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On March 11, 2015, Pomerantz LLP was appointed Lead Counsel in Sanofi, Inc. Securities Litigation
The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 14-cv-9624, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased Sanofi securities between February 7, 2013 and December 3, 2014, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical company that researches, develops and manufactures prescription pharmaceuticals and vaccines.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operational and compliance policies. Specifically, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Sanofi was making improper payments to healthcare professionals in connection with the sale of pharmaceutical products in violation of federal law; (2) Sanofi lacked adequate internal controls over financial reporting; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, Sanofi's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On October 6, 2014, the Company's media relations department issued a statement announcing that the Company was investigating allegations related to improper payments to healthcare workers.
On October 29, 2014, the Company issued a press release and filed a Form 6-K with the SEC, announcing that its Board of Directors had decided to terminate Christopher A. Viehbacher from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi. As a result of this news, shares of Sanofi fell as much as $2.85 or almost 6%, in unusually heavy volume, to close at $45.22 on October 29, 2014.
On December 3, 2014, it was reported by Bloomberg and other media outlets that a whistleblower lawsuit against Sanofi has been filed in New Jersey by former Sanofi paralegal Diane Ponte. The suit alleges that Christopher Viehbacher, the recently ousted CEO of Sanofi, and other executives at the Company conducted a scheme in violation of federal law to funnel tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks and other incentives to get the company's diabetes drugs prescribed and sold. The lawsuit also claims that Viehbacher was fired by the company's board in October "in part, because Defendant Viehbacher was involved in the aforesaid illegal and/or fraudulent activity," which allegedly went on "over the course of many years." Lastly, the suit alleges that Ponte was fired as a result of whistleblowing activity in retaliation for bringing the scheme to light. These allegations come two years after the drug company reached an agreement with the Justice Department and several states to pay $109 million to settle claims that it engaged in kickbacks by giving doctors free samples of an arthritis drug as a means of encouraging them to buy and prescribe the medication.
Pomerantz LLP Appointed Lead Counsel in Sanofi, Inc. Securities Litigation
On March 11, 2015, Pomerantz LLP was appointed Lead Counsel in Sanofi, Inc. Securities Litigation


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The changeSet tag is what you use to group database changes/refactorings together.
Each changeSet tag is uniquely identified by the combination of the "id" tag, the "author" tag, and the changelog file classpath name. The id tag is only used as an identifier, it does not direct the order that changes are run and does not even have to be an integer. If you do not know or do not wish to save the actual author, simply use a placeholder value such as "UNKNOWN".
As Liquibase executes the databaseChangeLog, it reads the changeSets in order and, for each one, checks the "databasechangelog" table to see if the combination of id/author/filepath has been run. If it has been run, the changeSet will be skipped unless there is a true "runAlways" tag. After all the changes in the changeSet are run, Liquibase will insert a new row with the id/author/filepath along with an MD5Sum of the changeSet (see below) in the "databasechangelog".
Liquibase attempts to execute each changeSet in a transaction that is committed at the end, or rolled back if there is an error. Some databases will auto-commit statements which interferes with this transaction setup and could lead to an unexpected database state. Therefore, it is usually best to have just one change per changeSet unless there is a group of non-auto-committing changes that you want applied as a transaction such as inserting data.
|An alpha-numeric identifier required
|The creator of the change set required
|The type of a database which that changeSet is to be used for. When the migration step is running, it checks the database type against this attribute. Valid database type names are listed on the supported databases page
|Executes the change set on every run, even if it has been run before
|Executes the change the first time it is seen and each time the change set has been changed
|Executes the change if the particular context was passed at runtime. Any string can be used for the context name and they are checked case-insensitively.
|Should the changeSet be ran as a single transaction (if possible)? Defaults to true. Warning: be careful with this attribute. If set to false and an error occurs part way through running a changeSet containing multiple statements, the Liquibase databasechangelog table will be left in an invalid state. Since 1.9
|Should the migration fail if an error occurs while executing the changeSet?
|A description of the change set. XML comments will provide the same benefit, future releases of Liquibase may be able to make use of <comment> tag comments to generate documentation
|Preconditions that must pass before the change set will be executed. Useful for doing a data sanity check before doing something unrecoverable such as a dropTable Since 1.7
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|List checksums which are considered valid for this changeSet, regardless of what is stored in the database. Used primarily when you need to change a changeSet and don't want errors thrown on databases on which it has already run (not a recommended procedure). Since 1.7
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The rollback tag describes how to roll back a change using SQL statement(s), change tags, or a reference to a previous change set.
When Liquibase reaches a changeSet, it computes a check sum and stores it in the "databasechangelog". The value of storing the check sum is so that Liquibase can know if someone changed the changes in the changeSet since it was run. If the changeSet was changed since it was run, Liquibase will exit the migration with an error because it cannot know what was changed and the database may be in a state different than what the changeLog is expecting. If there was a valid reason for the changeSet to have been changed and you want to ignore this error, update the databasechangelog table so that the row with the corresponding id/author/filepath has a null value for the check sum. The next time Liquibase runs, it will update the check sum value to the new correct value.
Check sums are also used in conjunction with the "runOnChange" changeSet attribute. There are times you may not want to add a new changeSet because you only need to know about the current version, but you want this change applied whenever it is updated. A good example of when you would want this is stored procedures. If you copy the entire text of the stored procedure to a new changeSet each time you make a change you will not only end up with a very long changeLog, but you will lose the merging and diff-ing power of your source control. Instead, put the text of the stored procedure in a changeSet with a runOnChange="true" attribute. The stored procedure will only be re-created when and only when there is a change to the text of it.

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The world's most expensive bicycle is an art bike named the Cosmic Star Cruiser, which has been priced at a whopping one million dollars. The main reason why this bike is priced so high is because it has been designed by Jack Armstrong, a renowned pop artist.
Jack Armstrong holding the colourfully painted bicycle
Jack Armstrong began painting when he was five years old, and went on to develop a unique style of art in the nineties, which he termed Cosmic Extensionalism. Being a bit eccentric, he announced he was re-purchasing all his paintings, and would only paint a total of 100 paintings during his lifetime.
In the past, Jack Armstrong had designed a Harley Davidson motorbike named the Cosmic Starship motorcycle, which was also priced at one million dollars. His new one-million-dollar art bicycle is twice the price of the previous holder of the world's most expensive bicycle, which was a bike designed by Damien Hirst for charity.
Close-up of artwork on Jack Armstrong's one million dollar bike
What do you think of this colourful bike by Jack Armstrong? Do you fancy yourself riding one of these around the neighbourhood?
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Career OpportunitiesRDN Transportation Services operates the transit system for eight electoral areas, the District of Lantzville, the Town of Qualicum Beach, the City of Parksville and the City of Nanaimo.
Service operates seven days a week and on select statutory holidays. All buses in our fleet are low floor accessible and include bicycle racks. Additionally, the fleet is fuelled with biodiesel which reduces tailpipe emissions and greenhouse gases.
It is an exciting time for RDN Transportation Services as there are plans in place for expansion and service improvements which will lead to an increase in employment opportunities.
A Career with RDN Transit
Drivers with RDN Transportation Services begin their employment as a casual for Transit and HandyDART which means they are on-call and there is no guarantee of hours of work. Upon being hired, a casual driver will be placed on the casual call-out list and will be called for work based on their position on the call-out list. A casual's position on the casual call-out list is determined by a casual's hire date.
With respect to becoming permanent, permanent driving positions that become available are posted internally and casual drivers who are interested in becoming permanent can apply. Applications from permanent employees will be considered first and, if there are no qualified permanent employees who have applied, consideration will then be given to any casuals that have applied.
Drivers with RDN Transportation Services have a dynamic job as they are exposed to a variety of working conditions and people on a daily basis. Drivers require good judgment, safe driving habits, and an ability to deal with a variety of people and provide excellent customer service. Drivers are also responsible for bus servicing which includes fueling, cleaning, and other related duties.
In general, casual drivers are hired to provide coverage for permanent drivers (ie. vacation, illness, etc.) and therefore it is expected that casuals will be available for work on both advanced and short notice and able to respond to calls for work within the required timelines. Additionally, drivers are required to work various shifts including split shifts, weekends, evenings and statutory holidays.


