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About the Master of Sustainability
Leadership degree
The Master of Sustainability Leadership (MSL) degree at Arizona State University will prepare professionals to advance social and environmental responsibility. The program teaches organizational leadership skills through the lens of sustainability. This fully online program equips graduates to drive high-impact global sustainable results for their companies, organizations, and communities through their own careers. Graduates will be prepared to advance sustainability practices and strategically communicate sustainability as the gold standard for best institutional practices.
Derived from the successful Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership program, this program's curriculum is built around four themes:
leadership, communication, strategy and global context.
Designed and led by a team of sustainability professors, experts and professionals, the core courses are interwoven and build upon one another through the theme areas, combining applied and academic bodies of knowledge.
The program is administered in collaboration with ASU Online
Fall Start: August
Spring Start: January
Length of Program: Typically two years or less
Delivery: 100% Online
"Everything about this program has been great. I recommend it to anyone who has determination and drive. Even with a busy lifestyle, it's manageable, valuable, affordable, and you know you're getting a quality education"
~ Laura Ortbahn, Inside Sales – Legend Brands
Learning outcomes
Program-level learning outcomes include:
- understanding of critical knowledge, approaches and tools at the interface of sustainability and leadership
- proficiency in applying solution-based knowledge and tools for institutional development and change for sustainability
- ability to successfully lead institutional change and development toward sustainability
- proficiency in building and communicating cases for sustainability, including opportunities and challenges
- understanding of the emerging global sustainability context and proficiency in life-long learning in this rapidly evolving arena
80% Master's degree alumni are employed.
20% Master's degree alumni are pursuing graduate degrees.
A minimum of 35 credit hours is required for the Master of Sustainability Leadership.
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The MSL curriculum includes four thematic areas: leadership for sustainability, sustainability and strategy, communications and change management, and global context of sustainability.
- SOS 501 – Foundations of Sustainability (1)
- EMS 502 – Global Context (2)
- EMS 503 – Strategic Sustainability I (2)
- EMS 504 – Communications and Sustainability I (2)
- EMS 505 – Sustainability Leadership I (2)
- EMS 506 – Global Context II (2)
- EMS 507 – Strategic Sustainability II (2)
- EMS 509 – Communications and Sustainability II (2)
- EMS 510 – Leadership II (2)
- EMS 511 – Global Context III (2)
- EMS 512 – Strategic Sustainability III (2)
- EMS 513 – Communications and Sustainability III (2)
- EMS 514 – Leadership III (2)
Each student will undertake a capstone project, including a final presentation of project outcomes. The project will be developed over four courses.
- EMS 586 – Introduction to Capstone (1)
- EMS 587 – Capstone Preparation (1)
- EMS 588 – Capstone (2)
Students select six credit hours of electives in line with their overall goals and objectives for their plan of study. Examples of possible focus areas are military, law, supply chain management and urban planning. Sample courses are listed below. Other elective courses may be used with approval of the academic unit.
- SOS 598/502 – Sustainability Strategies for Military and Defense
- SOS 598/503 – Sustainable Management of Military Lands
- SOS 598/504 – Sustainable Management of Military Facilities
- LAW 523 – Property
- LAW 831 – Environmental Law
- LAW 643 – Water Law
- LAW 691 – Topic: Energy Law & Policy
Nonprofit Organization
- NLM 510 – Foundations in Nonprofit Management
- NLM 520 – Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations
- NLM 540 – Human Resources in Nonprofit Organizations
- NLM 550 – Philanthropy: Theory and Practice
- NLM 560 – Leadership and Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations
- NLM 562 – Social Entrepreneurship
Policy and Administration
- PAF 503 – Public Affairs
- PAF 504 – Public Affairs Economics
- PAF 505 – Public Policy Analysis
- PAF 506 – Public Budgeting and Finance
- PAF 508 – Organization Behavior
- PAF 546 – Environmental Policy and Management
- ESS 513 – Institutions
The cost is the same for residents and non-residents and can be found here
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Godfrey Howard is a man with a mission. He would like the nation's children to be able to write not just good English but English with some style and flair by the time they leave school.
It is an ambition which he shares with many of the politicians who currently exhort teachers to do better. But the route by which he proposes that schools should meet this objective may stray a little from the path of political orthodoxy.
Godfrey Howard is a linguist who studied English at Oxford under greats such as C T Onions, the last surviving editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, J R R Tolkien and C S Lewis. He has made a career of research into the use of language and is a regular writer and broadcaster on the subject. His current hope, with the publication today of the Good English Handbook, is that he can move on from advising professional writers, as he has done in previous books, to making good, modern English, accessible to everyone.
Mr Howard is a progressive as far as language is concerned. He is not impressed by shrill criticism of standards of English which appear to him to be trying to freeze a living language in a form people remember from 20, 30 or even 50 years ago. As a writer himself, he reckons that there is a proper place for traditional grammar, but equally a place for all the various influences, from home and abroad, which make the language a living thing.
"English is a wonderful language," he says. "But it is a language which is enormously flexible and which changes very fast. There is no single authority. " And with that he parts company with the grammarians who prescribe, to his amusement, "the correct use of the comma." He has debated the comma for hours with the novelist A S Byatt, he says, without coming to any definitive answer.
He is equally scathing about French attempts, through the Academie Francais, to freeze out English and American words. "It is actually against the law there to use English words when there is a French equivalent. But people go on doing "le shopping" for "le weekend". Language is made by people not by grammarians. " One of the strengths of English, he argues, is that it has absorbed so many diverse additions.
His publishers claim that his new book will make the English language "sexy". It is probably not a word he would have chosen, but he does believe that the evolution of English is exciting and goes on at a furious pace. For that reason people need a guide.
"I am not aiming to replace Fowler, for whom I have the greatest respect. But if you consult Fowler it is likely to take you half an hour to elucidate a point of linguistic difficulty.
"What I am trying to do in my handbook is provide a quick and easy-to-use reference work which can solve the problems which come up time after time when you are speaking, reading or writing. I'd like to think that teachers marking work would have it to hand. I suspect that many are marking as "unacceptable" words and phrases which are commonly used by good writers."
What sort of problems does he identify? He consulted a panel of some 100 writers and broadcasters while he was compiling the book, using them as a sounding board to arrive at what he would rather call "acceptable" than "correct" usage. Acceptability, he thinks, arrives by consensus and is constantly changing.
He untangles words which are frequently confused, such as: includeconsistcomprisecompose and flammableflameproof inflammableinflammatory.
He confirms it is quite all right to start a sentence with "but" or "and". Many good writers, he says, use the latter when they want a sense of continuity.
On technicalities such as the double negative he is relaxed. They may be considered uneducated, he says, but there are occasions when they allow writers to provide a meaning which cannot be achieved any other way. The context is as important as the "rule".
He does not duck the difficult (for some) issue of political correctness, although this is an area where there are likely to be two consensuses - the traditional and the modern. But he can offer examples of how usage is changing in this respect, with "they" and "their" replacing "he" and "him" where women are included. The aim should be to avoid both offence and clumsiness: Bernard Shaw led the way on the latter point with "No one would ever marry if they thought it over".
But he is seldom prescriptive. There are rules, he says, but also in many cases options, both in spelling and construction. By secondary school, he thinks, these are the things teachers and students should be debating as they get to grips with the living language of the 21st century.
Good English Handbook is published today by Macmillan at Pounds 9.99

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Last Thursday I launched five of my eight published books at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus. In conjunction with the UWI bookshop the launch was done in the form of a talk entitled, "What God Requires In These Times."
Through my testimony and lessons learned, students were given instructions on how they should approach the many trials, up and downs of life in this season.
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My First Vlog Post!!
Hi Ladies! I'm very excited and nervous to share with you my first vlog (video log) post ever! I'm hoping it will help point you in the right direction as you look for joy and satisfaction during these long and dark winter months.
Hello! I'm Faith. I'm a verbal processor who wants to love the Lord and love people with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. I write to think and think to write. I don't drink coffee. I am a dogless dog lover. I enjoy hosting large parties in my home, and I enjoy being alone. Join me in looking to Him and pursuing A Radiant Face.


