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As part of the 2014 Budget the New Zealand Government announced changes to paid parental leave (PPL) provisions.
This post is quite full of dates and $$$$, but if you are expecting a baby any time soon hang on in there as there may just be some good news for you.
From 01 July 2014 the maximum payment for eligible employees and self-employed persons increased from $488.17 to $504.10 gross per week. The minimum parental leave payment for self-employed persons increased from $137.50 to $142.50 gross per week.
The current 14 weeks of paid parental leave will be extended from 14 to 16 weeks from 01 April 2015 and will be extended to 18 weeks from 01 April 2016.
In addition from 01 April 2016 the eligibility of paid parental leave will also be expanded to include caregivers other than parents (for example, permanent guardians) and to extend payments to people in less regular work (for example, seasonal and casual workers) or who recently changed jobs.
Some flexibility will also be introduced to parental leave to allow, for example an employee to attend a course for work, an occasional day.
For babies born after 01 April 2015, the government will increase the Parental Tax Credit from $150.00 to $220.00 per week, and extend the payment period from 8 to 10 weeks. (a person can claim either Paid Parental Leave or the Parental Tax Credit, not both).
So, you made it to the end, yay! What do you think? Do you think these changes go far enough? How long do you think Paid Parental Leave should be in New Zealand?


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Financial Aid
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The value of a Dominican education extends well beyond the college years and making an investment in a Dominican education is one of the most important and worthwhile decisions you and your family will make. Yet, financing education and managing college costs can seem challenging. The good news is Dominican students receive significant financial support from a variety of sources including Dominican scholarships and grants, federal and state grants, federal and private loans, work-study, and external agency support. In fact, more than 75% of students at Dominican receive aid to help manage college costs, and more than 90% of undergraduate first year students receive scholarship or grant aid.
We are here to help! The staff in University's Office of Financial Aid endeavors to guide students and families through one of the most complex aspects of college enrollment—managing college costs. Please read this information carefully and check back before each term as there may be changes which may impact your financial aid, such as changes to federal and state laws and or budgets.
Meet the Staff of the Office of Financial Aid.
News and Updates
Starting on October 1, 2019, students and their families may begin submitting the FAFSA for the 2020 - 2021 academic year. The FAFSA must be submitted prior to March 2, 2020 in order for the student to be considered for all types of financial aid.
Submit your FAFSA here. Or, for general information, visit our FAFSA Information page.
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The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of a man who, while fleeing the cops in October of 2012, caused a seven-car crash that killed a woman. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Moore.
On the date in question, two undercover Brockton police detectives were investigating illegal drug activity in the city. When they saw an SUV driven by the defendant roll through a stop sign, they decided to stop him. The detectives illuminated the emergency lights on their undercover police vehicle and parked in front of the defendant. They shouted "stop, police" multiple times at the defendant but he quickly drove away, hitting the police vehicle as he attempted to escape. The defendant weaved in and out of rush hour traffic and sped into the intersection of Quincy and Centre Streets, slamming his SUV into the driver's side of a Jaguar being driven by the victim. The defendant's SUV flew into the air and the accident caused a massive explosion. At least five other cars were also involved in the collision and the driver of the Jaguar was killed. The defendant fled on foot but was caught nearby. His SUV contained an Event Data Retrieval System (commonly known as a black box), which revealed his vehicle was traveling 64 miles per hour one second before the accident.
The defendant testified at trial that immediately before the police tried to stop him, he was on his way to participate in a drug transaction. He noticed the cops' undercover vehicle and became concerned someone was trying to block his car in order to rob him. The defendant testified he panicked and drove away, believing his life was in harm's way. While he eventually saw the police lights behind him as he was driving toward the intersection, he testified he didn't know to react and "froze up." He said it was not his intention to evade the police. The jury convicted the defendant of second-degree murder and he was sentenced to life in prison (with the possibility of parole). He appealed and the Appeals Court affirmed his conviction.
The defendant's primary argument on appeal was the Commonwealth had failed to prove the elements of second-degree murder, which requires a showing the defendant acted with malice. Malice is present when a defendant: intends to kill the victim; intends to cause grievous bodily harm to the victim; or commits an intentional act which, in the circumstances known to the defendant, a reasonable person would have recognized would create a plain and strong likelihood of death. The defendant was prosecuted under the third prong of malice, and he argued a reasonable person would not have understood his conduct created a plain and strong likelihood of death. Instead, argued the defendant, he should have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter, which requires only that the defendant's conduct was wanton and reckless and involved a high degree of likelihood that substantial harm would result to another. The Appeals Court ruled the Commonwealth had proven the defendant acted with malice, thereby justifying the murder conviction. The Court said evidence of a high-speed chase through busy streets at rush hour resulting in a high-impact collision should have convinced the defendant his conduct created a plain and strong likelihood of death. Accordingly, the second-degree murder conviction was upheld along with the life sentence.
This case is unusual. In most cases like this in Massachusetts, the defendant is charged with felony motor vehicle homicide or involuntary manslaughter.


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First published in 1970, this selection of Fielding's criticism is an important contribution to our understanding of Fielding and his age. It directs considerable light upon Fielding's own critical views, with regard both to his own works and to eighteenth-century life and literature at large. The volume includes many of Fielding's well-known and important statements on literature, society and morals, as well as many which are now difficult to obtain. The selection presents the full range of Fielding's criticism, showing the relations between his statements concerning literature and his opinions on other matters, and drawing on the complete body of his work. The editor has provided a large-scale analytical introduction.
1. The Theatre 2. Colley Cibber: Prince of Dunces 3. The Art of Criticism 4. Pertaining to Grub Street 5. The Laws of Good Writing 6. On Wit and Humour 7. Approbations 8. The Jacobite's Journal 9. The 'New Province of Writing'
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As Elizabeth and I plan to make pancakes (gluten-free and grain-free varieties this year) for dinner this Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Tuesday as it's known in our household), I'm also preparing myself spiritually for the beginning of Lent.
Tomorrow morning I'll attend the Ash Wednesday Imposition of Ashes with the kind folks of Blessed Trinity Anglican as we meet together in Father Acker's home in Alpine. (Message me if you'd like to come, and I'll give you the directions. It's mind-blowing and soul-blowing ancient worship!)
I have my Lenten fast decided and my Lenten additions ready. I don't usually tell either one publicly--only my family knows so that they can help keep me accountable.
A few years ago, I had continued all year with the previous Lent's addition of The One Year Book of Hymns to my Compline prayer time before bed each night, last night's hymn struck me, and I want to share it here as well as copy it into my Common Place Book (quotation journal) as it expresses many of the reasons why Lent is my favorite time of year:
Lenten Hymn
by Claudia Frances Hernaman (1838-1898)
Lord, who through these forty days
For us did fast and pray,
Teach us with Thee to mourn our sins,
And close by Thee to stay.
As Thou with Satan didst contend
And didst the victory win,
O give us strength in Thee to fight,
In Thee to conquer sin.
As Thou didst hunger bear and thirst,
So teach us, gracious Lord,
To die to self, and chiefly live
By Thy most holy Word.
And through these days of penitence,
And through Thy Passiontide,
Yea, evermore, in life and death,
Jesus! with us abide.
Abide with us, that so this life
Of suffering overpast,
An Easter of unending joy
We may attain at last!
The Scripture verses accompanying this hymn in this devotional is Mark 1:11-12 from The Living Bible:
"Immediately the Holy Spirit urged Jesus into the desert. There, for forty days, alone except for desert animals, he was subjected to Satan's temptations to sin. And afterwards the angels came and cared for him."
So Lent consists of the forty days before the Resurrection, not including Sundays (which are always a celebration of the Resurrection) and thus Lent parallels the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness before starting his earthly ministry.
Lent prepares our hearts for the joy of Easter--the celebration of the Resurrection of our Living and Loving Lord. How can we truly celebrate without suffering just a little first? Through fasting and prayer, we draw closer to the heart of the One who loved us first.
Can we fast and pray at any time? Sure. But do we? Not enough--or at least, I know that I don't fast and pray enough. Lent reminds me to do so, to allow the Holy Spirit into the dark corners of my soul and do a spiritual "spring cleaning," showing me my sin so that I may confess it and be cleansed.
To read more about Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, and Lent you may read my post On Lent using this hyperlink or by going to the "On Lent" page beneath my blog header.
I wish you all a Holy and Blessed Lent as we all draw closer to our Lord and King!


