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What to Expect from a Residential Electrician
When you need any part of the electrical systems in tour house to worked on, you need to call in a residential electrician. They are also in charge of the repair and troubleshooting work in the house. They are also called in when there is new house under construction, to draw up a map of its electrical systems. They are thus the right people to leave the work of correct placement of lighting fixtures, ventilation systems, heating and air conditioning, and electrical outlets. They also ensure a new house under construction gets some temporary electrical supply to facilitate such work. They also offer consultancy services during the installation of different residential electrical systems and circuit breaker boxes.
When it comes to the construction of a new home, or a home renovation exercise, these professionals will be in charge of the installation of the electrical systems and wiring. They are also in charge of ensuring all the municipal codes are strictly adhered to in such work. They will make sure there are proper wiring protection measures and running conduit. These residential electricians also know how to read and follow blueprints. This ensures that they see to it that the architect's plans are executed in the same way as intended, in the construction of a new home. They are also responsible in making sure that power is safely and properly distributed from the power source to the main circuit breaker, after which it shall run throughout the house as it should.
Their job encompasses not just the availing of a perfectly working and balanced electrical system, but they will also be the people you turn to when the system starts to malfunction. This entails them coming in to check and see what the problem is, and what caused it, then asking for your permission to repair, replace or upgrade it, as needed. In case, for instance, you buy an appliance whose power needs exceed what your outlets can supply, you will have to call them in to upgrade part of your system, or replace what is there with fixtures that can. You only leave a professional in charge of such work.
You will also need their services if your circuit breaker keeps failing all the time. You will know it has a problem when any attempt to use an electrical device or lights sets it off, where it never used to. They will take some time to find out what the cause might be. There are many reason for such an occurrence, such as a faulty circuit breaker of faulty wiring. They shall then come in to establish the correct reasons and offer a solution.
You need to check the certification of any residential electrician you are about to hire. You need to confirm if they are bonded and insured.
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19 April 2018
The seventh rotation of about 100 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) troops left for Iraq this afternoon to support the continuing international effort to train Iraqi forces.
The number of Iraqi soldiers and Federal Police trained by Task Group Taji, as the combined New Zealand-Australian training group is called, is expected to reach 34,000 by the end of April.
Many of the Iraqi forces trained by New Zealand and Australian Defence Force personnel joined the campaign to reclaim parts of Iraq from Islamic State (IS). Some form part of stabilisation forces who are working to ensure the gains made against IS are sustained.
"Together with our Australian partners, we have helped Iraqi authorities develop a self-reliant and confident force in the past three years," Major General Tim Gall, the Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, said after he and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Peeni Henare farewelled the troops at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea.
"As a member of the global coalition of 74 countries, we have made a significant contribution to the Iraqi Government's efforts to defeat IS and liberate parts of their country that were controlled by the terror group."
The NZDF Senior National Officer for the seventh rotation said the group would do its best to build on the good work achieved by previous rotations.
"It has been encouraging to see Iraqi soldiers eager and motivated to improve their soldiering skills and using the skills that Task Group Taji taught them.
"Our contingent is looking forward to helping train the Iraqi forces. We will also be working closely with Iraqi Army schools, as we begin to focus on training Iraqi trainers to provide their forces with professional training staff."
The training usually runs for six weeks. It covers individual soldier skills including weapons handling and marksmanship at close quarters and longer ranges, combat first aid, obstacle-breaching techniques and counter-IED (improvised explosive device) and explosive hazard awareness training.
All Iraqi Security Forces are also taught the fundamental aspects of international human rights law and the Law of Armed Conflict.
Soldiers from the United Kingdom also work alongside members of Task Group Taji to train Iraq Security Forces personnel.
Combined New Zealand-Australia training mission in Iraq:
• Started in: May 2015• Number of Iraqi soldiers and Federal Police personnel trained so far: about 34,000 by the end of April 2018• Number of NZDF troops deployed to Iraq since 2015: more than 700• The programme of instruction includes training in: weapons handling, night combat, marksmanship, counter-IED (improvised explosive device), obstacle-breaching techniques and combat first aid.


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I have a collection of nifty pictures in a folder called "car hell", a term introduced to me and discussed in detail with Rastus Jones. The folder is filled with pictures of wrecked cars, traffic jams, and pure automotive idiocy. Recently there have been a slew of wrecked car pictures coming in from Japan due to their great earthquake and tsunami there, and I've added several to our collection which we hope to make into a video later on.
I find solace in seeing wrecked cars, and so do others. There is a shrine of several Cadillacs erected like tombstones in the desert, and many go to see it. When I was a kid there was a craze on TV for car demolition and compaction films. Action films typically feature exploding and crashing mass numbers of glorified trash on wheels like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Corvette.
A very amusing folly is to see Chinese marveling at cars as modern machinery. Since the 19th century, cars are still the same design: a motor with four wheels on it. Daft and skanky Chinese prostitutes demand that a man buy her a car upon marriage, and any many lookin for a piece of that asiatic poontang will need to get one. In the end it's just a case of self-abusers emanating a wrecked and desolate world dream.
Cars represent selfish human desires. Car owners merely consider their own transportation needs completely outside that of the community. The typical car owner drives around on their own, taking up much of the road. They buy their car thinking of just themselves and their family, and expect society to cut down trees and pave over vast tracts of land just so they can scoot around and have a place to park. They ignore pollution, production and safety issues. If car owners were at all responsible, they would pipe exhaust straight into the cabin where they are sitting, instead of giving it to righteous and courteous walkers along the road. If cars were required to pipe exhaust into the cabin, all air pollution issues with cars would be resolved instantaneously. The mines required to make metals for cars tear down whole mountains at a time. Cars are constantly emitting air pollution and dripping oil which pollutes tons of ground water. Asphalt itself is toxic. Salting roads for de-icing dumps tons of salt into water supplies and poisons plants around the roads. Noise from tire friction, air friction and honking ruins great vistas. Then when cars and car components are disposed of, they create immense mounds of toxic and generally useless trash (like tires, wipers, broken components etc.). The selfish metal and glass bubble known as the car acts as a massive bulldozer to our great culture, religion and way of life. Several authors even contend that the Shakers were destroyed by the advent of the car, though no author I know of has really gone into detail what cars have done to destroy our cults and culture in general.
On the other end of things, there are whole cities that operate without cars, like much of Venice, Italy and some cities in Swizterland [1] [2] [3]. There is no visitor to these cities which doesn't marvel at the quiet and the wide array of new sounds which are simply drown out by cars in most cities. In Venice you can hear water lapping along the canals, birds, and the gentle breeze. I think it should be standard procedure for any brotherhood household setting up outside a city to forbid the use of cars within their property. There are vast benefits to walking, which is also a great service to God. We think of God, we make new articles, we meet real people and see real animals when we are walking along.
One way for car owners to mitigate car negativity is arrange car pools, pick up hitch hikers and give rides. Another is to support public transportation efforts. Hopefully more and more people will give up their cars over time.
Let us pray for the regeneration of our culture, religion and the walkin way of life. Amen and ॐ.


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Bob Fights Ticket (BFT) was the name that Danihel Lauriéir gave to his newly reformed DDP in December 1988.
The name was chosen after King Florence I announced that she would soon be abdicating the throne leading Lauriéir to call for Robert (Bob) Murphy to become Prime Minister and Robert Ben Madison to, again, become King. He did this with the feeling that Madison and Murphy could not politically coexist for any extended period of time (ie: the Bob fights).


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ramses calderon residency: sept. 2009 - aug. 2010
clay flute workshops with Martin Collegiate students. photo credit: Carey Shaw
Major support from the Saskatchewan Arts Board's Partnership Innovations Program enabled Sâkêwêwak to engage musician/audio artist Ramses Calderon in a one-year residency that both supported the advancement of his practice, as well as the development and delivery of music/audio production and composition programs in the community led by Ramses. Currently residing in Regina, Ramses was born in San Salvador, El Salvador of Mayan and Turkish heritage. His music career began at the age of 11, playing the marimba and performing in recitals. He has been living and performing in Canada since 2000. Having studied in the tradition of Agustin Barrios Mangore, Ramses incorporates traditional instruments and rhythms into his music and compositions. The result of his creation process is a unique fusion of classical, traditional and popular music that reflects the richness of humanity. His distinguished musical achievements have enabled him to participate in many cultural events in countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Cuba, Paraguay and Canada.


