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No better time for soup than a cool winter night. Pasta Figioli has always been a favorite around here. I like that it's quick and easy to make and on the table in under thirty minutes. The key for me to have this soup cook quickly is to be sure all the items are chopped up small enough to cook quickly, but not too small that they disappear when cooked. I've added Chicken to this Italian Classic soup.
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery stalks
- ½ medium onion
- 4 cups (32oz) chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1½ cups small pasta (DItalini)
- 1 cup Tomato Sauce
- 1 15 oz. can Cannellini beans
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- ¼ cup grated Romano Cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- Dice carrot, celery, onion.
- Place the vegetables into a 4 qt. pot and heat them on medium heat with a tablespoon oil.
- Begin cutting two chicken breasts into one-inch pieces.
- Add the chicken to the vegetables, stir and cook 5 minutes.
- Add chicken broth and water and bring to a boil.
- Place 1½ cups small pasta into the broth.
- When it comes back to a boil add 1 cup Tomato Sauce, beans, oregano, salt and pepper.
- Cook for 5 minutes and serve.
Dice carrot, celery, onion.
Place the vegetables into a 4 qt. stockpot and heat them on medium heat with a tablespoon oil.
This is a Mirepoix. It's the base for a lot of soups and stews.
Begin cutting two First Street Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts into 1/2 inch pieces. Add the chicken to the vegetables, along with oregano stir and cook 5 minutes.
Add chicken broth and water and bring to a boil.
Place 1 1/2 cups small pasta (First Street Salad Macaroni type of Ditalini pasta) into the broth.
Bring to a boil on high heat, when it comes back to a boil add 1 cup Tomato Sauce, Cannellini beans, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes on medium heat and serve with Grated Romano or Parmesan Cheese.
The pasta will swell up and absorb some broth if it's not served immediately.


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Prep Blog Review: Back To Basics Always Works
I'm a weird mix of oldies sentimentalist and "new stuff" freak. Although I love testing everything that's new and I think in many ways technology helped us, I am also an oldies nostalgic. And I am convinced that when technology will fail us, and it will, just give it time, going back to the roots will be the solution.
The only problem is that most of us have become so addicted to "the new stuff" that we barely know what going back to the roots means. So let's not wait until it's too late and let's see why the old ways are the most reliable!
1. Living in an 1800s Sod House
"In 1862, America was in full expansion and Congress passed the Homestead Act, opening up millions of acres for the pioneers. It was a helping hand for the settlers who were encouraged to conquer the Western frontier.
All you needed to do to make the land yours was to build a sod house on it, grow crops on it and fight against the old bad luck for five years."
Read more on Prepper's Will.
2. Getting Started With Chickens and Supplies
"Chickens are a wonderful addition to your prepping endeavor. They are easy to raise and will provide meat and eggs for your family.
But how do you get started? It isn't difficult, you just need to do a little planning, and then you will be ready to have your own flock of chickens!"
Read more on Survivalist Prepper.
3. What To Look For When Building A Homestead
"What are some of the things to look for when building a homestead? We get this question a lot and there are some definite things one should pay attention to when looking for land. And there are some hard questions one should ask before buying and building a homestead."
Video first seen on An American Homestead
4. Back to Basics: How to Stockpile Food for Emergencies
"Last week I began a new series called, Back to Basics. As I said in my first article: "Why and How to Stockpile Water for Emergencies", this may be familiar ground for a lot of you but to some this information may be new.
The Prepper Journal had almost 4 million page views last year and each day, the idea of prepping gains another follower. People every day can simply look at events happening anywhere in the world and understand how taking some simple steps to ensure you can handle minor emergencies, isn't crazy."
Read more on The Prepper Journal.
5. Diseases We Have That Our Ancestors Didn't
"We have been blessed with some amazing advances in modern technology which has allowed us comfort that was not possible a mere 100 years or so ago. But despite these advances, we suffer from severe chronic and degenerative diseases that were unknown to our recent ancestors.
We are a sick nation, overburdened by conditions such as diabetes, cancer, obesity, heart disease and allergies. Our healthcare system expense hit $3.8 trillion in 2014 — and is still on the rise."
Read more on Off the Grid News.
The Lost Ways prepares you to deal with worst-case scenarios with the minimum amount of resources just like our forefathers lived their lives, totally independent from electricity, cars, or modern technology whatsoever, which means you'll also be bulletproof against the ever-increasing threat of an Electro Magnetic Pulse, a Powerful Economic Breakdown, Famines, Wars, and Natural Disasters. You'll have the power to protect and save your family…even to rebuild your community during the worst times.
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Backyard Liberty (Easy and cheap DIY Aquaponic system to grow your organic and living food bank)
Bullet Proof Home (A Prepper's Guide in Safeguarding a Home )
Sold Out After Crisis (Best 37 Items To Hoard For A Long Term Crisis)
Survival MD(Learn how to survive without medication in any crisis)
Alive After The Fall(Advice on handling crisis situations)

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One thing that never gets old is the taste of a good burger. In the next few months, there will be three new Waco restaurants offering their unique flavors to the burger selection right here in town. The California-based company In-N-Out Burger is looking to set up shop with their famous animal-style burgers and cult following somewhere around Interstate 35 and South Fifth Street.
The highly anticipated Twisted Root Burger Company will be taking over the old Texas Playhouse building. On the marquee will be such burgers as the "Frito Bandito," "Spicy Goat," and the Texas based company's own "Big Tex." Construction on the Twisted Root will begin next month and the first "Big Tex" will be available in time for the autumn driving season.
Last, but not least, Wataburger is looking to open a location near our old Richard Karr dealer location on Lake Air and Valley Mills. We love our new facility here at the "Motor Mile," but just for old time's sake it's a nice drive back to the original lot and soon the new Wataburger burger-joint will be a nice nostalgic lunch destination.
We hope you will be able to get out and enjoy some of these new restaurants to the Waco area, and also be sure to come visit us at Richard Karr Motors.


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Reducing customer churn is easily one of the smartest growth hacks in the present day.
Given that acquiring new customers is way more expensive than retaining the existing ones, reducing customer churn is one goal which should, and does, give sleepless nights to business owners.
Acquiring new customers requires a huge effort - all the way from the initial contact to the closing of the deal. If acquisition costs make the lion's share of your marketing budget, companies are left with fewer resources for improving relations with existing customers and measuring customer satisfaction - making them more likely to churn.
The first step towards greater customer retention is — reducing customer churn. Let's begin by understanding customer churn a little better.
Customer churn is the rate at which your existing customers stop doing business with you. In the case of SaaS businesses, it is the rate at which they cancel their subscription to your service.
The formula for calculating revenue churn is very simple:
% Customer churn rate = Customers lost during period t / Total customers at the start of period t
Customers lost during period t = Total customers at the start of period t + new customers gained during the period t - total customers at the end of period t.
For example, you had 120 customers at the end of October. You gained 10 new customers by the end of November. The total number of customers at the end of November stood at 125.
The customers lost during November => 120 + 10 - 125 = 5The customer churn rate for the month of November will be => 5/120 = 4.16%
The customer churn rate for the month of November will be => 5/120 = 4.16%
Reducing customer churn will dramatically accelerate your revenue growth. Assuming that your company has a monthly revenue of $15,000. To that, you add another $2,000 every month. Now, you have a customer churn rate of 3%. If all of that remains more or less the same for the next 5 years, you'll end up generating around $2.6 million. Now that's not bad.
The second scenario, let's say you manage to bring down your customer churn rate by 10%, to 2.7%. Now that gives you an extra $100 thousand dollars in revenue. If you're able to reduce your customer churn by 30%, that's even better. Your revenue goes up to $3 million dollars!
Customer churn is not a random event that occurs out of nowhere. A user canceling their account is the culmination of all unpleasant incidents over a period of time.
In most cases, they would have been unhappy with the product for a long time before they decided to call it quits.
However, before they churn, most customers would exhibit a peculiar behavior that is uncharacteristic of someone who likes your product.
There will always be a few signs that would stand out. If businesses learn to read those signs, they might have the opportunity to take preventive measures for reducing customer churn.
A few signs that indicate a possible churn in the future:
"Before cancellation ever happens, there are clear signals that a customer is in danger of churning." ~ Casey Armstrong
This is why you need to be proactive when the aim is reducing customer churn. The best way to do it is by analyzing your user behavior, identifying churn indicators, and monitoring these indicators regularly.
