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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
978. Iraqi All-Purpose Fried Tomato Sauce
While fried tomatoes are a popular and loved Iraqi weekend breakfast, they do go way beyond the morning arena. Throwing some quartered ripe Summer tomatoes with a sprinkle of salt and a knob of butter boiled in a saucepan is all it takes. From there the options are unlimited: scooped with bread, ladled over rice, poured over grilled meat, chicken or fish...
Sunday, August 28, 2016
977. Literally Biscuit Crumb Torte
Taking advantage of modern conveniences seems to be how I roll these day. A cheesecake made from a packet of sandwich bread a few posts ago, and now a torte made from a packet of tea biscuit crumbs.
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Friday, August 26, 2016
976. Iraqi Lazy Kubba
I missed making new kubba recipes for the blog! This Iraqi kubba, the twelfth variety on MCW, is aptly named Lazy Kubba because the filling the the crust are mixed together then formed into a patty, thereby making things so much easier and quicker to boot. Furthermore, if you find yourself with leftover cooked rice and leftover cooked minced meat, you're already set to go.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
975. Grilled Brie Sandwich
If you ever find yourself home alone, you might need to seriously consider making this sandwich during the time your hair oil treatment takes effect. This is a one person sandwich, but if you have someone special you want to share it with, just double the recipe and grill up both sandwiches together in the same pan.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
974. Iraqi Date Pickles aka Najafi Pickles
Date pickles, you say? Google date pickles and the vast majority of your findings will be an Indian condiment with an ingredient list of at least ten different spices. However, there is an Iraqi date pickle very famous and loved to its connaisseurs, but so sadly unknown to the world.
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Friday, August 19, 2016
973. Chocolate Strawberry Brownies
Brownies, when done right, are a desirable treat in themselves. That paper-thin flakey surface, those slightly crunchy edges, and that amazing dense fudgy interior is sought by kids and adults like. Now dressing up a perfectly good brownie can sometimes backfire, but this sure is not one of those times.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
972. Iraqi Frozen Dates
Alright, so everyone knows if you freeze water you get ice. What not everyone knows is if you freeze unripe dates you get the most amazing perfectly ripe rutab dates that rival the best chocolates and toffees. An that's no understatement either.
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Monday, August 15, 2016
971. Algerian Bread of the Home
My happiness in this post is boundless for three very good reasons. First off, the MENA Cooking Club has been revived. If you are new, this Club brings together anyone interested enough to join us on our journey of discovery of the Middle East and North Africa States through their local food. We start off with A for Algeria today, which brings me to my second reason.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
970. Chicken Mandi
Mandi is a Yemeni style of cooking chicken or meat over rice. A special underground oven commonly used and widely available in the region is used. Basically, the chicken or meat is spiced and cooked over a pot of rice and water. As the chicken or meat cooks, it drips its juices and flavor onto the simultaneously cooking pot of rice.
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
969. Lemon Curd & Swiss Meringue Pie
For lovers of intense sour lemony desserts, this is a pie for you. I prefer it even to my prevous lemon meringue pie, mostly because of the swiss meringue. A swiss meringue does not need to be broiled because the egg white and sugar mixture has been heated up before whisking to render it safely edible. The end result is the softest marshmallow-like fluff you could imagine.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
968. Salade Nicoise
While I do love this classic salad and many atimes depend on its simplicity for an easy and healthy meal, it is the dressing that is special and makes the salad. I devised this dressing as a result of several try-outs, until it was perfectly suited for the salad. I often think how underestimated a can of tuna is, and this is one example.
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Sunday, August 7, 2016
967. Traditional Pavlova
My Berry Pavlova often requested and holds a firm position as one of our favorite desserts. When I came across a batch of passionfruit, I had the idea to try out the traditional Australian pavlova, which consists of strawberry, kiwi, and passionfruit topping. The results was very different from my berry combination (more often raspberries than not), and also very pleasing, which is why I decided to post about it.
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Friday, August 5, 2016
966. Kale and Blackberry Salad
This is a simple yet magnificent salad, packed with texture and flavor. The main ingredients are kale, walnuts, blackberries, and cheese. The dressing is as simple as can be, and best of all, it can be made well in advance.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
965. Japanese Cheesecake with Blackberry Coulis
Cheesecake is a loved treat in our household as well as among our friends and family. This Japanese cheesecake differs much from the cheesecake we are used to. It is, to me, almost like eating edible cotton. It is light and airy and something like a set mousse, except even lighter.
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Monday, August 1, 2016
964. Cheeseboard
I may have mentioned once or twice my readiness to swap out main courses for a life of appetizers. Apparently, I am not the only one. Step in cheeseboards. The simplest, most adaptable collection of cheesy appetizers on a board. There is no one recipe for this; just a guideline made to be followed or broken.
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I thought long and hard about what should be included in today's post.
On the surface, posting would have to be counted as easy: I was in Chicago for the day.
I even met a young couple who had set up shop baking the most exquisite pastries. They're from Palermo, in Sicily. With a story. Just not my story.
But in fact, I had only three things on my mind and they were not the buildings of Chicago, nor the Pasticceria Natalina.
I was preoccupied with saying goodbye to daughters (especially the one who was heading back East)…
..and with returning home, on the road that I know better than any other – I 90 – winding its misty, rainy way back to Madison...
I did make a brief stop at Ed's farmette, to see how the rains had benefited the plant life out there. Indeed, things were looking good.
(That's two. The third? It's just one of those things.)
And so I came home.
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Elementary - grades Kindergarten through 6
The elementary program at LCCS provides an exceptional academic program to students in a nurturing Christian environment. Our team of teachers is committed to personal growth and high standards, while providing students individualized attention that enables them to meet their greatest potential. We offer a differentiated program that is designed to meet the needs of students with varying abilities and strengths. Biblical principles are integrated into all subjects, which helps develop a Biblical worldview and spirit-led approach to life. The elementary curriculum provides classroom enrichment activities, project-based learning, field trips, and service projects This begins the important process of guiding each student to identify their passions, gifts, and talents.
LCCS offers two options for elementary education:
Traditional ElementaryTraditional elementary students (grades K-6) come to campus five days a week.
University Model® ElementaryStudents enrolled in the University Model® elementary program come to the central classroom (on campus) two or three days per week, and learn through teacher-directed activities with a parent in the satellite classroom (at home) the remainder of the week. Learn more about the UM® program here.
Elementary at a Glance
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Elementary Principal - Mrs. Lori Sparks
"It is a privilege and a blessing to support teachers and parents as they educate and disciple children. It is such a joy interacting with our incredible elementary students and seeing how God is working in their lives."


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We have had such a brilliant time in Edinburgh, but, alas, it is time to head home now. I will share some pictures with you soon :)
For now, here is a card I made for my lovely Stampers 6 ladies this month using my gorgeous new Swallowtail stamp and some Pool Party embossing folder.
I stamped the background with the Woodgrain background stamp in Crumb Cake.
The butterflies were first heat embossed with Pool Party Stampin' Emboss, then with Iridescent Ice for a bit of sparkle.
Cardstock - Whisper White
Stamp - Swallowtail, Woodgrain
Ink - Crumb Cake, Versamark
Embossing - Pool Party, Iridescent Ice
If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!
I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!
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Thanks for saying hi...see you tomorrow!
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Thanks for saying hi...see you tomorrow!