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iPad Blamed for Decline in Samsung Profits, article.
Samsung is warning that its profits for the first quarter of 2011 will be substantially lower compared to previous quarters, and analysts are blaming the drop on Apple and its popular iPad multimedia tablet.
Dang, it's hard being anybody but Apple at the moment, innit!? The past decade and Apple has to be one of the most unbelievable business expansions in business history, it's just ridiculous, especially since the global credit bust has not made a dent in their expansion.
They make the iPod, and define the music player market. They make the iPhone and redefine the mobile phone market. They make the iPad and create the tablet market. It's insane.
eReaderJoy: thoughts and news from Eolake Stobblehouse about the wonderful new platform of tablets and e-reading devices. Some say, one of the biggest advances to reading since Gutenberg (Okay, I said that).
In e-form, books have never been wider, cheaper or faster available, easier to understand, use, and carry, or more comfortable to read.
Friday, April 8, 2011
iPad Blamed for Decline in Samsung Profits
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This might be one of the strartegy of Apple to retain majority share in this highly lucrative tablet pc market and I am sure that Samsung will come out of it.
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december 2014 book club read
the adventureclubinteractive december book of the month is The Stranger by Albert Camus. click on the book to peruse more about the book and the club. already read The Stranger? which translation did you read? perhaps you'll read a different one this time! adventureclubinteractive encourages you to explore beyond the book club shelf and browse other recommendations that are constantly being updated on the adventureclubinteractive goodreads page.


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Assessment Plan
The Department is committed to continually improving the quality of our programs. The assessment activities outlined in this section help ensure that department goals and objectives for each of the degrees and programs in HDFS are being met.
To assess how the department is meeting its objectives for the undergraduate academic programs, data will be collected on student satisfaction, student competencies, and job placement.
Student Satisfaction
Student satisfaction is assessed with a student survey administered to graduating students. Exit interviews in three focus groups of six to eight randomly selected graduating seniors are also conducted each spring. Typically about two thirds of the graduating students complete the satisfaction survey. This questionnaire assesses perceptions of the quality of teaching, advising, education, and overall experience. This data are compared with that from the focus groups. The findings from both sources complement each other with a variety of instructors/courses being identified as providing an exceptional learning experience.
Knowledge, Skills, Curriculum
In each class, students complete the standard university teacher evaluations, which also assess how well the course met the stated objectives. With very few exceptions, all HDFS courses are rated 1-2 standard deviations above the expected score for meeting the objectives as well as for quality of course and instructor. This standardized report is compared to the narrative summary. Faculty and the department as a whole use these data to revise individual courses as well as overall curriculum.
As the capstone experience in the undergraduate program, each student completes a six-credit (300 clock hour) practicum prior to graduation. The practicums are completed near the end of the course of study after most course work has been completed. The practicums serve as a way for students to integrate what they have learned in the classroom into an applied, professional setting. Prior to undertaking practicums, students complete an application process during their junior year to demonstrate that they have achieved the academic success and maturity necessary to successfully apply their skills and knowledge in a professional setting.
The supervision of the practicum experience is a joint effort between the practicum coordinator and the practicum site supervisor and is directed by a structured system that includes 1) an agency agreement specifying the conditions under which the student may participate in a practicum within their agency, 2) objectives determined jointly by the site supervisor and the student, 3) written assignments completed by the student during the practicum experience, and 4) evaluations completed jointly by the site supervisor and the student during and at the conclusion of the experience.
During the practicum, each student completes written assignments reflecting on the successes and difficulties encountered during his or her internship. The site supervisor completes evaluation forms at midterm and at the conclusion of the student's practicum to provide the student and practicum coordinator with feedback about the student's performance. During the practicum, the student, site supervisor, and practicum coordinator meet at the practicum site to discuss the student's experience and how it is influencing the student's career goals. At the conclusion of the practicum, the practicum coordinator assigns a final practicum grade to the student based on completion of all of the required paper work completed by the student and the site supervisor, including documentation that the required hours were completed. The student has the opportunity to anonymously evaluate their practicum experience and the data from each student are collectively analyzed to determine the overall success of the practicum program.
The practicum coordinator, through conducting site visits, grading written assignments, and participating in and gathering written evaluations, provides the faculty with updates on the effectiveness of the practicum program, and whether the academic program has adequately prepared students to function in a professional setting from both the students and site supervisors perspectives. This feedback leads to discussions about what might be accomplished in the classroom setting to better prepare students to meet the demands of their professions. There is also statistical analysis of the student evaluations of both the department and the practicum site. How well students perform in their practicums gives the department very useful assessment information about how effectively the program is preparing students to function professionally.
Placement and Career Preparation
In addition to the assessment of students career preparation done through the capstone practicum experience, career preparation will also be assessed via data collected by the career counseling center on job placement. Approximately every five to six years employers are surveyed through a questionnaire. The last time this was done was in 2012-13. Data about HDFS's graduates from the university's annual placement survey will also be analyzed in assessing the effectiveness of our programs in preparing students for their professional lives.
To assess how the department is meeting its objectives for the graduate academic programs, we collect data on student satisfaction, student competencies, and job placement or continuing graduate education.
Student Satisfaction
In order to gather information from student perspectives about the program, students will be invited to provide feedback in both written and verbal form. Students will be invited to give written feedback to the department on a yearly basis. This feedback will relate to curricula, resources, assistantships, practical experiences, research, scheduling, and other matters pertinent to the successful completion of students degrees. The department head does an exit interview with each doctoral student upon completion of their degree to assess the quality of the program and mentoring. On occasion, groups of students may be invited to discuss programmatic issues with the graduate coordinator, department head, or other suitable persons. Areas identified for improvement from both assessments are assigned to standing or ad hoc committees in the department for follow up at faculty meetings throughout the year.
Student Competencies
The supervisory committees will hold annual evaluations of graduate students to assess student progress in the program. The committees, as well as others who have had experience with the student, will evaluate the students progress and recommend any needed remediation. The students major professor, committee, temporary sponsor, and/or the departments graduate coordinator may meet with the student in the spring semester to discuss the evaluation and potential remediation. Data from these meetings will be compiled by the graduate coordinator and submitted to the department head with feedback to the departments graduate program committee. Department policies for working with students who exhibit deficiencies will be followed. Graduate student competencies are assessed through the successful completion of the thesis or dissertation, which is a reflection of how well the program has prepared the student to conduct research. For doctoral students, competencies also include successful completion of written and oral comprehensive exams, demonstration of competence in teaching, research, service, and professional development through meeting the established departmental standards in each of these areas as outlined in the departmental graduate student handbook.
Career Preparation or Continuing Graduate Education of Graduate Students
Graduates are contacted on a periodic basis for feedback on specific parts of the program. Feedback from these surveys in the past four years has resulted in changes to the curriculum and doctoral comprehensive exams.