Here are a few indicators you should watch out for:
1. Usage level - Customer churn is often preceded by a period of decreasing usage levels. Keeping an eye on the login activity will help you identify at-risk customers before they churn. There is no ideal level of login activity as it depends on your product and how frequently your customers use it under normal circumstances.
It is also worrying when someone moves to a lower plan of your product. There is a good chance they might cancel soon.
2. Feature Adoption - Every product has some key features that help them stand out from their competitors. If certain customers are not yet using these features, the chances of them churning is higher.
3. Customer's KPIs - If your product is not helping customers achieve their KPIs, then chances of them churning is higher. It is crucial that you regularly ask for their feedback through surveys, phone calls, or transactional emails.
4. Support tickets - It basically takes into the consideration the number of support issues raised, the severity of the problems, and the time it took to resolve them. These three factors can significantly affect your customer's health. If they haven't reported any issues, that again is another problem. Silence doesn't always mean they are happy with your product.
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5. Financial health - It is measured at a monthly rate: whether payments are made on time or delayed, and the validity of the account's credit card.
Here are a few questions you should seek answers to:
Once you have an idea of who might leave, it's essential that you take steps to define the problem, fix it, and retain their business.
Implementing a systematic approach to uncovering at-risk customers and reaching out to them impacts satisfaction, engagement, and is vital to reducing customer churn.
All customer churn is not bad. Companies need to realize this first. You should categorize customers as worth saving and not worth saving. If you don't, you will end up spending a lot of resources on customers who are not going stay with you anyway. Such customers would have already made their mind up and your efforts will simply be in vain.
How do we categorize customer churn?
1. Unavoidable Churn
Unavoidable customer churn happens when customers stop doing business with you due to things that are beyond their control. It is very hard to save these customers. Rather than trying to save them, you should try to analyze the reason behind their decision first.
The reasons behind involuntary churn could be:
2. Avoidable churn
This occurs when customers decide to stop using your products by free will. Most of the times this is due to the fact that they are not happy or satisfied with your product. Companies ought to spend most of their retention efforts on these customers. As they have a greater probability of staying.
Here are few reasons behind voluntary churn:
It is always crucial for you to know what percentage of churns happen due to avoidable reasons, and strategize accordingly.
A quote from well-known customer service and customer experience advocate Bill Quiseng encourages organizations to "work as hard to keep a customer as you do to find a new one."
Without much ado, let's jump in and see what are the best ways for reducing customer churn:
Businesses need to ensure that the relationship with existing customers grows over time. They should be able to minimize customer churn and win back lapsed customers, or those who show first signs of lapsing. Let's jump in.
The most common reason why customers leave companies - they fail to deliver to the tunes of the promises they made. It is a common practice across industries to over promise and under deliver.
The over-promising begins right from the first sales call, and it ends up doing more damage than good in the long term.
Why would a salesperson want to over promise? There could be numerous reasons:
Well, for starters, Science forbids it. Big promises create big expectations, and when those expectations are not met, the human brain responds by signaling a decrease in the dopamine production, and the person feels really bad about it. This applies strongly to a business environment: customers feel cheated when a company fails to deliver on its promise.
Instead, for reducing customer churn, companies should stick to making commitments that they feasibly meet. Salespersons need to be trained to ask questions and not make promises in the dark.
Customers who are allowed to talk about their problems and aspirations will take you where you need to go. When you push a product to a customer while running a company script, their guard goes up and stays up.
However, if you do the opposite and ask non-threatening questions that prove you are listening, the customer will come closer to you. Your relaxed manner and respectful curiosity would make your customers starting to trust you. Once a customer makes an emotional commitment to a salesperson, they are yours to nurture from there onwards.
The most reliable way to reducing customer churn and earn the loyalty of a customer is to deliver remarkable customer service. It essentially starts with the first impression your business creates in the minds of the customer.
More often than not, a customer would have formed an opinion of your business in the first seven seconds itself. In that short slice of time, they will judge your employees on their knowledge, professionalism, friendliness, helpfulness, credibility, courtesy, confidence, responsiveness, and understanding.
Based on the above parameters, the customers would form one of the three opinions of your business (and your employee):
Dislike is obviously bad. But, indifference is equally harmful, especially in the long run. Indifferent customers are the ones who will sign up for your product half-heartedly and will move to your competitor at the first chance they get.
How do we combat this? Create a 'wow' moment for the customer as early as possible. You need to ensure that you focus on your strongest value props from the very beginning. Tell them how your product adds value. Get your customers to commit to you. Get them to believe in your product. You want them to love the product and not look for reasons to stop using it.
When a first impression is built based on the value your product can add, it is the beginning of a sticky relationship and the customers will be less likely to churn.
Here's a great excerpt from an article by Josh Ledgard about why the first five minutes matter:
When someone starts using a new product, they want to see immediate results. This gives them the impression that they could be even more successful as time goes on. If the first 5 minutes are painful, the rest of the experience will be colored by a bad first impression. - Josh Ledgard, Co-founder at Kickofflabs
While most businesses do keep in touch with their customers on a regular basis, it is just not enough. Automated emails for trial sign ups do not really qualify for actual communication.
People are bombarded with automated emails so often that they have stopped paying attention to 'Do you need help with' emails. When you're looking at reducing customer churn, all you have to do is make it a little more interesting, a little more human.
Dropbox sends out this lovely email to customers who have not started using the app despite having signed up for it:
Now this one's cute, simple, and right on-brand - any day better than a plain text email. These little things go a long way in fostering good relations with customers.
Mention did something interesting to bring its churn rate down - they started sending out Pro-tip emails for reducing customer churn:
These emails became pretty popular with their customers - Mention was able to bring their churn rate down by 22% within just one month.
Your customers signed up for you because you had something nobody else did. They signed up because they saw value in what you make; because you had something worth their attention.
Over time, customers tend to forget all of those things. They stop realizing the value you add to their lives, eventually. On top of this, with your competition trying to barge in your customers' heads every now and then, they hardly have any recollection of why did they choose you over and above everybody else.
When you're looking at reducing customer churn, you have to make a genuine effort to remind your customers of your value proposition every now and then. You have to take actual steps to remain at the top of their minds.
The key to reducing customer churn is to constantly remind them that you bring something important to their lives every day. It is your responsibility to keep reinstating their faith in you.
One of the worst things that can happen to a company is when their customers perceive the competition to be better.
When you're looking at reducing customer churn, you need to constantly strive to keep the perception of their product better than that of their competitors.
How? By benchmarking your overall performance and customer satisfaction against your competitors. A continuous process of measuring your performance against a standard will certainly move your employees to do everything a little better.
The pertinent question here is - what aspects do you benchmark?
Gallup studied 1 million small businesses and found four key drivers for determining whether a customer is satisfied or not:
For all of you who are really serious about competitive benchmarking, Client Heartbeat is a wonderful tool. It is a business intelligence tool that lets you benchmark your performance against local competitors, industry leaders, and industry averages.
You can then use this intelligence to make better-informed business decisions. Keeping an eye on the competition is a key to reducing customer churn.
This is the easiest, yet the most powerful way to keep your customers from churning.
A new research published in the Harvard Business Review found that the act of just asking for customer feedback in itself is enough to help keep customers satisfied and coming back for more - even when they do not respond to your request.
Several theories of consumer psychology point to the fact that even a simple satisfaction survey appeals to your customers' desire to be coddled, reinforcing the positive feelings they might already have about your product, and making them more likely to buy from you.
The very process of asking questions or seeking opinions induces people to form judgments that otherwise wouldn't occur to them. They might not consciously realize that they love a feature unless you seek feedback about it.
When you're looking at reducing customer churn, collecting feedback would definitely strengthen the association customers have with your product. They would start to actively think about its usefulness and benefits. The product no longer exists only in the subconscious; it is at the top of mind of the customer. This sort of an association is enough to keep them from wandering off to competition.
This is not the end of the story. When you do collect feedback and make actual improvements to the product or a process based on it, it is a great opportunity to tell your customers that you really acted based on what they expressed.
Even better if you can have a small reward to go with it - a discount on their subscription or a free trial for an otherwise premium feature will work like a charm.