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After a long though whether I need to buy this jacket or not, I'm finally purchase this basic blazer from Zalora. I think this will be a good investment in my closet since its color is black, a must have item.
It made me took a long time to decide because I will rarely wear this jacket, since I'm going to office only wearing a casual outfit, I'm possibly wear this jacket to the church or a formal occasion. It's really that OK to buy the jacket, since we women buy things not because we 99,99% need the stuff but we may need it in the future, right? XD
I was planned to make 2 version of this coordination, the feminine and the tomboy, but then it come out only feminine one. LOL. I will really take this feminine coordination to go to church or attending a wedding party, but I will pairing sneakers shoes and slim fit jeans to go to office. So, here's the outfit photo who taken by my one and only photographer Hendra Faerae.
Basic Jacket - EZRA BY ZALORA
Lace Peplum Top - Cloth Inc
Black Flower Legging - Gaudi
Cream Clutch - Elizabeth
Addison Strap Shoes - Cubique ( Berrybenka )


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JUNE SCHEDULE is out!!
Dancehall lovers and dance enthusiasts, I am excited to announce our class schedule for June 2015!
Due to popular demand, "Female Steps Only" is back for 2 sessions. We will also integrate a little more of freestyling techniques into some classes because it is important to nurture this skill. Join us any time of the year as all classes are drop ins! From Old School to Dancehall Theatre… my Tue and Thurs classes are all about growth, fun, and creative explorations!
PS: Please note I am now only teaching on Tuesdayz and Thursdayz in London/UK.


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In case you missed all the discussions on Facebook and elsewhere on the internet, NPR has just published one of its reader polls, this time on the The Top Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.
The list can be found here on NPR's web site. Well worth a look, if only to see what the current generation thinks is worthwhile, and perhaps most important, to discover what goodies you might have overlooked.
Reading the list, you'll run through the same emotions as did many of the hundreds of readers who posted comments. "Oh, good, my favorite!" "What! I can't believe that made it onto the list!" "Why did this get left out?" "Why did so-and-so get five books, and my favorite only got one or none?" "Why did they pick that book by this author, instead of the other one?" "Too many new books" "Too many old books" "Where's Harry Potter/A Wrinkle in Time/Narnia? [for the record, this list specifically excluded books published for children, regardless of how many adults love them!]"
I was pleased but not even a little bit surprised by the title at the very top of the list, nor should anyone be surprised who has been paying attention to lists of this kind for the past decade or so. As I read on, somewhere in the first 25 or 30 titles I began feeling that I was reading an assigned summer reading list, and suspected that people were voting for these more because they were "important" classics, rather than actual favorites of the voters (does anyone still read Orwell's Animal Farm? Even in High School English?). And like many, I wondered why some authors' book series were listed and voted on individually (books from Discworld and Pern) while others got entire series treated as one book (The Wheel of Time, The Dark Tower and a couple more).
But overall, I found it to be an excellent mix of Golden Age classics and established new writers, a good thumbnail portrait of speculative fiction for the last hundred years.
When you're done gloating and arguing over this list–and, I hope, marking down a few more good reads you've missed so far–take a look at the other list: the first one, the one that I and over 60,000 others voted on. It's a much longer list, and has a lot of goodies on it that will give you many, many more reading choices. NPR has kindly left it up on their site, you can find it and print it out, here.
Now try to choose just TEN from that original voting list. That's what we all had to do in order to vote. Just ten out of hundreds!
For the record, my picks, as well as I can remember several weeks after voting. (The last 4 were also contending in my mind with favorites by Bujold, Gaiman and Willis, but I think I ended up picking these in the end, with much anguish over having to leave off the others!)
- The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Acts Of Caine Series, by Matthew Woodring Stover
- The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
- Watchmen, by Alan Moore
- The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
- Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
- Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
- The City And The City, by China Mieville


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One of the most fantastic ways to become a responsible traveller is to go off the beaten track. For example, you can benefit so many people economically by checking out Dublin's International Theatre Festival instead of Edinburgh's (and you are more likely to get a ticket too!). Go hiking in France's Mercantour National Park instead of the Pyrenees National Park. Or head for the Isle of Wight's superb surf instead of the burgeoning surf parks of Cornwall. In Ireland, discover the limestone karst wonders of The Burren, County Clare, instead of heading straight for the Giant's Causeway on the Antrim Coast. Instead of just following Staffordshire's motorway signs to spend a long, crowded day at Alton Towers, go off-road and spend a few days walking in its surrounding hills, otherwise known as the Peak District. The former is overrated, and the latter is most definitely underrated.
These are just a few of my personal favourites, but a new book from travel guide publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel, called The Road Less Travelled, has given us 1000 more such alternatives.
Exposing some of the most popular travel hotspots as over-rated, over-visited and over-priced, here are a few of The Road Less Travelled favourites:
• Try Isla de Sol, Bolivia instead of Machu Picchu
• Visit the Western Ugandan Reserves instead of the more obvious Kruger
National Park in South Africa
• Avoid over-priced Amazon tours, few of which are even located on the river, and head for the breathtaking Orinoco River in Southern Venezuala instead
• Dive into undiscovered corners of favourite cities and experience their less-obvious gems, such as fabulous boutiques in New York's NoHo
In full colour, with loads of gorgeous photography, this is a coffee table must, as well as an inspirational source of travel ideas.
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It is only reasonable for consumers to put a great deal of trust into a pharmaceutical product, especially one that's supposed to be reputable. Unfortunately, sometimes Rhode Island residents are negatively affected by a drug that has been incorrectly prescribed or is defective.
This appeared to be the case regarding a generic form of birth control pills, which recently prompted a lawsuit against the drug company Qualitest Pharmaceuticals. Lawyers representing 113 women from numerous states filed the lawsuit in a Philadelphia court. The case alleges the birth control pills were defectively designed, packaged and distributed to patients, resulting in numerous unplanned pregnancies.
The company issued a voluntary recall of numerous batches of the pills in 2011. This was due to a packaging error that oriented the tablets in a position that could have resulted in women taking a sugar pill at the wrong time in their monthly cycles, instead of the hormone pills that would have prevented pregnancy. Some of the women are seeking damages up to the full cost of raising a child to age 18, including education costs.
A spokesman from the drug company said that the recall was voluntary, was based on a miniscule number of pill packages and occurred several years ago. Other lawsuits based on the same recall had previously been unsuccessful.
Despite the outcome of the lawsuit, the case illustrates how a manufacturing or packaging error could have a devastating impact on patients who are relying on their effectiveness. In such cases, victims might wish to pursue compensation.
Source: The Huffington Post, "Women Sue Birth Control Company, Claiming They Got Pregnant From Mislabeled Pills," Kim Bellware, Nov. 12, 2015


