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Shopping for groceries is sometimes a hassle and can get quite expensive, especially with a family of 5. Want 50 ways to save money on your grocery bill? Find out here…..
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Love and Presents – The gift of giving1 12 2006
It is the Christmas season and that day is drawing near. How do you share with your child the gift of giving? Giving is the best part of any holiday. To see my kids or any other kids faces light up when they receive something special is amazing and it makes my hear melt. I love seeing kids so happy. The best gift in this world is the love and closeness that you provide. Toys and such are just material thing and you can give them anytime, but love is what is always here and not that many kids get enough of it. I teach my children to love unconditionally. No matter what race, gender, or nationality. We are all the same on the inside.
Here is an article I found. Please read and share your comments.
Love and Presents
Posted by Robert Needlman, M.D.
on Wed, Nov 29, 2006, 1:14 pm PST
Here in the world's richest country, we often confuse material things for love. "I give him everything," a frustrated mother complains, "New shoes, videogames, his own TV. You'd think he'd at least show me respect!"
Of course, love and consumer goods are related. Most parents work hard to earn money. They want their children to have more than they did. They sacrifice so that their children can have better lives.
The problem is, most children don't connect the things parents buy with the labor that pays for them. Children have more, but our culture — and television in particular — teaches them that more is never enough. Having more does not guarantee that a child feels loved.
For more on Love and Presents – The gift of giving, read full article here
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How Parents Can Choose the Proper Little League Coach for Their Child22 11 2006
Another great article! Since I am a mom of an 8 year old boy who dreams of playing professional baseball when he's older, I thought I would provide this link to a great article.
Before parents just sign their kids up for little league, they need to do some research on the coach. Little league could negatively or positively impact a son or daughter and most of the time the initial impact is made by the coach. Imagine your ten year old trying to stretch a single into a double and unfortunately they get thrown out. You would expect the child to receive encouragement from his coach for good hustle and aggressive behavior, but what if, they didn't. What if, instead of congratulating the athlete for his or her efforts, the coach starts yelling and screaming at the ten year old for poor judgment. How can you as parents spot a good coach from a bad coach? Parents want their kids to have a great experience and learn that sports are meant to teach. So what are the characteristics in a coach that a parent should be looking for? Is it the team that always wins or the coach that plays everyone? Well, the real question should be: what coach will be best for my kid? Most professionals suggest that when looking for a coach you should look for one: that is going to be positive, that knows the limitations of little leaguers, that is going to educate their players about the game, that respects the athletes individuality and shows they care for them as a person, and one that will create an enjoyable experience for the kids.
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Your baby at 7 months3 11 2006
My daughter will be 7 months old in a week, so I thought I would share with you a guideline on how she should be developing. Every baby is different so I do not rely on these but it is nice to see what she has mastered and should be learning. I got this article from www.babyzone.com
Physical Development
Sitting becomes a favorite pastime for babies in their seventh month. Most babies can now sit unsupported — although keep those cushions nearby in case she topples!
When your child sees an interesting object out of reach, she may try to get it. Lunging forward from a sitting position is a very important movement. In time, as she continues lunging, she may pivot up onto her knees for an extra long stretch. She'll learn that she can hold herself up on all fours. She may rock back and forth with this new position, practicing for the next big movement: crawling.
Crawling in itself is not a milestone, seeing an out-of-reach object and figuring out how to get it is a milestone. Some babies creep on their bellies, some crawl, others scoot on their bottoms. Some babies skip this stage altogether and start pulling up to a stand and walking. But your baby is probably very content right now to sit and observe the interesting sights around her. Enjoy this time, because she will soon be in constant motion.
This is a good time for you to start thinking about safety. Look at your home carefully. Start covering electrical plugs, encasing cords for blinds and draperies, and removing breakable or sharp objects from coffee tables and other places where baby will be able to reach.
Consider spots in the home, which might require a gate — definitely at the top and bottom of stairs! It's important that baby has a safe space to explore, because for the next months that will be her job: to check out and investigate every nook and cranny in your home.
There is a continuum for how active and inquisitive babies can be during this stage. Some parents have reported barely child proofing the home for one child and then doing a major child proofing overhaul for the next.
If you have a very active child who is almost crawling, you may consider having a safety expert come to your home and point out potential dangers. If your baby seems content sitting and not as interested in learning how to crawl, you may still have some time.
Bath Time
By now, baby is probably too big for the infant tub, but wet baby bodies are slippery, and placing baby directly in the tub may be frightening for parents. You may want to use a bath seat, a small seat with suction cups on the bottom that attaches to the floor of tub, especially now that baby enjoys sitting. Often these seats swivel and have seat belts and toy bars. They offer a helpful to introduce baby to the big tub.
Additionally, there are devices on the market designed to minimize drowning risks; these items help maintain shallower bathing depths while recirculating clean bath water at a temperature comfortable for baby.
Just remember, whether baby is in an infant tub, a seat, sitting on her own in the tub, or even in a tub with a shallow-water device, you should never turn away from your child in the tub — not even for a second. It takes very little time and very little water for disaster. Enough said.
Another fun way to handle bath time with your child is to join her in the tub. She will feel secure with you right there, and you can both relax and enjoy the water (and the bath toys!)
Bath time is a great time to connect with baby after a long day. Test the water with your elbow, a part of your anatomy that is more sensitive to temperature than your hands. Have your supplies ready: towel, washcloth, cleanser, shampoo, and anything else you need. Take baby out of the water carefully, but quickly cover her in a fluffy towel and dry off. Often, it is not the water that bothers babies who don't seem to like the bath, but being wet and cold.
There are, of course, great toys for the bath, ones that squirt water or soft sponges in the shapes of animals. Plastic cups for baby to stack, fill with water and pour are winners. And no baby's bath is complete without a rubber ducky.
Stranger Anxiety
Sometime between six and twelve months, your baby may show the first signs of being wary of strangers. She can now clearly distinguish between people she knows and people she doesn't. It is a normal phase and affects children in varying degrees.
You play a very important role in helping her deal with strangers. First, you never have to apologize to anyone for her reactions. Her response is not an indicator of insecurity or a reflection of your parenting skills. Instead, talk to your baby about the stranger. "This is your uncle Peter. He has heard a lot about you. He looks very happy to meet you." Your baby will accept the stranger must faster if she can feel your own acceptance. If you like this person, then maybe he is okay.
From the safety of your arms, baby will watch the stranger's face and listen to the tone of the conversation between you and the mysterious, new person. Give her the space to become more comfortable. If your baby is more sensitive to strangers, it may not be a good idea to hand her over to the new person to be held. In time, she will warm up and engage the stranger in her own individual way.
Separation Anxiety
Also, around this time, baby may seem to have a harder time separating from you. Separation anxiety can appear anytime after six months, but usually peaks closer to twelve months.
Separating from baby is a huge milestone for parents, too. If baby is upset or clinging, it can be heart breaking. This raises questions for parents such as "Is my baby insecure?" "Is she too dependent?" "Why can't she trust others?" "Am I a bad parent for leaving her?" Hard as it may be, try not to worry. This is a normal stage in her development, and there are specific strategies that you can use to help you and baby separate more easily.