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This is Ace/
Dear Reader,
This is Ace. Ace Christopher Evans.
He's named Ace after Batman's dog. At least that's what August (our six year old) told us a couple of months ago after we'd already been referring to him as "Ace" in the womb for months. Back in November, August had finally given us his blessing on this new member of our family. "If it's a girl, name it Sarah. And if it's a boy, Ace."
Listen, I had no intention of naming my baby Ace. But it was a cute nickname. And somehow, two days after his birth, when he still didn't have an official name, and the hospital staff and all our friends were referring to him as Ace, making his big brother's wishes come true felt like the exact sort of thing Ace would want. He's just cool like that. He's tops; he's aces.
He was born 10 days ago, on Saturday April 11, at 2:07 in the afternoon. I was in labor for 27 hours, mostly at home. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 18 1/4 inches long. And my body and baby were kind enough to wait for my mom's flight to land halfway through my labor. (She'd already planned to arrive that day.) Ace was born at 38 weeks, which felt like a miracle. He was born without my having to be induced (despite my rocky last few weeks leading up to his birth, and our constant concern about some complications he faced in the womb). He was my first birth without an epidural, with a doula and my super-husband cheering me on to the finish line.
He was born with Down syndrome.
This wasn't a surprise. Chris and I learned that Ace had a 99.75 percent chance of having Down syndrome back in December. We chose not to have the amniocentesis that would make our prenatal diagnosis certain and we went into the rest of my pregnancy with a mix of foggy sadness and hope. See, I had never imagined this for my family. (Who does?) But I'd also grown up the child of a mother who for thirty years taught deaf and hearing impaired children who often had additional special needs. I'd volunteered in her classroom in my teens, and known the folks in my church's special needs ministry growing up.
When the woman on the other end of the line told me that my child would most likely have Down syndrome, I was pushing Brooks in a stroller on the way to gymnastics. I made the call for the test results convinced that if I called nonchalantly, if I called on the way to somewhere, alone with my 3-year-old, it couldn't be hard news. I'd breathe a sigh of relief and continue on my day. Instead, that Tuesday morning in early December I cried in the corner of the bleachers during the 3-year-olds gymnastics class. I called my husband on the phone, trying to make out the words, The test came back positive, stunned.
I couldn't tell you about it then, readers. I had to keep it close all these months. It was too heavy, too real. Instead, in December I wrote about good gifts. Ace was that gift.
"This past week has reminded me that God's good gifts are not always easy. They are often complicated, prickly things that must be held carefully with tender hands. They are often painful and beautiful at the same time. They are unknown. The best gifts God offers us are often the very gifts that have the potential to completely upend our stories, change the direction our lives were going. It hurts to change direction."
All these months, Chris and I have cried and looked again at our hearts, asked God to show us our motives and our assumptions about our family. We have imagined life with a little boy who has Down syndrome. We've imagined the gift he will be to our older boys, the way God will shape their souls through this child, the reality that when I pray for my older sons to grow up to be men of compassion and gentleness, courage and kindness, that this little brother of theirs might just be the way God chooses to answer my prayers.
We have dreamed and laughed together about this new life we are entering. And we have remembered that, really, this is not a new life at all. It's simply the road we've been walking all along, and we just didn't know it yet. That's how grace usually works, isn't it?
Ace was born 10 days ago, and the moment I held him in my arms, I looked at my husband. And we both smiled. "Look at that face," I said. "This sweet baby has Down syndrome." And Chris touched his head. "Yeah," he smiled at me. "He does." And---by the blessing of God---that is how we knew. There were no solemn doctor diagnoses. There was no secret whispering among the nurses. We received him, met him, and knew.
And the grief and the fear didn't disappear. But it did feel like that grief, the fear that had moved in months ago, that had taken up residence for a while, was now content to scoot down the bench in order for something better to sit beside us: Love, and sweet dreams for Ace's life, and relief that God has given us the better gift, even if we don't yet know what that gift will look like.
This is what I wrote last December, when Ace was a tiny baby in an ultrasound, a positive result on a chromosomal test:
"The good, hard gifts don't usually come with explanation. They don't come with instructions, or future promises of ease. And still they come and ask us to hold them, to say "Yes" along with Mary: to receive, not because we know what awaits us, but because we trust the goodness of the One who gives."
This is Ace. He has Down syndrome. I'll tell you more about him as I learn him, as I walk through this new experience of being his mom. But for now, Chris and I are honored to be his parents. And his brothers kiss those fat little cheeks and call him perfect.


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Choosing the Right Frames
Glasses say so much about your personality and personal style. At Fifth Avenue Eye Clinic & Optical, we are happy to work with you in selecting frames that complement your features. Our experienced opticians work closely with you to select the proper frames to fit your cosmetic, lifestyle, and vision needs.
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Rankings and recognitions don't tell the full Puget Sound story, but we are certainly excited when other organizations highlight some of the amazing things that happen on our campus. Of course, the best way to find out if Puget Sound is the right place for you is to visit campus and talk with our students and faculty.
Colleges That Change Lives is a highly-regarded college guide that focuses on liberal arts institutions where professors are passionate about their teaching and mentoring, and where students can meet and exceed their own expectations for personal and intellectual growth. The book describes Puget Sound as having a "smart, fascinating curriculum" and thoughtful professors who "earn shining endorsements" from their students.
Seven Puget Sound faculty members have received Carnegie Foundation Washington State Professor of the Year awards, more than any other institution.
Puget Sound made The Princeton Review's Best Colleges "honor roll" for academically outstanding Best Western Colleges again in 2020. The college was also named among the top 20 most beautiful campuses in the country and recognized again for having one of the best college radio stations.
University of Puget Sound has consistently been named a top producer of Peace Corps volunteers among small schools. It tied for the No. 2 spot in 2017 and for the No. 1 spot in 2016.
A new Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education ranking system named Puget Sound among the Top 100 liberal arts colleges in the United States. The performance indicators focused on education quality and student outcomes.
Puget Sound was named a 2019 Best Value College by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and included among the Top 100 best-value private liberal arts colleges. The list recognizes schools that combine outstanding academics with affordable cost.
Puget Sound was included in Forbes' 2017 list of the 300 Best Value Colleges. The guide seeks to name institutions with the most meaningful return on investment, based on tuition costs, school quality, post-grad earnings, student debt, and graduation success.
Puget Sound was included in Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges in 2016. The guide highlights colleges with "the most exceptional commitments to sustainability based on their academic offerings and career preparation for students, campus policies, initiatives, and activities."
Puget Sound is included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2017, a selective list of the "best and most interesting" colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, and U.K., based on academics, campus setting, student life, financial aid, housing, and more.
Forbes magazine put Puget Sound in the Top 20 in a listing of the country's Most Entrepreneurial Colleges in 2015. The list recognized schools with the largest percentage of graduates who become company founders or entrepreneurs.
Puget Sound students have earned more than 200 national scholarships since 2001, including Fulbright, Rhodes, Goldwater, Watson, National Science Foundation, Critical Language, Boren, Princeton in Asia, and Luce in Asia Scholarships.
Puget Sound is in the top 7 percent of baccalaureate-granting institutions nationwide whose graduates go on to earn doctorates, according to 2016 data from the National Science Foundation Survey of Earned Doctorates.
Puget Sound was named by Puget Sound Business Journal as a Washington state college with the Highest Paid Alums. Using data from the federal College Scorecard, Puget Sound was placed second among eight Washington schools.
Puget Sound is a top producer of graduates who enter Teach for America. In 2016 Puget Sound was in it's small schools Top 20 list.
Puget Sound is in the annual guide Colleges of Distinction which seeks to recognize colleges with engaged students, great teaching, vibrant community, and successful outcomes.
Business Insider's 2015 assessment of The 610 Smartest Colleges in America, based on average standardized test scores, included Puget Sound at No. 186 in the list.
Puget Sound was selected as one of the Top 20 Best Colleges for Getting a Job in Tech in MSN's IT Insider section. Using federal data, the analysis assessed academic excellence, computer science major grad's salaries, National Science Foundation funding, and more.
In 2017 Puget Sound was selected by NASPA as a Voter-Friendly Campus, indicating the campus engages students and promotes voter registration and voting. NASPA is the national body for student affairs administrators.
Forbes included Puget Sound in its 2016 Grateful Grads Index, which ranked 200 private not-for-profit colleges on the basis of private donations per student and the percentage of alumni who give back.


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text: Service Enterprise Integration: An Enterprise Engineering Perspective will examine a range of topics on IT-based enterprise integration, using the service work done in manufacturing as a point of departure. It will investigate the proven concepts, models, methods, and techniques in manufacturing operations and examine all their aspects that are relevant to the problem of service productivity. The result will be a systematic examination of the developing business model, service enterprise integration. The book will present a variety of on-going efforts to provide new results and solutions to the problem of service productivity. These presentations will be in the form of contributing chapters by leading researchers who will provide critical literature reviews, conceptual analysis, and solution-result-oriented applications on topics including ontology, reference models, ERP, supply chain integration, knowledge management, data security, and a variety of cases on particular applications.


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Rare 1970 UK 7-track stereo LP on Deram, featuring the American master of the tenor sax performing in a variety of British jazz combos alongside the likes of Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Benny Goodman, Dave Green, AlanBranscombe, Kenny Napper and David Horler. The front laminated sleeve shows only the lightest shelfwear with a perfectly legible spine and unblemished print. The vinyl too remains in excellent condition showing little sign of play – A very nice copy of this classic and hard to find album.
KING CRIMSON The Compact King Crimson
1986 Japanese 14-track promo sample double vinyl LP featuring a collection of classic tracks from the early and later incarnations of the band, gatefold picture sleeve with fold-out Japanese/lyric insert. The sleeve on this copy has some minor general stirage wear whilst the vinyl is in 'near as new' condition.
1978 Japanese 7-track Vertigo 'flying saucer' label vinyl LP of the 1970 debut album, the innovative first album from the Shulman brothers and co, including the big-riff laden opener Giant and staple, longterm live setregulars Funny Ways and Isn't It Quiet And Cold, featuring the late first drummer Martin Smith, housed in a wonderfully reproduced picture sleeve boasting the original 'Giant with band in hands' illustration. Complete with Japanese/English text lyric insert and wide green 'Rock Super Collection' obi-strip.