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I've been relatively MIA on the whole Bill Cosby rape allegations issue. Mostly because, as heartbreaking as it is to hear the dozens of stories of abuse and manipulation pour out, I'm not surprised. The insurgent pockets of doubt or victim blaming come as no surprise me either.
When I wrote about Ray Rice over the summer, I made it clear that Rice was never really the issue, domestic violence was. The same goes here. Bill Cosby is a serial rapist in a country that has many serial rapists. He may be today's poster child, but he is not alone. Wyatt Cenac talked about this a little in a stand-up set a few weeks ago:
We can be mad at Cosby, but let's take this s— further, because we live in a country … [that's] done pretty well by rape," Cenac said. "We live in a country where in 31 states, a rapist has parental rights and parental claim on a child that they conceived out of rape. Thirty-one states out of 50. That's not all the states you hate. That's some of the ones you like…
Ta-Nehisi Coates makes a similar point:
It is hard to believe that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist because the belief doesn't just indict Cosby, it indicts us. It damns us for drawing intimate conclusions about people based on pudding-pop commercials and popular TV shows. It destroys our ability to lean on icons for our morality. And it forces us back into a world where seemingly good men do unspeakably evil things.
Bill Cosby has been a fixture of the successful Black-American narrative for some 40 years. White families across the country whose feelings about blacks were ambiguous at best wouldn't have minded at all if the Huxtables had moved in next to them. And many black families wanted so bad to BE them. Bill Cosby's rare place of esteem in whitewashed popular American culture is what pushed many to ignore years of allegations and give him the benefit of the doubt for so long. No one wanted to believe that Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable was capable of such things.
But he was and so many more are. We need to stop being so damn surprised and start being more vigilant.


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Hello Everyone,
Today I am coming to you from sunny Albufeira, Portugal and I am feeling very inspired to write. Why can't the weather in England be like this everyday ? Ugh . Anyhoo, typical British rant about the weather over , I would like to share some stuff I've been thinking about recently.
Brands have forever been having celebrity ambassadors and this is not a new thing at all. However, I only started paying attention fairly recently. The celebrity endorsements I'm referring to are things like Beyoncé being an ambassador for Pepsi (can we please take a moment for that iconic Super Bowl advert) , Cheryl Cole being one of the faces of L'Oreal and so on. The reason I started paying attention is because brands have begun to work with bloggers in the same way they worked with celebrities ( see Lydia Elise Millen x Elizabeth Arden and Patricia Bright and L'Oreal) . It is such a fabulous development and one that I wholeheartedly endorse.
I love bloggers working with brands because I feel like you actually get a little piece of your favourite bloggers personality or style or home appliance or whatever it is . Human beings love connection and I think it is one of the things that make us human . This is what makes 'influencer' collaborations so much better (in my opinion) than the older celebrity style endorsements . When your favourite blogger produces something that they use everyday or creates something in their favourite colour or talks about female friendship after showing their friends multiple times on their channel (the F Word by Lily Pebbles) , it makes sense. As a consumer or subscriber, you feel that bit closer to them when your purchase any one one of these things .
This is very unlike the celebrity type endorsements where I feel like their names are just attached to things that you don't even know whether they like or not. Having said that, is it really a problem if people attach their names to things they think people might like, as long as it is not harmful in any way? I don't know.
However, I think the new style of brand collaborations is the future and will give celebrities a run for their money. I say this because I would (and have done) buy that mascara recommended by my favourite blogger after I've seen her wear it a few times and I know what sort of lashes she has and so on. On the other hand , I have NEVER before bought a thing just because of a celebrity being on the campaign. Maybe that's just me .
Okay, so the reason I actually started thinking about this is because a few weeks ago, Boohoo collaborated with Zendaya (whom I love) and I was really excited to finally buy something from a celebrity collab. I went on the website and I was a bit surprised by the clothes tbh. The whole collection wasn't really what I expected in the sense that I didn't really think that they looked like the clothes I saw Zendaya wearing.That doesn't mean that the clothes were any less beautiful , I just didn't feel like they were her style . That's when I started thinking about the differences between blogger and celebrity endorsements. If a blogger endorsed anything that wasn't 'them' or in line with their branding, there would be a huge uproar whereas this doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to celebrities.
However, I did find a couple of pieces that I really loved. I bought this very statement maxi dress with red and white stripes and my boyfriend told me that I looked like a lollipop lady (what do boys know anyway). I still really like it and I made sure to wear it on my last trip to Amsterdam. The only downfall is that because it's so statement , you might be restricted in where you can wear it to ( if you're a shy dresser). However, if you're an 'overdresser' like I can be sometimes, it's the perfect summer dress. It has that 90s feel which is very on trend at the moment because of the bold colours and I felt like such a diva when I wore it.
I guess I have finally bought something because it was a celebrity collab even though that wasn't ultimately the reason I bought it. Whereas, I'm more likely to buy something just because a blogger I trust recommends it. I would like to know what you all think. Do you think blogger and brand collaborations are so much better than old school celebrity endorsements? Or do you think they're just the same ?
Until next time,
Ciao x


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- How safe is my personal information? What policies exist to keep my information secure?
Get more information regarding privacy policies and laws.
- I am a health care provider and have received numerous questions about health care reform from my patients. What information do I need to know about the law?
To find out more information about the Affordable Care Act (health care reform), Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) expansion and Connect for Health Colorado visit the ACA Resources for Health Care Providers page. This page has been designed specifically to help health care providers and their staff answer patient questions about health care reform.
- I have received discounted services through CICP providers in the past. Will I still qualify?
The Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP) is not health insurance, but rather provides limited, discounted health care services to low income individuals at participating providers. CICP partially compensates participating providers who care for the uninsured and underinsured at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level.
If you have health insurance and are also enrolled in CICP, you may use CICP as a second payer. Your CICP medical provider must bill your health insurance first. You must pay the leftover charges that your health insurance does not pay for or your CICP co-pay, whichever is less.
CICP clients must receive health care services from a CICP provider to receive a discount. CICP providers do not offer the same services, however CICP clients can get emergency and urgent care from any qualified CICP provider throughout Colorado.
Beginning in January 2014 individuals currently enrolled in CICP may be newly eligible for Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) or for new financial assistance to purchase health insurance through the Connect for Health Colorado marketplace. Get more information and find out if you qualify.
Since CICP is not a health insurance program, it does not satisfy the requirement for most individuals to have health insurance beginning January 2014. Get more information on the mandate.


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Variable Pressure Fuel regulator (repl. 27219-95)
Fits Big-Twin models '95 thru '98 and Twin Cam models '99 thru '01 with Marelli type fuel injection
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Variable Pressure Fuel Regulator
The Epicycle variable pressure fuel regulator will allow an adjustment in fuel pressure rate. The Epicycle regulator can be adjusted from the stock pressure to 0-17% over the stock pressure. It is a very small regulator unit that replaces the stock regulator. By increasing the fuel pressure at the fuel injectors, more fuel (by volume) will flow through the injector thus enriching the mixture. The available increase in fuel is from 0-17% over stock and is adjustable at any time by the owner. (note: Stock HD 300 kPa / 44 psi, VariReg as delivered 360 kPa / 52 psi) This is sufficient to correct pinging and allow the fitment of performance parts such as less restricted mufflers, complete performance exhaust system or low restriction air filter in stock air box. The pressure can never exceed the fuel pump bypass pressure thus maintaining the safety features of the stock system. Comes with detailed fitting and tuning instructions and fits all Marelli EFI Fuel Injected Evolution Big-Twins and Twin-Cam models 1999-2001. (repl. 27219-95)


