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Provide allergy and asthma sufferers with information to help them understand their symptoms and find resources to manage their condition. Make relevant content for allergy and asthma sufferers easy to find, quickly. Give practicing allergists a user friendly one-stop-shop to direct patients to—value-add to their membership.
Before the redesign, there was concern about maintaining SEO rankings. ACAAI also wanted to remain competitive in search engine results, fighting for top ranking with AAAAI. Within 30 days of the redesign, ACAAI.org was visited by over 500K users, had over 700K pageviews, and over 10K allergist referrals. As for the competition? ACAAI is now generating 50% more traffic than AAAAI.
Information Architecture
I began auditing content and mapping the existing information architecture, in order to familiarize myself with the quality and type of content on the website. Then, I identified gaps in content, based on strategic recommendations from keyword research. Next, I performed a card sort to test possible hierarchies for the information. The result: topically organized information hierarchy incorporating overview, symptoms, treatment and management information for all content areas.
Content Strategy
After the initial content audit I performed during the information architecture phase, I dove deeper into content, identifying pages to combine, keep, and delete based on the objective of the project. Through competitive research and learning frustrations from users, I devised a strategy to make finding relevant information easier and streamlined. My recommendation: consolidate content on a single type of allergy onto a single, long scrolling page—providing the context to facilitate understanding and detailed information to help users find resources to end their suffering.
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Indeed, relationships are tricky. Broken relationships are trickier. But relationships that end without a closure, are the trickiest.
A couple of weeks ago, I dropped by to meet a close friend. Evidently, she had been crying, perhaps for hours, her eyes swollen and red. Her boyfriend, whom she had been dating for the past 4 years, got married...to someone else. But that was not what was hurting her. He did not even bother to let her know. He had been avoiding her calls and had not met her for a couple of months, but she had not suspected him of having dumped her. Without any warning, he just went ahead and got married to someone else. Apparently, his family didn't approve. But it was cruel the way he let go of her.


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When 20-year-old Claudia Aderotimi jumped on a plane to the US for her buttock implant, it's unlikely that she was aware of the risks associated with the surgery she had booked over the internet. If my research with women and men in the UK who had had cosmetic surgery at home and abroad is anything to go by, Aderotimi would have been feeling confident. This was her second round of surgery and acquaintances had had the same procedure without complications. What could go wrong?
As part of my research into cosmetic surgery tourism, I have interviewed many people who have travelled abroad for such procedures. They think of them as "beauty treatments", not major surgery. They search online for the cheapest option and flight, have their treatment and come home with new breasts or noses. Although my interviewees all attended a brief consultation (on average half an hour) prior to travelling, they hadn't gone armed with medical questions about the surgery. They relied on friends who had already had the operation for information and unsurprisingly, their friends tended to minimise the risks and downplay any post-operative problems that might arise. So great was their trust that one young woman even drove herself home from the airport the day after surgery, against the explicit advice of the surgeon.
Sadly, Aderotimi died in a US hotel after her buttock surgery. Why aren't people more concerned about the medical risks of cosmetic surgery? We are increasingly socialised to believe we must invest in ourselves to improve our life chances and opportunities, whether that means paying for higher education, looks or both.
Most of my interviewees were smart and ambitious young women, but they were not from families that encouraged them to think of higher education as the route into well-paid and satisfying work. They were trying to make their way in sales work and other service sector occupations, and often dreamed of running their own small businesses. Their investment in fake hair, nails, tans and other non-invasive beauty treatments, as well as surgery, was linked to these ambitions. They accepted the individualistic mantra of our times – that success comes to those with "can do" attitudes – and saw investing in their appearance not simply as a way of making the most of themselves, but also of publicly displaying their gumption and nous.
Looking fake shows you have made the investment; it is proof that you have self-respect and, as one young woman put it, "the balls to change your life". Cosmetic surgery was "life changing", but, through their eyes, no more risky than getting a tattoo. Pain was also minimised – described for example as no worse than a miscarriage, but with a more positive outcome. For these young women, the greater risk would be not to look fake. How then could they demonstrate their go-getting initiative or command respect?
There is a huge and increasingly global industry ready to meet demand for surgery from such people. Although comprehensive and reliable data is hard to source, the International Passenger Survey shows that approximately 100,000 UK citizens go abroad each year for medical treatment (a number rising by about 20% annually). How many are travel for cosmetic procedures is difficult to know, but clinics in developing and developed countries advertise in an international market. Often, they draw on the same national and racial stereotypes employed by the tourist industry to do so. Belgian clinics sell themselves to British audiences as being hi-tech, clean, MRSA-free and with expertly trained surgeons, but cheaper than the UK; clinics in India and Thailand claim the same expertise (for instance, their internationally trained surgeons) but far cheaper, and additionally stress both sun, sea, sand, five star tourism facilities and "naturally" caring, friendly nursing staff.
Consumers in this global market often assume that the industry is closely regulated. In reality however, there is no global standard to which clinics must adhere. Even in the UK, there is very little state regulation of clinics providing cosmetic surgery, despite a damning report in 2005 by the Healthcare Commission. The picture is even worse for injectable and non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as Botox. There is growing pressure for tighter regulation, not least from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, many of whom have experience of repairing botched procedures performed in the UK or abroad.
My interviewees approached cosmetic surgery as consumers, buying teeth from Hungary and breasts from Belgium in a pick-and-mix fashion, searching for bargains in the same way they might when putting together an outfit from the high street. As young people without educational aspirations or opportunities, trying to make their way in a world ever more obsessed with appearance, they sought to advance their project of self-improvement through cosmetic surgery. Unless opportunities are widened and cultural ideas about appearance challenged, young women like Aderotimi will continue to put their lives at risk for a bottom or a breast implant.


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Date:Friday, 18 May, 2018 - 18:30 - 23:59
Venue:Grand Ball Room, Four Seasons Hotel
Dear BASS members,
Come and join the BASS tables for The Queen's Birthday Dinner (QBD) which is the largest and most prestigious annual dinner celebration of the British community in Korea, which will both honour the 92nd birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and helps to raise funds to support BCCK's charitable organisations.
The QBD attracts over 350 guests from the British, Australian/New Zealand, European, American and Korean community to celebrate Her Majesty's birthday. This year's Dinner is on Friday, May 18 at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul and will include a four-course meal, a silent and live auction, raffle, and entertainment. Held the evening before the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the event will be themed as "Harry's Wedding Party", taking on even greater significance.
The Ballroom of the Four Seasons will be transformed into the ballroom of Windsor Castle, where the royal family has set up the room ready for Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle. Decked in white, with both round and rectangular tables, the room has been commandeered by Harry's best man, Prince Philip and made into the 'Prince Club!' With 4 bars, a DJ, smoke machines, lighting and a dancefloor, and other entertainment, all guests will gather for drinks, dancing and fundraising for the charities of the BCCK! In keeping with Harry's approach to life, this event will be less formal than those of previous years. Wear black or white, but no ties! Tux or suit works, but remember, no ties! There will be a live and silent auction, raffle, games and a special guest! This will be a night to remember!
Further details and tickets (160,000 krw) each can be booked at:
I am hoping to put a BASS table together (or two!) so if you would like to join us for a fun evening could you please email me at this email address indicating that you would like to join the BASS table so I can start putting the tables together.