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Angela Hunte has confirmed the details for her debut album.
The American singer/songwriter christened her first studio collection "R.A.W." and will release it on September 22 via Therapist Music / The Hunte Group.
On the songwriting front, Hunte is known for co-penning Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind," Britney Spears' "Do Something," Magnetic Man's "I Need Air," Danity Kane's "Show Stopper," Melanie Fiona's "Bang Bang," Tamar Braxton's "One on One Fun," Javine's "Let Me Go," and Melodi Brown's "Skin."
Among the producers Hunte has collaborated with throughout her career are Future Cut, RedOne, Salaam Remi, Fredro, Arnthor Birgisson, Soulshock, Jim Jonsin, Supa Dups, Diplo, Ariel Rechtshaid, Syience, Jack Splash, Al Shux, Jerry Duplessis, Cory Rooney, Swizz Beatz, and Bloodshy & Avant.
See the tracklisting for "R.A.W." below.
(1) Gettin Ova U / (2) Outta My Head / (3) In da Mornin' / (4) King & Queen / (5) Here We Go / (6) Runaway Love / (7) Rub Rub / (8) Life Ain't Ova


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Varna: The Sea Capital of Bulgaria
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Before you get a car rental in Varna at Airport, get more Information!
Varna, the third largest city of Bulgaria, is a major tourist destination, a business and university center. It is the main seaport of Bulgaria and it is the headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy and merchant marine.
It is a city easily reachable by all the kind of transportations. Varna, except the seaport, has and an airport which handled over one million passengers every year. The airport of Varna is about 10 kilometers from the city's center. There are flights from all the main airports of the Europe so it easy to get cheap tickets. You can also hire a car from the airport. If you want to avoid the travel with a plane you can reach Varna by the train or the bus as well as it is connected with the main European roads.
Places to visit there:
- Varna Archaeological Museum. The museum is hosting more than 100000 objects- monuments of the past epochs from Varna, Region and Northeast Bulgaria.
- Naval Museum is one of the symbols of Varna. It is located in the southern part of the sea garden.
- Museum of Ethnography
- Battle of Varna Park Museum (Varnenchik)
- Sea Garden is the oldest and perhaps the largest park. It is a perfect place for a walk or a bicycle ride. It contains also zoo and terrarium. The Garden is a national monument of landscape architecture.
- Make a visit to the Varna Aquarium which its exhibition focuses on the Blacks Sea's flora and fauna, with over 140 fish species. It is also hosting freshwater fish, Mediterranean fish and exotic species.
Wonderfull images of the Sea Capital of Bulgaria
Activities in Varna
- Varna Green Tour is a free bike tour. You can explore the city on a bike and you will see beautiful green parts of the city and many landmarks such as the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, the Sea Garden, the Dolphinatium and the Roman Baths.
- Free Varna Tour is a free English-language sightseeing walking tour of the sea capital of Bulgaria.
- Try the local kitchen
- Go a trip on the country side of Varna if you had hired a car.
Hire Car Varna Airport?
Car Rentals is not all about to car hire Varna Airport. We want to have THE BEST time in your vacations. For that purpose we want to give you as much informations we can about your trip in Varna. TripAdvisor is a good way to plan your vacations.


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Liesl is head of our studio in the Netherlands.
Liesl is an urban designer whose main role is to lead design teams to find interesting and appropriate design solutions for large-scale and complex urban projects.
She has worked on many urban design competitions, most notably the design for a new residential quarter in Ypenburg and the regeneration of Osdorp, a suburb of Amsterdam.
Liesl is proud of the growth of the Dutch team which is accompanied by an enormous improvement in the quality of design.
The phenomenal development of computer design aids has opened a world of possibilities. I can "walk" through my 3-d design, calculate within seconds the sun projections of proposed buildings and do a detailed analysis of the site by using satellite images. Despite this, nothing beats an old-fashioned architectural model when explaining a design to a lay public.


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Crime - Sacto 911
Homicide suspect surrenders peacefully after standoff
Sacramento Police arrested a suspect in a homicide Sunday night after a two-hour standoff at an apartment complex near the Garden Highway.
Police spokesman Officer Doug Morse said the man was taken into custody shortly before 9 p.m. after surrendering at the complex in the 2200 block of River Plaza Drive.
Morse declined to immediately identify the man following the arrest but said he is a suspect in a homicide that occurred within the past month.
Several apartment units were evacuated after a SWAT officers arrived at the scene earlier Sunday.
Motorists attempting to drive into the complex were turned away from the site, and a line of flares marked the perimeter of the police action.
Residents were allowed to return home after the suspect was taken into custody.


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States to cities: No stimulus funding for you!
OK, that's an exaggeration. States around the country are actually handing big urban centers tens of millions of dollars in fed-provided stimulus cash, for everything from education to law enforcement.
But in one big category – shovel-ready surface transportation projects – cities are not getting their fair share of stimulus bill money, according to a report released today by IHS Global Insight.
Cities are "receiving significantly less than a proportionate amount of funding, and less than that which would reflect their role and importance in the economy and its recovery," says the study, prepared by the US Conference of Mayors.
Surface transportation money from the stimulus bill is being funneled through the Federal Highway Administration, and then to state governments, who distribute the cash to individual projects.
So far, about $18.26 billion-worth of projects has been approved, according to IHS. Of that, the top 85 metro areas in the US have received $8.8 billion, or about 48 percent of the total amount. However, these same areas comprise 63 percent of the nation's total population and 73 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP).
"Importantly, we project that 94 percent of the nation's future economic growth will come from these and other metro areas, giving further importance to our finding that the nation's largest metro areas are being disadvantaged by state-based allocation processes," says the IHS study.
Los Angeles is getting 25 percent of California's surface transportation stimulus money yet produces about 40 percent of the state's economic output. (Plus, it has horrible traffic.)
This gap is even wider in Massachusetts. Boston is getting 20 percent of stimulus funding yet produces 77 percent of state GDP.
Of course, the struggle between urban and rural areas for political power and economic resources has been an issue in the states since, well, the Founding Fathers drew up the Constitution. So in that sense this is just the latest act in a very long-running play.
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After Hours BBS
Every month After Hours BBS will be starting a door contest with
Barren Realms Elite League 777 then we will be rotating doors &
leagues just to make it interesting. But we may make one door
league monthly game permanent.
The people here that win first place in that door for the whole
league will each win 25.00 dollars for that month.
Again please remember you must win over the whole league. We will
be rotating the door games in and out monthly. But just for the
fun of it we also may stick with one every month as a plus.
Feel free to write us here in the local message echo
(Door Game Contests) for any questions.


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ECM gives a unique information overview and serves as a platform for increasing the efficiency of the employees.
With Exformatics ECM you can create full transparency for ongoing tasks and activities increasing your ability to work across the organisation and business units.
With Exformatics ECM employees and business units are able to work on the same assignment simultaneously.
It is a unique tool that unites the organisation in working in a more efficient way. At the same time Exformatics ECM complies with statutory regulations within the public sector and industries.
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360-degree activity overview.
Intelligent search functions, e.g. with text and meta data.
Management of templates and phrases with Exformatics document management.
Comprehensive overview of contacts, customers and members.
Organisation and archiving of e-mails from Outlook and Notes.
Management and control of digital approval processes.
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They say January 17th, is the old twelfth night. I'm not sure how that works as it would mean there were many more than 12 days of Christmas, but it is quite an ancient tradition and therefore this date seems to be accepted wisdom. Time was when country folk used to celebrate by waking up the fruit trees. They made noise, hung ribbons and toast in the branches of fruit trees and poured last year's apple cider or pear perry over the roots to augur for a bountiful year ahead.
At Chiswick House, the Community Kitchen garden held its first annual wassail today. The garden is just being replanted, so the apple and pear trees are barely dug in. But there is an ancient mulberry at the heart of the garden and this was what we woke up, in the hope that it some of its wassailed bounty would brush off on the new fruit trees.
MC Malcolm, looking very much like a green man, led the singing and proclaimed some appropriate ceremonial words. The mulberry tree, as you can see above, was beautifully decked out by everyone glad to find a home for all that leftover Christmas ribbon. Meanwhile the bonfire roared and holly branches made it spit and crackle.
And, to give the tradition a very London twist, a fantastic samba band, in medieval-looking dress, drummed some South American beats for the noise part of the festivities and led a rollicking procession around the garden - my own old frying pan and wooden spoon no doubt enhanced the drumbeats.
This was a very therapeutic thing and did a very good job of banishing away those January blues, inspiring thoughts of a hot, bountiful summer ahead. Even if you don't have any fruit trees to dance around, I can recommend going outside and making a lot of noise to start the growing year. Just tell the neighbours you're wassailing.


