captured is the pompous, overblown style that EP Thompson favoured in debate: "There was a time when you, and the causes for which you stood, were present in our innermost thoughts," he wrote to the great Polish political philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, author of the definitive (and damning) Main Currents of Marxism. Kolakowski's withering riposte was entitled "My Correct Views on Everything".
Judt's deepest fear is that this world - that of the "free-standing intellectual" - is fading as fast as the Marxist ideology that was its principal talking point. Nothing, in his view, can be done to salvage Marxism. But Judt would love to preserve the milieu within which it was discussed - though I can't help feeling that intellectuals without Marxism are a bit like jazz musicians without cigarette smoke.
Like all collections of essays, this one has its duds. On the fall of France in 1940 Judt is beta-double-plus at best. Ditto the piece on the Cuban missile crisis. There is disappointingly little insight in the 1998 critique of Henry Kissinger. And, apart from one slightly funny line ("Blair ... is the gnome in England's Garden of Forgetting"), the piece on New Labour's Britain is off-key.
The discrepancy between these and the many straight alpha essays is easily explained. When Judt writes about generals, politicians and statesmen, he is playing away from home, far from his familiar bohemian haunts. Try as he may, he simply cannot empathise with the men of action who actually make history.
It is only as a reviewer of those who themselves review - the denizens of the caf's, not the situation rooms - that the intellectuals' intellectual excels.
Are nations really like people?


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women's fiction, novella, non-fiction, articles, fiction, historical, NF: How to write/edit/publish, creative non-fiction, NF: history/war/politics, inspirational/spiritual, NF: religion, romance, NF: travel/photography, NF: cook, food, wine, beer, spirits, short stories


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Bodily Movement
"Walking return the body to its original limits again, to something supple, sensitive, and vulnerable, but walking itself extends into the world as do those tools that augment the body. The path is an extension of walking, the places set aside for walking are monuments to that pursuit, and walking is a mode of making the world as well as being in it. Thus the waling body can be traced in the places it has made, paths, parks, and sidewalks are traces of the acting out of imagination and desire; walking sticks, shoes, maps, canteens, and backpacks are further material results of that desire. Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world" (Solnit. 2001: p.29).
The last part of the Mark Johnson quotation that I have been drawing upon for this section of the writing cites 'bodily movement' as one of the capacities within which meaning and thought emerge. By this I take him to mean that moving is a coherent, organised activity involving a set of eidetic invariants which give the act of moving a schematic structure. The structured cognition that represents the act of moving is then available for repurposing such that other kinds of conceptual content can be organised using this structure. Later in this writing I will indicate some examples of how this might work.
Some of the particular structures that moving provides emerge from the way perception changes as the body moves through space. A walk through a forest or through a city causes the sights before one's eyes to change from a single static viewpoint to a seeing that is set in motion; trees come into new alignments as one passes them and the pebble on the path up ahead grows in size as the body moves toward it. The sounds of those birds on the fence to your left becomes the sounds of birds behind you, growing quieter and quieter as you proceed until their song is lost among the approaching sound of cars on the road up ahead.
SOLNIT, R. (2001). Wanderlust: a history of walking. London, Verso.
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in case you haven't seen this:
I think, though, that the visual does not exhaust the perceptual aspects implicated in this project, again, the holistic handicap perhaps
but I find the idea of alignment of the vertical (interrelational or synchronic) and horizontal (temporal) dimensions of structures pretty intriguing
as in the parallel operations of perception, object manipulation, and bodily movement
with their conjoint matrix of schemas,


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If you did not file taxes or if your address has changed from the time that you filed your taxes please use the 4506-t form to request either your Verification of Non-Filing letter or a copy of your tax return transcript to be sent to another address.
Availability of Funds: The college will not have enough money from SEOG, Work-study, and SSIG funds to meet the requirements of all students who show financial need. Students who meet the priority date application requirements and who enrolled on a full-time basis will receive priority (first) consideration. Students who do not meet the priority date and/or who enroll on a less than full-time basis will be considered for these funds as available.