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Many of today's most successful companies are able to leverage business model scalability to achieve profitable growth. Executives need to factor scalability attributes into their business model design or they risk being left behind.
Business model innovation has become an increasingly hot topic in management circles, and understandably so. No management activity is more important than having clarity about how the organization creates, delivers, and captures value. It requires, among other things, knowing what customers want, how value can be best delivered, and how to enlist strategic partners to achieve maximum benefit.
Although the ability to develop strong value propositions can enable companies to "get by," in our view many of today's most successful businesses are those that are able to place themselves in the "sweet spot" of business model scalability. Scalability is about achieving profitable growth and is therefore a fundamental consideration for managers and investors alike. If managers are incapable of factoring scalability attributes into their business model design, they risk being left behind, much the way bookstores owned by Borders Group Inc. were eclipsed by Amazon.com Inc.
Over a five-year period, we studied scalability in the context of more than 90 Scandinavian businesses and also examined the experiences of a number of well-known businesses, including Google, Apple, and Groupon. (See "About the Research.") In the course of our research, we identified five patterns by which companies can achieve scalability. The first pattern involved adding new distribution channels. The second entailed freeing the business from traditional capacity constraints. The third involved outsourcing capital investments to partners who, in effect, became participants in the business model. The fourth was to have customers and other partners assume multiple roles in the business model. And the fifth pattern was to establish platform models in which even competitors may become customers. Based on these patterns, we have developed a framework for identifying potential levers for business model scalability, along with a road map that managers can use to improve their business models.


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Library of Balassi Institute Brussels
You can enjoy reading books, encyclopedias and magazines in Hungarian, French, English and German.
We have DVDs as well, mostly Hungarian cartoons, films and art movies. Our CD collection includes songs and audiobooks of Hungarian and Belgian artists.
You might borrow 3 books for a maximum of 3 weeks, and 2 DVDs for a maximum of 1 week.
You can find below our lists of books, CDs and DVDs!
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These personalised slanted busy bee dog bowls make the perfect gift for any dog owner. Adorable busy bees are painted buzzing around the bowl and your pets name. These bowls would look lovely in any home. Designed for dogs with long ears, these bowls are slanted to keep ears out of water and food!
Extra Small: 10.5cm diameter, sloping out to 15cm at the bottom and is 6cm high
Small: 13cm diameter, sloping out to 18cm at the bottom and 6cm high
Medium: 14.5cm diameter, sloping out to 20.5cm at the bottom and 8.5cm high
Price includes postage and packaging.
All our luxury ceramic dog bowls are dishwasher safe and they can be used for both food and water.
Please allow up to 2 weeks for your bowl to be made and delivered.
Also available in other designs, treat jars and sets.
Handmade in England.
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Estados Unidos da América - Autoridade Central e informações práticas
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U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Division
Office of International Judicial Assistance
Benjamin Franklin Station
P.O. Box 14360
Washington, D.C. 20004
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tel.: +1 202-514-6700
fax: +1 202-514-6584
Contact person: Ms Jeanne Davidson, Director
(language of communication: English)
Outsourcing of Central Authority's activities to ABC Legal
Extract of the Notification sent by the Depositary (i.e. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands) on 16 June 2015. To view the complete Notification, click here.
"(...) Since 2003, the Department of Justice of the United States of America has contracted the service of process function performed by the Central Authority to a private contractor to handle requests for service of process in civil and commercial matters in the United States pursuant to the Hague Service Convention.
The Department of Justice of the United States of America has informed the Department of State that, on February 1, 2015, it renewed its contract for the service of process function with ABC Legal, which does business as Process Forwarding International, located in Seattle, Washington. The use of a private contractor to perform the service of process function does not imply the designation of a new U.S. Central Authority for the Hague Service Convention, but rather reflects the contracting of certain activities conducted by the U.S. Central Authority, which remains the U.S. Department of Justice.
Process Forwarding International is the only private process server company authorized to act on behalf of the United States to receive requests for service, proceed to serve the documents, and complete the certificate of service. Process Forwarding International is responsible for executing requests for service of process in the following areas: the United States (the fifty states and the District of Columbia), Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (...)" (emphasis added).
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|Forwarding authorities
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|Methods of service
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Formal Service (Art. 5(1)(a))
Requests for service must be transmitted in duplicate with an appropriate translation (one set will be served and the other will be returned by Process Forwarding International with a certificate of service). The full name and street address for the person or entity to be served must be included. For requests made under the Hague Service Convention, the Model Form for that Convention must be used.
Informal delivery (Art. 5(2))
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|Translation requirements
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|All formal requests for the service of documents made pursuant to Article 5(1), and submitted to Process Forwarding International, must be translated into English, along with a translation of the underlying documents, although papers solely in French will be served as well.
Please note that there is no similar requirement that service made through informal means such as mail, consular channels or privately retained process services be translated. Some courts may rule, however, and typically only if challenged by the defendant, that service of documents not translated into English and made through these informal mechanisms may not provide the recipient with sufficient notice of the nature of the proceeding and an opportunity to respond, and, therefore, not be enforceable as a matter of due process.
|Costs relating to execution of the request for service
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|All formal service requests under Article 5(1) must be sent directly to Process Forwarding International and are assessed a flat fee of $95. There is no additional fee for expedited service requests. Payment of the fee may be made by Visa, MasterCard, most international credit cards, bank transfers, international money orders, and government-issued checks payable to Process Forwarding International. Personal checks are not accepted.
All service requests must comply with the payment schedule and method of payment described on Process Forwarding International's website. All service requests unaccompanied by proper payment in the manner indicated will be returned without processing. The website for Process Forwarding International provides specific guidance on methods of payment.
It will also be possible to check on the status of a service request on Process Forwarding International's website.
The private contractor, however, does not serve papers upon the United States or its departments, agencies or instrumentalities. Such service requests will be directed to the U.S. Department of Justice for handling. No fee is imposed in such cases.
The United States notes that there is no requirement under U.S. federal law that requests for service be sent to Processing Forwarding International. The United States has no objection to the informal delivery of such documents by members of diplomatic or consular missions in the United States, through the mails or by private persons if that would be effective under applicable law, provided no compulsion is used.
|Time for execution of request:
|Process Forwarding International is required to complete service of documents for return to the foreign requestor within 30 business days of receipt. In addition, Process Forwarding International will accept requests for expedited service, service within seven (7) business days of receipt, without charging an additional fee. Expedited service must be specifically requested; if it is not, service will be completed within 30 business days of receipt.
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|Any person interested in a judicial proceeding and judicial officers, officials or other competent persons
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Consular officers of the United States are prohibited by regulation from serving legal process or appointing other persons to do so (see declarations).
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Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels)
- Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (Panama City, 13 January 1975).
Although some bilateral consular conventions provide for service of process by consular officers, U.S. consular officers are generally prohibited from doing so unless authorized by the Department of State. See, Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 92.85.
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Whether you want to recognize the MVP of your sports team or thank a big donor to your organization, Midwest Graphics and Awards the plaque for you.
Whether you need to recognize an employee for job well done or thank them for their many years of service, Midwest Graphics and Awards has a solution for you with any budget.
We offer traditional laser engraved wood plaques (below), acrylic, glass, crystal awards, and executive awards/trophies.
Just need you plaque updated? Midwest Graphics and Awards updates perpetual plates quickly and affordably. Normal service time is just one week. Rush service may be available upon request.
The below plaque pricing is for an imitation board (cherry, black marble, black matte), gift box and border plate, and laser engraving.