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I am a HUGE advocate of reading aloud to your children. I have posted often about this topic.
Many days go by where our biggest accomplishment is reading aloud.
That's OK with me.
last for GENERATIONS!
I know, however, that sometimes reading aloud falls into "last place" in some homeschools. There are math workbooks to complete, grammar lessons to finish, and spelling words to learn.
I've also heard moms say that it just takes too much TIME to read aloud, and why should they read aloud when their children are independent readers?
This makes me sad.
I love learning WITH my children! I am modeling good reading when I read aloud.
I have witnessed my children's vocabularies SOAR because of read-alouds. They have a frame of reference for SO MANY things in history, science, and life in general. They are turning into wonderful writers (I'm not trying to brag -- well, yes I am - brag about the benefits of reading aloud!) and speakers because of the examples they hear in GOOD BOOKS.
The biggest question I get is this: "How do your children listen for so long when you read aloud?" I'm going to try to answer that question today.
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Your Procedure
Where will I be treated?
Dr Moncrieff currently books operations in Charlestown Private Hospital, Lingard Private Hospital and Warners Bay Private Hospital.
How to I prepare for surgery?
Once you decide that surgery is for you, we will tell you what to expect from the surgery and develop an individualised treatment plan for your procedure and post-operative period. Preparing both physically and psychologically for the surgery are important steps to a successful outcome. Understanding the process and your role in it, will help you recover more quickly and reduce the risk of complications.
Before surgery, Dr Moncrieff will order any relevant investigations (such as blood tests or X-Rays). Please advise him of any medications you are taking and any previous illnesses or operations you have had in the past. A complete list of drugs which should be avoided or suspended before operation is available. Smoking is always a problem in plastic surgery as it is toxic and stops the blood flow required for healing. You must advise Dr Moncrieff of your smoking history and discuss a period of abstinence before and after your surgery.
Where can I find pre and post op instructions?
Please ensure you obtain a full list of pre and post operative care instructions from Hunter Plastic Surgery before your procedure. The Dr Moncrieff's skill and expertise is important to a good outcome, but the care you provide yourself leading up to and following a procedure is vital to achieving the best results.


text: We're beginning to realize we have a little girl who loves to be outside, This makes us oh-so-happy! Of course, I guess things can change, but right now she loves it. She especially loves the water. This past week we went to my grandparents' to swim. Aunt CarCar (Carmen) took her swimming yesterday. We hadn't planned on going, but this little fish wanted to swim. It really surprised all of us because the water was pretty cold, and even though it was warm outside, the temperature has been really cool for July. It didn't phase her. She splashed and played and even stuck her head down in the water. Ha! I'm going to have to get her in swim lessons as soon as I can.


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text: 29 June 2018News Exhibition RosUpack 2018 has closed. Hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors worked for 4 days in the Crocus Expo. Relationships were made, deals were brokered, new products were showcased to key industry buyers, insider knowledge was expanded, and design tips shared. The exhibition's industry-leading Business Programme wowed audience with more than 10 events, at which more than 100 experts took the floor. One of the brightest guests and speakers of the Business Programme was the President of the European Brand & Packaging Design Association (epda), a managing partner branding agency FACTOR Uwe Melihar, who spoke about his secrets and recipes for creating marketing packages. We passed 4 days of active work. We are waiting for you from 18 to 21 June 2019 for the 24th international exhibition RosUpack!


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The rise of smartphones over the last few years has brought some significant transformations in the Mobile industry. The changes can be attributed to diverse parameters like form factor, pricing, operating system and eventually the usage. While all these changes have contributed majorly in redefining the entire landscape, operating system has been the game changer. Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is evolving quickly and gaining momentum around the globe, especially in Emerging Markets.
While the journey has been tough, the collaboration with Nokia paved way and led to a great 2013, with analysts expecting the Windows Phone platform to cross 100M devices by 2014 and become the 3rd largest OS in the world. The OS has outsold iPhone in 24 markets including India, Malaysia and South Africa which stands as a clear indication that it is set to take this space by storm.
One of the key drivers of the growth has been the preference of the "Windows Marketplace" among developers. With close to 250,000 apps available now, and major developers including WP OS in their initial roll out plan, the platform is witnessing a far greater show of strength by the number of downloads.
We've created an infographic that brilliantly displays the journey of the Windows Phone platform and what it is set to achieve.


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Welcome to the new European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN) website!
EUCCAN is a developing organization with the mission of becoming "The Business Voice of Europe" throughout Canada. EUCCAN is working to become a key resource and main point of contact for European businesses in Canada and for EU businesses seeking to enter the Canadian market.
EUCCAN is an umbrella organization of 24 European Union bilateral Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations and 3 Associate Members from other European countries. In operation since 1995, initially as EUCOCIT (European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto) and from 2013 as EUCCAN.
In 2017 EUCCAN was granted a contract by the European Union (EU) to support EU companies to take full advantage of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). This has allowed EUCCAN to expand its reach and resources in supporting EU companies to better communicate with each other and with EU institutional stakeholders; offering valuable up to date information to EU business in Canada and EU business seeking to enter the Canadian market; and facilitating communication and coordination between the different EU organizations and businesses throughout Canada.


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Join us for a lovely cruise on the Ottawa River to see a beautiful view of the city. A guide will provide information on the Parliament Buildings, the Supreme Court, the Museum of Civilization, the National Art Gallery, Rideau Falls, the Residence of the Prime Minister and much more. You can enjoy the scenery from the open air upper deck or the lower deck.
Date of outing: Thursday, August 24, 2017
Place: Ottawa River Cruise, Ottawa
- 1:00 p.m.: Meet David Pratt (Teacher) on the ground floor of Hamelin Hall (70 Laurier East).
- 1:05 p.m.: Departure from campus. It's a 20 minute walk to get there.
- 1:30 p.m.: Arrival at the Ottawa Locks. Take pictures. Meet Paul's Boat staff to notify them of your arrival.
- 2:00 p.m.: Start of tour.
- 3:30 p.m.: End of tour.
Cost: The outing is free!
What to bring:
- Wear comfortable shoes because we will walk from the campus to the Ottawa Locks.
- Bring a jacket, it is usually windy on the river.
- Your student card.
- Your health insurance card.
- Money for food and beverages from the canteen (optional).


