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From 11 June 2017, motorists can use the new flyover from Lorong 6 Toa Payoh to Braddell Underpass for direct access to Upper Serangoon Road and Bartley Road, without having to join the traffic on Braddell Road.
Roads along Braddell Road between Toa Payoh North Flyover and CTE have also been widened from a dual three-lanes to dual five-lanes.
Changes to existing routes include:
Closure of Road Access:
- From the rightmost lane along Braddell Road to Upper Serangoon Road/Bartley Road
- From Bishan Street 11 to Braddell Underpass (Upper Serangoon Road/Bartley Road)
New bus-only lanes:
- Next to Toa Payoh North Flyover
- At Lorong 8 Toa Payoh.
Check out this traffic advisory for an overview of the roads to help you plan your journey. Also available in Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.
We've put together short videos to help you navigate around the new roads better. Click on the titles below to watch them on our YouTube Channel.
1. Video 1 - Travel Route from Lor 6 Toa Payoh to Upp Serangoon Rd, Bartley Rd and CTE
2. Video 2 - Travel Route from Braddell Road to Bishan flyover, CTE, and more
3. Video 3 - Travel Route from Bishan Road to Lor 6 Toa Payoh


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As promised here is the recipe for my Cookies n Cream Cupcakes. I got this idea of these cupcakes from Pinterest (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE PINTEREST). Pinterest is just a happy place to be, HAHA! These cupcakes are SOOOOOOOOO good and the icing is just EVERYTHING!! I can't even explain how good the icing is, you just have to make them. A lot of you have asked me for the recipe so here it is. I made these for my potluck at work and they were a hit! Hope they are as good for you as they were for me, lol.
24 Oreo halves, with cream filling attached
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
8 tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
1 2/3 cup sugar
3 large egg whites, at room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup milk
20 Oreo cookies, coarsely chopped
Icing Ingredients:
8 oz. whipped cream cheese, at room temperature
6 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar sifted
2 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
Oreo cookie crumbs
24 Oreo cookie halves
Cupcake Directions:Preheat the oven 350F. Line the cupcake wells with paper liners. Place an Oreo halve in the bottom of each liner cream side up. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir together with a fork and set aside. In another large size bowl combine butter and sugar and beat together on medium speed until fluffy for about two minutes. You can use a mixing spoon for this too if you don't have a mixer, but I promise you your arm will get TIRED, lol! Blend the egg whites one at a time, beating or mixing well after each addition. Blend in the vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, beat in half of the dry ingredients just until you incorporate everything together pretty good. Add the milk and beat just until combined, then mix in the remaining dry ingredients. Gently fold in the chopped Oreos with a rubber spatula until evenly incorporated, being careful not to over mix.
Evenly divide the batter between the prepared cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through baking, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pans 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Frosting Directions:Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium size bowl and beat on medium-high speed until smooth for about 1-2 minutes (or you can use a mixing spoon but again your arm will be TIRED, lol....TRUST ME). Add the heavy whipping cream to the bowl and beat on low speed or mix just to incorporate the cream, whip or mix until creamy.
Frost the cooled cupcakes as you like. Sprinkle the Oreo crumbs and garnish with an Oreo halves and BAM!!!!! Your done......ENJOY!!!
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Gospel: Jn 15:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,
because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
will be thrown out like a branch and wither;
people will gather them and throw them into a fire
and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."
Prayer: Come Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray.
"Remain in me as I remain in you." Can you hear His words personally to you: "I remain in you." Do we realize how close He is? He is with us, He is within us, dwelling in our souls by our baptism. Throughout this Gospel our responsibility is underlined--to remain, to bear fruit, to become disciples. Yet this invitation only takes on its full beauty when we discover that we are called to remain, to bear fruit, to become disciples of One who is intimately close.
I can remain connected to something far away or impersonal only in a vague way--like a child "remaining" in the boy scouts or a citizen "remaining" in his country. Both can be true without any sense of intimacy. But when Christ remains in us, he remains there personally, intimately, within the solitude of our heart where we can believe He dwells by baptismal grace. God is within us as One to whom we can whisper. As you pray your Lectio perhaps read the passage again in this light. Read it as spoken by Christ who is close, who remains in our hearts so that we may remain in His.
Prayer: "Jesus in my heart, I believe in your tender love for me. I love you Jesus." -St. Mother Teresa


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Time Present and Time Past
Written to fulfill the Princeton Generals Exams, Time Present and Time Past nods to Messiaen's Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps and tops things off with a fiery dose of Turangalila Symphony. Rather than being a simple pastiche, the work uses Messiaen as a starting point for my own composition. Approximately 10:30 in duration. Performed here by Kate Campbell, Evelyn Farny, Jon Russell, and Andie Springer.


