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IRIS AE Suite
The industry's leading auto enrolment solution
Automatic enrolment (AE) legislation is very complex. Here at IRIS we have developed the industry's most comprehensive automatic enrolment solution; the IRIS AE Suite™. The solution integrates with your IRIS payroll software helping you comply with workplace pensions legislation and therefore avoiding hefty non-compliance fines of up to £10,000 per day.
The IRIS AE Suite™ comprises of three elements Assessment, Communications (pension letters) and Electronic Payslips and P60s.
You can book a completely free, no obligation demo to see for yourself how the IRIS AE Suite™ will not only keep you compliant with auto enrolment but also streamline your entire payroll process.
The IRIS AE Suite™ has been developed through the close relationships with pensions providers and The Pensions Regulator as well as customer feedback. The solution works within your payroll and is not a 'middleware' solution. With over 15,600 customers assessing over 850,000 employees you can relax in the knowledge that the IRIS AE Suite™ will deliver push button automation, taking the admin and stress out of automatic enrolment compliance.
What does the Accountancy Firm of the year have to say about the IRIS AE Suite™?
"We've been using the IRIS automatic enrolment solution to assess employees and to produce and distribute our payslips for a number of months now and are pleased with the results. It saves us a lot of time and helps reduce waste. Automatic enrolment is very complex and we have complete confidence that the IRIS AE Suite™ will ensure our clients are compliant." - Andrew Bodkin, Managing Partner, Haines Watts.
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Are you an IFA? Join the IRIS IFA referral programme and for every new client who signs up you will receive up to £150!
Find out what our existing clients are saying. Watch the latest video of our clients and how they save time with the IRIS AE Suite™
Brand new: AE Simplification Tool
The AE simplification tool is there to help you setup your auto enrolment solution with your IRIS payroll software. This is because our aim is to always find ways to simplify your payroll and auto enrolment process and the new summer release allows you this functionality when you purchase the IRIS AE Suite™. The key features of the AE Simplification tool are:
Key features are:
Users have access to the AE Configuration Tool regardless of whether their system is licensed for the AE Suite™ or not. So users can see the available AE Suite™ functionality prior to purchasing. All you need to do is make sure that you have the latest version of your software here.
How our clients are taking advantage of the IRIS AE Suite™
Over 5,700 organisations use the IRIS AE Suite™ and are taking full advantage of the benefits that this can bring to their business including time saving, efficiency and simplification of processes. We have a multitude of resources that you can view in order to find out how businesses are using the IRIS AE Suite™.
Assessment made easy
Under the new workplace pensions legislation employers are responsible for enrolling all workers who meet qualifying criteria onto a workplace pension scheme.
The assessment component sits within your current IRIS payroll software and gives you the ability to create a nominated automatic enrolment scheme, define qualifying earnings and pensionable pay, assess your workforce and automatically enrol workers into a pension scheme.
We can produce the automatic enrolment and pension's remittance files so you can upload your employee's information directly to the provider. The following files are included as standard in our software: NEST (Contribution Schedule and Enrolling Workers), NOW Pensions v1.1, Standard Life Good to Go, Scottish Widows v3, Peoples Pension, Aviva (Joiners and Payments), Friends Life.
We are developing support for all pensions providers every day and if your pension provider is not listed above, don't worry - bespoke pension files can be created upon request.
Communication to your workforce
Employees have to be informed at key stages in the automatic enrolment process. The communications required will be set by their worker status and what stage they are at in the process, and the triggers behind this are complex.
The IRIS AE Suite™ takes care of your communication requirements, removing the administration. IRIS has worked closely with The Pensions Regulator to ensure your workers receive the right communications at the right time. Publish the communications electronically so your employees can access them via their smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.
Payslips and P60s at the touch of a button
As an employer you have a legal obligation to provide your employees with payslips and P60s. Electronic payslips help automate and streamline this process, saving time, money and helping reduce your carbon footprint.
You can publish E-payslips and P60s from within your IRIS payroll software to a secure online portal. Once delivered your employees can view their current and historic payslips via their smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer, whenever they want!
Try the free E-payslip App today
There is one simple app that you can try today which will show you how easy and simple it is to access automatic enrolment communications, payslips and P60s. The e-payslips app (IRIS OpenPayslips) is available to download for free on iOS, Android and Windows Mobile devices. Join the 3,000 plus people that have already download the app:
Your own secure one-stop shop!
The IRIS AE Suite™ brings all of your communications together in one secure, online location. No more remembering different passwords and having to jump between different websites! The IRIS AE Suite™ includes a cloud based portal, where your employees can access their pension communications, payslips and P60s anywhere, at anytime.
Employees will receive information via the communications portal directly to their email address. They will also be able to view communications through their smartphone or tablet using a free app. Don't worry though, the payroll administrator can still print a copy directly from the portal and deliver these manually if needed.
Providing evidence of compliance is key, as failure to meet automatic enrolment obligations can result in fines of up to £10,000 a day. IRIS has been working closely with The Pensions Regulator to provide a solution to help you achieve compliance. IRIS AE Suite™ provides audit facilities, ensuring all communications are date and time stamped, PDF copies of all documentation is held in the online portal, and full audit reports are provided.
IRIS AE Suite™ operates in the cloud, meaning you save costs on printing, processing and posting communications to your employees. This also increases the speed of delivery to your employees and reduces your carbon footprint, giving your employees a greener way to receive their pension communications.