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Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) has aded a new colour variant to its popular commuter motorcycle Dream Yuga. The 2016 Honda Dream Yuga is now available in a new dual tone colour – Black with Athletic Blue Metallic – at no additional cost. Other five colours on option are – Pearl Amazing White, Black, Black with Radiant Red Metallic, Black with Heavy Grey Metallic and Sports Red. The bike is priced at Rs 51,499 (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Since it's just a new colour variant, the 110cc bike sees no mechanical changes. It continues to feature the same 110cc, air-cooled, 4-stroke engine that, mated to a 4-speed transmission, churns out a peak power output of 8.25bhp along with 8.63Nm of peak torque. This engine comes equipped with Honda Eco Technology (HET) that helps deliver optimum mileage.
The company says that the 2016 Honda Dream Yuga's tubeless tyres, maintenance free battery and viscous air filter help improve the vehicle's durability. Thanks to its light weight yet sturdy frame, comfortable riding posture and longer suspension stroke, the Yuga is comfortable to drive on most terrains.
Also Read: Honda CB Hornet 160R Special Edition Launched
"Customers are looking for more options in terms of modern styling and greater performance in the commuter segment. Dream Yuga leads Honda's Dream series motorcycles which are proven, reliable, easy to maintain & highly fuel efficient. The new colour will bring in additional youthfulness to the Dream Yuga," said Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, HMSI.
2016 Honda Dream Yuga Specifications & dimensions
Engine – 109.19cc, air-cooled, 4-stroke
Max power – 8.25bhp at 7500rpm
Max torque – 8.63Nm at 5500rpm
Mileage – 70kmpl (Estimated)
Top speed – 86kmph
Length – 2022mm
Width – 733mm
Height – 1095mm
Wheelbase – 1285mm
Ground clearance – 169mm
Kerb Weight – 108Kg
Fuel tank capacity – 8L
Tyre size – 80/100-18
Brake type – drum 130mm
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A Year Is A Long Time!
Do you set goals every January? Me too.
When July rolls around are you still on track? Me either.
"New Year Goals" was a phrase I started to loath, well besides the negative temperatures of a January in the Midwest.?I hate feeling like a failure in anything, so it was easier to give up on goal-setting.
This year I have a new plan for 2018! I'm borrowing pieces from a mastermind group, one book, a podcast, and an Australian comedian and making my goals fit my life. I'm putting this on the blog this week as an action step to myself, but more importantly to motivate you to set micro-goals that fit YOUR LIFE. And accountability is always a good motivator, so if you need someone, just let me know! We can keep each other accountable.
Let me share my plan with you as a framework for your 2018 goals. Or use it exactly the way it is if that fits you. Let's make things easier, not harder.
- Set Micro-Goals
I'm setting micro-goals instead of two or three big goals.? Set one goal for January, February, and March, or longer by focusing for 6 months. Put your focus for that timeframe on THAT GOAL. It also gives us a chance to pivot when things change throughout the year. It's not a failure to reposition our goals, or to add to them. Don't focus so hard on one life-long dream, you don't want to miss all the tiny shiny stuff along the way.
- What is my WHY
Put meaning behind these micro-goals and give them power. When something, or someone, is more meaningful we're more apt to stick with or go after something. I sat alone and asked myself, "WHAT REALLY MATTERS?" or, "Why am I really setting this goal?" I wrote down everything that popped into my head for the next 30-minutes.
- What are THREE ACTIONS I'll take towards my goal
After your "why ideas" are down on paper, pick your top three and create two-three action steps for each goal… I made mine concrete steps and carved out time for working on that goal. What space do you need to be successful?
- Make space for your actions
Plan out your behavior {when & where} and give it a time & place to live in the real world.? How will you be intentional in achieving your goal? Are you good at setting a deadline? Then grab your calendar & set a date that you have to achieve those goals.
How will you celebrate when you achieve that goal {this gives us something to look forward to & celebrate when we achieve our goal}
Here is an example of one of my goals for the next 6-months::
Goal #1:: Stick to my business hours
Action 1:: Check my work email at 8am and again at 4:30pm
Action 2:: Shut down my work email at 5pm so I don't get notifications and tempted
Action 3:: When returning emails during business hours add friendly reminder of when my business hours take place so clients know I'm not ignoring them {just enjoying my family time}
Celebrate:: Each month I succeed, it's a chocolatey dessert at ACK!
Now it's your turn…What are you going to focus on?


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Sure to outrage the Gay community, R-71, a citizens initiative to block and overturn Washington States 'everything but marriage' act has qualified for the November ballot. Received in email,
R-71 qualifys for November vote!
With the Referendum 71 signature-check now nearly complete, state election officials say they've now confirmed that sponsors turned in more signatures than needed to qualify for a spot on the November statewide ballot. Signature-checkers passed the 121,000 mark on Monday, the 23rd day of an exhaustive hand check of all 137,000-plus signatures submitted on July 25.
It takes 120,577 valid Washington voter signatures to qualify a referendum to the state ballot. Voters will now have a choice of accepting the new law or rejecting it.
The numbers still are unofficial and not final, as checkers do one final check of hundreds of previously rejected signatures of people who weren't initially found in the voter registration records. That should extend the margin a bit, but the final margin could be in the range of 1,000.
Final certification is scheduled for Wednesday morning by Secretary of State Sam Reed.
Faith & Freedom Network
Gary Randall
President & Chairman
More coverage at R-71, gay partnership foes make ballot
Will opponents to R-71 mount an effective campaign to build support for their view? Or, will they continue with the denigration, threats of violence and placing all signers names on the internet on a searchable engine?


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Greenplum brings data warehousing in the cloud indoors
Greenplum's new Enterprise Data Cloud lets customers easily deploy and manage data marts on an internal cloud of commodity hardware, an approach the company hopes will catch on.
You don't have to explain data mart proliferation to Clint Johnson. As vice president of data warehousing and business intelligence at Zion Bancorporation, Johnson is all too familiar with the concept.
When so-called power users at Zion wanted to do complex data analysis that wasn't supported by the bank's business intelligence (BI) applications – like predictive modeling for customer retention -- Johnson would extract the data from source systems and databases and let power users create their own data marts.
The result was departmental data marts everywhere, largely out of the control of IT, Johnson said. Not only were the data marts and the hardware required to run them difficult to manage, but the marts were disconnected from one another, meaning different groups and departments were often working with different sets of data.
But rather than trying to stop or even slow data mart sprawl, a task he conceded was almost impossible, Johnson decided to take a different approach with a new private cloud computing initiative. Zion is now in the process of implementing Greenplum's Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC), essentially a virtual infrastructure of commodity hardware upon which the bank will deploy and run Greenplum's data warehouse platform.
Once the system is operational, Zion workers will be able to create and dismantle data marts on an internal or private cloud, as it's called, via a self-service portal, as demand dictates. Irrespective of which department they work in, they will be able to tap into the same, consistent data sources on the internal cloud, where IT will also have a one-stop shop for managing the platform. No more data marts living in the shadows, as Johnson puts it.
The more conventional method of data warehouse deployment and management – deploying one large data warehouse backed up by weeks and months of data modeling and cleansing – is too rigid for today's workers, who want fast and flexible access to data for BI and other analytics, according to Werther. In that environment, rather than waiting for IT to create a data mart, workers often take the initiative and create their own, he said. That leads to data mart proliferation, an unmanageable situation for IT.
With EDC, customers get the best of the public cloud model – easy provisioning of data marts, unfettered access to data sources, and centralized management of the cloud itself – without the risk -- letting sensitive corporate data outside the firewall, Werther said. And it is economically possible, he said, because, unlike many competitors' offerings, Greenplum's database runs on cheaper commodity, not proprietary, hardware.
"Hardware is very cheap now. You can buy 1,000 cores of servers for under $1 million, much less than buying a Teradata machine," Werther said. Eventually, data warehousing on internal clouds "is going to become, we think, the way of doing data warehousing."
James Kobielus, an analyst with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, tends to agree with that assessment. He thinks data warehousing in the cloud, or virtual data warehousing, as he also calls it, is the wave of the future.
"Data warehousing is increasingly moving away from being a discipline with a focus on centralized analytic databases or a single physical node [or enterprise data warehouse] to a more virtualized data warehousing ecosystem, or cloud," Kobielus said. "It's a highly, massively parallel grid of nodes that collectively manage multiple data analytics instances."
Some nodes can focus on data integration functions like extract, transform and load (ETL), others on data cleansing, others on provisioning new data marts, he added. "The idea is that it is very flexible."
Greenplum is in a particularly good position to push the cloud deployment model, Kobielus said. In addition to running on commodity hardware -- unlike competitors such as HP's NeoView and Vertica's Analytic Database, for example -- Greenplum's database uses massively parallel processing to simultaneously query large data sets – a prerequisite for a virtualized, distributed environment like the cloud.
But EDC will not have the immediate effect of giving IT one internal cloud to manage, he cautioned, because customers will have to standardize on Greenplum. Most organizations operate in heterogeneous environments, with data warehouses and data marts from multiple vendors. "That's just a reality," Kobielus said.
And, while Greenplum may have a head start on the field, other data warehouse vendors are likely to join them in the data warehousing in the cloud market. Just this week, for example, IBM announced its Smart Business cloud portfolio, which will let customers run integrated software and applications in either a public or private cloud, both supported by Big Blue.
While IBM's new cloud portfolio does not currently support data warehouse deployments, "we are definitely looking at the opportunity to deliver those types of services in the cloud" as customer demand increases, said Dennis Quan, director of autonomic computing at IBM.
Microsoft may also be a candidate to eventually begin offering data warehousing on internal clouds. Already, for example, it offers data warehousing in the public cloud built on its own cloud platform, Azure, which debuted last year, and SQL Data Services.
Nevertheless, "the cloud model is still in an embryonic stage" when it comes to data warehousing, Forrester's Kobielus said, and it could be a year or more before it truly begins to mature. "Few vendors have put together a coherent story going forward to help the industry and help users jump to the next plateau of development of data warehousing in a purely cloud environment."
But that assessment hasn't stopped Zion Bancorporation, where Johnson is counting on EDC to reduce maintenance and support costs caused by proliferating data marts and to break down barriers between groups and departments, giving all workers a unified way to find, access and analyze corporate data.
With implementation under way, the bank hopes to have EDC fully deployed by the end of the year. Then, Johnson said, as many as 50 of Zion's "most seasoned analysts" will begin accessing around 4 terabytes of data in the internal cloud and creating manageable data marts of their own.
"We're going to give direct database access to end users and the ability to upload their own data and create their own data warehouses," Johnson said. "It's to give them a place [the private cloud] to work where they can do complicated things without having to remove the data."


