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The whole bunch I acquired for less than P600.00. The cheapest book I have is the biography 'Roscoe' for P5.00! It is followed by 'Charlatan: a Study on America's Greatest Con Artists' that is sold for P10.00! Business and motivational books range from P80.00-P160.00. Coolness!
In hindsight, though I am not complaining, histories and studies are priced the lowest. Is it because nobody appreciates them except academics? Does the public prefer fiction over non-fiction? Why? Moreover, if history is the guidepost that ensures our future, what does the general aversion to it say about our society and culture?
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Helen Oyeyemi talks about her novel Boy, Snow, Bird. In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking for a new life. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. When Bird has a baby who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white.
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->''"But, dad, I'm Bejeweling!"''
-->-- '''Jesus''', ''Webcomic/PennyArcade''
Crystalline meth in video game form.
Seriously, it's a puzzle game you've probably heard of. Click on jewels in a field of jewels. Two adjacent jewels are switched. If you get a row (or column) of at least three of the same jewels together, your score goes up.
This was originally called ''Diamond Mine'', until Microsoft suggested the new name to avoid confusion with another flash game ''DiamondMines''.
Renowned as one of the greatest casual games ever; it is constantly ripped off and constantly played. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3dqWt1AkMk&feature=player_embedded Has officially been completed]], because someone finally ''legitimately'' hit the {{Cap}}.
Sequels include:
* ''Bejeweled Twist'': uses a different method to move gems (you "twist" a square of four gems) but is no less addictive.
* ''Bejeweled Blitz'': is played like the regular game, but you only have one minute to score as many points as you can.
* ''Bejeweled 3'': has 8 different modes, as well as a bunch of Quest submodes.
* ''Bejeweled Stars'': implements ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga''-like objective-based gameplay with crystals and gravels that need to be cleared and skygems that can be collected to craft power-ups.
* And see also: ''VideoGame/{{Gyromancer}}'', while not formally a Bejeweled game, is basically ''Bejeweled Twist'' embedded in a RolePlayingGame by Creator/SquareEnix (who co-developed it with [=PopCap=]).
Not to be confused with the trope GemEncrusted, or the index BejeweledTropes.
The game was largely inspired by Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s 1995 {{SNES}} game ''Tetris Attack'', known as ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Both ''2'' and ''Twist'' have an "exploring space" theme to them. Then comes ''3'', with an "ancient world" theme.
** And with Bejeweled Stars, we're now back in space.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Wall Blast in ''3'' requires the player to destroy a wall that can only be torn down with special gems. Fortunately, the RandomNumberGod favors drops that can easily be turned into special gems in this mode more than any other, making creating them less of a hassle.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Supernova and Fruit gems in ''Twist''. Supernovas require to get 6 in a row, which is very difficult to set up without breaking your multiplier, and fruit gems only appear if you've gotten enough moves in a row to get a *10 multiplier and then fill the meter ''again'' (this time with colour-cycling indicators instead of yellow ones), which is not only difficult but fruit gems aren't powerful enough to justify it. Doesn't stop the Fruit Gem Bonus dance animation from being wicked cool, though.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: You can link your ''Blitz'' game to your Website/{{Facebook}} account and earn coins as you play, which can be used to purchase in-game boosts; you can also use Facebook credits to purchase coins. The iOS version links to the iTunes Store, and the Android version links to Google Play.
** ''Stars'' implements a similar Facebook-linking and coin-paying system, although the coins don't ''directly'' purchase you in-game boosts but instead lets you speed up crafting of them or get extra moves in levels. Fortunately, unlike ''Candy Crush Saga'', you ''don't'' have to pester Facebook friends to unlock later levels.
* CasualVideoGame
* ClusterFBomb: part of the background music for the first game. Probably accidental.
* ControllableHelplessness: You're playing Ice Storm in ''Bejeweled 3''. An ice column has reached the top of the play field. You look around for find a match that could lower or shatter it only to realize [[OhCrap there are none]]. As you watch the ice column slowly "powering up" for the [[GameOver big freeze]], you frantically try to make other matches, hoping the RandomNumberGod will favour you with the right jewels, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption but it doesn't]]. Also, bombs in ''Twist''.
* DifficultButAwesome: Matching two Hypercubes together in ''3'' and ''Blitz''. However, in Classic (in Bejeweled 3), it commonly falls under SimpleYetAwesome territory. Averted in ''2'', [[BigNo because they destroy every Hypercube on the board]].
* EasterEgg: If you mouse over the buttons on the mode selection screen in ''Twist'' in the right order, you get to see the credits.
* EndlessGame: Virtually any game mode will continue for as long as ''you'' continue to be lucky. Zen Mode plays the Trope literally - you ''can't'' lose. It's strictly for relaxation.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Hey, any objects could have been (and have been since) done with this game, but gems were of course the prettiest.
* FrickinLaserBeams: The Cat's Eye rare gem in ''Blitz''. Snackers (the cat in the Facebook game) looks normal except for that he shoots lasers out of his eyes. Anchovy (the cat in the portable version) looks like he was assimilated by the Borg.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Charms in ''Stars'', which you get from opening chests that randomly appear when you complete levels. The stars themselves also have an element of this, as collecting them fills in constellations that give you skygems, coins, and great power-ups.
* HellIsThatNoise: The turn right before the Doom Gem appears in ''Twist''.
* LuckBasedMission: You have a diminishing chance to continue your game every time a bomb ticks to 0: 3/4, then 1/2, then 1/4. Also, in ''Bejeweled 3'''s Poker mode, you have a 1/2 chance to continue your game every time you make a poker hand that's marked with a skull.
** Also the whole game in general. Sure, careful planning can help you avoid falling into {{Unwinnable}} situations, but in the end, if the RandomNumberGod decides that he hates your guts, then you ''will'' fail.
* MadBomber: Should you plan to craft as many exploding gems as possible, you can bombard the whole puzzle over and over again.
* MatchThreeGame: The TropeCodifier.
* NintendoHard: The Xbox 360 version of ''Bejeweled 2'' has Achievements that require a ''lot'' of time. Most gamers are lucky to even get one of them.
** ''Stars'', being clearly inspired by ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga'', has many levels that dive headlong into this trope.