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Vedic Astrologer Terence Guardino is based in Los Angeles, CA and has been a practicing Western astrologer since 1977, as a consultant, writer, teacher and lecturer. In 1989 Terence was initiated into Siddha Yoga by Gurumayi and was slowly introduced to the teachings and philosophies of India, which led Terence to an interest in Jyotish or known in the West, as Vedic Astrology.
Terence has been certified by the Council of Vedic Astrology as Jyotish Visharada and by the American College of Vedic Astrology Level 1 and advanced Level II, studied in New Delhi, India with Vinay Aditya and Dr. Pandit in Bangalore and with many great American jyotishi including Dennis Flaherty, Juliana Swanson and James Kelleher
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Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Legal Fellowship
Organization: Make the Road New Jersey
Fellowship: Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps
Make the Road New Jersey will host a fellow over two years as part of the Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps. The fellowship should begin on or about June 1, 2018 and end May/June 2020.
The Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps is a legal fellowship program designed to increase capacity and access to civil legal help for crime victims. A cohort of approximately sixty fellows are placed at nonprofit organizations across the country to provide direct representation to victims of crimes, including human trafficking, fraud/identity theft, campus sexual assault, and hate crime, and immigrant victims of crime with meritorious claims for immigration relief, and outreach and education to community partners. All fellows will incorporate crime victims' rights enforcement into their practice and will receive training from the National Crime Victim Law Institute and other training and technical assistance providers.
This program is supported by an award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, Award Number 2017-MU-MU-K131, and private funding.
The fellow will be supervised by Make the Road New Jersey and based at our offices in Elizabeth and/or Passaic, NJ.
Fellowship Description
The Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellow will:
- Provide direct legal services to immigrant trafficking victims, to address the range of civil legal issues that arise from the victimization, particularly in immigration.
- Provide crime victims' rights enforcement
- Conduct outreach and education activities, provide referrals, and leverage pro bono resources
- Contribute to programmatic reporting required under the federal award
- Collaborate with other Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellows
- Actively participate in mandatory in-person training programs including two-day Crime Victims Justice Corps Victim Law Boot Camp training on June 28-29, 2018 in Washington, DC; learning event at the end of the Fellowship; annual three-day Equal Justice Works Leadership Development Training in October/November 2018 and 2019 in Washington, DC; and training calls with the National Crime Victim Law Institute
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:
- Licensed to practice law
- A demonstrated commitment to public interest work and desire to assist crime victims
- Strong writing, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- An ability to provide victim-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally competent legal assistance to crime victims/survivors
- An ability to work collaboratively in a variety of contexts and with multiple organizations to facilitate comprehensive services to crime victims/survivors
- Ability to begin the fellowship by on or about June 1, 2018 and serve for 2 years
- Those with legal experience in crime victims' rights enforcement and victim service are strongly encouraged to apply
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- Proficiency in Spanish required
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Benefits provided by Make the Road New Jersey
Health and dental insurance, vision plan; Life and disability insurance provided; Position related travel reimbursement; generous vacation benefits.
Background on Make the Road New Jersey
Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and respect through community organizing, legal services, transformative education and policy innovation.
Application Instructions: Please send your cover letter and resume, plus a writing sample to Sara Cullinane at email@example.com.
Make the Road New Jersey is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or veteran status.
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Sri Lanka will launch an island wide off season marketing campaign, targeting specific countries, Minister of Tourism and Christian Affairs John Amaratunge said.
Speaking at the press conference yesterday he said that, "This scheme was developed four months ago with the assistance of 18 airlines, 33 destination marketing companies, advertising agencies and local hotels."
The Minister said the first leg of this program would be launched from mid September to November and they have invested Rs 65 million for this campaign. Sri Lanka hopes to attract additional 200,000 tourists and revenue in the excess of US$ 30 million from this promotion. Amaratunge said that under the promotion airlines that fly to Colombo would be offering special discounted fares.
The Sri Lankan hoteliers would offer a special three night package starting from US$ 99 under this promotion titled, 'Island Escapes'. According to industry sources these rates are a 40-50 per cent discount on current rates.
In addition participating airlines including SriLankan Airlines, Emirates and Qatar will be offering special rates on airfares as well.
"We are launching this package to China, the Gulf and India and other counters where the flying time is less than five hours."
The success of this program would help Sri Lanka Tourism to launch their second stage from May to August next year.
"This is the first time that a planned, comprehensive country promotion is being launched in the country with the active participation of industry stakeholders. Our target is to increase arrivals during the lean months from September to November and April to June. However, it must be cautioned that a steep increase in arrivals may not be forthcoming immediately."
The campaign strategy includes development of four micro-sites within the Sri Lanka Tourism portal in English, Hindi, Chinese and Arabic. The campaign will also include media buying where all platforms will be included such as social media, video blogs, booking engines, search engines, mobile app advertising, direct mail campaigns and print media.
night time viewing at Sigiriya
The Ministry of Tourism will negotiate with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to keep Sigirya Fortress open in the night as well.
"We have seen a huge demand from both local and foreign tourists in visiting the Sigirya rock and we are now looking at the possibility to extend the visiting hours until night which will minimize the congestion," the Minister said.
He also said that he will tell the travel agents and destination marketing companies to aggressively market other wildlife parks and give less prominence to Yala. "We see too much of focus there which creates unwanted congestion ."


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I needed to meet up with Ali at Toda Racing USA and decided to also make a Cars and Coffee trip. Was pretty stoked to see our imports get a lot of love from the crowd throughout the entire morning.
Aside from my ITBs and Baldy's turbo, a lot of people were very interested in our wheels/tires/brakes setup.
Pretty proud to see our imports to get a lot of positive attention in a meet catered towards classics, exotics, and rare cars. The reason I say that is because there's always a handful of stock imports (or poorly modified) at Cars and Coffee; they shouldn't be parked in the exhibitors' lot because they don't get any attention at all.


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FORT WORTH, TX – On the heels of the news announced last month that the total number of U.S. civil helicopter accidents had been reduced to the lowest level since the early 1980s, new accident rate data is highlighting an even stronger improvement. During 2014, the U.S. civil helicopter industry experienced 3.64 accidents per 100,000 flight hours. This is a 26 percent reduction compared to 2013 and a 54 percent reduction compared to the 2001-05 baseline accident rate.
FORT WORTH, TX – A year ago, safety experts at the United States Helicopter Safety Team (www.USHST.org) declared that 2014 would be a pivotal year as the helicopter community worked to stem a discouraging increase in fatal and non-fatal accidents. A renewed safety education and communication effort succeeded in reversing the trend as U.S. helicopter accidents totaled 130 during 2014, the lowest total since the early 1980s
WASHINGTON DC – The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST), along with safety experts from throughout the civil helicopter industry, has developed new safety leaflets focused on entry into fog or cloud conditions, instructional safety, and recurrent training. The IHST now offers a total of ten new safety leaflets aimed at enhancing helicopter operations and reducing accidents.
U.S. helicopter accidents can be drastically reduced, and we have the fact-based recommendations to do it: That was the message at the International Helicopter Safety Symposium, held from Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Montreal, Canada. Hosted by the Intl Helicopter Safety Team (IHST)
EHEST brings together helicopter manufacturers, operators, regulators, helicopter and pilots associations, research organisations, accident investigators and military operators from across Europe. Participants come from organisations including the following: EASA, EHA, UK CAA, EHAC, UK MoD DASC, QinetiQ, RAeS, Agusta Westland, Eurocopter, UK AAIB, Irish AAIB, BFU Germany, Bristow Group, CAA Norway, Shell Aircraft Ltd/IHST, NLR, EHOC, FOCA, FAA/US JHSAT, ENAC Italy, AIB Hungary, and Air Glacier (CH). EHEST addresses the broad spectrum of helicopter operations across Europe; from commercial air transport to general aviation and flight training activities. EHEST brings together around 130 participants, from which 70 are actively involved in EHSAT.
Do you fly to a Dolly?
If you use a Dolly regularly or only every now and then, this Training Safety Bulletin is for you. Here you will find a revision of procedures and safety tips to ensure you complete your operation in the safest manner. Let's get started.


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From Seattle Times:
Jane Balogh had a pretty good idea who was calling when the phone rang and the caller asked for Duncan M. MacDonald.
Duncan is the dog Balogh registered as a voter seven months before the November 2006 election.
Duncan's absentee-ballot envelope was signed with a picture of a paw print.
"You can't sign with a paw print," the election worker told Balogh on Nov. 9.
"I said, 'he can if he's a dog,' " answered Balogh, a 66-year-old grandmother and Army veteran who lives in Federal Way.
The election worker told her a supervisor would call, but she never heard from anyone.
After making her point — how easy it is for a voter to register illegally — Balogh will be arraigned in King County Superior Court on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of making a false statement to a public official.
If she declines to plead guilty, prosecutors told her in a letter this week, they will file a felony charge of providing false information on a voter-registration application. She doesn't plan to contest the misdemeanor: "I'm not going to claim to be innocent when I know I'm guilty."
Balogh's crime was signing Duncan's name on a registration card under a declaration that he meets all the requirements to vote. She submitted ballots in his name in the September and November 2006 and May 2007 elections. She wrote "VOID" on the ballots, and didn't cast any votes.
Balogh, who lives with Duncan, an Australian shepherd-terrier mix, and four other dogs and four cats, registered her dog as a protest of a 2005 state voter-registration statute that she says makes it too easy for noncitizens to vote. She put her phone bill in Duncan's name, then used the phone bill as identification to register him as a voter.
"I wasn't trying to do anything fraudulent. I was trying to prove that our system is flawed. So I got myself in trouble," she says.
If she accepts the plea deal offered by prosecutors, they won't ask for jail time but will recommend she be sentenced to 10 hours of community service, pay a $250 fine and commit no other crimes for a year.
Acting Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg says his office "can't simply look the other way. They say you should let sleeping dogs lie, but you can't let voting dogs vote."
I can't help but wonder how many other people have done something like that. After all, if she had put a signature on it, instead of a paw print, no one would have noticed.