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The use of 3PLs, also known as third-party logistics providers, is on the rise. In fact, as of 2017, 90% of Fortune 500 companies in the US used one or more 3PL, an increase from 46% in 2001.
We look at how third-party logistics companies can help with cost control and efficiency improvements in supply chain management for expanding multichannel and global businesses.
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Let's go over the basics first. A third-party logistics provider provides outsourced logistics services to companies. These services can make up part or sometimes all supply chain management functions, including:
Many small-to-medium-sized businesses turn to third-party logistics as a means of taking advantage of the operational power of an external logistics company without having to make a significant investment in logistics resources such as warehousing space or transportation.
Whether you're expanding into new international markets or diversifying your sales strategy to include multiple sales channels, outsourcing logistics to a 3PL has a number of advantages:
Cost reduction: 3PLs have more leverage with freight companies than individual shippers do. Working with carriers on behalf of multiple customers, 3PLs can negotiate pricing based on volume and order frequency. Using a 3PL to manage all or part of your supply chain also gives you the freedom to invest in other key areas to grow and develop your business.
Scale up or down as needed: Most businesses experience fluctuations in demand throughout the year. Using a 3PL allows you to manage peaks and troughs more effectively without having to commit to capital when you don't need to.
Provide a better customer experience: Customers expect next-day or same-day shipping as standard. Using a third-party logistics provider allows you to offer fast shipping no matter where the order is being sent, thanks to having access to the 3PL's wide distribution network.
Test new markets: With an international 3PL, you have the flexibility to test the waters in new markets without having to commitment to any major investments like your own warehousing space or staff.
Mitigate risk: Shipping delays can and do happen for a number of reasons. When unforeseen circumstances pop up, a 3PL is responsible for making alternate arrangements to fulfil your orders as quickly as possible. You'll also be protected in the event of damage or loss of goods.
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September 13th. NMC & Sled Island present Sarah Neufeld with Rebecca Bruton. Voice, Bells, Analog Electronics. Part of Sled Island Presents series, Studio Bell Performance Hall. https://www.studiobell.ca/whats-on/event/nmc-sled-island-present-sarah-neufeld/
March 31st. F L O O D (solo voice). Performance by Rebecca Bruton at Highline Brewery, Calgary AB. Part of Bug Incision concert series. http://bugincision.com/
February 3rd. Quasar Quatuor de saxophones @ Festival Hall. Presenting 2018 newly commissioned work 'Mammalian Mother Tongues', as part of Territoires Sonores tour. http://neworkscalgary.com/event/quasar-sax-quartet-2018/
February 1st. Quasar Quatuor de saxophones @ Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity. Presenting 2018 newly commissioned work 'Mammalian Mother Tongues', as part of Territoires Sonores tour. https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/bmir-open-concert-quasar-saxophone-quartet/20190201/1930
January 26th & 27th. Regina Symphony Orchestra presents Whast / Wharb (2017). https://reginasymphony.com/2018-2019-season/government-house-series/different-trains
January 25th. Quasar Quatuor de saxophones @ Memorial University of Newfoundland. Presenting 2018 newly commissioned work 'Mammalian Mother Tongues', as part of Territoires Sonores tour. https://quasar4.com/fr/concert/memorial-university-newfoundland
October 23rd. F L O O D (original music by Rebecca Bruton, featuring Rebecca Bruton, Tori Ames, Abigail Lapelle, Simon P. Castonguay, Jill McKenna) @ Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity. Opening for Anthems of the Void (Toronto / NYC).
September 25th & 30th. Circle of Steel (feature film) premieres at Calgary International Film Fest. Original Score by NEVER MARRY (Rebecca Bruton and Katie Streibel). Voted Audience Favourite 2018. http://www.kinosum.com/project/circle-of-steel
May 30th. Premiere @ l'espace Aline-Letendre, Montréal. Quasar Quatuor de saxophones presents 'Mammalian Mother Tongues', 15min newly-commissioned work for saxophone quartet. Part of Territoires Sonores project (Canada Council NEW CHAPTER grant). https://quasar4.com/en/concert/territoires-sonores-1
January 26th. Premiere @ Array Space, Toronto. Array Music presents 'Three Gold Roses', 25min newly-commissioned work for Two Voices, Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Piano, Percussion. https://www.arraymusic.ca/array-productions/concerts/four-new-works
October 26th. Quatuor Bozzini @ SoundFestival. Premieres by Rebecca Bruton, Sarah Lianne Lewis, Jason Doell & Lawrence Dunn. http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/en/
King's College Chapel, Aberdeen (Scotland). 6PM. http://sound-scotland.co.uk/
October 10th. Quasar Quatuor Saxophones (Montréal) presents New Chapter: Territoires sonores. New works-in-progress by Rebecca Bruton, William Kuo, Alec Hall, Émilie Girard-Charest.
Western Front. 303 8 AVE E, Vancouver. 5PM. https://quasar4.com/en/new-chapter
August 30th. Momenta String Quartet (NY) @ Ostrava Days Festival of New and Experimental Music. Performance of Evening Cream (2015) alongside work by Julián Carrillo, Petr Kotík, Petr Bakla, Alex Mincek, Pawel Malinowski, Bálint Laczkó.
Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava, Czech Republic. http://www.newmusicostrava.cz/en/
April 25th. Quatuor Bozzini @ Sala Rossa. New works-in-progress to be performed, as part of Composer's Kitchen 2017. Work by Rebecca Bruton, Jason Doell, Sarah Lianne Lewis, Lawrence Dunn. http://sound-scotland.co.uk/news/sound-and-music-embedded-composers-selected-for-quatuor-bozzini
Sala Rossa. 4848, Boul. St; Laurent. Montréal, Québec H2T 2R6
March 25, 8 pm. PIVOT @ The Music Gallery. Presented by Continuum, The Canadian Music Centre and The Canadian League of Composers, PIVOT features premieres from six emerging composers from the acoustic, electro-acoustic and acousmatic worlds, following their six-month mentorship with some of Canada's most prominent composers. http://continuummusic.org/seasons/1617/pivot.php
The Music Gallery 197 John Street, Toronto, ON, CA, M5T 1X6
October 12 & 13th, 8PM - 'Sugar's Waste', MFA Grad Performance @ Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings. Vancouver, BC. $10/15
August 20th - Solo vocal performance @ Bug Incision 10 yr Anniversary Concert. The Grand Theatre, Calgary AB. w/ Tatsuya Nakatani and Whitney Ota. 8PM. http://www.bugincision.com/about.html
July 30th and 31st - Tidal ~ Signal. Mini-festival of Noise/Sound/Improvisation.
Curated by Yawns a Fissure.
Selectors' Records. 8 E Pender St. Vancouver BC. More details TBA.
June 24th - Yawns a Fissure @ Casse-Tête: A Festival of Experimental Music
The Exploration Place, Prince George BC . More details TBA
May 14th - Moss Moss not Moss on BBC Radio 3, Hear and Now.
11PM Greenwich Mean Time Zone (Great Britain).
May 7th - Moss Moss not Moss @ Tectonics Festival Glasgow
w/ Ane Unequietatioun (Ivor Kallin, Alex Neilson, Alasdair Roberts)
Old Fruitmarket, City Halls, Glasgow.
April 7th - Rebecca Flood @ China Cloud.
w/Only a Visitor
9 PM. 524 Main St. Vancouver, BC.


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Squad news
10 Nov 2014
This is the worst Primera start in forty-four years for RC Deportivo, even the numbers in the last two relegations were slightly better. The Galicians only spent one week in relegation thanks to the poor performance of the rivals.
Deportivo have only added nine points after the first eleven matchdays at Liga BBVA 2014/15 (2 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats). The mark is slightly worse than the ones had in the previous two seasons of the team competing at the elite.
During the campaign 2012/13, the Depor of José Luis Oltra had added ten points after the first eleven meetings (2 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats). Two years before, during the season 2011/12, the team coached by Miguel Ángel Lotina added 11 points in the first 11 games (2 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats).
The season 1991/92 marked the return of Depor to Primera after a long time (19 years) and the mark was the same than the current one, though in that opportunity the goal difference was -8 while in the current tournament it is -9.
So, in order to find a worse start than the current one it is necessary to go back to the season 1966/67. At the time the team coached by Enrique Orizaola had a mark of only one victory, two draws and eight defeats. On that campaign the team ended as the bottom club and suffered the relegation to Segunda.
Despite the current poor mark the Deportivo of Víctor Fernández have only spent one matchday in relegation (last place in matchday 07), this since the direct rivals are also having poor starts in this tournament, as example Córdoba CF, the first winless team in six years after the first eleven matchdays.


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Mega Walk-in Interview For ABM Post In Muthoot Finance LTD Ahmedabad
- Allotted target achievement of the branch.
- New customer acquisition and attending all product inquiries through normal branch walk-in, sales activities, marketing promotions etc.
- Regular follow up for interest collection and NPA reduction.
- Responsible for regular branch operations gold appraisal, strong room operations, making gold packets, closures, renewals etc.
- Cross selling of all products and increase in walk-in of the branch.
- Error-free audit reports and proper compliance being followed at the branch.
- Maintaining punctuality, discipline and high level of morality in tune with the ethics & values of Muthoot Group.
- Cost control.
Job Locations :
Ahmedabad-C G Road
Mehasana - Gujarat
Kalol - Gujarat
Unjha - Gujarat
Anand Khambat
Viramgam - GU
Kapadvanj - GU
Visnagar - GU
Idar - GU
Deesa (GU)
Radhanpur - (Gu)
Kheralu -(Gu)
Dhandhuka (Gu)
Mehasana - Gujarat
Kalol - Gujarat
Unjha - Gujarat
Anand Khambat
Viramgam - GU
Kapadvanj - GU
Visnagar - GU
Idar - GU
Deesa (GU)
Radhanpur - (Gu)
Kheralu -(Gu)
Dhandhuka (Gu)
Required Candidate profileAssistant Branch Managers , Minimum 5-6 yrs of managerial & Sales experience in Banks, NBFC or any Finance Company , 30+ yrs of Age)
Ex- Servicemen (Junior Warrant officer, Sergeant, Chief Petty Officer) Preferably below 45 years of age
Interview Details are given below:
Interview Date:- 09th Aug to 11th Aug 2019 (Friday to Sunday)
Interview Timing:- 10 AM - 5 PM
Interview Venue:
Muthoot Finance Reginal Office
202 2nd Floor Shivalik 5, Near Mahalaxmi Cross Road,
Paldi , Ahmedabad
Phone :- 8129560092, 8129560195, 8129560670
Perks and BenefitsIncentives + Bonus
Salary: INR 3,00,000 - 3,75,000 PA.
Industry:Banking / Financial Services / Broking
Functional Area:Sales, Retail, Business Development
Role Category:Retail Sales
Role:Branch Manager
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The term Industrial Internet of Things—also known as the Industrial Internet or IIoT—represents a distinct and powerful subset of the more commonly known Internet of Things or IoT. Most simply understood, the Industrial Internet brings IoT technologies to high-infrastructure investment industries like manufacturing, power, transportation and even water. In operation, however, the Industrial Internet will transform a wide variety of industries and ultimately drive the next Industrial Revolution. Specifically, the Industrial Internet leverages technologies like machine learning, big data/data analytics, and sensor-driven, machine-to-machine communication to extract data from virtually every kind of industrial machinery.
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Recognized Among Peers From Amazon, Marriott and Anheuser-Busch
CHARLESTON, SC--(Marketwired - Dec 2, 2015) - PeopleMatter, the leading provider of workforce management solutions for service industries, today announced that its CFO, Paul Rowand, won Finance Monthly's 2015 CFO Award. Recognizing the best CFOs' leading key initiatives and providing strategic vision and financial direction across a range of industries, the annual awards celebrate top performers working in some of the most important sector-leading companies globally.
Editor-in-chief of Finance Monthly, Mark Palmer, commented: "The success of every organization is owed a great deal to the huge contribution and the strategic planning of its CFO. The CFOs listed within Finance Monthly's CFO Awards publication are proven corporate leaders who help deliver tangible results for their respective organizations and have achieved considerable success in their own right."
Rowand is located in PeopleMatter's Charleston, SC-based headquarters and has held the position of CFO since joining the company in September 2013. Before that, he was CFO of Brightree and held key positions at Sterling Software, Xerox and Wells Fargo. Throughout his 20-year career, he has completed four acquisitions and led many more M&A opportunities. Rowand holds a bachelor degree in Accounting from Fairmont State University and is a licensed CPA.
Nate DaPore, president and CEO of PeopleMatter, said it's an honor for Paul to be recognized. "Paul's contributions to PeopleMatter's success are numerous. He's an instrumental member of our management team dedicated to serving the unique needs of service-industry organizations such as those in retail, foodservice and hospitality. I'm thrilled to see him recognized among his peers for his leadership and strategic thinking, including those from Amazon, Marriott and Anheuser-Busch."
Rowand added, "PeopleMatter is a company that accepts and delivers nothing but the best. It's an honor to receive this award from Finance Monthly, an organization that shares our commitment to excellence."
The full list of winners can be accessed in the digital version of Finance Monthly magazine.
About PeopleMatter
PeopleMatter is a powerful and complete workforce management platform designed to fit the specific needs of service-industry brands. Our complete set of mobile, workforce solutions and business analytics tools connect processes, employees and customers in entirely new ways. Automating and optimizing people processes since 2009, PeopleMatter helps more than 47,000 service-industry locations thrive through better efficiency, engagement and customer satisfaction. PeopleMatter is headquartered in Charleston, SC and on online at Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook.