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This presentation revolves around Jones's book South of Pico in which she explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during the 1960s and 1970s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism. Emphasizing the importance of African American migration, as well as L.A.'s housing and employment politics, Jones shows how the work of black Angeleno artists such as Betye Saar, Charles White, Noah Purifoy, and Senga Nengudi spoke to the dislocation of migration, L.A.'s urban renewal, and restrictions on black mobility. Jones characterizes their works as modern migration narratives that look to the past to consider real and imagined futures. She also attends to these artists' relationships with gallery and museum culture and the establishment of black-owned arts spaces. With South of Pico, Jones expands the understanding of the histories of black arts and creativity in Los Angeles and beyond.
Dr. Kellie Jones is a Professor in Art History and Archaeology and a Faculty Fellow with the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University. Her research interests include African American and African Diaspora artists, Latinx and Latin American Artists, and issues in contemporary art and museum theory.
The Vista Foundation supports both the pursuit of the study of art history and the School of Art at DAAP. The Foundation's annual lecture is held each Fall and brings notable artists, art writers, art curators, and art historians to DAAP.


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Family event celebrating the skill and bravery of those who work in the time-honored tradition of logging.
Timber sports competitions 16 events including log rolling, pole climbing, axe throwing, cross cut sawing — see full list on our website.
Free events in the kids arena on Saturday for the little lumberjacks.
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https://www.askmen.com/dating/dating...-about-it.htmlPicture this: The stunningly handsome male lead of that new rom-com movie leans in to kiss his equally stunning female lead. Except something is off hes shorter than she is ... but youre not really supposed to pick up on that. No serious Hollywood romance worth its salt would stage such a scene, even when the male lead actor in question actually is shorter than his female counterpart.
All manner of angling tricks, as well as solutions high-tech (CGI) and low-tech (the actor literally standing on a platform) will be used to ensure that all is right in this cinematic world. That means the man will always be just a little bit taller than the woman.
That small difference is essentially the golden mean of heterosexual couple height, a pleasing ratio whose presence crops up so often that we dont even know its there, well, until its not. And when that height difference isnt there, look out, gents. Online dating chats between otherwise promising matches can be cut short. Jokes will be made in group DMs and texts, too. Being short seems to mark you as inadequate in the eyes of some with no real explanation as to why.
But whats the big deal about height? Why do women go for tall guys? Theres nothing inherently better about being tall in and of itself, hitting the 6 mark doesnt confer many genuine advantages beyond, say, being able to reach things on the top shelf.
And yet there is a sense of genuine mystique when it comes to tall men, like theyre diamonds in the rough that simply shine brighter than their shorter brethren.
We spoke with various men and women, as well as a professional dating coach, to get the low-down on why women prefer tall guys (and what short guys can do about it).
1. Why Are Taller Guys Considered Sexier?
The short answer? It's complicated. For one, not everyone finds taller guys sexier. We also can't objectively know why anyone finds anything attractive.
Sexual and aesthetic preferences are tricky things. If the history of people trying to go against their sexual impulses is any indication, they seem to obey no master.
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At the same time, that argument can have both positive and negative tones. It can be empowering for queer people to assert that their desires are part of who they are, not choices that can be switched off through sheer will or outside intervention. At the same time, saying, Im just not attracted to people like that is weaponized against people from marginalized groups of all types and left at that.
The issue of the attractiveness of short men maps somewhat inelegantly onto that notion. On the one hand, short men are hardly a marginalized group; there is no organized effort to eradicate 56 men from the world, or to deny 55 men from public spaces. 54 men are not denied rights on the basis of their height, and 53 men are not put to death or arrested for failing to measure up.
On the other hand, its pretty clear that there is a bias against shorter men when it comes to sexual and romantic prospects for lots of women; a bias that comes off relatively shallow.
Many women like taller men because they equate height to overall strength, says dating coach Connell Barrett. This is very caveman-and-cavewoman. Its evolutionary. For some women, tall equals power, and in the dating game power often equals attraction. A taller man could be seen as being stronger, and therefore able to fight off threats.
I think I find height especially attractive. And I think I find it attractive because it is a sublime effect where I feel sort of tiny/smaller/protected by tall people. Mary, 55
Whether theres any truth to that genetic predisposition, its certainly a truth thats culturally encoded. From birth onward, men learn one way or another that to be tall is to be manly. Attractive men in popular media are either tall or made to seem tall. Those men deemed unattractive whether villainous, cowardly, fey or non-sexual are often short.
Thats not the only dichotomy we see in popular media between the leading man archetype and the men cast in other roles things like scars, glasses, acne, thinning hair, unimpressive musculatures and weak chins are included to help ram home which guy the audience should root for (and which they should root against).
The shallowness of that binary, combined with the consistency with which it is used, means that guys on the outside looking in are at a disadvantage. Anyone they seek to date will have already absorbed, to some degree or other, the message that being tall means being hot.
And while lots of those traits can be managed with a little bit of time, effort and money, height in particular is not subject to the whims of the vain. Short guys, then, might feel like they're getting the short end of the stick at all times.
2. What Do Guys Think About Height Differences?
I just never went for taller girls. Always got nervous. So I wouldnt know [if tall girls would date me]. I was always upfront to women on dating apps before I went out. Some would stop responding. It is what it is. - Mark, 53
When it comes to height differences when dating, it really depends on how tall you are. For straight guys, height is sort of a you-have-it-or-you-dont proposition. On one side of the equation are guys who probably never think about it, and on the other, you have guys whose whole dating lives feel marked and circumscribed by that.
Ive honestly never really thought about it much, which I guess is part of the privilege of my height being normatively attractive. I do find taller women sexy Im much more likely to date someone whos 510 than someone whos 52 but if there was any kind of a genuine connection, I definitely wouldnt let a few inches of height change my mind. - Ian, 61
As with many things gendered, a lot of the anger in the discourse around height with dating comes from men who feel like theyre being treated unfairly.
Though tall women also struggle with cultural predispositions towards a taller man/shorter woman dynamic, occasionally having to put their heights in their dating profile bios, its short men who make up the bulk of the conversation, both in number and intensity.
Some short men have even gone so far as to coin terms like heightism and height supremacy to align the discrimination they feel they experience with other forms of social inequality.
"I dated one guy who was 5'5". He would not shut up about it. We went on five or six dates. He didn't kiss me until the last of our dates... then ghosted me. I also dated another guy who was like maybe 5'6". He didn't talk about it that much, but clearly needed reassurance. He was good in bed, but I felt like it was partly because he was obsessed with compensating." - Sarah, 5'6"
While height discrimination doesnt, for instance, include laws on what you can and cant do, it can definitely have a pernicious effect on ones self-esteem if youre rejected over and over for something you cant control. And it's hardly relegated to heterosexual dating, either. One place where people might not realize height discrimination is a thing is in the gay community, where guys cant blame "reverse sexism," or an intrinsic gender divide for being shallowly dismissed.
Ive had guys literally tell me, Oh, I thought you were taller. Sorry, it wont work, the second we meet. My height is on my dating profile. - Alex, 56
Of course, that doesn't mean being on the shorter side is a death sentence to your dating chances, regardless of who you're attracted to.
Ive met and coached countless shorter men whove had amazing success with tall women, says Barrett. Shorter guys have nothing to fear but fear itself. The danger is letting self-consciousness about their height turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads to dating failure. If a shorter guy is filled with doubt and fear about his attractiveness, his confidence will plummet, making him less confident and that will lead to the rejection he fears. But the culprit is low confidence, not the fact that hes 55.
3. What's the Womens Perspective on Height Differences?
When speaking with a few ladies, there wasnt zero bias against short guys, but there wasnt wall-to-wall disapproval of them, either.
Frankly, the most common sentiment heard was an openness to the possibility of dating shorter men if only those men were also open to it, and not stressed about their own height.
Making decisions about who youre dating based on how you physically look next to each other is so dark, so wrong, so misguided. If you want to wear heels, and it will make you taller than your partner and that bothers you, that is a basic you problem you need to deal with before you impose it on anybody else. - Molly, 511
Another aspect that gets brought up a fair amount in the male height discussion is that its equivalent to the discussion around females and their weight. Some men think if a woman opens an online dating conversation by asking you how tall you are, its fair game to ask her how much she weighs.
Though the two things measure vastly different concepts, theyre both numbers that get weaponized specifically against one gender more than the other. And to be fair, asking a pointed question about someones body in the very early going is an impolite move to make.