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Proceed as Planned
by Tabitha Grace Smith
Buffy heads out of Sunnydale and on her trip to LA meets a very strange girl. Xander, Willow and Oz have to deal with Sunnydale High without Buffy. Dru wakes up as Spike makes his way to South America. Can the scoobies survive life being *gasp* normal?
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Swiss Alumni Programme
Colleagues for life
Welcome to the Swiss Alumni Programme. Whether you worked here for two or twenty years, Deloitte alumni are 'Colleagues for life', and we want to stay connected.
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Deloitte Switzerland names Reto Savoia as new CEO
Reto Savoia has been elected as and will be appointed Chief Executive of Deloitte Switzerland, effective 1 June 2019. He will succeed Simon Owen who has been serving as CEO since early 2016. Reto is currently Deputy CEO and Managing Partner, Clients & Industries, and has been working alongside Simon and his Executive on transforming and growing Deloitte's Advisory and Audit businesses in the Swiss market.
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Easter is a busy time on the ranch. Not only is it the beginning of avocado harvest time, but it's one of the busiest times for musicians too, especially church musicians. This was my 25th Easter as Director of Music for … Continue reading
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Welcome to Loulabelle Bridal Beauty & Nails run by myself Louise. I am a mobile makeup artist and nail technician of 20 years and cover the Poole and Bournemouth area.
Although I dedicate my time to brides I also offer my services for all ladies who are looking to be pampered, whether its for a special occasion or just to feel good.
Other treatments available are Manicures, Pedicures, Nail Extensions and Nail Art.
You'll also find I offer Pamper Packages and pamper evenings for hens, birthdays or baby showers.
I offer monthly Special Offers on treatments and competitive prices on Bridal & Special Occasion Makeup. Now available is the ever popular Minx and Shellac, and New on the menu is the beautiful Swarovski Crystal manicure and pedicure.
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At Kentucky Sports Chiropractic, we focus on the complex relationship between nerves, muscles, and joints of the body and how this relates to the overall function/performance of the body. How the spine works (i.e., its biomechanics) can influence the nervous system and can alter the overall function of the body. Abnormal peripheral joint function (knees, shoulders, elbows, etc.) can alter nervous system function and reduce performance.
Specifics of examination and correction of body mechanics, including the spine and peripheral joints, is the domain of the sports chiropractor. By ensuring proper mechanics of the spine and peripheral joints, a sports chiropractor can influence a number of body functions: from reducing the coefficient of friction at the joint surface level; to balancing and restoring normal muscle tone through soft tissue techniques; to proprioceptive retraining. The sports chiropractor can enhance an athlete's recovery from injury, prevent future injury (such as overuse/overtraining syndromes) and improve athletic performance.
Here at Kentucky Sports Chiropractic we are specialists in athletic injuries with an emphasis on correcting and preventing musculo-skeletal injuries and biomechanical imbalances. Our clinical experience and ongoing active participation in sport gives us a unique approach to treating athletes. We treat athletes of all ages and abilities from local beginners and first time participants to international world-class athletes. Our expertise covers all athletic injuries and also common aches and pains experienced with everyday life.
All treatments are personalized for the individual and their specific needs. Because many problems are complex in nature, with additional help needed from other sources, we work with a network of the best sports medicine healthcare professionals in the area. We look forward to helping you in any way we can.
Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Doctors of chiropractic, often referred to as chiropractors or chiropractic physicians practice a hands-on approach to healthcare that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment.
The most common procedure performed by a chiropractor is known as "spinal or joint manipulation" also called a "chiropractic adjustment". The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become hypomobile, or restricted in their movement, as a result of tissue injury. Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as the improper lifting of a heavy object, or through repetitive stresses, such as running with improper biomechanics. In either case, injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminished function for the sufferer. Manipulation of the affected joints maximize range of motion, improves overall function of the area, and decreases pain.
Doctors of chiropractic may assess patients through clinical examination, laboratory testing, diagnostic imaging, and other diagnostic interventions to accurately determine when chiropractic treatment is appropriate or when it is not appropriate. Chiropractors readily refer patients to the appropriate health care provider when chiropractic care is not suitable for the patient's condition, or the condition warrants co-management in conjunction with other members of the health care team.
Kentucky Sports Chiropractic offers the latest techniques in soft tissue mobilization. Active Release Technique (ART) as well as Graston Technique are both utilized to treat soft tissue injuries. Soft tissue is everything other than bone. When dealing with musculoskeletal injuries, we are referring to muscle, tendon, ligaments, connective tissue known as fascia, and bursa.
ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.
How do overuse conditions occur?
Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three imprtant ways:
Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.
The Graston Technique, originally developed by athletes, is changing the way clinicians including athletic trainers, chiropractors, physical therapists, occupational therapists and patients view treatment of acute and chronic soft tissue injuries.
Graston Technique® is an innovative, patented form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization that enables clinicians to effectively break down scar tissue and fascial restrictions. The Technique utilizes specially designed stainless steel instruments to specifically detect and effectively treat areas exhibiting soft tissue fibrosis or chronic inflammation.
Graston Technique is successful in effectively treating all soft tissue conditions, whether they are chronic or acute and post surgical. The Graston Technique offers many advantages to the patient such as:
Kinesio Taping gives support and stability to your joints and muscles without affecting circulation and range of motion. It is also used for Preventive Maintenance, Edema, and to treat pain.
Kinesio Taping is a technique based on the body's own natural healing process. This Kinesio Taping exhibits its efficacy through the activation of neurological and circulatory systems. This method basically stems from the science of Kinesiology, hence the name "Kinesio". Muscles are not only attributed to the movements of the body but also control the circulation of venous and lymph flows, body temperature, etc. Therefore, the failure of the muscles to function properly induces various kinds of symptoms.
Consequently, so much attention was given to the importance of muscle function that the idea of treating the muscles in order to activate the body's own healing process came about. Using an elastic tape, it was discovered that muscles and other tissues could be helped by outside assistance. Employment of Kinesio Taping creates a totally new approach to treating nerves, muscles, and organs. The first application of Kinesio Taping was for a patient with articular disorders.
For the first 10 years, orthopedists, chiropractors, acupuncturists and other medical practitioners were the main users of Kinesio Taping. Soon thereafter, Kinesio Taping was used by the Japanese Olympic volleyball players and word quickly spread to other athletes. Today, Kinesio Taping is used by medical practitioners and athletes around the world.
The Kinesio Taping Method is applied over muscles to reduce pain and inflammation, relax overused tired muscles, and to support muscles in movement on a 24hr/day basis. It is non-restrictive type of taping which allows for full range of motion.
In contrast, traditional sports' taping is wrapped around a joint strictly for stabilization and support during a sporting event obstructing the flow of bodily fluids as an UNDESIRABLE side-effect.
Kinesio Tape is used for anything from headaches to foot problems and everything in between. Examples include: muscular facilitation or inhibition in pediatric patients, carpal tunnel syndrome, lower back strain/pain (subluxations, herniated disc), knee conditions, shoulder conditions, hamstring, groin injury, rotator cuff injury, whiplash, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, patella tracking, pre and post surgical edema, ankle sprains, athletic preventative injury method, and as a support method.
KSC is excited to now offer Dry Needling. Dry Needling involves the insertion of a thin filament needle to stimulate the healing process of soft tissues (muscle "trigger points", fascia, tendons and ligaments, etc) resulting in pain relief and restoration of healthy physiology.
Research supports that dry needling improves pain control, reduces muscle tension, normalizes biochemical and electrical dysfunction of motor endplates, and facilitates an accelerated return to active rehabilitation. A variety of musculoskeletal conditions typically respond well to dry needling. Conditions include: Plantar Fasciitis, Acute/Chronic injuries, Headaches, Neck/Back pain, Tendinitis, Muscle Spasms, "Sciatica", Hip/Knee pain, Muscle strains, "Tennis/Golfer's Elbow",Overuse injuries, etc.