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Rethink Launch Party
Wednesday night was a great kick-off to an exciting year ahead. We were very happy to see such enthusiasm from the local Boston community and we look forward to engaging them in our wider debate at Rethink Music in April 2012 about the industry's future. Thank you to b.good and Puma for sponsoring the event.
Ben Spear, Thinkside | Janelle Browning, Director of Marketing & External Affairs, Berklee College of Music | Allen Bargfrede, Executive Director, Rethink Music Initiative & Program Director, Berklee Valencia, Berklee College of Music
DJ, Evan Kenney of Bodega Girls
Jeff Howard | Michael Creamer
Fantastic snacks courtesy of b.good
Dalton Sim, Manager, Nettwerk Management | Jeff Howard | Michael Bishop, Promoter, Brighton Music Hall | Mark Kates, President, Fenway Recordings
Dave Herlihy, Associate Academic Specialist, Northeastern University | Don Gorder, Chair, Music Business Department, Berklee College of Music
Vicki Adjami | Ralph Jaccodine, President, Jaccodine Artist Managment
Photos: Jackie Indrisano, Cafe 939 Venue Manager & Talent Buyer and Raul Córdova


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BALTIMORE, MAY 1, 2014—Behind the doors of CTY's new research lab are the kinds of fun objects most kids can't wait to play with. From Legos, tangram puzzles and maze games to Barbie dolls and daring video games complete with 3D virtual reality headsets, it's got it all.
The 1,350-square-foot lab, which opened at CTY's Baltimore headquarters this week, is more than just a place to play. It's here that cognitive scientists focused on areas including spatial cognition, learning and memory, individual differences, and high academic achievers will conduct studies with preK-12 students designed to advance our understanding of how gifted students learn and contribute to our knowledge about how all students learn.
This is CTY's first research lab and it builds upon the pioneering research of Dr. Julian Stanley, the Johns Hopkins psychologist whose interest in studying how academically advanced middle school students learn led to the founding of the Center in 1979.
"Having this lab at CTY helps others see that part of the role of CTY is to help inform the broader community about academically advanced students and their talents," says Dr. Amy Shelton, CTY's director of research and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education who has been pursuing spatial cognition research for more than 20 years and directs the lab at CTY. The CTY Research Lab is staffed by Dr. Shelton, two postdoctoral fellows, a handful of graduate and undergraduate researchers, and a lab coordinator.
Elaine Tuttle Hansen, executive director of CTY, says the new CTY Research Lab is important because it will help provide much needed insight into which tools and strategies will identify the potential for exceptional achievement and which interventions will fully develop talent in specific domains. "We need trusted programs like the ones CTY has been providing for decades; we need passionate advocacy for such programs and the needs of the students they serve. And to ensure and evaluate the quality of our interventions and make the necessary case for broad implementation, we also need much more research on all aspects of learning," she says.
One of the questions at the core of Dr. Shelton's research is what are the fundamental cognitive tools that learners bring to their learning environments. "Academically talented students likely have an enhanced set of fundamental learning tools but we don't really understand it," Dr. Shelton says. By studying these learning tools, which include spatial skills, and the importance they have among different kinds of learners, she hopes it will improve the way CTY identifies, serves, and develops the talents of bright students.
"This is an exciting time to be thinking about what individual learners bring to the table."
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About The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
A global leader in gifted education since 1979, CTY is focused on identifying academic talent in exceptional K-12 students and supporting their growth with summer and online courses, family programs, services, and resources specifically designed to meet their needs. Education Week called CTY "one of a set of remarkable nonpublic institutions dedicated to the discovery and nurture of the most talented young people for the highest levels of accomplishment."


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History and visit the Kyriad Meaux to Paris
Kyriad Meaux is a three-star hotel located at 32 Victory Avenue, in the town of Meaux, in the Ile-de-France. Clients who are eager to visit the famous historic center of the town of Meaux will be in the right place, because only five minutes away on foot between them. The hotel is close to Museum of the Great War, where you can admire amazing historical relics. Kyriad Meaux is ideally placed for those who want to go to parks and recreation centers in the region such as: leisure Jablines, only 20 km, Disneyland Paris and 25 km from the sea sand to 31 km, the Asterix park 50 km or the park felines, a fun and unique place in Europe, home to several animal species are only 30 minutes from the hotel. To get to the hotel starting from Paris, take the A4 motorway, then exit Meaux. The nearest station to the hotel is that of Meaux and Trilport.
Kyriad Meaux has 60 single, double, twin, triple or quadruple. Each room has its own bathroom. The internet access is free in all rooms through a wireless broadband network. Guests of the hotel can also make calls anywhere in France thanks to the direct line of the hotel. Canalsat and Canal + are available in all rooms. Breakfast is usually served between 7 am to 9 pm 30. The menu, buffet, includes local specialties, mainly composed of various fruits, pastries and drinks. The restaurant, called "Karoussel" is open from 12 am to 14 pm and from 19 am to 22 pm. It can accommodate up to 80 persons. The chef prepares dishes quite bold that is colored and sometimes spicy. The hotel bar is open all day until late in the evening. This is a good place to relax and get together. Not far from the hotel is a cinema and a disco for those who want to entertain outside the hotel. The hotel has an excellent safety record with its watchers especially for those arriving the night. Generally, hotel stays must always be preceded reservations. In the case where rooms are available, customers who arrive unexpectedly, however, can stay.
Kyriad Meaux has large well equipped rooms, serving as conference and training. K-busness Service was developed to receive all corporate business events. For each event organized in the hotel, it is possible to make free and detailed specifications on the website of the hotel. The hotel also offers unique packages for athletes. In this formula, during Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, customers receive a discount on most services offered by the hotel due to the price Welcomsport. For the particular restaurant, guests staying as sports have concocted a menu especially for them, according to all the rules of the diet, but tasty at the same time. Regarding communication, HotelForYou application allows customers Kyriad legally download files from the Internet via their mobile or their computers.
Transfer to the Hotel Kyriad Meaux to Paris
Kyriad Meaux is located 64 km from Orly airport, 34 km from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport and 98 km from the airport of Beauvais.


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Hi lovelies, hope your week is off to a great start! I know mine is because I had the pleasure of receiving some pampering at Holtz Spa and Rinaldo Hair Designers here in Ottawa this past weekend. They were so kind as to offer me a Skin Specific Advanced Facial, as well as a hair wash and blow out. Spoiler alert: I will 100% be recommending you check them out if you haven't already, or to return if you were looking for something new to try there! I am feeling so relaxed today all thanks to my amazing pampering session on Saturday. I was treated so well and I can't wait to go back again.
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We all have moments, that are the tears in our quilt of life. Thankfully Christ is a mater at sewing up our mistakes and can actually use this to teach your two younger sisters how to humble themselves in watching you over the next little while, days, weeks, and even months. How you humble yourself before the thrown of God. I have had humbling moments like this with our two growing blessings. I apologize to them directily and specifically and then I tell them, "Now you know what Mommy needs to do? I need to say sorry to God for how I just spoke to you." It's quite humbling to know that my example is showing the next generation how to turn to Christ not only in the good, remembering to thank our Creator for His many blessings, but also in the bad to humble ourselves before Him. I hope they see Him in me as I have many faults and I want them to look to God as their lives continue forward. They are eight (almost nine) and seven (just turned). So seeing Mommy have to say sorry to God, the great quilter of my life, I am hoping they see how He changes me over their time with me. *smile* They will not be little long so I am hopeful that what they see is Him in me and that I am a clean vessle for Him to use in any way He desires. *smile* Remember to pray always. Sincerely, Mommy of two growing blessings & so much more!ReplyDelete