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International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Resources: Groups at Risk - Inmates
Featured Links
|Preventing Suicide in Jails and Prisons (UPDATE 2007)
Read this guideline produced by the World Health Organization and the IASP that states suicide is often the single most common cause of death in correctional settings. - Read morehttp://www.who.int/entity/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource_jails_prisons.pdf
|Preventing Suicide: a resource for prison officers
Provides this guide produced by World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the IASP. - Read morehttp://www.who.int/entity/mental_health/media/en/60.pdf
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|Suicide Methods in Prison
Read this article that discusses methods of suicide in prison. View prison suicides listed by state. - Read morehttp://www.insideprison.com/suicide-methods-in-prison.asp
|Critical Issues - Suicide in Correctional Settings
University of Maryland offers this Behavioral Justice resource that provides abstracts of studies and papers written about suicide in correctional settings. - Read morehttp://www.umaryland.edu/behavioraljustice/issues/suicide/
|Preventing Suicide in Prison: A Collaborative Responsibility of Administrative, Custodial, and Clinical Staff
Article by Anasseril E. Daniel, MD reviews the literature on suicide in prison during the past three decades and identifies the pattern and occurrence of risk factors. - Read morehttp://www.jaapl.org/cgi/reprint/34/2/165
|Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) - Adult Corrections
Become familiar with the resources offered by the Suicide Prevention Center relating to suicide prevention and mental health promotion in correctional facilities. - Read morehttp://library.sprc.org/browse.php?catid=25
|NCBI - Peer suicide prevention in a prison
Read an abstract of this paper written by B. Hall and P. Gabor of the Faculty of Social Work, The University of Calgary, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. - Read morehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15384653&dopt=Abstract
|Boston.com - Death in Cell 49
View this multimedia resource produced by the Boston Globe that focuses on the suicide of inmate Nelson Rodriguez. - Read morehttp://www.boston.com/news/specials/prisons/
|Howard League for Penal Reform - Briefing paper on prison overcrowding and suicide
Offers facts and figures, including rates and comments concerning, overcrowding, bullying, first night in custody and more. See What the Government should do in response? - Read morehttp://www.howardleague.org/fileadmin/howard_league/user/pdf/PrisonOvercrowdingAndSuicide.pdf
|Prison Suicide Prevention
Offers a general discussion of suicide in prisons. Notes suicide is often the single most common cause of death in correctional settings. - Read morehttp://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/preventionprison.html
|Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans
Study notes "striking similarities and overlapping characteristics link the data on veteran suicide, inmate suicide, and incarcerated veterans, suggesting that the veteran in jail or prison faces a level of suicide risk beyond that conferred by either veteran status or incarceration alone." - Read morehttp://www.jaapl.org/cgi/reprint/37/1/82.pdf
|Canadian Police Research Centre - Jail/Holding Cell Design
Read this document that provides "Proposals for Modification and Design Changes to Jail / Holding Cells" and discusses the "Psychological Impact on Aggressive and Self Destructive Behaviour." - Read morehttp://www.css.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/cprc/tr/tr-2000-03.pdf
|HM Inspectorate of Prisons - Suicide is Everyone's Concern
Read this thematic review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales. - Read morehttp://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/suicide-is-everyones-concern-1999-rps.pdf
|Psychiatric Disorders and Suicide in the Nation's Largest State Prison System
Read this study that examined the relationship between the overall rate of psychiatric disorders and suicides in the nation's largest state prison population in Texas, and published by the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. - Read morehttp://www.jaapl.org/cgi/reprint/37/2/188
|Government of Western Australia - Dept. of Corrective Services - Suicide in Prisons
This report, produced by the Suicide Prevention Taskforce in 2002, investigates the problem of suicides in Western Australian prisons. (Publications) - Read morehttp://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/_files/about-us/statistics-publications/students-researchers/suicide-in-prison.pdf
|Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) - Juvenile Justice
Offers a selection of guides pertaining to the mental health of youth in the U.S. juvenile justice system. See this resource provided by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). - Read morehttp://library.sprc.org/browse.php?catid=19
|Suicide in Prisons and Jails: Some Frequently Asked Questions
Read this guide developed by the Montgomery County Emergency Service. View sources. - Read morehttp://www.mces.org/Suicide_Prisons_Jails.html
|Government of Western Australia - Dept. of Corrective Services - Counselling and Support
This page details the services and programs that are provided to ensure a prisoners' emotional and physical wellbeing is maintained. - Read morehttp://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/rehabilitation-services/counselling-support.aspx
|Role of Adult Correctional Officers in Preventing Suicide, The
Resource, published by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, provides basic information to help correctional officers in facilities for adults recognize and respond to people who may be suicidal or at high risk. - Read morehttp://www.sprc.org/sites/sprc.org/files/CorrectionOfficers.pdf
|Suicide Prevention Resources for Adult Corrections
Guide, published by the Suicide Prevention Resources Center, lists written materials, trainings, organizations, and websites that contain information on suicide prevention in adult correctional facilities. - Read morehttp://www.sprc.org/sites/sprc.org/files/AdultCorrectionsResourceSheet.pdf
|John Howard Society of Alberta - Prison and Jail Suicide
This 1999 paper stress the need for proper training of corrections staff in suicide detection and intervention, and a move toward a more inter-disciplinary approach to intervention and prevention of inmate suicide. - Read morehttp://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/PUB/PDF/C41.pdf
|iE8: Prison Inmate Suicide - Why it Matters
Read this InfoExchange PDF, created by the Centre for Suicide Prevention based in Calgary, Alberta, that reveals alcohol/drug dependency and withdrawal, as well as the overall shock of being in jail, are the most common precipitating factors for the suicides. - Read morehttp://suicideinfo.ca/Library/Resources/iEinfoExchange/iE8PrisonInmateSuicide.aspx
|Government of Western Australia - Dept. of Corrective Services - Policy Directive 32
Titled,"Prisoners at Risk of Self Harm or Requiring Additional Support and Monitoring," this Policy Directive provides guidance on managing prisoners who present 'at risk' behaviours. - Read morehttp://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/_files/prisons/adult-custodial-rules/policy-directives/pd-32.pdf
|Social Return on Investment study – Lifeline Online Crisis Support Chat
Study records the value of Lifeline Online Crisis Support Chat, with research findings showing generally that consumers/visitors to the service experience a decrease in personal distress, increased sense of belonging and able to seek help, and greater confidence in dealing with crisis issues. - Read morehttp://www.lifeline.org.au/ArticleDocuments/121/Lifeline_Online_Crisis_Support_Chat_SROI_report_final.pdf.aspx?
|Prisoner Advice and Care Trust - First Night in Costody
UK organization operates this program to reduce the anxiety and distress felt by prisoners on their first night in prison. See case studies. - Read morehttp://www.prisonadvice.org.uk/firstnight
|U.S. Dept. of Justice - Suicide and homicide rates in prisons and jails have declined
Browse this Corrections key facts at a glance Web page offered by the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs - Bureau of Justice Statistics. - Read morehttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/shipj.htm
|U.S. Department of Justice - Suicide and Homicide in State Prisons and Local Jails
U.S. Department of Justice report describes "historical trends in State prison and local jail inmate mortality rates based on inmate death records submitted by local jails (for 2000-2002) and State prisons (for 2001-2002)." - Read morehttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/shsplj.htm
|Surveillance success stories - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) has released its latest Surveillance Success Story, which comes from the state of California and details how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation accesses and analyzes data on suicide deaths and self-harm, using data to strengthen its prevention efforts. - Read morehttps://go.edc.org/f6g7
|InfoExchange - Prison Inmate Suicide - Why it Matters
Centre for Suicide Prevention offers this report that reveals Suicide is the leading cause of death in prison and that alcohol/drug dependency and withdrawal, as well as the overall shock of being in jail, are the most common precipitating factors for the suicides. - Read morehttps://suicideinfo.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ocUQ3DmX17Q%3d&tabid=600


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What is happening?
Wellington resident and benefactor Mark Dunajtschik has offered to build and gift a new $50 million Children's Hospital to Wellington.
Mr Dunajtschik is an experienced builder and will manage the construction of the new hospital with his property partner Grant Corleison.
Capital & Coast District Health Board (DHB) will work closely with the benefactor's team and develop detailed plans and specifications for the new building. The DHB will own, operate and maintain the new Wellington Children's Hospital, once it is completed.
Charitable builds like this one are rare but not unheard of. Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland was also funded by benefactors. The new Wellington Children's Hospital will be named after Mark.
What is being built?
The new hospital will be around 7,000m², likely to be spread over three floors. It will include:
·50 inpatient hospital beds, as well as social and family areas
·Outpatient consultation rooms
·An education and research centre which will accommodate teaching, research and be integrated with Otago University
·Staff and administration areas.
Where will it be built?
The hospital will be located on the northern end of the Wellington Regional Hospital campus in Newtown. It will be built in front of the Riddiford building. There will be a link bridge connecting the children's hospital to the existing hospital.
What services will be located in the new hospital?
Existing child hospital and outpatient services will move into the new hospital. The services and staffing levels will remain the same; however the quality of care we provide will be enhanced.
Children requiring emergency care, intensive care, radiology, surgery and other specialist services will continue to receive this care in Wellington Regional Hospital.
Why do we need a new Hospital?
The existing Wellington Children's Hospital building is nearly 30 years old and is no longer fit for purpose. It is cramped with inadequate clinical areas, no dedicated areas for families, and insufficient isolation facilities increasing the chances of infected children infecting others.
Because there is not enough room in the existing building, children are cared for across the Wellington Regional Hospital campus.
The existing building does not require earthquake strengthening, but it does need a significant infrastructure upgrade –electrical, data, medical gases, heating ventilation and air conditioning.
The Board was advised in 2010 that the existing building needed substantial investment and that investing in a new building presented better value for money. The Board had building a new children's hospital as part of its long-term plan.
How much will it cost?
The advice we have from our quantity surveyors is that the $50 million is a credible and achievable figure to build the new hospital.
The Wellington Hospitals Foundation is also supporting the project, and is aiming to fundraise $5 million for extra furniture, fittings and equipment required for the new hospital.
Capital & Coast District Health Board will need to contribute up to $7.5 million for activities outside the project such as demolishing existing buildings on the site.
When will it be completed?
It is estimated it will take 18 months to build the new hospital once the plans are finalised and consent grated. We are working to have the consent this year.
Who does Wellington Children's Hospital cater for?
Wellington Children's Hospital is an important part of New Zealand's specialist children's hospital network. They support babies to adolescents with medical conditions and paediatric surgery.
Specialist paediatric surgery is only performed at five hospitals in the country – one of which is Wellington.
Around 4,000 children per year are admitted to the child health services at Wellington Regional Hospital. 80 percent of the children live in the Capital & Coast DHB area; the other 20 percent are children from the lower North Island. Just over half of these children are under five years.
More than 5,000 children attend nearly 38,000 outpatient appointments at Wellington Regional Hospital every year.