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Why choose Morning Glory for preschool?
Our curriculum! We completely embrace our Fruit of the Spirit curriculum. It's a foundation of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Our staff! We care about you and your child. We want your family to have a successful experience at our school. Please call or stop by anytime to talk about your child.
We follow the traditional school year calendar. Our first day of school is the Tuesday after Labor day and our last day is the Friday before Memorial day.
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Its that time of year again for the spring gymnastics show. We've learned now that these shows are pure chaos so we come ready to giggle more then be awed. Always a good time.
One new thing for us this year was that the girls have turned a new foot when it comes to gymnastics. There was always a lot of whining on the drive to Airborne. But, all smiles and joy during the actual class. This never made sense to us. This year the whining as completely vanished. They are excited to go to class each and every week. Maybe its the new routine…
School Pickup -> Stop at Cold Stone for Ice Cream -> Get kids sugared up ->Gymnastics Begins
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ACT power and gas provider ActewAGL has blamed a spate of incorrect gas bills on hiccups in its adjustment to a new billing system.
Hundreds of wrongly calculated bills have been sent to customers, and some ACT residents have received two different bills for the same period, as the power company struggles with new operating procedures.
To compound the issues, ActewAGL's website and gas helpline went down yesterday, but were fixed by the provider within the same day.
ActewAGL made the transition to the new billing system to meet new regulations by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) that demand meter readings are submitted to the administrator by 5pm on the day they're collected.
The new system has been configured to automatically send out bills based on estimated gas usage when meter data isn't entered within the new one-day window. ActewAGL previously had a five-day buffer to get the data together.
But it appears the speed of the data exchange has not kept up with the new time demands.
The company said the normal rate of estimated reads had more than doubled since the issue became apparent last month. Duplicate bills are being sent out while actual meter reads are still being entered into the billing system days later.
ActewAGL advised customers it was "working as hard and fast as we can with our stakeholders to resolve these new process issues".
"We understand the confusion and frustration some customers are experiencing in relation to their bills and we will continue to work through their individual circumstances," it said.
"If a customer has paid too much or too little as a result of an estimated bill their account will be adjusted in the next billing period."
Energy providers elsewhere in the country are progressively moving to electronic smart meters, which track consumption of gas and electricity in near real-time, without the intervention of a human meter reader.
However Victoria - which adopted the most ambitious adoption strategy - struggled to successfully install the expensive equipment in homes and to justify the cost of its smart meter experiment.


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No. NAECI is a voluntary agreement between certain trade unions and construction projects. It is used on a small number of major power projects, and specifies rates of pay and employment conditions for certain types of hourly paid construction work.
NAECI is not used on local authority projects and as Parc Adfer is a public procurement, the local authority partnership was, and remains, duty bound to secure best value for the public purse. It follows Welsh and UK Government guidance where the use of NAECI is not specified.
Is every worker being paid the living wage or above?
Workers are paid at least the Voluntary Living Wage, which is above the minimum stated by UK law.
How do pay rates compare to appropriate National Agreements (e.g. NAECI, CIJC/ WRA)?
Rates of pay at Parc Adfer exceed the relevant minimum rates of pay. National pay agreements vary in their scope, and they are a vital aspect of construction in enabling the project to proceed smoothly.
Sub-contractors to CNIM who employ workers for mechanical, electrical and associated trades pay rates and employ their workers under conditions that are broadly comparable to those set out in the NAECI Agreement.
Please also note that for the applicable scope of civil and building works, the CIJC/WRA minimum pay rates are in place with the relevant construction sub-contractors.


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If you're one of those developers who have been offering downloads to open source software via Google's free service Google Code, you might have to change your taste. Google has recently announced that it will disable downloads from Google Code service directly in order to keep the community safe and secure.
On its open source blog, Google writes that the company believes its download service from Google Code — also known as Google Project Hosting — is under misuse and it's increasing recently. Based on these incidents, Google decided to stop the "hosting" service of Google Code for developers.
Google stated that existing projects that have download option will not see any visible change until January 14, 2014, when their ability to create download will be shut down. On the other hand, for projects that don't have a download page yet will not be able to create any download from now on. This applies to new Google Code projects as well.
Google mentioned Google Drive as an alternative to upload all the download files for Google Code developers — existing and new — and has posted a guideline on how to move files from Google Code hosting to Google Drive. However, if your project doesn't need newer uploads periodically, you might want to relax as Google noted that downloads in existing projects will remain accessible for the foreseeable future.
Bottom line, if your file needs to be uploaded, or if you don't have any file uploaded at all, use Google Drive instead.
Although Google hasn't specified what's the reason for sudden shut down of Google Code hosting to new and existing projects, ZDNet writes that increasing use of Google Code to download malware to user's computer could be the reason. Hit that link if you're interested to read more about the reason.
Are you a Google Code developer? What's your reaction to this story? I would say Google knows how to get people use its services in one way or another! Tell us in the comments.
Source: Google Open Source Blog


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Princess Ever After (Royal Wedding Series)
By Rachel Hauck
Regina Beswick never dreamed of faraway places. She's happy with her life as a classic car mechanic and owner of a restoration shop.
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Why the author wrote this book:
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As designers, it's our job to cater for our clients' needs but sometimes it's not easy to step out of your comfort zone. For us, our comfort zone is with matt finishes. Give us a matt colour, a matt flat fabric or a matt bathroom tile any day over anything glossy! That's just us. :)
There's something very appealing about the understated luxury of matt finishes. Glossy bathroom tiles (apart from being a bit impractical) are loud and boisterous, whereas matt finishes are more subtle and classic.


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How do our emotions and energy impact how we live? How do our interactions with others involve subtle energy?
And what does all this have to do with stress, with developing intuition, and with creativity?
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Being highly sensitive is a trait of many, or most, creative people.
Psychologist Elaine Aron says highly sensitive people (HSPs) "are all creative by definition, because we process things so thoroughly and notice so many subtleties and emotional meanings that we can easily put two unusual things together."
Especially for highly sensitive people, reacting to our inner flows of energy and to energies from others, can impact how much positive emotion and cognitive power we have to be creative.
Using your own energies – not negative energy from others
Carol Tuttle, a "psychological intuitive and energy therapist," says:
"You are most energetic and vibrant when you're in touch with your own energy, experiencing your own subtle energies and feelings — not everyone else's.
"But because you're always interacting with others, you can sometimes take on their negative stuff."
From my article Protecting and Using Your Energy.
Psychiatrist Judith Orloff agrees:
"Since emotions such as fear, anger, and frustration are energies, you can potentially 'catch' them from people without realizing it.
"If you tend to be an emotional sponge, it's vital to know how to avoid taking on an individual's negative emotions or the free-floating kind in crowds.
"Another twist is that chronic anxiety, depression, or stress can turn you into an emotional sponge by wearing down your defenses.
"Suddenly, you become hyper-attuned to others, especially those with similar pain."
From article Judith Orloff on Coping With Emotional Overload.
From Dr. Orloff's book Emotional Freedom.
Audio program: "Positive Energy Practices – How to Attract Uplifting People and Combat Energy Vampires" by Judith Orloff, MD.
Also see article about The Empath's Survival Guide Course by Judith Orloff.
Working with emotions and energy
Among the research interests and related programs of the HeartMath Institute are energy dynamics and emotional resilience.
Here is one of their videos:
From the video:
"Research shows that when we shift into a coherent state, the heart and brain operate synergistically, like two systems that mesh into one.
"We can learn how to activate and sustain this energy between the heart and the brain and prevent stress‐producing patterns, along with increasing our mental clarity and discernment capacity.
"When we do this, our creative solutions for personal, social and global challenges become more accessible, providing us with more intuitive access and flow."
*Note – The link above the video is an affiliate link (and perhaps others on this page), which means the company pays me a commission – at no extra cost to you – if you purchase. See details in note below the end of this article.
See information and testimonials about HeartMath in my article
HeartMath Biofeedback Technology for Stress Relief and Emotional Balance.
Emotions, energy and anxiety
Why would high ability and highly sensitive creative people be more susceptible to anxiety and stress?
Paula Prober, M.S., M.Ed., is a licensed counselor who works with adults to "heal unresolved issues from childhood and specializes in counseling and consulting with gifted adults, youth, and families."
She is author of Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being for Gifted Adults and Youth.
In an article (on her site) The More You Know, The More You Worry, she writes:
"Perhaps you thought that if you were smart, you wouldn't be a worrier. If you were smart, you'd know all of the answers.
"You wouldn't have to be anxious because you could think your way out of any problem.
"But, in fact, you may worry constantly. You worry when you're sleeping. When you're hiking. When you're cooking. When you're driving. When you're not worrying.
"So what's with that? Let me explain.
"Your very active rainforest mind is able to dream up so many things to worry about. Less complex minds may worry less because there isn't as much thinking.
"With you, there's lots of thinking.
"And if you're highly creative? Watch out. Even more worries."
Under an amusing heading – "What, then, can be done, when a lobotomy isn't an option?" – Prober offers multiple suggestions such as:
"Read the research from the Heartmath Institute and see if you might want to try one of their devices to improve what they call your 'heart rate variability' and reduce your stress."
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HeartMath and coaching for emotional health
Bonnie Thompson, a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and Certified HeartMath Coach, notes in her article below that in her coaching practice she specializes "in two areas: Resilience and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs).
"I have worked with clients from all over the world for many years, helping them to live more authentic and centered lives."
A testimonial on her website refers to the power of HeartMath:
"The HeartMath techniques Bonnie taught me have helped me manage my stress in ways I never thought possible.
"Heart Focused breathing has become a reflex I apply at the first sign of stress. Heart Math is a must-have tool in my personal wellness toolbox!" — Mary Lynn C
In an article, Thompson notes that she "became involved with HeartMath® over 15 years ago when I began practicing the tools and techniques to deal with a very stressful time of my life [eye surgery].
"I have said many times that it was HeartMath that got me through it all."
Read more in the article and learn about the HeartMath tools: One Coach Shares Her Resilience Story Using the emWave® Pro.
Heart rhythms and intuition
"Rigorous electrophysiological studies conducted at the Institute of HeartMath have even indicated that the heart appears to play a key role in intuition.
"Although there is much yet to be understood, it appears that the age-old associations of the heart with thought, feeling, and insight may indeed have a basis in science."
From article on the HeartMath site: "The Science Behind the emWave® and Inner Balance™ Technologies."
Gifted and stressed
Deirdre V. Lovecky, Ph.D. is Director of the Gifted Resource Center of New England and a psychologist who specializes in working with gifted children.
She mentioned in an April 2014 edition of the CGEPNETWORK list (American Psychological Association Center for Gifted Education Policy) that she "often usesHeartMath with anxious children in my clinical practice."
From article: HeartMath Technology for Stress Relief and Emotional Balance.