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The Griffin Restaurant, located in the former Griffin Auto Company building at 117 E. Locust St. in downtown El Dorado, offers only farm-to-your-fork items on its menu. It's part of the Murphy Arts District Phase I downtown renovation.
Going MAD for Griffin's
Downtown El Dorado opens farm-to-fork eatery
By Deborah Horn and Photography by Deborah Horn
At four, John E. Peters III was shucking oysters, at 14 he was washing dishes at a local eatery, and by 29, he was sauté cook for New Orleans' Commander's Palace when it earned the James Beard's "Best Restaurant in the United States" award in 1996. Now, he's The Griffin Restaurant's executive chef, and while he admits the award was one of the high points of his career, Peters says he's not done yet.
The Griffin Restaurant dishes up farm-to-fork Southern fare with a flare for Creole cuisine, set inside the recently renovated Griffin Auto Company, 117 E. Locust St. in downtown El Dorado. It's part of the El Dorado Murphy Arts District or MAD.
The old Griffin showroom was transformed into a kitchen, and the auto repair shop is now the dining room. Although it's thoroughly modern, it retains some of the original features like the elaborate floor and wall tile work. The restaurant's revamped interior is industrial, upscale but not uptight, casual and children are welcome.
Downstairs, where the Ford cars were assembled—in the old days, cars were often shipped in parts and assembled at the dealership—is the 2,000-seat Griffin Music Hall, says Bob Tarren, MAD's CMO.
Left to right: The Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado is upscale but not uptight. Patrons pack the restaurant at lunchtime. A floor to ceiling glass panel offers patrons a glimpse into Executive Chef John E. Peters III's world at the Griffin Restaurant. Peters was the sauté cook for New Orleans' Commander's Palace when it earned the James Beard's "Best Restaurant in the United States" award in 1996.
It's all locally sourced
Chef, as others call him, is soft-spoken and his lazy Southern drawl marks him as hailing from Monroe, La., but in the kitchen, he moves with intent and the speed of sprinter. He may speak in low tones, but his specialty dishes speak volumes. Like his Tournedos, two fillet mignons on top of grilled green tomatoes, one smothered in a red wine reduction and the other in a béarnaise sauce, or his fresh-from-the-Gulf-to-the-table red snapper.
Of course, he plays tribute to Arkansas' favorite sons with his Razorback Mac dish that's made with Arkansas-raised pork. There's also Arkansas quail and catfish on the menu.
The Griffin Restaurant also offers handcrafted libations and live music every Thursday evening. Most ingredients on the Griffin Restaurant's menu are grown or produced in Arkansas, but since the El Dorado restaurant sits within 20 miles of the northern Louisiana border, they hope to tap into any fresh produce available there as well, says Elizabeth Young, MAD's Farm and Sustainable Initiatives director. It would allow them to extend the calendar of fresh menu offerings, such as blueberries. According to Young, produce usually ripens a few weeks earlier in the El Dorado area than Central Arkansas. To make life easier for Chef, she's putting together a spreadsheet—a harvest calendar of sorts—that let's him know what item will be available when.
"It allows me to plan and highlight items during their peak," Peters says.
Peters, with past experience cooking with farm-fresh products and menu planning, says he looks forward to the demands of this spring when the "crops come on." It will require him to dig deep to create new dishes with the bounty of fresh veggies and fruits, as well as allow him to add a fresh flare to old favorites. "We will change the menu to reflect the season and offer chef specials every day, along with small plates so people can taste the amazing difference between fresh and canned," Peters says.
It ain't easy to be farm fresh
Over a basket of Griffin's signature melt-in-your-mouth hush puppies, served warm with local jelly and butter, and a boat of barbecued shrimp, Young talks about her role of cultivating relationships with suppliers and increasing community outreach.
In the past, Young farmed in North Carolina and worked for the Rockefeller Foundation planting an orchard at Petit Jean. She says local sourcing is easy, but keeping a steady supply can be difficult. "We attempt to acquire as much food locally as possible, and we are striving to set our own quality standards," Young explains, by relying on producers who use environmentally sound practices.
She points to a growing list of partner farms' plaques hung on the restaurant's dining room wall, as talks about niche North Little Rock's Ben E. Keith is filling. The food distributor offers Arkansas-sourced options that help ensure quality, adequate quantity and on-time delivery, and that helps keep Peters' staff of 48 moving plates from kitchen to table, Young says. In turn, "It makes for a better dining experience," says Tarren.
There are some culinary restrictions when preparing a farm-to-table menu. For example, there is sometimes a limited selection available, depending on the season, but Young's goal is to grow the restaurant's offerings and client base through marketing, education and by starting a farmers' market right outside the restaurant's patio seating area.
Left to right: Griffin Restaurant's Executive Chef John E. Peters III works his magic in the kitchen preparing a dish with fresh from the boat to the table Gulf Coast Shrimp. Griffin Restaurant's Boat of Barbecued Shrimp isn't prepared ahead of time but cooked "la minute," or made only after ordered. Arkansans can't find delicate crab cakes like these in the frozen section of their neighborhood super center but it can be found on the menu of the Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Elizabeth Young, director for Murphy Arts District Farm and Sustainable Initiatives, says the Griffin Restaurant is attempting to grow its list of Arkansas partner farms. The collaboration benefits both their patrons and farmers.
It benefits both restaurant and grower
"The more farmers can sell to Griffin Restaurant or at the [MAD] Farmers' Market, the more willing they will be to grow more or try their hand at new things," she reasons.
MAD is hosting their fourth Southern Food & Wine Festival in early May, and their farmers' market is set to open this spring. "It will give folks a chance to sample fresh," she says. Young says she's reaching out to the El Dorado School District and encouraging schools to start their own gardens. "Kids get excited about growing vegetables," she says.
Expanding their horizons
"We're [the restaurant] less than six months old," but already Young says they're looking forward to the future and the opportunities that the expanding Arts District will bring. Tarren explains that the Griffin Restaurant is only part of El Dorado's Phase I downtown revamp and new construction. It also includes the new MAD Amphitheater with the capacity to accommodate 8,000, the Farmers' Market, the indoor 2,000-person Griffin Music Hall, a plaza and a children's two-acre play-scape, yet to be built. Phase II includes an art gallery and the restoration of the Rialto Theater.