* NoFairCheating: If you swap two Hypercubes in Bejeweled 3, since they have all the colors, [[LogicBomb the game gets confused]] and the [[RocksFallEveryoneDies whole board explodes]] - you even get an Elite Badge the first time you do so. But in Bejeweled 2, every Hypercube you own dies. Causes quite a few BigNo moments from people who played 3 first.
* NoSmoking: ''Bejeweled 3'''s "zen mode" was apparently originally intended to help players quit smoking, but was changed to helping get rid of bad habits in general, because any reference ''at all'' to smoking would have given it a high Entertainment Software Rating Board rating.
* PowerUp: ''Blitz'' has five different power-up "rare gems" plus a sixth one that changes depending on the current holiday season, which change the mode of play for a single game (usually you can get a "rare gem streak" where you can buy up to three in a row for a discount). Some of these power-up gems are: Moonstone (you start with 3 Star Gems on the field), Cat's Eye (a cat zaps the field 14 times at game's end), and Phoenix Prime (gives you a chance of getting a wild card gem).
** ''Stars'' lets you craft your own power-ups with skygems you collect in levels. They include Flame Swappers that swap any gem with a flame counterpart, Scramblers that remix the entire board, Hammers that smash any gem, and much more.
* PrettyButterflies: Bejeweled 3's ''Butterfly'' minigame, where the goal is to liberate the butterflies by matching the gems and making sure none of them reach the top of the playfield where an evil spider awaits to eat them.
** ''Stars'' brings them back in several levels. Sometimes you need to collect a certain number of them; other times they're just there to make completing the level's objective more difficult.
* ProductionThrowback: As stated in the introduction above, Bejeweled was once called ''Diamond Mine''. In ''Bejeweled 3'', there is a game mode with the same name.
* SadisticChoice: In ''Twist'' -- do you try to keep the multiplier on 10 (and earn fruit gems) by never making non-matching moves, or do you deal with that bomb that just ticked down to 3?
** Similarly in ''Bejeweled 3'''s Ice Storm mode -- do you try to keep the column combo going by continuing to make vertical matches overlapping ice columns, or do you make a horizontal match to reset the timer on that one column you can't destroy and may end your game if left unchecked?
* SeriesMascot: In ''Stars'', Felis the purple cat and Corvis the crow are both introduced
* SceneryPorn: Especially prevalent in the second game.
* ScoreMultiplier: Used in ''Blitz''.
* ScoringPoints: ''Twist'' has the formula 25 * simultaneous bonus (If two matches are made at the same time, each is worth twice as much, for a total of four tmes the points) * line bonus (1 for 3 in a row, 2 for 4 in a row, 4 for 5 in a row, unknown for 6 in a row) * cascade bonus (each cascade multiplies score -- The third will multiply it by 3, the fourth by 4, and so on) + special gem bonus (Fire 100, Lightning 250, Fruit 500, Supernova unknown) + geode bonus (50 + 50 more for each geode bonus (the first in one move gives 100, the second 150, up to a maximum of 350). This is only if there are geode bonuses in a move) with all that * multiplier(maximum 10) * game type bonus (Zen = 1, Classic = 2, Blitz = 5)
* SequelDifficultyDrop: ''Bejeweled 3''. Hands up if you got all five elite badges within two hours.
* SoundtrackDissonance: For a game with so many explosions, the cheerful and calm music playing for the ''whole time'' is prone to this.
** Averted in ''Bejeweled Blitz'' (iOS Version)
* StuffBlowingUp: The various ways jewels can explode.
* TheTetrisEffect: These gems really tend to show up in your dreams as vividly as VideoGame/{{Tetris}} blocks, don't they?
** Or even when you ''blink''.
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Guestline's collaboration with GuestRevu provides the industry with automated guest feedback and online reputation management, directly connected to the PMS. 93% of travellers say online reviews have an impact on their booking decisions, which makes this a particularly attractive proposition for hotels, serviced apartments, pubs and hostels looking to further improve their guest pre- and post-stay experience.
The GuestRevu tool enables hoteliers to generate a higher number of quality reviews, which can boost a property's review score on TripAdvisor. With the interface, hotel guests automatically receive a customised email after checking out, encouraging them to send feedback to the hotel as well as posting a review directly to TripAdvisor.
The hotel will also receive valuable feedback to help them make the necessary operational improvements and provide the best possible guest experience.
With the average response rate from GuestRevu emails being 24%, the interface is already delivering impressive results amongst Guestline customers.
The Coaching Inn Group saw a 300% increase in the number of reviews collected in just 3 months of using the GuestRevu solution.
"While the explosive growth of online reviews continues to transform the market, hoteliers need technologies to help them stay competitive. GuestRevu's interface with Guestline provides just the tool needed to leverage this - an automated solution to help hoteliers leverage their guest reviews (both direct and online) and recapture commissions lost to online travel agents."
Kevin Charity, CEO Coaching Inn Group.
"While the explosive growth of online reviews continues to transform the market, hoteliers need technologies to help them stay competitive. GuestRevu's interface with Guestline provides just the tool needed to leverage this - an automated solution to help hoteliers leverage their guest reviews (both direct and online) and recapture commissions lost to online travel agents."
Kevin Charity, CEO Coaching Inn Group.
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Guestline. Our partnership will give Guestline clients access to world-class guest feedback technology, which will assist them in making more informed operational decisions and help them to effectively manage their online reputations."
Francine Heywood, Director of Sales and Marketing GuestRevu
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Guestline. Our partnership will give Guestline clients access to world-class guest feedback technology, which will assist them in making more informed operational decisions and help them to effectively manage their online reputations."
Francine Heywood, Director of Sales and Marketing GuestRevu
Rupert Gutteridge, Sales and Marketing Director at Guestline concludes " We are committed to offering our customers a wide range of tools, services and interfaces that can assist with the successful day to day management of hotels, hostels, management companies, pubs, serviced apartments and student accommodation. GuestRevu has delivered proven results across a range of our users and we are therefore very happy to collaborate with them and help provide these services to customers.."