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There is nothing to see here, but I'd like to let you know that they exist oO.Rictusempra OOCRictusempra RPRictusempra Staff RoomRictusempra Lognow toddle off and make character journals. Either comment here with the new name (try for the old one, first, to make my life easier) or e-mail me. Ta.
I have e-mailed everyone who did not reply. If your e-mail address does not work.... I'm sorry, but you're gone.Also. Because our school has banned Livejournal but NOT GreatestJournal, and quite a good chunk of our members go to school at Randolph (and also, that is my only connection to the Internet besides my Dad's house as of now...).... What do you think of picking up and moving to Greatestjournal? You could probably have the same names. It's a smaller community, but as it is an offshoot of LJ, it has almost the exact same format (the old formet, actually... but it's essentially the same). Even all the LJ tags are still LJ not GJ or something.... what do you say?http://www.greatestjournal.com/Check it out. Otherwise... I dunno how we'll live.
I hate to do this, but I'd like to clean up this RP and tighten our group. There's a lot of people who hardly even seem to make an effort to be here. I know Prongs's player lives in Australia... and because of that, you may want to rethink your membership? For that is essentially what this post is about.If you'd like to remain in this RP, leave a comment and say so. If you want to leave, say so as well.If I don't hear from you after a week or two, I'll e-mail you and question your dedication.If you want to stay in, but you just have a lot ging on right now, that's okay, just leave a note and say so. I know JJ and Dan were having some computer troubles, and Matt's been doing college stuff. Just let me know.And please read the all-important "Moderator Returns!" post down there... lots of housecleaning and shit.The Logging Comm; rictusempra_log^_^ haaaaave fun!
Hey everyone! I won the bet! TAKE THAT FRANK-MUN AHAHAHAHA! Oooookay. I would have been back sooner, but my mom has been a real bitch about the computer lately. I'm going to be doing most of my RPing and such on the school computer... lucky for me, my characters aren't exactly prominent in pushing the storyline forward ^_^Okay. I'm keeping Bella-mun on as a Junior Moderator because she did such a great job *huggles*. YAY BELLA'S PLAYER!!!And yes, the werewolf things was cleared by me. We discussed this online.Two new things.FIRST; I am making a Rictusempra log community (will post the exact name later when I make it). This will be for AIM rps. My recent experience with a primarily AIM-based GJ RPG showed me that AIM rping is actually very useful, and nice because it's easier for the players to talk to each other during the RP (by putting their OOC comments in brackets, much the same as we do in the journals except without the annoying OOC: thing.)To make things easier, I will link to the directions in that GJ RPG (boys_log)... ignore the part about Character IMs, those are silly and we haven't even done them yet. Also, if you like, you may go read some of the posts in the boys_log community, so as to get an idea of how it's formatted. BE WARNED: B.O.Y.S. is full of yaoi, slash, or homosexuality (whatever you call it)... watch the ratings. That's why they're there.SECOND; I am opening up the number of permitted characters. If you'll notice, I have three, and some people have two (one is teacher). However, I'm opening it up so that everyone (everyone who's been here already, not new people entering) can have three characters. It doesn't matter if some are teachers or not. ALSO, if you have two canon characters (or there are none left), you are free to make up an original character. However, most of the canon characters left are pretty much nothing more than a name, so... yeah.^_^ if you want to take up more characters (please do!), I'd still like an official form so I can keep everything on record. Also, would someone be willing to set up an AIM/YIM/MSN messenger list to be continually updated and reposted as necessary? That would take an enormus weight off my shoulders. I'd suggest someone with knowledge of HTML, as a table would be mightily useful in a situation like that.And that's all! I still have some control over Frank's character, as Matt is busy-busy-busy with college stuff. He's going to college next year... *gets all sad* No sadness! HAPPINESS! HAPPINESS!Props to Dan and JJ's new computer... and I have one last thing to say: "I should've gotten a niffler!"
FYI!!!!!!If anyone wants to know about Sirius's disownment from the Black family, go read the October 31st breakfast entry!!! Everyone should read it, considering he got a Howler.Oks I'm done ;)
Guess who has a new computer?!!?!?!?!?!...hehehehehehehehehe
*scratches head nervously* Miss me?Long time no see. Sorry I haven't updated in...*checks last entry* forever.The reasons are long and varied [including (but not limited to): a car accident, sickness, a term paper, boymeetsboy.keenspace.com, starting my own compic and sleep deprivation]. Anyway, I'm sorry that I haven't updated, but I hope to be able to update frequently this summer (finals are in two weeks!!). Barring of course, more computer trouble (I'm sure you've heard about it from JJ). Severus will return!!!!! *cackles evilly*
Hey hey all!I'll be gone for like... The next five days. I'll still be able to check up, here and there, and thats about it. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to post some.See you all fully on Monday, if there is anyone still around o.O;;
Everytime I tell you guys that I'll be online, something happens... ^^; Well, I've been sick, and don't have internet access, so, yeah. I'm at Mab's house, and I'll try to post again soon!I love and miss you all!!!~JJ
Dear Hogwarts staff and students and Rictusemprians and such,I swear I am not a betting man, but here's to bets with The Boyfriend (who is Frank's player by the way), because they involve dinner and I get food either way.And besides, it's about something I have control over. Really.I was bet that I couldn't spend one whole month without Livejournal. Ha! Of course I could. Of course. *shifty glances*Okay, so I guess the bottom line is - see you all in May. I love you all, but a bet's a bet.HOWEVERYou are not alone. I am leaving the RPG in the VERY capable hands of Bellatrix's player, who's name quite escapes me at the moment. Oh dear, but I am very sorry.So... all administrative e-mails from now on will be forwarded to her at: email@example.com. You could send them directly to her - but I'd really like to keep myself appraised of what's going on, so I'm not totally alien to my own community when I return in May!Okay, so plotlines. Things seem kinda dead, let me remind you what's coming up (in a very short time XD!!!)1. Sirius's birthday / Halloween! That's October 31st - AKA REALLY REALLY SOON!!!! So everyone start planning, ... okay, if you want, you can have Halloween without me ^^ hehehe.2. Hogsmeade weekend is just TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT!!! Is everyone's date solidfied? What kind of evil plans can be carried out? Muhahaha-ness! Okay, a bit hyper there.3. And after that it's time to plan for CHRISTMAS already! It's never too early! And there's that funkified Death Eater's Ball that the mummies and daddies are forcing The Youth to attend... oOoOo pretty devious if you ask me.4. ...okay, there is no four. This much should keep you all busy! Yeay!And remember - there are teachers as well! Make sure those who are playing teachers do play them sometime XD I haven't heard from Prof. Henbane in a while.... (it's ok Dan, I know you and JJ have been having computer problems) make sure all you teacher people make use of the Staff Room!!! __rictusemprasr that's the comm. for it.Another thing. Somewhere along there is a list of AIM and YIM screennames.... you can roleplay online too. Speaking of... I'll be online pratically ALL THE TIME because of the LJ lackage... and I can RP online totally ^^ so if you catch me there, I can still be a part of this! YAYNESS!!!Okay, so I'm really tired now and this was long. I hope you guys are all sad to see me go but TOTALLY EXCTED because of Sirius's birthday and all that.Yay!!!!Oh yeah, my screen name. I'm always on as: Siren Loire. That is me. Hehehe. So... ciao ~.^ until May, then.~Ammie, the lovely mod.