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This is my favorite prayer. Simple. Powerful. I believe that gratitude can change your life.
But it is the practice of, the action of gratitude wherein the change occurs. In order for gratitude to change your life you need to speak it out loud; speak it often; and whenever possible speak it to those to whom you are grateful.
Will you help me celebrate the month of November by sharing your Attitudes of Gratitude daily here on this blog in response to my daily postings? I guarantee that it will change your life.


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Haiti - Police Officer to receive ONE Million Gourdes Reward for Clifford Brandt Capture
Haitian authorities promised ONE Million gourdes reward for information leading to the capture of prison escapee Clifford Brandt... This reward will go to a Police officer who name has not been revealed, according to Haiti news report...
August 13, 2014 12:08 PM
Clifford Brandt in Handcuffs, Arrested for Kidnapping in Haiti
Also read: Haiti - Clifford Brandt CAPTURED Trying to Cross Haiti-Dominican Border on a Taxi Moto
It seems this officer in question is the one who identified Clifford Brandt in the area near the border town or Cornillon where he was subsequently captured after crossing the border into the neighboring Dominican Republic.
While some news media are making a big deal out of the fact that it was the Dominican Army who captured Brandt, it seems the information that led to his capture came from Haitian authorities...
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The freedom of being attached to Christ
One theme in this blog is finding places where mindfulness is taught in Christian devotional literature and done without any self-awareness of it being mindfulness.
Today's post is from a devotional book, that is a compilation of writings from Jack Miller, who had a profound ministry as a seminary teacher and mission leader. The unnamed mindfulness theme here is relinquishment.
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes. and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.Luke 14:26-27
Jesus wants to free us from our tendency to try and own his kingdom work. We should work hard, of course, but not for our own glory. We say we want to succeed for Jesus' sake, but often underneath is the desire to prove ourselves, to get our security from our success. When that happens, our work for God owns us. We become defensive, fragile, and vulnerable, emotional prisoners of our work. Then, if someone attacks our ministry or if it seems to be failing, we're shattered, our identity in tatters.
Being free from all that is as simple as giving up everything--our reputation, success, glory--and following Jesus. When we lay it all down to follow Jesus, then the success of our work is up to the Spirit, and our identity isn't tied to our success or failure. Jesus calls his disciples to give up everything and follow him. He calls us to the freedom of being attached to Christ and his kingdom. How liberating it is to discover grace afresh!
Miller, C. John. Saving Grace : Daily Devotions from Jack Miller. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2014, 141.


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Spandex, Stars and, Smoothies.
I got off watch at 1800 and immediately put on my work out clothes for a walk around the deck. Yep, I speed walk in circles when at sea.
This does several things for me....it lowers my stress levels, it gets me some fresh air and most importantly it helps keep me fit.
I could write post after post about how hard it is to stay fit at sea but, I won't.
I also speed walk around the deck in spandex. I KNOW.
I had a super duper best friend at Maine Maritime. I was feeling shy about wearing my swim suit at Old Orchad Beach in Maine. He said, 'Megan, I'm pretty sure everyone knows exactly how chubby you are even if you wear shorts.'. He changed my life.
Now I wear spandex on deck.
I was on my fifth or so lap when I came head to head with the Electrician. He took one look at me and turned and walked the other direction. I think he is convinced that I will be the downfall of the US Merchant Marine. You should have seen his face.
I kept walking....and rocking out to a little Brit Brit, a little Christina, a little B.E.Ps....you know.
As I was coming into the house it was just getting dark. BOOM. The stars. Right over head was Ka Hei Hei O Na Keiki (Orion) and my favorite Makali'i (Pleiades). Sometimes, you just absolutely can't beat a Persian Gulf sky. (Albeit most times its hazy and the stars are barely visible...sandy air and all that jazz...)
I headed straight to the galley (everyone else had already finished supper) and made a smoothie. Almond milk, frozen strawberries, a banana and some hemp hearts. (I brought most of these items from home.)
I still had my ear buds in and the Cadet walked up behind me and scared the crap out of me! Apparently the Captain had been looking all over for me because we got word to heave anchor. He had even paged me over the ships intercom.
I ran up to my room, threw my work clothes back on and then, ran down to the Deck Change Room to get my boots on.
Then, I ran up to the Bow (with my smoothie in a mason jar of course) and commenced heaving the anchor.
I realized once I was heaving the anchor that I didn't know if we were going home or going to Kuwait.
The good news is we're homeward bound once more.


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Men's Club
Women's Division
President - Josh Fry
The Men's League meets every Wednesday evening starting in Mid-March until late October. Competition is nine holes (playing the opposite nine of the Sundowners) and format varies from week to week. This league is a fun time for golfers of all abilities
President - Nobi Morris
The Women's League play day is Thursday mornings starting late March early April and playing into October. Play is 18 holes and the competition varies from week to week. Golfers of all established handicaps are encouraged and welcome to play. The Women's League will host the 45th Golden Apple tournament on May 12th
|Senior Men's Club
|Ladies Sundowners
President - Chuck Ross
The Seniors Division is an over 50 years Wednesday morning Men's League. They start in early April and go until early October. Play varies each week and is 18 holes. Players are mixed up so everyone will play with each other throughout the year.
President - Kathy McGaughey
This Wednesday Night Women's Golf League plays nine holes (opposite nine of the Men's League). This is a low key and fun, fun , fun group. Handicaps vary wildly from low to high. Many beginners start in this group.


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You probably feel like you're a great boss, but unfortunately, your employees might not agree. In fact, a survey by Assocham revealed 70 percent of respondents say employees walk out the door because of the indifferent attitude of their boss or immediate supervisor.
Bad bosses may explain why Gallup recently discovered 70 percent of the American workforce is checked out on the job. Low engagement means lost productivity, decreased morale, and drooping profits for your business.
What's the key to becoming a good boss, retaining your best people, and keeping them engaged? Here are 12 lessons Michael Scott from The Office probably never learned. By listening to the wisdom of these entrepreneurs, you can forge your own leadership style and become the sort of boss employees love:
1. Be Vulnerable
Bosses lead by example whether they realize it or not. Being vulnerable, admitting and working on your weaknesses and disclosing fears all create an environment where others do the same. If you want an organization powered by people who care, exhibit caring for both your employees and yourself.
-Corey Blake, Round Table Companies
2. Be an Expert in Your Industry
Bosses are busy managing and leading, so they typically don't have time to work on positioning themselves as experts in the industry. Creating content, speaking at conferences and building other brand vehicles takes time. However, your employees will respect you more, and you will be able to attract higher quality talent.
-John Hall, Influence & Co.
3. Clean the Bathroom
Everything is your job. Let your team see you doing tasks that might surprise them. It helps them to see you less as a boss and more as someone who's in it with them and willing do whatever to help make the organization successful. It also helps send the message that they should look around and do whatever they can to help the organization, even if it "isn't in their job description."
-Andrew Howlett, Rain
4. Find Employees' Genius Zones
As bosses, we get so focused on how to grow the business that we forget to grow the team. Growing a team properly is difficult and sometimes feels like you're taking a step back or just treading water. Employees have genius zones where they work most efficiently, so developing or tapping into those should be first priority. As soon as your team is working at full speed, you can, too.
-Andrew Vest, Preferling
5. Offer Validation
We all love to be validated. As a boss, I love to be validated. It's built into our psyche and developed from childhood.
Validating people's work and contributions isn't hard to do, but people deeply appreciate it when you take the time to do it genuinely. I'm always amazed at how often/easily this is overlooked.
-Wil Schroter, Fundable
6. Know When to Step Aside
A good boss hires highly talented women and men and lets them do their thing. Knowing when to jump in the trenches versus when to step aside is a sign of a seasoned boss. As an entrepreneur and/or founder, this is especially important. You can't grow a huge business if you're in the weeds all the time.
-Danny Boice, Speek
7. Buy Lunch
One of my favorite things to do is randomly buy lunch for my employees. Sure, we aren't Google, and we don't have a massive cafeteria, but I am able to do a surprise pizza (or other food of choice) day in the office about once a week. The cost of the gesture is usually not too high, and it gives everyone something to look forward to — quality time together.
-Vinny Antonio, Victory Marketing Agency
8. Take a Holiday
We all need to rest our minds and find inspiration away from our laptops and iPhones. Unfortunately, there's always something important, the timing is never right or you "just need to do this thing." It's unhealthy for everyone, including the good boss who needs to recharge to stay good or even become great. American corporate culture doesn't appreciate this, but it should.
-Kasper Hulthin, Podio
9. Address Problems Quickly
Great bosses don't let conflicts with clients or between colleagues fester. Create an environment where people feel free to bring issues to you early on and have the confidence that you'll work proactively to address them.
-Mary Ellen Slayter, Reputation Capital
10. Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
A boss oftentimes wants to take credit for every success his or her company has. A great boss will give credit to a team member where it is due. This is a good way to keep your team motivated, and it really makes them feel valuable.
-Phil Laboon, Clear Sky SEO
11. Get to Know Team Members as Individuals
Great bosses should take the time to truly get to know their employees. Doing so helps leaders understand each person as an individual (their dreams, fears, etc.), which can be tremendously helpful in structuring work in a way that capitalizes on unique strengths and intrinsic motivations. It also helps leaders give the most meaningful feedback to each employee along the way.
-Chris Cancialosi, GothamCulture
12. Give Feedback Outside of Performance Reviews
Managers should not wait for performance reviews to give positive feedback or constructive criticism. Employees can adjust their performance and style faster with more input.
-Jesse Pujji, Ampush
Article by Ilya Pozin