Types of Aid Offered:
Grants are educational funding that does not have to be repaid after graduation. Federal Pell Grants are awarded through participating institutions to students with financial need who have not received their first bachelor's degree. More information about Federal Grants can be found online at https://www.csi.edu/financial-aid/grants.aspx
A student loan is money for educational expenses that must be paid back with interest. Student loans can help you meet today's education expenses, but they will also bind you to a future of financial commitment that can last as long as 10 years. That's why it's important to fully understand your rights and responsibilities as a borrower before you take out a loan. More information about student loans can be found online at https://www.csi.edu/financial-aid/loans.aspx
College Work-Study is a federal and state-funded need-based program for those students who have applied for and are determined to be eligible for this program. More information about the College Work-Study program can be found online at https://www.csi.edu/financial-aid/work-study.aspx
Financial Aid Disbursement
All Financial Aid awards are automatically applied towards tuition and fees, room and board. CSI disburses financial aid funds in excess of these charges to the student (or borrowing parent in case of Plus loans). With the student's permission, CSI can apply excess Federal Financial Aid funds (the amount left over after paying tuition/fees and room/board) towards other educationally related charges. These charges may include: traffic/parking fines, child care fees, library fines, Student Health fees, late fees, reinstatement fees, and returned check charges, etc. Students can fill out an Authorization for the Deduction of Miscellaneous Charges form to have miscellaneous charges deducted from their Federal Financial Aid.
Verification is a federal process that selects approximately 30% of all students who file for federal financial aid to verify or prove the accuracy of the information that was reported on the FAFSA form. When a student is selected for Verification the College of Southern Idaho will require the Verification Worksheet be completed (if the student is a dependent student, at least one parent must sign this form along with the student), a signed copy of the federal tax form, and a copy of all W-2's. If the student is considered a dependent for Federal financial aid purposes, the student will also need to provide a signed copy of the parent's federal tax form and W-2's.
Revisions to Federal financial aid awards are not uncommon. Sometimes your family may have a change in circumstances, such as a parental change of employment, additional expenses, or emergency situations. Or you may wish to tailor your award to suit your individual needs, as with higher work-study and less loan money.
We recognize that each student's situation is unique, so please communicate your special requests to our office so we may determine the appropriate documentation that must be submitted to take your special circumstances into consideration. Once the appropriate documentation is received and processed, we will make every attempt to grant your request, provided funds are available.
By the federal definition, a student is allowed to apply for Federal financial aid without reporting parental income or other information and who does not need to have their parental signatures on the financial aid forms if-
All students are required to meet CSI's Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress in order to receive and maintain eligibility for financial aid funds. Students must meet all standards (General Requirements, GPA Requirements, Completion Rate Requirements, and Maximum Credit Hour Requirements) in order to initially be eligible for, and maintain eligibility for financial aid. The standards of eligibility for some scholarships or awards may differ as defined by the awarding agency or department from which the award was made. Students lose their federal financial aid eligibility when: They fail to make/maintain satisfactory academic progress.
Once placed on suspension, there are several options for a student to re-establish eligibility for financial aid.
In order to appeal, you must first present the Satisfactory Progress Appeal including a detailed statement explaining your extenuating circumstances along with third-party documentation verifying your claim. The Satisfactory Progress Appeal can be found online here. The Financial Aid office will review your statement and documentation to determine if your extenuating circumstances have merit. If your extenuating circumstances are deemed to have merit, you will be granted the ability to complete step two of the appeal. If it is determined that your extenuating circumstances and/or documentation are invalid your appeal will be denied.
Step two of the appeal requires that you complete an academic plan with your major advisor. Access to the online academic plan is granted by the Financial Aid Office pending review of the student's extenuating circumstances. Approval/denial of the Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal will be dependent on your academic plan and your ability to meet the terms of Satisfactory Academic Progress, therefore, receiving initial approval of extenuating circumstances does not guarantee that your appeal will be approved. Incomplete appeals/documentation will be denied.
Additionally, students who are found to owe a repayment of Federal financial aid and/or are not in good standing on a previous student loan will lose their eligibility for the current year and all proceeding years until the repayment and/or default are satisfactorily resolved.
Yes, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 reduced the duration of a student's eligibility to receive Federal Pell Grant from 18 full-time semesters (or its equivalent) to 12 full-time semesters (or its equivalent). This change is effective with the 2012-2013 Award year and applies to all Federal Pell Grant eligible students.
Yes, Undergraduate students (students working on a degree below a Master's) are held to the following lifetime limits-
Dependent Students=$31,000 (up to $23,000 may be subsidized)
Independent Students=$57,000 (up to $23,000 may be subsidized).
With this information in mind, it's very important for students to budget and plan appropriately for continuing their studies beyond CSI. Additionally, graduate and professional students (those working on a degree beyond a bachelor) are ineligible for Federal Direct Subsidized Loan under the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Satisfactory Academic Progress: For Federal financial aid purposes students are expected to meet satisfactory academic progress each year in order to initially establish and maintain their future eligibility for Federal financial aid. This standard is outlined on the satisfactory academic policy page online at https://www.csi.edu/financial-aid/satisfactory-academic-progress-policy.aspx
Entrance Counseling: All Direct Loan borrowers receiving student loans through the College of Southern Idaho, for the first time, must complete the online Entrance Counseling before their student loans can be disbursed. Students who have completed an entrance counseling session at CSI previously do not need to repeat an entrance counseling session. The Entrance Counseling can be completed online at https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action
Loan Repayment: Contact the Direct Loan Servicing Center at 1-800-848-0979 or visit the Direct Loans Website online at http://www.myedaccount.com for Direct Loan repayment information.