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BY RYAN SHELTON / For the Amarillo Globe-News
Had I taken the time to look at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation fishing report, I would have seen: "All fishing slow."
Of course, those three words didn't tell the whole story. I had been looking forward to my fly-fishing trip for a month, and the Lower Illinois River in eastern Oklahoma was experiencing the same drought as other places. With no flood control to contend with, I expected low flows and great fishing. It didn't happen.
It was the first frosty morning of the season, but the news I received when I arrived at the fly shop was frostier. When I asked for the hot flies, Lynda Burch, manager of MarVal Family Resort, folded her hands and brought them to her heart in supplication. When words found her, she said, "I'm sorry. You must not have heard about the fish kill."
The Lower Illinois River is one of two year-round trout fisheries in Oklahoma, due to the constant flow of cold water released from the bottom of Tenkiller Lake. It was known for about 20 years that a leak in the dam released around 75 cubic feet of water per second, sustaining the trout fishery downstream. Last summer, the Army Corps of Engineers fixed the leak, and with the combination of extreme heat and drought, a perfect storm arose.
With Tenkiller's lake level five feet below pool stage, and without a steady flow from the dam's leak, the ODWC halted all trout stockings in the river in September, deeming it a waste if the fish were not going to survive. Trout need 4 milligrams of dissolved oxygen per liter of water to survive. The Lower Illinois has consistently seen levels below 2 milligrams.
In early October, at least 400 dead fish were collected just below the dam. Many more were carried off by vultures or concealed below the stained surface of the water. State biologist Josh Johnston reported finding mostly catfish and gizzard shad but also reported finding other species such as paddlefish up to 30 pounds, bass and a few trout. Hundreds of fish were seen "piping," desperately sucking air from above the surface of the water. Trout are susceptible to changes in water conditions, but it's a bad sign when hearty fish like catfish begin to die.
After leaving MarVals, I waded my favorite shoal which has produced 50 fish days for me and many campfire stories. After moving up and down the 6 miles of river, it took more than a day to locate fish, and when I did finally catch a few, they put up little fight. Two of the five I netted and released went belly up, the latest oxygen-starved victims. Sick to my stomach, I left the stream and drove home with five good hours of fishing left.
Scott Hood, president of the Oklahoma Trout Unlimited Chapter 420 in Tulsa, Okla., has been fighting to see water released on a regular basis. A river ceases to be a river when it's not flowing. Hood would like to see a constant flow of 100 to 175 cfs to sustain the fishery.
Gene Gilliland, Assistant Chief of Fisheries for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said: "It goes back to the root problem. All of the water in Lake Tenkiller is allocated to somebody else."
Southwest Power Administration owns 90 percent of the water in Lake Tenkiller. With a lack of power demand, power generation has fallen, along with stream flows, leading to dry stretches. During these infrequent water releases, the water flow in this small river goes from zero cfs to 4,000 cfs in a matter of a heartbeat, temporarily raising the oxygen level to around only 4 to 5 milligrams per liter. In between discharges, the oxygen levels deplete, leading to fish kills.
Hood likened the generation periods to "flushing the toilet" every few days. Southwest Power Adminstration said it will try to run two turbines at half-power to help the fishery, but to Hood's knowledge it hasn't happened.
"It's a problem that can be solved by putting pressure on the government," Hood said.
"The only way we can fix this problem is by writing to our congressmen. Dan Boren's email box should be full right now."
A federal issue, concerned sportsmen and women can contact Boren at (202) 255-2701. Boren's website is http://boren.house.gov.
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, the ranking member on the Environmental Committee, can be reached at (202) 224-4721. His website is http://inhofe.senate.gov.
Without constant flows, Oklahoma's first year-round trout fishery will soon be history.


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Looking for accredited career colleges, technical schools, and universities in Kentucky offering Special Education degrees. Special education teachers and special education administrators are in demand.There's more to life than bourbon, race horses, and country music in Kentucky, but that's not a bad start. This jewel of Appalachian America still has pockets and ?hollers' where simple country folk continue to follow their traditional ways. It is also home to cities like Lexington and Louisville, where you can enjoy a night out on a par with that of any typical American city. Whatever your interests, you will find studying in Kentucky to be a memorable experience.
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Due to a sudden baby boom amongst my friends I've recently been drafted in left, right and centre to give tips and ideas on decorating children's bedrooms. Unsurprisingly the most common concern centres around the careful balance between tasteful and fun. Having witnessed the fallout after a mother generously offered the choice of colour to… read more


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Elderly people need a special kind of medicine; their bodies react differently to medication compared to younger people; frequently they present several ailments and disorders at the same time (multi-morbidity) and in many cases have to take several different kinds of medication every day (poly-pharmacy).
The doctors at the EGZB have therefore received special training to take account of the particular aspects involved in treating elder patients. Together with internal and geriatric specialists, our acute care hospital also includes specialists for disorders of the urinary tract, metabolic diseases and nutritional experts. We also offer a specialist for clinical pharmacology.
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The following information was released on the EEOC website:
On August 29th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) informed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), (via a memo from Neomi Rao, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to Acting Chair Victoria Lipnic) that it is initiating a review and immediate stay of the effectiveness of the pay data collection aspects of the EEO-1 form that was revised on September 29, 2016, in accordance with its authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The previously approved EEO-1 form which collects data on race, ethnicity and gender by occupational category will remain in effect. Employers should plan to comply with the earlier approved EEO-1 (Component 1) by the previously set filing date of March 2018.
Instructions are at: https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo1survey/2017survey.cfm.
Acting Chair Lipnic said:
"The EEOC remains committed to strong enforcement of our federal equal pay laws, a position I have long advocated. Today's decision will not alter EEOC's enforcement efforts.
I had consistently urged OMB to make a decision on this matter so that stakeholders would be aware of their reporting obligations.
Going forward, we at the EEOC will review the order and our options. I do hope that this decision will prompt a discussion of other more effective solutions to encourage employers to review their compensation practices to ensure equal pay and close the wage gap. I stand ready to work with Congress, federal agencies, and all stakeholders to achieve that goal."
Read the following memo to the EEOC:[pdf-embedder url="http://www.nationalilg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Review_and_Stay_Memo_for_EEOC.pdf" title="EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Collection Halted"]


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Squarespace website designers have always been able to use their paid Typekit fonts with Squarespace websites, but never before has the integration been so easy.
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Click on the Embed Code to find your Typekit Kit ID for your Squarespace fonts.
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Google Fonts on Squarespace
Squarespace's support for Google fonts goes back to 2011, and now Squarespace 6 supports over 600 amazing fonts with all Squarespace websites and templates. Try Google sans-serif fonts such as Gotham, Proxima Nova, and Ubuntu, and while you're at it, give serif fonts such as Volkhorn, Lora, and Kreon a try, too.
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Your Favorite Squarespace Fonts
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Byron Bay: Strategy + Content, 22nd of July
Byron Bay: Strategy + Content, 22nd of July
Byron, we're coming back to you and your wonderful small business community.
We're coming back in July for yet another full-day, information-packed social media for small business workshop. Expect to leave with a head full of ideas, and a workbook full of easy-to-implement strategies to understand how all the platforms work and turn followers into customers.
Grab a ticket below for our workshop, and don't forget we're hosting a 5-person exclusive advertising workshop the following day, for those of you who want to accelerate your learning.
Ticket Details:
Standard Ticket: $349
Double Pass: $629 (save 10%)
*Most classes are limited to 12 attendees.
>>Grasped the social media basics? Awesome! 🙌
Advance to our Social Media Advertising Workshop.
If you would like to pay in instalments, we have that option too - just click here.
We'll teach you:
+ How to align your small business social media goals with your long- and short-term small business needs
+ Which social media channels you need (and which ones are totally useless)
+ How to profile your ideal customer so you always know who you're talking to
+ How to talk to your audience in a voice that they'll listen to
+ What content to post for your brand, and when. This one's a BIG brainstorming session
+ Tools to make your life much easier, like scheduling and graphic design apps
+ How to build a hashtag library
+ How to grow your social media following by 300+ a week
+ How to deal with feedback (good and bad!)
+ The tips and tricks to make the most of Facebook's and Instagram's different algorithms
+ How to run scroll-stopping social media competitions
+ How to read your social analytics and set some goals
You take home:
+ A 5-star 50+ page workbook packed with lots of background information, tips and tricks
+ A belly full of delicious food, drink and nibbles
+ A phonebook full of new friends and business contacts
+ A head filled with actionable ways to grow your small business with social media!
Here's what our past workshop attendees have said;
Our Social Media Workshop description:
We'll kick off the social media training day with the necessary start-of-day beverages: coffee and orange juice! Then we get down to business and explain how we'll run through the workshop and what you can expect throughout the day.
We always start with introductions (don't freak out, we go first!) so all our attendees can get to know each other, and we can find out what kinds of businesses you run or work for. This part is helpful for us because we tailor our advice to each business throughout the day.
Next up, we're talking the difference between 'Information' and 'Inspiration' channels, and which ones you need for your business. Here we'll talk about Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
Then, we roll into Facebook, where we give you a bit of history around the channel and insights into how it works. We'll also hit you with some mind-bending statistics for your target audience, and we'll do a Facebook audit for your page to make sure it's set up correctly and everything's working the way it should.
Next up is Instagram! Most of our workshop attendees are really focussed on Instagram for their small businesses and we love blowing their minds with some more fun statistics around Instagram usage. We'll do an audit here too.
So that's it for the introduction phase, now we move onto you and your business goals, objectives and how you can turn those objectives into actionable steps (and we've got a nice A3 poster for you to pop up on your wall!)
Before we get deep into content, we need to show you how to read your current analytics and set some benchmarks so you can smash your goals later on.
Then we'll do some target audience work; who is your ideal customer, where do they go for information and so on. Plus, we'll tell you how to talk to them, aka: write your captions so that they're actually listening to what you say.
Next up is the biggest, chunkiest part of the whole social media workshop: content! We'll teach you what content pillars are important for your business, how to brainstorm a heap of content ideas, where to find the content, what content is trending, how to organise all your photos and captions, which scheduling tools work best and so, so much more.
After we've brainstormed all of the content, it's time to learn how to make that social media content work really damn hard for your business (and make sure your customers are seeing what you're putting out there), and then we'll build your hashtag library together.
If that isn't mind-blowing enough, we'll then help you understand ways you can engage your target audience on both Instagram and Facebook, by getting them to like, engage and share your content with their followers and friends.
Up last:
Now we're on the home stretch, we'll talk about how to run a scroll-stopping social competition, and how to measure what success looks like for your brand across all your digital channels.
We'll finish up with a light and interactive summary and then point you in the direction of some extra resources, readings, podcasts and webinars to keep you on track to smash your small business social media goals.
Sounds good, right?