I love short men. As a short woman, they are so near me. - Viola, 52
4. What Can Shorter Guys Do to Gain an Advantage?
I think its more a failure to own your height, or a perceived insecurity about it thats more of a turn off than the height itself. If a dude writes 54 on their profile, sure, whatever, Im sure some women are superficial and might swipe away. But the dudes who say 54, if that matters to you. Bitches, man, are going to strike out, 100 percent. - Jen, 54
Theres something to be said about a proactive approach to your shortcomings, but when it comes to overcoming a height deficit, it might be a case of less is more.
That is, guys who take maximalist approaches actively dressing to make themselves seem taller, wearing lifts, or even opting for leg-extension surgery run the risk of over-correcting something thats not as big of a problem as they think it is.
Ive only dated taller guys because every time I approach a short dude, it seems like he has more of a problem with it than me. Once, I asked a guy to prom and he said no because he thought it would look weird in photos. Like, broaden your mind, dude. - Faith, 56
Instead, the best change that you can make as a shorter guy is a mental shift. Thats not to say that you should pretend that the odds arent stacked against you (because, lets face it, they sort of are compared to your taller brethren), but you shouldnt make a mountain out of a molehill.
Success with women is about the value as men we offer them, says Barrett. So yes, height is a form of value in some womens eyes, but there are lots of ways to compensate. Shorter guys can show their value and worthiness to women by having great eye contact, speaking with a resonant vocal tonality, becoming funnier and more charismatic, being better story-tellers.
It might be one strike against you to be height-challenged, but having a bad attitude about is another.
Height is a nice bonus, but its so overrated, adds Barrett. The truth is, a lot of tall women say they dont date shorter guys, but if a 55 dude is cool and confident and making her giggle, shell forget about her so-called height rule. When it comes to dating amazing women, being a guy whos smart, cool and funny is better than being 64 with washboard abs.
If youre confident, open-minded and able to put the height thing behind you, youre apt to hit things off with the next person who crosses your path.


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Once ballyhooed as a leading culinary and dietary trend, the gluten-free movement has lost some steam in recent years. In its 2018 culinary forecast, the National Restaurant Association (NRA) reports that 44% of surveyed chefs deem gluten-free cuisine a hot trend versus 61% in 2016 and 74% in 2013 (NRA 2018, 2016, and 2013).
"The data show that the trend is cooling off," notes Caroline Sluyter, program director of the Oldways Whole Grains Council, citing the NRA's statistics.
Despite the movement's diminishing sizzle, however, demand for gluten-free products remains strong in both the foodservice and retail sectors, driven largely by consumers who voluntarily avoid or limit gluten in their diets. Indeed, the gluten-free food market is expected to reach nearly $7.6 billion in the United States by 2020 (Arcadia 2018).
Restaurants are more likely today to serve dishes identified as gluten-free. "The term 'gluten-free' is currently mentioned on 26% of U.S. restaurant menus, up 182% over the past four years and 10% in the past year alone," shares Joe Garber, marketing coordinator for Datassential. "We expect the trend to continue to increase significantly for at least the next four years."
When it comes to retail food purchases, "products labeled as gluten-free are showing up more often during in-home meal occasions," says Darren Seifer, NPD Group's food and beverage industry analyst.
In 2013, only about 2.5% of in-home meal occasions included a product labeled as gluten-free, according to NPD data, while the proportion rose to 9% in 2017, Seifer points out. "About 30% of people in this country say they are trying to cut down on or avoid gluten completely," he adds. "This is interesting when you contrast how many people have a physical need to avoid gluten, which is in the single digits in terms of percentages."
Just over 7% of the U.S. population must avoid gluten for medical reasons, including the 1% who have celiac disease, the 6% who have non-celiac gluten sensitivity, and the 0.1% who are allergic to wheat (Hensel 2015).
"There is a younger skew for those who are trying to avoid gluten," Seifer says, citing NPD research indicating that consumers under the age of 55 are more likely to live in a gluten-free household than are older consumers. Mintel, in turn, stresses that Millennials more than other generations buy gluten-free products for reasons other than medical necessity (Mintel 2016).
"Avoiding gluten has become a true lifestyle choice for many Americans," according to David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts, which published Gluten-Free Foods in the U.S.—6th Edition in November 2016. "These consumers may not have a specific health-related motive necessitating the switch to gluten-free," he stated in a press release promoting the report. "Yet for gluten-free advocates, there's often a satisfaction from furthering one's overall health and nutrition goals. Wellness, as they say, begins in the mind" (Packaged Facts 2016).
More specifically, consumers who eschew gluten as a dietary option are doing so for reasons ranging from reducing inflammation to losing weight, concluded a study by Ingredion of 1,000 U.S. and Canadian consumers (Figure 1; Ingredion 2017).
"According to our study, the typical non-celiac gluten-free consumer is an affluent, well-educated married woman who is responsible for her household's grocery shopping," Ingredion states in its report Going Gluten-Free By Choice (Ingredion 2017). "She always reads product labels before purchasing and is focused on bringing home food she believes to be healthy and made with natural ingredients."
Yielding somewhat different results, a Mintel/Lightspeed study of adult consumers in the United States compared Millennials with non-Millennials on why they eat gluten-free foods if not for gluten intolerance (Mintel 2016). Reasons they cited ranged from managing ADHD to improving athletic performance
(Figure 2).
Although the late chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain disparaged such consumers as boring and ignorant (Granatstein 2016), gluten-free evangelists who voluntarily and vocally shun the predominant protein found in wheat, barley, and rye have greatly expanded the gluten-free market and spurred much product innovation. In food categories that normally contain gluten—from cookies to meatballs and crackers to pizza—manufacturers are responding with diverse gluten-free offerings that draw upon ancient and sprouted grains, pulses, and other increasingly available ingredients.
As Angela Ichwan, Ardent Mills' senior director for research and technical solutions, observes, the gluten-free product trend is similar to the plant-based protein movement, which is fueled by flexitarians who want to reduce their animal product consumption rather than strict vegans or vegetarians. The many Millennials and other consumers who believe there are health benefits to limiting gluten have made the gluten-free market much more lucrative for food and ingredient companies and farmers to invest in. As a result of the increased research and development, those individuals who actually must restrict their gluten consumption have many more delicious and nutritious products to choose from today, Ichwan emphasizes.
Fortunately for gluten-intolerant consumers, more and more manufacturers are going through the rigorous steps to obtain gluten-free certification for their products that are labeled gluten-free. The Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO), a program of the Gluten Intolerance Group, reports tremendous growth in the number of food and beverage products and manufacturing facilities undergoing the certification process. Certified products, which display a logo featuring "GF" inside a circle, meet the GFCO's standard of 10 parts per million (ppm) or less of gluten. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in contrast, requires that food products that are labeled gluten-free contain no more than 20 ppm of gluten.
Robust Realms for Gluten-Free
Gluten-free has become an expectation for consumers seeking clean label products, notes Seifer, although even items that have been certified as gluten-free aren't necessarily minimally processed with the fewest possible ingredients (to use a common definition for "clean label"). "It's almost like 'gluten-free' is a checklist item now—just like 'non-GMO,' 'low sugar,' and 'high protein,' " he observes.
Among food and beverage product introductions worldwide, gluten-free claims continue to rise, though not as steeply as in 2013 to 2015, reports Innova Market Insights. Between 2013 and 2017, gluten-free–labeled new products as a percentage of global food and beverage launches experienced an average annual growth rate of 24%. And in 2017, 14.5% of new food and beverage launches tracked by Innova had a gluten-free claim (Innova 2018).
Last year, the top categories for new gluten-free claims, ranked by percentage of international food and beverage launches, were baby and toddler foods (31%), cereals (25%), spreads (21%), dairy (19%), and snacks (18%), Innova points out (Innova 2018). Given the popularity of the gluten-free lifestyle among Millennials, many of whom are starting families, the relatively large proportion of gluten-free claims in the baby and toddler segment comes as no surprise. Ingredion's 2017 survey of U.S. and Canadian consumers, however, showed a different ranking for the top categories in which voluntarily gluten-avoiding shoppers were buying products labeled as gluten-free. Crackers led this list, followed by pasta, bread, cereal, chips, baked goods, cookies, dairy, condiments, and pizza (Ingredion 2017).