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At Charnwood College, part of the David Ross Education Trust, we are committed to giving every student attending our school a world-class education. Delivering academic excellence, embracing the value of enrichment and investing in community citizenship are at the heart of who we are and what we do as one of the Trust's schools.
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Stronger grades, self-confidence and outstanding life experiences gained through our enrichment programme are all hallmarks of a Charnwood College education.
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8 Essential Teambuilding Skills from a Former F16 Fighter Pilot
Everyone knows feedback is essential to creating a top team but so many people, both managers and employees alike, avoid it at all costs. Fear of feedback is a common reaction as criticism, even constructive criticism, has the tendency to trigger people's natural fight or flight response. What happens when sharing feedback becomes a matter of life or death?
In an interview with Oscar Zoeteweij, former F16 Fighter Pilot for the Netherlands, he revealed eight essentials we should all learn about sharing great feedback.
The Ultimate Teamwork Training
While having a great team behind you is essential to success in any industry, to the F16 Fighter Pilot community it can cost you much more than a failed deal. Even if you're alone in the cockpit, you always fly in teams with each member watching out for each other and communicating constantly. Having the ability to trust your teammates and speak up when there's a problem is therefore an absolute necessity.
Zoeteweij explained that daily flight missions with the team were part of the rigorous training but the most valuable part was the debriefing at the end. During this time everyone would share feedback about what went right and wrong and what each person could do better the next time. This was a daily professional practice. It was not only based on cognitive skills but also behavioral. The way you behave can be even more of a danger to others when flying at the speed of sound at 10,000 feet in the air. Being able to talk about this aspect is therefore crucial to the safety of your team.
These training practices meant that in the F16 community you're learning everyday and getting better every day. According to Zoeteweij:
"In retrospect, one of the things that made us a top team was daily feedback. Because we were used to interacting with each other on a daily basis there were no games played, it was very open. The great thing about the F16 culture was that we could really tell people what they needed to hear and 5 minutes later we'd be at the bar having a beer together because it was a non personal issue."
Having been part of this very open community, feedback became normalized into Zoeteweij's professional and personal routine. Upon moving outside of his F-16 squadron he realized that this wasn't necessarily the case elsewhere. Now working in an office setting he noticed that one of the fundamental differences between good and great teams is the ability to share feedback openly and honestly. Here are eight tips he shared with us:
1. What can you do when people take your feedback personally?
I've often thought about what makes this different in the F16 community. From what I've observed in the workplace there are two main reasons why people might not be taking your feedback well:
1. As a leader you have to create a sense of safety that feedback is worthwhile. Culturally in the F16 operation unit it's recognized that feedback is beneficial to the survival and success of the team. In aviation in general if something goes wrong it's a learning point, not something to burn somebody with. If you screw up it's expected that it will be called out so that you will know how it can be fixed. If you create an environment with that as the norm then you get a culture where feedback is appreciated and personal backlash after giving constructive feedback has no place.
2. Most people don't know what good feedback looks like. Though it's often not intended by the feedback giver, when feedback is formulated the wrong way it can actually have the opposite effect.
2. What should people absolutely avoid?
You should only give feedback about what you have actually seen with your eyes. It sounds so easy but you'd be surprised how many people don't do that. Only discussing facts and actions helps you to avoid making judgments, which is often the cause of badly received feedback.
3. Are you a believer in the feedback sandwich (positive + constructive + positive feedback)?
It really depends on the relationship I have with that person. There's no golden rule there. You have to look at the person and understand what works best for them. Most of the time what I do is start by giving my general opinion. Then I say these are your strengths and this is where you could improve.
When training a new pilot what I would normally do is to start off telling them, "this is the general impression I have: you're doing a good job." Then people are more open to the things they can do to improve, instead of listening to hints that address my general view
4. How do you give feedback when you're angry?
An important thing to remember is that feedback says more about you than it does about the other person. If something happens and I'm angry about it, it says everything about my feelings and how I'm looking at the world. While a person's actions may come across to you in one way, from their perspective the situation may be completely different. Once you realize this you can talk about it without feeling angry because you realize it has everything to do with me and not the other person.
5. How can you prepare people to receive feedback?
Tell people up front what's coming. When I'm new in a team I introduce myself in a personal way and explain what I think is most important for them to know about me. One thing is the influence being an F16 pilot and, as a result, the impact feedback has had on the way I interact with others. Telling my story means they don't have to make assumptions about me.
When I do give feedback, on for example what seems to me to be this person's areas for improvement, I tell the other person that what I'm going to say may seem harsh but it's meant to help them improve. This sets the stage preparing them for what's about to come and emphasizing that it's not meant to be taken personally.
6. What's the impact of continuous feedback on teams?
You're able to create a learning culture. Moving from the F16 community to the workplace made me appreciate the way feedback really enhanced my learning agility. People learn so much faster and are ready for things so much sooner when they're open to and getting feedback regularly. When each individual knows their strengths it's easier to connect people based on their different abilities and create strong teams.
But not only this, it also precludes people from holding back things that can later snowball into bigger tensions within the team. If you have the freedom to be open, the small things don't have the chance to linger and grow.
7. How can managers go about building an open feedback culture?
Most people are not aware what feedback is and what it says about you as a person. This is the single most important thing because once these are in place giving feedback is far easier.
The most important way for managers to develop these skills is first to better understand what feedback means to them. Then they need to consider what they're about to say to someone else actually says about them. If you realize that you can normalize feedback.
8. Continuous feedback tools have now emerged in the workplace to encourage people to give feedback more regularly to their peers, reports and managers. Do you think technology could help to normalize feedback in teams?
The good thing about using a feedback tool is that it creates a sense of normalization by making it an everyday common practice. In an environment where people aren't used to sharing feedback, it won't be there from one day to the other.
It's a matter of creating a sense of safety so that people realize it's ok to receive feedback from others. Using a tool lowers the barrier to giving feedback by prompting people to give each other a rating and some written feedback on a specific skill or behaviour.
You have to build that trust step-by-step but once you get to that point you can go deeper with your feedback and start having fierce conversations with each other. Then you can reach that point where every type of conversation is aimed towards and considered as thinking together and not seen as a (personal) threat.
To learn more about how to use feedback to motivate, engage and develop your team check out our free eBook.
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We're just days away from the Shadowhunters series premiere on the FreeForm Network and as you probably know, YA Wednesdays has come up with a pretty amazing Shadowhunters Drinking Game to add to the excitement. To get us all in the spirit we've created a signature Shadowhunters cocktail: The Rune. Shadowhunters use Runes for their superhuman abilities, and so can you. Here's how to make The Rune:
How to Make The Rune
2 oz Tequila
1 oz Lime juice
1 oz Pomegranate juice
2 tablespoon Agave Nectar
I spicy pepper
You can make our signature Shadowhunters cocktail, pour a glass of wine or pop open a bottle of bubbles. Not matter what you're drinking, drink with us for the Shadowhunters premiere, Jan 12th at 9pm EST on Freeform. Bottoms up!