Leave her with a caregiver that you and she know and trust. Stranger and separation anxiety often go hand in hand. Spend some time with this caregiver together, so she can feel your own trust in this person.
Communicate to the caregiver about the specific ways to support your baby. Does she have a special blanket? Does she use a pacifier? What is her napping schedule? How does she like to be held? Does she have special words to signify special objects?
If you are separating from her regularly, try to establish a routine. Children thrive in predictable, responsive environments. If they know what comes next, they feel safe.
Always, even if baby is happily playing, say goodbye. Tell her that you will be back and you want her to have a good time with _____ (name of caregiver). Drawn out goodbyes are hard on everyone. Be confident! Your baby will have a much easier time if she knows you feel good about leaving with the caregiver.
Here is the link just in case you want to find out more on the month of your child
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New SIDS information2 11 2006
There is a new study linking sids to a brain deformity and not the way your child sleeps.
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — In a small study with big implications, researchers found some of the strongest evidence yet that sudden infant death syndrome — a medical and sometimes legal mystery once known as crib death — may be caused by brain stem abnormalities.
The finding "takes the mystery away from SIDS," said Marian Willinger, a SIDS researcher at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which funded the study. "It should take the guilt away from any parent who has lost a baby because they always wonder, `What did I do wrong?' Now, they need to really understand, `My baby had a disease."'
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What is your parenting style?24 10 2006
I was searching to find out what other types of parenting styles work for other parents and I can acroos a few articles that I thought that might interest you….Take a look and enjoy!
What is attachment parenting? The term, "attachment parenting", was conceived by pediatrician William Sears and his wife Martha, to describe a highly responsive, attentive style of caring for a child. Attachment parenting promotes physical and emotional closeness between parent and child through what the Sears refer to as the "Baby Bs." The Baby Bs are bonding, breastfeeding, babywearing, bedsharing and boundary building.
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Four Parenting Styles
Indulgent parents (also referred to as "permissive" or "nondirective") "are more responsive than they are demanding. They are nontraditional and lenient, do not require mature behavior, allow considerable self-regulation, and avoid confrontation" (Baumrind, 1991, p. 62). Indulgent parents may be further divided into two types: democratic parents, who, though lenient, are more conscientious, engaged, and committed to the child, and nondirective parents.
Authoritarian parents are highly demanding and directive, but not responsive. "They are obedience- and status-oriented, and expect their orders to be obeyed without explanation" (Baumrind, 1991, p. 62). These parents provide well-ordered and structured environments with clearly stated rules. Authoritarian parents can be divided into two types: nonauthoritarian-directive, who are directive, but not intrusive or autocratic in their use of power, and authoritarian-directive, who are highly intrusive.
Authoritative parents are both demanding and responsive. "They monitor and impart clear standards for their children's conduct. They are assertive, but not intrusive and restrictive. Their disciplinary methods are supportive, rather than punitive. They want their children to be assertive as well as socially responsible, and self-regulated as well as cooperative" (Baumrind, 1991, p. 62).
Uninvolved parents are low in both responsiveness and demandingness. In extreme cases, this parenting style might encompass both rejecting–neglecting and neglectful parents, although most parents of this type fall within the normal range.
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If You Think You Understand Sales, Then This Might Change Your Mind
Lean meat where all the fat has been trimmed and then cut into strips which are dried with an aim of preventing it from spoiling is referred to as beef jerky. Salt has to be added to the lean meat when making beef jerky so as to prevent the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria on the meat that can make it go bad. Drying of the now salted meat is done under low temperatures which usually takes time. There are modern methods used in making beef jerky which involve marinating the beef slices where they are soaked in a seasoned liquid or a spice rub. The slices after being marinated is then dried or can also be smoked to remove water with the use of low-temperature heat. The final product that is achieved is usually ready to eat without need of any further preparation and it usually has a salty taste. The beef jerky if being stored for a long period do not necessarily require any chemical preservative necessary as the low moisture content reduces growth of microorganisms that can cause spoilage.
Use of high quality ingredients having a special presentation and are of high sophistication where the beef is marinated in some delicious blend of savory spices and also follow unique recipes is used in making gourmet beef jerky. Gourmet beef jerky is prepared by first removing all the fat on the beef since the fat does not dry and once it's not dry, it provides a breeding ground for bacterial microorganisms which spoil the beef jerky. Drying of the meat should be done as soon as possible to limit spoilage and low temperatures are used so that the meat does not cook and also to avoid over drying which makes it become brittle. Drying is mostly done in ovens which have low temperatures and fast drying takes place where the fast-moving air in the oven together with low heat increases the drying rate to just a few hours to the desired moisture content. Gourmet beef jerky slices which have been seasoned in marinade take much time to dry since the marinade increases the moisture content as compared to those that have been salted taking lesser time.
Once the gourmet beef jerky have been dried to the right moisture and cooled, they a packed in plastic bags that have been flushed with nitrogen gas or else the packs can be vacuumed to remove oxygen. Small pouches of oxygen absorbers can be packed together with gourmet beef jerky to prevent any oxidation of fat. The low moisture and fat content in gourmet beef jerky makes them to have a high protein content and low carbohydrate content. Gourmet beef jerky neither have gluten nor nitrites as natural preservatives are used in the preservation. A sticky and sweet goodness of gourmet beef jerky is there since sugar is a major ingredient in their making.
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Tze n Looking Glass
(renamed TO ensemble as of Oct 2015)
"Music reminds us of the Simple, Beautiful Things in Life we have Forgotten"
Inspired by the story of Alice in Wonderland, I created the Looking Glass ensemble to explore the idea of music being a wonderland full of magical journeys and adventures. To me each piece of music created was a special, unique world of its own . The fact that music for me was a constant journey of self discovery and pursuit of new ideas, dreaming up the at times impossible / unimaginable inspired me to create music for an ensemble, to share and bring others along on this never-ending fascinating journey.
I see music as always two sides of the mirror - firstly a reflection of our humanity, who and what we are and secondly a portal (think sequel to Alice in wonderland - Through the Looking Glass!) to our dreams, infinite possibilities. It is a name that encompasses a philosophy for music I truly believe in and an ideal I am forever led by.
The concept of wonderland being a colourful, place full of life, interesting characters is a constant source of inspiration for me - the music is not just a playground where we explore, have fun, meet others like-minded, but in the context of Singapore, a true cultural melting pot, a gateway of sorts between East and West. Tze n Looking Glass is an ensemble where musicians from different musical traditions / backgrounds come together in friendship with a common love for music, to explore possibilities and create/ go on new journeys together.
The music is often inspired by life, mythology and technological progress and evolution of human society. It can be loosely described as a fusion of film score, jazz, Chinese/Indian music, European classical music; much of it is also inspired by Anime/video game soundtracks and orchestral scores.
The ensemble brings together musicians from jazz, classical, Chinese, carnatic (south Indian) music backgrounds and from different parts of the world, and all walks of life. We have musicians from Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, Austria, Hong Kong, China, India, Malaysia, Vietnam and other countries, from students, music graduates, music enthusiast expats working here to semi-professional and professional musicians, who are renowned soloists.
Tze Toh
Music Director/Composer
Tze n Looking Glass orchestra/ensemble