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After 39 years in New York City, Food & Wine magazine will move its headquarters to Birmingham, Alabama, the Time Inc. publication has announced.
As part of the transition, Food & Wine's editor in chief Nilou Motamed will be replaced by Hunter Lewis, currently the editor of Cooking Light, which is already based out of Time Inc.'s massive test kitchen complex in Birmingham, a multimillion-dollar project completed in 2015. Motamed, who served as Food & Wine's EIC for less than two years, replaced Dana Cowin, previously the magazine's editor of more than 20 years. It's unclear how the magazine will ultimately be divided, but Food & Wine is expected to maintain a partial presence in its Lower Manhattan offices.
The move, while surprising to some, marks a significant shift in the world of food media. While restaurant culture, celebrity chef-dom, and food trends once seemed to originate, or at least become solidified, in New York and then extend to the rest of the country, an increasingly digital and fluid media world has changed the way that ideas travel. In a way, decentralization has been a long time coming—just look at the locavore movement for proof.
In reality, the decision also reflects a truth that restaurateurs and chefs have known firsthand for the last several years—setting up shop in New York can be an impossible financial burden, and the more popular a business becomes, the more likely its rent is to rise. The strain has already driven plenty of New York-trained chefs to scatter, often spending a few years in Manhattan before returning to a smaller hometown to open a more affordable concept, with sleek ideas and techniques in tow.
For proof of food culture's extended wingspan, just look at the way The New York Times has adapted. Last fall, the paper announced that its restaurant critic, Pete Wells, would begin covering restaurants on a national scale, starting with California. Cowin, too, left F&W for the opportunity to look beyond New York for culinary experiences, becoming the chief creative officer of the restaurant group Chefs Club International.
"The media, and particularly the food media, is facing an inflection point, and so are the restaurants we cover," Lewis told the Times. "You can create and do business in food anywhere now, and this move is a reflection of the hybrid approach we're going to take to covering food."
Moreover, the magazine's migration points to its recognition of another shift in the food industry that has allowed Food52 and our peers to flourish: While chefs may be the face of food culture, home cooks are its beating heart and soul—and we live everywhere and converge online.
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As of August 1, 2014, the House passed major legislation pertaining to economic development and reform, education, gun safety and domestic violence, substance abuse, and election laws.
"This session the House of Representatives once again distinguished itself as a national leader," House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo (D-Winthrop) said. "Whether through gun safety legislation, education initiatives or our election law reform, we've set a model for other communities to follow. When combined with our strategic investments and fiscal prudence, Massachusetts is steadfastly affirming itself as the top place in the nation to live, work and do business."
This session the House of Representatives built on its longstanding practice of strong fiscal management, taking multiple steps to extend economic growth and enhance stability in Massachusetts. In addition to the FY15 budget, which makes a record investment in local aid and closes the existing budget gap, the House passed a second economic development bill. This legislation builds on the 2012 law by strengthening Massachusetts' innovation industries and positioning the state as a global leader through a focus on emerging industries, workforce development and promoting targeted regional growth.
The bill lays the groundwork for widespread regional renewal through numerous initiatives including the creation of the Transformative Development Fund to support development in Gateway Cities. It targets sustainable job growth by addressing the Middle Skills Gap, connecting employers, students and prospective employees, and investing in MassCAN. MassCAN was founded by a coalition including Google, Microsoft, Mass Business Roundtable, Mass Tech Collaborative, Massachusetts Competitive Partnership and Mass Tech Leadership Council, to establish widespread, progressive computer science education in public schools. Upon implementation, Massachusetts will be the first state in the nation to offer a dollar-for-dollar match with private industry for computer science education.
The FY15 budget, a balanced spending plan which includes no new taxes, makes important investments in education and human services including substance abuse prevention and mental health care. In addition to increased Chapter 70 funds, the budget extends Massachusetts' ongoing commitment to strengthening the continuum of its educational systems to foster equality and provide residents with a competitive edge. The budget allocates $15 million to expand access to early education and care, and prioritizes higher education through investments in state universities, community colleges and the University of Massachusetts system, including funding that enables UMass to freeze tuition and fees for the second year in a row. The Legislature also took steps to ensure school safety and student wellbeing by passing bills to strengthen the state's anti-bullying law and requiring the creation of a statewide framework for safe and supportive schools
Massachusetts, an established leader in public safety, advanced its national standing this session through gun safety and domestic violence legislation. For the first time local authorities, in conjunction with the court system, now have an avenue to deny a firearm identification (FID) card. The gun safety law authorizes licensed gun dealers to access criminal offender record information (CORI) and creates a framework for improving school safety. It also enhances record-keeping efforts and takes decisive steps to curtail gun trafficking. To address any loopholes created by secondary sales, the legislation requires the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) to create an online portal for private sales. This will ensure that secondary sales are subject to proper monitoring and information sharing without placing an additional burden on gun owners.
The House of Representatives also led the way in passing a domestic violence bill which creates new criminal offenses and elevated penalties, boosts prevention efforts, seeks to empower victims and establishes new employment rights. The bill creates a specific felony charge of strangulation and suffocation, actions that statistically indicate an abuser is more likely to commit domestic violence related homicide in the future, and establishes a first offense domestic assault and battery charge. Current law includes penalties for subsequent offenses but fails to include a first offense, making the statute unenforceable.
Throughout the year the House renewed its dedication to the Commonwealth's citizens and municipalities by providing for existing needs while preparing for the future through actions like increasing the minimum wage, improving unemployment insurance (UI) and reforming the welfare system. The Economic Independence Act enhances the efficacy of the state's welfare system through new initiatives and reforms, including the Pathways to Self-Sufficiency program. The legislation builds on the House's unyielding commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the state's welfare system by closing loopholes that incentivize individuals to remain on welfare and providing additional resources for the Department of Transitional Assistance.
To balance the needs of businesses and individuals, Massachusetts addressed minimum wage and UI in tandem. The law increases the minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2017, updates the UI rating table and institutes a multi-year rate freeze.
In addition to almost $18 million in the FY15 budget, the Legislature also passed a bill that provides a strong foundation for substance abuse treatment by increasing access to care and changing the way the state monitors and responds to unprecedented public health crises like the one currently being confronted. The bill increases access to treatment by requiring insurers to reimburse patients for addiction treatment from licensed counselors. It also removes prior-authorization requirements for outpatient substance abuse treatment and provides up to 14 days of inpatient coverage when medically appropriate.
Following the 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated drugs, the Massachusetts House became the first to pass comprehensive legislation relative to compounding pharmacies which was finalized this session. This legislation addresses a previous lack of consistent standards, at both a state and federal level, governing the operations of specialty pharmacies engaged in sterile and complex non-sterile compounding by improving oversight, licensing and quality standards.
This session the House took two actions to foster a more vigorous, inclusive and just elections process including a comprehensive election laws bill that authorizes early voting for biennial state elections starting in 2016, creates an online voter registration system and allows 16 and 17-year olds to preregister to vote in the Commonwealth. To combat dark money and heighten transparency, Massachusetts made dramatic changes to campaign finance regulations. To ensure the public has timely and relevant information before voting, the bill updates reporting timeframes and mandates that entities disclose expenditures in state, county and local elections within seven days (if made within ten days, but more than 24 hours before an election, the report must be filed within 24 hours). Additionally, television advertisements that are funded through independent expenditures or electioneering communication, including PACs and Super PACs, must list the top five contributors on the commercial.
The House passed numerous measures aimed at improving environmental sustainability including legislation that came in response to federally-mandated flood insurance hikes. The law, which prohibits creditors from requiring individuals to purchase flood insurance that exceeds their outstanding mortgage balance, enacts various other provisions to protect homeowners and defend against potential economic consequences. The House also:
- Reformed management of the water and wastewater infrastructures of the Commonwealth. This legislation commits to improving existing municipal partnerships and incentivizes best management practices.
- Approved an environmental bond bill that funds essential protection and improvement projects.
- Passed legislation that enhances the state's ability to anticipate, repair and guard against natural gas leaks to improve public safety.
Other session accomplishments include:
- Passed the VALOR Act II which builds upon existing legislation to expand opportunities and services for military personnel, veterans and their families. The law provides increased property tax relief and enhances employment, educational and healthcare support services.
- Approved comprehensive autism legislation to help foster independence for autistic individuals and provide their families with financial tools for long-term planning. This law includes the ABLE program (Achieving a Better Life Experience), which assists families with financial planning. Modeled on a federal bill pending in Congress, the tax-advantaged savings accounts can be used to help plan for disability-related expenses, enabling parents of children with disabilities, as well as older individuals with disabilities, to pay for long- term costs.
- Took action to modernize the operations of the Commonwealth's housing authorities, increase transparency in their governance and improve the public housing system.
- Allocated funds for long-term improvements to information technology in the Commonwealth.


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London is a lovely city to visit, despite the crappy weather. Business travelers to London can expect to find excellent service and a fast paced city. It is definitely not a budget destination, so be happy if your employer is footing the bill.
Getting There & Around
London is serviced by several airports, including the must disparaged Heathrow, Gatwick, and the smaller Stansted, all of which can be easily reached by public transportation.
The tube (that's English for the subway) connects various parts of the city. Cabs are a little hard to come by by any standards other than those of New York.
Business Hotels
The Berkeley Hotels – Wilton Place London, SW1X 7RL
City Inn Westminster – 30 John Islip St. London, SW1P4DD
Claridge's – Brook St. London, W1A 2JQ
Courthouse Hotel Kempinski – 19-21 Great Marlborough St. London, W1F 7HL
The Dorchester – 54 Park Lane London, W1A 2HJ
London has it's fair share of tourist attractions, but the prices are steep. You can visit the historic sites of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and the Tate Musuem easily in a day. There are monuments, museums and galleries sprinkled throughout the city. Lovers of spicy food will be sorely disappointed in the cuisine, even the popular Indian and Thai dishes are seriously toned down. People may talk smack about the food in England, but in London you can find pretty much any sort of victuals you want. The theater is a great way to spend an evening, whether alone or with friends.