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Psalm 46:4-7; 48; 122
Though God is present everywhere, it's within the Church - the community, not a building - where God is uniquely present in the world. So if we want to know and to draw near to God, we have to belong - not just attend but belong - to a church. To hear more about why that is and what that might look like, you can listen to our sermon from this past Sunday, "The City of God," based Psalms 46, 48, and 122.


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RIP: Kombucha?
Turns out Whole Foods is pulling kombucha, the popular fermented tea, from its stores, says the New York Times. Conversations between the store and several kombucha manufacturers revealed that the "elevated" alcohol content of the popular health tonic may be high enough (0.5 percent) to warrant a government warning label. And a martini glass.
Gawker is completely upset that the $5 "hippy" beverages have been yanked from stores. And readers of the gossip site wasted no time drumming up Kombucha-flavor analogies: From "a dead man's fart" to "a wine cooler left in a hot car" (that was actually Tina Fey's comment on "Letterman").
While there are 209 Whole Foods stores affected by this decision, many of the New Yorkers who love Kombucha, love it enough to make their own, Well+Good reported. And given that the health benefits of the popular skunky potable far outweigh that of microbrewed beer, the other popular skunky potable, it might also find some new fans.
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Sabinyo volcano and thick forest in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, habitat of the endangered mountain gorilla. Credit: Martin Harvey/WWF
NASA Survey Technique Estimates Congo Forest's Carbon
The equivalent of 85 billion tons of carbon dioxide — a huge amount equal to three-quarters of the carbon stored in forests across the contiguous United States — is locked in the living vegetation of one African country that holds much of the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, according to new research.
The study conducted by NASA, UCLA and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Germany produced the first high-resolution map of the amount and distribution of carbon stored in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC is the largest country in the Congo Basin and home to a massive and largely inaccessible rainforest that is Earth's second largest reservoir of carbon in vegetation, second only to the Amazon Basin rainforest. The DRC's forests cover an area four times the size of California.
The DRC carbon stock estimates are based on very fine-scale three-dimensional measurements of forest structure that provide, for the first time, data for one of the most diverse tropical forests on Earth. The measurements will help scientists understand the role of this forest in the global carbon cycle and how variations in climate may influence their carbon stock and function.
"We learned that the distribution of carbon in the above-ground biomass of the more than 150 million hectares (about 371 million acres) of forest in the DRC is extremely variable and diverse because of the region's climate, soil types, and a long history of human presence," said Sassan Saatchi, a senior researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who led the research team. "You cannot think of the Congo rainforest as this big green carpet anymore. We encountered a large variety of tree sizes and densities across the DRC, producing extremely complex regional patterns of carbon stored in the forest."
Map of the spatial patterns of above-ground biomass in the Democratic Republic of Congo and within its provinces at 1-hectare (10,000-square-meter) spatial resolution. Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech/UCLA/World Wide Fund for Nature-Germany
Traditionally, inventories of forest carbon and biomass are done by researchers who hike into the forest and set up plots on the ground that attempt to capture the full range of terrain. These data are then catalogued, measured and revisited in the future to see how they've changed. The Congo Basin forests, however, span five countries, and many areas are difficult to access due to the lack of infrastructure and rough terrain, which doesn't allow for comprehensive ground measurements of the forest carbon. To observe the forests, the research team took to both air and space.
Using the same forestry techniques to establish inventory plots on the ground, the research team contracted a local African company to fly an airplane outfitted with a commercial Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) instrument over 216 locations covering more than 2.5 million acres (half a million hectares) of tropical forest. At each location, the LIDAR captured the height, canopy profile, and outline of treetop canopies with data points 20 inches (50 centimeters) apart, from which they derived the forest structure and carbon estimate. These data were paired with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which provided the slopes and curves of the ground surface itself; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) data; and U.S. Geological Survey-NASA Landsat vegetation observations. The combined data sets were scaled up to produce a map of the entire above-ground forest carbon stocks for each 12,000-square-yard (1-hectare) land unit.
Conserving tropical forests like the Congo is a high priority for the United Nations in its efforts to defray the effects of climate change. The U.N. has a policy initiative known as Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) in nations with large forests like the DRC. The new findings and research methods, conducted in partnership with scientists and the DRC government, are the first step for DRC to establish a baseline assessment of its carbon stocks and a system for future forest monitoring required to participate in REDD+ and be eligible for compensation for preserving the forests.
Saatchi says preserving forests is probably the most immediate mechanism we have to mitigate carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere. A quarter of the entire amount of carbon that goes into the atmosphere globally is absorbed by Earth's vegetation, so protecting and possibly increasing the amount of carbon stored in forests could have significant benefits, such as mitigating climate change and preserving biodiversity and water quality.
"The DRC national carbon map is a truly significant contribution to DRC's future sustainable development," said co-author Aurélie Shapiro at World Wide Fund for Nature-Germany in Berlin. "This innovative product demonstrates with unprecedented accuracy the important role of Congolese forests in mitigating climate change, which is facilitating investments into emissions reductions programs."
To estimate the carbon stored above ground in DRC forests, the research team developed data sets for tree height and tree cover, which vary from one end of the DRC to the other. This information is also extremely helpful to conservationists interested in quantifying the health of habitats for gorillas and other at-risk animals, said Shapiro.
The new results will help test and validate the capabilities of two upcoming NASA missions: the NASA-Indian Space Research Organization Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, mission, managed by JPL; and the LIDAR observations from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, or GEDI, mission, managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. GEDI will mount a space-based LIDAR on the International Space Station to produce high-resolution 3-D imagery of Earth's forests.
Written by Ellen Gray
NASA's Earth Science News Team
source: NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory – California Institute of Technology