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Kansas City barbecue keeps getting better with opening of Olathe's Crazy Good Eats
Chow Town barbecue keeps getting better. Thanks to the phenomenal growth of competition barbecue, winning teams are leaping from contest success to catering, restaurant or food truck fame.
So it is with Steer Crazy, a competition barbecue team. Bruce Lemay, Maggie Lemay, Dan Isbell and Jen Isbell launched Crazy Good Eats catering and now a restaurant after competing and winning at barbecue contests.
Steer Crazy divides tasks based on each team member's strengths. Dan is the pitmaster. Bruce is Dan's assistant, specializing in chicken. Jen, Bruce, Maggie and Dan test each meat for tenderness and taste and offer suggestions. Bruce cuts the meat samples for judges and Maggie is the turn-in box expert. Bruce told me Maggie also has "a great feel for the right tenderness for brisket and burnt ends."
At the restaurant and catering business, Dan is the pitmaster while Bruce and Maggie are responsible for staffing, daily operations, inventory, scheduling and other business details in addition to working in the kitchen.
Like all pitmasters who strive for excellence, Dan constantly works on upping his game by learning from others. His most recent mentors were championship pitmaster Rod Gray of Pellet Envy and American Royal Grand Champion Todd Johns of Plowboys. Bruce and Dan have also taken judging classes to sharpen their competitive edge.
Dan has adapted some tips from Rod and Todd, such as highlighting the natural flavors that happen when smoke and fire meet meat, and tweaked them to create Crazy Good's own signature flavors. Instead of injecting and mopping excessive sweet and/or salty seasonings into and onto the meat, Crazy Good is packed with natural flavors. The burnt ends, for example, taste like they benefit from pit drippings-enhanced au jus, thus marrying flavorful rendered fat and meat juices back into the meat.
Dan developed the two current sauces, Competition Bar-B-Q Sauce and Red Eye Bar-B-Q Sauce. Both balance sweet and sour notes reminiscent of old-time Kansas City vinegar-based sauces. Red Eye's red label signifies hot, but don't expect a palate scorcher; it is gentle. Watch for their new Extra Napkins — a sweet, Kansas City-style thick sauce, coming soon.
Steer Crazy plucked "crazy" from their team name and branded their catering and restaurant operation Crazy Good Eats. They are living up to that crazy good reputation since opening the restaurant less than three months ago.
Crazy Good Eats' baby back ribs, pulled pork, sausage and brisket get high marks on appearance, tenderness and taste, except the appearance of the brisket. From the top it looks perfect. Individual slices, however, look bland, lean and unremarkable. As contest judges have learned, appearance isn't always a good indication of flavor and tenderness. Each bite of Crazy Good Eats' brisket is tender, flavorful and spot-on delicious. The burnt ends pit beans, coleslaw, cornbread and fries are perfect complementary sides.
I look forward to trying the Mad Meatballs appetizer and the creative repertoire of sandwiches.
Leave it to these bold barbecue entrepreneurs bitten by the barbecue bug to open a new joint in Olathe, attracting barbecue lovers along with other heavy hitters such as Joe's Kansas City, Johnny's, Smokin' Joe's and The Rub. Their Heritage Square location is an ideal niche in the sprawling Olathe barbecue market. The decor is cheerful, clean and bright, with a mix of orange and red walls, corrugated metal roofing panels, hanging lights in pickle jars, and a creative logo that catches your eyes when you enter. The setting attracts customers. The barbecue keeps them coming back. Crazy Good Eats is off to a crazy great barbecue restaurant start.
Crazy Good Eats is located at 16695A W. 151st St. in Olathe. Its telephone number is 913-905-2744, and it can be found on the web at http://www.crazygoodeats.com/.
Ardie Davis founded a sauce contest on his backyard patio in 1984 that became the American Royal International Barbecue Sauce, Rub & Baste contest. He is a charter member of the Kansas City Barbeque Society and an inductee into the KCBS Hall of Flame. He has been interviewed on food shows and writes for barbecue-related publications. His most recent release is "America's Best BBQ (Revised Edition)," with chef Paul Kirk.


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There are many companies that have offers for newlyweds going on their honeymoon. For an instance, take a look at something like dhow cruise deals Dubai. This way, you will get to do something you really like a really good rate. Your honeymoon is something you should have a lot of fun at. Therefore, look around before settling for the first things that comes up and decide what you want to do. Pick from your options.
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It is very important that you have a budget prepared for this. It is okay to spend more than you initially think because it is your honeymoon, but at the same time it is important that you do not spend unnecessarily. Look for offers like buy 1 get 1 free where one package will be of no charge. This way, you can save money, stick to the budget and have a good time as well.
Do Not Wait till the Last Minute
It is important that you do not wait till the last minute. If you do this, you might get stuck looking for a place to go. For an instance, if you are getting married during the wedding season, then you will most definitely find it hard to get a good offer at the last minute. Therefore, prior to the wedding look around and book something and keep. If you do not have time tell you travel agent.
Hire a Travel Agent
A travel agent is someone who will be of utmost importance to you at this point. This is because they will know exactly what you need to do and what documents you will need. If you are leaving the country, then they will be able to sort out your visa for you. With your wedding planning these are things that the travel agent can take your mind off. Therefore, hire a good travel agent. If you follow these tips, you will have a good honeymoon.


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Employers across the country are complaining about the impacts of Obamacare on their businesses, with many slashing employees in order to comply with the dictates of the program. Writing teacher Clint Benjamin, who normally works for the Community College of Alleghany County, saw his hours cut thanks to Obamacare. "I've got a kid to raise, bills to pay," he said. Walmart and Red Lobster are reportedly doing the same thing; part time hires have increased, with full time hires slowing.
Thanks to President Obama's politically motivated decision to delay the implementation of Obamacare for employers until after the 2014 elections, many employees are finding themselves on the hook for their own insurance. ""We have heard concerns about the complexity of the requirements and the need for more time to implement them effectively," said Mark Mazur, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. "We recognize that the vast majority of businesses that will need to do this reporting already provide health insurance to their workers, and we want to make sure it is easy for others to do so."
But that won't stop the Obama administration from implementing penalties for individuals who do not have health insurance, allowing Obama the best of both worlds: blaming corporations for not covering health insurance, and drawing additional donations from those corporations for 2014 thanks to this little kickback.
Ben Shapiro is Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News and author of the New York Times bestseller "Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America" (Threshold Editions, January 8, 2013).