Another great way to recognize their efforts is to publish their feedback on your blog or your social channels.
The moment they realize you value their opinion, you are on the track to reducing customer churn. Even when you end up making mistakes in the future, these are the customers who will always stand by you.
A large number of companies make the mistake of marketing only to prospects, and spending little or no efforts on the existing pool of customers. Forgetting about our existing customers would always be to our detriment.
According to Totango, most businesses "spent only 21% of their marketing budget on existing customers, whereas these customers make up 61% of their revenue."
Imagine gaining a new customer with your marketing spend but losing an existing one. The end result: you're left with the same number of customers and lesser revenue.
Now that's a crime. You cannot take your existing customers' loyalty for granted. The more you care for them, the more 'sticky' they become - you don't want to miss this opportunity.
When you're looking at reducing customer churn, marketing to the existing ones will foster a much closer association between you and them. It is never a bad idea to remind them of your product, your propositions, and your values.
There are several clever ways to do this:
Above all else, ensure that you offer your existing customers even better rewards, deals, and treatment than you do to new customers. By making them feel special, you'll build a loyal customer base with a reduced churn rate.
No business is flawless. No matter how efficient and streamlined your processes have become, there is always one element which is weaker than the other - that's your weak spot.
Going by the old proverb 'you are only as strong as your weakest link', it is imperative that you uncover it, and work towards improving it.
The two aspects that you need to uncover are:
It is very important that you collect feedback from customers who have just stopped using your product. More often than not, you will be able to find a few common reasons most of your churned customers would quote.
Why would someone who visited your website not sign up for your service - this is an important question you need to answer. There is a good chance that your competitor has what your product is missing. A reliable way to identify the features that are off-putting for your prospects is to employ tools that monitor their behavior on your website.
Without knowing your weaknesses, you will have no clue what to improve. There have been numerous instances in the past when companies went down because they failed to work on their weaknesses.
Kodak failed to see that the future lies in digital, and kept on spending on R&D for traditional cameras. By the time they realized their mistake, the bus had left the station.
Microsoft committed a big mistake by not paying attention to inbuilt security features and kept relying on third-party services such as McAfee. Apple took advantage of this situation by building computers with sturdy security features. Microsoft ended up churning a lot of customers.
When you're looking at reducing customer churn, remember that focussing on weaknesses is just as important.
A customer who understands your product and its benefits well is an educated customer, and educated customers do not abandon you.
If you create a library of resources (articles, videos, and whitepapers) that can educate your customers about the potential benefits of your product, they will start realizing the value in your product.
All customers have problems they are looking solutions for. If your resource library is able to genuinely help them with solutions, you go a long way in earning their loyalty.
Hubspot has done a fantastic job at it. Their primary business is an inbound marketing tool that helps businesses generate and convert leads. At the same time, they run an Inbound Marketing Academy filled with a variety of articles, videos, and blogs about inbound marketing.
They are helping their customers get better at using their products. A majority of the educational material is based around Hubspot. If a Hubspot customer leaves and defects to a competitor, they would be sacrificing the personalized educational materials. A few of these resources are more valuable than the product itself!
Here are a few tools available in the market that can help you monitor churn.
Churn Buster helps make sure that your customer's payment information stays up-to-date. Payment failures is a major reason for churn. Some companies managed to improve their revenue by 50% after they started using this tool. It will monitor customer payments and sends out an email in case of failures. Churn Buster also has the feature where you can reach out to your customers whose payments failed over the phone. It also has a reporting tool that offers insights daily metrics.
Hookfeed allows you to filter your customers based on their behavior and intent. It will help you answer questions like who has raised funding, who has a large team of employees, and how likely they are to convert to a paid customer. It allows you to personalize your communication with each individual customers.
YesInsights helps companies collect actionable feedback from their customers. It will help your create simple one-click and Net Promoter Score surveys. This will help encourage more people to take your survey. This way you will be able to clearly identify and understand the major reasons behind the churn.
You can do complex behavioral analysis and generates automated insights using this app. You will be able to find out how customers engage with your pages. Mixpanel tracks views, shares, likes, and purchases on different web and social media platforms. The app will help users to gauge the potential of each marketing channel in terms of customer engagement.
Intercom is not specifically a tool aimed towards reducing churn, but it's an awesome tool that does just about anything including support. Intercom has one of the best support systems and email drip campaigns that you can use to reduce churn. Intercom will warn you as soon as users are "slipping away". That way you can look into right away and communicate with that user to see if they are experiencing any problems.
Intercom shows the people using your product and what they do in it, making it easy to quickly find the right people to ask for feedback. Automatically ask users for feedback right after they've used a feature, in your app — when and where they're most likely to respond.
Ambassador provides the most flexible, customized experience for your referral and affiliate programs. Referral, partner & affiliate channels can all be managed in a single dashboard via Ambassador. You can reward Ambassadors for referrals with cash, points, virtual currencies or swag and receive actionable metrics to measure ROI.
With Ambassador you can leverage the power of the social web to influence purchasing decisions. Use Social recommendations to increase sales and conversions. Ambassador integrates easily with your favorite 3rd party applications. From newsletter software to billing applications and even Salesforce and Hubspot, our integrations keep your referral program running smoothly while syncing data between your favorite applications.
Although the bitter truth is that some customers will always churn no matter what you do, you should never consider it a 'part of the business' and take it lightly. It is an even bigger problem when you are not worried about customer churn.
If left unchecked, customer churn can even take your company down for good. Always keep a close eye for early warning signs, and take steps the moment you spot an at-risk customer.
If the customer decides to leave despite your efforts, be gracious, and collect as much feedback as you can. Understand from them what might have prevented it - that is the key to reducing customer churn.
A great way to prevent customer churn is to keep measuring customer satisfaction as frequently as you can.
Harsh is the content lead at Hiver. He's jocular, loves dogs, and is always up for a road trip. He also reads sometimes.
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- Golfers are to wear proper golf attire that follows industry standards, as determined by the product lines sold by golf apparel companies.
- Shirts for men and boys must have a collar and sleeves. Shirts for ladies and girls must have a collar or sleeves. Mock necks are acceptable.
- Items NOT PERMITTED include; cargo pants/shorts with expandable outside pockets, gym shorts, spandex shorts, cut-off shorts, tennis shorts, tracksuits, yoga pants, sweatpants, sweatshirts, tank tops, halter tops or bare midriffs, items with garish, vulgar or offensive language or slogans.
- Tasteful denim clothing is acceptable in the Clubhouse, Locker Rooms, Parking Lot and Pro Shop. Denim clothing items must be in good repair with no holes, rips, tears, tatters or frays and must fit appropriately.
- Dresses and appropriate formal or semi-formal attire is acceptable in the Clubhouse and for social events at the Club.
- Hats and visors are not permitted in indoor dining areas unless for medical reasons.
- We are a "soft spikes" ONLY course. Acceptable footwear must be worn on all playing and practice areas.
Management and staff have been instructed to enforce the dress code and given the authority to prohibit any improperly dressed Member or Guest from golfing or dining until the dress infraction is corrected. These rules apply to all Guests of functions, as well as Members and their Guests. Members whose dress (or the dress of their Guests or Children) is deemed to be unacceptable will be notified by mail.
Pace of Play
The Board has adopted the Pace of Play Policy listed below to help Members enjoy their rounds on the Main Course without the frustration of unreasonably slow play.
Members are reminded that reasonable pace of play is required even if Guests or a competitive match are involved.
Members who do not adhere to these guidelines will receive a warning notice, followed by a suspension of playing privileges for subsequent infractions.