In the restaurant world, gluten-free pizza has become increasingly prominent; it is currently featured on 9% of U.S. menus, up more than 200% over the past four years, according to Datassential. What is more, Datassential's Garber notes, 15% of restaurants that have pizza on the menu offer gluten-free pizza—up from 5% in 2013 and less than 1% in 2007. In addition, gluten-free bread and gluten-free pasta are featured on 2% of U.S. menus, an increase of more than 200% compared with four years ago, Garber says.
Given Millennials' penchant for snacking and the versatility of typical wheat-containing crackers, it's easy to understand why so many consumers seek gluten-free options in this category. Both established companies and start-ups have responded by rolling out gluten-free cracker lines.
Milton's Craft Bakers, founded 20 years ago as a fat-free multigrain bread manufacturer, introduced its gluten-free cracker line in 2014. The four varieties of non-GMO–verified baked crackers include Crispy Sea Salt, Cheddar Cheese, Multi-Grain, and Everything. Depending on the flavor, these crackers include a wide range of ingredients, such as brown rice flour, corn flour, gluten-free oats, potato starch, millet, and various seeds.
Taste reigns supreme in gluten-free product development today, and it's crucial for new lines to offer trending and unique flavors that capture modern-day consumers' more adventurous palates, says Milton's President and CEO John Reaves. The company's gluten-free Everything cracker, for example, was inspired by the "everything bagel," which is popular in Manhattan delis. Everything bagels have multiple toppings to enhance flavor, such as poppy seeds, caraway seeds, onion flakes, pretzel salt, pepper, and garlic flakes.
Many new gluten-free products leverage the popularity of authentic ethnic cuisine, especially Latin American. Leonardo Cotter, the founder of Craize Maize Crafters, drew inspiration from both Venezuela, where he grew up, and Europe as someone of Romanian descent.
Arepa, a staple bread of Venezuela and Colombia, is a fried or baked cornbread patty made with maize flour. "The inside is soft and doughy, and the outside is really crispy," Cotter explains, noting that the product has a very mild flavor on its own but can be combined with stronger flavors. While there are now many Venezuelan restaurants in U.S. cities that serve arepas—as sandwich filling carriers or with various toppings—Cotter saw an opportunity to create something unique: arepa crackers.
Striving to make a clean label, gluten-free product that would resonate with contemporary consumers, Cotter developed a non-GM corn flour while spending time in Italy. He later came up with a proprietary patented toasting process that allowed him to create an almost paper-thin but rigid maize crisp. The product name Craize plays off of the words "maize," "craze," and "craving," he points out.
Launched in stores in April 2017, Craize Maize Thins come in six flavors: two new flavors, Guava and Coco (coconut), as well as Plantano, Roasted, Sweet, and Seeded. The crackers, which are packaged in plastic tubs to ensure crispness, are sturdy enough to hold any topping, but are also delicious eaten alone as a snack, Cotter maintains.
Farther south on the South American continent, Bolivia is home to Royal Quinoa, which contains the highest percentage of protein and essential amino acids among all quinoa varieties, according to Ingrid Hirstin Lazcano, CEO of Andean Dream, a U.S. firm that manufactures gluten-free quinoa cookies and pasta.
The wife of a now-retired Bolivian diplomat, Lazcano founded her company in 2006 as a way to help the indigenous farmers who produce Royal Quinoa and had been living in extreme poverty. "I started playing around with the quinoa in my kitchen at home, and I came up with the quinoa cookies," she remembers. She then contracted with a group of 280 Bolivian farming families that had just received organic certification for their quinoa.
Today, Andean Dream produces four varieties of quinoa cookies that are allergy friendly (without dairy, eggs, soy, corn, or nuts), non-GM, and vegan as well as gluten-free and organic: Coconut, Cocoa Orange, Chocolate Chip, and the company's latest flavor, Café Mocha. The firm also makes six varieties of quinoa pasta, including its newest product, organic elbows, plus organic fusilli, organic macaroni, organic shells, organic orzo, and organic spaghetti.
Although quinoa is an ideal ingredient nutritionally because it is naturally gluten-free and high in protein, this ancient grain can be challenging to work with, notes Lazcano. "Quinoa doesn't have starch or gluten, so it does need a binder," she explains. Andean Dream uses organic white rice as the binder in both its cookies and pastas.
Another challenge is removing quinoa's saponins, a phytochemical that coats the seeds and leaves a bitter taste if not rinsed off well. "The quinoa flour that we work with has been processed and cleaned and the saponin removed as much as possible," Lazcano says.
The effort is certainly worthwhile, however, as the market for quinoa products continues to explode. "From 2012 to 2016, sales of products containing quinoa grew 702%," Lazcano observes.
For many entrepreneurs, gluten-free is just one market they are eyeing with their new food products. When Ashanty Williams and Lauren Feingold founded Organically Raw in 2012, they aimed to capture several dietary demographic groups with their nutrient-dense Shanti Bar: athletes and other individuals who enjoy an active lifestyle, gluten-intolerant and gluten-sensitive consumers, Paleo diet and raw food aficionados, vegans, and people who simply want to eat "clean," minimally processed food.
Initially offering three items, the company now produces nine gluten-free Shanti Bar SKUs, the latest addition of which is the Recover Turmeric Bar. The other flavors range from açai to coconut, from spirulina to mulberry. The certified gluten-free products, which are manufactured using a proprietary process, contain tree nuts, seeds, dried fruit, nectar, and syrup, Feingold says.
Now a $9.8 billion category, frozen pizza saw a 0.8% sales decline overall from 2016 to 2017 (SPINS 2018). But frozen pizzas labeled gluten-free grew 14.6% in sales during that same time period to become a $259.6 million market, SPINS reports. In addition, nontraditional pizza crusts increased 6.7% in sales that year, and many of those crusts were gluten-free, according to SPINS.
Trader Joe's has a huge fan base for its award-winning gluten-free frozen Cauliflower Pizza Crust. Cappello's, in turn, makes frozen Naked Crust Pizza, which includes such ingredients as cage-free eggs, arrowroot flour, coconut milk, coconut flour, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, sea salt, and raw unfiltered honey. This product also contains organic psyllium husk powder, a functional ingredient known for its high fiber content and digestion benefits.
Psyllium has been studied "for the ability to reduce inflammation and cholesterol and regulate blood sugar levels in people with diabetes," states SPINS in its recent Natural Frozen Foods Trendwatch report (SPINS 2018). "SPINS predicts [that there will be] more functional fibers, seeds, and grains, in frozen pizzas in the future."
New certified gluten-free products can also be found in less obvious categories, such as sauces and marinades, condiments, juices, and salad dressings. Although meat and poultry are naturally gluten-free, processed meat products from sausages to meatballs frequently contain gluten, so gluten-free options are gaining traction in this segment as well.
Butterball's foodservice division recently debuted gluten-free turkey meatballs. The enterprise's entire turkey product line is now gluten-free, according to Richie Jenkins, Butterball's senior director of foodservice marketing. The meatballs, which used to incorporate bread crumbs as a binder, contain a variety of ingredients such as Romano cheese, rice flour, oregano, and rosemary extract.
"We didn't go in trying to find a replacement for the bread crumbs," Jenkins notes. "We reconfigured the formulation from top to bottom to get a good binder and bite."
Gluten and Health
While people with celiac disease can suffer severe intestinal damage and increase their risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical conditions if they consume gluten, adopting a gluten-free diet is not a healthier choice for most people, according to several recent studies.
A prospective cohort study of more than 100,000 U.S. adults without celiac disease, published in BMJ in May 2017, indicated that individuals who voluntarily minimize their gluten intake may not be consuming enough whole grains, thereby increasing their risk for coronary heart disease (BMJ 2017). In addition, a Harvard University School of Public Health study presented during an American Heart Association scientific meeting last year showed that eating less gluten may be associated with a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus (AHA 2017).
What's more, research published in Consumer Reports in 2014 suggested that gluten-free versions of many food products have more calories, more sodium, and more sugar than their regular gluten-containing counterparts (Consumer Reports 2014).
"A lot of times when people switch to a gluten-free diet, they're eating a lot of foods that are full of refined grains and other starches like tapioca starch and potato starch, which don't have all of those associated minerals and vitamins that are so beneficial in whole grains," comments Sluyter on the results of those studies.