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HMRC enquiries we Handle at RIFT
A HMRC enquiry into a tax refund isn't always as scary as it sounds. A lot of the time, it's just a way of double-checking a few details. Also, HMRC occasionally does random spot-checks to make sure everyone's playing by the rules. There are 4 basic kinds of enquiry we tend to see at RIFT:


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The trailer for the novel A CHILD MADE TO ORDER is live
The trailer for the novel "A child made to order" is available below.
The book is live on Amazon KINDLE.
"The Book Folks" specialize in genre fiction and are geared mainly towards Kindle.
"When an investigative journalist's search for a missing woman turns up illegal gene therapy treatments, she has to choose if she wants to reveal the story publicly or fulfill her lifelong desire of being a mother.
For more info on the project please see "A child made to order".
To read more about the publishing house go HERE.
A child made to order – publisher's blurb
A finely-crafted psychological suspense thriller set in Norway's capital city, Oslo, that will appeal to fans of Stieg Larsson.
When a women's fertility rights campaigner, Marianne Stine, mysteriously disappears, it hardly reaches the news. Only investigative journalist Viola Voss, harried by the blogger's mother, shows any interest in finding out what happened to the young woman. Yet years pass and there is no further sign of Marianne.
However, on the eve of taking up a prestigious senior post in Norway's largest newspaper, Voss is once again reminded of Marianne's disappearance. In fact, Voss is soon presented with a tantalising clue that not only is Marianne is alive, she has a healthy young child.
Part of Voss's fascination with Marianne is because they share the same rare genetic condition that would be passed on to any child. Haunted by having lost her own child due to this hereditary disease, Voss determines – against the strong wishes of her own over-powering mother – to put her new job on hold, try to find Marianne, and an explanation.
Enlisting the help of an ex-police sergeant, the clues point to a fertility clinic on the outskirts of town. But this is where Voss's problems begin. The clinic's claim of a 100% fertility treatment success rate is beguiling and, with her inner world in turmoil, she decides to take a risk that will force her to confront her own fears, deal with her loss and decide between right and wrong.
If you enjoy psychological mysteries with intense drama, look no further than A CHILD MADE TO ORDER
The issue of genetic manipulation of human embryos, of children literally made to order, is increasingly becoming one of the most important ethical and medical issues of our time. With delicacy, and emotional sensitivity, the author makes you think about the matter like you never have before, in a novel where the tension increases on every page, and ends with a stunning climax.
Piotr Ryczko is a Polish/Norwegian writer and film maker. A CHILD MADE TO ORDER is his first novel.


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Christmas Holidays doesn't mean you need to stop training!
We are offering 2 week memberships across the Christmas holidays! Simply join online before the 22nd of December and come in to collect you 24/7 access card and away you go.
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A long-time editor of a prestigious medical journal started his editorial on physicians' conflicts of interest by describing a fantasy: "Doctors treat patients using simply the best evidence and their experience. They are not influenced by money or self-interest."
"This is, of course, nonsense," he wrote. There is a reason "pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on the influencing, education, and entertainment of doctors around the world."
Why is this important?
First, research shows these payments influence doctors in their choice of treatments. Second, our national telephone polls have consistently found that a strong majority of consumers are concerned about these cozy relationships and think that drug makers have too much influence on doctors' decisions about which drug to prescribe.
The bulk of consumers think doctors should inform their patients about payments they've received from a company whose drugs they are about to prescribe.
"A major conflict of interest is at work when a physician has accepted payments from a drug or device-making company whose products he or she then prescribes or implants," says Marvin Lipman, M.D., Consumer Reports senior medical adviser. "The Sunshine Act will be embarrassing to some and infuriating to others, but is an excellent step toward consumer protection."
How do doctors feel about it?
Most generally approve of the gifts. However, tellingly, physicians don't want gift relationships made public. "Physicians' disagreement that it is inappropriate to accept gifts, but their reluctance to disclose the gift relationship to the public, suggests that they must recognize that the public would not appreciate the practice."
How to look up your doctor
The data, which is being released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on 546,000 physicians on payments totaling more than $3.5 billion.
Though physicians don't want these gift relationships to be public, that's just too bad. Thanks to Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, the Sunshine Act was inserted into Obamacare.
"For the first time, patients will now be able to see what, if any, financial ties their own doctor has with a drug or device maker."
The Sunshine Act was designed to give patients some insights when choosing a provider, and law enforcement agencies can also use it to see who's getting money from industry to investigate illegal kickback schemes. Right now, it might just be embarrassing, but this could allow attorneys general to go after doctors to see the kinds of incentives they may be getting for writing a lot of prescriptions.
The drug industry spends billions trying to influence doctors, and, for the first time, you can see if your physician, or any physician, has their hand out. The database is live right now at Propublica's Dollars for Docs page.
Doctors can't hide anymore.
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What did volunteers have to say about the project?
"I wanted to get involved because I think that global warming is caused by a lack of trees. It's time to plant some more! Mankind is focused on technology and making money, they forget about ecology. Schools should teach more about life on our planet, making people more aware and careful with our planet."
Miguel Angel Ruvalcaba (30, Tijuana)
"My brother, nephew, and I came to plant trees during our summer holiday from school and this is the most productive thing we've done all summer! I want to live in a world where beautiful trees grow everywhere. If the people of México changed their mindset, this could be the most beautiful country on earth!"
Raul Villarreal (21, Ensenada)
"Our world needs help and I'm happy to be a part of such a large-scale effort that can really make a difference. I'm here with my brothers and sisters, we want to inspire more people to plant trees and take care of the planet."
Victor Perez (33, Obregon Sonora)
2016 was the 15th edition of Un Nuevo Bosque and a record 100,000 volunteers were involved.


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Sépànd Danesh
Sépànd Danesh is born in 1984 in Téhéran (Iran). He lives and works in Paris. He studied at Ecole Nationale des Beau-Arts in Paris and Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. Student of Giuseppe Penone and Philippe Cognée, his work has been shown at the Salon de Montrouge, at the 5th Marrakech Biennale, at the Institut de France, Mac / Val and the Poitou-Charentes FRACs.
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Among the personal exhibitions: "Fragments d'un voyage immobile" at the Art-Cade Gallery of the Grands Bains Douches (Marseille, 2017), "Des ruines pour origine" at the Backslash Gallery (Paris, 2016), "Angle mort" at the Cité des Arts in Chambéry (Chambéry, 2014).


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I envy all you people who are out enjoying or partying today. Why ? Because i am not one of you. I am just stuck in the hostel all alone in the winter vacation.This is undoubtedly one of the worst holidays of my life.
As i am sitting here cursing my life for a number of things i cannot help thinking about the good days too. This post is just a recollection of one of those incidents that happened to us when we were in first year. No it is not about ragging. Our college was ultra strict about ragging and so no ragging ever took place inside college campus.
The incident goes something like this:
Our college is situated near the highway and so there are lot of dhabas nearby. It was a common practice among students to jump the wall and go for dinner late at night. While taking this short cut we had to travel through some farm fields before we can reach dhabas and the farmers were angry with students over the fact that some of us would smoke and throw the cigarette in their fields.
One of these nights when we friends were having our normal dinner some of us got drunk and become a little more unruly(which always happen when people drink). Now seniors also use to come to this place and they took offense to juniors behaving in this manner in front of them(like they have set some high standards and they can tell people about behavior when one of them was puking his heart out) and they objected. Needless to say they were drunk too and this led to a brawl between the two groups and we were threatened ki "aayoge toh college hi na dekh lenge". I dont know if you knoe this but after you are sufficiently drunk you do things which you should never do not when you are in first year and so one of us said "Dekh lenge tum kya karte ho" (threateninga senior-cardinal sin). But not all of us were drunk and so in view of the above threat we thought it would be prudent if we go a little late and let them leave in case they are waiting for us. So we waited and got pretty late by the time we reached the wall and to our utter surprise we found the seniors waiting there. They easily outnumbered us and that would mean that we were going to get thrashed so instead we went into the fields to search some other way.
As already mentioned some of us were drunk and it was difficult to get them to shut up and this soon woke up the farmers and we heard some curses from the fields and some farmers were visible with their sticks. Swear to God we were shit scared. If they catch us then the thrashing we would have got from our seniors would have been like partying. Scared out of our wits we ran and finding no way out we started climbing the tall fences only but their was no place to land on the side of college and atop the walls we were easy to spot. Now there were seniors and farmers, could never forget that day. We literally run for our lives and ran on the wall only till we find a decent place to jump inside college. Seniors might find us and spare us but farmers wont.
Thankfully we managed to reach hostel only with some bruises and scratches. It seems funny now that how scared we were but that time i was surprised none of us wet his pants.
Oh will miss these college days for sure.
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Back in 2002, before we were even a twinkle in the other's eye, we each migrated west to California – Craig from Minnesota to Santa Cruz, and Lorelei from Massachusetts to Los Angeles. He completed his doctorate in molecular biology, put out a few albums of noise experiments, and began working as a research scientist. She became a television and content producer and spent years as a touring indie musician and recording artist in the band Film School.
Eventually, we both found ourselves 30-something divorcees living in sunny San Diego – where we finally met in 2013 via Tinder. Yes, Tinder. This 6'6" bearded beer-brewing guitar-playing scientist met this 5'7" bass-playing content-producing vegan for a craft beer and French fries, she looked in disdain upon the accompanying aioli, he fetched her ketchup, and the rest is history.
So… was he or wasn't he? Nope. Craig was a localvore, pig-roast hosting "humane" meat foodie type when we met. Did she convert him? The answer is, yes. She read him passages from the vegan Bible and forced him to watch videos of routine animal torture daily. Just kidding. She simply shared the information she had learned over time, and after a few months he decided to join her in discontinuing to pay people to unnecessarily harm animals. Today, he whips up gourmet food and fermented beverage concoctions to the delight of all who taste them using stuff that grows out of the ground/on trees, along with a bit of mad science, sparing lots of natural resources along with animals' lives in the process. Easy peasy. Heck, even his Minnesotan family can dig deep fried cauliflower.
In 2015, we got engaged and bought a midcentury ranch in Massachusetts' scenic Blackstone Valley, where we have made the leap to country living with our 135-lb Great Dane rescue Spock, tied the knot in 2016, and hope to eventually open a vegan gastropub where people can – you guessed it – Eat Plants / Drink Beer!
Check out Lorelei's other sites she founded and/or manages while Craig is at work in the kitchen/brewery:
Other published pieces on veganism:
- Elephant Journal - Dear Non-Vegan: There's Something You Won't Let Me Say
- Free From Harm - They Are All Cecil
- San Diego 350 - Plant-Based Diet For a Healthy Planet
- Vegan Publishers - U.S. Drought or: How We Learned to Stop Eating Meat & Live Vegan
- Senior Citizens React to Vegan Food - on Facebook and Youtube
- Dairy Industry Tries to Prevent Accurate Labeling of Plant-Based Milk
- Firefighters Eat Rescued Pigs
- Our Vegan Wedding and Honeymoon