The guidelines are flexible in some respects, such as slow play by the group ahead or other extenuating circumstances.However, the intent is to enforce the guidelines and penalties whenever unreasonably slow play is noted.
a) Groups are expected to play within the applicable "benchmark time". The "benchmark time" initially in the day will be four hours and ten minutes (4:10).
b) If a group takes, for example – 4:20, then 4:20 becomes the new "benchmark time" for the group behind them. If, subsequently, there is a gap in the scheduled tee times, the "benchmark time" may be lowered back toward 4:10 for subsequent groups.
c) If a group has a problem and allows a following group t o play through, the circumstances should be reported on the scorecard so consideration can be given before the determination of any infractions.
d) For nine-hole games, the "benchmark time" will be 2:05 and other times will be adjusted proportionally.
e) Each group must "punch-in" at the start of their 18-hole or 9-hole game and "punch-out" on completion of the game, using the designated time clocks. At the start, the group's card must be punched-in as soon as the players have all teed off.
f) The group should ensure that punching in and out is completed properly. Failure to punch in or out will constitute an infraction of the Policy by the group.
g) The timing section of the scorecard must be properly completed and turned in at the Pro Shop, including the name of each Member and the number of Guests in the group. Then the Club will process the data and determine any infractions. Failure to turn in a scorecard will constitute an infraction.
h) For a first infraction, players will receive a notice or warning.
i) For a second infraction, players will receive a suspension of playing privileges for seven days Continued on Next Page Pace of Play Policy (Original Approval by the Board of Directors - November 22, 2001; Revised by the Board of Directors – March 15, 2010) 6540 - 20 Street SW Calgary, T3E 5L2 403-249-5548 earlgreygolfclub.com
j) For a third infraction, players will receive a suspension of playing privileges for fourteen days.
k) Suspensions will take effect one week after the Club has mailed a notification letter to the offenders.
l) Subsequent infractions will be dealt with by the Board of Directors.
m) After sixty days of no offences, all previous offences will be eliminated, or disregarded. At the start of the next season, all previous offences will be eliminated.
n) This Pace of Play Policy will be in effect for all regular play, member events and Club tournaments, except for events with shotgun starts.
o) Note that, at the 1st tee, players must be ready to tee off at their scheduled time or they may forfeit their tee time.
p) Members may appeal rulings of infractions, in writing, addressed to the General Manager. The Club Captain will make final determination of any appeals.
Times tend to be well under four hours in the early part of each day. If a group finds that they cannot keep up to within ten minutes of faster groups, they should plan to play later in the day when there is less speed involved.
With this Policy, the Board anticipates that Members will make a greater effort to monitor the pace of play of their groups. The necessity to impose penalties will be minimal when Members are aware of the benchmarks established in these guidelines. The frustration of unreasonably slow play will be eliminated, to the benefit of all the other Members on the course.
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This factsheet explains whether you or your spouse/partner are entitled to the Child Tax Credit and the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit.
Claims for the Working Tax Credit other than the childcare element are not covered in detail here. It is aimed at low income workers. As the amount of Child Tax Credit may be dependent on the potential benefits payable under the Working Tax Credit, you may need to look at the benefits under the Working Tax Credit system. The rates of Working Tax Credits are shown as an appendix to this factsheet. A tax credit claim could affect other state benefits (but not child benefit). Such impact is not further considered here.
The credit and the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit are paid direct to the main carer, usually the mother.
Claiming Child Tax Credit
Who makes the claim?
Couples must make a joint tax credits application. If you are part of a couple, you cannot decide to apply as a single person. A couple is:
- a man or a woman who are married and living together, or
- a man and a woman living together as if they are married, or
- a same sex couple who have entered into a civil partnership, or
- a same sex couple who live together as if in a civil partnership.
The income of couples must be added together for the threshold tests below.
Qualifying child
Child Tax Credit is for people who are legally responsible for at least one child or qualifying young person. (See appendix.)
The childcare element of the Working Tax Credit
Who makes the claim?
Couples with children must work at least 24 hours a week between them, with at least one of them working 16 or more hours. If only one member of the couple works, that person must work at least 24 hours.
There are some exceptions to the 24 hours rule. Couples with children will still qualify for WTC if:
- one partner who is working at least 16 hours per week is eligible for the disabled worker element of WTC, or is aged 60 or over; or
- one partner works at least 16 hours a week and the other partner is 'incapacitated', an in-patient in hospital, or in prison.
Qualifying child
The child or children you are claiming for must be under the qualifying age. (See appendix.)
What type of childcare?
Payments must be made to a 'childcare provider'. (See appendix.)
How much are these credits worth?
This depends on your circumstances.
Amounts and income tests – for full Child Tax Credit
To compute the full potential Child Tax Credit the following credits are added to the Working Tax Credit but then may be reduced by the level of your family income:
|Child element per child
|Disabled child element
|Severely disabled element
|Family (one only)
Childcare costs are added to the above rates at a rate of 70% of eligible costs to maximum eligible costs of £175 per week (£300 if two or more children).
The annual income threshold for the full Child Tax Credit and childcare costs is currently £6,420 with a reduction of 41p for every extra £1 of income. This threshold and reduction applies where your entitlement consists of both CTC and WTC elements. If you are only eligible for the Child Tax Credit as you are not working then the annual income threshold is £16,010 before any reduction is applied.
Oscar and Izzy work full time and have two children. Oscar has self employment income of £10,400 p.a. and Izzy is employed with income of £26,000 p.a during 2013/14. They pay eligible childcare costs of £180 per week.
Their provisional entitlement to Working Tax Credit / Child Tax Credit in 2014/15 will be:
|Basic (Working Tax Credit)
|Couple addition (Working Tax Credit)
|30 hours per week (Working Tax Credit)
|Childcare 70% of £180 x 52 weeks
|Child Tax Credit – 2 children @ £2,750
|Child Tax Credit – Family element
|Less (10,400 + 26,000 – 6,420) @ 41%
|Child Tax Credit
Which year's income?
The initial claim to Child Tax Credit for 2014/15 is based on income for the tax year 2013/14. So, for example it includes the taxable business profits or employment income as stated in your tax return for that year. Other income is also included to the extent that it exceeds £300.
Personal pension contributions and Gift Aid payments (the grossed up amounts) are deductible.
There are other special rules but adding together your 'family' income on this basis will give you an idea as to whether it is worthwhile making a claim.
The amount of tax credit that you are entitled to can change if your income in the year to 5 April 2015 is significantly different from your income in the year to 5 April 2014. If the income for the later year is more than £5,000 higher than income in the initial claim, then you may end up with less tax credit and have to make a repayment of the amount you were overpaid to HMRC.
If your income is significantly reduced, by more than £2,500 you may be entitled to claim further tax credits once your actual income is known.
Renewals process
Claimants will have to make an annual declaration to HMRC detailing their actual income position.
The renewal deadline for 2014/15 claims is 31 July 2015. It is possible to renew using estimated figures and then provide final figures by 31 January 2016.
Protective claims
As previously stated, the initial claim to credit for a given year is based on income of the previous year – eg. the initial claim for 2014/15 is based on income of 2013/14. However, the final credit to which a family is entitled is based on the actual income for 2014/15. Of course, you do not yet know your actual income for the year to 5 April 2015. You are unlikely to know your actual income for a given tax year until the end of the year. However, it may be best to make a claim sooner rather than later due to restrictions on backdating late claims.
A claim can only be backdated by one month. This means that a claim made on 6 August can only be backdated to 6 July.
Protective claims are likely to be of most interest to people with children whose income levels are variable perhaps because they are self employed or because there is the threat of redundancy.
How do I claim?
The tax credits website www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits allows people to make their claim online. It also gives more information on the various elements of the tax credits and the opportunity to go through a quick calculation that gives an indication of what you might be entitled to.
If you would prefer to make a paper-based claim, you can telephone a helpline (0845 300 3900) and ask for a claim pack.
How we can help You
As the claim has to be made jointly by you and your spouse/partner, we can only make claims on your behalf if each of you has previously signed a form authorising us to act.
If we do not currently act for your spouse/partner we will need a form to be signed. Please contact us if you want us to act for your spouse/partner and we will send you the appropriate form. If you do not wish us to formally act we are still available to provide any advice you need.
Appendix: Working Tax Credits rates
|Couple / lone parent addition
|Working 30+ hours per week add
|Disabled worker
|Severe disability
Qualifying child for Child Tax Credit
Child Tax Credit is for people who are legally responsible for at least one child or qualifying young person.
- A child is a person aged under 16 or until the 31st August after that child's 16th birthday.
- A young person is a person aged 16 to 19 provided they are in full time non advanced education or an approved training course, either of which began before their 19th birthday.
Qualifying child for childcare element of the Working Tax Credit
The child or children you are claiming for must be under the qualifying age. For the childcare element that age is from birth up to 1st September following the child's 15th birthday. If:
- the child is registered blind or
- the child has been taken off the blind register within the last 28 weeks or
- you receive Disability Living Allowance on behalf of that child,
the qualifying age is from birth up to 1st September that follows the child's 16th birthday.