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We were in the mountains in central Idaho. It was hot, sunny. Dry, dusty. We had come to learn how to mountain bike, because you can't live in Idaho and not know how. We–my parents, brother, two best buds and I–planned to conquer what logs, rocks and riverbeds stood before us byway of a day of professional coaching and seclusion. About an hour, two poorly placed rocks and one sandpit later, my latent ankle sprain suddenly and conveniently revived, giving me the perfect excuse to unclip and go home.
While my friends and family continued their day of instruction, I returned to the lodge, ate a subway sandwich and slept the rest of the afternoon in the hammock. It felt like I came out a winner.
Years of mountain bike-less bliss followed. I did plenty of mountain person things: I camped, backpacked, hiked, climbed, I didn't necessarily feel the need to also ride off road. I also moved to the east coast, where sharp rocks and slippery roots made me yearn for the sand traps I once feared. It sounds like rationalization, but I was perfectly content with bypassing the entire sport of mountain biking. It was just not for me.
Enter coach Pat O'Brien into my life. Pat, for those who don't know him, loves to mountain bike. When he's not coaching, he's almost surely riding, except for when he's on craigslist looking for bike parts. He literally dreams about trails, loses focus when we pass any, and makes constant bike-to-skiing comparisons. In particular, he argues that a good mountain biker has the mind and knowledge of a good skier. His argument proved persuasive.
After deciding this summer that I wanted to become a badass biker chick (the deciding of the thing was much easier than the doing of the thing, but I'm making progress), I'll have to agree with him. Learning to ride a trail on wheels requires more focus than on skis, making the subtleties of transitions, turnover and body position a lot less subtle. Going uphill? Lean forward (as described by my bike sensei, like a gremlin), get your body weight up the hill, otherwise you'll flip over backwards on your back tire (imagine if the same happened on skis…Hermod's would be an entirely different experience). Additionally, with every minute change in terrain comes a change in gear. In order to flow down a trail, you have to constantly change your speed, turnover and power, lest you literally stop moving. Coming from someone whose mode of operation is "bogged down," clearly seeing the effect of gear change helped me understand terrain better.
But then there's one more thing you learn in mountain biking that applies to skiing, training and racing (and, you guessed it, life. "Anniespokorner.wordpress.com, extending metaphors since 2013"). It's a lesson that is both simple and complex, best done when you don't think about it too much, making it the hardest to actually execute. It's one that was surely taught the day that I spent snoozing in the hammock, one that might have been worth missing the subway sandwich.
Here it is: don't look at the rock.
When you're barreling down a trail, in order to make it to the bottom (or top) safely, you have to take the path of least resistance. You go where you look, so, by focusing on the rocks/logs/rivers/palisades in front of you, you're almost always going to hit them.
It's a simple concept that we apply to our training all the time. When we build goal pyramids and training plans, we create the best possible outcomes, looking where we want to go and envisioning a route to get us there. You don't pay attention to what could go wrong, but instead plan what could go right. You just don't look at the rock.
But, like I said before, the saying of the thing is one part, it's the doing of the thing that's hard.
So, here is the question I pose to skilled mountain bikers, do you guys even see the rock?
On my best race days, it seemed like nothing could go wrong. Or, rather, nothing seemed to go wrong, because I wasn't even thinking about what could. But then the bad race days, or training days, intervals, what have you, seemed wrought with impending disaster. Hard conditions could lead to bad wax, or I just couldn't figure out how to conquer that steep running section in the hill, or it felt like this altitude was really getting to me. On days like that, you look down the trail and all you see is rock. How do you not focus on it?
That's the paradox that I struggle with in sport: that of mindless execution. As an athlete, it's helpful to have a plan, to know the course, your skis, the competition. But, at the same time, the best way to compete is to let go and just do it (hello, Nike). Training yourself to not see the rocks in the trail is certainly the best thing you can do, but it remains unsaid whether or not it's best to completely ignore them or acknowledge and maneuver around them.
As I get better at biking, I imagine my strategy will begin to mirror skiing. There will always be adversity, always a challenge on the horizon. Some days I'll pass through tough sections without even a thought, so in touch with my bike that I can flow right past stumps and roots without even noticing them. Other days, I'll look down a sketchy section and see nothing but road blocks. On those days, as I have in skiing, I hope that I stand up and go for it, trusting that I can clear each snag and rough patch, but knowing full well that I just might get thrown over the handlebars.
And when I do, I'll gain a little bit of knowledge about that rock/stump/riverbed that will get me around the next one, and the next, until I no longer look at them, let alone see them.
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One year after Da Bears lost four of its six members, what they refer to as a "total band transformation," the San Diego surf-pop act says their metamorphosis is nearly complete. During the past year, the two founding members (guitarist-vocalist Ryan Solomon and guitarist E.J. Binns) scoured the city in search of the missing pieces. They finally found those people in bassist Justin Smith, guitarist Trung Ngo, and pianist Garrett Irving. "It's been crazy," said Binns during a March 18 phone interview. "There's always people to play with, but finding the people you want to play with and are ready to tour is tough."
While most of the pieces are in place, the band's search for the right drummer hasn't been as productive. "Drummers from San Diego can be a bit sketchy sometimes. They can't seem to sit for too long."
Without a permanent drummer, they haven't played a show since January, and recording their new EP and upcoming split 7" with San Diego art-punkers the Apes of Wrath has been difficult. So far, the band has used four different drummers as well as an electronic drum machine on the five tracks they have laid down. "There's a difference," says Binns. "Some songs have big-sounding drums, and others have electronic drumbeats. It's been a hindrance so far, but we have to make do with what we've got."
In early March, drummer Mike Murdock agreed to sit in and see if it's the right fit for both him and the band.
But Binns isn't saying the transformation is complete: "As far as the drummer goes, nothing is set in stone.… The search continues."
Da Bears will play Tin Can Ale House on April 3.
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There's a giant menu board hanging up for you to peruse while you're in line. They have a lot of great choices and they have Skinnys that are all under 400 calories.
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Father's Day Message Brings Healing for Mother's Day
But for me, May also brings a greater sense of grief over the death of my mom. This Mother's Day marks the fifth year celebrating that special day without her. More than any other time of year I feel the loss more intensely in May -- even more than her birthday, Christmas, and the anniversary of her death in August.
Since her death, I have honored her memory through words. I write about her WW2 era childhood living in Yugoslavia, her internment in a Russian controlled concentration camp in the mid 1940s, their escape, and her arrival in America in 1950 on the Queen Elizabeth.
Two years ago, in honor of Father's Day, I wrote an article for http://stlfamilylife.com/ about her biological father Franz Bohn. He was her father in name only. She knew virtually nothing more about him than his name. He deserted his family in approximately 1944 and as a family genealogist, I was woefully unsuccessful in trying to find out about my biological grandfather.
Utilizing message boards and Internet searches and trying to contact family who are still in Yugoslavia have yielded no information about him. With my mom and grandma long since deceased, it appeared that all links to him were gone.
That was true until earlier this month. Through the incredible resource of the Internet, my mom's half sister Maja's family found the article after 'Googling" his name, hoping to find information on the man who was also their father. Because I had posted the only photo I have of my mom's father, they confirmed that Franz was indeed one in the same.
Reading about the sole memory my mom had of a man she hardly knew as her dad, it only further confirmed for my mom's siblings that they had found family.
Although approximately 10 to 13 years younger, my mom has three half siblings living in Sweden, two sisters and a brother. Having grown up an only child, my mom had always desired to have brothers and sisters. I only wish she had been alive to celebrate this reunion with me.
Maja, my mom's eldest sister, had heard once or twice in her youth that she had a sister living in America and had always wondered if it was true. As an adult my mom had heard that her father had remarried and had two more daughters, perhaps twins, but thought they were living in Switzerland. Only bits of pieces of what my mom Hilda had heard were true.
Maja and I have only begun to communicate between continents; piecing together details of each others lives--still wondering if together we can find out what happened to the man who deserted both of his families.
But for now we are enjoying the commonalities. My Aunt Maja's son is named Adam, as is mine. Adam has a blond-haired daughter named Elise, just as I do. Maja is a gifted gardener of plants and vegetables, just as my mom was. They have been/were both vegetarians for over 30 years. My Aunt Agathe and Uncle Hugo were accomplished gymnasts, just as my son is.
I now have five male cousins and one female cousin to add to my family tree.
Finding Maja and her family does not lessen the grief I feel this time of year. In fact, it highlights how much I miss her being a part of my every day life. This could have been such a joyful reunion between siblings.
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We've all been there. We set out for a goal. Perhaps it's a race, an ideal weight, a spiritual transformation or an educational pursuit. We name our desires and commit. We buy new running shoes or a book on weight loss. We explore different philosophies or apply to that university. We enthusiastically attack our goal. We set our intentions and begin the metamorphosis. We pound out miles, we eat healthier and we begin riding a wave of positive energy. We feel great! We are energized in the pursuit of something bigger until we run head on into an inevitable wall – a towering, smooth, foothold-less expanse that seems insurmountable.
The division between where we are and where we want to be manifests itself as judgement, self-doubt and insecurity. We take a look at ourselves and don't like what we see.
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Sometimes choices in life require a leap of faith. Faith in self and the universe – that all will be provided for on our journey. That we have at our ready an arsenal of tools as we navigate the temperamental waters of existence.
Sustaining this faith isn't always easy. There are times when self-criticism reaches in and seizes our ambition. It chokes it, cutting off its air supply to keep us under its thumb. There are those moments when we just can't quite get to that internal place of peace and truth. We tell ourselves we can't do it. That we do not deserve the great transformation we so desperately seek. We self-sabotage the plan because it's safe, a familiar path. Guilt swirls around the lies our fearful self tells us. We feel a twinge of sadness or remorse for thinking these limiting thoughts and to an extent, indulging them with attention.
You may not know what you are in service to as you parcel out emotions, thoughts and reactions as they confront you on your winding path to greatness. If it doesn't feel good, chances are it isn't. This is all right. This is part of the process. In these moments of doubt and fear, we must do our best to forgive ourselves for these mental roadblocks and do the work necessary to remove them. We are all subject to damaging belief systems, either self-inflicted or the results of a bad past experience, but we are not beholden to them. It's fitting that we should embrace them, feel gratitude for their presence before we send them packing. Transform that negative energy into the fuel that empowers your journey. Get back on that wave!
We can do this by honoring ourselves and claiming back our POWERFUL HUMAN. [ To completely love who we are – mind, body and spirit – is a courageous act and one of the most important undertakings we can assign. This lesson is especially important to hold onto during our trials. It is how we react that determines if we grow or not. Instead of beating ourselves up for giving into these traps, what if we loved ourselves for them instead? How much more quickly could we dust ourselves off before continuing on our way?
Both forgiveness and gratitude are powerful instruments that can radically change your view of yourself and of the world around you.
Accepting the negative brings with it an appreciation for the fight at hand. Give yourself permission to have those bad days but resist it becoming your way of living. In time you will rise above them and acknowledge your true essence. Extract wisdom from your past successes, whether big or small, and anything you seek can be attained. Create a reminder, a mantra, a new way of being that counters the passing clouds of doubt and insecurity. "I AM A POWERFUL HUMAN," is always a keeper! Give yourself whatever you need to see your way through those trying moments with grace and fortitude.
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Rays reach deal with injured SP Nathan Eovaldi, report says
The Rays and starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi have agreed to one-year, $2 million deal with a club option for the 2018 season, according to ESPN.com.
Eovaldi, who played for the Yankees the last two seasons, was designated for assignment in 2016 after undergoing Tommy John surgery last summer.
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Though he will only turn 27 on Monday, the Rays will have to wait a year to see any production from Eovaldi, because he will miss the entire 2017 season.
The Tampa Bay Times was the first to report the deal was close.
According to the Times, Eovaldi will be signed under a major-league contract in 2017 with a 2018 option, provided he makes a healthy recovery.
Eovaldi is 38-46 with a 4.21 ERA and 539 strikeouts.
He is a flamethrowing right-hander who averaged 98.4 mph per fastball, according to Brooks Baseball, and touched 100 a few times in each start.
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SAP to take over CRM's top spot
A new report from AMR Research says that after a strong 2003, SAP is poised to become the new market leader.
Germany's SAP AG is poised to overtake Siebel Systems Inc. as the market leader for CRM, according to a report released Wednesday by AMR Research Inc.
The CRM market forecast for 2003-2008 found that while San Mateo, Calif.-based Siebel retained the top revenue position in 2003, its revenues shrank 17%. SAP, on the other hand, saw its CRM revenue grow by 30% and seems destined to overtake Siebel this year.
SAP's surge is based on CRM revenues and not on actual seats in use. Laura Preslan, AMR's research director and co-author of the report, estimates that only 35% of shipments of mySAP CRM 4.0 are actually live. Many companies plan to implement them, but CRM is a lower priority for them, she said.
That appears to be changing, however. In follow-up research, Preslan said she spoke with 20 SAP customers with an average seat size of 1,200 who are implementing CRM.
"Every single one said the key reason they chose SAP was integration," Preslan said. "The function gap was not as key to them as having one vendor that integrated all their applications."
The report backs up many claims that the feature/function wars are over. The rapid growth by Microsoft CRM and San Francisco's Salesforce.com with easy-to-use, easy-to-implement tools show that companies are putting less weight on an application's functionality when making a decision, the report said.
The news comes on the same day Siebel announced lowered earnings expectations due to low license revenues and acquisition costs. The company's new CEO, Mike Lawrie, said he expects Siebel to report revenue of $301 million for the second quarter, compared with expected revenues of $357 million.
"They didn't 'just' miss the quarter," Preslan said. "Part of that could be attributed to the leadership change, but our customers told us they were happy with that."
In fact, 17 of the 20 SAP customers she spoke with said Siebel was a competitor in the deal. The lowered license revenue expectations also come after Lawrie announced that one of Siebel's big pushes in 2004 is bringing up license revenue.
"Siebel is not dead by any means," Preslan said. "They'll be very successful in heterogeneous environments like financial services and telecom, but other industries are looking for integration."
In another finding of the report, AMR said CRM as a whole should rebound from some lean years. While the days of double-digit growth are over, AMR predicts a compound annual growth rate of 8% through 2008, making CRM the fastest-growing application category.
Hosted, customer analytics, price management and systems integration applications will make up the bulk of the CRM growth.