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Working papers
Accounting Fundamentals and Systematic Risk: Corporate Failure over the Business Cycle, with Maria Ogneva and Joseph D. Piotroski, June 2019.
Non-answers during Conference Calls, Ian D. Gow and David F. Larcker, January 2019.
Information versus Investment , with Stephen J. Terry and Toni M. Whited, November 2018.
CEO Personality and Firm Policies with Ian D. Gow, Steven N. Kaplan, and David F. Larcker, July 2016.
Published papers
How Common Are Intentional GAAP Violations? Estimates from a Dynamic Model | Online Appendix | Data and Code. Journal of Accounting Research. 56(1). March 2018. (Lead article)
Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls, with David F. Larcker. Journal of Accounting Research. 50(2). May 2012.


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Grand Rounds Recap - 12/18/14/
Morbidity and Mortality Learning Points with Dr. Stull
1. Should Post-ROSC patients get cardiac cath?
- Cardiac arrest patients who have STEMI on EKG after ROSC tend to have good outcomes (overall survival and intact neurologic survival) if they get cath'ed.
- According to latest Australian study (all patients with ROSC from OHCA, not STEMI) OR for overall survival is 2.77 and OR 2.2 for good neurologic outcome
- VT/VF cardiac arrest patients who do not have a STEMI on EKG: improved survival and likelihood of good neurologic outcomes if cath'ed within 24 hours.
- Our cardiology department wants all post-ROSC VF/VT patients to have cath lab activation. All other post-ROSC cases, call cardiology to discuss need for cath lab
- All post-ROSC STEMI should go to cath lab no matter what their neuro status is
2. Thrombolytics in STEMI
- PCI center: door to balloon goal is < 90 minutes
- Non PCI site: transfer with target door to balloon < 120 minutes
- If cannot have door-to-balloon < 120 min, need thrombolytics (goal within 30 minutes)
- Tenecteplase is preferred in STEMI: 1 time bolus over 5-10 seconds, weight-based dosing
3. Beta Blockers in STEMI
- Oral BB should be given within 24 hours: significant mortality difference. Level IB recommendation
- IIa: reasonable to give IV BB if the pt has a STEMI and no contraindications
- Contraindications: age > 70, SBP < 120, sinus tach > 110, bradycardia < 60 and prolonged symptoms (> 12 hours)
- The higher the number of risk factors, the higher the risk of death
Other STEMI interventions:
- ASA: NNT 42 to prevent 1 death
- Plavix in cath lab: NNT 27 to prevent 1 MI/CVA, NNH 114 to cause major bleeding
- Integrillin: does not change patient centered outcomes, but does decrease need for repeat cath
- Thrombolytics: NNT 43 to prevent 1 death
- Mediterranean diet: NNT 30 to prevent mortality
- Older patients, women and diabetic with STEMI are more likely to present atypically
- Door to EKG standard nationally is < 5 minutes
4. Sepsis in Neutropenic Patients
- Cefepime is the first antibiotic that should be given (meropenem if allergic)
- Pseudomonas is usually the predominant bug
- May be different at different institutions, base decision on your local antibiogram
- Per heme-onc, all neutropenic patients (ANC < 500) with SIRS, regardless of fever, should be treated with cefepime
- Caveat: antibiotic choice is very institution specific, so check with your shop when you leave UC
- Pay attention to diastolic BP
- Pulse pressure = SBP - DBP
- Wide Pulse pressure = large drop in DBP
- Low SVR: sepsis, neurogenic shock, anaphylaxis, adrenal insufficiency
- Narrow pulse pressure = large drop in SBP
- Decreased cardiac output: cardiogenic shock, obstructgive shock, hypovolemia
5. PRES: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
- Autoregulatory failure of cerebral vasculature and endothelial dysfunction
- No clear diagnostic criteria
- HTN: Diastolic blood pressure is more important than systolic
- Neurologic syndrome: HA, visual symptoms (especially hallucinations), confusion, seizures (usually presenting symptom)
- Parieto-occipital white matter edema (MRI more sensitive)
- Treatment
- Antihypertensives: nicardipine vs labetalol. Goal to reduce BP by 10-20%
- Antiepileptic: phenytoin, benzo if actively seizing
- Caveat: not always posterior or reversible
- Difficult diagnosis to make, especially in ED. If considering PRES, admit to step down status
6. Scleroderma Renal Crisis
- Risk factors: rapid progression of early disease, steroid use
- Diagnosis: AKI, HTN (diastolic), encephalopathy, proteinuria, anemia (consumptive), pericardial effusion
- Treatment: ACE inhibitor
7. UTI/Bacteriuria in pregnancy
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy needs to be treated regardless of symptoms: macrobid 100 mg BID for 5 days
- Send a urine culture
- Pyelonephritis in pregnancy = 56 fold increase in sepsis
- Should be admitted
- 1.3 fold risk of low birth weight infants and prematuriy
Liver Disease and SBP with Dr. Lagasse
SBP is the most common complication of ascites with 6 month survival of 31%
- 30% of patients with ascites will have SBP
Pathophysiology of liver disease: hepatocyte death due to toxin or injury
- In chronic liver disease there is repeated scarring that disrupts normal liver parenchyma: nodular regeneration and congestion due to portal hypertension
- Liver failure: loss of metabolic and synthetic function
Pathophysiology of ascites:
- Increased portal pressure drives fluid out of blood vessels
- Decrease in albumin production
- Na retention through RAS system
Pathophysiology of SBP: translocation of normal gut flora across bowel wall
- Due to bowel wall edema and poor immunologic function
SBP features
- Diffuse abdominal pain
- Consider SBP in all cases of new onset ascites or in ascites + another symptom
Paracentesis is diagnostic: cell count, glucose, protein, gram stain and culture
- Consider also getting albumin, LDH, cytology, tumor markers
Criteria for diagnosis: need just 1
- Neutrophils > 250
- Positive gram stain or culture
Treatment: target E.Coli, proteus, Strep pneumo, enterococcus, anaerobes
- Recurrence: based on prior culture
- New onset: Rocephin, cefotaxime, Zosyn, Unasyn, ticarcillin
Rocephin does not cover pseudomonas
Give albumin if removing > 5 L of ascites
SBP + Cr > 1 should receive albumin, as it will improve their renal function
FFP or platelets prior to paracentesis? Not recommended
- No clear cut offs for when you should transfuse prophylactically
Antibiotic prophylaxis should be given to cirrhotic patients who have upper gI bleeding
SBP prophylaxis in patients with ascites without GI bleeding: improves outcomes
- PO fluoroquinolones
- Patient's more likely to have resistant and aggressive bacteria if they develop SBP
Non-Inferiority Studies with Dr. Doerning
Ethically this is more acceptable if there is a proven standard of care
There are 3 possible study designs for comparing 2 groups:
- Superiority: goal is to prove that the experimental group is better
- Equivalence: experimental group equivalent
- Non-inferiority: experimental group is not worse
Failure to show a difference does not mean equivalence
Nonsignificance does not mean 2 treatments are equal
Equivalence: usually used to compare generic drug to brand name drug
- Goal is to show absence of meaningful difference
- There is no test available that can show that 2 tests/drugs/interventions are equal
Non-inferiority (NI) studies are useful when:
- It is not ethical to do a placebo control study because there is a proven therapy
- Experimental group is not expected to be better than control on primary outcome of interest, but may have benefit in secondary outcome
Non inferiority margin: difference between control in NI trial and placebo in original trial
- Equivalence and non inferiority depend on a priori margins, it is important to know how margins are defined
- If your NI study is showing a benefit, you cannot actually report positive result because a priori you were looking for no difference
- Control drug used in NI trial should be widely used with established efficacy in superiority trials
- Non-Inferiority trial should be similar in design to original superiority trial in terms of sample size, confidence interval and randomization
Ultrasound M&M with Pattie Smith, RDMS
Early pregnancy US
- Goals: Is there an IUP? Is there free fluid?
- IUP = gestational sac + yolk sac/fetal pole
- Want full bladder on transabdominal and empty bladder for transvaginal scan
- Always prescan transabdominally
- - determine lie of uterus
- - is the bladder full or empty?
- - patient may be far enough along and you will not need a TV
- - need to clearly see cervix in order to confirm that pregnancy is inside the uterus
- Interstitial/cornual (at intersection of tube and uterus) ectopic pregnancy can be confused with IUP
- Looks like an IUP at the very edge of the uterus
- If unsure, measure myometrial stripe - needs to be at least 6 mm
- Do not anchor on the first thing you see, if you see a fetus with cardiac activity, keep looking to make sure it is inside the uterus
- Nabothian cysts: normal finding. Looks like small fluid pockets in the cervix and can be confused with IUP -> need to see the yolk sac!
- Zooming is generally not helpful as it degrades the image
- Zoom is helpful if you see an embryo/yolk sac to look for cardiac activity
Pericardial fluid: on subxyphoid view will be between liver and heart; parasternal fluid will be posterior to heart
- If you are unsure on cardiac view, try doing a subxyphoid view with probe oriented longitudinally
RUQ view: must see both superior and inferior poles of kidney and inferior tip of the liver
LUQ view: need to see the spleen/diaphragm space as fluid will frequently collect there
- Ruptured spleen may have a falsely negative FAST as blood clots and will look similar to spleen parenchyma
Bladder view: should do both longitudinal and transverse views, but longitudinal is more sensitive
- Posterior acoustic enhancement from fluid-filled bladder may lead to false negative: turn down the gain
FAST should not be a definitive study to rule out intra-peritoneal hemorrhage: CT vs serial FAST vs serial H/H vs serial abdominal exam
When blood clots, it looks grey and can cause you to call a FAST falsely negative


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We welcome applications from students who have earned bachelor's degrees in accredited institutions. The majority of our applicants major in physics in their undergraduate education, but some obtain their degrees in related fields such as electrical engineering or mathematics. The department has on occasion admitted interested students who focused on social sciences or even humanities as undergraduates.
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- Applicants should arrange to have Graduate Record Examination test scores sent to the NC State Graduate School. In special circumstances, the Physics Admission Committee may relax this requirement if requested to do so. The physics subject test is strongly recommended. Candidates with complete test scores (including the physics subject test) generally have an increased likelihood of acceptance into the graduate program.
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While a visit at this time is preferable, students who wish to schedule a personalized visit should contact the Graduate Programs Office to set up the visit and indicate if they would like to emphasize one specific area of physics in their laboratory and office visits with our faculty. With a faculty of 43 and a day that can incorporate only a handful of visits, only a cross-section of our faculty can meet with each prospective student. The Graduate Programs Office can tailor a prospective student's visit around one or two specific areas (such as nanotechnology, optics, computational physics, materials physics, nuclear physics or astrophysics) or schedule a tour that provides a broad sampling of many of our research areas.
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Director John English receives German Order of Merit
Director John English was awarded Germany's top honour for his work in promoting German language and culture throughout his career. The award was presented by Walter Stechel, the consul general of Germany, at a ceremony held at Trinity College on June 12.
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, called the Bundesverdienstkreuz, honours both Germans and foreigners in all areas of endeavour. Similar to the Order of Canada, this award represents the highest tribute Germany pays for services to the nation in political, economic, social or intellectual fields.