Childcare provider
You can apply for the costs of childcare arrangements if the childcare provider is:
- a registered childminder, nursery or play scheme or
- an out of hours club on school premises run by the school or Local Authority or
- a childcare scheme run on Government property or
- a childcare scheme run by an approved provider. For example, an out of school hours scheme. Your scheme will be able to tell you whether they are approved.
You cannot apply for the costs of any childcare arrangement that does not fit into one of the above categories. The childcare provider must have a registration number which is provided by the Local Authority when they are approved.


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Limited Ultrasound
The purpose of the limited ultrasound exam at the Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center is to confirm the presence of a viable pregnancy. Our limited ultrasound exam includes looking for a heartbeat and measuring the gestational age (how far along you are). Our nurses will also be determining the location of the pregnancy (important to ensure you are not experiencing an ectopic pregnancy, a life-threatening concern for mother).
All ultrasounds are completely confidential and provided free of charge. They are performed by nurses certified in limited obstetric ultrasound.
We do not use limited ultrasound to determine sex. Some restrictions apply, and an ultrasound can only be offered by a nurse.
Following a positive pregnancy test, a limited ultrasound for obstetric verification may be performed to:
Confirm the pregnancy is in the uterus
Detect that a heartbeat is present
Estimate the age of the developing fetus
What is an ultrasound?
Ultrasound comes from a machine that creates an image of the inside of your body. It shows what your baby looks like while still inside your womb (uterus).
An Ultrasound can tell you—and your nurse—many things about your baby, such as:
• the size of the baby
• how well the baby's heart works
• how well other organs (such as the spine, brain and kidneys) are growing
Our purpose in providing a Limited Ultrasound is that we want to help you verify your pregnancy.
The moving pictures from the ultrasound machine are like a movie. The pictures appear on a computer screen.
How does ultrasound work
Ultrasound pictures are made from sound waves which are too high pitched to be heard by the human ear. The sound waves travel through your skin and are focused on a certain part of your body by a scanning device called a "transducer." It picks up the sound waves as they bounce back from organs inside the body.
Ultrasound is different from x-rays because it does not use radiation. This makes it safer for you and your baby. Ultrasound is used in many areas of medicine.


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NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!!! The Promise
The second studio album is here. All new focus, same lyricism, same love for the art. Thanks for listening. Available on all digital retailers!!
It's Over produced by DJ Priority
Bars. I'm alive and #ThePromise is coming soon. Something to hold you over, I know you've been patient.
Ben Famous – Finishing Move produced DJ Priority
New music produced by DJ Priority. Inspired by 90's arcade culture. Those were the days fam, put your quarter up and wait your turn. No cheese and stay on your side. Those were the days. Ha!
Paper Chase Remix produced by Brady James
Remix before I even dropped the original…I'm about to start heating up.
Throwback Thursday #1
A freestyle about this one night I was hangin' with my man 50 grand…Mike. #TBT
Cool Kids Never Die
Dedicated to young urban youth everywhere.
RIP Trayvon and so many others like you. You will live forever.
– Fame
Dreaming of a Million pt 2 (official video)
Ben Famous
"Dreaming of a Million pt. 2"
Dir. by Ed Jansen
The lead record to my Sophomore album Megatron Bombs, "Dreaming…" features modern synths and liquid production from Washed Out. We went for a tour around NJ/NY to reconnect with the ambition and hunger that started it all.
Please enjoy and share.


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This compact survival kit is packed neatly into a durable waterproof cooler bag. It is designed for children 11 years old or younger. The red cooler bag has the words "Survival Kit" on the front, an adjustable shoulder strap, tie-down cords on top, and a reflector stripe on the back.
The kit includes the following:
Food and Water:
3 Boxes of Aqua Blox Water Boxes - twice the amount of water as leading suppliers
6 - 400 Calorie Food Bars
10 Water Purification Tablets - each tablet purifies 1 liter of water
Light and Communication:
AM/FM Radio with Headphones and Batteries
Rechargeable Squeeze Flashlight - contains lithium batteries which last up to 30 hours and also is able to generate power through squeezing
5-in-1 Survival Whistle
Shelter and Warmth:
Emergency Survival Sleeping Bag - Recommended over common "space blankets."
Emergency Poncho for Children
N95 Respirator Dust Mask
Hygiene and Sanitation:
3 Tempo Pocket Tissue Packs
3 Wet Wipes for Hygiene
First Aid:
37 Piece Portable First Aid Kit
Activity Coloring Book with 8 Crayons - contains pictures to color and activities to help keep a child's mind occupied
Emergency Survival Kit Information:This survival kit was designed using advice from experts in the emergency preparedness industry. It follows guidelines given by government agencies and non-profit preparedness organizations. This "Survival Pal" cooler bag survival kit has a retail value of $45.


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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Neat & Tangled Release Week Day 2: Dala Horse + Dala Horse dies + Scandinavian Flowers
27 comments:
I love both of the card and the hoop! That sentiment is wonderful!!ReplyDelete
Awesome, Amy!ReplyDelete
Adorable felt horse!ReplyDelete
Aww...these are sooo sweet, Amy! Love!ReplyDelete
I'm in with sending happy mail to your friend, amy... I think you have my email address if you'd share your friends address/name with me.ReplyDelete
I love this sentiment - true that!
=] Michele
LOVE these! The hoops is so sweet! I FINALLY got the new Big Shot yesterday and some felt horses are definitely in my future, and I love the soft simplicity of the second card too!ReplyDelete
oh my gosh how cute is your hoop!!! LOVE!!! adorable card!!ReplyDelete
1) that hoop is amazing!!ReplyDelete
2) your watercolored card is so lovely
3) I totally spaced on messaging you! Could you email me the address and I will send a card ASAP? Bexcruger at gmail dot com
Lovely card using the flowers set with the watercolor effect!ReplyDelete
oh my these new sets are adorable and so are your projects..ReplyDelete
Love your hoop, Amy and I love the water color background for your flower card!ReplyDelete
Love you projects today. Amy. The hoop is stunning and that watercoloring is just gorgeous.ReplyDelete
What a sweet hoop and card!ReplyDelete
Awesome!!!! You totally rock the hoops!ReplyDelete
Love both of your projects! The use of felt is awesome! And the water-coloring is simply sweet!ReplyDelete
What awesome projects!! I Love the little vignette in that hoop. The second card is simple in design but oh so pretty!! Great projects!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful creations. I love the horse in this set and the hoop will be perfect in your craft room. And I agree that sentiment is amazing.ReplyDelete
You are such a sweetheart, Amy! How thought you are running a card drive for your friend. Hope it will help your friend survive the cancer. By the way, what a great idea to hang a dala horse hoop with welcome message! Love it!!! Hugs, MayReplyDelete
Two lovely projects Amy!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! You just amaze me!! I love how you create such stunning projects with the hoop!! It's so inspiring! Honestly!!! And I LOVE your watercolor swooshes in your card!!ReplyDelete
So fun!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I love this hoop! This set would be so perfect for my family so I think it will have to make its way into my shopping cart. :) I also love your card - the watercolor washes are just stunning! The card drive for your friend is also a great idea - so sweet of you. I'd like to join if it's not too late.ReplyDelete
I love both of these so much, especially the second card with the scandi flowers. The N&T is so breathtaking, wish I could buy it all!!ReplyDelete
Two fab N & T stamp sets! Love the hoop, of course and the the card is so very sweet!ReplyDelete
PS: There, think I've cause up with your busy busy busy card making week. I have been internet-less for a few days and it was killing me not to visit my faves :-o
These are sooo cute. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Crafty hugs,
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Selling GRT products
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Bridges Restaurant, Bistro & Bar - Downstairs
- 1696 Duranleau St
- Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
- Phone: 604.687.4400
Located on the western tip of Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver, Bridges has been a landmark restaurant operation since 1980. The views of the city skyline, north shore mountains and the marine activity of False Creek cannot be beat!
Upstairs at this Granville Island landmark you will find vaulted ceiling highlighting the original beams of this 1920's building with floor to ceiling windows capturing every part of the view. Sharp service and a dedication to freshness in all ingredients makes the discovery of this stunning room a guarantee for a great meal.