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This morning's miracle: dawn turned up its dimmer,
set the net of frost on the lawn to shining. The sky,
lightly iced with clouds, stretched from horizon
to horizon, not an inch to spare, and later, the sun
splashed its bucket of light on the ground. But it's
never enough. The hungry heart wants more: another
ten years with the man you love, even though you've had
thirty; one more night rinsed in moonlight, bodies twisted
in sheets, one more afternoon under the plane trees
by the fountain, with a jug of red wine and bits of bread
scattered around. More, even though the dried grasses
are glowing in the dying light, and the hills are turning
all the syllables of lavender, as evening draws the curtains,
turns on the lamps. One more book, one more story,
as if all the words weren't already written, as if all the plots
haven't been used, as if we didn't know the ending already,
as if this time, we thought it could turn out differently.


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Our Vision
What is AgorIP?
AgorIP brings an open access, open innovation approach to the commercialisation of innovation. Focussing on making a difference to the West Wales and The Valleys regions of Wales, the initiative is keen to support innovations that have the potential to be a positive influence in terms of improved health outcomes, commercial success or a combination of both.
We aspire to enable as much innovation as possible, from a variety of sources such as Universities, Health bodies or commercial enterprises.
With the help of Welsh Government and EU structural funds, AgorIP is working to create a national asset in the form of a pipeline of commercial opportunities, which will drive cutting-edge research and innovation for Wales' global success.
Our Origins
Swansea University has adopted a philosophy of enabling innovation and bringing it to life rather than cherry picking the best from the rest.
This has driven a cultural change across the organisation and has resulted in a number of commercial projects underpinned by two Welsh Government funded successful initiatives in particular; InvestorG8 (an investor readiness programme) and SHIPP (Swansea Healthcare Innovation Partnership Programme) which have shown that this approach delivers results.
Why AgorIP?
The name "AgorIP" was chosen to reflect a number of aspects of the operation.
"Agor" is the Welsh for "Open" - this is an essential element of AgorIP; it's an "Open IP" approach which recognises that transformative innovation doesn't just happen "in-house", it can happen anywhere and be brought in to transform an organisation's products or services. Equally innovation can be taken out of the organisation and licensed or commercialised elsewhere. This is one of the driving principles behind AgorIP.
While reflecting the programme's Welsh roots, the word "AgorIP" also echoes the Greek word "Agora" meaning "marketplace" - another driving principle of AgorIP being to accelerate the progression of innovation from idea to commercialisation or adoption; bringing innovation to life.
The Investment
The AgorIP initiative is a £13.5 million programme supporting eligible projects with Assessment, Proof-of-Concept, and Investment-Readiness, which can be used to leverage additional backing from several different sources. Investment-ready opportunities will be introduced to appropriate funders and assistance is available where required throughout any negotiation processes.
Uniquely, the Swansea University Investment Fund can follow this up with seed funding matched with independent co-investment funding.


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The Millennium Polaris LS is one of the sport's best embodiments of distance with control. It can handle a crosswind, and its always straight and true downwind. When you need pinpoint accuracy off the tee, the Polaris LS wont let you down.
The Polaris LS has always been a favorite of new players, and they always carry one in their bag. Experienced players use it as an all-purpose driver. You just can't beat it.
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Tracie Wallace, MABS, MAC, LPC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor
I love my work as a therapist! I provide a safe and accepting place for you to explore your difficulties, understand yourself and relationships better, and move toward the change you desire. Call me today to discuss any concerns as you think about beginning therapy.
John Cordray, LPC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor
As a counselor I believe that only God can truly bring hope and healing. It is my desire to integrate my faith into our counseling sessions, but I also greatly respect those who do not wish for me to do so. I would like the chance to help you in your struggle.
Tyler Sparks, MA, LPC, NCC, CCSAS
Licensed Professional Counselor
It is my hope that you eventually enjoy coming to therapy, that my office would become a place of comfort and solace for you. I enjoy entering into the lives of my clients and I would be honored to hopefully become a valuable part of the road you are on.
Deanna Self, MA, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
ABOUT DEANNA SELF, MA, LPC: I believe pleasant words are healing, so I provide professional counseling serving Individuals, Marriages, Couples and Families in need of support through life transitions. I believe there is always hope, and that we should never give up.
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Licensed Professional Counselor
I congratulate you for having the courage to explore the possibility of counseling. It really is possible to have more peace, joy and inner strength in life. May you be blessed on this challenging but rewarding journey!
Katie Kibort, MA, LCPC, NCC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
My goal as a counselor is to provide my clients a safe and inviting environment, free of judgement. In this environment, we will work together to explore your inner-self and figure out the necessary changes together.
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Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor
I am an enthusiastic counselor with a passion for providing professional, confidential and empathetic guidance in a non-judgmental and compassionate environment. I would be honored to work with you as you open your heart to the possibility of a life fully lived.
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I seek to create a warm environment where my clients explore their world with greater clarity. My goal is to help clients achieve a better understanding of themselves and the significant people in their life in order to achieve more satisfying relationships.
Bekah Larson, LPC, MAC
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We live in a tough world where loss of relationship, shame, contempt, and trauma are the hunting party and we are the prey. In counseling, I love to discover with my clients how they are powerful in their own lives and how they can fight, heal, and flourish.
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Since 1995, Israel has had a health care system with universal insurance coverage. All Israelis belong to one of the four national health plans, which provide a standard basket of health care services set by the government.
Universal insurance coverage is not a guarantee for the quality of health services. Quality is dependent on the level of financing in the system, the quality of health care providers, and their incentives to provide appropriate and quality care.
Moreover, universal insurance coverage is not a guarantee for equality in the access to quality, appropriate care. There are many reasons for this, including co-payments, cultural barriers, attitudes of health care providers, and geographic differences in access to services.
At MJB's Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, the dual quest for equality and quality in Israel's health care system is a central theme that runs throughout the research program.
Promoting Equality in Access and Care MJB has pioneered the effort to examine the extent of inequality of health care in Israel, bringing this issue to the attention of the health system itself and society as a whole. A seminal Institute report from 2006 highlighted efforts in other countries to develop strategic multi-year approaches to reducing inequalities.
Today, promoting equality is one of the top priorities of the health system, and the Smokler Center is actively engaged in helping to develop and implement effective solutions.
One example is our current work with the Ministry of Health on a major initiative to reduce gaps in health and health care, with a special emphasis on gaps in services between the center of the country and the periphery.
The Smokler Center's research found that the ratio of doctors working in the community or in hospitals is much higher in the central areas than in Israel's northern or southern regions.