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Dylan and I were once again home together on a Sunday with the Ultimate Sports Wife still working on her dissertation. So rather than sit at home all day, I put him in the car and drove to U.S. Cellular Field for the afternoon game.
We paid $23 to park in the parking lot which is much easier than putting him in the stroller and taking the train to the Southside.
Beg, Borrow and Deal
I ended up buying a lower level seat for $20. The seat was in section 122, row 14.
Handicapped …
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It was a night off for everyone. Nicole was on campus continuing to work on her dissertation, so we had Nicole's cousin over to watch Dylan on Friday night. Thus, with the wife busy and the baby watched, I could do whatever I wanted. Since I am pretty one dimensional in my leisure time, I was off to the Chicago White Sox game.
Beg, Borrow and Deal
I took the train to U.S. Cellular Field and bought a $42 face value ticket for $10. It was more difficult than usual to buy …
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It was one of those days where nothing went as planned. First, the babysitter called me to cancel. That was fine since I could just bring the Ultimate Sports Baby to the Cubs game with me. Next, the Cubs postponed their game versus the Rockies after a 54 minute rain delay (game was finally postponed at 2:15 pm). Ugh! Not only could I not go to the Cubs game, I had to take care of Dylan for the entire day with no sporting event to …
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Once again I received free tickets to Monday night's game since Cubs tickets are worthless thus far this season. If you have been hesitating to attend a Cubs game because you think it will be too costly, you will most likely get in for $5 or less. Less meaning, most likely somebody will just give you a ticket as you wander around Wrigley Field.
Colorado Rockies at Chicago Cubs
Weather was bad again at Wrigley Field as the game time temperature was 43 degrees and it only got colder from there. Starlin …
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As I wrote three weeks ago, I love April doubleheaders including Wrigley Field and the United Center. It's even better when it includes a playoff game.
Nicole was back working on her dissertation since it is due in about a week. So the Ultimate Sports Baby's first Easter Sunday was spent at Wrigley Field. However, this time he had a play date as one of our friends were there with their 16 month old.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs
The Dodgers scored 5 runs in the first inning which proved to be …
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Today was father-son day. Nicole was teaching skating in the morning and driving straight to Northwestern's Sociology department so she could continue working on her dissertation. This meant the Ultimate Sports Baby and I had the day to ourselves.
Of course, Dylan slept through the first three innings of the game (and there was no way I would wake a sleeping baby today) so we got to the Cubs game in the 4th inning. However, rather than sit in his stroller, he cried until I took him out and let him …
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The Cubs game was delayed for 74 minutes before the first pitch which gave Ashvin Lad and I time to go to Irish Oak before the game. Irish Oak is the only Irish pub in Wrigleyville and during a cold, rainy day is the perfect bar.
Today's game was miserable all the way around. The game time temperature was 41 degrees, the Dodgers scored 6 runs in the top of the 3rd on their way to an 8-0 lead, and the game did not end until nearly 6 pm. …
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Since I had tickets for the second game, but would not receive a refund, I walked home in order to get re-organized and change the Ultimate Sports Baby. Plus, by re-entering Wrigley Field, I could finally receive a promotion – the Tyler Colvin bobblehead. This was probably the main reason the Cubs kept the games as a separate ticket so fans from Tuesday night could get their prize. But, people need to stop being so lame about collecting promotional items. It is mostly junk you will probably throw out at …
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Rain caused Tuesday night's Cubs game to be rescheduled to Wednesday night setting up a day-night doubleheader. This was one of the first times I had not planned to attend a Cubs game, but was able to after the game was postponed. I brought the Ultimate Sports Baby to the first game of the day in what turned out to be a scheduling nightmare for the Cubs.
First, even thought the Cubs scheduled the night game for 6:05 pm they never rescheduled the first game as they should have. …
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It was the Ultimate Sports Baby and my last day in the Bay Area. Our flight back to Chicago left from Oakland at 6:10 pm. Thus, I planned to attend the Oakland Athletics afternoon game before flying back to Chicago Sunday evening. My parents, brother, his girlfriend and her three kids were all attending the game. We had to buy tickets from the box office since we needed eight tickets. First, we needed room to spread out and second, scalpers usually do not have eight together for a cheap price. …


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About me
I am a Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology primarily based at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. I qualified with distinction from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2006 and undertook a wide range of clinical training in general medicine working across London's leading teaching hospitals.