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Allen Bestwick
Allen Bestwick
Allen Bestwick (born September 24, 1961) is an American sportscaster who works for the ESPN family of networks. He has been with the ESPN family of networks since 2007. Bestwick is perhaps best known for his work covering NASCAR, which he did for many years for such organizations as ESPN, Motor Racing Network, NBC Sports and Turner Sports. He also provided lap-by-lap coverage of ABC broadcasts of the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500, until 2018. He currently commentates tennis matches featured on the ESPN+ platform.
Early life and career[edit]
Bestwick was born in Newport, Rhode Island. His broadcasting career began at the age of 15, when he did on-air work for the high school radio station (Coventry High School) located in Coventry, Rhode Island. Bestwick began announcing auto racing at age 16, when he called the action at Seekonk Speedway, where his father raced.
He then was hired by Charlie Roberts, founder of MotorNet (www.motorsportsreport.com) in New Jersey, to be the radio network's Director of Affiliates and Associate Producer.
In 1986 Bestwick joined Motor Racing Network (MRN) as a race reporter and eventually became co-lead announcer with Joe Moore and Barney Hall. While still employed at MRN, Bestwick took over for Ken Squier as TBS' lead NASCAR commentator for its abbreviated schedule.
NBC Sports and Turner Sports[edit]
Bestwick joined NBC in 1999 as its lap-by-lap commentator for its lone race, the Pennzoil 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. When NBC acquired rights to the second half of the NASCAR season, Bestwick was joined by Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. as the network's full-time broadcast team. Bestwick also continued to work for Turner Sports, as TNT served as NBC's broadcast partner on cable.
In 2005, Bestwick and Bill Weber switched positions on the broadcast. Bestwick took Weber's position as lead pit reporter while Weber, who had substituted for Bestwick for two races in 2004 as he recuperated from a broken leg, moved to the booth.[1]
In 2005, Bestwick made a cameo appearance as himself, being the lead announcer, in the movie Herbie: Fully Loaded. During his tenure at NBC, Bestwick also called Arena football games, as well as other minor duties.
After NBC lost rights to NASCAR following the 2006 season, Bestwick elected to not stay with TNT as part of its six-race summer broadcast package and moved to ESPN.
For 2007, Bestwick joined the NASCAR on ESPN package as lead pit reporter, as well as occasionally being race coverage host on Nationwide Series races, and occasional NASCAR Now hosting duties. In 2008, he was moved up to full-time race coverage host and hosts a weekly Monday roundtable edition of NASCAR Now. As lead pit reporter, from 2008–2010, he also hosted NASCAR Countdown.
On July 20, 2011, it was announced that Bestwick would replace Marty Reid for the 17 Sprint Cup races hosted by ESPN alongside Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Nicole Briscoe would replace him as host of NASCAR Countdown alongside Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty.[2] Bestwick replaced Marty Reid as play-by-play announcer for the Sprint Cup Series races starting at the Brickyard 400, returning him to the position for the first time since 2004. Bestwick also called the Nationwide Series for the remainder of the 2013 season after Reid was fired from ESPN.[3]
With the end of ESPN's NASCAR coverage after the 2014 season, Bestwick became the lead announcer for ESPN's broadcasts of IndyCar races for ABC beginning in 2014, also replacing Reid. Bestwick also began to perform play-by-play duties for non-racing events, including college football.[4][5]
On April 28, 2017, Bestwick confirmed that he was being released by ESPN after the 2017 IndyCar double-header Detroit Grand Prix and would call his last Indy 500. However, in early 2018, Allen Bestwick was confirmed to return to ESPN for the 2018 IndyCar season.
Notable calls[edit]
July 7, 2001 – Bestwick called the 2001 Pepsi 400, the first race at Daytona since Dale Earnhardt's death, where Earnhardt's son Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race with teammate Michael Waltrip behind him. Bestwick on the call:
Here they come! Turn 4! Final lap of the Pepsi 400! Michael Waltrip in second, but it's going to be Dale Earnhardt Jr., using lessons learned from his father to go from 6th to 1st and score the victory in the Pepsi 400!
February 15, 2004 – Bestwick was the lap-by-lap announcer for the 2004 Daytona 500, where exactly six years after Dale Earnhardt won his only Daytona 500, his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race. Bestwick, who was with NBC at the time:
The legacy continues. Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the 46th Daytona 500!
July 2, 2010 – Running a special paint scheme in the No. 3 car with a tribute to his father, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 2010 Subway Firecracker 250 in his only race in the No. 3 car that year. Bestwick, who was now a lap-by-lap announcer for ESPN:
An Earnhardt is going to drive a No. 3 car to victory lane at Daytona again! Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins!
February 23, 2013 – Bestwick called the 2013 DRIVE4COPD 300, where Kyle Larson flipped into a catch fence, injuring 28.[6]
Regan Smith, 7! Keselowski 22! Stewart 33! And contact! Smith turned around! Tony Stewart is going to win this race! And a terrible crash coming to the finish!
November 16, 2014 – Bestwick called the 2014 Ford EcoBoost 400 where Kevin Harvick won the championship:
He's going to do it. He's going to win the race and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. California's Kevin Harvick does it.
October 31, 2015 – Bestwick called the Miami-Duke college football game, when Miami was down 27–24 with 6 seconds in the game and scored on a kickoff return after lateraling the ball eight times. Bestwick on the call:
Taken short... lateral... they practiced that on Wednesday. Time's going to expire on the game, so this either goes or this doesn't. Ball's still alive! It's got to be a backwards lateral! Get behind it... still alive. They've got blockers, they've got blockers! They've got a lane! 40 yard line! No black shirts between the goal line! CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST SAW?!?!
- ^ http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/12/14/nbc.booth/index.html
- ^ Hall, Andy. "Bestwick, Briscoe to Expand Roles in ESPN's NASCAR Coverage". ESPN.com. ESPN. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "Marty Reid Fired: ESPN Replaces NASCAR, IndyCar Announcer After Nationwide Gaffe (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ "NASCAR broadcaster Allen Bestwick to move to IndyCar Series broadcasts". Charlotte Observer. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Farewell: ESPN departure marks end of an era for NASCAR". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Fans' conditions upgraded after scary crash at Daytona". Retrieved 2016-09-16.
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CyberKnife Radiosurgery For Low & Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Emulating HDR Brachytherapy Dosimetry
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00643617
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 26, 2008
Last Update Posted : August 16, 2019
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Prostate Cancer Prostatic Cancer Prostatic Neoplasms Prostate Neoplasms Cancer of the Prostate
|Radiation: CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
|Not Applicable
In this study, CyberKnife radiosurgery will be used to produce dose distributions comparable to those created by HDR brachytherapy treatment, without the use of invasive catheters. The radiosurgery volumes will closely be made to resemble HDR brachytherapy therapeutic volumes with similar dose limitation objectives to adjacent normal tissues.
The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System is a unique radiosurgical system capable of treating tumors anywhere in the body noninvasively and with sub-millimeter accuracy. The CyberKnife System delivers radiation using a precise targeting methodology allowing a focal treatment margin around the target, thus limiting the volume of adjacent tissue receiving high doses radiation. This in turn allows the delivery of high doses of radiation to the prostate over a short series of treatments.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|253 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Prospective Evaluation of CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Emulating HDR Brachytherapy Dosimetry
|Actual Study Start Date :
|November 2007
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|June 2022
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|June 2022
Heterogeneous dose
38 Gy delivered in 4 fractions of 9.5 Gy per fraction with CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Radiation: CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
38 Gy delivered in 4 fractions of 9.5 Gy per fraction
Other Name: CyberKnife
- To determine biochemical disease free survival (using both ASTRO and Phoenix definitions) and measure the rates of acute and late genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicities following CyberKnife radiosurgery. [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
- To compare the CyberKnife biochemical disease free survival rates (bDFS) to published HDR monotherapy bDFS rates reported in the literature. [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
- To measure the rates of local failure, distant failure, clinical-disease free survival, disease-specific survival, overall survival and quality of life. [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient must be at least 18 years of age
- Histologically proven prostate adenocarcinoma
- Biopsy within 1 year of date of registration
- Clinical Stage T1b-T2b, N0, M0
- Patients belonging to one of the following risk categories:
- Low Risk: CS T1b-T2a, Gleason Score 2-6, PSA < or = 10 ng/ml
- Intermediate Risk: CS T2b, Gleason Score 2-6, PSA < or = 10 ng/ml or CS T1b-T2b, Gleason Score 2-6, PSA < or = 20 ng/ml or CS T1b-T2b, Gleason Score 7 and PSA < or = 10 ng/ml
- ECOG performance status 0-1
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinical Stage T2c or greater
- Prior prostatectomy or cryotherapy of the prostate
- Prior radiotherapy fo the prostate or lower pelvis
- Implanted hardware or other material that would prohibit appropriate treatment planning or delivery
- History of an invasive malignancy other than basal or squamous skin cancers in the last 5 years
- Hormone ablation for two months prior to enrollment or during treatment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00643617
|United States, Alabama
|Mitchell Cancer Center University of South Alabama
|Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36604
|United States, California
|Community Regional Medical Center
|Fresno, California, United States, 93721
|Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
|Long Beach, California, United States, 90806
|Pasadena Cyberknife Center
|Pasadena, California, United States, 91105
|CyberKnife Centers of San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States, 92101
|United States, Colorado
|Penrose Cancer Center
|Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80907
|Colorado Cyberknife
|Lafayette, Colorado, United States, 80026
|United States, Florida
|New Millenium CyberKnife
|Brandon, Florida, United States, 33511
|JFK Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Lake Worth, Florida, United States, 33461
|South Florida Radiation Oncology
|Wellington, Florida, United States, 33449
|United States, Illinois
|Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
|Elmhurst, Illinois, United States, 60126
|United States, Montana
|Benefis Health System - Sletten Cancer Institute
|Great Falls, Montana, United States, 59405
|United States, Nevada
|Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89128
|United States, New Jersey
|AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
|Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, United States, 08234
|United States, North Carolina
|University of North Carolina
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|United States, Oklahoma
|St. Anthony Hospital
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73102
|United States, Tennessee
|Sarah Cannon Research Institute
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
|United States, Texas
|East Texas Medical Center
|Tyler, Texas, United States, 75701
|Study Chair:
|Donald B Fuller, MD
|CyberKnife Centers at San Diego, CA
|Study Chair:
|George Mardirossian, PhD
|CyberKnife Centers of San Diego, CA
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Accuray Incorporated
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00643617 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|March 26, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 16, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2019
Prostate Cancer
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Prostate Tumor
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Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
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The audio for the Access Sessions are listed below and have been made available through the courtesy of Citadel Square Baptist Church.
We are working on getting the Slides/Outlines posted as well.
Dr. Ramon Osorio - Listen to Session 1
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Out from Seattle (WA) Giza was formed in March of 2012 by Steve Becker (bass), Trent McIntyre (drums) and Richard Burkett (guitar) with the goal of writing "loud and massive instrumental music". In May, the guys recorded "Future Ruins", 6 songs with Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Isis) which has been released this week.
Considering the type of sound that Giza wants to achieve, this is not surprising at all that they worked with this wellknow guru, cause indeed we've got here a band that will fulfill fans of Pelican, Isis, Mastodon, Baroness and the likes !!!
From the beginning till the end, Giza strikes with quality and force. Loud and massive it is indeed, but not only... especially in the longest songs which are more melody-driven with a floaty psychedelic edge.
Shortest songs like "Wake and Drag" or "Roaming Hordes" are heavier, with rumbling bass lines and a more haunting pace. Another great song is "Hour of the Bullfight", certainly the most representative of the band's abilities in terms of moods variation, with the "Great Leader" (their doomiest), I would have placed one of those as the opening song instead of the "Séance", too long and maybe too progressive for catching immediately all the density of their sound.
This is nothing serious that could make me think that those guys formed less than a year ago and have recorded this precipitately, no, this precocious release is simply the sign that Giza is a serious hope to follow attentively in 2013 !