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SROM Wilderness Leadership Minor (WLM)
Through this Wilderness Leadership Minor (WLM) a Rocky Mountain Outdoor Semester, is the most intensive course that SROM offers. The WLM includes a Wilderness First Responder certification, a 40/40 course, the Wilderness Ministry Professional Course (a pre-requisite training course for all of SROM's instructors), and the Rock Instructor I course.
Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries (SROM) is headquartered in Laramie, Wyoming and has been providing industry-leading wilderness expeditions for over 30 years. SROM has served institutions for higher education, schools, churches, parachurch organizations, and youth and young adults from throughout the country. SROM is committed to excellence in producing the next generation of competent, Christ-centered leaders. SROM has a proven track record of providing quality wilderness expeditions that are responsive and adaptable to the needs and desired outcomes of their partners and those they serve.
The WLM is an extended time in deep wilderness settings with a vibrantly authentic community. While no prior training is required, we do ask that students take this commitment seriously, and begin to prepare spiritually and physically for the challenges inherent in this semester.
Semester Considerations
Though this course is designed for all skill levels, it is important to be aware of the demands and challenges you may face. Listed below are some items to keep in mind when preparing for this course or considering signing up for this course:
- Pack weight: your pack will generally range between 40-60% of your body weight. It is not unusual for your pack to be up to 75 pounds.
- You will be hiking on uneven terrain, which may be rocky and/or muddy, and off-trail at times. The 40/40 section of your semester involves a mountaineering section, which includes snow travel and glacier travel. Depending on your itinerary, you may be on rocky approaches and descents, navigating talus and scree.
- Depending on the itinerary, you may be hiking 5-8 miles per day.
- SROM programs in areas of deep wilderness, and you may be hiking a days away from the nearest trailhead.
- Depending on where you currently live, you may experience a significant change in elevation. Laramie, WY is at an elevation of 7,165 feet, and SROM often plans this itinerary through areas that range between 7,000 to 10,500+ feet above sea level. Elevation changes may be +/- 2,600′ and, depending on the itinerary, you may be attempting a 13,809′ peak!
- Days on course are often long, and may require you to be up at 6 am and in bed at 10 pm.
- Community on course is often one of the highlights. We have students from a variety of different backgrounds, generally ranging in age from 18 – 28 years old.
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A 7 day Rock climbing instructor module that includes instruction on single-pitch and multi-pitch climbing. Instructors will also educate students on sport leading and traditional gear placement.
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- Authentic community – the close-knit temporary community that forms in the wilderness mimics what the local church should look like.
- Leadership development – God shaped leaders such as Abraham, Moses, Paul, and Jesus in wilderness settings. Students grow as leaders through reading and classroom sessions, then experientially by serving as "Leaders of the Day" during the expedition.
- Character formation – developing perseverance and resiliency, embracing challenges, and growing in Christ-likeness for the sake of others.
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The 2015 Hamptons Cottages & Gardens Innovation in Design Awards – Bath Design
Even though the owner and designer of this Water Mill bath, Mode SB's principal, is married with young children, she wanted the room to have a masculine tone, while also being luxurious and discreet. The most compelling detail, and one that every judge made note of, is the hovering double vanity, illuminated from below. While acknowledging the bathroom's "masculine appeal," judge Kim Seybert enthuses that "a woman would still feel comfortable using it!"
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Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) enable inter vehicle wireless communication as well as communication with road side equipment. Warning messages can be exchanged among nearby vehicles, helping to predict dangerous situations, and delivery, thus improving road safety. Such safety messages require fast and minimal delay to local areas, in order for them to be effective. Therefore, a fast and efficient channel access scheme is required. A feasible solution, derived from the Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) field, groups nodes into smaller manageable sections called clusters. Such an approach can be beneficial for locally delivering messages under strict time constraints. In this paper, a Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm (HCA) is presented. HCA is a distributed randomized algorithm, which manages channel access by forming three hierarchy clusters. The proposed channel access scheme enables delay bounded reliable communication. Unlike other common clustering algorithm for VANETs, HCA does not require the knowledge of the vehicles' locations. This feature guarantees accurate operation even when localization systems such as GPS are not available. The running time and analyzed, message complexity were and simulated. Simulation results show that the algorithm behaves well especially under realistic mobility patterns; therefore, it is a suitable solution for channel access scheme for VANETs.
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author = {Dror, Efi and Avin, Chen and Lotker, Zvi},
doi = {10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.02.006},
issn = {1570-8705},
journal = {Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks},
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pages = {2002--2015},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {{Fast randomized algorithm for 2-hops clustering in vehicular ad-hoc networks}},
volume = {11},
year = {2012},
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has raised its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2020 by 0.14 million barrels per day (bpd) to 1.22 million bpd, the organization's latest oil market report showed.
OPEC also noted that it has raised the 2020 non-OPEC supply growth forecast by 0.18 million bpd to 2.35 million bpd.
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Treat yourself to a special weekend at Chateau Moncton & Suites. This superb hotel is close to Crystal Palace and Champlain Place Mall. When you're done shopping, grab a cold drink from the minibar, put your feet up, and enjoy the complimentary internet and newspaper. Or maybe you'd prefer a delicious meal in the hotel restaurant after an energetic session in the fitness centre. You can have it all for around $100 a night on a weekend in May, or $95 in December. Airbnb is an alternative to Moncton hotels. One of the best, Home Away From Home, is close to the lake and features a cleaning service, wine fridge, and barbecue. It sleeps six guests in three bedrooms, and costs around $165 for a Friday or Saturday night in summer, making it the perfect getaway.
There are budget hotels in Moncton that cater for you if you'd rather save your pennies. Holiday Inn Moncton/Dieppe has rooms from $85, which is around the same price as Hotel 6 Moncton, and Hotel Moncton. Airbnb is an even cheaper alternative — you can rent a double room in a Bright Upper Duplex in Downtown for around $35.
Greater Moncton International Airport Hotels are less than a 15 minute drive from Downtown. Coastal Inn Express Hotel & Suites Airport Dieppe is a reliable choice with rooms costing around $110 per night, including breakfast. Super 8 Motel - Moncton/Dieppe costs around $9, and has a pool. Auberge Wild Rose Inn is surrounded by five acres of beautiful countryside and is a short drive from both the city and the airport. Rooms there cost around $125 per night and include a deliciously generous breakfast.
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The yearly congress of the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) will be held this year in Leipzig, Germany between 14 and 16 October. We invite you to visit the booth of our sister company MTS MorphoLogic Translations – for all questions related to internationalization, global roll-outs, language versions and SAP translation projects.
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Gimonnet-Oger Selection Blanc de Blancs Demie
An entry-level cuvée from Jean-Luc, but this is not basic. The base wine is from the excellent 2005 vintage-- meaning this wine has been aged for 7 years! The palate is rich and expressive with the gorgeous chardonnay showing off for your senses. The finish is classic, with chalk and minerals that linger. A great way to start a meal, or to enjoy with a bit of cheese anytime.