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Prison Strike Having Major Financial Impact On California
September 9, 2016 was the start of the largest prison strike in U.S. history. Over 72,000 incarcerated workers in 22 states refused to provide their labor to profit the prison industrial complex. California forces 5,588 incarcerated workers to labor in exchange for little or no compensation.
Another 4,000 earn $2 a day fighting Californian wildfires with inadequate training and equipment.
The prison system in California reaped $207 million in revenue and $58 million in profit from forced labor in 2014-15. Each incarcerated worker in California generates $41,549 annually in revenue for the prison system, or $10,238 in profit.The financial losses to the California prison system were as much as $636,068 in revenue, or $156,736 in profit, for every day of the prison strike.
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Modern Concepts Informed a Springs Renovation
When Glenn Leitch saw the house at 450 Old Stone Highway in Springs, he was smitten. "It was in pretty bad shape then, and most people would have torn it down," Mr. Leitch, an architect, said. "I loved the lines of it. It reminded me of Jackson Pollock's house." A tour of the house with Mr. Leitch and Lynn Stefanelli, his wife, made clear what matters to them: open spaces, sustainability, and mixing old and new. "The whole concept behind this renovation was to create a rustic modern farmhouse," Mr. Leitch said. "Often when people renovate, it looks too clean." The house dates from 1883, and the ground floor originally consisted of three rooms with low ceilings. Although the exterior was not changed, the interior was completely gutted. "You could see right through the lath to the outside," Mr. Leitch recalled. "In fact, I worried that during the rough winter of 2010 the entire structure might lift off in a storm." Because some of the first floor's walls were taken out, Mr. Leitch installed a steel beam to support the second floor. To do so, the house was cut in half from front to back. A new foundation was laid, and the stones from the old one were used as a wall on the front lawn. "The whole idea was sustainability. Everything I took out of the house, I put back in somewhere," Mr. Leitch said. "We repurposed the original studs from the house as door frames. You can see the plaster and lath marks on the wood." The painted floor is the original wooden subfloor of the house, which had been covered in some areas by linoleum, in others by carpeting. The original shelves from the kitchen have been recycled as wainscoting in the master bedroom, while old bead board from the kitchen is now facing on a wall of the guest bedroom. Another source of materials was a nearby 18th-century house, where Mr. Leitch and Ms. Stefanelli stayed for 10 months during construction. "The owner had all this stuff in her yard from her own renovation, and she was happy for me to take things off her hands." The heavy wooden post in the living room, which supports the steel beam, came from her house, as did a sliding barn door in the guest room and closet doors in the master bedroom. Aside from natural wood, there are only two colors in the house — bone white and gray. "No other colors are allowed," he said, half-joking. The new kitchen is sleek. There are no handles on the cabinets, which are faced with white lacquer, as are the dishwasher and refrigerator, so the only visible appliances are the electric induction stovetop and microwave. The staircase to the second floor is original. "Today's code wouldn't allow such a steep rise," Mr. Leitch pointed out. "But I like the way it looks, and a new staircase would have taken up more space." Mr. Leitch opened up the space above the stairs by removing a landing. "I think I'm the only person in the Hamptons who has actually taken space out of a house. I removed 150 square feet. Having the stair open to the windows upstairs creates an atrium." A photographic mural of a birch forest covers the wall adjacent to the stairs. "Most people put art or pictures of their kids alongside the staircase, but you're just walking by, you don't really look at them. This image, which came from National Geographic, takes you up." In a corner of the living room, a fire burns in a pod-like enclosure that looks more like a piece of sculpture than a bio-ethanol fireplace. "It basically burns alcohol," Mr. Leitch explained. "You don't need a flue. A liter of fuel will burn four or five hours, and it's clean and sustainable. Plus, a conventional fireplace can take up a lot of space." In fact, the house is chock-full of space-saving ideas. In the bathrooms, toilet tanks are recessed behind the walls, making the spaces seem less crowded. Mr. Leitch opened up the ceilings in the kitchen and office to admit more light and create a sense of spaciousness. All the doors, including three pairs of French doors, open outside from, rather than into, the rooms. "When the French doors are open during the summer, you feel as if you're outside," he said. Instead of conventional screen doors, which would have presented a challenge, retractable, folding screens disappear into the walls when not in use. The attention to details is striking. A rectangular portion of the ceiling in the master bedroom is exposed to reveal wooden beams. "But, again, surrounding the old beams with the hung ceiling mixes the old and the modern, and allows the mechanicals to be run in the enclosed portion." The entire master bath is waterproof, with an open shower and a pitched floor leading to a drain. The sink and soaking tub are strikingly modern, yet the sink's design is reminiscent of a farmhouse sink, while the oval, freestanding tub echoes a claw-footed tub. The house is full of art and intriguing objects, including paintings by local artists intermingled with such objects as a Berber tent pole from Morocco, a boat paddle from Panama, and woodblocks from Bali, where the couple honeymooned. The furniture, which has been kept to a minimum, ranges from old or distressed to mid-century modern to contemporary. In the office, for example, a white fiberglass chair offsets an old trunk. Mr. Leitch is a partner in Highland Associates, a large firm with offices in New York City and Pennsylvania. While he has done other work on the East End — the Elie Tahari boutique on Main Street in East Hampton, for example — most of his work, both residential and commercial, is in the city. He first came to the East End in his 20s as a renter. "Lynn and I bought a 600-square-foot cottage near Maidstone Park 10 years ago. I turned it into a modern cottage and added a studio. We sold it because I wanted another project." Mr. Leitch praised the work and patience of Tim Sharp, the contractor, and Bill Warn, the carpenter. "It's hard to figure out a guy like me," he said, "since some things have to be absolutely precise, while others don't. They never knew whether I would want something rough or crisp." "Deep down, I'm a modernist," he said. "In fact, my two favorite buildings on the East End are the house Charles Gwathmey designed for his parents on Bluff Road in Amagansett and the new Parrish Art Museum. If I were to build a house, it would be a modern one." Perhaps it will be another project.


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By: Abbey Lipcsik
CININNATTI, Ohio – Due to strong play in the third quarter, the Hiram College men's lacrosse team defeated the Mount Saint Joseph Lions by a final score of 10-8 on Saturday.
At the half, the score was tied 3-3. However, by the end of the third period, the Terriers took a 7-5 lead. Hunter Jenkins and Tim Stucky split the scoring, while Justin Dionne recorded two assists. Nick Rollason also added an assist.
The opening quarter belonged to Mount Saint Joseph. Despite the Terriers outshooting the Lions 10-5, Mt. St. Joseph managed to score two goals, while Hiram remained scoreless.
The Terriers came back in the second quarter. Hiram got on the board at the 11:20 mark when Jenkins connected with Rollason, who shot the ball past the Mt. St. Joseph goalie to give the Terriers their first goal of the match (2-1).
After a second goal by Mt. St. Joseph's Kevin McClanahan, Hiram continued to chip away at the Lion lead. With 6:51 remaining until halftime, Jenkins buried a shot to take the Terriers back to within one of the Lions (3-2). Less than two minutes later, Dionne tacked on another goal to tie the score (3-3). Jenkins was awarded with the assist.
Hiram had opportunities to take the lead in the remaining minutes of the quarter, outshooting Mt. St. Joseph 6-1. However, the Terriers were unable to convert and the score remained tied going into halftime.
The third quarter was the difference. After another goal by the Lions, reigning North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Player of the Week Tim Stucky tallied his first goal of the match, thanks to some help from Rollason. Jenkins then added to the cause, registering his second goal of the game to give Hiram the lead with 11:56 left in the period (5-4). Dionne was given the assist.
The Lions were quick to answer back. 45 seconds later, John Ewing notched a goal for Mt. St. Joseph to once again tie the match (5-5).
Despite the goal, the Terriers continued to hold on to their momentum. Jenkins recorded his third goal of the match at the 10:26 mark to give the lead back to Hiram (6-5). About five minutes later, Dionne fed the ball to Stucky, who then tacked on his second goal of the match to increase the Terrier lead to two (7-5).
Shots were taken on both sides of the field, but the score remained 7-5 going into the final quarter.
Stucky wasted no time at the start of the quarter, tallying his third goal of the match to give Hiram their largest lead of the match (8-5) with 13:24 left in the final period.
The Lions attempted to execute last-minute scoring efforts in the remaining ten minutes. Ewing added a goal to the Mt. St. Joseph score, but Rollason quickly answered back with a goal of his own, which was the result of an assist from Dionne (9-6).
Mt. St. Joseph managed to chip away at the Hiram lead to come back to within one with 4:21 remaining. However, a goal by Ben Neill sealed the deal for Hiram and the Terriers took home the victory.
Jenkins and Stucky led the Terrier offense. Both scored three goals on the day, with two of Jenkins's goals causing two lead changes. Rollason also added a pair of goals.
Dionne was also a key contributor, tallying three assists on the day. He also notched one goal.
The Terriers will next head home to host the Wittenberg Tigers in their conference opener at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 18.