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Giotto Template Program
Standardized Disc Sensitivity Method involves measuring the diameter of zones of inhibition with a ruler, with callipers, or with an automated zone reader. However, zones of inhibition may also be measured in relation to zone templates.
The Renaissance artist Giotto de BonDone was able to draw a perfect circle freehand. The less gifted may use this program to generate their zone templates.
How to add templates to a controlled document: This document contains instructions for adding templates to controlled Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
Instructions to access the Susceptibility Testing Template Program:
- Please click here to download
- Click to unzip/extract all
- Run file Giotto2.exe
- Read help file
If you have any difficulty in accessing the programme, please email Carolyne Horner.


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You know, I'm not sure why I call this occasional dip into the waters of perversity Fetish Fridays anymore…
It's rare that I actually discuss a specific paraphilia these days. It's a lot harder than you think, you know. Picking the right fetish…finding the right pictures and/or videos…avoiding all the fetishes that are boring, stupid or too fucked up even for Awesomeness.
I mean, I guess I could whip up a post about Somnophilia complete with a link to SleepCreep.com, but why?
I'd rather talk about Tijuana Bibles instead of some totally fake Snow White-whore-sleep-rape website…sorry…maybe next time, kids.
I really don't remember exactly when I figured out what a Tijuana Bible was…it may have been sometime in 1986…and it just might have been because of Alan Moore's WATCHMEN. Remember when Sally Jupiter got all excited when she found out she was featured in one? No? Well Zack Snyder did…check out the pic at the top of this post!
Pretty cool, huh? It's the little details like that one that have me pretty damn excited about the upcoming film.
Anyway, even though there isn't a real Tijuana Bible featuring the Silk Spectre there are plenty featuring some of your favorite characters from the funny papers! These little "fuck books" were what people used to look at waaaaaay back before there was The Internet, you know. But rest assured, they are filled with just as much porn, racism, and toilet humor that today's internet connoisseurs expect!
Now, some of you youngsters might not remember Bringing Up Father, but if you're anything like me, then you're just dying to see anything involving sex and farts…
So click on the picture and get transported to the wonderful world of tijuanabibles.org!
Oh, Jiggs, you slay me!
They even have a Dagwood one…and even though they didn't work in a gag involving giant sandwich insertion, it's still pretty good.
Oh, and there's Barney Google and J. Wellington Wimpy…and even Moon Mullins gets some action!
Okay, okay, I can tell all this old timey shit is boring the Hell out of you kooky kids…so we'll cut this short. But as usual, I have to hit you up with one more picture then you can go look at all your shiny, futuristic, new fangled pr0n….sheesh…kids today!
Y'all ain't got no appreciation for real entertainment!
Not everyone has a friend like SHITSTORM.
I met her on Myspace…which I hardly ever log into anymore.
But when SHITSTORM leaves me a comment I just can't stay away.
Actually, I'm pretty sure she isn't even real. I think I created this demented pixie as a way of dealing with my tendencies towards neo-Luddite, nihilist and anarcho-primitivist behaviors…or whatever.
Obviously she's a manifestation of my very own spiritual scientist…an expert at making boners appear in my pants area by showing me things like this:
Real or not, thanks to SHITSTORM, I'm certain that EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!…and that's just the way I like it.
Ever hear of Darktown Strutters? No, not the whack-a-doodle band from Denton (although I do think they rule), but the 1975 Black-Babes-On-Wheels-Psychedelic-Freak-Out of a film!
I've read about this film on a few movie blogs like, Cinebeats, Surfin' Dead, and The Horn Section…but since I've never had the pleasure of actually seeing it, I've had to swallow my jealousy and pour a six pack of beer on it just to make it through the day…
Well, jealousy, BE GONE!
Rev. Fred Phantom at Midnight Confessions has hepped me to some serious jive, Jack!
Get this! Over at Random Rumblings the incredibly white yet funky, Gotankgo posted all 1:23:40 of this out of print Blax-terpiece (see how I did that? I took the word "Blaxploitation" and the word "masterpiece" and put them together to…oh, forget it)!
What in the Hell are we waiting for? Let's watch it now!
I have to admit, this is really a great idea…I'm excited about District 9.
But that's neither here nor there…'cause it's Friday and we all know what you expect from Awesomeness on Fridays…An educated and unbiased exploration into the powerful and persistent sexual interest other than in copulatory or precopulatory behavior with phenotypically normal, consenting adult human partners.
Heh, who the fuck am I kidding? I know you came for one thing and one thing only…PORN!
And if you were picking up what I was dropping down, then you've already figured out that we're talking midget porn today!
Now, now, don't be scared…they're just like you and me, you know…just little-er. Hell, even Sarah Silverman got in on this whole midget fucking thing when she split with Jimmy Kimmel and then ended up banging Vern Troyer on video last year. So relax…if it's good enough for Sarah to make a sex tape with Mini-Me, it's gotta be good enough for you.
Alrighty then, let's get this party started! First up, how about the not so subtlety named site, Midget Porn! Have I ever told you guys how much I appreciate the simple and sincere naming of these porn sites? Anyway, here's what they promise:
"Welcome to the Midget Porn, the biggest sex place where the shortest peoples are expressing their sexual appetence. This site is dedicated to people who like to watch little man and woman pleasuring them self's in big hardcore and softcore explicit action. Those people know only for the best satisfaction because of the fact that their thirst is much stronger then in the ordinary man….Hear their loudly screaming's while midget asses and pussies are being raw fucked and watch male midget moaning when it's dick start penetrating some slutty shaved pink pussy lips!"
Goddamn, I really want to meet the people that write this stuff!Wow…but do they deliver?
Sure they do….by delivering a bunch of links to Midget Cum (It's the site "Where Girls Swallow Midget Cum" apparently)…and Bang A Midget (Where "Horny midget babes love to suck big cock" obviously)…
Which is cool I guess…but something is missing. I just can't put my normal sized finger on it…
I mean, there's Bridget The Midget clips and then there's this chick with "I HEART MIDGETS" written on her forehead eating jizz with a spoon…
Dear God, did I just type that and put a link in there for a video? What's wrong with me?
Don't you judge me! You clicked on it too! I didn't force you into that…damn…go easy on Mr. Canacorn, kids. I'm just here to help.
Where was I? Oh, something was missing…but what was it? There were regular sized women having sex with little dudes and there were tiny ladies having sex with normal sized guys…shit, there was even that racist midget getting fucked by that black dude!
What more do I expect from a midget porn site?
Oh, I don't know….
How about……
The world's smallest and wildest T-Girl!
Is that too much to ask? I think not. God bless you, Ruby Rod.
My work is done for today…see you next week.
The King Of Pop is selling off the Neverland Ranch in April! Oh man, I bet there is some awesome shit to be had…the catalog (actually the catalogues are comprised of a 5 book set in a hard box cover) alone will run you $100…or $500 if you want the signed and numbered editions!
Hop on over to Julien's Auctions and check it out!
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I wrapped up my week today fishing with Jack Dickens and his buddies Wally and James, meeting them down at the Eagans Creek boat ramp next to Leaders and Sinkers. While we were there, we found a likely dock to fish as the tide began to come in. Whoever said that catching a fish on the first cast was wrong because after our first cast produced a keeper sized Seatrout, we caught fish for a good while after that. All three anglers got in on the action, catching Trout, a small Redfish then Jack had a strong hookup and, FISH ON! This was a big fish - it was ripping the drag on Jack's
reel - and I was guessing BIG Redfish. It even boiled the surface a couple of times, then ran deep and strong. But Jack kept the pressure on and when he got it to the surface we saw that it was a huge Tripletail! Then it ran deep again! After a long and patient battle, Jack landed the beast which we measured at 22"+ and the Boga Grip scale showed right at 9lbs. Boy what a fish! After that, both Wally and James put some keeper sized Black Drum in the boat. When the bite slowed we ran around to fish the outside of Tiger Island but had no bites. We fished Jolley Bank, but had no
bites. After running further up into Jolley we found some more Trout, putting a couple more keeper sized ones in the boat. Both Wally and James did battle with some 4' Bonnethead Sharks then we dropped back to the mouth of Tiger Basin and wrapped things up with a few more Trout catches and then we headed in, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.