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Welcome to Bright Future Child Care
Bright Future Child Care strives to provide a high quality early childhood program by creating a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of young children and responds to the needs of families. Our parents and teachers are partners, working together to meet the needs of both children and their families. As partners, we will communicate regularly and thoughtfully with each other to build a relationship of trust and respect.
Bright Future Child Care offers a home-like atmosphere with a mix of play and instruction based learning. The first three years are essential for the development of a childs brain and a diverse and stimulating environment plays an important role in promoting that development. Our goal is to provide for your childs social, emotional, physical, and educational well being by using both play-based learning and more formal instruction-based learning. Activities will encourage exploration, trial and error, creativity and imagination. Your child will enjoy singing, reading, science, math, art, group games, stories, outdoor play, planned activities, and free play. These activities will help your child learn to deal with developing emotions, interact positively with others and help them develop physically. We are a home based child care facility because it allows for smaller groups in which each child's individual needs can be met.
Bright Future Child Care is a state licensed Child Care Facility. We offer a loving, structured childcare program for infants to pre-school aged children.
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Bright Future is FULL!
2/1/2008 - Well it didn't take very long, only 2 weeks, and Bright Future is full. We enrolled are last student Feb 1st and have now started a wait list for those who are interested in enrolling.
Bright Future Established in Cali!
1/15/2008 - Bright Future has recieved its license and is not officially open. We are currently accepting applications for four students in our program.
Were Moving!
9/1/2007 - Bright Future is moving from Ann Arbor to sunny Mountain View! Because of a recent promotion to Director of Research for the Methuselah Foundation, Jeff is moving the family to California. We will be sorry to leave our extended familiy in Ann Arbor, but will start again in Mountain View.


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We were working on Quickbooks integration from last 2 days and today we get a break through !!!! We have successfully integrated Quickbooks to our web application. Now new user created on our site will also be created in Quickboobs and vice-versa. Let me share how to we have integrated Quickbooks to web application.