The Bistro & Pub are found on the main floor of Bridges. More casual food options and local draft beer are available, along with classic wild salmon dishes. The views are great and the waterfront deck is the biggest and best in the city.
With its location and size, Bridges is a perfect setting for a wedding or corporate functions. Groups of 150 comfortably dine upstairs and parties of up to 750 have utilized the full building and deck to entertain their friends and clients.
Open: 7 days a week 11:00am – 1:30 am
Private Dining: Total Booking Capacity Upstairs – 150 Seated / 250 Reception Total Booking Capacity Lower & Upper – 200 Seated
Dining Style: Upscale Casual
Special Features: Patio, Water View, Wheelchair Access (only for Bar & Bistro), Bar or Lounge, Private Parties, Boat Access, Parking
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- Largest Private Room Capacity: 130
- Patio:
- Total Number of Private Rooms: 1
- Total Restaurant/Nightclub Capacity: 300
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We Need Your Help To Raise £15k!
... to refurbish the family room on Tropical Bay Children's Ward at Queen's Hospital
Tropical Bay is one of two children's wards at Queen's Hospital in Romford. Parents will usually spend many hours waiting around while their child is given treatment, or undergoing surgery, and this time can be very traumatic and emotional.
The ward has a family room for parents and siblings to use, but it is currently shabby, dull and very clinical. Not the sort of place you would choose to go and relax! Unfortunately, the family room is the only place for parents and siblings to go without leaving the ward while their child is having cancer treatment.
As you can see, it's not a very welcoming environment!
We need your help to raise £15,000 to fully refurbish the room and make it a bright, comfortable and friendly place for parents and siblings to relax and meet other families over a cuppa!
The refurbishment of the family room will:
Offer families a comfortable and welcoming place to wait while their child is being treated, or undergoing surgery.
Give parents and siblings somewhere to meet other families who also have a child battling cancer.
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Oh, Danny boy, in the language of our forefathers: Oy vey!
I cannot exaggerate how vastly the sense of malcontent from this war has spread amongst the citizens of my country. A righteous war, with wide support from the western world, was lead by pollsters and public relations offices; leaders who do what looks good and not what _is_ good; goals that continuously change to fit the actual achievements; and a whole lot of grieving parents not knowing what their sons died for.
It seems we insist on borrowing only the negative ways of our American patrons, and have turned into a nation to whom selling breakfast cereals or a prime minister is just as easy. Had you asked people when the war started what they are fighting for, they would have said they are fighting to bring the captive soldiers home – but when that was not going as planned, a publicity blitz has started in the aim of convincing the entire nation that the goal was all along to declare our independence to the neighboring states, leaving our captives to the mercy of the unmerciful.
At this point in time three IDF soldiers are being held hostages, 113 soldiers were killed in action, the prime minister is suspected of receiving bribe, the president is suspected of rape (r-a-p-e, rape!), the Justice minister has resigned after being indicted for sexual assault, and the Army Chief of Staff has sold
his entire stock portfolio 3 hours after hearing about the two abducted soldiers and the eight fellow
soldiers who died in that incident.
Danny, I cannot begin to put into words my emotional turmoil – at this point I can only say this:
We are worthy of better leaders.
There is already a grassroots movement, which was started by a couple dozen army reservists coming back from the war, which calls for the immediate resignation of the Prime Minister, Defense Minister
and the Army Chief of Staff. The reasoning behind this is far from vindictive – the people who have fought
this war feel PR considerations was the primary reason for so many soldiers being killed and they are simply terrified Israel might lose the next war, lurking just around the corner.
It goes without saying that in this part of the world you only get to lose once.
Friend, I bid you adieu and hope my next email would be much more cheerful,


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Airway Resistance (RAW):
A measure of the impedance to ventilation caused by the movement of gas through the airways. Abbreviated as RAW, airway resistance is computed as a change in pressure along a tube divided by flow.
An absence or suspension of breathing (respirations). See also Pathological Apnea, Central Apnea, Obstructive Apnea and Mixed Apnea.
Apnea index:
The number of apneic episodes (obstructive, central and mixed) per hour of sleep.
Apnea of Infancy (AOI):
An unexplained episode of cessation of breathing for 20 seconds or longer, or a shorter respiratory pause associated with bradycardia, cyanosis, pallor, and/or hypotonia. AOI refers to infants who are greater than 37 weeks gestational age at the onset of pathological apnea.
Apnea of Prematurity (AOP):
Apnea of prematurity is fairly common in preemies. Doctors usually diagnose the condition before the mother and baby are discharged from the hospital, and the apnea usually goes away on its own as the infant matures. Once apnea of prematurity goes away, it does not come back.
Apnea-hypopnea Index (A/HI):
The number of apneic episodes (obstructive, central and mixed) plus hypopneas per hour of sleep. It is synonymous with respiratory
disturbance index.
Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE):
An episode that is frightening to the observer and that is characterized by some combination of apnea, color change, marked change in muscle tone, choking or gagging.
An abrupt change from a deeper sleep stage to a lighter sleep stage with the possibility of awakening as a final outcome. Arousal may be accompanied by increased muscle tone and heart rate as well as body movement.
Automatic Positive Airway Pressure (APAP):
Short for "automatic positive airway pressure". Device used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Automatically adjusts, on a breath-by-breath basis, to deliver the minimum pressure needed to keep the upper airway open during sleep. This allows the device provide you with your ideal pressure over the entire night Tend to be more advanced and contain more features than CPAP devices May also be known Auto-adjusting CPAP, Auto-titrating CPAP, Self-adjusting CPAP Auto PAP, Automatic CPAP, Auto.
Bi-Level or Bi-Level Positive Air Pressure (BiPAP™):
A Bilevel positive airway pressure (or BiPAP) machine builds to a higher pressure when you inhale and decreases to a lower pressure when you exhale. This device is most appropriate for central sleep apnea, a condition where the brain loses its drive to breathe.
Slowing of the heart rate below the age-specified rate for five seconds or greater.
The habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding teeth especially in situations of stress or during sleep.
A sudden decrement in muscle tone and loss of deep tendon reflexes leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, or postural collapse. One of the symptom tetrad of narcolepsy.
Central apnea:
No respiratory effort, caused when the brain fails to send the appropriate signals to the breathing muscles to initiate respirations.
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (CSR):
A pattern of breathing with a gradual increase in the depth of respiration to a maximum, followed by a progressive decrease in the depth of respiration resulting in apnea, characteristically
seen in heart failure patients.
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP):
Medical device that delivers a steady, gentle flow of air delivered through a soft, pliable nasal mask Medical device that delivers a steady, gentle flow of air delivered through a soft, pliable nasal mask worn over the nose; Used to 'splint' open a person's airway during sleep; CPAP is the most effective treatment available for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
A bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood.
Deep sleep stage:
Common term for NREM stages 3 and 4 sleep; In deep sleep, a person is very difficult to arouse; Mostly occurs at the beginning of the
Delayed sleep phase:
A condition that occurs when the clock hour at which sleep normally occurs is moved ahead in time within a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle; Commonly known as Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome.
Delta sleep stage:
The stage of sleep in which EEG delta waves are prevalent or predominant—Sleep stages 3 and 4.
Disorganized breathing:
A breathing pattern consisting of irregular breathing with short periods of apnea, usually accompanied by heart rate decelerations and/or bradycardia. Can be a signal that the patient being monitored is awake.
A stage of quiet wakefulness that typically occurs before sleep onset. If the eyes are closed, diffuse slowed alpha activity usually is present, which then gives way to early features of Sleep stage 1.
Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT):
Used to refer to a physician that specializes in disorders of that region. Technically known as an Otorhinolaryngologist.
Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ES):
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is used to determine the level of daytime sleepiness. A score of 10 or more is considered sleepy. A score of 18 or more is very sleepy.
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness or Somnolence (EDS):
A subjective report of difficulty in maintaining the awake state, accompanied by a ready entrance into sleep when the individual is sedentary. May be quantitatively measured by use of subjectively defined rating scales of sleepiness.
Expiratory phase (Exhalation):
The part of the ventilator cycle from the beginning of expiratory flow to the beginning of inspiratory flow.
Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure (EPAP):
The lower pressure used in BiPAP. Helps maintain airway patency and oxygenation.
Final awakening:
The duration of wakefulness after the final wake-up time until the arise time (lights on).