There are many reasons for this disparity, such as more varied work opportunities for spouses and greater educational opportunities for children. But there is also a significant financial factor.
Although most physicians in Israel are salaried employees of the government, the national health plans, or not-for-profit hospitals, many supplement their income by engaging in private practice. The potential for this additional private income is largely found in the center of the country, where people spend much more per capita on additional private medical care than do people in the peripheral regions, as documented by a recent Smokler Center study.
In an attempt to offset the draw of private money in the center of the country, in 2011 the Israel Medical Association and the three major employers (the government, Clalit Health Services, and Hadassah Medical Organization) came to an historic collective bargaining agreement that, for the first time in Israel's history, introduced new financial incentives to encourage doctors to work in the public system in peripheral areas. The contract provides for higher monthly salaries for physicians working in the periphery, as well as large one-time grants to physicians who move to the periphery and commit to remaining there for several years. The incentives to boost the periphery were part of last year's larger collective bargaining agreement to improve the overall financial and work arrangements of doctors across the country.
In addition to the direct incentives to physicians, the government is providing two kinds of financial incentives to the health plans to improve services in the periphery. First, the government is adjusting the formula by which it reimburses the plans, to give added weight to plan members in the periphery. Second, special grants are being given to health plans that meet Ministry of Health criteria for expanding and improving services in the periphery.
Finally, the government is taking other steps to boost health care in the periphery. These include launching a new medical school in the Galilee as a lever for improving health care services in the region, in part by drawing additional leading physicians to the Galilee. Also, the Ministry of Health is expanding the acute care bed supply in peripheral hospitals and is investing in upgrading the technological infrastructure in the periphery.
But will these changes be enough to significantly influence the map of health care services in Israel? This is where the Smokler Center is stepping in, with projects to monitor the regional distribution of health care. Included in this is a project with the Ministry of Health and the Israel Medical Association to carefully track the changing distribution of doctors over the next several years, and to measure whether people living in the periphery have greater access to health care.
Quality of CareOf course, increasing access to health care is far more valuable if that health care is of high quality. Among the Smokler Center's projects is its participation in Israel's national effort to improve the quality of its health care, through a multi-year study of the National Quality Monitoring Project (NQMP), a voluntary collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Israel's health plans.
This pioneering and highly successful program seeks to use quality indicators to monitor primary care. The indicators range from prevention—have female patients received a mammogram within the previous two years—to the care of chronic disease—is the blood sugar of patients with diabetes being kept under control.
Members of the medical team input information about patient care into a centralized database. The quality report card is then reviewed by management of each of the health plans and by the medical teams, which receive valuable feedback on each patient and their overall caseload. All of this is made possible by the fact that Israel is a leader in the development of computerized clinical records.
These efforts will make very little difference unless the data is actually used to improve quality. Thus, a key component of the Smokler Center's work has been to examine what the health providers do to translate the information on quality into improvements in quality. The Center interviewed more than fifty health plan managers (physicians, nurses, and lay administrators) about their usage of the indicators. The interviews revealed that the health plans are extensively using the data in a variety of ways, such as monitoring the providers, focusing training efforts, and developing new initiatives to improve quality for specific services or for specific groups. For example, the Maccabi and Clalit health plans have implemented mobile mammography units to reach out to populations who might not otherwise have come on their own for check-ups. As well, all of the plans have introduced innovative computer-based reminders for primary care physicians to direct patients to necessary check-ups and screenings.
Through this research, the Smokler Center has widely disseminated knowledge about some of the most innovative and successful managerial practices, enabling the health plans to learn from one another and to further improve their own efforts.
Ultimately, however, the usefulness of the information depends on the cooperation of the medical teams to supply accurate data and to apply it in their interactions with their patients. There have been primary care physicians who vociferously criticized the program as overly intrusive into their practice and as introducing much additional paperwork that diverted them from their clinical practice.
Thus, in the next phase of the research, the Smokler Center conducted extensive interviews with over 600 primary care physicians to get the broader perspective on their views of the program. In contrast to the voices of the critics, the study found that most physicians viewed the program as significantly contributing to their ability to provide quality care. High percentages did express concerns about the workload and managerial involvement, but overall, they highly supported the program's continuation and indicated an interest in its expansion into more areas of care.
By documenting the broad base of support for the program, the study contributed to the decision to continue and even expand the program. At the same time, by giving a voice to the physicians' legitimate concerns, the study spurred the program developers and the health plans to rethink some of the indicators and to use them in ways that would reduce the stress on physicians.
The Smokler Center is actively sharing its experience in monitoring the quality of care in Israel's health care system with the international community. The Center has recently published a paper in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care that compares quality performance in Israel and the United States, and a paper in Health Affairs, one of the leading American health care policy journals, that shares Israel's experience in successfully using the indicators and how it might be adapted to the American context. A third publication, in the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, reports on the experience of the physicians in using the data on quality. These publications are contributing significantly to the international dialogue, particularly because there is very limited documentation of similar efforts to monitor quality.
The Smokler Center's research on health care disparities has been supported by a grant from Andrea and Michael Dubroff, Massachusetts, USA. The research on health care quality has been supported by the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Charitable Foundation.


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Freestyle Dining provides dining choices that satisfy even the pickiest eater i the family.. Grab a burger hot off the grill or sit down for a four-course meal. Dress up. Dress down. You'll find more dining options than days of your cruise, and you're free to enjoy them all on your own schedule.
Download the Freestyle Dining Guide to see all of the amazing dining options across our fleet or visit the Norwegian Cruise Line website.
Complimentary Dining
Every cruise fare includes beautifully crafted menus in our two main dining rooms including a kids menu, a help-yourself buffet with a dedicated kid's buffet (available on Norwegian Star, Dawn, Spirit, Jewel and Jade) and a variety of casual cafés, grills and on-the-go choices.
When you want an even more memorable experience, our ships' specialty restaurants provide refined choices. Children 3 years old and younger always eat free, and children 4 - 12 can choose from a complimentary kids menu or the restarant's specialty kids menu for a reduced cover charge.
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Our fleet of ships offers the best live entertainment every day and every night. Whether you are looking for something intimate like the singers in our lounges or you want to laugh till you drop with The Second City® comedy troupe, you'll find something perfect for you. Then, there's the award-winning and inventive Blue Man Group, who you can only see aboard Norwegian Epic. And, with special events like the White Hot Party and amazing production shows, you'll be laughing, singing and dancing throughout your cruise.