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Ep. 17 - Louie: Season 2
Damask is getting ready to fly away for a month, but not before we watch and discuss the second seasons of LOUIE. Looking a bit slicker and feeling a little more confident, Louis CK continues from where he left off, sharing new stories of a parenting, living in New York City and working his way through the stand-up comedy scene. Also, for the first time ever, we answer your listener questions! Want to have your questions asked on a future episode? Email your query to email@example.com.
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So Hardcore For Nerds beat us to the punch. I'm sad to say we aren't the first to put up the new Age Sixteen, but to be fair, we've had it for like months anyways, lolz. Anywho, shit is so sweet, 9 songs, three of which are re-recordings from their earlier release. I hope all of you buy it from them here, because it's such a great CD. Also, I'm putting it out on tape cassette on my new tape label called Tall Cedar Tapes , so look out for that hippies.
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Fall is Here...Fall is HERE! Time to Play!
Thank goodness we're past the summer doldrums and can get that Autumnal Energy goin' with breezy days and cool sweet nights! Perfect for steppin' out and listening to some great live music!
Join us at the many festivals and events we've got coming up for October and November - Pretty exciting stuff!


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Gadhafi's Cadillac Finally Impounded After Four Years
(RAPALLO, Italy) -- A black Cadillac Escalade belonging to the son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has finally been impounded by Italian tax police. The car sat outside a luxury hotel for four years after the son simply left it behind.
The Italian tax police, the Guardia di Finanza, showed up at the lavish Excelsior Palace Hotel, which is set in terraced gardens with panoramic views of the bay of Portofino, and officially taped up Al-Saadi Gadhafi's luxury SUV, ready to be towed away.
The tax police seized the car following a request made earlier this year by the International Criminal Court in the Hague to collect all former Gadhafi assets to compensate victims of the dictator's 32-year regime.
The Excelsior's manager Aldo Werdin told ABC News Friday that the car has been parked in the hotel's lot since February 2008 when the dictator summoned his son back to Libya.
"He left his friends and two adored dogs at the hotel," Werdin said. "After a few days the Libyan embassy came and picked up the friends and the dogs, but refused to pay the bill and didn't take the car."
Gadhafi left owing the hotel 370,000 euros, or more than $450,000. The bill has yet to be paid despite legal action taken by the hotel.
The dictator's son was known for his high-living and fashionable, flashy tastes while he toyed with a soccer career in Italy, playing briefly for the Perugia and Udine soccer teams, but he never succeeded as a soccer star. Instead, he spent his time enjoying the high life, spending on average about 3,000 euros a day for lodging and meals and traveling about with an entourage of about 15 people including his wife, drivers, bodyguards and personal secretaries.
Werdin said Gadhafi was almost a permanent guest from January 2007 to February 2008 when his father demanded he return to Libya.
Gadhafi's car had become a tourist attraction in the town of Rapallo, with some posing in front of the Cadillac Escalade which sports a Porsche engine. Werdin said he never considered trying to sell the car to compensate for the bill, saying, "Who would want that petrol guzzler?"
Besides, he said, "We hoped he or someone for him would show up to remove it, and maybe pay the outstanding bill."
Al-Saadi Gadhafi, who was commander of the Libyan Special forces, supported his father along with his brothers in the Libyan civil war last year. He is now wanted by Interpol and last believed to be in Niger where he and more than 30 other Gadhafi loyalists fled after Tripoli fell to rebels in September 2011.
Libya continues to be unstable after the revolution. On Saturday, Libyans will vote in their first democratic elections in over four decades. The 200 members of the Constituent Assembly being elected in this vote will draft and approve the country's new constitution.
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ARM Architecture present Orbis, a startlingly innovative new 8 storey apartment in South Melbourne due for completion in 2014.
With an area of 5,000 sq-m, the project draws influence from sculpture, using polished metal spheres to produce startling and wonderful reflections and lush internal spaces. The building comprises a variety of apartment types from 55 sq-m single bedroom apartments, to 78 sq-m double bedroom penthouses.
ARM Architecture, who chose the design strategy, is one of Australia's leading architecture firms with offices in Melbourne and Perth. Using an architectural technique that is more often associated with sculpture, ARM has incorporated selective removal from a mass to reveal a figure or image. Employed at the scale of a building, this approach generates facades that go beyond the composition of patterns or forms to create space and make a remarkable contribution to the urban skyline.
At ground level, spheres carve a striking; two storey arches that refers to the nearby NGV, while another sphere forms an entry area. Like the sculptures of Anish Kapoor, the inside of the entry sphere will be polished metal and produce reflections as people pass through. By using a sphere as the defining influence for the building's exterior ARM have delivered an architectural gesture that creates voluptuous surfaces and contributes to a rich and dynamic identity.
ARM Architecture issued a statement on Orbis, and said that "It has been our goal to create apartments of the highest quality, which express the vitality of city life. We have sought to energise these apartments through well laid out interiors and through shaping and marking the face of the building."


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Sound of Sleep | 1960s Modern-style Nightstands/
When people ask you what you do for fun, the only thing you can manage to mutter is "sleep." Every time you try out a new hobby, like solving Sudoku puzzles or reading classics such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it always ends the same way, with your eyelids growing heavier and heavier. Maybe it's time you pick up a hobby that takes place away from your bed...
Each of these 1960s modern style nightstands has two drawers and a uniquely designed handle.
15 in deep x 26 in wide x 22 in tall
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Old world design has been rejuvenated with contemporary class in this gorgeous customizable sofa. Stylistically, this sofa features turned exposed wood feet, rolled arms, and a plump cushioned back. Choose the finish of the wooden feet from a multitude of classy options, and choose a distinct upholstery that matches your specific tastes from over 800 fabric and leather options. Pair this ottoman with a matching customizable chair, sofa, and loveseat or mix and match to create a comfortable living room setup that is entirely your own.
The 383 Customizable Upholstered Sofa by Smith Brothers at Sprintz Furniture in the Nashville, Franklin, and Greater Tennessee area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
The 383 group provides you with an opportunity to truly make your living room representative of your style and your taste with a customizable and sophisticated collection of seating options for your home. With a choice of over 800 fabrics, optional detailing, and finish options for all exposed wood pieces, this collection provides you the unique ability to coordinate everything about your living room furniture to your very specific liking. Rolled arms and plush backs add to the class of these quality constructed pieces, which will surely be worthwhile contributions to your home for generations to come.
The 383 collection is a great option if you are looking for furniture in the Nashville, Franklin, and Greater Tennessee area.
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How Dirty Are Your Dishes?
Ever Scrape Dishes with a Spatula?
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