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This gun is in excellent condition with about 90% of the original finish remaining. The walnut stock is also in excellent condition. The gun cocks and fires but velocity was not tested due to the collector's value of this model.
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How does developmental experience affect the human mind and brain? What is the role of experience in structuring higher-level cognitive representations?
To gain insight into these question, I study the effects of developmental visual experience on cognition.
I use three primary approaches in my research:
1)Comparison of populations with different developmental experiences - I compare the minds and brains of sighted, congenitally blind and late-blind adults. This approach allows me to look at effects of visual experience during development on the state of the brain and mind in adulthood. I am particularly interested in how higher-level cognitive representations such as those of language and social cognition are shaped by visual experience.
2)I examine brain development directly, by studying blind and sighted children. How does early experience shape the developmental processes of brain maturation and specialization? What is the time-course of brain plasticity during development? How does experience affect the process of functional specialization in higher-cognitive and perceptual systems?
3)I look for similarities and differences in the neural implementation of conceptual representations and visual representations. For example, we learn some of our first action verbs partly through vision. Does seeing the motion of "bouncing" and understanding the verb "bounce" engage the same neural systems?


text: Futaba Yoshioka is a 17-year-old high school student who has an inferiority complex, as she has the need to fit with her female friends by acting brash towards the male students, due to a history of attracting the latter which made other girls jealous and ostracize her, as a result causing her to feel that her life is nothing interesting. She finally abandons her facade when she befriends fellow outcast Yuri Makita, who is adamant in keeping her "cutesy" personality in exchange for being ostracized. At the same time, Futaba is surprised when she reunites with Kou Tanaka, whom she befriended during middle school and with whom she had mutual love until he abruptly moved away to Nagasaki to live with his late mother. She is disappointed, however, as the new Kou is going with his mother's surname "Mabuchi" and seems to be a completely different person than she knew back then, as he is now a rude, cold, and sneaky individual. Kou enrolls in the school under supervision of his brother, Yoichi Tanaka, who teaches at the school.


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Clint Eastwood scored a victory over his critics Wednesday as the Democratic National Convention announced that it has moved President Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday night from the 74,000-seat outdoor Bank of America Stadium to the 20,000-seat indoor Time Warner Cable Arena.
DNC officials, who earlier this week promised to hold the outdoor event "rain or shine," suddenly discovered a moderate chance of rain was too great a health risk to the President and the attendees.
The real risk, of course, was to the health of the President's re-election campaign. It became obvious that the number of empty chairs in the stadium, so soon after national #EmptyChairDay, would transform the event into a Twitter hashtag in which conservatives would find great delight: #EmptyStadiumDay.
Even with reports that the DNC was busing church groups in from several adjacent states and handing out free Obama speech tickets at bars in the Charlotte area, it was a certainty that an outdoor speech would be dominated by the visual imagery of empty chairs and a half-filled stadium. Conservatives on Twitter and Facebook were poised to grab the "Empty Chair" meme first introduced in Eastwood's RNC speech, which spread more broadly on Monday through social media in the highly successful "National Empty Chair Day," and use it to ridicule President Obama's #EmptyStadiumDay speech.
Fear of this tactic was likely a major factor in the DNC's decision to switch to a smaller venue for tomorrow's address, despite attempts by Democrats and their messaging allies in the mainstream media to blame "severe weather" for the change.
It's a truism in political campaigns that you always schedule a speech or an event in a venue that you know is small enough for your supporters to pack. The Obama campaign team miscalculated badly–reflecting perhaps the hubris of their boss–when they selected the spacious Bank of America Stadium as the setting for his acceptance speech. (Democrats, who have demagogued against banks for the past several years, were uncomfortable with the name, referring to it repeatedly–and incorrectly–as "Panthers Stadium."
The move draws attention to this painful fact for Democrats: the Obama campaign of 2012 is not the Obama campaign of 2008. In contrast to his 2008 acceptance speech to a crowd of 84,000 at Invesco Field in Denver, which demonstrated authentic support for the campaign's theme of Hope and Change, Obama's 2012 acceptance speech to a smaller-than-hoped-for audience demonstrates that the general public is largely disappointed in the failed promises of the soaring oratory that echoed off those Greek columns in 2008.
As Clint Eastwood might say, Democrats in 2012 are clearly not feeling lucky.


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Irish healthcare services group, United Drug Supply Chain Services, is a wholesaler who distributes products sold to consumers in the Irish pharmacies. Being part of the largest pharmaceutical distribution company in the world, United Drug prides themselves on their proactive approach in every aspect of their business.
They know that if you want to move your business ahead, then there's always room for improvement. Hence, they're constantly thinking ahead and suggesting new ways to add value and improve performance. This is one of the reasons why they use digital flipbooks.
By using digital iPapers, the Irish Healthcare services group experienced a significant increase in speed to market with interactive online catalogs. Let's have a look at how they improved speed to market.
The biggest advantage for using iPaper as our digital publishing software provider is the speed to market. We couldn't build a website in the same time that we took to launch online catalogs with iPaper, and as a consequence, we would have lost the opportunity. iPaper flipbooks are a great transition tool for moving our clients from print to digital, and our online orders are growing significantly - week on week."
- David Rees, eCommerce Commercial Manager
United Drug has a variety of divisions and brand extensions to cover the market. The divisions are divided in Drug Distributors, Healthcare Insights, Wholesale and United Drug Consumer.
One of the brands is "Profitlines" supplying products as well as promotional material to the pharmacies. Originally Profitlines was based in a traditional printed catalog business. However, today United Drug is using iPaper to create online catalogs and flipbooks to gain more digital traction.
In their August 2017 number, they even indicate on the front page how easy it is to shop from all devices online.
United Drug distributes a line of different products: from consumer products like beauty items and vitamins, all the way through to very specialized prescription medications. Their main business is to supply and distribute over-the-counter medicines and other items found in a pharmacy.
As a conventional B2B distributor, United Drug has a big warehouse and the main objective is to move the goods as efficiently as possible from storage to the pharmacies. This also includes establishing an efficient sales process.
They utilize a number of different marketing and sales channels to support this process - some "old school" analog channels and some new digital channels:
Marketing channels:
Sales channels:
There is a real mix of different order types day in and day out. Some orders are automated, some are from telefax, some from the phone and others via the sales reps. The rest is sold online through a mix of our websites and our online catalogs." states David Rees.
The main usage of the flipping books at United Drug is the catalogs where you can order products via the shop integration. The implementation of the shop integration with the online catalogs has eased the sales process considerably.
Now customers can order via the flipbooks anytime they like and from any device they like.
We know that iPaper is fully compatible with our future needs in this area. That is great. However, even now the shop integration saves us considerable time as an order from our flipping books is processed twice as fast as a phone order.
The transition from print catalogs to interactive digital flipbooks at United Drug shows that the principles of the sales catalog still can be part of an excellent business model.
As David Rees says:
Because our sales are so seasonal, even with a full eCommerce website, I would expect that this user behavior to be maintained and that we might always have flipbooks or other interactive online publications.
The iPaper solution is in line with United Drug's ambition to think ahead. And to show their customers that they are modernizing and investing in digital assets and communication.
Not only does United Drug use the possibilities of the engaging digital catalogs with videos and eCommerce to increase speed to market and sales. They are going even further and are using the platform to create intriguing landing pages.
Instead of making typical landing pages via their website system, they design all their landing pages via iPaper. This is taking their marketing in a whole new direction.
But why?
We have found that these "hybrid" iPaper based landing pages work very well for us. The landing pages are well-designed two-page spreads that illustrate our product offers very effectively, and help us implement a landing page strategy, without having a larger eCommerce website."
United Drug has also used the iPaper flipbook landing page option for company announcements when they need to communicate in not only an efficient manner but also in a pleasing design that fits the target audience.
As David Rees says:
iPaper has for us become a kind of hybrid communications platform, landing pages platform, mini catalog platform and major catalog platform. It is a jack of all trades."
However, a partnership between two companies like United Drug and iPaper is so much more than just the product and the service. Fortunately, it is also about the people.
I've found that the iPaper team is extremely responsive. They deliver really good customer service.
And the other thing is that it's a reliable service. You can never stop any infrastructure from going down. However, I subscribe to the iPaper alert service and it is just awesome."
stated David Rees.
We at iPaper value our long-term relationships with our customers and love helping you grow your business with engaging online flipbooks.
Not only does the iPapers help to increase speed to market and increase orders. It also gives valuable insights and statistics which you can use to improve your next publications.
I get better insights from my online publications and landing pages than I do from my website hosting company. And I get better response times as well. When iPaper schedules maintenance, they do it at off-peak business hours and think sensible about it, and it is a comfort knowing that. We have a pretty rock solid solution at hand."
- David Rees, eCommerce Commercial Manager