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What does 'security' really mean to your organization? Some of us think of guards and alarm systems, while others think of computers and firewalls. All are correct, but time has quickly leap-frogged over the more traditional connotations of security in today's business environment ' and some of us are not keeping up. To define security, we must ask, 'What is being protected?' In our fast-paced, network-centric, Y2K-crazed world, we must look at security in terms of corporate survivability. We are protecting our organization's ability to keep the doors open for business. So when we are relying on a critical component within our organization, how do we complete our mission if that facility or technology or information is inaccessible for a period of time? Separate plans to protect the physical and information assets of an organization are no longer enough. Today's successful and cutting-edge companies are realizing that a complete security plan is
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Job Description
I am currently seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join one of the fastest growing businesses in Harrogate, they have been established for 6 years.
The company has now grown significantly and have now become a market leading service provider, they about to go through another large period of growth in 2019, and as a consequence, are now looking to recruit a Finance Manager that will report directly to the Finance Director.
The role will head up a team of 4 in Finance, and take overall responsibility for managing one of their key clients. The Finance Manager will have responsibility to ensure the accuracy and delivery of all aspects of client reporting and client contract requirements, as well as helping to support the business through its imminent and future growth.
The position will require an approach to continuous improvement. The job holder will be expected to harness a working environment which encourages team work, energy and creativity.
Key duties of the role will include:
- To ensure the monthly management accounts are processed and submitted within the agreed reporting deadlines.
- To ensure the Balance sheet lead schedules are processed and submitted within the agreed reporting deadlines.
- To ensure client cash flow forecasts are prepared and submitted within the agreed reporting deadlines.
- To review Financial data for accuracy, correctness and Completeness.
- To ensure Standard operating procedures and controls are maintained.
- Management of client queries within the agreed communication protocols.
- To attend and lead any Client meetings from a Finance perspective and complete any actions arising.
- To lead in the mobilisation & demobilisation of properties within agreed deadlines.
- To ensure Statutory returns are completed by the required deadlines, e.g. Deposit Protection, VAT
- Review and sign off on client Property Budgets and present to the client.
- To ensure compliance with client contract requirements.
- To assist with the Client's Annual Statutory Audits.
- Support on ad-hoc tasks and reporting.
- To support the company in its growth.
- To develop, maximise potential, and set the team's personal objectives and ensure regular 1-2-1's.
- To support and maintain best practice in regards to GDPR
- To keep up to date with industry initiatives to enable best practice to be adopted at all times.
The successful candidate will:
- Be ACCA/CIMA/ACA Qualified, or Qualified by experience - Essential
- Have exceptional communication and client management skills - Essential
- Have a minimum of 2 years previous experience managing or supervising a team - Essential
- Have strong financial, analytical modelling and problem-solving skills - Essential
The business can offer:
- Fantastic career progression opportunity with a fast growing business
- Newly created role
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Free onsite parking
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Get Stirred Up
Beth Jones
"The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]." James 5:16 AMPC
Do you need to get stirred up about prayer again? Feel like you're just going through the motions or making a "check" on your to-do list?
Prayer isn't supposed to be boring or something you dread; it's supposed to be a heart-felt, faith-filled conversation with God Almighty! So, here's a simple way to get fired up about prayer again. Ask yourself these questions:
- What topic or desire is front and center in your heart?
- What does your heart long for?
- If God would do anything for you, what does your heart want to see heaven do?
- What does your heart feel compassion towards?
Is your heart moved with compassion for someone facing surgery; for a lost son or daughter; for kids of divorce; for the salvation of your husband or wife; for a real revival in America; for young girls caught in the sex-trade; for those who don't know who they are in Christ; for the military men and women; for the homeless, for those addicted to drugs, gambling or pornography; for those in Hollywood, those in government, those who have lost their jobs or those in your neighborhood?
It's easy to pray "heartfelt" prayers when we identify who and what God has put in our hearts! Next, take some time to see what God has said and promised us in His Word about those things…and then pray accordingly. Pray "earnest, heartfelt and continued" prayers for God's will to be done and you will see tremendous power being made available by God Almighty!
Say This: "Father, thank You for stirring up my prayer life today! I ask You to help me locate the desires You have placed in my heart and help me to pray according to Your Word about these things. I am so glad that prayer is not a boring ritual, but a heartfelt conversation with You! Thank You for the tremendous power that will be made available as I pray! In Jesus' Name. Amen."


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Michael Reid Trice is the Associate Executive for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Michael's portfolio includes hermeneutic consideration of the current status of ecumenical affairs. He is responsible for overseeing the reception and implementation of ecumenical developments within the ELCA and its ecumenical and interfaith partners in the United States and around the globe. He serves on the Faith and Order Commission for the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and participates on the Lutheran-Moravian Coordinating Committee and other ecumenical bodies.
Michael earned a M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School and a M.Th. from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He recently completed his dissertation at Loyola University in Chicago, in an exchange program with the Evangelische Fakultät at Ludwig-Maximillian-University in Munich, Germany. Michael has also studied at the Institute for Theology and Peace in Hamburg, Germany.
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7:00 p.m.: Public Lecture "Cruelty in the Mind of God", CFL Recital Hall, reception following
Thursday, November 2
9:50-10:20 a.m.: Available for conversation at Shadow Block reception before Daily Chapel in lobby of CFL
12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch with DIAKONOS students
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Joel McInnes
Joel is an experienced entrepreneur and business leader with 15 years of experience in investment banking and financial services. Most recently he was the Head of Equity Derivatives Trading at Citigroup for Australia and New Zealand. He was previously the Founder and CEO of IIT Capital, a start-up proprietary trading firm. Joel is an advocate for flexible work because it lowers the barriers to enter the labour market - by removing the impediments that would otherwise exclude large parts of our community from accessing these opportunities. Joel believes meaningful work is a fundamental human right - it makes us feel as if we belong in our community and that we contribute to it. Working flexibly enables Joel to maintain a better connection with his kids. They're still at an age when they like Dad hanging around (and we all know this phase won't last long!) Joel has signed up for his first ultra-marathon at the start of 2019. With a passion for endurance sports, Joel loves a good challenge.
Marko Njavro
Marko brings 12 years of experience in Investment Banking with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in Sydney. Most recently he oversaw Morgan Stanley's Equity Trading Business for Australia. Marko holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Newcastle and a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University. During his MBA studies he developed a keen interest in entrepreneurial projects with a social dimension. Marko embraces flexible work arrangements by working 3 days in the office per week to stay close to the team and brainstorm new ideas. The two days working from home save travel time, allowing Marko to focus on various admin and operational tasks.
Paula Billington
Chief Operating Officer
Paula has 18+ years of experience bringing together technology and a delightful customer experience in both start-ups and large public companies. She spent 8 years in Silicon Valley and is a seasoned SaaS Customer Success & Operations executive specialising in rapid growth environments. Paula is a proven change agent and experienced leader with a solid background in designing, scaling and deploying operational infrastructure and award-winning customer experiences, as well as leading highly successful customer facing & operations teams. Paula is passionate about changing the current landscape of workplace expectations to support equality and flexibility. You will find Paula spending time with her kids, snowboarding, surfing, wakeboarding, or at the beach…pretty much anywhere there's board or water activities!
Brett Pozniak
Chief Technology Officer
Brett has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry in Australia, where his focus has been on Project Management, Product Development and IT Operations. In 1999, Brett was a founding member of an organisation that developed the first Cloud provider of the hosted desktop in Australia to the SME market place. He has recently focused on new Product Research and Development which enable him to provide best of breed technology advice to start ups and enterprise businesses. Brett has had a lifelong love affair with snow skiing, the Sydney Swans and long-distance swimming. Brett recently conquered the Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra – and surprisingly loved every minute of it! Brett embraces working flexibly to allow him to better manage a team that works in different time zones and to also be the best father and husband.
Ariane Virtue
Partner - FlexReady Consulting
Ariane Virtue is one of Australia's most prominent thought leaders in the area of flexible work design and implementation. An innovative talent and leadership advisory expert with over twenty years of experience across a variety of industries in APAC, heading Talent & Leadership Risk advisory teams in top ASX listed companies, to deliver complex talent issues. She specialises in developing and executing talent strategies to optimise the causal link between talent acquisition and business strategy realisation through her extensive experience in executive search, M&A due diligence, succession planning and D&I management. The pioneer of the idea of separating best practice flexible work theory from best practice work design, her passion is partnering with organisations who regard talent as their strategic focus to drive their strategic goals. Utilising her depth of knowledge & talent experience Ariane is constantly excited to be able to make a difference and aligning with the purpose of our organisation works flexibly. Connect with Ariane to see how flexible work solutions might best fit with your organisation.
David Shirley
Head of Consulting
David Shirley is an expert in the optimisation of technology in flexible work design. He sees the 'right' technology choices as an enabler for employees to unlock their productive potential. David has over 30 years' experience globally in the technology industry. His career has taken him from Sydney to New York and San Francisco. David has worked across a variety of industries and large corporates facilitating training, conducting workshops and executive coaching - in particular, the last 20 years he has focused on delivering training in both technical and business areas. He combines his passion for technology with the key disciplines of time management. He is an advocate for utilising the best technology has to offer to find innovative ways of getting things done. Having eight aunties, a mother, a sister, a wife and three daughters, having an impact in changing the way careers work is close to his heart. Connect with David to see how technology in flexible work design might be best applied across your business to unlock the productive capacity of your workforce.
Georgiana Williams
Senior Client Manager
Georgiana is an experienced technology relationship manager with over 20 years of partnering with enterprise customers in recruitment, IT services, telecommunications, fintech, sales and media software. Her passion for people - who they are and what makes them tick, motivates her to help clients identify the right solutions solving those problems that keeps them awake at night. She is a strong believer that success is achieved when you focus on true transparency and partnership – the world is very small! During her time working closely with Australia's largest global HR teams at LinkedIn, Georgiana found a consistent challenge of hiring talented people who were trying to balance work and life. Having twin 3 year old boys and an 8 year old girl means that working with companies, changing the way careers work is very close to her heart.
Michael Tan
Head of Growth
Michael is a digital marketing professional who loves helping start-ups scale and grow. There're only two other things he loves watching grow, and that's his daughters! Michael's data driven approach combined with his strong background in building and leading innovative marketing organisations allow him to deliver strong business performance. In his spare time Michael is constantly finding new hobbies to obsess over. His current addictions are woodwork, life drawing and growing a herb garden.
Elle Green
Head of Brand & Marketing
Elle has over 15 years' experience in the marketing and advertising industry, creating both corporate and employer brands. That experience has led to a personal passion to help organisations build sustainable, humanised brands, with their employees at the heart. Layer that with six years working with LinkedIn's global clients on their professional talent strategies and you have a digitally savvy, content-driven, authentic story-teller, who wants to help people find careers that help them be the best version of their professional selves. Whether you're a parent, a hobbyist, an entrepreneur, a student or a travel enthusiast, if you're measured on agreed outcomes, rather than how much time your bum spends on an office chair, then you should be able to contribute to business success. On that note, I'm off to whiteboard how to to build a LEGO car with my favourite smallest human.
Rachel MacDonald
Senior Customer Success Manager
Rachel started her recruitment career at the turn of the millennium, in the agency world back in New Zealand. Since then she has worked across all spectrums of the industry from in-house talent teams to job-board and online social recruitment both in Australia and London. With two young girls and the recent third addition to her tribe, Rachel is determined to show them that you can be an active mother and still build on your career, so when FlexCareers came into her life, she was excited to not only be a strong role-model for her children, but to help shape a strong diverse workforce for Australia's future.
Amanda Steiger
Digital Marketing Senior Consultant
With 6 years' experience in the professional services industry, combined with a background in Digital Marketing and Talent Acquisition she loves bringing brands to life through digital storytelling. She is passionate about creating digital marketing campaigns that bring together best practice, insights and innovative ideas in order to meet and exceed our client and business needs. Amanda is happiest when she is in or near the water, at Pilates or playing with her cheeky toddler.
Alice Antonov
Marketing Associate
Since graduating in 2015, Alice has worked both agency and client side with experience in a range of industries including: science, sports, and finance. With a background in digital marketing she has worked extensively with content, social media, events, search engine marketing, graphic design, blogging, copywriting, email, trade shows, technical writing, and market research. Alice is our go-to marketing rock star always willing to give anything a go. Alice loves a good book, knitting, star gazing, travelling and being at the beach.
Hedgie Gundry
PR & Communications Manager
Hedgie has over 20 years' diverse public relations, corporate communications and content strategy experience gained from agency and in-house roles in London and Sydney. She has worked with a wide variety of brands large and small including numerous corporates, entrepreneurs and not-for-profits. Hedgie now specialises in communications strategy and content creation in her expert areas of recruitment, leadership and careers. A busy mum of two cheeky small humans, Hedgie understands only too well the need for a flexible working world to allow people to fulfil their true potential.