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PowerFilm Application Software
PowerFilm Application Software combines a user-friendly interface with a wide range of output, indexing, retrieval and distribution tools. It's specially designed for batch scanning and digitization of all film formats. What's more, it's also designed for document reconstruction, roll conversion, and CD creation using the included CD Publish/CD Retrieve application.
Here are just some of the ways it can make you more productive.
|Create CDs - Build a database of scanned images and data with CD Publish. Then use CD Retrieve to search and recall individual images, or groups of images, from indexing criteria that you choose.
|Output Options - Versatile image distribution is provided—including single or multi-page TIFF, CD Publish, PDF and optional Kofax Ascent output module.
|Index Utility - Flexible indexing offers as many as 10 fields—text, numeric or date—with up to 32 characters per field. Auto-repeat indexing, such as "current date," is another efficiency feature that's included.
|Suspend Batch - This indispensable job management feature lets the operator interrupt a job, suspend the batch and resume work later. This adds greater versatility, productivity and flexibility for multiple conversion projects.


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Senior Membership
Are you looking for a way to make a difference in your community? Do you want to honor and serve America? Then become a volunteer in the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary.
When you join the ranks of more than 56,000 CAP volunteer members, you may participate in a variety of activities:
How much does it cost?
Annual membership dues vary by state, but average about $89. You will also be responsible for any required uniform items.
What's the time commitment?
On average, members meet one night a week for 2 1/2 hours. You will also have the opportunity to attend additional training, conferences and other activities.
Do I have to wear a uniform?
Yes. CAP members have the privilege of wearing a uniform. We will give you more information about the types of uniforms, both military and civilian, that are available to wear. A CAP uniform must be worn by every person in any CAP vehicle (including aircraft), and should be worn while involved in any CAP activities.
I'm not a pilot, is there a place for me in CAP?
Absolutely! Pilots are one of our most visible positions in CAP, but most volunteer members do not fly. Youth development, aerospace education, or public relations are just a few areas that you may be interested in.
For more information, contact your local unit.
Am I considered a member of the military?
No, as a CAP volunteer member, you are a civilian and under no obligation to any branch of the military.
Are there checks into Background and Character?
Yes, all adult members of CAP undergo a Federal Background Check and Local Reference check.
Benefits of being a CAP volunteer:
- Serve your community and your country
- Develop and enhance your leadership skills
- Provide a positive influence on today's youth
- Enjoy the camaraderie and fellowship of other volunteers
The Process
We suggest that you begin your CAP membership by attending three meetings before actually joining to learn more about the program and how you would like to be involved. When you are ready to sign up, obtain a membership application package from Personnel The package includes a checklist of all documentation required such as Application Form (CAPF 12) and a Fingerprint card, and References. Fill out the application documents and obtain references.
You can bring your completed application to the next squadron meeting to give it to the Personnel Officer along with the membership fees/dues. You will need to meet with the Squadron Commander and your application package will be presented to the Membership Review Board.
Please note that all expenditures for CAP are tax deductible.
The personnel officer will forward all of the paperwork to the National Headquarters of CAP, and you should expect to receive your membership card along with a packet of information within 4-6 weeks. Your involvement in CAP is limited until your membership appears in e-Services. Instead this is an excellent time to complete many of the other requirements described below. You are also encouraged to come to any or all local functions of CAP to see how CAP works, meet people, and become involved.
The goal of Level One training is to orient you to the CAP organization and program. The Foundations Course is blended learning with on-line content and live discussion.
Operational Security, Equal Opportunity, Cadet Protection and Safety are also components of the Foundations Course. The Professional Development Officer will work with you on completion of all requirements
Level One should be completed ASAP since it is a pre-requisite for almost everything that follows in the program. Upon completion of Level One, uniforms may be worn.


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Plantain Cups with Mango Salsa and Whipped Coconut Cream
Switch up your carb plate of potatoes or rice with the versatility and healthy benefits of the nutrient-filled fruit called plantains! These Plantain Cups with Mango Salsa and Whipped Coconut Cream make great finger foods to impress your family and friends as a brunch appetizer or side dish option. The mango salsa and whipped coconut cream make this a core plan favourite.
Plantain Cups with Mango Salsa and Whipped Coconut Cream Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 6
- 1 medium-ripe plantain, peeled and sliced
- 5 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1 large organic egg + 1 egg white
- 1 can coconut milk, refrigerated for at least 2 hours
- vanilla-flavoured liquid stevia (I use NOW brand) or regular stevia plus 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup chopped ripe mango
- 1/2 cup chopped avocado
- 5 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- juice of 1 lime
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Place the plantain slices into a food processor and pulse until rice-like. Place the "rice" in a bowl and add in the egg and coconut flakes. Toss to combine thoroughly and season well with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Cut 6 inch strips of parchment paper and line each muffin tin with the strips.
- Place 1/6th of the plantain mixture into each muffin tin and spread out into the tin in a thin layer, filling the sides of the cups. Be careful to leave the "insides" of the tin open to place in the mango salad later.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
- While the cups are baking, remove the coconut milk from the refrigerator and scoop off the top layer of "cream" (it should resemble cream and be thick.) Place the coconut cream into a bowl and beat with a hand mixer until "whipped." Stir in stevia to taste. Once done, set aside.
- Mix the mango, avocado, cilantro and lime juice together. Set aside.
- Once the cups are baked, fill each with equal portions of the mango mixture and top with a dollop of the coconut whipped cream.
Check out the original recipe by Inspiralized.
Recipe inspired by Inspiralized.
About Dr. B.J. Hardick
Raised in a holistic family, Dr. B.J. Hardick is a Doctor of Chiropractic, organic foodie and fanatic for green living and earthly sustainability. He has spent the majority of his life working in natural health care. In 2009, he authored his first book, Maximized Living Nutrition Plans. In 2018, he authored his second book, Align Your Health. An energizing and passionate speaker, Dr. Hardick shares his lifestyle methods to numerous professional and public audiences every year in the United States and Canada. He is known for his articles, recipes and contributions on MindBodyGreen.com, FoodMatters.com, MaxLiving.com, and his own site, DrHardick.com. In his spare time, he invests his keen interest in sustainable living into urban development in his hometown of London, Ontario. Learn More


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Posted: Sep 30, 2017
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Saratoga Springs, NY – The Sage Colleges' men's cross country squad travelled to Saratoga State Park on Saturday to compete in the RPI Invitational. RPI won the men's race with a score of 37 in a field of 16 complete teams for the 8 k course. RPI's Grant O'Connor won the men's individual title with his impressive time of 24:56.4.
Sophomore Jarryd Wick (Ayers, MA/E.F. Parker School) represented Sage's men's team and posted a time of 32:16.8 to finish in 217th place.
Next up for the Gators is competition on October 7 at the Westfield State University James Earley Cross Country Invitational.