People who follow a gluten-free diet should make a concerted effort to consume whole grains, Sluyter advises. When consumed with all of their bran, germ, and endosperm, the following are gluten-free whole grains, according to the Whole Grains Council: amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, oats (when not cross-contaminated with wheat), quinoa, rice, sorghum, teff, and wild rice.
Recognizing the importance of gluten-free whole grain flours, Ardent Mills last year established a specialty grain business unit that is cultivating North American sources for teff, quinoa, and other ancient grains, Ichwan notes. The company currently produces many gluten-free flours, such as the Eagle Mills Gluten-Free All-Purpose Multigrain Flour Blend, which includes sorghum, brown rice, corn, amaranth, quinoa, millet, and teff. This product is ideal for breads, breakfast foods, cookies and cakes, and coatings and batters, among other applications, according to Ardent Mills.
Different varieties of each ancient grain have different properties and characteristics, Ichwan says, noting that Ardent Mills can customize blends to suit any application.
Although whole grains are important, other plant-based proteins—such as lentil flour, pea flour, and chickpea flour—are viewed as "natural" and "desirable" by consumers and play an important role in enhancing the nutritional content of gluten-free food products (Ingredion 2017).
The gluten-free movement's growth has slowed, but it is still significant, insists Ricardo Rodriguez, Ingredion's marketing manager for confectionery and bakery. "While it's not growing at 30% like years ago, if you look at 2016 IRI numbers (excluding potato chips and ready-to-eat popcorn, which are inherently gluten-free), the overall category grew by 16.6%," he says.
Rodriguez believes the gluten-free trend is here to stay for the foreseeable future. "Unlike other trends, gluten-free has a core group of consumers that need to buy gluten-free," he notes. "And as the 'free from' movement continues to grow among consumers, gluten-free is becoming a standard that is increasingly expected."
For consumers who prefer to avoid gluten but don't have to, however, the risks may outweigh the benefits unless a concerted effort is made to eat whole grains, an important source of fiber and micronutrients in the diet, recent research suggests (Lebwohl 2017).
Whole-grain wheat is especially prized for its flavor, texture, nutrient content, fiber, and binding and other properties. Eschewing wheat altogether because of its gluten can pose nutritional challenges and significantly limit a person's dining options and enjoyment of food.
But not all gluten in wheat is equal. Researchers are finding that they can produce wheat that contains much less of the allergenic or immunoreactive form of gluten.
There are three main forms of gluten in wheat, according to Raj Ketkar, president and CEO of Arcadia Biosciences, which is finalizing development of a reduced-gluten (RG) line within its GoodWheat portfolio of ingredients.
High-molecular-weight glutenins, which constitute 5%–10% of total gluten, are crucial for imparting strength and elasticity to the dough, he explains. Low-molecular-weight glutenins, which make up 25%–30% of the gluten in wheat, are important for the processing of the dough. A third category, the gliadins, comprise 60%–70% of wheat's gluten; these proteins are responsible for the adverse response in most gluten-sensitive people.
This "bad gluten" is what Arcadia Biosciences is minimizing in RG GoodWheat. "What we've done," explains Ketkar, "is we've reduced about 75% of the allergenic glutens." Overall, the gluten content of RG GoodWheat has been reduced 60%–65%, he says.
"So dough made with our wheat would retain a large part of what makes dough act like dough," Ketkar elaborates. "The elasticity and the processing ability and the texture and the flavor of the wheat products—whether bread, pizza, flour tortillas, or what have you, the properties that we all like—would be retained, while the allergenic properties are reduced."
RG GoodWheat is positioned for people with non-celiac gluten sensitivity who can tolerate some gluten and consumers who believe there is an overall wellness benefit to reducing gluten.
Arcadia Biosciences uses a molecular biology process called TILLING (an acronym for Target Induced Local Lesions In Genome) to identify the traits of a large population of wheat, select those lines that have the desired characteristics, and then breed the traits into commercial varieties.
Ketkar expects to be able to provide samples of RG GoodWheat to food companies by the end of this year, followed by a year of testing the ingredient in formulations.
While RG GoodWheat is not genetically modified, Ketkar emphasizes, a team of scientists at the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture in Cordoba, Spain, is using gene-editing to create a low-gluten strain of wheat that could reduce wheat's immune reactivity by 85% (Gabbatiss 2017). By using the CRISPR/Cas9 tool to edit alpha-gliadin genes in wheat, these scientists aspire to produce wheat that even some people with celiac disease will be able to consume.
But this likely will not be a panacea since the exact protein component that proves toxic for people with celiac disease varies from individual to individual (Gabbatiss 2017).
Carolyn Doris Schierhorn is a freelance writer based in Wheaton, Ill. (email@example.com).
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Arcadia. 2018. "Arcadia Biosciences Expands GoodWheat Portfolio With Reduced Gluten Wheat." Press release, April 17. Arcadia Biosciences, Davis, Calif. arcadiabio.com.
Consumer Reports. 2014. "6 Truths About a Gluten Free Diet." Consumer Reports, November. https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/will-a-gluten-free-diet-really-make-you-healthier/index.htm.
Gabbatiss, J. 2017. "Low Gluten Wheat that Could Be Eaten By Coeliacs Produced by Gene Editing." The Independent, Nov. 27. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/low-gluten-wheat-coeliacs-genetic-engineering-eaten-safe-ge-foods-a8078866.html.
Granatstein, L. 2016. "Anthony Bourdain on Food Porn, YouTube and His Intolerance of Gluten-Free Diets." AdWeek, June 5. https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/anthony-bourdain-food-porn-youtube-stars-and-his-intolerance-gluten-free-diets-171669/.
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Michigan Chamber Foundation and the Michigan Bankers Association hosted the 2019 Economic Forecast Forum in East Lansing, on January 3. This annual forecast features economic experts who will provide valuable insights about current events and the future of our region's economy. Designed for both bankers and business leaders, this event also provides a high-level networking opportunity for participants.
2019 Forum Highlights
Keynote Speaker, Jim Robey, Ph.D. Director, Regional and Economic Planning Services, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, shared valuable information about current events and the future of our region's economy.
General Session: Retaining & Attracting Michigan's Talent
Moderator: Kevin Marrs, Vice President, American Society of Employers
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Our House Project's family would like to invite you to the grand opening of our first permanent location @Communaasbl on Saturday 10/02 from 5pm onwards. Kids more than welcome!
We are serving a Syrian buffet.
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The Tragically Hip - Man Machine Poem Tour
The Tragically Hip are on their final tour across Canada. Fitting, that they will play their very last show IN Kingston, Ontario, where the band started!
While many of us living here in Orange County are unable to attend the show in Kingston, the CBC will be broadcasting The Hip's final show, live, over the Internet! Let's get together, and raise a toast to this iconic Canadian band, and enjoy the live stream together as fellow Canadians.
Proceeds, after venue fees, for the event will go to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research. If you can't make the event, please consider making a donation directly to the fund here: https://donate.sunnybrook.ca/braincancerresearch


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I have had the pleasure of knowing this family for almost two years now and it just keeps getting better. Christine and I work together at my full-time job and share many stories and guidance on raising two children and the sometimes ever so fun anecdotes of my 3 year old and her almost 3 year old. Also recently for me, Christine has been a huge supporter and motivator to get me back to the gym. She is a wonderful partner to have and I should really talk to her about becoming a "life/health" coach on the side because she is truly great at it.
The last time I had this wonderful family in front of my lens was when Mr G was just a newborn last February. I can't believe how much he has grown and that is he coming up on his 1st birthday! We had a great morning session at North Cary Park on what truly felt like a North Carolina fall day, not the 60s and 70s :-) The boys were fabulous and we had a great time running around the park!
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The importance of a positive work environment/
One of our previous blogs explored how the UK's trailing productivity could be the result of low employee engagement. We called for companies to review and refine their employee engagement strategy in light of this, and as an example looked at the four pillars on which our strategy at Computershare is based. In this blog, I will hone in on one of these pillars, a positive work environment, looking at why it's important and how it can be created.
At some point in your career it's likely you'll have worked in a place with a negative, maybe even "toxic", atmosphere. If not, chances are you'll know someone who has. Remember the groans as people filtered in on a Monday morning? People complaining of being overworked and underappreciated, not knowing where they're headed, or what their objectives are, with the stress and bad feeling seeping into their home lives and affecting their health. Who would want to work in a place like that?