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Discussion in 'Android Themes' started by paulmz, Apr 7, 2011.
The protagonist of a film which is it?
WidgetLocker with invisible slider, Minimalistic Text, Missed It!
Here is mine....
Minimalist Text
Missed it!
Gimme slider (xda widget locker theme collection)
feeling better now
Heres mine. Nothing special just liked the pic.
BattStat, 100% invisible slider and Aorora clock
Beautiful colors
Okay, First attempt, but hopefully I'll get to your guys level sooner or later.
SN: How are you guys getting and using these Fonts? And when you get them, where do you save them so that you can use them? In my playing around, I've noticed that Go Launcher, Minimalist Text and WL all have spots for Fonts, so is there one central location for Fonts or do you have to duplicate the same fonts in different places or what?
Beautiful Widgets - Dirty Paper
Minimalist Text
Invisible Slider
UberMusic Player
Folder Organizer for the Games Folder
Maps for Navigational Slider
Owners Info Widget (?)
thats a sick lock screen, can you hook up the wallpaper and the apps you used to make the lockscreen? Thanks alot man
the original wallpaper....
ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting
the rest is classic, minim text, sms unread count, metal gear solid font.
ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting
I really like this! I seriously need to stop procrastinating and just go ahead and purchase MissedIt... but I keep talking myself out of it lol.
Look folks, the OP set some pretty simple and straight-forward posting rules when he opened this topic for good reason i.e. to keep it focused and free from side-discussion.
The whole point of the thread is to share ideas and expand creative horizons, something that's hard to do if you don't explain how you constructed your screen. So please, abide by the spirit of the topic and share details rather than merely a pretty picture.
New screen but nothing special.
Using Stock clock/calendar, Battstat, Black transparent slider from WL thread on XDA, and carbon icons with SMS unread count. Desktop Visualizer and Launcher Pro plus.
Icons are in the XDA icon thread under Gloss Icon Buttons - xda-developers
Background link : https://picasaweb.google.com/catongw/May212011#5634807927300602962
Original wallpaper: http://i.imgur.com/99nYZ.jpg
work in progress
clock: BobClockD3
battery: Circle Battery Widget
slider: D3S-L003 widget locker theme
Love this!
Decided to go really minimal
Apps used none
Wallpaper can be found here
I would say "thanks" for posting "info" and the "wallpaper", but....
Themed miui.


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A little later than usual, Google has started rolling out the first of the Android 7.0 Nougat factory images for Nexus devices and the Pixel C. In addition to the Google-made tablet, Nexus 9 (WiFi-only) and Nexus Player owners can grab the new version of Android in its entirety and directly update over a USB connection.
Google has also published OTA zip packages for the same three devices.
Download: Nougat factory images
Factory images make it (relatively) easy to directly update from Marshmallow to Nougat through the command line without waiting for an over-the-air update. (Some folks have also been using the Android Beta Program to sidestep the waiting list over the past 24 hours.) Although this first wave of factory images doesn't include any phones, it's a good indicator that Google should soon have images for the likes of the Nexus 6, 5X and 6P.
We'll continue to update this page as new images land. (Or you can keep furiously refreshing Google's factory images page directly.)
More: How to get Android 7.0 Nougat on your Nexus right now!


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Type 1 diabetes blogs
There are dozens of great blogs out there written by people with type 1 diabetes. It's a terrific way to hear about people's personal experiences and to feel connected with someone else going through similar things to you. Here is a small sample to get you started. If you're a blogger or you'd like to recommend a favourite blog, contact us at email@example.com!
Twice Diabetes: www.twicediabetes.com
Written by our founder, Kate, and long-time treasurer, Mel!
"Twice Diabetes is Kate Gilbert and Melinda Seed blogging about all things Type 1 diabetes, sharing their 70 years combined experience of living with the bloody thing!"
Diabetogenic: https://diabetogenic.wordpress.com/
"Diabetogenic is a blog about real life with type 1 diabetes. I'm Renza Scibilia and I live in inner-Melbourne, Australia. I've lived with type 1 since 1998 and for the last fourteen years I've used an insulin pump. Most of the time, my robot parts also include a CGM. I work for a diabetes organisation."
The Wanderlust Days: http://thewanderlustdays.com/
"My name is Carly and I'm a travel blogger based in Adelaide, Australia. I began blogging in June 2014 whilst traveling solo around the world. As well as being a traveler, I am also a Type 1 diabetic and have been for the past 25 years.
Prior to embarking on my first RTW solo adventure I struggled to find diabetic traveling information from others who had done something similar. After visiting more than 16 countries over 9 months, I discovered traveling with diabetes was not only achievable, but easier than I expected."


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The fornix is a white fiber bundle which connects various sub-cortical nuclei, allowing rapid communication between them.
Damage Consequences
Damage or degeneration of this tissue (due to tumor, stroke, infection, etc) produces a broad ranging abnormality in memory, navigation, emotion and voluntary motor control.
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Adobe to Bring Video Editing to Photoshop 0
Here's a little bit of exciting news for DSLR videographers everywhere. The people over at Adobe announced that they have already begun work on integrating video editing into their already wildly popular Photoshop software – and they have the video to prove it.
The video below was edited entirely using Photoshop, though what version of Photoshop we have no idea as the video simply says "a future version." All evidence points to the fact that this will not be a Photoshop CS6 feature; but who knows, maybe the people over at Adobe will drop a bombshell and give photographers even more of a reason to shell out the cash for the new version than features like content aware move and settings migration already have.
The video editing features will mirror many of the ones we now see for stills; and when Senior Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O'Neal Hughes was asked if he thought this would infringe on their Premier Pro market, the executive had this to say:
There's no disputing that Premiere Pro is THE place for professional video editors and award-winning filmmakers (e.g. Hugo and Act of Valor) – absolutely. Like a lot of powerful software there's a pretty steep learning curve for a pro NLE (Non-Linear Editor)…and we see a lot of room between consumer offerings and Premiere Pro.
Video is now being generated by photographers…everyone really; the 5D Mk. II really kicked it off on the DSLR, but since then we've seen just about every DSLR, point and shoot and PHONE generate video…most of it HD! We did several waves of research and regularly heard, "I want Photoshop for video"; "I need a workflow I understand" and for the people who had seen what we introduced in CS3 Extended – "make that easier to use." Video is being generated by more people than ever before; it's being shared more places than ever…and yet people are hitting a wall with what they can do with it! They know and love Photoshop…their stills are already passing through it, the fit is more natural than it sounds at first.
Mr. Hughes continued, saying that what we see in the sample video wasn't difficult to make; and that, without revealing too much, the video editing component of Photoshop will take techniques like cutting, cross-fading and transitioning and make them so easy that they could be done in seconds by an amateur.
I don't do any video work myself, but I will say this: Once Adobe integrates this into Photoshop, even I'll be upgrading.
[Adobe via John Nack via PetaPixel]