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Exclusively aboard Norwegian Epic, the whole family wil enjoy the award-winning hilariously inventive Blue Man Group.
Norwegian Cruise Line has been innovating cruising for over 40 years and Nickelodeon, now in its 30th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. These two innovative companies have teamed up to create one-of-a-kind family cruise vacations.
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Whether you're plummeting down a waterslide in our Aqua Park, playing with the little ones at the Kids Aqua Park, or just lounging poolside, each of our ships will offer a poolside experience for everyone in the family.
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Luminous Magpie
I don't remember exactly what the inspiration for this look was but I'm in a very "dark makeup" kind of mood lately. I guess I wanted to lighten up the look a bit with Sugarpill Lumi but still, dark gloomy autumny look ahead!
When I was almost finished it was a blue and green look but I felt like I was missing something. I didn't want to add even more green so I used the purple colour from my Sugarpill Cold Chemistry palette.
I love the sparkly, shimmery colours in this look because even though the look is quite dark, you still notice all the colours in it because the shimmer and glitter reflect the colour. If this look would have been all matte it probably would have been way more boring. 🙂
For the lips I used one of my favourite Dior lipsticks. It's almost empty and I can't get it anymore because it was limited edition a looooong time ago. 😦
But it's a pinkish brown colour with a gorgeous blue sheen to it. It perfectly suits the colours on the eyes.
I love how Lumi worked out great with Sugarpill Magpie. They are both such special blue pigments. At first I didn't like the fact that Sugarpill Lumi is a bit transparent, but looking at the pictures now, I actually like that a lot. At least it's different. 🙂
What do you think? You like this combination? Do you think the slightly transparent part on the inner corner where I applied Lumi or do you think it looks weird?
Please let me know in the comments!
Products used
- Sugarpill Lumi
- Sugarpill Magpie
- Sugarpill Stella
- Sugarpill Elemental Chaos
- Sleek Darks Mattes palette, Fern
- MakeUp Geek White Lies
- Gosh Liquid Eye Liner, black
- Gosh Velvet Touch Eyeliner, Pretty Petrol
- Gosh Kohl / Eyeliner, black
- NYC Show Time mascara, black
- Catrice Camouflage Cream, Rosy Beige
- Sleek blush, Fenberry
- Dior, Brun Passion Fire Brick lipstick
Posted on December 20, 2013, in Make-up looks and tagged blue, EOTD, FOTD, green, MakeUp Geek pressed eyeshadow, purple, Sleek, Sleek Mattes Darks, Sugarpill, Sugarpill Elemental Chaos, Sugarpill Lumi, Sugarpill Magpie, Sugarpill Stella, white. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
Prachtig! Ook mooie ketting trouwens.
Prachtige look! Sexyyyy jurk hoor 😉 Mooi
Heel mooi weer!
Van deze look zou ik erg graag een how to willen zien 🙂
Its lovely! The necklace is great too, you look magical. And hot!


text: Human Rights Observatory Study Finds Reconciliation Programs Can Rekindle Victims' Trauma The trauma of war cannot easily be forgotten; the atrocities committed during the conflict can not easily be forgiven. Yet both actions are necessary for a nation and its people to move beyond the violence. In an effort to repair social fabric torn by years of strife, many communities have turned to truth-and-reconciliation commissions. These forums give victims of violence a chance to be heard and perpetrators an opportunity to seek forgiveness from their neighbors. Some two dozen...Read complete article© Voice of America - Saturday, May 14, 2016


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Professor Taranne
- An early work by the Russian-born French playwright ArthurAdamov. It was first performed in 1953, when Roger Planchondirected it at the Théâtre de la Comédie, Lyons;it was produced in English translation in 1962. The play, a strikingexample of the Theatre of the Absurd that shows the influenceof both Kafka and Strindberg, was based on a dream. It centres onthe plight of a university professor who comes under attack for 'obscene'behaviour. This short play remains Adamov's best known and most frequentlyrevived work.


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It's election day, United States readers. Please go vote if you haven't already and you are able. I don't care who you vote for (well, actually I do but I won't go there), as long as you get out and vote. Pictured in this sweater, pattern title: Rift, is my husband who happens to be on our local city council (and does a damn fine job). He's up for re-election today, so I'm dubbing this the "election day sweater."
The pattern is well written, but I think the sleeves are crazily wide at the top. I scaled this down to the 39 1/4″ size for the sleeves at the top and they're still way too big. Overall, this sweater is just a little bigger than both Matt and I would like it to be. I got gauge and stuck to the pattern, but I should have just made modifications to size this between the two smallest sizes. Matt is thinking of this as a "lounge around sweater" and that is disappointing because I wanted it to be something that made it out of the house often. The yarn (Brooklyn Tweed SHELTER in Faded Quilt) is too lovely to belong to a sweater that has lackluster reception. I am exhausted at the thought of ripping this thing out, so if he doesn't end up wearing it, it may just be given away and I'll make something different.
The collar is also very wide. I suppose I could have added another row or two, but I was running out of yarn. I have less than 5 yards left, I think. I used one extra skein for his size (43″) because I added extra length to the body.
The design has lovely shoulder details, but this also made the shoulders really wide, making the fit a bit odd.
The side ribbing makes for a nice design element too.
Really, I have very mixed feelings about this sweater. I enjoy sweaters that have some extra roominess, but I'm not sure that's Matt's thing. I really don't want to rip this thing out and start anew. We shall see what happens.
Now, get out and vote, America!


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October 23, 2011
Sanford Burnham Del Mar Event Photos
I photographed the Sanford Burnham fundraiser "Mining For A Cure" at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Del Mar Fairgrounds
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Whoa, this is so cool! I do believe this is the first time my work has appeared in print, and in the venerable Grace Ormonde Wedding Style New England no less! A photo from a styled shoot that I collaborated on last year with Ligia Centeno of Makeovers by Ligia at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA appears in this feature on wedding day beauty and makeup. This issue is now out on newsstands!