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Understanding more about Escape Rooms
It is important to make sure that during your free time you engage yourself in various important leisure activities that can greatly help you to spend your free time. Most of the people however have been able to benefit greatly from various holiday season activities like spending time outdoors in various places especially when in groups of friends or family members.
Because of an increased outdoor activities across various parts of the world, there has been also an increase in the number of escape room games across in various places across the globe. Escape room have been the best physical adventures that any person can try together with his or her friends, workmates or even with the relatives especially during summer holidays.
Escape rooms generally give a you a chance to learn a lot of new things as and hence the reason why most of the people take them as educative experiences. There are various types of puzzles or questions that one is likely to be asked or subjected to during the escape room game and hence one is required to provide the necessary ideas or hints when answering the questions which is one of the things that make the escape room game to be a good educative experience that every person should try. Therefore, because of this educative method used in the escape room games, escape rooms are therefore taken as puzzle related adventures that are taking over the world.
When one is required to provide an idea or a hint for a certain puzzle in an escape room game, there are however some few time that one is to be given to be able to provide the right idea. As an escape room game participant, you are able to think in a more critical manner especially after participating in the game twice or thrice since you are able to familiarize yourself with the various puzzles and how to come up with the right hints or clues. In most of the cases, the various puzzles in mist of the escape room games are simple and that one only requires to use his or her senses to provide the right clues or the hints for the puzzles which is one the reasons why the escape room is the only type of a physical adventure that is friendly to every person. Coming up with the right clues for the puzzles does not require one to think so much as one is only required to use his or her eyes as well as the brain to be able to provide the right hints for the puzzles which hence is a reason why every person can participate in an escape room game. However, all the puzzles in an escape room game are meant to achieve one main objective or purpose which mainly is learning.
Escape room players have better communication skills and better social interaction. Escape rooms generally promote teamwork.


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It Doesn't Get Any Better Than That!
Over the past weekend we were invited to be a part of Chalet Nursery's Garden Faire event in Wilmette, Illinois. The first weekend in May is the grand opening of spring in the Midwest. When we showed up to the garden center, it was about a quarter to eight in the morning and there was already a line of people waiting to get inside! It's clear that people had enough of Old Man Winter and wanted to get some plants in the ground.
We couldn't have asked for a better weekend. It was 70 degrees and sunny for the most part. Also, we were able to camp out next to the popcorn guy so that wasn't bad either!
Plants looked great as well, and the selection was fantastic. Even though some of the more prominent summer annuals weren't available yet, the wallflowers looked fantastic and so did the lobelia baskets.
We held a raffle as well! Four lucky people are set to win $25 gift certificates to Chalet Nursery and four luckier people are set to win GrowIt! t-shirts. We also had an AMAZING run-in with one of our GrowIt! fans this weekend as well!
Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Youtube.
Those are all examples of mobile apps that are the first thing downloaded when someone gets a new phone. This past weekend, we learned that you can now add GrowIt! to that list!
Last summer while we were doing events in the Chicagoland area we had the chance to talk to a lot of people about what we are doing with GrowIt! Because we are currently only a mobile platform some people couldn't use GrowIt! from the beginning because they didn't have a smartphone. Turns out that we left an impression on those folks too!
We actually had one fan stop by – in a GrowIt! t-shirt no less – and tell us that last summer she was unable to use the app because she did not have a smartphone. However, she said that back in December she finally upgraded to an iPhone. Can you guess what the first app she downloaded was? Yep! It was GrowIt! We honestly, thought she was kidding at first but she assured us that she downloaded it right at the Apple Store! How cool is that?
She now uses the GrowIt! app as username "booter13", and really enjoys helping people identify plants that they have questions about. She said that it's a lot of fun and that she enjoys spreading her passion for gardening.
At the end of the day that's what GrowIt! is all about: Spreading a passion for plants. We're just glad we can make people smile while doing it. It truly was a great weekend capped by an AWESOME interaction with one of our users.


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Tech DeLand is a group of technology enthusiasts in the Downtown DeLand area meeting the fourth Thursday of each month, 6 p.m., at Abbey to encourage a better understanding of technology. We do this by sharing what we know about technology with others.
The group encourages learning in all types of technology including Photography, Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development and more. We dream of Downtown DeLand one day becoming a place that's well known for a thriving tech scene.
Who should come?
Anybody interested in technology and the creative industry Programmers, Designers, Photographers, Artists, Marketers, Entrepreneurs If you're interested in meeting and making a connection with others in the local tech industry.
If you have something to teach or learn from others related to technology.
More information on upcoming meetings at: www.meetup.com/TechDeLand
May's Topic: Today's Workforce: Rewriting the Rules for the Digital Age
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What is really happening?
- A quick flyover of top workforce trends.
Frank Mercer with Daytona State College will be breaking it down for us. What are the job skills you need in this Digital Age and what are the hot industries?
Join us, bring a friend, bring your questions.


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Based on "short interest" you can find out which stocks investors are most bearish on, and betting are most likely to do down.
When last we checked in on the 15 stocks the market currently loves to hate, little-known Canadian retailer Teavana topped the list, with big-box retailers and for-profit education firms also suffering.
Since then, Radioshack and Teavana saw enough improvement to fall off this month's list.
As for everyone else?
Read on.
Ticker: OSG
Short percent of float: 35.43 percent
One-month return: -10.93 percent
Sector: Oil tanker developer
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The stock has been pulverized by falling oil prices.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: ONE
Short percent of float: 35.63 percent
One-month return: -21.00 percent
Sector: Higher education payment systems
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The stock was downgraded last month by Barrington. Investors remain spooked by uncertainty in the for-profit education business.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: USNA
Short percent of float: 35.81 percent
One-month return: +7.83 percent
Sector: Vitamin and nutritional supplements
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The company continues to experience residual fallout from David Einhorn's blistering attack on fellow supplement developer Herbalife. Seeking Alpha has said USNA "allegedly appears to be bending the rules" on reporting sales even worse than HLF.
Source: Motley Fool
Ticker: INVN
Short percent of float:
35.91 percent
One-month return: +7.83 percent
Sector: Motion sensor chip maker
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The stock's been hit by Android jitters. Plus, its biggest competitor just sued them.
Source: Motley Fool
Ticker: SAM
Short percent of float: 35.93 percent
One-month return: -4.42 percent
Sector: Adult beverages
On last month's list? No.
Notes: The company recently revised capital expenditure forecasts dramatically upward; according to Seeking Alpha, capex usually hovers around $20-$30M, but the company now projects around $50M.
Source: Seeking Alpha
Ticker: MCP
Short percent of float: 30.13 percent
One-month return: -25.34 percent
Sector: Rare earths mining
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: According to Seeking Alpha the company suffers from high price to earnings ratio, price to book value and lack of dividend.
Source: Seeking Alpha
Ticker: ESI
Short percent of float: 39.13 percent
One-month return: -10.87 percent
Sector: For-profit education
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: Like Higher One, the company is feeling the effects of federal scrutiny on the for-profit education industry.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: AM
Previous closing price: $14.01
One-month return: -7.52 percent
Sector: Greeting card manufacturer
On last month's list? No.
Notes: A British greeting card counterpart recently filed for bankruptcy protection as it was unable to repay a loan to AM. The company is also facing higher cost pressures.
Source: Marketwatch
Ticker: SVU
Previous closing price: $4.29
One-month return: -22.56 percent
Sector: Supermarkets
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The Minnesota-based chain is in freefall. Goldman recently issued a "sell" rating, and the company had been near of the top of the S&P's worst-performers list for the past 12 months before it was replaced outright by Phillips66 on May 1.
Source: Zacks
Ticker: KMI
Short percent of float: 40.53 percent
One-month return: -8.23 percent
Sector: Energy
On last month's list? No.
Notes: The market has ended its honeymoon with the Houston-based firm after giving it a boost upon its acquisition of El Paso in April.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: GME
Previous closing price: $19.20
One-month return: -12.05 percent
Sector: Video game retailer
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The market continues to punish the brick and mortar retailer. CNBC also named the company in a recent report on the "shrinking" videogame market.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: BKS
Short percent of float: 49.47 percent
One-month return: -14.24 percent
Sector: Bookseller
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The world awaits with baitedbreath what the future will have in store for the legendary bookseller. The fact that the most recent article on Yahoo in which they feature discusses a new retailer coming into a space they recently vacated pretty much sums things up.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: HGG
Short percent of float: 53.86 percent
One-month return: +2.09 percent
Sector: Electronics retailer
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The big box retailer topped our list last month. Pressure has eased somewhat but, they were recently described as "haggard" by Motley Fool.
Source: Yahoo
Ticker: KBH
Short percent of float: 54.03 percent
One-month return: -15.26 percent
Sector: Homebuilding
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The market continues to single out the California-based homebuilder as the housing market bottom calls pile up.
Ticker: BPI
Short percent of float: 54.80 percent
One-month return: -9.38 percent
Sector: For-profit education
On last month's list? Yes.
Notes: The market consensus appears to be that the San Diego-based firm has the most to lose from the regulatory hammer dropping on the for-profit education industry.
Source: Yahoo