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Why we don't recommend using Microsoft Outlook/
Can you use Microsoft Outlook with Google Apps? Yes.
Should you use Microsoft Outlook with Google Apps? No.
"Stop using Outlook." We know we sound like a broken record but seriously, stop it! Outlook is a huge piece of software, inherently complicated, that you're using for no reason.
- I like it.
- I'm used to it.
- I need my folders.
- I've used it forever.
- I don't want to change.
- I'm not interested in learning something new.
No doubt these are valid 'buts' and if we were talking about two equivalent options, that would be the end of the conversation. But the options are not equivalent.
Outlook runs on that little spinning disc in your computer, along with everything else on your computer. If you take your hard disk drive out of your computer and open it, it looks like this.
This hard drive is the engine powering Outlook as well as every other program on your computer. Before Software-as-a-Service and Cloud Computing, all your applications lived on this hard drive.
Where does Gmail live? Gmail runs on multiple data centers simultaneously, you can check them out here if you're interested in learning more. Tens of thousands of servers (and hard drives!), geographic redundancy, network redundancy, storage redundancy, backup redundancy, hundreds of support engineers and billions of dollars invested annually.
Comparing Outlook to Gmail is like comparing the 9 volt battery in your smoke detector to the power plant providing electricity to your home. It's not even remotely close to being a valid comparison. Regardless of how much you liked 9 volt batteries, I doubt you'd use them to power your entire home because it would be a huge pain in the butt and something would always be going wrong and need your attention.
At Umzuzu we support 10's of thousands of people leveraging Google Apps. We hear from people using Outlook on a daily basis because something isn't working correctly. All while the people using Gmail require little more support than they do when using Linkedin, Facebook, Amazon.com or their personal Gmail account. While Outlook users troubleshoot, Gmail users go about the business of their business.
Change is hard and we understand that. Breaking the habits of Outlook can be just as difficult as breaking other bad habits in your life. This is identical to conversations we had around Blackberry devices over the past few years. People would have a wide range of Blackberry issues and wanted the right answer for how to fix it. The right answer was to get rid of the Blackberry. Many of us fought this change but then we caved and got an iPhone or Android device and didn't look back.
The right answer is to get rid of Outlook.
Change takes time, change can be painful, and learning something new is hard work. But investing in learning how to leverage modern web applications will pay dividends over the next few years. The Web is the platform going forward in every way the desktop was the platform of the past few decades. Become an expert at leveraging modern cloud computing services and everything you want is at your fingertips.
Replacing Outlook with Gmail will save you weeks of time every year. How is that possible?
- Most of your time in Outlook is spent organizing, not communicating
- A global network of data centers is more reliable than one hard disk
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- Any device is your device - you're less reliant on computers, they're all at your disposal
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We want you to stop using Outlook because you have more important things to do with those weeks of life.
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- firstname.lastname@example.com
- learn.googleapps.com
- GoogleGooru.com
- youtube.com


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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese academic who sat on a government anti-monopoly advisory committee has been sacked, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, saying he had taken payments from U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.
Xinhua said Zhang Xinzhu, a member of the top government think-tank the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the cabinet's anti-monopoly experts committee, took "huge rewards" from Qualcomm, itself the subject of an antitrust investigation.
An array of industries has come under the spotlight as China intensifies efforts to bring companies into compliance with an anti-monopoly law enacted in 2008.
Calls and emails to Qualcomm's media relations department in Beijing seeking comment went unanswered. There was no immediate response to emails requesting comment sent to the company's U.S. headquarters in San Diego.
In a short, emailed response to questions from Reuters, Zhang wrote: "(My) individual strength is too insignificant, and the machine of state too powerful. There can only be silence".
Xinhua is the state news agency. Official announcements are sometimes made via Xinhua, rather than government departments.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), one of China's antitrust regulators, is investigating Qualcomm's local subsidiary.
The NDRC said in February the chipmaker was suspected of overcharging and abusing its market position in wireless communication standards, allegations which could see it hit with record fines of more than $1 billion.
Xinhua said "certain multinational companies" had been attempting to delay such probes into them, including spending money to gain support on experts groups and complaining of being picked on for being foreign.
"Against this backdrop, hiring relevant 'experts' from government departments to 'speak on behalf of foreign companies' is a violation of discipline ... This matter should be gotten to the bottom of and bought to light," Xinhua wrote.
Xinhua said Zhang had "contravened work discipline" and been removed from his position on the committee, the report said.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Wednesday expressed its concern over the series of antitrust investigations, saying China was using strong-arm tactics and appeared to be unfairly targeting foreign firms.
The auto sector has been under particular scrutiny, and the NDRC, China's state planner, has been investigating it amid accusations by state media that global car makers are overcharging consumers.
European car brands including Volkswagen AG's Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are scrambling to lower prices for new cars and spare parts in an effort to appease Chinese regulators who have accused some of them of anti-competitive behavior.
Chinese authorities say the law is applied to both domestic and foreign firms, with the aim of protecting consumers. The NDRC has said it has targeted domestic telecoms companies, including China Unicom and China Telecom Corp, and domestic financial institutions for anti-trust practices.
U.S. companies aside from Qualcomm have also been caught up in the investigations, including software giant Microsoft Corp.
Such investigations have rekindled concerns that the Chinese government may be using the anti-monopoly law to support domestic firms at the expense of foreign companies.
Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by David Clarke


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Uptown Bounce is a fantastic venue that caters for all age groups. We have used them regularly in a school capacity and they are extremely accommodating. The staff are friendly and safety conscious, giving us as teachers a break from having to continually worry about taking students out of school. Large groups of up to 60 students wasn't a problem, and the staff organised activities and games like dodgeball tournaments to keep them very entertained for the duration. We have used Uptown Bounce as a peer support activity to focus on responsible risk taking and this is a great way of connecting students in a very enjoyable way. The café for teachers is an added bonus! Thank you so much to Kelly and the team at Uptown Bounce for all your hard work!
The lessons are scaffolded/chunked by trained instructors and set to the appropriate year level, the students really enjoyed it and were highly engaged. It also has facilities for Extreme trampoline training when the competition comes round in Term 3.