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We have compiled many interesting links for you to provide additional helpful information about autoinflammatory diseases and related topics.
The Italian Association for Periodic Fevers (AIFP, Associazione Italiana Febbri Periodiche), was founded in 2006. AIFP is an APS (Associazione di Promozione Sociale) promoting outreach events, and is associated with UNIAMO FIMR the non-profit Italian Federation for Rare Diseases (Federazione Italiana Malattie Rare). AIFP main aims is to sensitise doctors to this group of diseases (Periodic Fevers) through events, and to support patients and their families by providing information (publications, website), and support groups details.
The Association for Paediatric Rheumatoid Diseases (AMRI, Associazione per le Malattie Reumatiche Infantili) is a non-profit organisation who supports children affected by paediatric rheumatoid diseases. Founded in 1992 in S. Matteo Hospital (Pavia, Italy) by a group of parents and doctors, it now operates from Giannina Gaslini Institute (Genoa, Italy), where Prof Martini directs the Paediatric Department. With the help of volunteers, the main goals for AMRI are to provide economic, social, and healthcare support to the children and their families, as well as fund scientific research.
The Autoinflammatory Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit public charity dedicated to promoting awareness, proper diagnosis and treatment, and improved care for people with autoinflammatory diseases. There are many autoinflammatory diseases with symptoms that are present from childhood or infancy. A few develop symptoms in adulthood, or late childhood...
CORD is Canada's national network for organizations representing all those with rare disorders.
CORD works with governments, researchers, clinicians and industry to promote research, diagnosis, treatment and services for all rare disorders in Canada.
This Project aims to sensitize pediatricians and pediatric rheumatologists to the prompt recognition of Autoinflammatory Diseases; provide proper information to families affected by these conditions and increase the knowledge on the clinical presentation, response to treatment and complications of theses rare disorders.
EURORDIS is a non-governmental patient-driven alliance of patient organisations and individuals active in the field of rare diseases, dedicated to improving the quality of life of all people living with rare diseases in Europe.
Ligue Genevoise contre le Rhumatisme (LGR) is a centre of competence for osteo-articular diseases. It is a non-profit organisation, comprised of a multidisciplinary team of public health nurses who specialise in adult and paediatric rheumatology, and physiotherapists. The centre aims to improve the lives of patients by providing assistance and information with a strong focus on prevention.
NORD is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit patient advocacy organisation dedicated to individuals with rare diseases and the organisations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and patient services.
Orphanet is the reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs, for all audiences. Orphanet's aim is to help improve the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with rare diseases.
Orphanet also provides access to a directory of expert services for specific diseases or groups of diseases, including expert centres.
PRINTO is a not for profit, non governmental, international research network with the goal to foster, facilitate and co-ordinate the development, conduct, analysis, and reporting of trials and studies in children with paediatric rheumatic diseases (PRD). PRINTO supports the EUROFEVER project…
RareConnect is a safe, easy to use platform where rare disease patients, families and patient organizations can develop online communities and conversations across continents and languages. RareConnect partners with the world's leading rare disease patient groups to offer global online communities allowing people to connect around issues which affect them while living with a rare disease.
The Rheumaliga beider Basel is a non-profit patient advocacy organisation that represents the interests of people affected by rheumatologic diseases. The organisation works closely with specialists to fulfill unmet patient needs, and raise public awareness.
Want to help your child understand their illness ? Why not visit Kids Corner with your child and read Paula and Tim's explanation of autoinflammatory disease and their experience of attending school and after school activities with their condition.
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Every nation is unique; no two are identical. But Haiti is in a class by itself, not because it is the hemisphere's poorest country or because no one there before President Jean-Bertrand Aristide had ever been elected by popular vote. Poverty and a lack of electoral politics, after all, typify societies spread across a substantial portion of the earth's surface. What makes Haiti unique is that no other nation in world history has ever been created by slaves. Those slaves wrested their weapons from the hands of their masters and then threw the masters out. What Spartacus was crucified for failing to do, the Haitian people did. Haiti's uniqueness inheres in that historical experience, and some features of it still figure in its political present and allow for predictions about its future. Of course background facts do not tell us what to do about Haiti. But not knowing them has led to some plans for Haiti that make relatively little sense of what is possible.
Haiti's current crisis, then, is historical. Even while conceding the very real importance of scanty resources, dilapidated infrastructure, and popular exhaustion, the forces that have helped keep Haiti immobilized (if not immobile) were in place soon after independence. In 1915, when the United States occupied Haiti for the first time, it strengthened those forces. Whether that mistake is repeated is the challenge of the latest American intervention. It is difficult to be anything but pessimistic. Haitian stability will depend on fundamental economic change -- change in the distribution of power to make economic decisions. That change seems extremely unlikely, not least because it will require time. For the current American intervention to accomplish anything more lasting in Haiti than feeding the hungry, repairing electric generators, and fixing roads will take the kind of extended commitment that a restless American electorate -- and a tired Haitian people -- may lack.
But looking ahead is difficult; looking back is far easier. What one sees in the
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Hi, all. This is a note to any surviving subscribers to this, my old blog. You have surely noticed that I stopped posting years back, as I have a new site that is still (very) active (too active?) and takes up all my free time. It's also far more centred on photography etc — though I continue to miss the name of this blog, which was surely its finest feature!
Anyway, I kept this original blog floating through deep space largely as I'm attached to it, and as a resource — for myself if nobody else. It's good to have it there to check things I'm vague on. However, I'm still sporadically getting new subscribers to this drifting space-hulk, and I'd rather have them/you over on the shiny new site!
I've decided to render The Goat that Wrote invisible to all but me in a few days' time. So if you'd like to abandon ship and join me over on Goat Track Photography, here's the link. You can sign up to follow the blog part of the new site when you get there.
Thanks for your support!
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There is no trivial comment for leaders. I would also argue: for anyone. How you show up and what you say have impact.
Your actions and conversations are monitored at all times by those you work with. The upside of that is you have great ability to influence change and your culture.
Nobody is perfect, and your co-workers shouldn't expect you to be. However, not fully owning your conversations will quickly produce an environment of low morale and engagement.
If you're having a bad day and you show up at a meeting with a bad attitude, that will be noticed, talked about, and internalized by those around you. Have multiple bad days in a row, and you can watch people quickly disengage from you.
Below are three steps you can take to help you more fully own your conversations.
Want to build emotional capital with people really quickly? Then obey your instincts. Take the example above. If you leave the meeting knowing you just showed up in a way that you would never tolerate from someone else on your team, contact those who were there and apologize. It's that simple, and there is no need to go into detail about why.
If your attitude was because you were unhappy with your team, take this opportunity to address the issue head on and reschedule another meeting to discuss what was bothering you.
Is communication not something you feel totally comfortable with? Many don't. Maybe you need to continue to develop your communication skills. Reach out to others within your organization and see what training your company is offering, or spearhead bringing training in yourself if it's not available.
Leaders in companies, regardless of titles, recognize their own strengths and weaknesses and set out to help improve them. Make your job easier by paying attention to how effective your conversations are, and if you need help, do something about it.
Part of being a leader is developing your emotional intelligence. One of the ways you do that is to take responsibility for your emotional wake. Dr. Albert Mehrabian's pioneering research on human communication tells us that only 7% of how we communicate is the words we say, 38% is tone of voice and 55% of communication is non-verbal.
Meaning, even when you're not speaking, you're conveying something. Being aware that you are doing this can be a challenge. When you do take notice, it doesn't stop there. To make sure you aren't infecting your culture with a lingering wake, check in with people. Also, when you catch yourself putting something out there that isn't productive, address it right away.
How do you take responsibility with your conversations?