Instead, imagine coming to work with a huge sense of pride because you know you're making progress as an individual, as a team and as a company…imagine not only feeling valued but also feeling a strong sense of belonging…and imagine feeling not just happy in your work but also inspired. You have all the resources you need to do your job well, you're clear what your role is, and how to succeed. The stress-causing factors that can affect your performance have been minimised and you feel great! Isn't that much better?
Clearly I've just painted a picture of two extremes, but there's a lot to be gained by taking some simple steps to examine your workplace and make some positive changes.
But before I get into detail on how, it's worth considering some of the reasons why you should. Firstly, companies with positive work environments have a low turnover of staff. Simple. And maybe even reason enough on its own. But it's not just about retaining staff; with company websites, social media and review sites offering access to more information about companies than ever before, candidates are doing a lot more research before applying for a role and are taking more aspects into account. In fact, EY's annual graduate survey found that factors like training and development opportunities, people and culture, and a good work-life balance came ahead of salary. So, the working environment is something employees really care about, with the potential to be a genuine USP helping you attract and retain great people.
That sounds great, so how can I achieve this?
There are many interlinked factors which contribute to a positive work environment, but we believe that there are three elements which are fundamental: communication, colleagues and physical environment.
Regular and open communication
"Communication is the key to success" – if only you had a pound for every time you heard that. Yet, despite all the talk, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD's) Employee Outlook Surveys have shown that only around half of employees feel fully or fairly well informed about what's happening in their organisation, with the rest saying they receive limited or very little information. Decisions made by the senior management team can affect an employee's job security and prospects, so of course employees prefer to be informed. This is top-down communication, but there is also a strong case for what the CIPD terms 'multi-directional dialogue' – top down, bottom up, two-way, peer-to-peer, across departments, and so on.
Structures must be put in place within a company to allow, and encourage, employees to have a voice within the organisation, and furthermore to enable employees to communicate easily with each other and share knowledge and ideas. At Computershare, we have a company social network which really helps here. We also have a weekly internal newsletter that keeps everyone up-to-date and an employee forum where employees can discuss company issues. Give some thought to the quality of communication too – there needs to be a tone of openness, trust and respect, which brings us nicely onto the next heading…
Help colleagues to build relationships
Oracle recently surveyed 1,500 employees working in large businesses across Western Europe for its Simply Talent employee engagement study and a whopping 42% of those who participated believe that their peers wield the biggest positive influence on their level of engagement. Only 21% named line managers, 7% specified business unit managers and a mere 3% selected HR. So yes, colleagues are very important.
Obviously employing positive and personable people who can work collaboratively is a good idea, but there are also mechanisms that can be put into place to optimise peer interaction and foster happy and productive relationships. Providing opportunities for people to get to know each other better – both through formal networking events and during informal team nights out and parties, fundraising events or sports events – can help this. Our table tennis league is extremely popular, for example, and has brought different teams from across the business together in a fun way.
So, we've talked about the people and their interactions – but we also need to consider the workspace itself.
Create a physical environment to be proud of
There's growing awareness that physical surroundings affect people's work performance in various ways. So much so that earlier this year the CIPD collaborated with the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) on The Workplace Conversation, a joint project looking at the evolution and improvement of workplaces. There's more work to be done in this area, and it's great that different professional bodies are working together to find answers. In our view, as part of a positive working environment, the workspace should:
1) allow collaborative and flexible working
2) support employees' wellbeing
3) be environmentally friendly
The first aspect involves making the most of physical space and available technology to ensure that people can undertake both individual and teamwork easily, and flexibly, at different times and from different locations. The second aspect is about improving the quality of employees' lives. At Computershare we do this in many ways – from making it simple for staff to get to work with our employee bus service and bike facilities, to making life more convenient for them when they're here by having a gym, a newsagent, a restaurant and market stalls on the premises. We also make the most of our outdoor space, creating allotments and bee hives that staff can use. Being environmentally friendly is something we've found many staff share our commitment to. Simple steps, such as replacing under-desk bins with office recycling bins, have really made a difference for us.
So, what next?
You might be looking at some of our examples and thinking that a positive work environment sounds expensive to implement. Yes, some investment is required but, there are also a lot of changes that make a huge impact without costing a lot of money. The process of creating a positive work environment should be gradual and requires buy-in from all quarters, but even small changes can make a big difference.


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Social media has become a crucial part of any business's marketing and client base development platform. My goal with every client is to establish a personalized Social Media service. When it comes to Social Media my past experiences with Marketing Agencies has shown me that the division of tasks between multiple tiers of a large company results in a product that ultimately reflects the repetitive, cold formula of the company instead of the client's personal vision. It is important to empathize and each client is different.
As your Social Media Manager, I'll take the time to understand your needs, desires, likes, dislikes, inspirations, plans, products, etc. Social Media is not only about posting but about interacting with the fans, public, potential clients, and other similar pages. Sharing exciting news, beautiful and positive messages and a whole world of creative information and images will maximize your Social Media presence online.
Timing is crucial when it comes to responding to fans or potential clients. Monitoring every client is a task that requires 24/7 attention. I am also always available via Phone, WhatsApp, Facebook & Email (although I do sleep once in a while!)
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For the first time since 9/11, I am afraid to leave the house.
Even when the bombs started dropping on Afghanistan and Iraq, my naive 20-something self at the time was certain I'd be safe here in the U.S. Especially here, in Southern California.
People always tell me how laid back and "West Coast" my vibe is, right down to the relaxed cadence in my speech. I was confident and comfortable in the knowledge that I was from here. Those distant wars were not about me.
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New Cisco FindIT Network Management Platform
The team is excited, especially our FindIT Product Manager, David Harper for the announcement of his Network Monitoring and Management Platform.
But why?
Today's market offers businesses a wide range of networking options. There's more than a handful of ways to provide your business backbone with a robust routing, switching and wireless solution. It starts with a basic router with built-in switch and wireless access point: An all-in-one-solution that we have all probably owned at some point. And from there, the sky is the limit.
Once upon a time, you or your IT Network Administrator set-up the network and pretty much waited until something happened. Sometimes it goes well for a while, even years. But not always. Time spent diagnosing, troubleshooting, maybe even a rip and replace. If everything worked out well, rinse and repeat started. But if the "fix" happened to break something else… If you only could take a view of what was going on.
Cisco FindIT is a Network Monitoring and Management (NMM) platform for our Cisco 100-500 Series including the WAP Wireless Access Points, RV Series Routers, and 200 Series and up Switching.
FindIT Network Management is a subscription-based network services solution composed of two applications: Probe and Manager. The FindIT Probe resides on a on-premise local network. The FindIT Manager is able to reside anywhere including in the cloud as long as the probes can communicate with it.
The Cisco FindIT platform allows for network monitoring and management. You can remotely set-up, configure and deploy our products by pushing configuration files remotely. Access our products as if you were sitting, connected to the products physically, but literally from anywhere. Yes, you can create VLANs, VPN tunnels, configure wireless settings, tweak QoS settings, you name it, but from your own office chair.
Featuring an intuitive dashboard, reporting capability, maintenance, lifecycle management, firmware management, and a whole host of features, that make remote network monitoring and management a reality.
Whether you are an internal IT Team or a Managed Service Provider, or anything in-between, this is an attractive tool for any IT professional looking to help simplify the process of setting-up, deploying, configuring and managing networks.
We have long-heard that this visibility and clarity would make our products better. An improved user experience. One thing we know, managed services can and will be expanded providing for an opportunity to increase revenue through enhanced SLA's, while saving time and expense.
Please take look at a short Video for Cisco FindIT.
For more information, go to cisco.com/go/findit.
Thanks for the time, and all the best,
Marc and the Cisco Business Team.
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Amanda Bell
Great information! Good Post. It is good to see valuable information from a person who obviously has a good grasp of the subject.
Ray Barber
Marc who? 😉
Looks great guys, keep it coming…
Marc Nagao
Let's talk soon Ray!
Question … Is this tool designed for Managed Service providers who monitor/manage many SMB network environments?
Marc Nagao
and a very good one. Yes MSP's can use to help monitor and manage their customer's networks.
Please keep ChannelE2E updated regarding FindIT.
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Marc Nagao
Joe – we will be in contact with you.
Thank you.