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Much About Mokja Korean Eatery
Jeremy's rating: ★★★★☆
Korean food feels as if it was perfectly made for me — I love pickled vegetables, vinegar, and spice, so what's not to love? However, I'm slightly torn about Mokja. I'm giving it a rounded up four stars. The bimbimbap was very standard; however, the small plates and cocktails were amazing — as was the BBQ pork Jen ordered.
Jen's rating: ★★★★☆
I've never been the biggest fan of Korean flavors, mainly the pickled vegetables, but Mokja is close to changing my mind. With great happy hours (soju, anyone?), large tables for groups, and flavorful dishes (their BBQ dishes, I'm drooling thinking about them again), you can't lose with their savory meat dishes, especially the BBQ.
The other day, Jeremy and I spent an entire hour of our Saturday morning debating where we wanted to go for lunch (I've been boycotting the term "brunch" lately). Our indecisiveness got so bad that we forced ourselves to leave our apartment and decide on the go. After determining that we weren't craving any of our usual favorites, Mokja suddenly came out of Jeremy's mouth and it was an immediate agreement as a lightbulb lit up above both of our heads.
We decided to sit in their summer outdoor seating, despite the light rainfall, as they had a large canopy to keep us dry. As per every meal at Mokja, they started us off with some pickled Korean appetizers (including kimchi and radishes), which Jeremy devoured within seconds (after photos of course). I'm not the biggest fan of the pickled taste so I sat out for those. However, I did throw my entire self into their clear miso soup, which eased us into the meal with lighter flavors.
I splurged on their Pork Belly BBQ dish (which ended up making for an incredible lunch the next day as well). The pork belly, topped with sesame seeds and scallions, was super tender and moist with the right amount of spicy without being too spicy. This was the showstopper.
Jeremy opted for the classic bibimbap with squid as his protein choice. The veggies were super, super fresh; the squid was spicy and perfectly tender (not too chewy). Pro Tip: Be sure to add the tangy red sauce served on the side for just the perfect amount of flavor (a little lacking without it). Otherwise, it hits the standard qualifications for a good bibimbap, but it was nothing mind-blowing.
Tip: This is a good place to ask the staff for suggestions if you're stuck on what to order.
Oh, and of course we can't end this post without talking about their Korean Fried Chicken Wings (that soy garlic flavoring is a winner). They're really good, super crispy, and still perfectly moist and tender; they are a good plate to share when eating with larger groups.


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GLOBALISATION is not a new phenomenon but remains a hot topic. Executives with strong international experience will enjoy increasingly distinct advantages as the world becomes more integrated and the economy more globalised. How, then, can they make the most of their diverse backgrounds?
Take Gloria, who led the China marketing team for a multinational beverage company. She was searching for a more challenging role that would offer greater management experience and more responsibility.
It was clear from her resumé that her international experience would serve her well in a more senior role, but she needed to know how to convince potential employers of this. As a middle manager, how could she step up to senior management level?
Review your skill sets
Gloria is a Hong Kong native, brought up in a bilingual environment with university education in Australia and work experience in Singapore and Shanghai. She has the multilingual skills and multicultural exposure that are important assets for developing a career in multinational companies.
China was growing in importance for her European managers, so her role as a capable leader with solid marketing skills and her ability to move between eastern and western cultures became more significant. She was able to communicate effectively with the European management and her colleagues and team members on the mainland.
Gloria is much more than just a "cultural interpreter". She has a profound understanding of her company's European culture and leadership, in addition to sound insights into the China market, including why and how the leadership can adapt to the Chinese perspective.
This enabled her to play a crucial counselling role on corporate strategies to senior management. This capability gave her a head start among other department heads in her pursuit of a more senior position.
Knowledge of cultural sensitivities
One example of her value to the company was her critical and timely advice to the senior management to avoid a global corporate-wide marketing initiative which, due to cultural differences that senior management was not fully aware of, may have backfired on the mainland.
In critical instances such as this, Gloria had demonstrated that her strategic and bold advice helped to ensure seamless integration and cultural adaptation, which are crucial for multinationals to successfully develop global markets.
She also maintained an objectivity and sensitivity to all cultures and perspectives in the corporation, and helped senior management avoid favouritism towards certain markets, practices and staff members that would have otherwise stirred up internal conflicts and jeopardised business.
These qualities make her a great asset for any multinational seeking local success. She also has an amiable and popular personality in a corporation made up of people from different backgrounds, which enabled her to build productive working relationships on all fronts.
Count your contributions
Using these strengths, Gloria built her portfolio, citing her critical and strategic advice to senior management and her important role in ensuring the effective development of the China market. As a result, she convinced senior management of her ability to contribute further to the corporation at a time when the world's eyes are on the China market.
Gloria is now at the core of the corporation's decision-making body, second only to the CEO. Her experience shows that executives with solid professional skills can benefit tremendously if they possess international exposure and strong understanding of local and international markets.
More importantly, they need to position themselves as global executives and use their cross-cultural expertise, which is crucial to creating win-win situations for companies and their own career advancement.