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I stumbled upon this multi-media essay by Straits Times photographer Raj Nadarajan in the Straits Times' website.
He went to take pictures of the Natonal Stadium being demolished and turned it into a multi-media tribute to the Grand Old Dame of Kallang.
Listening to the voices brought back a lot of good memories. Looking at the photos of demolition work brought a stabbing pain, a profound sense of loss and a tear to my eye.
Click here for the link to the multi-media essay, then go to the essay "Rubble and Memories' (the one with the picture of the National Stadium.
Here is also a link to a Wikipedia entry on the National Stadium.
And if you feel up to it, tell me some of your best memories of the Stadium.
Yours in sport
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If you're looking for London taxi insurance then you'll need a policy that ticks all the boxes. You want to make sure that you're completely covered for all eventualities, and that's why you need to make sure that you've got the most comprehensive cover possible. So, here are just a few things that you need to look for in taxi insurance London.
• Quick response times. Your taxi is your livelihood, and you need to make sure that you get back to work as quickly as possible in the event of an accident or breakdown. That's why quick response and claim handling times are essential to look for in London taxi insurance.
• Cover that includes your passengers. When you're driving a taxi it's essential that you consider the safety of your passengers as well as yourself, as you don't want to be liable for any medical or legal expenses. That's why you need to make sure that your London taxi insurance policy covers your passengers as well so you're completely protected.
• Breakdown assistance and replacement car cover. It's always a good idea to go for an insurance policy that has these added extras included, as if your car breaks down you need to get it fixed as soon as possible. This is even more important in central London and busy areas such as Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square, as you don't want to get stuck in traffic. Then, if it's off the road, you'll need a replacement taxi to get back to work quickly and easily.
• A policy from a specialist taxi insurance company. It's always advisable to go for London taxi insurance with the experts, as then you'll be able to get all the experience and know-how necessary to help give you exactly what you're looking for.
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There is more than one way of looking at things.
Sorry. That was the first sentence that came out.
Thank you. Where was I?
"'There is more than one way of looking at things.'"
Oh yeah. Okay, so yesterday, I am typing away, pontificating on the subject of how an expanded number of outlets for creators of TV shows to pitch to can actually be detrimental to your advancement, when the majority of people, I readily concede, would see the explosion of available outlets as an enormous upgrade in opportunity. And see me as an idiot. Anything, "Blue Italics Person"?
"Go on."
Nothing I mentioned was, at least potentially, untrue. There is, in fact, the possibility of having more places to pitch to being harmful to creative development. Taking note of this possible happenstance, I leaped up on that counter-intuitive bronco and I rode it mercilessly into the ground.
That was exhilarating, just thinking about it.
Being a natural contrarian – rather than a "pretender" angling for attention – my reflexive imaginings went to an obsessed writer, zealously passionate about their creation. Now, with dozens of available venues to pitch to – rather than three as there used to be – they cling tenaciously to the belief that, although their spectacular idea had been shot down by every channel – and whatever Netflix and Amazon are – they had met with, there remained someplace out there that would excitedly spark to the idea and say "Yes."
Leaving them stuck inexorably in one spot, unable to move on.
Pitching that one same idea ad infinitum,
Until they die.
And then someone buys it.
No. (I was just messin' with ya.) Nobody buys it.
It's dead, and they're dead.
Swear to Gosh, this really happened. In the midst of writing yesterday's post, I was surprisingly jolted by that saddening circumstance. Yes, that immobilizing alternative was possible. But what kind of a writer would actually behave that way?
And it occurred to me that I might.
Resolute that there were yet unvisited places to pitch to – The Washing Machine Channel if I made minor adjustments to the storyline and sold "Product Placement" privileges to Tide – and fearful that what everyone had so far rejected was the best idea I would ever come up with… yeah, I could imagine myself being unwilling to let go, incapable of adhering to that venerable talent manager's imprecation of "Next!"
I'd be immobilized in one spot forever.
In a way, I actually am.
I have written this book entitled… many things, but the most recent title is Saddle Up!, a tribute to classic westerns, wherein surviving participants during that genre's cinematic heyday – "The Good Guy", "The Mexican Spitfire", "The Last Buffalo", "The First Indian Over the Wall" – reminisce in "First Person" about their memorable experiences.
After considerable effort – and a massive expenditure of stamps – I was unable to find a publisher. Because – and here's the paralleling component – I believed there was something inherently special and, for me, unsurpassable about this project, I subsequently gave up trying to write books, harboring faint hopes for the publishabilty of "Saddle Up!"
I realized in yesterday's offering that, without consciously intending to, while referencing a miraculous breakthrough in creative opportunity, I had selected for your enjoyment an oppositional sliver, exposing by that selection a startling strain of astonishing pessimism.
Masquerading as a blog post.
What the heck was I thinking?
I know I'm a pessimist. But I was oblivious to the blanketing pervasiveness of my perspective.
Don't listen to me. More available outlets is unquestionably better. Yes, there is the possibility of that other scenario happening.
But more in pessimists' stories than in actual life.
My recent epiphany got me thinking seriously about pessimism. It may well – as I unscientifically believe – be genetic.
But does it have to be inescapable?