A household appliance that increases humidity (moisture) in a single room or in the entire house.
The amount of water vapor in the air.
An unusually high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood as a result of hypoventilation.
Excessive sleep or sleepiness that interferes with everyday life.
Hypnogogic startle:
A "sleep start" or sudden body jerk (hypnic jerk, observed normally just at sleep onset).
Breathing that is shallower or slower than normal
during sleep.
Decreased muscle tone (temporary paralysis) usually present during REM to prevent sleepers from acting out dreams.
A lower than normal level of oxygen in blood.
Inability to sleep at all, or sleeping for only a few hours (and being unable to go back to sleep after arousing in the middle of the night). Commonly used to indicate any and all gradations and types of sleep loss.
Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure (IPAP):
The pressure delivered to assist the patient when inhaling.
Laser-assisted Uvulaplasty (LAUP):
Laser surgery on the uvula and soft palate that is reported to diminish snoring.
Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT):
Used in the assessment in the ability to remain awake. Subjects are instructed to remain awake in a darkened room in a semi-reclined position.
Mallampati score:
A clinical instrument used to assess the ease of obtaining an airway.
Mandatory breath:
A breath for which the start or end of inspiration (or both) is determined by the ventilator, independent of the patient. A mandatory breath is either (1) machine triggered and machine cycled, (2) machine triggered and patient cycled, or (3) patient triggered and machine cycled.
Manual breath:
A breath initiated by the patient.
Mixed apnea:
Typically a central apnea followed by an obstructive apnea.
Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT):
Also known as a daytime nap study. The multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) tests for excessive daytime sleepiness by measuring how quickly you fall asleep in a quiet environment during the day.MSLT is the standard tool used to diagnose narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia.
A neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness. People with narcolepsy experience excessive daytime sleepiness and intermittent, uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the daytime. These sudden sleep attacks may occur during any type of activity at any time of the day.
Obstructive Apnea:
Cessation of airflow into or out of the mouth or nose although efforts to breathe continue.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA):
A life threatening and life altering condition that causes a person to stop breathing repeatedly during sleep due to obstruction of the airway by excess tissue in the back of the throat; Cessation of breathing during sleep, due to a mechanical obstruction, such as a semi-collapsed trachea, tongue relaxed to back of the throat, or a large amount of tissue in the uvula area.
Any of several disorders that frequently interfere with sleep, occurring especially among children and including sleepwalking, night terrors, and bed-wetting.
Pathological apnea:
A respiratory pause (for 10 seconds or longer in adults) that is abnormal if it is prolonged or associated with cyanosis, abrupt pallor, hypotonia or bradycardia.
Peak End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP):
The application of positive pressure to the airways and alveoli during expiration when the patient is breathing with a mechanical ventilator; Maintains a small amount of air in the lungs, preventing complete emptying on exhalation to avoid airway collapse.
Periodic breathing:
Abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate.
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMS):
Repetitive limb movements that occur during sleep and cause sleep disruption. The limb movements usually involve the lower extremities, consisting of extension of the big toe and flexion of the ankle, the knee, and the hip. In some patients, the limb movements can occur in the upper extremities as well.
The limb movements occur most frequently in light non-REM sleep. The repetitive movements are separated by fairly regular intervals of 5 to 90 seconds. There can be significant night-to-night variability to the frequency of limb movements.
Phase advance:
The shift of sleep or wake to an earlier position in the 24-hour sleep-wake cycle.
Phase delay:
A shift of sleep or wake to a later time of the 24-hour sleep-wake cycle.
Descriptor for an obese person who snores, is sleepy, and has alveolar hypoventilation.
Polysomnograph or polysomnogram:
A mechanical recording of a person's sleep using many criteria such as the amount of oxygen in bloodstream, pulse, brain waves and eye movement. The continuous and simultaneous recording of physiological variables during sleep, i.e., EEG, EOG, EMG (these are the three basic stage scoring parameters), EKG, respiratory air flow, respiratory excursions, lower limb movement and other electrophysiological variables.
Rapid Eye Movement (REM):
Rapid eye movement sleep, or REM, is one of the five stages of sleep that most people experience nightly. It is characterized by quick, random movements of the eyes and paralysis of the muscles.
REM density:
A function that expresses the frequency of eye movements per unit time during sleep stage REM.
REM sleep latency:
The interval from sleep onset to the first appearance of stage REM sleep.
REM sleep onset:
The beginning of the REM sleep episode as designated by the A Manual of Standardized Terminology—better known as the R and K Manual.
The act of inhaling and exhaling air.
Respiration Disturbance Index (RDI):
The number of apneas (obstructive, central or mixed) plus hypopneas per hour of total sleep time as determined by all-night polysomnography. It is synonymous with apnea-hypopnea index.
Restless Legs Syndrome:
A discomfort in the legs which is relieved by moving or stimulating the legs. This feeling is difficult to describe and is commonly referred to as a crawling, tingling or prickling sensation.
An irritation or inflammation of the lining of the sinuses. When the mucous membranes lining the sinus walls become inflamed, these openings become blocked and the sinuses do not drain properly.
Sleep cycle:
Synonymous with the non-REM/REM sleep cycle.
Sleep efficiency or sleep efficiency index:
The proportion of sleep in the period potentially filled by sleep, that is the ratio of total sleep time to time-to-bed.
Sleep hygiene:
Habits and practices that are conducive to sleeping well on a regular basis. For example, regularity of bedtime and arise time; spending only enough time in bed to get an adequate amount of sleep (usually 8-9 hours for normal adults); restricting alcohol and caffeinated beverages in the period prior to bedtime; exercising, nutritional eating, and controlling of environmental factors such as noise, light and temperature so that they enhance, rather than disturb, restful sleep.
Sleep latency:
The period of time measured from lights out (or bedtime) to the onset of sleep. Sleep latency is measured in minutes and is important in diagnosing depression.
Sleep log:
A daily, written record of a person's sleep-wake pattern, containing information such as time of retiring and arising, time in bed, etc.
Sleep onset:
The transition from waking to sleep, normally into non-REM.
Sleep paralysis:
Immobility of the body that occurs in the transition from sleep to wakefulness. A partial manifestation of REM sleep.
Sleep-onset REM period:
The beginning of sleep by entrance directly into stage REM sleep. The onset of REM occurs within 10 minutes of sleep onset.
Tongue pacemaker (neurostimulator device):
A device that prevents pauses in breathing during sleep and helps protects against snoring. It helps patients who suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
Wake time:
The total time scored as wakefulness in a polysomnogram occurring between sleep onset and the final wake-up.


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FIBA Anti-Money Laundering Certified Associate (AMLCA)Highlights
This certification is designed to focus on the daily responsibilities of the AML/BSA compliance officer in a financial institution. The certification gives a broad and comprehensive overview of the AML compliance function in a financial institution.
This program does more than prepare you to sit for the exam. It helps you become a better contributor to your organization by expanding your knowledge and sharpening your AML knowledge and problem-solving skills.


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It was an ambition come true for me and the Isle of Man Stamps & Coins division of Isle of Man Post Office to produce a sheet of stamps featuring 27 postal administrations within the Commonwealth. Each of the 27 Posts came together to produce a unique stamp sheet to mark the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the role of Her Majesty The Queen as Head of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth Sheet of Stamps was officially issued on Friday 27th November when the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting opened in Malta. I was very honoured to have had the opportunity to present a framed set of the stamps to Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma in Malta on 25 November, via the Commonwealth Secretariat.
On receiving the stamp sheet, Mr Sharma said: "I am delighted to receive these stamps from the Isle of Man Post Office on behalf of the participating countries which are spread throughout the Commonwealth. The stamp sheet clearly demonstrates the affection they all have for HM The Queen Head of the Commonwealth. These countries are to be congratulated in their efforts to bring this project to fruition in the year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth Secretariat. In the year HM The Queen became the longest reigning monarch, Her Majesty remains well respected and long may she remain the Head of the Commonwealth."
It is unprecedented for 27 independent postal administrations to come together and produce a sheet of stamps like this. The principle of the sheet is that, like the Commonwealth, each participating nation is equal. Participating postal administrations include Kenya, New Zealand, Antigua, Barbados, Tanzania, St Kitts, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos, Ghana, Grenada, Zambia, Tuvalu, Sierra Leone, Falkland Islands, Cook Islands and Tristan de Cunha. It's been a delight to work with our colleagues in all corners of the Commonwealth to bring the stamp sheet, the first of its kind in postal history, to life. It is also an honour that it has been endorsed by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Happy New Year (and, by the way, the Senate voted to extend the Mortgage Debt Relief Act)
Happy New Year to our three readers!