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Perhaps the most difficult challenge IT crews face today is making sure their organization is protected from hackers. There are more connected devices today than ever before, and therefore more points of access that need to be defended against cyber-attacks. Not every company can field its own cyber-security team, and not every IT guy is a PKI expert, nor should they have to be. The most common attacks are actually pretty simple to execute, and so are their countermeasures. Read: Reducing the Risk of Phishing Attacks: It's About Time
The following sections describe three of the most common cyber-attacks a website will encounter, how to protect against them, and some industry best practices that even the newest IT guy working for the smallest company can put into practice.
Common Cyber Attacks
SQL Injection Attacks
SQL injection attacks are when a user slips an SQL query or command into submission forms on your website. This allows them to bypass the website and manipulate, alter, or interact with the database directly. In a worst-case scenario, a hacker might use SQL commands to get the database to reply with stored login and password information of your organization's users, or to elevate their own user privileges.
The countermeasure here is to always use parameterized queries so that a hacker can't simply slip a SQL command into a normal database query. It's a fairly straightforward fix, and most languages provide for its implementation.
XSS Attacks
Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks are similar to SQL injection, in that the hacker is putting a line of code where it doesn't belong. This time, JavaScript is used, and they put the code in the comments section of your website/blog/video/etc. Then, when other users load the page and read the comments, the line of script in the comments executes, and usually does something malicious like stealing the login cookie.
There are two big countermeasures for this kind of attack: how your site is coded, and Content Security Policies (CSP). CSPs are headers you can incorporate that limit what JavaScript on the page is executed. As for the web development, it's similar to defending against SQL injection; focus on "functions which explicitly make the changes you're looking for, or use functions in your templating tool that automatically do appropriate escaping, rather than concatenating strings or setting raw HTML content" (Gerber).
File Upload Attacks
Similar to the previous two examples, file upload attacks try to sneak in executable code, or overwrite an existing file with the same name, by uploading a file and submitting it. Overwriting a file can disrupt the functionality of your website, or vandalize it. Uploading an image that contains PHP commands can be even worse.
Defending against these attacks requires several different tactics and best practices, all of which seek to vet the incoming files and images to check for anything malicious. None are foolproof, but following these guidelines drastically reduces the risk to your organization.
Industry Best Practices
Password Practices
It goes without saying that you should be using secure passwords, and while every security expert will recommend it, there's no real agreement as to how to achieve them (though some compelling arguments have been made). But as an organization with users who likely have profiles on your site, you also have the other half of the equation to worry about; what you do to protect the information of your users also matters. Here are some password best practices:
- Encrypt all stored user passwords, preferably with a secure hash algorithm (SHA) to make them irretrievable; for maximum security, use unique salts and peppers.
- Don't store the user's login and password, or other sensitive information, in the cookies.
- Don't enforce password requirements on your users, as this only makes guessing the password easier by eliminating choices from a dictionary attack.
- Recommend the use of a password manager (with a secure master password) to your organization to minimize the risk of password cracking.
HTTP is on the way out, especially since Google is taking steps to eliminate it. Hosting your entire site on HTTPS is one of the best ways to protect your organization, your users, and your reputation from hackers. Implement it using TLS v1.2 for the strongest security.
If you're already on HTTPS, you need to double-check that you're implementing it effectively to avoid problems like the external use of test certificates. Many organizations are using HTTPS in ways or with protocols that are easy to defeat. Make sure yours isn't one of them.
More best practices
- Use a web application firewall to help fend off attacks via the many web applications your organization uses.
- Use both browser-side and server-side validation of forms, inputs, uploads, etc.
- Avoid giving too much information away in error messages; keep the detailed error logs to yourself and only give the user what they need.
With just a little bit of effort and industry know-how, you can implement these essential practices and significantly increase your website's security.
For an invaluable look into how the Best-in-Class successfully protect their email and websites against phishing attacks, check out this comprehensive research report by Aberdeen's Derek Brink.
Danielle Adams is a freelance writer who writes for a variety of publications, including Venafi.


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This mega-issue features ALL of our standard series:Interview with FRENCH STAR ARTIST -- CREON!
New APPLE BLACK by Whyt Manga
New BOI by Luqman and Austin
New BULLY EATER by Raymond Brown
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How Mexico City's Unique Geology Makes Deadly Earthquakes Even Worse
Each year, Mexico City commemorates the anniversary of its devastating 1985 tremblor by holding a series of evacuation tests. This annual rite both honors the 10,000 people who lost their lives in that disaster and prepares the city's current residents for the next natural disaster. But yesterday, soon after business had resumed, central Mexico was rocked by a real—and deadly—7.1-magnitude earthquake.
As buildings began to sway, crowds poured into the streets. In videos posted to Youtube and Twitter, many structures seemed to disintegrate under the vibrations. At least 200 people died, according to the Associated Press and other news outlets.
Unfortunately, Tuesday's tremblor is just the latest chapter in Mexico's long and tragic history of earthquakes. Two weeks ago, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake—the strongest in a century—jolted southern Mexico, killing nearly 100 people. What many don't realize is that there's a simple reason behind this region's propensity for cataclysms: The geology of Mexico—and particularly that of Mexico City—makes it a perfect storm for seismic catastrophe.
These latest quakes were caused by the movement of tectonic plates, the pieces of Earth's crust that move and jostle against each other. Mexico sits atop a complicated juncture of tectonic plates, which have been engaged in a slow-motion collision for over a million years. As these plates scrape against one another, tension builds until they reach a breaking point—which is when an earthquake strikes. The sudden release of energy causes seismic waves to radiate out from the epicenter.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, who tracks earthquake activity worldwide, over the last century there have been roughly 19 other earthquakes over 6.5 magnitude within just 155 miles of the epicenter of the latest quake. Hundreds more have shaken the thousands of miles that make up the country's coastline, many topping eight on the equivalent Richter scale.
This latest quake was centered on a region where the Cocos tectonic plate, which sits beneath the Pacific Ocean, is slowly being shoved beneath the continental North American plate. This movement is causing extreme tensions as the slab is rammed into the Earth.
It gets worse. Mexico City, the country's densely-populated capital, is even more susceptible to earthquakes than the rest of the country. This holds true even if the epicenter of the quake is positioned far from the city's boundaries, which was the case for both this latest earthquake (which originated nearly 100 miles southeast of Mexico City in the state of Puebla), and the 1985 earthquake (whose epicenter was some 200 miles from the capital).
Though the fact that these quakes occurred on the same day 32 years apart is purely coincidence, their dramatic impact on the capital is not. The reason: Ancient sediments that underlie the city trap and magnify the vibrations that ripple through the region.


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Connectivity matters to business. Ahead of Monday's budget, we have written to the Chancellor calling for transport investment funding to be protected with long-term, stable budgets for the regions.
This year, the National Infrastructure Assessment recommended an additional £43 billion transport investment in the regions outside London. This would encourage business investment and would be a positive move towards the long-term economic prosperity of the UK.
You can read the full letter in the Evening Standard here and in the Manchester Evening News here.


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Category Archives: Training
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The girls came out again. After seeing the colt, "Hopper", they once again helped handle Bee-Bay… Advertisements
Granddaughters meet B-B
We do a modified version of imprint training that works for us. With that, the girls' joined me outside with GG and Bee-Bay.
Driving Pics – Way Back News – Dec 2011
A statement in Driving Mini Horses posted by Target's Mom on 14 December 2011 – "It seems that a lot of people are "lurking" here so I thought it might be helpful to post some driving photos with a bit … Continue reading
Introducing the Bit
Posted 30 December 2016 – 04:53 PM – PintoPalLover I"m going to be introducing the bit to my 2 1/2 year old filly soon and just was wondering if you all had any 'Do's & don't's' or tips for bridling … Continue reading
Forum – Beginner Driving ?s
Posted 06 October 2016 – 12:38 PM – KLJcowgirl: Hello again. I started my mini driving this summer, I've driven horses before, but have never trained one to do it. She's doing pretty well, but just when I think she's … Continue reading
Round Pens – my opinion
You (someone I was talking to) mentioned not having a round pen.
?s – Keeping Stallions – 2
and MM responded to my posts and several others with a bit more background – 1 August 2016 –
?s – Keeping Stallions – 1
I commonly frequent several Forums on Miniature Horses and Ponies and a few on horses as well. Recently – there was a post asking questions about stallions. I wanted to post not only the gentleman's questions, but how I responded … Continue reading
Water Worx! "Jynx" #1
So – "Jynx" was also introduced to water.
Water Worx! – Chylly #2
Again, wrote this up in another spot and wanted it hear in my news as well.. Just a little late.