Shang Chen Photography has rebranded to Saavedra Photography
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Welcome to the world of 3D Printing
SoCal Office Technologies is able to assist you with the entire product line from 3D Systems. We offer solutions from Personal, to Professional and even Production line printers. We would also be happy to assist you with 3D Scanning and Software solutions from the Geomagic Line from 3D systems. For more advanced direct modelling, STL file clean up/correction as well as ANSYS simulation we offer solutions from SpaceClaim. And, if you only need Parts Made off a 3D Printer? We can do that too! Please Contact Us to schedule a personalized demonstration today!
Joe Carmody takes pride in all of his company's 3D printing work for Nissan Motorsports (NISMO), but his biggest passion is direct digital manufacturing of parts that sometimes go from concept to the race track within a week. It's there, literally, where the rubber meets the road.
Direct digital manufacturing, also called additive manufacturing, is the process of 3D printing a working part layer by layer directly from a digital file.
"We do all kinds of 3D printing work — concept modeling, verification, prototyping — but direct digital manufacturing of end-use parts is the biggest opportunity," says Carmody, president of evok3d, co-housed in the Nissan NISMO facility outside Melbourne, Australia.
evok3d produces its bespoke parts for Nissan using various 3D printers, including a 3D Systems ProJet 660Pro for conceptual and prototyping work and ProJet 3500 HDMax and sPro 230 SLS systems for high-precision, functional parts that prove their mettle in the V8 Supercar Championship series. The 15-round Australian racing series comprises two types of races — sprint and endurance — providing a diverse set of challenges for competitors.
Closing the experience gap
Most of evok3d's work occurs in the heat of the racing schedule, when adjustments are made in the so-called downtime between races, which can be anywhere from a week to four weeks. It's not just a matter of increasing speed, but continuously improving reliability and finding out how to eliminate or reduce malfunctions — both human and machine.
"Direct digital manufacturing is ideal for racing applications, which require that cars are continuously improved and component designs iterated upon within small timeframes," says Carmody.
For Nissan NISMO teams, the learning curve is steep and fast. Nissan started racing in V8 Supercar in 2013. It is competing against other teams that have raced in the series since its inception as the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993. There's a lot of catching up to do, and 3D printing is seen as a key tool in closing the experience gap.
Gurney flap in three days
Shortly after signing on with Nissan NISMO, evok3d faced an immediate challenge: improving the aerodynamics of Nissan Altima racecars. The rear wing wasn't generating enough down force, which hindered cornering ability and speed. Nissan engineers went to work and developed what is known as a gurney flap — a small, curved strip extending off the rear trunk that, if done right, can dramatically improve aerodynamics.
"It's a complex piece of geometry," says Carmody, "with compound curves that would be difficult to manufacture using traditional modes."
After receiving the design files from Nissan, evok3d went to work producing the part on the ProJet 3500 HDMax printer. Introduced in early 2013, the printer is designed to produce functional plastic parts and investment casting wax patterns for professional-grade design and manufacturing applications.
The gurney flap was printed in 3D Systems VisiJet M3 Black material, a durable plastic that looks and feels like injection-molded plastic and is designed for applications requiring snap-fit and strength.
Redefining the timeframe from design to race-car-ready, the gurney flap was manufactured and fitted onto the race car for testing within three days. The new part reduced drag on the rear of the car and increased down force, helping the Nissan Altimas achieve the highest corner speeds of any cars in the V8 Supercar Championship series.
Keeping the air flowing
Soon after, evok3d put its direct manufacturing abilities to work on a driver cooling system. Track temperatures at V8 Supercar venues can reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit and top 150 degrees inside the racecar, making it critical that the driver cooling system operates continuously and reliably.
A key component of the cooling system is the air feed to the driver's helmet. The system comprises a dry ice box to cool the air, a filter to clean the air, a pump to generate airflow, and ducting to conduct cool air into the driver's helmet.
evok3d's assignment was to build a lightweight, one-piece housing for the air pump. It might sound simple, but achieving the right combination of weight, functionality and reliability isn't an easy engineering task.
"It would be difficult to manufacture in a single piece using subtractive or injection manufacturing processes," says Carmody, "but we were able to support the overall design goals by creating a single piece using the ProJet 3500 with VisiJet M3 Black material that provides the flexibility and strength required for a production part."
Another inside-the-car project involved a fan housing with an integrated vane switch that allows the driver to manually control air flow between his foot well and the windshield if it is raining. The assembly was printed on a high-definition sPro 230 SLS machine in DuraForm material with all moving parts in place except for the motor and the fan. DuraForm ProX is designed to generate smooth wall surfaces and strength equal to or better than an injection-molded part.
"All three of these parts have proven successful and are currently being used by the Nissan team in the V8 Supercar Championship series," says Carmody.
A different landscape
While Carmody sees direct digital manufacturing as the biggest opportunity for 3D printing, there is also great value in generating small-volume parts for concept modeling, prototyping and pre-production.
evok3d has used the ProJet 660Pro printer to create a complex mold for an air intake system and the master of a carbon fiber gear-shift cover that helps prevent drivers from accidentally putting the race car into gear during driver changes in endurance races.
Carmody believes that many of the prototypes evok3d now creates will eventually be printed as production parts as costs continue to spiral downward and new design techniques are adopted.
"Designing for 3D-printed parts presents a whole different landscape for engineers who have designed for traditional manufacturing," he says. "But there is great value in being able to unitize parts, eliminate assembly, reduce weight and increase efficiency through 3D printing. Direct digital manufacturing enables you to place material exactly where you want it for maximum performance and reliability."
If the results from the Nissan Altima V8 Supercar racing teams are any indication, the movement toward direct digital manufacturing will continue to pick up momentum. In only the second season on the circuit, Nissan teams are belying their relative inexperience, with two of them in the top 10 in standings.
The fast-track success isn't surprising to Joe Carmody. He'll tell you that the best is yet to come for both direct digital manufacturing and Nissan NISMO's V8 Supercar teams.
Image: evok3D printed a master of a gearbox shift linkage cover on a 3D Systems ProJet 660Pro system. A fiberglass mold was made from the master and the final production part was created in carbon fiber.
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Washington in brief
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© St. Petersburg Times, published October 31, 2000
Seniors may get fraud aid
WASHINGTON -- A measure aimed at protecting the nation's elderly from telemarketing and sweepstakes fraud passed the House on Monday.
The Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act, which passed by a voice vote, now goes to the White House for President Clinton's signature.
Sen. Evan Bayh, the Indiana Democrat who wrote the measure, said seniors are targeted by criminals and fraudulent telemarketers more than any other group.
The bill authorizes $5-million over five years to help law enforcement and federal agencies protect and inform the elderly of fraudulent telemarketing and investment schemes.
It also creates a clearinghouse to keep track of complaints made about telemarketing companies and requires that crimes against seniors be included in the nation's annual crime victims survey.
Secret evidence bill won't come up this session
A bill pushed in Congress by civil rights proponents to stop the use of secret evidence against immigrants will not be considered before the session ends.
More than 125 members of the U.S. House signed on as co-sponsors of the Secret Evidence Repeal Act. The bipartisan legislation would restrict how the Immigration and Naturalization Service and FBI may use secret, or classified, evidence to keep immigrants in jail or deny them asylum.
It was inspired by Mazen Al-Najjar, a former University of South Florida teacher who has been detained more than three years without charges on secret evidence alleging ties to terrorists.
"Despite broad bipartisan support for repealing secret evidence, the Republican leadership won't budge," Minority Whip David Bonior said in a statement released Monday. "When it comes to protecting the rights of Arabs and Muslims in this country the Republican leadership talks the talk, but they lack the will to walk the walk," said the Michigan Democrat.
Both major party candidates for president have expressed opposition to the use of secret evidence. It has been used almost exclusively against Arabs and Muslims.
At the Supreme Court
CONFEDERATE FLAG: Justices declined to get involved in a dispute over a Florida high school student disciplined for displaying a small Confederate battle flag on school grounds.
In 1995, Volusia County student Wayne Denno refused to put the flag away when confronted by a school administrator and was then suspended from school for nine days. Denno alleged a principal called him a racist, and the Florida school system later said that Denno was trying to incite a riot.
Denno had some success in court, but the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ultimately ruled that the suit should be thrown out.
KLAN-ADOPTED HIGHWAY: The court asked the Justice Department for its views on whether Missouri can ban the Ku Klux Klan from its Adopt-A-Highway cleanup program. The state says it can keep the group out because it won't accept blacks and other minorities as members, but a lower court said the state acted unconstitutionally because of the klan's viewpoint. The justices will decide later whether to hear the state's appeal.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: Justices turned aside a challenge to the 2-year-old national tobacco settlement. They rejected an appeal that said smokers wound up paying illegally higher prices for their cigarettes as a result of the landmark $246-billion deal between the industry and the states.
BCCI: A retired Saudi government official ordered to pay $1.1-billion in damages in connection with the BCCI banking scandal lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday.
The court, without comment, rejected Abdul Raouf Hasan Khalil's argument that he could not be forced to pay damages to the Bank of Credit and Commerce International's court-appointed liquidators because his actions aimed to benefit the bank, not harm it.
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© Beijing Modern Dance Company
Since 1999 you have been organizing the Beijing International Dance Festival, I believe. What is the situation like for the Festival now?
I am glad to say that we have won acclaim each year and continued to grow, but it is also the case that size and quality are mutually opposed quantities. From the outside it may look like we are successful, but on the inside there are a variety of problems. The SARS outbreak in 2003 provided us with a ripe opportunity to think about the direction of the Festival again.
First of all there is the fact that a festival simply takes a lot of money. But we don't have that money. Because we have been expanding the festival every year despite the fact that we don't have money, the overall quality has fallen of necessity. Secondly, there is not sufficient planning going into it. Since we didn't have money, we were accepting all the performances that came to us and not turning any away. As a result, it had become simply an event with no particular academic or artistic merit to speak of. Thirdly, the development of the Beijing Modern Dance Company was not keeping pace with the growth in scale of the Festival. That meant that we were unable to devote sufficient organizational resources to the Festival, and if something like an accident in which people were injured should happen, we would be unable to handle it. Considering these factors, it seemed better that we not organize a festival at all.
Looking to the future, we plan to take another look at the status of festivals in China and clarify the definition of what they should be. One thing we are think now is that our Festival should be themed. Even if everyone involved doesn't necessarily know about it, there must be a theme that all the important members of the organizing group recognize and understand thoroughly. Next comes the composition of the program. We have to decide what percentage of the total program should be dedicated to the established masterpieces in order to maintain the quality of the festival. Then we have to decide what percentage of the program to devote to progressive works present that may point the way for the future. And as a festival, we also have the responsibility to give a chance to some unknown "dark horses" that may turn out to be good. The third thing we have to think about is tie-ups with other festivals. Tie-ups with other festivals raises the scholarly value and provides scholars with new material for their research. The results of their research will then provide material for new outlooks for the future that benefits both them and us. The analysis of scholars also helps to provide the general audience new understanding of the arts. The networking through Tie-ups can also help cut costs.
The Beijing International Dance Festival we held last October and November gathered eight companies from Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangxi and ten overseas companies primarily from the countries of Europe. Our five venues included both theaters and outdoor arenas. We also held lectures and workshops.
There was a considerable amount of experimental work involved in the production we invited to our last Festival. That was because we were introducing a new style of work. At first, many of the works by the European companies were new works, so there wasn't much in the way of detailed materials or documentation about them. That meant we couldn't get government approval. But I wanted to bring in some new work. So, what I did was to choose a work by the internationally famous Danish Dance Theater, which always has a lot of experimental elements in its works. After their performance, there were people in our audience who were saying that it was not art. Of course, we had expected to hear that. But, this is the type of work that should be studied by the scholars, and I believe that it is the role of a festival to put this type of experimental work out in front of the audience and the critics and scholars.
It is easier to invite this type of experimental work as part of a festival rather than as an individual performance. In short, if you invite it independently you are going to have to provide the officials with a lot of reference materials about it in order to get approval, but if it is part of a festival it is only one small part of the overall plan. Our 2006 Festival was very well received and that led the government to offer funding for the 2007 Festival. For the 2007 Festival we are going to put a lot of effort into the planning and organizing.
How do you decide what works to invite from overseas?