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Higher Certificate in Entrepreneurship
The Higher Certificate in Entrepreneurship comprises of 10 subjects at NQF5. All subjects need to be passed to obtain the qualification.
* Start Dates and Timetables are subject to change.
Business Communication
This module is intended to prepare the student with the abilities required in corporate communication, such as, creating presentations, composing business letters and reminders, and conducting interviews. The module explores written communication, focusing on writing skills and the connection that exists between thinking and writing distinctly, and the process of effective writing.
Business Management Principles
The purpose of this module is to offer students an introduction and foundational knowledge of the primary functional areas of a business.
Students are introduced to strategic thinking and business concepts, as well as the techniques relevant to managing the various functional areas.
Business Mathematics
This module introduces statistical methods and mathematics. The applications of the main statistical principles are explained.
Creative Thinking
The purpose of this module is to provide students with the processes for innovative and creative thinking.
This module offers students the understanding that creative thinking is a skill based on concepts and theories.
Human Resource Management Principles
The purpose of this module is to provide the students with the foundational knowledge of the principles,
concepts and theories critical to Human Resource Management.
Project Management
The purpose of this module is to introduce the student to the principles of project management
and to practice the application of selected basic principles in various cases.
Business Information Systems
The purpose of this module is to equip students with a thorough knowledge of concepts associated with various information
systems and to the importance of utilising information systems to gain a competitive advantage.
This module will additionally develop the students' ability to apply what they have learned to a particular situation
with the business information system context.
The purpose of this module is to explore entrepreneurship, new venture creation, the start-up process, the growth stages and the
challenges in the maturity phase of the business.
Finance for Small Business
The purpose of this module is to provide the concepts and principles of general business accounting processes
and procedures. The module provides the student with a deep understanding of business finance
and the impact of various factors in the economic health of an organisation.
Marketing Practice
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Welcome to the Online Archive of New Mexico
The Online Archive of New Mexico (OANM) is now incorporated into the Rocky Mountain Online Archive (RMOA) , a tri-state collaborative project. For information about archival collections in New Mexico, search the database for descriptions and locations of material. The same New Mexico finding aids can be searched from either OANM or RMOA.
Use this search box for a simple word search of archival collections located in New Mexico. The results will display via RMOA in a new browser window.
Go to RMOA to search for archival collections located in New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
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Good morning folks! Another hot and sweaty day ahead of us here in DFW. I know those of you in the PNW are scorching right now. I was just talking to my Grandmother who lives in Idaho yesterday about it. She said that Boise hit a high of 110 yesterday.. WHAT?!?!?! That's insane for that area this time of year. Honestly, that's insane for there PERIOD! That's just way too hot. That's just too hot to do much of anything. I sure hope it doesn't kill her garden with all that heat. Every year my grandparents swear they're not doing a garden this year and every year they end up doing one. They just can't let go of all that good homegrown food. I can't blame them. On that note, it's time to check Amazon.com for today's deals.
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Senior year has come.
I had looked forward to my senior portrait session since I was a freshman. It is an exciting time and the photo shoot seemed like the starting line to begin the great (crazy) year.
I still believe in that.
In the end, it seems you just need a photo for the yearbook page. My shoots are SO much more than snapping a photo for the yearbook to print. I know you could have a friend take the snapshot you need. But, if you want to have a wild adventure and come out with not only photos and portraits but memories, you have come to the right place.
Your senior photoshoot is about capturing who you are, who you've become and being able to look back at these photos and remember the fun times you had.
Random Facts about my shoots:
I've never been rained out of a shoot. True, I drove 80 miles to get out of a storm, but I've never been rained out.
We do some crazy things. Check out "So… that happened."
I am well known for pulling off on the side of the road for a photo.
You may, or may not wind up climbing trees, rocks, sculptures or buildings.
I have an awesome crew that will rock the lighting for your shoot.
If you hear me say to my light-wrangler hold my camera I might be doing something dangerous - like climbing in a river.
I come to your house with a GIANT monitor to show-off your images.
Caution: Frolicking may happen.
Facts about my photo training:
I graduated from Metro State University with a degree in Photo Journalism
Got experience of photographing many, many people from:
Backpacker Magazine
The Boulder Daily Camera
The Loveland Reporter-Herald
Being the Photo Editor for The Metropolitan for 2 years
I have had my business for 4 years and absolutely love what I do
I have loved photography since I was little, and love the idea of freezing moments.
Random facts about me:
I love bubbles.
I love ice cream.
I love nice light
I want to own a beach house.
I would love to do a destination photoshoot in the south – let me know if you are up for that!
My favorite color is purple.
Cooking is one of my favorite things to do.
I have modeled for my friend's Romance Novel.
My favorite time of the year is summer nights.
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In the late 1980s Worcester Cathedral was the first Cathedral to employ an archaeologist full-time and several other cathedrals now have full- or part-time archaeologists on their staff. Under the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 the cathedral is required to have an archaeological consultant.
Chris Guy is the current Cathedral Archaeologist and also the consultant
The department has a staff of one, together with a small team of regular volunteers who assist with excavations and finds processing. For large-scale projects additional professional support is recruited to work under the direction of the Cathedral Archaeologist.
The Cathedral Archaeologist is responsible for carrying out excavations, building recording, photography, documentary research and report writing. The entire Cathedral Precinct is a scheduled monument and almost all the buildings within it are listed, including several at Grade I or II*; this requires the preparation of applications for Scheduled Monument Consent and the drawing-up of archaeological research designs for proposals which will affect below-ground deposits and/or historic fabric.
The Archaeology Department works closely with the other departments. For example, there is liaison with the Works Department and the cathedral architect to ensure that the fabric of the building is recorded before the start of restoration work, with details of the main types of stone used and evidence of any previous repairs. While the work is in progress record photographs are taken, together with details of masons' marks or re-used stones that might be revealed. Further photos are taken on completion of each phase of restoration. When timbers are exposed, usually - but not always - during work on roofs, they are recorded by drawing and photography and specialists are brought in to carry out tree-ring dating. Photographs are produced of documents and artefacts in the cathedral library in response to requests made through the Cathedral
Librarian. Another important aspect of the work is to provide information to the Cathedral's fundraiser to help gain funding for projects. In connection with visitors, talks are given focusing on the archaeology of the Cathedral and tours go to those parts of the building that normal tours don't reach.
A Symposium is held at the end of March each year at which papers are given on different aspects of the history and archaeology of the Cathedral. These papers are then published as a report and have built up into a useful database on the archaeology of the Cathedral and its precinct.
Copies of the reports are available from the Cathedral Archaeologist at £4.00 each, including UK postage and packing (the 3rd Symposium Report is only £2.00 including p&p while the 20th Symposium Report is £5.00 including UK p&p). Click here to see the full list of reports. Click here to contact the Archaeologist a request a report.
Abberley and Malvern Hills GeoPark - click here for a copy of the GeoPark leaflet which also includes self guided geology and landscape trails.
Worcester Cathedral
Chapter Office
8 College Yard
Worcester WR1 2LA
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Dashboard tools lighten burdens on business users, but not BI teams
Building effective business intelligence dashboards can be a difficult task. Make sure you're ready to get the most out of your BI dashboard software.
Business intelligence (BI) dashboards are meant to simplify the data analysis process for busy business managers and workers who don't necessarily have the need or inclination to dig deeply into data. The charts, graphs, gauges and alerting mechanisms supported by dashboard tools are all designed to make BI data easy to grasp. But building effective dashboards can be a daunting assignment for a BI team, in no small part because the intended user base often consists of corporate executives and the heads of business units. Not surprisingly, they can be a demanding audience.
There's no escaping those assignments, though: Business dashboards are part of the BI landscape in most organizations. In a survey of 859 BI and business professionals conducted by consultancy Dresner Advisory Services in early 2012, dashboards topped the list of technologies deemed most vital to BI strategies. Forty-one percent of the respondents said BI dashboards were critical to their data analysis efforts, while 37% ranked them as very important. Just 1% dismissed them as unimportant.
The proliferation of advanced data visualization capabilities has added new complications for BI dashboard designers, who need to avoid overloading screens with flashy graphics that only get in users' way. A series of stories recently published on SearchBusinessAnalytics.com offers designers and BI managers tips on how to plan and manage projects to get the most out of their dashboard tools. One story catalogs advice on what goes into a good dashboard design. On the flip side, we report on the design and project management mistakes that can drag BI dashboards down. And we delve into the process of designing dashboards for mobile devices -- something that many of those busy executives are increasingly calling for.
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Thu, 27 June 2013
On this episode, Joe, Matt & Tucker talk about:
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Thu, 20 June 2013
THREE MEN. THREE LIVES. Join us for POWERFUL ART AND STORIES with C.F. ("Mere") and SCOTT SNYDER ("Batman") and STEVE DITKO ("Captain Universe"), as we EXPLORE OUR FEELINGS ("Yes") and LEARN ABOUT CUTURE ("roller skates"). "ENJOY."
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Thu, 13 June 2013
On this episode, Joseph Success McCulloch and Christopher Joy Mautner discuss Taiyo Matsumoto while Tucker and Matt take a breather. Can one man's manga fill an episode? Only you can discover the answer.
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Great Lakes Radon Testing and Mitigation LLC strives to complete each project on time and in accordance with the clients demands. It is always our first priority to do a quality job and have referred clients rather than do quick aimless work. Great Lakes Radon only uses top notch products in your application and the majority of the time radon is tested with a continuous radon monitor (Sun Nuclear 1028). Occasionally and in accordance with EPA Protocols, our monitors are simultaneously used to show documentation that the monitors are collecting radon information precisely. A micromanometer is used to insure that pressure field extension is encompassed beneath the entire floor ( a vacuum is created beneath the basement floor).
Rest assured the same person who designs the system is the one who will be installing it. I install all systems myself; occasionally I will have a helper. I have over 20 years "Real Experience" in every aspect of the building trades. Radon mitigation requires knowledge and skills in Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Concrete, Drainage, Roofing and General Construction.
My real experiences have been in residential and heavy commercial building and I have always been fascinated with new building procedures. I became interested in Radon Testing and Mitigation from information that our building techniques could be causing health issues to its residents. Great Lakes Radon is NEHA/NRPP Certified and Wisconsin Proficient. We are an ARRST member and keep up with new procedures and protocols.