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Duodenal Switch Has No Detrimental Effects on Hepatic Function and Improves Hepatic Steatohepatitis after 6 Months
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Background: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common histological finding on liver biopsy in morbidly obese patients. The condition, although benign, can progress to cirrhosis and liver failure. We investigated the effect of the duodenal switch (DS) operation on hepatic function and architecture, specifically hepatic steatosis and NASH. Methods: Between November 1999 and June 2004, 697 DS operations were performed for the treatment of morbid obesity. A Tru-Cut needle liver biopsy was routinely performed during the DS operation. Liver function tests were drawn preoperatively for AST and ALT, and again postoperatively at 6, 12 and 18 months and yearly thereafter. Repeat Tru-Cut liver biopsy was performed on all patients (n = 78) who underwent a second intra-abdominal operation for any indication ≥6 months postoperatively. The pathologist evaluated the 2 sets of liver biopsies in a blinded fashion. The hepatic adipose tissue content and the degree of hepatitis were compared in these patients. Results: A transient worsening of the AST (13% of the baseline value, P<.02) and ALT ( 130-160% of the baseline value, P<.0001) levels was found at 6 months after the DS operation. Normal levels were achieved by 12 months postoperatively. A progressive improvement of about 3 grades in severity of NASH and a 60% improvement in hepatic steatosis, were seen by 3 years after the DS operation. Conclusion: DS improves both hepatic steatosis and its resulting inflammation. No detrimental effects on hepatic function were noted after 6 months.
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"The time for action is now," Oilfield Workers' Trade Union president general Ancel Roget declared, as he called on the working class to march to the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar next fortnight to demand implementation of the Workers Agenda.
Roget was addressing hundreds of workers at Labour Day celebrations in Fyzabad yesterday.
Saying exploitation, political victimisation, nepotism, incompetence and corruption were the hallmark of the Government, Roget said on July 5, workers will be going straight to Persad-Bissessar with their demands.
"In our thousands we will show that the power of the people is greater than the people in power! It's time for us to hit the streets," Roget said.
"We know how they like to control the police, so we are giving them advance notice. If you are serious about the issues of the people, Acting Commissioner (Stephen Williams), you will grant us permission. We will be going straight to the head of the Government."
Saying he is no friend of Patrick Manning, Roget said the People's Partnership did not have the support of the labour movement, except for a "few sell-out trade unionists". He also expressed disgust that PNM people were being victimised by the PP. He also accused his predecessor, Labour Minister Errol McLeod, of not caring about the plight of the working class.
"Employers are taking out injunctions left, right and centre against workers and trade unions, while there is a deafening silence from the Minister of Labour, himself a prominent former labour leader," he said.
As the crowds erupted in cheers, Roget said while McLeod boasted about "removing applications from the Industrial Court to decertify two trade unions, the stark reality is, that the same law that allows the employer to do this remains on the law books". Roget also accused Finance Minister Larry Howai of using the recently-published Central Bank Monetary Policy Report to suggest that the economy is improving and that growth is increasing.
"They pulled out from the report that in 2011, growth was minus 2.6 per cent, and that in 2012 growth reached a positive of 0.2 per cent," he said. "But what they did not and would not tell you is that our debt to GDP went from 33.4 per cent in 2011 to an unprecedented 39.7 per cent in 2012. This means that our debt levels are rising and rising fast."
He added that despite the wanton spending and $50 billion-plus deficit budget, the minister had requested an additional $8 billion dollars. Whilst there have been little activity in the construction sector, Roget said the Government has not been able to stimulate the economy.
"Their excessive borrowing is an attempt to hide the fact that the economy has contracted. Simply put, we are spending much more than we are making," Roget said.
He also said revenue in the energy sector has decreased.
"While LNG production remained the same, indigenous crude production, oil exports and refinery throughput have all fallen dramatically," he said.
He added that the PP was the most corrupt government in the history of T&T and this was fuelling crime.
"There is a link between the corruption and crime. It has been proven time and again, that with the increase in corruption and white-collar crime, there is always a corresponding increase in violent crimes and murders." (Guardian)


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SILKMEN skipper Dave Morley is confident the new team spirit at struggling Macc will be the difference against Lincoln.
Macc were dealt a massive blow to morale this week as the financial situation at the club saw notice being given to a number of staff members - including assistant boss John Askey.
But Morley believes the recent form of the side shows the team spirit at Moss Rose is enough to carry them through.
"In recent weeks we've shown that we can play well together, and there's a belief within the team that we can do well," he told Macc's official website.
"Lincoln aren't having as much success as they have in previous season.
"We played against them a few times last season and unfortunately we weren't able to beat them in the play-offs.
"Hopefully we'll get the result we want this weekend."
Macc have no new injury problems, with Mark Bailey and Tony Barrass remaining sidelined.
Last season: Macc 1 Lincoln 1 (play-off 2nd leg)
Key opponent: Paul Mayo - former Watford defender has found goalscoring touch of late
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text: PITTSBURGH (AP) — The arrival of 19-year-old Elias Pettersson has provided Vancouver with a much needed jolt. Yet the Canucks believe they're far more than their fresh-faced rookie.Going toe-to-toe with Pittsburgh near the end of a draining road trip offered proof they might be right.Brock Boeser fired a wrist shot by Casey DeSmith's stick and into the net 34 seconds into overtime to lift Vancouver to a 3-2 victory over the Penguins on Tuesday night.Pettersson sat out with a concussion after taking a hit in Florida on Saturday night. The Canucks won their third consecutive game anyway Andrew Shaw Jersey , riding a defense that kept the Penguins and star Sidney Crosby in check."It's obviously tough when you go on the road, especially early in the year," Boeser said. "To get the points that we have, it's nice."The Penguins tied it late in regulation when Carl Hagelin took a perfect pass from Phil Kessel and slipped it past Anders Nilsson with 3:14 to go. Vancouver, however, responded in the extra period.Boeser took the puck and drifted through center ice as the Canucks worked through a line change behind him. Rather than drop it off to a teammate, he let one go just inside the right circle for his second goal of the season."I made a good read on the shot," DeSmith said. "It just found a hole under my arm. Obviously one I want to have back. The guys played great tonight and they deserved better than that."Ben Hutton and Brandon Sutter also scored for the Canucks. Nilsson finished with 26 saves for Vancouver, which played its fifth straight game on the road."We had a real good team effort tonight," Vancouver coach Travis Green said. "What a road game that was against a hockey team that's obviously pretty deep. We're learning how to win some hockey games and how we have to play to be successful."Hagelin's goal was his first of the season for Pittsburgh. Jake Guentzel continued his torrid start by picking up his fourth.DeSmith finished with 23 saves while making his third straight start in place of Matt Murray. Murray, Pittsburgh's top goaltender, sustained a concussion last week and though he has been cleared to return spent a second consecutive game as DeSmith's backup."It was a tough game for a goalie," Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. "When you don't score a lot of goals there's not a lot of margin for error."Guentzel scored on Pittsburgh's first shot, taking the puck away from Vancouver's Tim Schaller and starting a two-on-one with Sidney Crosby the other way. Rather than pass it to his teammate, Guentzel instead fired a wrister from the right circle that found its way between Nilsson's right arm and his body to give the Penguins the lead 6:34 into the game.Hutton responded just over two minutes later, taking advantage of a scramble in front of the Pittsburgh net to swoop in from the blue line and fire a shot by the sprawled DeSmith to pick up his first goal since March 16, 2017.Sutter http://www.montrealcanadiensteamshops.co...emi-jersey , who played for the Penguins from 2013-15 before signing with the Canucks, pushed Vancouver ahead with just 1:04 left in the first period, though Schaller did most of the hard work. Schaller worked behind the Pittsburgh net and then slipped the puck across the goal mouth. Sutter pounced and fired from a sharp angle just above the goal line.The goal appeared like it would be enough until late. Nilsson tamped down what little pressure the Penguins produced. It took an exquisite play from Kessel for Pittsburgh to draw even. Kessel, one of the best snipers in the NHL, raced down the right side but instead of shooting the puck instead opted to slip it across the ice to Hagelin, who redirected it into the net to help the Penguins salvage a point."I think for the most part I think as far as scoring chances go we've had enough to win games," said Crosby, who is still searching for his first goal of the season. "Tonight is another example. We generated good ones. You're going to play games that are tight and you've got to take advantage of the ones you get."NOTES: The Canucks did not go on the power play. The Penguins were 0 for 1 with the man advantage. … Vancouver has won its last three meetings with Pittsburgh. … The rematch is next week in Vancouver.UP NEXTCanucks: Finish up their massive six-game road swing on Thursday in Winnipeg.Penguins: Begin a four-game road trip on Thursday in Toronto. Lou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing coach Doug Weight and general manager Garth Snow and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president of hockey operations.Lamoriello made the moves Tuesday that begin to reshape the organization in his image, two weeks to the day ownership said he'd have "full authority over all hockey matters." Lamoriello left the Toronto Maple Leafs to run the Islanders and will begin the search for a new coach immediately."It's my opinion that at this point there's a culture change that's needed and there's new voices needed in different areas and because of that, the changes (were) made," Lamoriello said on a conference call with reporters. "There's been a lot of changes for different reasons, and right now is just trying to stabilize anything, start off with a fresh face, start off with a fresh mind, a fresh coach and just go forward."The end of Snow's tenure seemed inevitable after owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin brought in Lamoriello to oversee the hockey operations department. Snow was previous owner Charles Wang's hire.The Islanders missed the playoffs eight times in Snow's 12 years as general manager, including the past two seasons. He has four years left on the contract he signed when Wang still owned the team."Both Garth, who is a personal friend and one who I've known for a long time and also Dougie who played for me in `96 and `98 Authentic Artturi Lehkonen Jersey , I have tremendous respect for," Lamoriello said.This latest front-office development comes with the Islanders at a crossroads this summer. The face of the franchise, John Tavares, can become a free agent July 1. The team took one step toward making Tavares feel comfortable about re-signing by planning a permanent home at Belmont Park after spending the last three seasons playing at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but the direction of the organization still threatens to push the superstar center to leave.Lamoriello said Tavares' situation "certainly has not and did not enter into any of the decisions that are made."Tavares, who would be the top free agent on the market, had a good relationship with Weight, who was his teammate for two seasons and assistant coach and GM from 2011 until he replaced Jack Capuano as head coach in January 2017. Weight just finished his first full season as Islanders coach.The Islanders now have the only coaching vacancy in the NHL. Asked what kind of coach he'd like to hire, Lamoriello essentially only alluded to the fact that Weight was not the guy he wants behind the bench."Not every coach is for every team and not every team is for every coach," Lamoriello said. "If we had that coach, he would be in place."In a statement, Lamoriello thanked Snow and Weight and the team said they would remain with the organization. Specific roles and responsibilities for them have yet to be determined, though Lamoriello said, "I feel they can be valuable in me picking their brain, asking their opinion in certain areas."—Follow AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno at https://twitter.com/SWhyno—