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Fantastic Music Friday — My Girl, Anita
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If it's been a while since you've listened to Anita Baker, go ahead and turn her up, close your eyes and feel the smooth soul.
This is in honor of my mother. She drove back to South Mississippi yesterday and I didn't want to see her go. I tried everything to convince her to stay another day. I even went this low, "Mom, you can see we need you." The "we" being me along with cat and birds. She said I know and meant it, but still went home. Don't be sad for me. She'd been here a week and a half! Lots of fun. I'll just have to keep Anita as company. Mom introduced her to me as a tween. I was the only 13 year old with Anita playing through my earphones.


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The Rock Bar was inspired by our Mediterranean twin, the famed Rock Bar in Ibiza Town. This exclusive venue is a firm favourite with celebrities and clubbers alike - and that's exactly what we're going for here. 200 people, some celebrities, some locals, some business men, some students, some blondes, some brunettes - an eclectic mix of people, all happily mingling in a stylish, Ibiza-inspired setting
Opening Details
Open all the time
The Rock Bar is open Monday to Saturday, 10:00 am
'til 4:30 am.
Free entry
By Car:
Head towards Leeds city centre from all directions. In the city centre get onto the loop road. Follow the loop road past Leeds Parish Church onto the calls. Rock Bar Ibiza is found on the right at the junction of Lower Briggate and The Calls. Parking can be found the other side of the traffic lights at Q Park or NCP.
By Public Transport:
From Leeds Railway Station, turn right out of the station and then right onto Boar Lane. Walk to the crossroads and turn right down Lower Briggate. At the traffic lights turn left and the bar is found 150 yards along on the left.
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Learn the history of the region – how it was the last refuge of the Moors who remained here long after they had been chased out of Granada. Discover how the Moorish legacy lingers in the architecture of the houses and the irrigation channels cut into the hillsides.
The tour includes a delicious lunch of traditional local fare. If you love nature and beautiful landscapes, this is an excursion not to be missed.
Thursdays and SaturdaysDuration
8 hoursStart time
Hotel pick-up between 8:30am - 9:00am
Duration: 8 hours
From your hotel, within a radius of 5 km (3 miles) from Granada's city center.
(We would require your hotel details in order to arrange your pick up. If you do not have this information at the time of booking, please contact the local activity operator at least 48 hours prior to the start of the tour with these details)
At the end of the tour you will be dropped off at your hotel
Leave Granada for the day to travel into the beautiful and remote mountain region of Alpujarras. In the wettest parts, where rivers run down from the Sierra Nevada, you can see orchards full of fruit trees especially grape vines, oranges, lemons, persimmons, figs and almonds. The area also boasts an incredible variety of wild flowers.
You will visit Lanjaron, a spa town known for its chalybeate (iron-rich) water. Bottles of Lanjaron mineral water are sold all over Spain. The town also has a ruined castle and has earned additional fame for being a place 'where death is prohibited'. The law is a protest by the mayor who has said that Lanjaron is to remain with this law until the government buys land for a new cemetery!
You will also see Orgiva, the central town of this mountainous region, and picturesque villages such as Carataunas, Pampaneira, Pitres, Portugos which is known for its "Fuente Agria" or bitter spring water, and Trevelez, the highest village in Spain.
You will then continue through Bubion to Capileira, where you will enjoy a traditional three-course lunch.
At the end of this delightful day-long tour you will be dropped off back at your hotel in Granada.
Please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to start of the tour to confirm all details
The tour may not operate in adverse weather conditions which make the roads dangerous. Should the tour not be operated on your chosen date every effort will be made to transfer you to another date and should that not be possible you will be offered a full refund
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I was impressed with the guide and our driver was stupendous. We had a diverse group but it was a nice opportunity to have a chance to interact with other nationalities - we...John E Rush, United States, 01/May/2014
We had a wonderful 10 hour tour with a fantastic driver named William and tour guide named Antonio. The scenery was magnificent and Antonio explained every stop...MRS D HANSON, United Kingdom, 16/Apr/2014
Fantastic trip very nice mountains...salah riad wannous, Saudi Arabia, 02/Sep/2012