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Monday, June 6, 2011
What, the Price of Entertainment?
I often wonder what people consider to be entertainment. I realize that some like to attend loud, head banging, thump pounding, visceral engaging heavy metal concerts, while others prefer the soothing sounds of subdued hymnal rhythms, which delicately caress the ear and soul.
I know a guy who has jumped out of a perfectly good airplane 26 times. Yes, that's right this guy has made the death defying plunge more times than I can count on my fingers and toes combined. I'd call him an adrenaline junkie.
Or, how about my gal pal Linda, who someday plans to hike the whole Appalachian Trail? She has quite a bit of it already covered. But when asked to partake in this version of outdoor entertainment, my response was "Don't expect me to join you for any overnight camping trips. I much prefer my bed to be bug and wildlife free". She just laughed.
Seriously though, it is a wonderfully rewarding human opportunity which allows us to have a choice, an option to consider and then decide to or not to do that, whichever it is we want to do. It is the rational decision we humans have, to choose what we consider fun and how we want to spend our days and nights being entertained.
But here is where I implore readers to think before they decide to attend an event which exploits and abuses for the mere sake of degrading entertainment. I truly believe there is no definable reason that inhumanity should be allowed to visit our community or have a place to grand stand its definition of enjoyment, for the sake of mere existence.
What I mean by all of this is, what price, exactly; would you pay to be entertained? Does it matter that suffering ensues? Can you sit back, eat popcorn, cotton candy all the while laughing at clowns under a big top, while waiting for once wild, now captive, exotic animals which are being subjected to living in un-natural conditions, like metal barred, wood bottomed moveable prisons perched on top of heat scorched asphalt to be dragged out of these cages and show up on queue? Can you block out National Geographic images of African Serengeti Plains roaming elephants, nurturing their young while living long healthy existences in family pods of twenty or more and wait for Rosie the two ton elephant, wearing her bejeweled head gear and belly scarf to come barreling into center ring? (Oh and by the way, a typical female in the wild should weigh about four to five tons). Does it matter that tigers probably fear fire but are physically manipulated to endure daily encounters of it under a trainers whip, all the while balancing on a brightly painted wooden stool?
Can you sit in an audience amongst other unassuming ticket holders and witness the occasional bull hook plunging into thick, yet sensitive skin of a terrified (or worse yet, drugged) exotic and once proud elephant? Can you? Doesn't it matter that our young and impressionable children are misguided to believe that this is how animals should be treated and that they are are even encouraged to witness such tragedies? Shouldn't we, the consumer and humanitarian make a better choice than to encourage years of volatility against nature and animal kind to occur?
I did make that decision, and I still do. I spend my money where animals can be honored, respected, understood, conserved and live a life as natural as possible without being neglected, abused, tortured or exploited. My personal story included a childhood dream to one day visit Africa. I wanted to witness the grandeur of Mother Nature's finest creation; the wild as it was meant to be, and in its entire splendor. So as an adult I visited Kenya, and to my surprise, it wasn't that expensive. I wanted it to happen; so I made it be.
That, is how I believe elephants, lions and other exotic animals should spend their time on this planet. Not crammed in overheated box cars, eating unnatural diets, cowering in fear of what happens next, while lurching along train tracks from one nameless town to another, only to be pushed, prodded and exploited all in the name of entertainment for yet another apathetic crowd of circus goers.
I do believe in my heart of hearts, that human beings, when given the option to make the right choices, do. They decide to treat others and those they are in governance of fairly and humanely and won't be participants in inhumanity. Nor will they witness it. That, I hope is you too.
I ask that when the inhumane related circus comes to town, you won't be there, in audience, participating in obvious miscalculations of pleasure. But instead you will be out, enjoying your time off from work, with your children, amongst your friends and in some other non-exploitive manner, like an acrobatic non-animal circus.
That, I do believe is a fair price to pay for entertainment.
(As a side note, the Cole Bros Circus is scheduled to be arriving at the Westfield CT Post Mall on Sunday June 12th 2011 with two shows per day on Monday June 13th through Wednesday June 15th.
This particular circus has had multiple years of USDA violations therefore rendering them to travel under a variety of different USDA exhibitors' licenses, employs animal workers who have a series of violations pertaining to animal cruelty statutes or have enlisted undertrained and unlicensed animal handlers and have too numerous to list occasions where animals have escaped, caused bodily harm or injury to spectators or other persons in the public who are unrelated to the show itself and who just simply should not be allowed to dupe the system.
JUST SAY NO to the circus! Call Westfield CT Post Mall GM Jim Ralston ( 203.878.6837 ) and politely ask him to cancel this ghoulish event.
If the public is concerned enough not to have such a traveling display of indecency enter the City of Milford, I hope you will let your voice and wallet speak on behalf of banning this type of abnormality in our City limits. Don't attend the show and ask your elected officials to ban this type of inhumanity from ever occurring in Milford again). For additional information of inhumane circus related information:
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- What to do when you step in some Dukkha :
- 1. Don't wipe it on other people in an effort to get rid of it.
- 2. Please be nice to yourself
- 3. Remember that we're all in this together.
In Buddhist teachings, the place where we begin is with the The First Noble Truth :
Which is the very appropriate sounding Truth of Dukkha.
It's the entryway to the Path of Liberation, and a shared feature that we all have in common just by virtue of being human ---
Sometimes Dukkha is translated as the Truth of Suffering, the Truth of Discontent, the Truth of Dissatisfaction.
I personally like to think of it as the Truth of 'Let's drop the positivity worship for a minute and just all admit that we have a hard time sometimes'.
If you find yourself reading this and and the whole suffering / dissatisfaction bit rings true for you, then let me just skip to the front of the line to tell you that yes, your experience is valid.
You are also inherently whole and capable.
And, no, there is nothing wrong with you.
As Joseph Campbell once wrote, "All religions [ and philosophies] began with a cry for Help."
Dukkha is Dukkha and it sucks and it's human and I love you.
What can easily happen though, is that we feel badly about feeling badly --
because so-called negative feelings are unproductive, or uncharacteristic, or unappealing or un-Instagramable or whatnot.
If I had a penny for every time I shamefully apologized for stress-crying on the floor, or being in a generally dissatisfied mood.
Which is precisely where Dukkha gets tangled and snarly.
"This is really hard and uncomfortable" becomes
"It's not good enough."
"I shouldn't be feeling this way."
"I just really suck at this."
"I know I should be positive right now..."
"I just can't get my shit together."
First there's the heart-pain of difficulty. Then we beat ourselves up for experiencing it.
Like shooting a second arrow into a gaping wound.
Some of us can use self-criticism as fuel to do "better", but it's fuel that doesn't burn clean.
It simply isn't sustainable. It's just a sloppy double-decker Dukkha sandwich.
In the Zen Samyuktagama Sutra, (volume 33), it is said that there are four kinds of horses: wise ones, skillful ones, poor ones, and delusional ones.
The wise horse will run slow and fast, right and left, at the driver's will, before it sees the shadow of the whip.
The skillful horse will run as well as the first one does, just before the threat of the whip reaches its body.
The third horse will run when it feels pain on its body.
And the delusional horse will only run after the pain penetrates to the marrow of its bones.
You can only imagine how difficult it is for the fourth horse to learn how to run.
Shaming ourselves for having a hard time is not a great recipe for happiness, certainly not for self love, and not even really that effective.
The kindest thing we can do in this situation?
Be dissatisfied. Be confused. Be the living, breathing, personification of Dukkha.
But by all means, please refrain from shooting that second arrow of judgement and shame.
Something that I find really helpful to do when I hear any admission of difficulty in class is to ask if anyone can relate.
On average, a dozen hands will go up.
You're full of anxiety and your mind was darting all over the place?
Look! You are not alone.
You're feeling desperately behind? Amazing! So are half of us here.
Normalizing our discomfort can be a healing modality unto itself.
Which is the capital "T" Truth of Dukkha.
You are not alone, there's nothing to hide, and in fact, you're in excellent company.
It's just Dukkha, baby. And you're human.
And you know what?
Thank you.
That's exactly why we love you.