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3 things that will happen when you eat more plants
Your digestion will rock
Your tummy will love all that fiber, water and plant material. Eating plenty of plants is natural anti-constipation formula, if you know what I mean. With easy digestion you'll feel light and energetic, and have the coolest, friendliest, gut bacteria.
Your skin will glow
Healthy eating makes for healthy looks, and studies show that the pigments from fruits and veggies make their eaters more attractive. It took just 3-4 additional fruits and veggie servings a day and just a few weeks to look measurably more attractive in one study.
Your body will Zen from within
Plant foods lower inflammation – and inflammation is blamed for many diseases, such as heart disease, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, Alzheimer's, strokes and even depression. Fruits, leafy greens, spices -- such as turmeric -- are naturally anti-inflammatory.
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10 Superhero Games You Need To Play Right Now
Superheroes - perfect for video games, right? Well...
The spectrum of titles out there lean somewhat towards the bad. For every good game, you get ten terrible ones – from Aquaman to Silver Surfer.
But think about it… When a superhero game gets it right, it's a beautiful memory that sticks with you as a jewel in the crown of your past gaming bliss.
Superhero video games are amongst some of the most memorable experiences you have, and their success has led to an explosion of online casino games too - keeping the more mature players who loved the games of old hooked to their favourite heroes.
I will always remember playing the games below for the first time, and maybe you do too!
So, in no particular order, here are ten of them that you need fire back up and play right now.
1. Spider-Man – Playstation 1.
Where it all began on Playstation for our web slinger. Basic in construction, but great in gameplay and sparking the imagination!
2. Spider-Man 2 - Playstation 2.
Not much needs to be said about this classic… A free-roaming Spider-Man game. You got to explore New York City and catch criminals as the swinging superhero!
3. Batman: Arkham Knight.
Amazing combat set pieces in a impeccably created world, which delivers the real dread and mystery that Arkham Asylum needs. This dark tale of combat against The Joker is impeccable.
4. Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
The makers of Street Fighter had an idea - what if they faced their characters off against the faces of Marvel comics? The result was an incredible fighting game.
5. LEGO Marvel Superheroes.
All the madness of a LEGO game, set in the universe of Marvel - all with the aim to sell you more Marvel LEGO, which turns out to be a rather hilarious game.
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time.
The difficulty can make this game frustrating as hell, but this SNES Turtle-tastic classic is Arcade-gaming greatness.
7. Earthworm Jim.
Based on one of my favourite childhood cartoons, Earthworm Jim was an incredible side-scroller on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive!
8. Infamous: Second Son.
Not directly based on a superhero you know, but with all the traits you know and love - this particular PS4 title made for fun crime-busting romp.
9. Deadpool.
He's the hero video games deserve, but not the one it needed in Wolverine… A pitch perfect parody to the many tropes of this gaming niche.
10. Viewtiful Joe.
Way back in 2003, this rather unknown side scrolling beat-em-up introduced the world to a superhero that loved the movies. This incredible cell-shaded game brought brilliant combat and amazing style.
Special Mention
When it comes to sweeping statements such as the above, we need an exception that proves the rule, and there is one super-hero they never got right – Superman. Every hero in the list above has (or will probably) suffer from a dud, that would be a game that has failed to impress.
These just make the times developers succeed even more fruitful. But there is one hero that has not received this success, no matter how many games… That would be Superman.
While his online casino games can be addictive, his video games are most certainly not! Whether it's Superman on the NES, Superman 64 or Man of Steel, the scoreboard doesn't look good for this particular crusader.


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Business in Americas is conducted through relationship. There are exceptions to this rule, but new entrepreneurs must learn to leverage relationships with established members of the business network they are trying to break into. Someone with an inside track will frequently sponsor a promising entrepreneur.
Some say that "power is never given; it must be taken." Conversely help can be given only when it is accepted. Learn to recognize when you need help. Be willing to accept it. No one is a self-made success. We all benefit from the support of others throughout the ventures we take on in life.
Minority and women entrepreneurs cannot ang must not restrict themselves to doing business only with other minorly and women business people. You must be the white business commentary. A win-win business proposition exists for those brave enough to change to and who change the status quo.
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text: Spring is coming, but winter certainly isn't going down without a fight! Monday morning, we woke up to snow, and although it had mostly vanished by the evening, we had cold, stormy weather for most of the week, including plenty of hail, and a few thunderstorms. All this dramatic weather, combined with an increasingly busy work schedule, has made it hard to find the motivation to get outside. Even if I spent most of my time indoors, I did get to spend plenty of time with friends over the week! Good times with good friends are the perfect way to fight through this lingering winter gloom.