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A few days back, Jeremy Renner let slip that his Hawkeye will be taking Captain America's side in "Captain America: Civil War", but now it appears the full rosters of both, Cap & Iron Man's teams, have been leaked!
It looks like Iron Man, War Machine, Black Widow, Black Panther, and The Vision will be facing off against Captain America, Hawkeye, Sharon Carter, Falcon, Bucky Barnes, and Ant-Man (can you spot him?).
This is an interesting divide in The Avengers, but I like it, so count me on board. I'm also loving that Sharon Carter will apparently be playing a bigger role in this film, standing by Cap! Now that the rosters have been set, we will have to wait to see how this all shakes out when our beloved Avengers split and go toe-to-toe with one another on May 6, 2016!
Source: Mr. Sunday Movies
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1. How I did on last week's goals:
Get up at 5:30 every weekday to work for a couple hours before the peanut wakes up.
Um, nope. Elodie tried AGAIN to get me up. But, again, I sucked. Here's a sample of what our text messages looked like all week:
Elodie's fucking awesome. I'm the worst texter-backer in the history of the world. (Also hop hop hop is a thing my daughter says/does.)
Continue researching for--and add 1k to--RS.
Not a single word in the WIP this week--but I am cutting myself slack because I added 4-5k in my final revision, which took up all of my spare time.
Marketing setup for Truth & Temptation.
Yes! Made lots of headway here. Set up a few things, like my preorder giveaway, and started a numbered outline of what I have left to do. OH, and I revealed the cover! Isn't she pretty??
Revise Truth & Temptation and send it to my final round of betas.
DONE. And I have notes back from all but one. I'll finish the final revision this week and then it's off to copy edits! (Side note: my betas are the fucking best ever. I'd seriously be lost without them.)
Take my daughter someplace fun!
We went to a toy store we'd never been to before--and it was awesome! Plus, more fun in the backyard with water-type toys :) Then my niece spent the night on Saturday night, so they had a ton of fun playing together!
A. Get up at 5:30 M-W to work for a couple hours before the peanut wakes up.
B. Continue researching for--and add 1k to--RS.
C. Send Truth & Temptation to my copy editor.
D. Take my daughter someplace fun!
E. GET A TAN. (We've got a shit ton of fun things coming up, including a beach trip! Unfortunately it's to the Outer Banks where there've been, like, SIX shark attacks in the last two weeks. So much for tossing my daughter in the waves.)
F. Keep up with my shakeology goals & working out.
G. Beta read if needed.
3. A favorite line from my story: This is from a new scene added to Truth & Temptation. My heroine's about to face the disapproval of her company's CEO—who also happens to be the father of the guy she's falling in love with.
I start to slide a finger beneath the high neck of my dress—because it's suddenly itching, and I need a bit more room to breathe—but I stop myself because, no. Fuck that. It's rare that I'm grateful for how much practice I have being a bitch, but in this moment, I've never been happier to have the spine I created.
4. Biggest challenge I faced this week:
I had a lot of revision to do. A lot. So my sole focus was on Truth & Temptation instead of my romantic suspense. I miss the RS—and the next two weeks are going to make it hard to focus on it as well. Sigh.
5. Something I love about my WIP
I can't remember, it's been so long since I've looked at it, ha. But at least I love Truth & Temptation more than ever after these rounds of revision. The story was a hard one for me to write, because my heroine's head is not an easy one to be in, but I think I've done her justice—and the notes I've received from betas have been so, so helpful to push it as far as possible.
Ready. Set. Write! is a summer writing intensive that encourages goal-setting and accountability, and provides an opportunity for us to cheer each other on wherever we're at with our writing projects—planning, drafting, revising, or polishing. ~RSW hosts,
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Illustration of customizing templates
This topic contains a step-by-step illustration of solving a typical design customization task using templates.
Sample template customization: changing a layout of the mini shopping cart
In the Magento basic Blank theme, in the mini shopping cart, products are listed under the Go to Checkout button, like following:
OrangeCo decided they want to change this and display the product list before the Go to Checkout button.
The template responsible for displaying the mini-shopping cart items and controls is
Here is the part of the code OrangeCo worked with:
They created a new Orange theme and copied the
content.html to the theme directory:
In their copy of the templates, they changed the order of the blocks as follows:
When the Orange theme was applied, the mini shopping cart with products looked like the following:


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The "selfless and courageous" efforts of a Dunedin Police officer potentially saved the life of a 15-year-old sailor this morning, after the teen's yacht capsized on Otago Harbour.
Thomas George was sailing from Macandrew Bay past The Gums, on his way to his father's sailing class at the Vauxhall Yacht Club, when his vessel capsized about 9.30am in choppy conditions.
Constable Rhys Davidson was about three hours into his early shift when Dunedin police were alerted by concerned members of the public.
The yacht had capsized about 100m offshore near Portobello and sea conditions were described as rough with large swells. The yacht had its mast stuck in sand, in 5m of water.
Dunedin area commander Inspector Jason Guthrie said Mr Davidson was the first officer at the scene and immediately "sized up the situation" before jumping into the water to help the teen.
He said Mr Davidson had quickly realised that without help, "the young lad was in serious trouble".
"Without sparing a thought for himself, he stripped out of his uniform, and with the aid of a member of the public wearing a wetsuit, immediately swam out to where the 15-year-old-boy was clinging to his upturned craft.
"Thanks to Constable Davidson's selfless and courageous actions, the boy, who had been in the chilly water for almost 30 minutes, was able to be rescued safely without further incident."
Mr Guthrie said it could have been a different story if Mr Davidson had not acted when he did.
"We could just as easily have been dealing with a tragedy ... "
But for Mr Davidson it was just another day on the job and, after a hot shower and cup of coffee, he was back to work.
"I just did what any other cop would do," he said.
"I was confident I would be able to get out to him so just stripped down to my undies and swam out. I explained that I was a police officer and jokingly apologised that I didn't have my notebook with me, but that the rescue boat was on its way.
"I just tried to provide him with some reassurance and keep him talking until the rescue boat arrived."
Thomas George was returned to shore and taken to Dunedin Hospital for a check-up.
He is understood to be receiving treatment for mild hypothermia, police said.
Despite the teen being well prepared with a wetsuit and lifejacket, and despite him being a fairly experienced young sailor, police said the water was cold and so he would have been in serious trouble if he had he been stuck in the water for much longer.
Mr Davidson commended the member of the public, who jumped into the water with him and swam out to the yacht, for his part in the rescue.
Mr Guthrie acknowledged the help of the Coastguard and other members of the public who had assisted in the rescue.
Neil George, Thomas' father, also attended the incident with students from his class in an inflatable speed boat.
"It's what they call a teachable moment," he said.
He said his son was "fine" despite the ordeal.


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A fundamental problem in astronomy is our lack of understanding about the formation and evolution of the Milky Way. Our assumptions on the chain of events featured in its history are contained in models of galactic evolution, simplified descriptions of what we think were the key ingredients at play in defining its structure. Galactic Archaeology aims at reconstructing this history by comparing predictions of these models with observed properties stars, but significant progress is currently stalled by the difficulty in determining reliable stellar properties using standard observations. This project will break this impasse by determining accurate properties of thousands of stars in unexplored regions of the Milky Way using a novel technique called asteroseismology. This new and unique benchmark set of stellar properties will allow us to unveil the physical processes that shaped our Galaxy into what it is today.
Victor Aguirre gives a litte personal background: "The journey of science has taken me to Denmark from Chile via a PhD in Germany and research stays in Portugal and USA. And now, as a scientist at one of the top universities in the world, I face the daily challenge of making sure that my family understands one of the four languages I end up answering to them in our wonderful daily chaos and madness that is the home to our two small children."


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Still Trending: Anklets
A trend that is here to stay and that we LOVE! Especially the newer toe-ring-anklet style. These babies elevate your barefoot beach game and look cool under this season's flat and barely-there sandal trends. Pair your pumps with a delicate anklet for a pretty, subtle upgrade.
- A favorite accessory of celebs like Rihanna, Rachel Roy, Zoe Saldana, Rishida Jones and the Olsen twins.
Here at Bunky Boutique we are excited to carry a collection of anklets from local artist Melissa Zaki. They are dainty, delicate, and oh-so-pretty!!
Check out this At Home Pedicure guide by Real Simple for tips on primping those feet on the cheap!!