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From today's Japan Today:
Japan's Imperial Household Agency has been promoting a project to digitalize some 30,000 old photographs, taken mainly during the Meiji period (1868-1912), the agency said Friday. Some are more than 100 years old and are fading and deteriorating.
Many of the images are landscape photos taken by professional photographers who accompanied Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) to visit various provincial areas. Emperor Meiji, who reigned between 1867 and 1912, is the great-grandfather of incumbent Emperor Akihito.
The agency plans to preserve the original photos and release the digitalized images to the public through the Internet, officials said.
They also include many photos of natural disasters, such as the 1888 eruption of the 1,818-meter Mt Bandai in Fukushima Prefecture that claimed the lives of hundreds of people.
One palace official said Emperor Meiji gave compensation to disaster victims after looking at those photos which were the only source of information for the monarch in the absence of radio and television.
There are also photos of Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, and the old Shimbashi railway station in Tokyo.
The Tomioka Silk Mill is known as Japan's oldest modern silk-reeling factory established in 1872. The Gunma prefectural and Tomioka city governments have been making efforts to put it on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
Link: http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/digitalization-of-30000-historic-photos-under-way-at-imperial-palace
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Spencer's 6th Birthday
Posted by the Warnick family at 3:55 PM
2 comments:
- Stacey said...
Cute pictures! Your kids are adorable! Happy birthday to Spencer! :)
- May 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Melanie Sharp said...
He looks so much like Logan in some of these. Can't wait to see you guys! Hope your trip has been awesome. Love you!
- June 23, 2009 at 2:05 PM
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Those of us who begin our fitness journey as adults are usually spurred to start by some outward force, some identifiable impetus that indicates we can no longer get by with just getting by. Such was the case for Lisa, who woke up on a walk to the Hollywood sign.
She had traveled to California to spend time with her family, her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. On their tour of LA, they planned to climb to the famous Hollywood sign. On the ascent, Lisa felt something. She had trouble breathing and her chest hurt.At the time, she played it down. She remembers thinking, "Ok. There is something wrong, but we are on vacation, I'll be alright. Calm down." Though she was concerned, she kept it to herself. She says now that she would never think of keeping quiet about it these days.
Lisa was concerned enough to see a cardiologist when she got home. Her doctor's orders were to lose weight and get active. Lisa had to ask herself how she wanted to do that. "My friend Linda and I had been surfing the internet looking for some activity," unsure how to focus their search. She said, "I had heard about Couch to 5K programs," but she thought she had it covered. "I don't need to pay for that," she remembers thinking. "I can do it on my own." Unbeknownst to her, Lisa's friend Linda had also come across Fleet Feet's No Boundaries Walking Program. And so she changed her mind about going solo. "We agreed to sign up, it's always better with a friend."
Her journey began in August 2011." It was hot, I was out of shape, overweight and I hurt." She wondered more than once what on earth she was doing, registering for an outdoor fitness program in the dead heat of Oklahoma summer. But she stuck with it. "We had great coaches encouraging us, me. I had participants encouraging me, cheering for me and we were becoming a family. Sacrificial Giving."
Lisa's goal race was the Route 66 5K that same year. "No way can I go 3.1 miles," was her mindset. She showed up anyway, disbelieving she could endure "I hit the end of my will power at the last corner before the turn to the finish line. A dedicated coach and good friend, Xan grabbed my wrist and said, 'You can do this, You can do this, You've got this!' and I did! What a feeling. Sacrificial Giving."
Lisa finished that race and has since registered for every training group with the exception of one. She didn't just get fit. She found a new place where she belongs.
Fleet Feet is a family. The employees know who I am. They have encouraged and taught me how to stop when in pain and how to cross a finish line. The coaches are the heartbeat of their programs. They are moms, dads, husbands, wives, employees, and friends with their own lives, but they gave to me, time and wisdom as they pushed and nurtured me to my first of many halfs and my first full marathon. My full marathon is the hardest thing I have ever done. I was given so much encouragement by what I like to call the "Elite Runners" after completing my full. Sacrificial Giving.
Lisa's journey was not easy, nor was it short, and neither is it over. She has lost weight and gained friends. She said that her coaches have stopped their own races to walk with her to finish lines. "Coaches have made me believe that I can do it, Lisa said she is the recipient of a LOT of Sacrificial Giving, and "I am thankful! Thank you to all who have given!"


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Video: The first trailer and US release date is out for the next season of Syfy's The Magicians, which takes our heroes out of Brakebills and Fillory and puts them on a big fancy boat so they can bring magic back to the world. But it isn't just a quest for magic - it also looks to be a quest for hope. For a series that spent an entire season in perpetual despair, a little levity is a welcome change.
Still: Syfy via YouTube
The Magicians returns in the US in January with our characters still recovering from the loss of magic. The only one who's retained some of her skills is Julia (Stella Maeve), and based on the trailer she isn't keeping this a secret for very long. That's because everybody wants to restore magic - especially Alice (Olivia Dudley), who's freaking the hell out without it. So, after King Eliot (Hale Appleman) chats with a giant bird man, he gathers his friends and they hit the high seas in a magical boat to get a set of keys that will restore magic. It looks like a lot of fun, something the show has desperately needed. Granted, I enjoyed the hell out of last season (for the most part), but it did get really dark. It will be nice to sit back, relax, and focus on an inter-realm road trip for a while.
Side note, I do want to give a special shout-out to the nicknames bird man gives Eliot's crew. Most of them make sense, except for the one that's *cough cough* a bit problematic... but one of them is pure genius:
Margo (Summer Bishil): The One-Eyed Conqueror
Penny (Arjun Gupta): The Traveller
Kady (Jade Tailor): The Warrior
Julia: The God-Touched *cough cough*
Alice: The Torture Artist
And finally...
Quentin (Jason Ralph): The Fool
Yesssssssssssss. Thank you show. You have answered my prayers. The Magicians returns in the US January 10. An Australian broadcast date has not yet been confirmed. You can watch the trailer below.


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Three new deals last week! Was everyone feeling ok? Pretty good for a hated asset class that's probably just leading the league in percentage of salespeople laid off. The deals are a good start, anyway.
Of course, we recognize that man, woman and child cannot live on convertibles alone. To that end we are unveiling, slowly but surely, the high-yield adaptation of our HOCS convertible methodology. Today our colleague Dennis Dowden comments on some "fallen angels" in the energy sector. They've had a "fallen angel" bounce, of course, but we hope that you find an interesting note or two inside. As far as our high-yield HOCS are concerned, we hope that, as with convertibles, these measures prove a useful addition to your tool kit, particularly in sizing up large numbers of issues quickly before deciding on deeper-dive candidates. We also do a bit on mandatories this week. In coming issues we look forward to talking more about option-based ideas and small-cap equities, as we seek to make Hybrid Vigor a fuller representation of that big space between blue-chip stocks and investment-grade (we still hate that term) debt.
Time to strut a little now, with Yale making the NCAA tournament for the first time since, well, I don't think they had calendars back then. Baylor who? So Thursday afternoon, while most people are parading or recovering from parading, I'll be looking for a free bar seat and a TV screen.
Ok, back to business. Seems like we broke through, however tenuously, some decent technical hurdles last week. That said, an interesting number to us is the 107-ish Fibonacci support for the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). If it holds, maybe we get another big leg to get the still-downtrodden small caps fully back in the game. If not, well…this might be a good time to be careful out there.
Meanwhile, the countdown to opening day gets ever shorter, and the setup for the Triple Crown continues to be very exciting. The odds of another American Pharoah are, of course, long, but there are some very nice horses getting ready. We're very excited about little Mohaymen, one of those horses that can't possibly be as flawless as he seems. His upcoming face-off with California-based champion Nyquist in Florida is old school. And for fans of girl power, there are some fillies, led by Songbird in California and Cathryn Sophia in Florida, who may be as good as or better than the boys.
Great sports and new convertible deals. It's YUUUUUGE!
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(PHILADELPHIA) My Million Dollar Mom, a film shot in the Philadelphia area and based on Ross Schriftman's book by the same name, has won the Best Drama Award at the Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival (TBUFF). The film also received nominations for:
"I am so grateful to our wonderful cast, crew, production and marketing teams and supporters for making this possible," said Schriftman. "This film has been a labor of love and it honors the memory of my mom, Shirley, who died from Alzheimer's. I know she would be proud of how this film project has turned out."
Director Kevin Hackenberg remarked, "It was an honor to attend the Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival and screen the film for a new audience. Of course, it was a great honor to receive the award for Best Drama and it's a tribute to our talented cast and crew and Ross's diligence and patience in a film that honors his mom, other caregivers, and those affected by Alzheimer's, one of the forms of dementia." He continued, "We are looking forward to collaborating on the feature film!"
The film stars veteran film and television actors Pete Postiglione and Susan Moses and was inspired by real events in Schriftman's life. Moses portrays an aging mom diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Postiglione portrays her son Ross, who steps forward to care for her. At the same time, he is offered a last-chance opportunity to run for Congress. He must decide between his life-long dream and his mom's wishes to remain in her home under his care. The life lesson of caring for one another through Tikkun Olam (the Hebrew expression for repairing the world) is the theme of the film.
About My Million Dollar Mom
Based on the book of the same name by Ross Schriftman, My Million Dollar Mom is a film about a loving mother who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and the devoted son who steps forward to care for her. Schriftman's production company is partnering with the Dementia Society of America in an effort to promote awareness and raise funds for research and family support services. Schriftman screens the film around the country and holds discussions with audiences about the issues surrounding Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Schriftman's ultimate goal is to release the film to a worldwide audience. This film is directed by Kevin Hackenberg, who began his career working on the M. Night Shyamalan films The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. He went on to establish the production company Get-Kinetic in 2003 in Philadelphia, where he and his staff create visual content for clients as varied as Temple University and NBC10 in Philadelphia. For information about the film visit www.mymilliondollarmom.com, www.facebook.com/mymilliondollarmom or contact Ross Schriftman at email@example.com.
About Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival (TBUFF)
The Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival (TBUFF) was founded by Tampa Bay Area filmmakers, actors, critics, artists and cinephiles to catch the independent films that fall through the cracks. With most independent films going straight to home video, TBUFF provides the opportunity for filmmakers to see their movie on the big screen in digital sound at a real theater, as well as the marketing, promotion and accolades that help to shore up distribution prospects. The film festival showcases dramas, comedies, action, adventure, crime, musicals, horror, sci-fi, thrillers, fantasies, mysteries, romances, animation, children's, religious, LGBT, foreign, documentaries, experimental - basically anything. To learn more, visit http://tbuff.org.
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