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Leaders often find themselves working within a small department; section or office environment and leading a small team of people who rely on them for support and line management supervision.
As Team Leaders they also form part of the management team which in turn forms part of a large team of people who rely on their effective communications and personal contact; to achieve a wide variety of important tasks.
This course not only evaluates the importance of team working, but also examines relationships and behaviours, which are essential to the overall success of the business as a whole.
At the end of the course delegates will be able to:-
Who Will Benefit: All Team Leaders who are employed in small to medium size sections, departments or office areas and have a responsibility for a small team of people. Also those who wish to improve their own performance and their perceptions of other behaviours as well as their own.
Team working has given us an unrivalled advantage over all other species on the planet, it has enables us to network our brain power and take advantage of collective learning to develop abilities well beyond what a solitary individual could achieve. It has also allowed us to pass on that collective knowledge to the next generation so they don't have to relearn what we have already learnt.
Where we had a distinct advantage over our Neanderthal cousins was our ability to trade and exchange ideas with each other by living in communities. Whilst a much older species than Homo Sapiens the Neanderthals were not very sociable and didn't possess the team working skills we have and were unable to deal with the adverse global change that led to their extinction some 30,000 years ago.


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WITH THE CAVEAT that I know full well there's many a woman who complains about these exact same things when it comes to guys, of course.
Not meaning to be mean here, just some honest notes as I tentatively get back into online dating. It's a frustrating endeavor; at times I don't have the enthusiasm for the pursuit like I used to have in years past, and the reasons below are partly why. In addition, part of the frustration is because thanks to my most recent relationship the bar is a lot higher now. Though one positive is that it helps to finally know what you want because that bar is so much higher now. Sometimes you don't fully know what you need and desire until you actually have it – or had it, that is. But I digress, so…
- If you're going to describe yourself as "happy and outgoing" then why do all your pictures show you as what can be charitably described as "grimacing?" Or just looking unhappy? Good lord, smile!
- Plenty of Fish is the Wal-Mart of dating sites. You get what you don't have to pay for.
- Always, always, remember this rule: there's a reason why that profile has 5+ photos showing only her face. I don't mean to be cruel, and I'm not looking for the perfect physical specimen, but often the descriptions ("average," "athletic," "full-figured," to name a few) don't match the reality, and an indicator of that is when a profile only has head shots. At the end of the day, there's you're attracted to/by what you're attracted to/by.
- Though my search parameters have a limit of 20 miles and some specific body types, at least one website/app doesn't care about that. At all.
- You might want to show your friends that set of selfies you're thinking of putting in your profile.
- A photo of you taken 50 yards away is…worthless
- All the Snapchat filters that you think are cute? They're not. At least not for an online dating profile.
- "…happy in a pair of jeans or a little black dress…" Really?
- The majority of profile pictures are group shots – so it's ridiculously hard to figure out who is the person you're interested in.
- Nothing is written in the profile. How are we supposed to have a conversation if you are providing me nothing.
- Profiles filled with emojis – not when you're in your late forties, or early fifties, nope, don't
- Bathroom mirror selfies.


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Picture of the day Archives :: www.screwy.co.uk :: A Screwy Blog About Creepy, Weird And Cool Articles & Photos. All Sorts Of Stuff From Around The Internet Including Ghosts & Incorruptible Saints. The aim of this blog is to have all the weird stories, articles and pictures in one place. Hopefully it will have a fortean times kind of vibe. God I miss fortean times. I love anything creepy, weird or funny and of course the cool parts of history. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any interesting articles or photos for the blog please let me know. www.screwy.co.uk A collection of fascinating true stories.
Albert Einstein
Claude Monet with his Waterlillies picture in the background
Elvis Presley's parents at their wedding
This is what Cleopatra really looked like
Dress made from sweets – Victorian era
Rasputin 1904
3 Yale men in drag circa 1880
A boy watching TV for the first time 1948
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro fishing, 1960
Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel) at work on a drawing of a grinch, the hero of his forthcoming book, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in 1957.
The walking library, London.
Leonard Nimoy
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History of the CICM
Formed over 70 years ago the CICM offers a comprehensive range of services and bespoke solutions for the credit profession as well as services and advice for the wider business community.
The Institute formally became the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) on 1 January 2015. Click here for the Charter By-Laws and here for the Charter Regulations.
If you would like to read the full press release on the granting of our Royal Charter click here.
Click here to see the formal photographs from the Royal Charter unveiling ceremony which took place on 10 March 2015.
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Today it's storming pretty bad here in Sonoma County. My boyfriend and I were planning on going up to Tahoe to go on a snowboarding adventure. But since it's raining we decided it be best not to go up to the mountains without any chains on his truck. It probably would've taken longer to get up there anyways and we would've been snowboarding with snow in our faces all day long because the weather forecast said it was going to be windy and snowing all day long.
So once again our snowboarding trip is put off for another week. We have to go on a Friday because it's a special deal for college students where it only costs $15 per lift ticket compared to the regular $75 daily price of a lift ticket. Plus I don't know if it would be fun to go snowboarding with snow and wind in our faces all day long. At least it would have been really tiring to be cold and wet all day long. Yet I was willing to do pretty much anything just to get up there as I just want to go snowboarding so bad, ugh! This is frustrating.
Once again this is partially due to my procrastination because we could've rented chains for $30 for five days instead of buying them for $60. Which would've have helped since we are both broke right now. Why is it that only rich people can afford to going skiing and snowboarding? It's just so darn expensive. And I couldn't find my snowboard boots last night so I was pretty sure they got misplaced in the addict or my dad might have accidentally given them away to the Goodwill. So last night I was kind of pissed off when I found out I was going to probably have to rent boots and a board, the kind where you click in in instead of strapped in. Which I've never ridden before and would've have been a new experience for me, even though I just got this other older board which I love, and much rather ride than a used rental board. I know I'm sounding spoiled, we'll I guess I am, I'm daddy's little girl. And since I am focusing on finishing my education right now and don't have a job, it was important that I go snowboarding today because I know I'm probably not going to get another chance to go this season.
Next week when we go at least we know there will be snow from this week's storm. We will be ready with chains and boots and what ever else we might need. I just hope the weather conditions are superior for the one day that I get to go up a year. I can't wait and I look forward ro next Friday, yay!


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Month: November 2017
"Children know their Needs best – Professionals need to ask and listen!"
5 Questions to Dr. Maria Herczog from Family Child Youth Association – Learn more about her views here.
Network: More than 500 Members from over 30 States!
We are all happy about the excellent development of our community for practitioners, trainers and policy makers in child protection!


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Ulm Pishkan, the buffalo jump just outside of Great Falls.
It was a very grey, dreary and rainy day driving through Montana. A little colour on the hills outside Butte, MT. Still lots of trees to turn out there!
Skies finally cleared once we got south of Idaho Falls. Beautiful clouds out there as we reached our destination of MontPelier, Idaho.
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