I have extensive experience across all branches of neurophysiology having trained at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Royal Free Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital. I won the Lord Adrian prize in Clinical Neurophysiology in my first year of specialist training for my work on sedation monitoring, and remain actively involved in research, training and quality improvement projects.
I have particular expertise in peripheral nerve injuries, nerve entrapment, neuro-muscular diseases and epilepsy. I work across all age ranges and strive to make the experience of neurophysiological tests as pleasant as possible.
Areas of interest
Nerve conduction studies and Electromyography ( NCS/EMG)
Evoked Potentials (SSEP, MEP, ERG, VEP, BSAEP)
Electroencephalography (Routine, Sleep Deprived, Video-Telemetry, Ambulatory)
Medical secretaries
- Sarah Freilich
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External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Research interests
Nerve entrapment neuropathies including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Ulnar Neuropathies - their symptoms, treatment response and correlation with Neurophysiological testing;
Quality assurance and improvement in Neurophysiology services;
Quantitative EEG methods;
Sleep medicine
Awards received
Adrian Prize in Clinical Neurophysiology 2012
View videos on youtube
- Introduction to Nerve Conduction and EMG studies
- Preparing for a Nerve Conduction Study and EMG
- Practical demonstration of some Nerve Conduction Studies and EMG
- Introduction to EEG
- What to expect during an EEG
- What to expect during Evoked Potentials
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Ulnar neuropathy at the Elbow explained
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Foot Drop
- Nerve Conduction Study / EMG Medical Student Tutorials
- Small Fibre Neuropathy
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Chronic Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Morton's Neuroma
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
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- Quick Carpal Tunnel Nerve Conduction Test
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sciatica
- Scapular Winging
- Benign Fasciculation Syndrome
- Inclusion Body Myositis
- Inflammatory Myositis (Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Necrotising Myositis)
- BSc(Hons) Imperial College, London 2004
- MBBS(Dist) Imperial College, London 2006
- MRCP(UK) Royal College Physicians, London 2009
GMC registration
Reference number 6148825
Details of entry to specialist register
- Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015
Affiliations / memberships
British Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Practice hours
Appt Bookings
- Wellington Hospital, NW8 9LE
- Monday
- 09:00 - 11:00
- 020 7483 5017
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In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details
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Chugg Entertainment have recently announced the exciting details of a rock n' roll tour for early 2013 that will get your heart pumping. Not one but two legendary rock n' roll bands sharing the bill – rock fans of all ages are going to want to be in this audience.
Deep Purple formed in 1968 and have released iconic hits including Black Night, Smoke On The Water, Hush, Perfect Strangers, Knocking At Your Backdoor and Space Truckin'. Smoke On The Water is a hit well known by music lovers of all ages from all over the world and this year it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
With a career spanning so many decades and having amassed so many 'classic' songs the setlist would be a hotly debated subject with fans, and a difficult aspect of the tour for the band to finalise as well I would imagine because, much as you might like to, you just can't play everything.
2013 is going to be a huge year for Deep Purple! They have been nominated for the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they will be performing the Australia/New Zealand tour and … February 2013 will see the release of a Deep Purple album of brand new material.
The part of this I find it the most difficult to comprehend is that this will be Deep Purple's first tour of Australia and New Zealand – in over 40 years and this will be their first Australia/New Zealand tour. That tells me that these tickets will go ultra quick with fans of all generations vying for a chance to be in the audience.
Deep Purple won't be traveling alone, they are bringing San Franciscan rockers Journey along.
Journey is among the most popular American rock bands of all time, famous for creating songs like Anyway You Want It, Faithfully, Open Arms and the extremely well known and soundtrack friendly Don't Stop Believin'. Their Greatest Hits album went Platinum 15 times and since their inception in 1973 Journey has celebrated 19 Top 40 singles as well as 25 Gold and Platinum albums in the US.
The 2011 Billboard Touring Awards saw Journey awarded the impressive 'Legend of Live Award' for their commitment to the fans and art of performing live. Their 2011 Eclipse World Tour drew almost a million fans and was ranked in the Top 15 Tours of the year.
Deep Purple and Journey are two legendary rock acts that have stood the test of time and created the musical soundtrack of so many people's adventure from childhood into adulthood, their songs have been their on the good days and through the heartbreak and there are going to be fans of all ages itching to relive some of those memories as well as basking in the new material.
Tickets to all shows go on sale at 9am (local time) on Monday, 12 November 2012.
Tour Details
Sunday, 24 February, 2013
Vector Arena, Auckland
www.ticketmaster.co.nz or
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Tuesday, 26 February, 2013
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
www.ticketek.com.au or
132 849
Friday, 1 March, 2013
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
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Saturday, 2 March, 2013
Sydney Entertainment Centre
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136 100
Monday, 4 March, 2013
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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Thursday, 7 March, 2013
Perth Arena
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