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An apocalyptic vision for this production by ground-breaking Glasgow laboratory theatre, Company of Wolves.
A suite of eight posters and postcards for National Poetry Day, commissioned by the Scottish Poetry Library. I used collage and repeating patterns to illustrate extracts from each of the poems, and a bright, off-beat colour palette which links the designs together.
One of eight postcards, this one features the poem 'Letter' by Hugh McMillan, hence the postmark-waves.
Concert poster for a mash-up of Frank Zappa, Astor Piazzola, Martin Kershaw and others, performed by Mr McFall's Chamber.
The theme of this concert was 'island life', and seaweed was a prevalent image in several of the poems set to music. The expressive, often macabre forms of seaweed were a delight to draw. Pen and ink drawing has a scratchiness and energy about it that is given depth here by the sea-like gradient in the background.
Production by Magnetic North Theatre. The photograph is Pett Level, East Sussex by Fay Godwin; with such a striking image I kept the design quite minimal, but drenched the sky with colour to make a dramatic backdrop for the title on the horizon line.
Tour postcard for the Edinburgh Festival production at the Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
Migrating swallows and a dynamic network of connections promote this project that was all about journeys and collaborations, involving musicians from China, Ghana and Chile.
Poster for 'a journey through sleep and wakefulness through a Garden at twilight'. The garden was the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and the exquisite musical-theatrical journey through it was devised by Dee Isaacs and The University of Edinburgh's Music in the Community. I created a collage to evoke the last scene in the journey, where the children finally fall asleep.
A series of eight illustrated cards for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The cards were created to introduce visitors to its new community and education hub, Botanic Cottage, and tap into the vintage appeal of gardening with heritage varieties and old-school tips.
One of eight illustrated cards, this one is about growing heritage varieties.
Strong typography, subtle colour and a pared back layout to support the austere drama of this production; original photo by Brian Hartley


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Last weekend I went to the PIKOM Digital Lifestyle Expo 2010 at KL Convention Centre. I almost wanted to buy the Macbook Air but I managed to hold myself and decided to think about it thoroughly.
I bought this cute mouse for only RM19 that comes with a year warranty. Since I don't have any laptop and only use my sisters', so I've decided to use it at my office. It's so pretty and light. Loving it!
I bumped into an MP3 player that shapes like a Mickey Mouse. So tiny and cute! Comes in different colours such as pink, blue, white and green. It's about RM 99 for 1GB. It also comes with 2GB storage.


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Crime - Sacto 911
Manhunt ends with arrest of suspect in string of robberies or attempted holdups
A man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of robbery or attempted robbery at four businesses in El Dorado County.
Tristan Matthias Roberts, 25, was arrested on suspicion of assault on a deputy. He is also suspected in the robbery of Sutter Creek Market on June 27, the robbery of the Cold Springs Country Club on July 4, the attempted robbery of Happy Hour Liquor on July 7 and the attempted robbery of Holiday Market on Monday.
Hours after the attempted robbery at the Holiday Market on Pleasant Valley Road, a deputy tried to speak with Roberts because he matched the description of the robber. A struggle began and Roberts escaped in his vehicle.
On Wednesday, a search for Roberts was conducted in the area around Luneman Road. However, that was not successful in finding Roberts.
Then, on Thursday, a witness reported someone matching Roberts' description near Luneman and Springvale roads. Deputies responded and took him into custody.
Bill Lindelof: 916-321-1079, @Lindelofnews


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10 types of people that were at the MTN Marathon
There's only one person in Uganda who didn't know about the 2015 MTN Kampala Marathon. Edith and I are in the same Whatsapp group where members started dropping selfies of the marathon as they progressed on Sunday morning.
Edith came out of "kamoli" and asked, "Which marathon is this?"
I also stepped out of the "kamoli" and replied her, "Edith please go away, back to where you


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When we're traveling, we love to meet locals. We love to chat with them, to listen to their stories, their lives, their worries, their dreams. But in some areas, it is a bit difficult to have a conversation because of language barriers. This was the case in the Indonesian octopus-shaped island of Sulawesi, our home after an amazing time in Raja Ampat. The moment we got off the plane in Makassar, we knew we were in trouble. The locals barely spoke any English. It was difficult to even order food; we always had Google translate next to us. And imagine I was thinking of finding out more about Islam in Indonesia.
When bananas are not called bananas
The funniest was when I asked Vlad to go get some bananas. I wasn't feeling that great so I waited for him in our cozy room in Makassar. It was pretty late in the evening, but we thought that it would be easy to find some bananas. He came after an hour empty-handed. He said that the street sellers had closed and that in the supermarket they shrugged their shoulders. The next day we went for a walk and obviously spotted bananas at the first fruit seller on the street. We asked how much the bananas were, but got a smile in return. I pointed to the bananas and the seller said "Pisang, pisang!". That's when we realized! They didn't understand us asking for bananas. We hadn't used the magic word of pisang; that is banana in Bahasa.
The climax was when my iPhone broke, the screen shattered to pieces. So we decided to get it fixed at an electronics mall. It was so difficult to talk to the sellers and ask them for what we needed. Google translate is not always accurate and we were on the verge of losing hope. But all of a sudden, a young lady saved us. She looked at our desperate faces and asked in a beautiful English if we needed any help. She was our knight in shiny armor. So she talked and even negotiated for us to fix my screen.
Finally getting to know a Makassareese
While my phone was under repairs, we started talking to her. We found out that she was from Makassar, her name was Irma and that she was a student. I was so happy that we finally got to meet a local with good English. Unfortunately, we were in a hurry as we were leaving Sulawesi and didn't have enough time to chat. But we exchanged emails and chatted a lot afterward. We had long chats about life, about traveling, and, most importantly, about religion. I love talking and debating about religion. And while heading to Sulawesi I hoped to find out more about Islam in Indonesia.
Some while ago I started studying a bit about all religions, to be able to make a comparison between them. Islam fascinated me because while I was reading about it I realized how many misconceptions there are about it. How wrong a lot of people are for judging Islam as being a violent religion. We need to learn to make a distinction between a religion and its followers. And Irma was my first real interaction with a Muslim woman from Indonesia. So I wanted to see her point of view on some aspects related to Islam in Indonesia. Here is what we talked about:
But who is Irma?
I asked Irma to tell you a bit about herself before getting to our questions and answers about Islam and Islam in Indonesia. And this is who Irma is:
"If you are familiar with the hurricane, you will easily remember my name. My name is Irma Zavitri. But you can call me Irma, Vitri or Zavi, or maybe Ir/Vit. That's the way we use nicknames here in Indonesia. Currently, I am a student. I am studying for my bachelor degree in International Law and for my master degree in English Language Studies. Many people are telling me that I am wasting my time or that I am insane to do two majors at the same time.
However, I believe that every choice has its own advantages and disadvantages. And yes, I spend a lot of money (thank God that I have a scholarship for my Master degree) but I think it is worth it. I believe that by studying I can have more friends, a lot of stories that can broaden my knowledge and my understanding of the human being, the world, life in general. Moreover, if I can manage to pursue my studies to a higher level I will be able to travel more. This translates into meeting new people, new stories, new lessons and thus make my life more alive and happy. My motto is love freely, live simply and pray daily."
Talking about Islam
1. What does Islam mean to you?
Islam is a way of living. Islam teaches and guides me on what best to do and don't.
And there is always a logical reason behind it.
2. How do you practice Islam in Indonesia, your home country? What are the main guidelines which you follow in your daily life?
Hmm, I try to practice Islam as best as I can. I follow the Qur'an and the practice of Prophet Muhammad. I also follow the Five Pillars of Islam (the five obligations that every Muslim must satisfy in order to live a good and responsible life): Syahadah (reciting the Muslim profession of faith), shalat/prayer (five times a day), charity, fasting, and pilgrimage to Ka'bah (Hajj).
3. Talking about fasting, how can you manage to abstain yourself during the entire period of fasting? How do you deal with temptations?
There are a couple of reasons behind it. We trust the words of God through Muhammad in the Holy Qu'ran saying that there will be a reward for those who are fasting. And fasting also teaches us not to eat so much since it is not good for our health. It is about a physical benefit as well.
From fasting, we also learn to be grateful and feel empathy towards poor people. Because we know there are many people out there that cannot afford food. Furthermore, fasting is a training to control ourselves from wrongdoing. In the fasting month, we should also give more to charity because it is considered to be the best month.
4. How do you see the relation between Islam and the other predominant religions of the world?
I believe that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are derived from the same teaching, that is the oneness of God (Tauhid), brought by the prophets (the messengers of God). The next messenger comes because there is a misconception in the previous religion.
For example, Jews always believe that they are the chosen race which actually is not valid anymore since they betrayed their agreement with God. The Christians believe that Jesus (Isa Al-Masih) is the son of God. This is something which we Muslims believe is a misconception created by the Church and the believers. Because of this misconception, Muhammad came and taught us to practice the true religion, Islam. The essence of Islam is the oneness of God. In Islam, Jesus (Isa Al-Masih) is the messenger of God similar to Moses and Muhammad.
5. As is the case for Christianity, Islam is divided between several sects. What is your opinion on the numerous conflicts that arise between Muslims belonging to different sects?
The issue with the different sects started even from the era of Prophet Muhammad so if it still happens in today's context, it is normal. It happens because different people have different perceptions about religion and of course a different way of thinking. Conflicts arise when each people believe that they are the righteous ones. And from this, there is only a short step to violence and to using the Holy Qur'an and Muhammad to legitimate their actions.
But yes, this is one world issue that I am also concerned about.
6. How can an "outsider" perceive Islam as a peaceful religion when there are so many conflicts even among its own adherents?
Oh, yes, you can say that again!
Peaceful here means if we all would really practice the Qu'ran and teachings of Muhammad. I believe that if more Muslims would practice Islam in the way Muhammad taught us how to, we would live in harmony in peace. I believe this is the responsibility of young Muslims nowadays, to spread the truth about Islam as a peaceful religion.
7. I know that as a Muslim you are expected to give money to charity. Is this something that nowadays all Muslims do? Can you choose where to direct the money?
Yes. All Muslims should do that. It is one of the five pillars of Islam (giving to charity).
We have various kinds of charity, we call them zakat, sedekah, hibah etc. They can be in the form of money or things (food, clothes, public facilities etc). We can send it through an institution (a private or a governmental institution) or through individuals.
Some charities have their own rigid amount/number/and calculation and so we need to give as such. But some others charities are quite flexible.
8. I assume you are aware that nowadays a lot of people associate Islam with terrorism. If you were given the chance to contradict them, what would your arguments be?
A lot of arguments are presented by the profound Islamic scholars about the terrorism issue.
But one thing that I do believe is that the prophet Muhammad was a very kind-hearted person. There a lot of stories in history books even written by non-Muslim authors, that tell so and that have nothing in common with the present terrorism.
9. Have you ever been the victim of religious discriminating acts? Could you give me an example that you feel it was the worst?
Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God)! Never so far!
10. A lot of people don't know that wearing the hijab is not something mandatory and it reflects the woman's choice of doing so. Why do you choose to wear it? What does wearing it mean to you?
Because I feel comfortable and safe when I wear it. For me, wearing the hijab actually means respect and dignity. You can still work and go outside with the hijab. I believe it is also about identifying ourselves as Muslim women and be proud of it.
11. Furthermore, people tend to think that Muslim women are not allowed to do anything, are not allowed to be involved in the public life, to have a job, to be educated etc. Why do you think that this misconception is so widespread?
Because, unfortunately, people tend to see the wrong examples. I feel sad about it because even in the Qu'ran we have two special surat (chapters) about women. This means that women are considered to have an important role. These are Chapter Annisa and Maryam. Some verses in the Qu'ran also state that people are not differentiated by race, sex, but only by taqwa (obedience to God).
12. Based on the Islam in Indonesia, are you allowed to marry freely? Can you marry a person that is not a Muslim?
Oh, yes for sure we are allowed to marry freely, without any oppression.
Literally speaking, I can't marry Non-Muslims, but there might be certain cases where an exception can be made. We have to consider it very carefully and thoroughly.
13. Being an Indonesian, are there any particularities of Islam in Indonesia?
Islam in Indonesia is called Islam Nusantara.
It is a moderate and democratic form of Islam.
14. Would you say that Islam in Indonesia is different than the Islamic faith practiced in other countries/regions?
Yes, Islam in Indonesia has different practices than other countries such as the ones in the Middle East or even the neighboring Malaysia and Brunei. Even if Islam is the major religion in Indonesia, the country does also accept other religious practices. I consider that we are more varied and flexible in the way we interpret and practice the religion here.
15. The last one – as a Muslim woman, do you feel that the world should do more in order to combat Islamophobia?
Of course! We Muslims also hate terrorism and totally disapprove it. But we need to work hand in hand in order to fight this. Islamophobia is definitely not the right way.
Violence, massive killings are not what our religion really teaches and it is not the message of the Prophet. Yes, we accept war for defense. But it has rules and for sure it has nothing to do with how the terrorists act nowadays.