Are there plans to extend this into other technologies such as UCS and collab?
looks great product


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He worked at the previous Ministry of Petroleum until 1987, when he made a decision to venture in to Shenzhen and Hainan so that you can take up a career in property. It's the largest prime office property developer in China that is famous for developing iconic landmark buildings in Beijing and Shanghai. Pan Shi Yi's approach towards life and work has led him to being a public role model and also a star in the eyes of the media. He's regarded as a modern day rags to riches success story together with his entrepreneurial achievements. Pan Shi Yi was also among the primary supporters of the electronic revolution and social media in China. He used his private website and Sina Weibo, the Chinese model of twitter, as a way to successfully encourage the SOHO brand. Now, his Weibo account has close to 16 million followers. He also makes video programs and holds on-line chats often. In 2004 and 2006, Pan Shi Yi was honored as among the Best Ten Powerful Figures in Property Business by sina.com. In 2005, he was among the Best Ten Powerful Figures in Property Business by sohu.com. He was selected by sina.com as the 2009 Property Man of the Year. He along with his wife co-founded the SOHO China Foundation, a charitable organization which plans to offer assistance to underdeveloped areas with lacking resources in addition to the initiatives focused on instruction.


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21 Savage released two successful mixtapes, The Slaughter Tape and Slaughter King, in 2015. He followed that up with a collaborative EP with Metro Boomin last summer. But Issa Album is the 24-year-old's first studio album. He has lately been in the headlines for his love life, since he was spotted out in public with Amber Rose, 21 Savage's debut album Issa Album has dropped. The rapper announced it would be arriving last week, simply tweeting the album cover along with the release date.
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Port & Portobello @ The Red Lemon, Ladbroke Grove
The Vibe
The Red Lemon is located at the end of All Saints Road, which just so happens to be the perfect pit stop after a hard day's Christmas shopping. This warm and inviting local boozer is cranking the festive cheer up to ninety with its winter pop up, Port & Portobello, complete with roaring fire decorated with expectant bright red stockings, the bar's illuminated with fairy lights and there's plenty of food and drink being served right up until Christmas Eve. The vibe is cosy to the max; a real home from home, just the ticket for whiling away dark winter afternoons in London.
The Order
You've just come in from the cold, you need warming up. Order a delicious glass of Pinot Noir or a Portobello ale from the bar, which will sort you right out. When you can feel your fingers again, ask for the sharing platter which consists of cutesy slices of Welsh rarebit, Stilton and onion marmalade on toast, ham and cheese croquettes, pigs in blankets and sweet mince pie parcels; perfect finger food. If you'd like to eke the date out a little longer then suggest moving on to a main and offer to share the excellent Reindeer Burger (venison, bacon, deep fried Camembert and cranberry sauce).
The Game
Daters of London, this is a gift and Port & Portobello has it all wrapped up for you in a big red bow. Meet your date on Portobello Road for a Bloody Mary at the Electric Diner to start the day with an injection of warmth. Suggest a bit of Christmas shopping, don your bobble hat and mittens and head outdoors in the direction of the area's many shops and boutiques. As the cold starts to nip at your nose and toes, navigate the walking direction towards All Saints Road and set the scene for the need to stop for a well-deserved drink at the top of the street. Enter the Red Lemon and make confidently for the unassuming staircase, leading your date by the hand into the subtly lit private dining grotto bar with its very own open fire. Take a load off, kick back with a sherry by the fire and really engage with your date. Top tip: pack a little travel board game to whip out if the moment calls for it. Compare Christmas jumpers, laugh (at each other) and enjoy the après ski atmosphere. Save the best bit 'til last though – a little tray of delicious marshmallows are provided free of charge to toast over the open fire. Romance here, as you can see, is as easy as mince pie. Call it early and as you leave and your date is just putting their hat on, surprise them gently and go in for a long, deep kiss. Invite back for a coffee, lock mittens and call an Uber.
The Faults
Only the Grinch himself wouldn't enjoy a date here. Tis the season to be jolly and Port & Portobello does a great line in jollity so get the drinks in!
3. Get cosy by the fire, feel the flush in your cheeks after a glass or two of port and canoodle like it's going out of style.


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The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, commonly known as the National Zoo, is a wonderful attraction for families on holiday in Washington DC. As part of the Smithsonian Institution, the zoo has no entry fee and offers visitors the chance to explore 163 acres of habitats containing more than 1,800 animals, a fifth of which are endangered. The star attractions of the zoo are definitely the giant pandas. Other popular exhibits include the Great Ape House, Elephant Trails, Lion/Tiger Hill, Cheetah Conservation Station, and Seals and Sea Lions Exhibit. The National Zoo was the home of the original Smokey Bear, who was a symbol of forest fire prevention and lived at the zoo from 1950 to 1976.
Address: Rock Creek Park, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW
Website: nationalzoo.si.edu
Telephone: (202) 633 4888
Transport: Metrorail Red line to Cleveland Park station. Metrobus lines L1, L2, and L4 stop at the Zoo's Connecticut Avenue entrance, and H4 stops at the Harvard Street entrance.
Opening times: 8am to 7pm, last admittance at 6pm.
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Anti-oxidant rich and tasty, this smoothie is quick and easy to make. Try it for a snack or breakfast. Feel free to swap your favorite yogurt (pasture raised cow or sheep yogurt are also good choices. Other flavors of juice would also be fine. Feel free to use other berries: raspberries, and strawberries are great, too.
The Maqui Berry Powder and Acai Powder are super foods and super delicious in this smoothie. Feel free to make the smoothie without them.You will find more information about Maqui, Acai and Coconut Palm Sugar in my Glossary page.
Serves 1 for a very hearty breakfast
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries or any berry of your choice
- ¾ cup plain goat yogurt or any yogurt of your choice
- ¾ cup tart cherry juice(or any juice of your choice)
- 2 Tablespoons Nutiva Coconut Palm Sugar*
Optional: 1 Tablespoon Navitas Naturals Acai Powder*
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- 1 teaspoon Simply Organic Vanilla Extract
Combine all the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Taste, and if desired, add additional palm sugar for a sweeter flavor.
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meet our family!
In 1981 our father opened his first restaurant, Chicken Basket - a small shop specializing in fried chicken, the complete opposite of our family's history. Over the next 30 years, he owned and operated several restaurants. Having his own food business meant that he would work from sunup to sundown. Though we rarely got to see him as kids, we learned valuable lessons about hard work, sacrifice, and taking care of your family.
All of us grew up working in those restaurants. Our parents would always stress the importance of education to us so that we could get good jobs and our lives wouldn't be as tiring and as challenging as theirs. Our father warned us time and time again to stay away from the restaurant industry.
So you can imagine his excitement when in 2016 we all decided to open a farmers market stand...not just any stand, but one selling Middle Eastern Street Food starring Za'atar which is symbolic in the Middle East but largely unknown here. For us, this was a way to connect with our culture which we didn't truly appreciate until we grew older. We wanted to share the extreme generosity and hospitality that exists in Arab food culture with the local community. Combine this heritage and passion with growing up in food and Z&Z was born.
Before launching Z&Z, we'd always ask our dad why he never sold Arabic food at his restaurants. He would always respond that Americans don't like our food and it wouldn't sell. So it is extremely special for us to be here today, almost three years later having built our business on a product as symbolic and rich with history as Za'atar.
We've come a long way but have even further to go and we're excited to keep hustling. None of this would have been possible without our parents and the unconditional support from our community.


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Officine Panerai Radiomir Composite Marina Militare 8 Giorni PAM00339
Officine Panerai presented a number of new pieces at SIHH in Palexpo, Geneva this week. Among them, one of my favourites, the Officine Panerai Radiomir Composite Marina Militare 8 Giorni - PAM00339.
Released in a limited edition of just 1000 examples, this Radiomir exudes classic Panerai simplicity, evoking the memory of early models and mounted on a vintage leather hand-stitched strap, yet it marks a new milestone in materials technology. The silky 47mm case is constructed in a remarkable composite, new to watchmaking and developed by Panerai, which is harder than stainless steel, titanium and even conventional ceramics. Composed of ceramisised aluminium, the material is the result of an elaborate electrochemical process and is lighter and more durable than any other used by the manufacture to date.
The Militaire models have historically been official issue to the Italian Navy since the 1940s and nowadays only appear in limited numbers at intervals of several years, making them highly sought after and collectable.
The signature sandwich dial, a deep brown like the case, features small seconds at the 9 o'clock position and the 8 Giorni Brevatto legend at the 3, denoting the eight-day power reserve available from the fully in-house P.2002/7 Calibre manual-wound mechanical movement.