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An archived version of Beall's List, the well known predatory journals blacklist, has been published in a Publons post. However since Beall's list is no longer being actively curated, its utility diminishes as time goes on.
As an alternative, you can consult Stop Predatory Journals, a site which aims to full the vacuum created by the demise of Beall's List to see if either the journal or the publisher is listed there. An important caveat to keep in mind when using this resource is that the list is compiled and published anonymously, likely so that the list's author(s) can avoid the notoriety and legal issues that Beall himself encountered. This does however present a bit of an issue since the list author(s)' motives and affiliations are unknown. You can also check the Directory of Open Access Journals, a site which 'certifies' the trustworthiness of open access publications.
In cases where the journal in question is not listed on either of the known blacklists or whitelists, there are several metrics one can look at to determine whether a journal/publisher is questionable. The website Think, Check, Submit also has a list of criteria that you may find helpful:
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Corporate Social Responsibility : EU Strategy 2011-2014
Learn almost everything on CSR in the European trade union organizations through this ETUC publication. The CSR report produced for the European Trade Union Confederation under the banner of Consultingeuropa is available … The result of a survey of national affiliates and European sectoral federations, this report, prepared by a Franco-German team Consultingeuropa aimed to raise […]Read More
Kick off meeting for the Changing Employment Project
Consultingeuropa takes part of the project ChangingEmployment and was present at the kick off meeting in Göteborg on May 24th 2013. The changing nature of employment in Europe in the context of challenges, threats and opportunities for employees and employers 'ChangingEmployment' is an exciting new international comparative European FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) of Early Stage […]Read More
Final Conference EU Sector Skills Council Commerce
The Consultingeuropa team presented the results of its report " Impact of change & new technologies on skills & occupations in the commerce sector " during the Conference which officially launched the EU Commerce Sector Skills Council in Brussels on December 5th 2012. http://www.consultingeuropa.eu/wp-admin/edit.php The goal of the conference was to present the results of the research, […]Read More
Final conference about Future of skills & jobs in Europe's electricity sector
The European social partners for electricity sector, represented by EPSU and industriAll Europe for the trade unions and Eurelectric for the employers, ran up a project on "Future of Skills and Jobs in Europe's Electricity sector", with the financial support of the European Commission funds. European project VS/2011/0528. This one year project aimed at mapping national […]Read More
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Jean-Jacques Paris will attend the next European seminar on June, the 1st 2012 in Bordeaux (France)Read More
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Intervention of Jean Jacques Paris, Manager ConsultingeuropaRead More
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How Bumphead Battlers Build Ecosystems
My daily food consumption, according to National Geographic is about a tonne a year.
The Green Bumphead Parrotfish consumes something in the order of five tonnes, much of which, passes through its gut to be expelled as sand, the foundation of tropical islands.
"Thank heavens for the Bumphead Parrotfish" we hear sunbathers say, as they lie bronzing on beaches of the southern Pacific.
Well they don't ... but they should.
Not only do these remarkable fish - and their smaller cousins - eek out a living processing algae from coral they undoubtedly contribute greatly to the building blocks of an ecosystem.
When we talk about 'biodiversity' in the context of species conservation we're not talking about protecting the number of animals but the processes they are part of. Keystone wildlife are plants or animals that play a crucial role in ecosystem function.
So why wouldn't you want to lose a keystone species like Bumphead Parrotfish?
Consider a sports league with players that specialise in different positions. Take away the team's striker and you generate a goal deficit. The number of players on the field hasn't changed and it may take a season or so for the team to get relegated (lag effects are also rife in ecology) but to anyone who understands the sport, the consequences are predictable. Take away all the strikers and only ever recruit defenders to forward positions and the whole game takes on a different and rather less attractive form. Sponsors and fans start to pull out and it's not long before the game's whole value is permanently reduced.
We encountered Bumphead Parrotfish in the Coral Sea, on a trip with Pindito this year. They aren't particularly uncommon but they are declining across their range and have disappeared altogether from some reefs.
Why I started thinking about them in these terms was because it was obvious from a single encounter, how extraordinary they are.
It's fascinating to come across megafauna living in near-pristine environments that are significant on face value yet barely studied. Bumphead Parrotfish are big. It takes them 10-20 years to reach their maximum size, which is over a metre and they are thought to live to at least forty. Parading around in mixed social groups, there is a structure to their society and many facets of their behaviour will forever be unknown.
They are considered 'non-selective' foragers. In other words, they'll eat different types of coral. However, they browse on particular spots, which they crop with enormous rock-crushing beaks. So they feed in a manner similar to land-based ruminants like deer, giraffes and sheep, that select the lushest of leaves and young shoots.
It's suggested Bumpheads help build reef resilience because 'bioerosion' makes it harder for one species of coral or algae, to dominate - much in the same way traditional mammal stocks can help improve the richness of ancient grassland by creating a patchwork mosaic of grass types and structure.
It maybe coincidence but fun to know that Bumphead Parrotfish, like deer and goats, also aggressively bump heads in territorial disputes. Perhaps male Bumpheads and their land-dwelling counterparts both benefit from such robust displays of territorial dominance - either way, it would be a sight to behold, as researchers did in Wake Atoll (Solomon Islands) in 2012.
"We heard loud jarring sounds and confirmed they arose from violent impacts between males engaged in repeated, ritualized headbutting behavior. During headbutting bouts, males utilized their caudal fins to rapidly collide with their cephalic humps, immediately followed by fast swimming in a semicircle where each fish tried to bite the back and flank of its opponent. Following circling, fish swam apart in opposite directions and then turned again face to face to initiate additional collisions". It seems as though this particular behaviour is unique among fish.
It wasn't until quite recently that scientists began to consider the role of animal behavioural research in conservation.
In 1998, William Sutherland wrote "in view of the exciting research developments in animal behaviour, it is surprising that this subject has made a negligible contribution to conservation biology". Yet it makes perfect sense, that to understand how animals interact with ecosystem processes, means observing their behaviour. This is what allows experts to predict consequences of change. Merely knowing how many doesn't help once the environment is changing.
For instance, the larvae of Bumphead Parrotfish disperse on currents, possibly settling in shallow lagoon areas, mangroves or sheltered corals. Maybe they are pelagic (open-ocean), we don't really know. There are almost no recorded juveniles in the Great Barrier Reef, meaning they may mature elsewhere and move back into these areas. Even this behavioural information tells us that population management may need to be a multi-national effort. The Coral Triangle could be the epicentre of their distribution - a population source.
Modelling by scientists at NOAA in the US has very roughly estimated Bumpheads to number about 1.5 million fish (6.2-16.7 million) across their complete geographic range. This average would mean a total sediment processed by Bumpheads each year in the order of 75 million cubic metres.
The Melbourne Channel Deepening Project, a 3-year program to deepen channels for larger ships, created 22.9 million cubic metres of material.
To return to the sports analogy ... Bumphead Parrotfish could fill the MCG stadium about 45 times a year! So let's put those two processes, dredging and an ecosystem service provided by Bumphead Parrotfish, into an economic perspective.
In ecological terms, the Channel Deepening Project cost $500 million and created 22.9 million cubic metres of material impact on a marine ecosystem, while in the same three years, Bumphead Parrotfish generated 225 million cubic metres per year, contributing to healthy functioning of an environment and cost us absolutely nothing.
This has to be one of the most compelling comparisons I've found recently, that describes our innate inability as humans, to value natural systems over our own engineered systems.
$500 million dollars is the amount just pledged by Australia to help manage the Great Barrier Reef ... the same amount spent on a single domestic dredging project ... but none is spent directly on conserving Bumphead Parrotfish.
The role of Bumphead Parrotfish in reef ecology looks and feels staggeringly valuable, so it probably is. If no-one's quantified that yet, the right questions haven't been asked.
In 2009 a paper in Ecology and Society said:
"Plans to solve complex environmental problems should always consider the role of surprise. Nevertheless, there is a tendency to emphasize known computable aspects of a problem while neglecting aspects that are unknown and failing to ask questions about them".
In other words, the longer we put off accepting the obvious, the greater the risk of catastrophe.
Ecology is one of those disciplines that is at once quite simple to grasp and at the same time, complex, so can feels as much like philosophy as science - twenty years would lead me to believe the most valuable ecological studies contribute either to the 'philosophy' or help us meaningfully understand how to manage habitat through behavioural studies.
Good environmental managers and decision-makers know this. Sadly, the complexity and uncertainty of ecological science also makes it prone to manipulation by people who know ultimate proof is a panacea.
The difficulties of studying ecology are:
- it's simple to identify ecological change but very hard to identify what causes it;
- it's hard to quantify intrinsic importance because there are no single consistent measures of value (and ecosystems are incredibly complex); and
- it's almost impossible to reverse damage once its done - though ironically, that's often the first sign something is worth looking at.
Since it's easier to identify things that have changed, most studies focus on comparing damage once its done, which makes it very hard to reconcile. You're almost always up against the effects that created the problem and the decision-makers who allowed it in the first place.
For instance, this week in Australia, news broke of a 2,000 ha deforestation in the Normanby catchment of Cape York peninsula. This from the same government that just pledged $500 million to tackle the Great Barrier Reef's declining health.
In "How to Build a Universe" by Brian Cox and Robin Ince (from the hilarious and brilliant podcast series Infinite Monkey Cage), Cox writes "how many equations are required to summarise the behaviour of a gnat compared to a pulsar? What processes are required to crawl and catch a fly compared to those that cause a sun to shine?"
Fact is, we know less about the function of simple biological organisms and ecosystems than we do the first few minutes after the big bang. So any hope we have in conserving Bumphead Parrotfish means slowing down their disappearance, accepting their importance on face value today and using them to help us understand how to manage our priceless coral reef ecosystems.
That I find myself reconciling cosmology with ecology, brings to mind lying back staring at the solar system from the deck of Pindito earlier this year, having spent that afternoon swimming with Bumphead Parrotfish.
So you see, my seemingly indiscriminate digression isn't so random after all!
In all seriousness though, cosmologists are allowed to think philosophically. Perhaps it's because they can quantify many things mathematically and that no matter how it's interpreted, the political fall out is relatively benign.
Ecological findings and suggestions have a myriad of consequences for people living on Earth, right now, often in close proximity to researchers whose suggestion that a change in our way of life may be necessary, don't always go down too well.
Managing a species is a multi-faceted task, requiring acknowledgment and input from so many, as to be an almost impossible task for any individual.
In a paper on the importance of Conservation Biology in 1993, David Given wrote:
"important characteristics of conservation biology are that it is a crisis discipline and it is holistic. It needs integration of research and management, and a range of relevant skills".
You'll find common criticism of conservation biologists being too focused on their subject to 'see the bigger picture'. Tell a song-writer to run a music venue and see how long they can stay a song-writer - without songs, the music industry collapses. We expect too much from conservation biologists and should instead be supporting them.
What conservation biologists are experts at, is understanding animal behaviour and connectivity to ecosystem processes.
Add interpretation by expert theoretical ecologists and a habitat management framework and you've the basis for an adaptive and continual-improvement plan. Informed trial and error, lean management ... however you want to frame it, creating outcomes requires we value the instinct and expertise of researchers and ecologists who can get on and do a job, while building evidence - too much forward planning fails: see Tom Wujec's marshmallow challenge to find out how kindergarten kids beat CEOs when faced with a simple engineering task and only experts give the CEOs the edge to win!
Conservation biology is vastly under-represented and under-funded because we are terrible at putting real monetary value on ecosystem services. Wildlife management is the 'elephant in the room', so to speak.
So when we get all philosophical about ecosystem protection and wildlife conservation, we can quote one of the world's most famous cosmologists. Carl Sagan said in 1995, "science is part and parcel humility".
And that's what all at once fascinates about the world. It's the inexplicable that makes things extraordinary. The most important answer in science is 'I don't know' and because we know so little about Bumphead Parrotfish, humility is the essential ingredient.
Not knowing shouldn't be the same as not caring.
Each time I have the benefit to stare on anything in the natural world, I am reminded of Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water (1960) and the infamous quote which I have always lived by:
"I am convinced that man has suffered in his separation from the soil and from the other living creatures of the world; the evolution of his intellect has outrun his needs as an animal, and as yet he must still, for security, look long at some portion of the earth as it was before he tampered with it."
Perhaps that's why, for people who don't look at wildlife, staring at stars can be their security.
Staring at a portion of the Earth, or its animals, doesn't seem to be the most rigorous of scientific aims for an ecologist but if we and our leaders took more notice of animals like the Bumphead Parrotfish, perhaps there would less question about their value ... a landscape without its megafauna would, after all, never be the landscape it was.
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David R. Given (1993) What is conservation biology and why is it so important?, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 23:2, 55-60
Sutherland et al (2009) One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity. Conservation Biology, Volume 23, No. 3, 557–567
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Kobayashi, D. R., A. Friedlander, C. Grimes, R. Nichols, and B. Zgliczynski. 2011. Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) Status Review. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo., NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-26, 102 p. + Appendix.