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Photography Classes in Gunpowder MD
Are you looking to learn about photography in Gunpowder MD? No matter if you are a beginner, hobbyist, or professional, the best way to improve your photography skills is through hands-on training with skilled instructors.
There are numerous accredited and recognized photography schools in Maryland. Photography classes cover topics such as digital capture, lighting techniques, exposure, composition, outdoor photography, and many other basic and advanced camera techniques. Growing into an expert photographer can result in a successful professional career or lifelong hobby.
There are many Photography Classes in Gunpowder MD:
- Gunpowder Photography 101
- Gunpowder Digital Photography Classes
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Harford Community College
401 Thomas Run Rd
Bel Air, Maryland 21015-1698
Phone: (443) 412-2000
12.66 miles away
Maryland Institute College of Art
1300 Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, Maryland 21217-4134
Phone: (410) 669-9200
18.11 miles away
Cecil College
One Seahawk Drive
North East, Maryland 21901-1999
Phone: (410) 287-6060
25.52 miles away
Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy
Columbia, Maryland 21044-3197
Phone: (443) 518-1000
33.22 miles away
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
100 Campus Drive
Dover, Delaware 19901
Phone: (302) 857-1000
41.20 miles away
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
1730 Hans Herr Dr
Willow Street, Pennsylvania 17584
Phone: (717) 464-7050
42.09 miles away
Wilmington University
320 Dupont Hwy
New Castle, Delaware 19720
Phone: (877) 967-5464
43.07 miles away
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
204 N Prince St
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17608-0059
Phone: (717) 396-7833
45.67 miles away
Delaware College of Art and Design
600 N Market St
Wilmington, Delaware 19801-3007
Phone: (302) 622-8000
46.92 miles away
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, District of Columbia 20002-3695
Phone: (202) 651-5000
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A new niece leads to new ponderings on the wonder of women.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I am almost certain, however, that it wasn't as wonderful as mine.
This year, the Bonacci family had our own Christmas child. On Christmas Eve at 1:30 in the afternoon, my sister Julie gave birth to a beautiful, precious baby girl named Anna. She is my first niece, and the first child I've ever watched come into the world. How that for bringing the joy of the baby Jesus home for Christmas?
And, as if that weren't enough, I left three days later for a vacation in Cancun. Yes, it was tough to leave the baby. But nine days on a sunny Mexican beach made the sacrifice a little more bearable.
So what did these holiday experiences have in common? I saw a lot of bodies. Over the past nine months, I watched my sister's body grow in ways I could hardly believe a human body could grow. Obviously I've seen pregnant women before, but watching my own svelte sister put on 50-plus pounds was a shock nonetheless. I remember looking at her, a few days before she gave birth, and thinking "There's no way that body is ever going back to normal."
Then there was the birth itself. It was nothing like I expected. First of all, thanks to the miracles of modern epidural medicine, there was no screaming in pain. Julie was very calm, very focused, and actually had to be told when she was having a contraction. (My mother, who had four babies the old-fashioned way, was particularly impressed by that.) But what I remember most about the delivery was the first glimpses I got of Anna's head. I always thought the head would look like – well, a head. But what I saw peeking out with each contraction was a small mass of wavy, rippled skin with little tufts of hair on it. I knew it must be her head, given the hair and all. But isn't scalp supposed to be smooth? Where was her skull?
I got my answer on the last push, when that wavy scalp suddenly "inflated" and Anna showed her beautiful face to the world for the first time. Apparently, a baby's skull (still in two pieces – thus the "soft spot") "collapses" during labor so that the head will fit through the birth canal. Amazing.
Of course, my first thought at that point was "Oh my gosh, there's a person in there! Get her out where she can breathe!"
Honestly, didn't God come up with the wackiest system for bringing new life out into the world?
And can you imagine anything more amazing? My sister, whose own babyhood I remember distinctly, has grown into a woman and has cooperated with God in creating and nurturing this new baby. Anna lived inside Julie's body, where everything she needed to live and grow and mature was miraculously provided for her. And now that Anna is out here in the world, Julie's body is still providing all of the nutrients she needs to grow and to stay healthy.
The female body is truly amazing.
All of this wonder came with me to Cancun, where I had a slightly different experience of human bodies. I saw a lot of them, both in terms of number of bodies and in terms of – well, mass of exposed flesh per body. I saw really nice, tasteful bathing suits, and I saw "exposing just a little too much" bathing suits. And, although I was not a direct witness, I am told that at least one woman on the beach opted to forgo the top half of her bathing suit altogether.
In light of what I had just witnessed back home, I found it all a little bit sad. Women wear revealing bathing suits for one reason – to attract sexual attention from men. They use their precious, beautiful, amazing, miraculous bodies – bodies capable of participating in the deepest of human intimacies and of consequently creating and nurturing human life itself – as mere instruments to boost their self-esteem with strange men on a beach. It doesn't work, of course. That kind of attention is fleeting. It doesn't respect the person contained within that body. It just seeks its own gratification.
When I came home, I saw a brief article quoting the Pope's preacher, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, on the importance of averting our gaze from pornography and images that present people only as objects of sexual desire. They used to call this "custody of the eyes," and it was particularly emphasized in the moral development of men, who are more visually oriented than women. Quite simply, it means that if you find something (or someone) in your field of vision that stimulates you sexually, tempting you to see a human person as merely a means to sexual satisfaction outside of the total self-gift of marriage, you are expected to look away. That means images in magazines and on billboards. It means sex scenes in movies. It means provocatively dressed people on the beach (or the street).
I always knew that was important. But I'm not sure I fully appreciated why until now.


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"From Podserednieje with Love" is about the musical phenomenon that is the village of Podserednieje, 700 km south of Moscow. Created by talented young directors Tomasz Knittel and Jagna Knittel, it is a story of cultural discovery and exchange.
Сюжет фильма «Из Подсереднее с любовью» рассказывает о музыкальном феномене села Подсереднее, 700км к югу от Москвы. Снятый талантливыми молодыми режиссёрами Томасом и Ягной Книттель, фильм запечатлел культурное открытие и культурный обмен.
The film was inspired by the East Warsaw ensemble that spent two years visiting the village and learning musical traditions from older local singers. Podseredneye's music is unique, polyphonic and improvised, performed with an open, unconstrained voice and a high level of musical mastery.
The film will be accompanied by a commentary from Monika Walenko-Ili-Tsang, a member of the East Warsaw ensemble, and a concert with other members of the group.
Podserednieje is a unique place, where almost everyone can sing. It was discovered in the 1970s by Russian musicologists, following which a local ensemble toured the world that was full of adventures and strange meetings. The film is about this trip, and about the village: it shows a fairy tale world, that comes up against the reality of modern life - all accompanied by song.
Film directed by Tomasz Knittel and Jagna Knittel
The East Warsaw ensemble documents, reconstructs and performs Polish, Ukrainian and Russian traditional folk music. Their repertoire includes songs recorded during field trips in Ukrainian Polissya, southern Russia, and the Polish regions of Kurpie, Kujawy and Mazowsze. The group aims to preserve the unique vocal styles and traditional repertoire of Eastern-Slavonic musical culture. They have been singing together since 1999, training at both the Moscow Gnesin Academy and the Moscow Conservatory.
As well as looking at archives, their central source of inspiration is contact with singers of the older generation. The ensemble will present songs from the Polish traditional folk repertoire: ritual chants, such as spring, harvest and Christmas wishing songs, as well as lyrical and epic songs from Ukraine.
Monika Walenko-ili-tsang is a traditional singer and ethnomusicologist. She is a graduate of Warsaw University; she has organised and participated in field recordings in Russia, Ukraine and Poland, and is a member of the East Warsaw ensemble.


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Vegetable Pulao
Vegetable Pulao
Vegetable Pulao (Veg Pulao) is a spicy rice dish prepared by cooking rice with various vegetables and spices. In this recipe, assortment of spices, veggies and rice are first sautéed in oil and ghee and then cooked in pressure cooker as you would cook plain rice. However, the uniqueness of this easy mixed vegetable pulao recipe lies in use of bay leaf, cinnamon and cloves which provides nice and complex aromatic feel that simply makes juices flowing in mouth.
1/2 cup Basmati Rice (long grained rice)
1 medium Onion, finely chopped
1 small Tomato, finely chopped
1/4 cup Green Peas (mutter), fresh or frozen
3 tablespoons finely chopped French Beans
1/4 cup finely chopped Carrot
1 small piece of Bay Leaf
1 inch piece of Cinnamon
2 Cloves
1/4 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
1/8 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
2 tablespoons finely chopped Coriander Leaves
2 tablespoons Oil
1 teaspoon Ghee
1 cup Water
Salt to taste
1. Wash rice and soak it in water for 15-20 minutes. Drain and keep aside until needed.
2. Heat ghee and oil together in a pressure cooker (2-liter capacity, stainless steel cooker)on low flame. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, and sauté for 30 seconds. Add onion and sauté until it turns light brown or for approx. 2 minutes.
3. Add chopped tomato, green peas, french beans and carrot.
4. Stir-fry them for approx. 2 minutes.
5. Add soaked (drained) rice, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt.
6. Stir-fry them for approx. 2 minutes.
7. Add 1 cup water and mix well.
8. Close the lid and cook over medium flame for 2 whistles. When 1st whistle is completed, reduce the flame to low and cook until another whistle. Turn off flame.
9. Let it cool at room temperature until pressure inside cooker comes down naturally. Open the lid carefully and fluff the rice wit a fork. Transfer it to a serving bowl and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Source: www.foodviva.com


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Balmori Associates designed and built GrowOnUs, a floating landscape in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States. The floating infrastructure is an experiment to clean water through phytoremediation, desalination and rainwater collection to irrigate productive floating gardens.
Join us Friday, September 18 at 11am at the Third Street Bridge, Gowanus, Brooklyn.


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HOUSTON — Oil has begun flowing from the first well in ConocoPhillips' newest Norwegian offshore development project, the first trickle of a four-year effort to expand production in the region, the Houston company said Monday.
The so-called Ekofisk South project, 200 miles southwest of Stavanger, Norway, began production late last week. It is the first of several startups slated to boost the company's production in the North Sea by 60,000 barrels in daily production by 2017.
Last year, ConocoPhillips pumped 75,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the Greater Ekofisk Area, where it has a 35 percent interest, according to regulatory filings.
The company said it plans to drill 35 new production wells and eight water injection wells in the Ekofisk South area, and a second project in the North Sea, the Eldfisk II, is bound for launch in early 2015.
"These projects will increase ultimate resource recoveries and extend the field life of this premier legacy asset for years to come," Matt Fox, an executive vice president for exploration and production, said in a written statement.


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