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Floor technician at the Nissan Parts Re-distribution Warehouse located off of HWY 840 at the Couchville Pike Exit (EXIT 67). As a Warehouse Associate, you must be a self-starter who is hardworking, highly motivated and able to work under little supervision. We have recently raised our wage rate to $14.50/hr for day shift and $15.25/hr on the off shifts. You must be an excellent communicator who is able to follow directions efficiently and provide feedback in a timely manner. You must have some basic computer skills. We are a highly customer focused organization; as a result, overtime is required to meet business needs.
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- Inventory Control includes cycle counts, inventory moves and accountability for all warehouse inventory accuracy.
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- Maintain Accuracy and productivity standards.
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- Hard working with the ability to stay focused, pay attention to detail
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A couple summers ago, I led a mission trip to Nicaragua.
As a part of the nightly teaching, we led the students in an exercise to hone their sharing of their testimony. It wasn't long before I realized that students had no idea how to share their story.
16-year-old kids would be five minutes into their stories and still at "And then I started elementary school…"
It's understandable.
You think, "So many things have happened in my life. I don't know what to leave out." It all seems important, so you say everything that crosses your mind, and chase every rabbit you can.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
Team Impact has a framework we use for sharing our faith, and we call it a "Testiminute."
Team Leader Shonn Keels coined the term, "Testaminute" and the idea is simple: share your entire testimony in three short minutes.
Here's how it breaks down:
- 1 minute on life before Christ
- 1 minute on what made you choose to follow Him
- 1 minute on life since then
When you keep your story to 3 minutes or less, you can tell it to anyone, anywhere, at anytime. (Click to Tweet)
1) 1 Minute on Life Before Christ
In one minute or less, share what life was like before you met Christ -- describe what kind of home you grew up in, or a significant event in your life.
Even though lots of important details could be shared, it doesn't mean they're relevant. Only share what's going to matter in why/how you came to know Christ.
A couple examples might be:
Story #1: You grew up in the church, but your faith wasn't your own. You were in church, but not necessarily in Christ.
Story #2: You had an experience that drove you away from God: your parents divorced, or you suffered abuse, and you held that against "god" for not preventing it. As a result, you wanted nothing to do with "god."
Story #3: You grew up in a family or an environment in which you didn't have much, if any, exposure to God
2) 1 Minute on What Made You Choose to Follow Him
In minute two, articulate what happened that made you decide to go all in on Christ.
Was it a specific moment?
A journey of several conversations?
Whatever it was, in this minute share why you made the choice to "repent of your previous life, confess Christ crucified and resurrected, and dedicate your life to the way of Christ.
Perhaps it was something like this:
Story #1: Something happened that made you choose faith for yourself. That is to say, something made the story of Christ (that you'd heard all your life) finally sink in. It became your faith and not your family's faith.
Story #2: Something happened that brought redemption to the wound you believed God caused. Through counseling, or conversation, you came to realize that you couldn't change the past, but God could change your future, and you stepped into his healing arms.
Story #3: Something happened that allowed you to encounter God. You met new friends at freshman orientation, and later found out they were Christians; stumbled into a Team Impact meeting or a church (more by accident than anything) and next thing you know, you're responding to the Gospel.
Whatever the scenario, this is the moment (or process through which) you realized that God had done for you what you couldn't do for yourself.
3) 1 Minute on Life Since Then
In minute three, wrap up by talking about life since then. This is your chance to "put a bow on it."
Consider what you've said -- specifically in your first minute -- and bring resolution to that.
For example:
Story #1: Though you grew up surrounded by your family's faith, you are now living out your own faith. You're far from perfect, but now you make daily choices to live out your faith.
Story #2: Though your life was once defined by hurt and brokenness, Now you're living in the restoration. What once was a wound, is now a source of new life, and healing.
Story #3: Though you grew up not knowing about "god," you now know, and are known by, the Living God!
As you end, be up front that you're journeying. You haven't figured it all out, but you're striving to grow in love and be a faithful disciple of Jesus.
Your "Testaminute" will work in any setting: on a plane, over dinner, or wherever. (Click to Tweet)
It's short enough to be socially acceptable, yet it still conveys the amazing message of redemption in your life.
Grab a couple friends and share your "Testaminutes" with one another. Time each other, and give positive feedback.
Even practice how you might transition into sharing your "Testaminute" in different conversations. This will help you become more comfortable sharing.
After all, the point of a story is to be told....right?
This post was written by Team Impact's Lead Evangelist, Stephen Mackey. When Mackey isn't speaking in schools and churches around the world, he's hanging out with his wife and two kiddos in Dallas, TX.
To connect with Mackey, send him an email or shoot him a tweet...he's mildly addicted to communicating in 140 characters or less :)


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Some days are just so damn sweet you don't know where to point the camera. We got a little bit of rain, so we went deep into the forest, then as it cleared, we came out to see the sun peek through. Something tells me the sun shines on these guys a lot. Mads and Nick were both so gracious and lovely. They make everyone around them feel so looked after. They're good people.
I loved their response to the sneek peak I sent them:
"Tony this is absolutely amazing, we are speechless, you have a fantastic talent, we are thrilled with them, thank you for sending them so fast!" - Mads
"Huge Tony, Huge! Thanks a million" - Nick
Flowers - @prunellaflowers
Dress - @marianahardwick
Suits - @twelvetailors
Venue - @conventgallery
Hair and Makeup - @cassandra.de.bruin