As the pursuit for futuristic materials remorselessly pushes forward, it is really nice to see a tasteful application of old and new technology as one, and Panerai have nailed it with the Radiomir Composite Marina Militare 8 Giorni.


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Good morning!
Welcome to the halfway point of the #MachineQuiltingBlogHop! If you're new, I, along with my friends Jen, Kristin, and Vicki, are quilting and blogging our way through The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting by Angela Walters and Christa Watson. I am trying my best to spend time quilting five days a week (but this week was my anniversary, so I only got four). I'm stitching on a Singer Quantum Stylist 9960. Jen and Kristin are working on domestic machines as well, and Vicki works on a long arm. We are having a lot of fun, and we hope you'll join in! Practice along with us, and tag you photos on Instagram with #machinequiltingbloghop so we can cheer you on!
Week 5, Day 1:
I finally got the Florida quilt basted, and just in time, too, because the designs in this week's chapter are all kinds of perfect. I have to admit, I like the geometric stuff I was working on last week, and I like using it for contrast, but the swirls and loops of this week are my favorite. I like these designs because they quilt so smoothly-- less stopping and starting, more getting in the zone.
Anyway, I got started on Florida today. I thought about doing a meander or swirls in the background, but I wanted to try something new (and I have a lot of swirls planned for Modern Birds in the Air), so I decided to give Crescents a shot. Also, for maybe the first time, I am using a thread that contrasts a bit with the background fabric. I used a lot of solid navy as a "canvas" for the appliqué on the Florida quilt, but I want to use the quilting to add movement and color, so I'm using a dark teal thread. It adds just the right "pop." The crescents give the perfect impression of waves for this large ocean space.
After doing crescents for awhile, I decided it was time to put myself through my paces on the other designs from this chapter, most of which are familiar to me. I started with a basic telephone cord down a skinny border on Modern Birds in the Air.
Then, on a slightly wider border, I did some double loops... then I started echoing the loops... then I found myself graffiti quilting around them. It was so much fun and flowed so naturally. For months and months, I've been seeing pictures of graffiti quilting and wondered how it's done, but now I realize that it comes from having a sufficient "stock" of familiar designs in one's quilting tool box to be able to flow on a whim from one to another.
Week 5, Day 2:
I love the paisleys and pearls design that Angela used on this quilt, but I don't have any tea drop shaped parts on the quilts I'm quilting at the moment. I started stewing on this last night, and, upon looking back on the graffiti quilting I did, I realized there was a section where I connected several paisleys in a chain. Today, I decided to take that same concept, but quilt it larger to fill up a border on the bottom of Modern Birds in the Air. I worked from one end of the border to the other using big paisleys with 3-5 echoes, then retracing to the top of the shape to start the next one. I love it! I wouldn't have thought to use a design like this in a border before, but it filled the space well. I think I may go back and add some echoes around the whole thing to fill to the edge of the border.
Week 5, Day 3:
Well, we're off to Chattanooga tomorrow to celebrate our anniversary, so I think I'll only manage three days of quilting this week. Today I added an echo around the chain of large paisleys I quilted yesterday, and I continued working on the background of the Florida quilt.
Week 5, Day 4:
Sunday night already! I finished the background of the Florida quilt with "crescents." Notice that I've put that in quotes now. I looked back at Christa's crescents in the book today, and I couldn't help but chuckle. Early on in the process of this quilt, my crescents took on a look and shape of their own that is quite different from how Christa shapes hers. I can see the difference clearly even in the video above that I recorded several days ago. Rather than being upset by this, though, I am excited about it. It is further evidence of what I began noticing earlier in the week-- all these hours of machine quilting are adding up, and I'm finding my own "voice." I've often wondered how it is that there are some machine quilters whose work I can recognize instantly-- like both Christa's and Angela's. Now I'm beginning to see how quilting develops a "voice," a style, a flair unique to the quilter just like brush strokes or handwriting are unique to the painter or writer-- like designers become so recognizable in their fabric and quilt designs. So, I'll take my "crescents," which I think I'll call Waves, as evidence that I'm developing my own styles and experiments just like I was able to do my first graffiti quilting earlier this week. My practice is making progress!
I also added a few swirls on the Modern Birds in the Air background. I'm using light blue thread on a white background, so I'm nervous about all the little imperfections right now. However, if the Waves are any indication, I'll have developed a new spin on these swirls by the end of the quilt-- or at least evened out the bumps.
I love the designs from this week, and I'll be continuing to work on them! Be sure to check out what Jen, Kristin, and Vicki have been up to, and click the #MachineQuiltingBlogHop badge below to see the interviews I've done with each blog hopper as well as interviews with Angela and Christa.
You can find me on Instagram @stringandstory for daily photos and videos, and, for weekly inspiration straight to your inbox, sign up for my Newsletter!
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WOW Go Live in 5 Challenge - Day 4
I did my first outside live broadcast today.
I thought it would be hard. And it was, but not for the reasons I thought.
I thought I would find it hard to stand on the South Bank, outside the Royal Festival Hall, with my back to the Millennium Bridge and the River Thames to my left. I thought I would find it hard to stand there, talking at my telephone, looking a little foolish maybe.
But I looked around me and people were just doing their thing.
It was a sunny day. Mild, and we Londoners were making the most of it. After all, today might be our summer.
There were those seated at tables, having their lunch, and others standing by the railings, watching the boats on the river. Three people in their twenties; 2 ladies and a young man, were strolling along the banks of the Thames.
I didn't know you could do that.
I'm not sure I'd want to.
A couple of people walked by, each engaged in their own telephone conversation.
And then there was me.
Talking to my phone.
Wondering if anyone was watching or listening. But doing my thing anyway. And after 30 seconds I didn't care about anyone else. I had a task to do so I did it.
I thought it would be hard. And it was, but not for the reasons I thought.
It was hard because I didn't have much to say about the subject and I wasn't sure I could fill 10 minutes.
But I did.
And I was me.
And I was unapologetic.
Day 4 done.


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Job Description
The role would begin in time for the summer term after Easter and would be a full time role in year 1. This would be a great opportunity to complete your NQT induction year as the school has sufficient resources to support you and assign a mentor.
The school has a fantastic reputation for nurtering newly qualified and their staff include several specialist leaders in education.
This role is a fanstastic opportunity to kick off your fledgling career and push forward into a fantastic carrer n primary school teaching.
The school will be shortlisting candidates through the second half of this term, after Easter and they have requested that all candidates be cleared for work by ourselves for then. For us to be clear we would need the following criteria to be met
-DBS certificate (preferably on the online update system)
-Recent teaching Experience in Key Stage 1
-References covering you for the last 2 years of employment or study (at least one must be education based)
-A UK recognised qualification that allows you to deliver the primary education curriculum
In addition to the neccessary criteria we would also be looking for the following:
-Superb behaviour management skills and the ability to build a strong, professional rapport with children and staff
-Commitment and passion to good teaching practice and quality supply teaching
- Full understanding of safeguarding procedures and child protection methods and responsibilities
-The pedagogy of providing effectively for the individual needs of all children including classroom organisation and learning strategies
Our specialist team have a combined experience of over 50 years and have unrivalled reputation within the North East's education market, taking great pride in the extremely high service levels that we provide to both our schools and our candidates. Our service is honest and efficient and, in addition to our recruitment solution, we offer the opportunity for additional training and development for our candidates. You will also receive personalised career support from the team.
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On Saturday November 8, NMRWA held their final tree planting of 2014. Eleven volunteers, together with NMRWA staff, worked to plant six trees. Four of those trees were planted along Columbia Avenue in Swissvale. The other two were planted near the corner of Union Street and Lacrosse Street. Among the six trees were hedge maple, katsura, hybrid elm and redbud species. In the past, Columbia Avenue was lined with many large London Plane trees. Many residents looked forward to this planting as a way to start reestablishing the tree canopy along Columbia.
Annual planting and stewardship of new and existing trees is essential to sustaining a constant tree canopy in an area. Many tree experts abide by a 1:1 ratio of tree removals to tree replacement as a sustainable policy for maintaining canopy cover. A 2:1 ratio of removals to replacements is a policy adopted to increase canopy cover. Once all of the trees were installed, volunteers reconvened to enjoy hot soup and good conversation. Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make this event great. Another thank you to Swissvale councilperson Julie Grose for allowing NMRWA staff to set up materials and snacks in her front yard.
Read about our other tree planting and care events from 2014 on our blog here and Can you get zoloft in canada.