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VIENNA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While the global economy may be stuck in low gear for another year, analysis released today points to 15 investment hotspots in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region that should offer some good news to businesses.
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, announced the findings from its study on foreign direct investment (FDI) hotspots at the company's Global Economic and Country Risk conference in Vienna.
FDI Hotspots:
Emerging Europe: Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and
Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana;
Middle East and North Africa: UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Iran.
Emerging Europe
The Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey are five future hubs for FDI in emerging Europe and have clear advantages for businesses.
"The Czech Republic and Slovakia have favorable risk profiles, business-friendly agendas and highly educated populations, making these countries ripe for opportunity," said Sara Johnson, senior research director for global economics at IHS Global Insight. "Romania's low labor costs, privatization opportunities and natural resources also make up an attractive package for businesses looking to invest."
IHS Global Insight forecasts that real GDP growth in emerging Europe is on a steady course for the next 10 years. All five countries will see their real GDP close to 3.0 percent through 2025.
The business environment in Serbia and Turkey is on the ups, but is slightly more challenging. "Serbia is a long-term play for businesses as its growth prospects really depend on accession into the European Union in the 2020s," Johnson said. "Turkey is a more 'high risk, high reward' market. You have a large, young, growing population with low labor costs and access points to Europe and the Middle East, but a security environment that is more risky than what we see of our other highlighted markets."
Bright spots in sub-Saharan Africa
Many African economies will grow rapidly over the next decade. However, the total size of African GDP remains very low. Total GDP of the African continent was estimated to be $2.3 trillion in 2015, similar to Indian GDP, and about 3 percent of global GDP. Many sub-Saharan African countries remain highly dependent on commodity exports, making their exports and fiscal revenues vulnerable to the current slump in world commodity prices.
Despite these challenges, IHS economists identified a significant number of sub-Saharan African economies with high long-term potential growth rates over the next decade.
The East African region is a particular growth and investment hotspot, with Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda all forecast to show rapid economic growth over the next decade. Major LNG projects are planned for Tanzania and Ethiopia, which could boost their economies over the medium to long-term outlook if these projects get the go ahead.
"Ethiopia is a star on the rise," said Rajiv Biswas, senior director for economics at IHS Global Insight. "The government has been undertaking strategic policy reforms to build up its industrial sector, led by garments and food processing, and they have accelerated infrastructure development including hydropower dams, railroad, and ports as well as a 3G roll-out scheduled over the three-year outlook." Real GDP growth in Ethiopia exceeded 10 percent per year in the decade to 2015. Strong growth is expected to continue, with GDP growth forecast at 7.6 percent in 2016.
Kenya has a diversified economy including tourism, food processing, and IT-BPO industries as important growth sectors. Kenya has become one of the most attractive destinations in Africa for FDI inflows into a wide range of sectors, including infrastructure, energy, real estate and tourism. The Kenyan economy has grown at a pace of just over 5 percent per year in the decade to 2015. Tanzania has also shown rapid growth of 7 percent per year during 2013-2015, with similar growth expected in 2016.
Middle East and North Africa: Diversified Economies to Benefit Most
Despite the impact of low oil prices and civil unrest on many countries in the Middle East, a number of economies have a favourable long-term growth outlook, including the UAE, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.
"In the Middle East, the lifting of economic sanctions on Iran could significantly boost its medium-term economic outlook," Biswas said. "Iran is a middle income country with a per capita GDP of $4,520 and a population of 78 million. The lifting of economic sanctions will boost real GDP growth from 0.9 percent in 2015 to 3.2 percent in 2016, and push GDP growth to an average pace of 4.5 percent over the next decade."
Iran is expected to benefit from strong trade and investment flows with Asia, and is part of the One Belt One Road Initiative by China, with plans to build a high-speed Silk Road rail link from China to Tehran. "This will help to improve supply chain logistics for bilateral trade between China and Iran, which both governments are targeting to reach $600 billion by 2025," Biswas said.
According to the IHS study, the UAE is forecast to grow at 3.5 percent per year over the next decade, helped by a recovery in Abu Dhabi's oil exports due to gradually improving oil prices over the medium term, as well as strong growth in Dubai's economy. "Dubai's role as a leading global commercial aviation and shipping hub as well as tourism destination has helped to diversify the structure of the UAE economy," Biswas said.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is the largest Middle East market with a 2015 GDP of $653 billion. Saudi Arabia's long-term potential GDP growth rate is forecast at around 3.5 percent per year as oil prices gradually recover over the medium-term. A new National Transformation Plan will increase non-oil revenue, while public spending has already been curtailed to narrow the fiscal deficit. Plans to create a Saudi mega sovereign wealth fund with around $2 trillion in assets will also help to finance a significant diversification in the structure of the Saudi Arabian economy.
North Africa
In North Africa, Tunisia and Morocco will be growth and investment hotspots. Tunisia is forecast to grow rapidly, at 4.2 percent per year over the next decade, while Morocco is also forecast to show strong growth of 3.7 percent per year between 2016 and 2025.
"EU trade and investment ties with both Tunisia and Morocco are expected to be a key growth driver," Biswas said. "The EU is negotiating with both Morocco and Tunisia bilaterally for the creation of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, which will further boost EU trade and investment flows to both countries. For the EU, helping to build strong, fast growing economies in North Africa is a key strategic priority to help improve geopolitical stability in the region."
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is the leading source of insight, analytics and expertise in critical areas that shape today's business landscape. Businesses and governments in more than 140 countries around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS is committed to sustainable, profitable growth and employs nearly 9,000 people in 33 countries around the world.
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Dark or black lips are nothing but highly pigmented lips. It can be resulted from poor food habit, unhealthy lifestyle, smoking, excessive stress, environmental pollution, and so on. But whatever the reason lying behind it is, we simply don't like to have such an ugly pout. Do we? So, let me share some amazing tips with you that will help you turn your dark lips into rosy pink:
1. Apply a good amount of cocoa butter or shea butter onto your dark lips and massage them thoroughly twice a day. It will keep them soft and moisturized by preventing cracking and darkening.
2. Never ever lick your dry lips to hydrate them. Rather, keep a tub of petroleum jelly or lip balm handy. Apply it whenever you feel that your lips are getting dry.
3. Rub a thin slice of beetroot on your lips or apply some beetroot juice with a small cotton swab. The natural red color of the ingredient will turn your dark lips pinker gradually.
4. Juice up a few red grapes and apply it on your lips daily to get rid of pigmentation.
5. Massage your black lips with olive oil every night. It will make them soft, smooth and pink slowly.
6. Exfoliate your lips with a mixture of butter and ground sugar. It removes dead skin cells and reveals fresh pink lips.
7. Application of lemon juice is extremely effective in lightening dark lips. Being acidic in nature, it works as a natural bleaching agent and hence, you get visibly pink lips within one month.
8. Lather your lips with a mix of pure coconut oil and fresh lemon juice every day to lighten its dark shade. A slight massage will also do.
Also Read – The Best Way to Treat Sunburned Lips Here
9. Prepare a rich blend by grinding some almonds (soaked overnight) and adding fresh milk cream to it. Massaging your lips with it can be very helpful in making them rosy pink.
10. You can get your very own lip tonic by mixing fresh lemon juice and cucumber juice with some coconut water. Regular use of this can make lips soft and pink naturally.
11. Ghee or clarified butter can also help your dark lips turn into rosy pink. Just add a pinch of saffron to some melted ghee and apply on them.
12. Take some fresh rose petals and makes a paste of it with water. Add a little butter to it. Now, massage your lips with the mixture. It will help you restore their natural pink shade.
13. Another natural remedy for dark or black lips is the combination of egg white and fresh ginger juice. Applying it thrice every week can give you soft pink pout easily.
14. Massage your lips with almond oil every day before going to bed. It is a great cure for dark lips and gives significantly fast result.
Also Read – 15 Awesome Tips to Get Rid of Dry, Scaly Lips Here
15. Scoop out the gel from a fresh aloe vera leaf and massage your lips gently with it twice a day. Your lip color will change to a great extent.
16. Use a lip mask made of pure raw honey and fuller's earth. Apply it on your lips and wait for 15 minutes. Then, wash off with plain water. It will make your lips softer, smoother and pinker.
17. Crush a strawberry and massage your lips with it to get a visibly pink pout.
18. Prepare a paste by mixing gram flower, turmeric powder and a little water. It can be used as a mask twice every week to lighten the black color of lips.
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