The bad news is that my oldest daughter had to ring in the new year in the Senate Press Gallery awaiting a vote on the fiscal cliff mess. The good news is that H.R. 8, which was passed by the Senate in the wee hours of 2003, includes the following:
Sec.202.Extension of exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness
If you are in the throes of a short sale on your principal residenence, this comes as welcome news. Now, let's hope the House likes the idea.
H/T to broker J. Philip Faranda for the link.
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As digital becomes more crucial within large organisations, the number of stakeholders grow and the importance of buy in increases. How then do you get all of these stakeholders moving in the same direction?
Perhaps it is a sign of age, but I look back on the early days of the web with fondness. In those days the majority of people within the organisations with whom I worked didn't understand or care about the web. That made my job easy because I could just do as I saw fit and nobody ever questioned me.
Now it feels like everybody has an opinion. This is not surprising because digital has become so crucial to the success of most organisations. When there is so much at risk the level of scrutiny goes through the roof. Unfortunately, this can lead to slow decision making in a medium where speed is of the essence.
How then do you get people on board while maintaining the momentum so crucial to the success of the web?
The keys to buy in for your digital strategy
Based on my experience of working with highly complex organisations full of stakeholders and internal politics, I would suggest there are three keys to getting buy in. These are:
- Consultation: People want to know that we have heard and thought about the particular issues and challenges they perceive in the digital strategy.
- Openness: Stakeholders want to know what is going on with the project and be kept informed about decisions being made.
- Understanding: There is a need to educate stakeholders about digital best practice and why certain decisions are made.
If stakeholders know all of the facts, understand the process and feel consulted, they are generally willing to support your decisions. However, as soon as they feel in the dark they have the desire to want to control the situation.
Ultimately it comes down to trust. If you can show stakeholders that the process is under control and the right decisions are being made, they will trust you to get on with the job.
How then do you demonstrate this? How do you practically build that trust?
Facilitating openness, consultation and education
In my role as a digital strategist (whatever that is) I have used and been involved in various different ways of engaging with stakeholders in an attempt to educate and consult with them. Here are some of the most successful.
- Stakeholder interviews: These one to one interviews are a great way of making stakeholders feel consulted, while also educating them about the challenges of the web. Stakeholder interviews are a subject I have written about in depth before.
- Surveys: Although surveys are good for canvasing feedback from large numbers of stakeholders, they do not help educate or create a strong sense of consultation. However, they can be useful when taking a "design by community" approach.
- Internal conferences: Why not run your own mini-conference with external and internal speakers? This is a great way of building awareness of the web project, being transparent in your approach and educating stakeholders. In fact I have just returned from this kind of conference at the University of Strathclyde and it was a phenomenal success.
- Workshops: Interactive workshops that actually get Stakeholders making decisions about wireframing, design and other aspects of the site are a great way to improve collaboration and educate clients. I run these sessions all of the time and they are always a huge hit.
- Presentations: Another thing I often do is give presentations to internal stakeholders. These presentations are aimed to inform them about the project and also about best practice. For example, I give presentations on everything from writing for the web to best practice in mobile.
- Blogging: I have encouraged some web teams to openly blog the process of creating a new website. This raises the profile of the project within the organisation, but also creates a more open, consultative process that helps to educate stakeholders.
- Newsletters: As with blogging a regular newsletter is a great way of keeping stakeholders informed, while also educating them about best practice and your decision making process.
As you can see there is no shortage of ways to include Stakeholders in the process of evolving your website. However there is one key component that I have not mentioned. It has to be a sincere consultation!
Don't patronise stakeholders with insincerity
Too many website managers go through this process because they have to. They don't really feel stakeholders have anything to add to the process or that there is a real need to keep them informed. Not only is this entirely wrong, but these are smart people who will know you are just going through the motions.
As I said at the beginning of this post, the web has become business critical and it effects all parts of the organisation. As a result, we do need feedback from all of the stakeholders. Sure, you won't act on all of their comments but that doesn't mean you don't need to be aware of them.
Always remember, stakeholders have a valuable role to play in the process and shouldn't be ignored.
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The plastic iPhone makes another hi-res appearance. This time we can feast our eyes on tons of photos of the white iPhone 5C back housing.
As with the iPhone 5 we are now seeing more and more components leak ahead of the big Apple iPhone announcements expected next month. The new plastic iPhone is likely to be called iPhone 5C based on photos of iPhone packaging that showed that name.
Now Australian Apple leaker Sonny Dickson has published a series of photos showing the white iPhone 5C back housing in great detail. The design has something from the earlier iPods. Back then it was the only music player you saw on the streets. I bet Apple would like to see the iPhone 5C raising to this same level around the world.
It is still too early to know how the plastic iPhone will be received on the market.
See the White iPhone 5C photos here.


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There are schools offering nutrition degrees in Missouri!
Schools Offering Nutrition Programs in Missouri
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Each year, approximately 0.1% of Missouri graduates receive degrees in nutrition. Thus, Missouri's 11 nutrition schools put out approximately 215 nutritionists each year.
Top Schools
The top-ranked school in Missouri with a nutrition program is University of Missouri-Columbia, which is located in Columbia. In 2010, it was ranked 60th nationwide. In 2010, University of Missouri-Columbia graduated 83 students from its nutrition program. Tuition at University of Missouri-Columbia was $8,501 per year.
The second-ranked school in Missouri with a nutrition program is Saint Louis University-Main Campus, which is located in Saint Louis. In 2010, it was ranked 64th nationwide. In 2010, 36 students graduated from Saint Louis University-Main Campus nutrition program. Saint Louis University-Main Campus charged in-state students $32,656 in tuition fees per year.
College of the Ozarks, which is located in Point Lookout, is the third-ranked school in Missouri that has a nutrition program. It received a ranking of 64th in the country in 2010. In 2010, College of the Ozarks graduated 1 students from its nutrition programs. College of the Ozarks charged in-state students $17,310 in tuition fees per year.
Tuition at Missouri's nutrition schools ranges from $32,656 per year to $2,490 per year. But, the average tuition is $11,015 per year. The Missouri nutrition schools with the highest tuition rates in 2010 were:
- Saint Louis University-Main Campus - located in Saint Louis, students are charged $32,656 per year
- Fontbonne University - located in Saint Louis, students are charged $20,380 per year
- College of the Ozarks - located in Point Lookout, students are charged $17,310 per year
The following Missouri nutrition schools had the lowest tuition rates:
- Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley - located in Saint Louis, students are charged $2,490 per year
- Northwest Missouri State University - located in Maryville, students are charged $5,638 per year
- Lincoln University - located in Jefferson City, students are charged $6,175 per year
A nutrition degree from a Missouri school... what next?
A large number of Missouri nutrition graduates become nutritionists. 1,140 nutritionists were working in Missouri in 2010. In Missouri, the largest numbers of nutritionists work in the following counties:
- Bond County - 470 nutritionists
- Franklin County - 290 nutritionists
- Butler County - 90 nutritionists
Projected Growth
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2018, an estimated 1,570 nutritionists will be working in Missouri state. This would require the number of nutritionists to grow by 1%.
A nutritionist in Missouri earns $46,580 per year on average. However, this number is only an average. nutritionists in Missouri had varying salaries from $27,530 to $84,230 per year in 2010. The following counties in Missouri have the highest average salaries for nutritionists:
- Boone County - $56,390 per year
- Audrain County - $53,260 per year
- Christian County - $49,620 per year
On average, nutritionists earns the least in the following Missouri counties:
- Jasper County - $38,270 per year
- Butler County - $40,140 per year
- Adair County - $42,290 per year
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The charts and graphs below have additional Missouri statistics regarding a career in nutrition. Take a look and compare salaries with various related fields such as nurse practitioning or healthcare.
Here are the different levels of study available for you to explore.
- Associate's Degree in Nutrition in Missouri
- Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition in Missouri
- Master's Degree in Nutrition in Missouri
- Doctoral Degree in Nutrition in Missouri
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