text: The zebra-striped book cover may be familiar from self-consciously stacked coffee tables, but the name below the title is less so. In 1910, Osa Leighty, of Chanute, Kansas, married Martin Johnson, a collaborator of Jack London's. The couple set out for the South Seas, Africa, and Borneo and chronicled their journeys in books and movies for 20th Century Fox. I Married Adventure was Osa's 1940 memoir of their wanderings. It's worth the $150 or more it fetches at vintage bookstores for the pictures alone. Her pioneering spirit came to mind during a spring collection season that was all over the map, in the best possible way. We had to wonder: Where would Osa go?


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Even though Roomful of Blues' lineup has changed over the years, the band has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. Currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon, the band has never sounded fresher or stronger. In 2010, singer Phil Pemberton took over the vocal duties, bringing his sweet and soulful vocals and adding another bright new dimension to the jazzy, jump-blues musical roots. Their winning combination of jump, swing, blues, R&B and soul remains their calling card, as does their ability to fill the dance floor. Along with newer members, bassist John Turner, trumpeter Doug Woolverton, drummer Chris Rivelli, and keyboardist Rusty Scott, and longtime members baritone and tenor saxophonist Mark Earley, tenor and alto saxophonist Rich Lataille , Roomful keeps on rockin' in 2015.
Roomful of Blues, according to DownBeat magazine, "are in a class by themselves." With their masterful combination of jumping, horn-heavy, hard-edged blues and R&B, it's no wonder why the great Count Basie called them "the hottest blues band I've ever heard." Since 1967, the group's deeply rooted blend of swing, rock 'n' roll, jump, blues and soul has earned it five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven Blues Music Awards.
With a non-stop performance schedule for over 45 years, Roomful of Blues has earned critical, popular and radio success and a legion of fans around the globe. including the prestigious DownBeat International Critics Poll for "Best Blues Band".
As leader of his own bands for the last 20 years, this Massachusetts native has found himself playing to intimate clubs all the way to large festivals, throughout the US, England, France and Canada. In addition, The Philip Pemberton Band was also the 1stWestern band to play in the former capital of China, Xi'an on a 2 week tour broadcast to ½ a billion people throughout Asia.We welcome him as the newest, in a long tradition of fine Roomful of Blues vocalists
"His voice can ache with tenderness, or rattle the rafters with it's power…"-Patricia Smith (Pulitzer nominated Journalist) Boston Globe
"This man could sing his way outta Jail…" -Bill Smith (WTKK)
Chris is a true multi-talent. His prowess as a guitar slinger is well documented, and his strengths as a producer and songwriter grow from album to album. He produced the band's six most recent albums—There Goes the Neighborhood (1998), Watch You When You Go (2001), Live at Wolf Trap (2002) the Grammy nominated That's Right! (2003), and Standing Room Only (2004) and "Raisin' A Ruckus" (2008) after co-producing all of Roomful's other albums recorded in the '90s. Chris' songs—such as "Turn It On! Turn It Up!," "Running Out of Time," "She'll Be So Fine," "Blue, Blue World," and "Dynamite"—have become firm favorites in AAA and blues radio formats, bringing many new fans into the Roomful fold
A veteran of the New England jazz scene, bassist John Turner has performed and recorded with just about everybody–specifically the Either/Orchestra,Charlie Kohlhase, Scott Hamilton, Roswell Rudd, Lee Konitz, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, members of Ornette Coleman's band, and , Magic Dick-Jay Geils and Blues Time to name a few. John's rock solid bottom is the essential element of the swing groove which Roomful is renowned for.
Rusty Scott has been a fixture on the Boston jazz and blues scene for a number of years now. He began playing piano at the age of eight. His jazz studies began with Burlington jazz musician, Bruce Sklar, while attending the University of Vermont. In 1989 he attended Berklee College of Music. Rusty also plays Hammond B3 organ and in addition to being a member of Roomful of Blues he currently heads up the Rusty Scott Organ Group, playing major venues throughout Boston and New England. Rusty's solid rhythm, driving piano solos, and howlin' organ riffs are a first class addition to the "Roomful Tradition".
From Boston Massachusetts, Chris has spent many years as a touring drummer with blues artists from the East Coast, West Coast, and Chicago, including Duke Robillard, Janiva Magness, John Nemeth with Kid Andersen, Nick Moss and The Fliptops, Lynwood Slim, Ron Levy, and Toni Lynn Washington. He has played on recent recordings by Junior Watson, Sax Gordon, The Matthew Stubbs Band, Gina Sicilia, and The Get Backs. Chris is a former student of legendary drum instructor Alan Dawson, and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. He is a long-time endorser for Vater Drumsticks. "Aiming the beat at thier feet", Chris's solid swing and shuffle rocks in the Roomful tradition.
Rich joined Roomful in 1970 and was there at the beginning of what has become the most legendary horn section in contemporary blues. It was Rich's interest in the swinging bands of the '30s and '40s that led Roomful to forge the distinctive sound that has become the band's trademark. A man who can play both sides of the fence, lyrically tender or blisteringly hot, Rich has a big, warm tone that is always jam-packed with feeling. His melodic inventiveness reflects the depth and breadth of his wide-ranging influences. Rich worked with various local and high-school bands before beginning his long-term relationship with Roomful.
Mark names Sonny Stitt as his main man, with more than a nod to Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon leading him to Lester Young and an appreciation for the depth and history of the music. As a longtime fan of Roomful of Blues, and their like respect of the tradition, he has finally arrived home. His tone, ideas, deep bottom and charismatic stage presence further burnish what is already a legendary horn section. Memorable performances include shows with Jay McShann, Albert Collins, Louis Bellson, Joe Williams, Jerry Portnoy, Johnny A., Barrence Whitfield, Lee Konitz, The Coasters, The Temptations, Chuck Findley, Wayne Newton, Jo Ann Castle, Dallas Jazz Orchestra, and the Rudy Scaffidi Orchestra.
With A Bachelor of Arts in Trumpet performance, Doug is one of the bright young lions of the trumpet world. . His performing experience includes jazz and blues, as well as classical music. Depending on the tune, you'll hear influences ranging from Miles Davis, to Louis Armstrong. Doug plays cool and hot, high and low; swinging all the time, while dazzling audiences with his blues based jazz styles. Doug has performed with The Temptations , Allen Vizzutti, Peter Olstad, Greg Wing, Derek Gardener, Rodney Lancaster, Dominic Spera, Vincent DiMartino, Jon Faddis, Carl Saunders, Richie Cole, The Dominant7, The Army Blues Rhythm Section, and was a three-time finalist at the National Trumpet Competition in the solo jazz division
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