Sometimes the foreign companies contact us and sometimes we go to them with a request. Up until now we have presented over 1,500 stages and some of them have been very memorable, outstanding works. When I discover works like these I want to find a way to bring them to China, and what I usually do is to contact that country's embassy. One of the roles of an embassy is the export of their country's culture, and they are usually prepared to use part of their budget to do that. This is how I have found it to be with almost all the embassy staff I have dealt with, although it varies somewhat by country. What I tell them is that we want to help them export their culture. Then I tell them that they don't need to give us any money. Instead, I ask them to give the money to the artists we will be inviting.
Now I am on very friendly relations with many of the people at the embassies. And because of this they will often tell me what their annual budget is. For example, they may say that their budget isn't large this year but they have enough to support performances by four companies, and then they ask me what companies I am interested in. In this way, it is getting easier and easier to get foreign performers to come here.
What things do you pay special attention to in foreign exchanges?
Trust is the most important thing. I have to make sure that our foreign partners don't get a mistaken image of China. So I am very careful to make sure that everything is done legally according to the existing laws.


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Determinants of Household Drinking-Water Source in Indonesia: An Analysis of the 2007 Indonesian Family Life Survey
Penulis: Sri Irianti; Puguh Prasetyoputra; Tri P. SasimartoyoSafe drinking water is a human right as it is an essential element to sustain life and maintain human health. Literature review confirms that there are many aspects that should be considered in providing safe drinking water in an equitable manner. Therefore, evidence-based data at national level are needed to inform policy-making process. This study presents data regarding drinking water ladder and its determinants using partial proportional odds regression model. Drinking water sources were classified into three categories, unimproved sources, improved sources and piped water on the premises. The overall model is statistically significant (p < 0.001) with McFadden adjusted R2 of 0.157. The correlates include spatial variables, environmental variables, demographic variables and socioeconomic position. There are disparities across major islands and rural-urban areas with the former lagging behind. Moreover, the higher the household is in terms of sanitation ladder, the more likely they have access to improved water sources. Similarly, socio-economic status also determines the use of improved water sources. Recommendations are provided in the light of the results.
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Government minister praises Catholic education
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, paid tribute Catholic schools at the CESEW annual Parliamentary Reception last Wednesday.
He joined headteachers, principals of Catholic sixth form colleges, diocesan officers, MPs, Peers and other friends of Catholic education to celebrate the success of so many Catholic schools and colleges in providing an excellent education for more than 800,000 children, young people and mature adults in England and Wales. Guests also expressed their thanks to Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the former Chairman of CESEW and welcomed new Chairman Bishop Malcolm McMahon.
The Secretary of State congratulated Catholic schools on "a commitment to standards but also a commitment to wellbeing, to supporting the wider cultural and spiritual and moral development of children" noting that these schools "disproportionately take children from more disadvantaged backgrounds than the average, disproportionately take children with greater ethnic diversity than the average, and consistently achieve results which are above average".
Mr Balls also praised the contribution of Catholic schools to community cohesion and citizenship, saying that "many of our Catholic schools are at the cutting edge of promoting community cohesion and we have a lot to learn from those schools". He went on to thank CESEW for their "strong support" noting that "We've learned a lot from the Catholic Church and the approach of the CES to education. I value this relationship and I look forward to working with you more in the years to come."
In his first speech as CESEW Chairman, Bishop Malcolm McMahon described his new role as "a great joy and a great challenge" and reflected on the many gifts Catholic education in particular can offer the world of education in general, saying that it was time for Catholics to "step forward". Seeking to define the ethos that makes Catholic schools so special, Bishop Malcolm said that Catholic education can speak a "word of truth" and a "word of grace", teaching the world to "seek goodness".
Bishop Malcolm related this contribution to the upcoming visit of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux to England and Wales, offering the saint as an "example of how to seek goodness in the simple things of life."
Acting as host, MP Jim Dobbin described the reception as "a celebration of Catholic
education in all its forms, locally, nationally and internationally" expressing his hope that the Catholic education system would continue to go "from strength to strength" saying that this would be "not just for the benefit of Catholic education but for the benefit of education in total".


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Belgium spent USD 2.6 billion on official development assistance (ODA) in 2009, which amounted to 0.55% of its gross national income (GNI).
The OECD encourages Poland to strengthen its development co-operation policy, set a clear path for aid increases and move from small-scale aid projects to multi-year aid programmes.
Italian Official Development assistance, or ODA, decreased steadily between 2008 and 2012, due in part to pressures from the economic crisis, but it rose in 2013.
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The survey comprised 4 topics: policy, financial authority, staffing and roles and systems. Nineteen DAC members responded and the main findings are presented in the document with a summary of each member's survey results in the Annex 1.
Switzerland's aid volume was USD 2.02 billion in 2008, an increase of more than 6% over the previous year, and a total of 0.42% of its gross national income (GNI). In 2008 it had already surpassed its Monterrey commitment to contribute 0.4% of its GNI to ODA by 2010. Switzerland should adopt a 0.5% target for its aid, keeping in mind the 0.7% UN target. At the request of parliament, the Federal Council has evaluated options for a
Sweden spent USD 4.73 billion on overseas development assistance (ODA) in 2008. This amounted to 0.98% of its gross national income (GNI) and made Sweden the most generous of all DAC donor countries as a proportion of its national income. This is particularly laudable in a time of global recession. Its 2009 EU presidency offers an important opportunity to shore up support within the international community for development
The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD notes that Italian Co-operation is facing major challenges. The first is an urgent need to reform official development co-operation, but no political consensus on how to proceed.
The budget for Japanese development co-operation has suffered years of decline. Now, a promising budget increase in 2008 has been cancelled out by a sharp fall in the 2009 budget.
This book outlines what individual donor countries are doing to fulfil their development co-operation ambitions.
With Austria's official development assistance (ODA) at 0.42% of its gross national income (GNI) in 2008 (preliminary data) Austria was in 11th place among OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors. Austria's net ODA fell by 14% to USD1.7 billion from 2007 to 2008, due to a lower level of debt relief grants provided in 2008. Debt relief made up 50% of Austria's ODA during the period 2005 - 2007 and more than 40% in 2008,


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Message from our 2017 Ambassador of Service
Bill Manby Jr., Akron Rotary's Chili Open Ambassador of Service 2017
Bill Manby Jr., Akron Rotary's Chili Open Ambassador of Service 2017
Thank you to all that contributed to a very successful Chili Open! We raised $240,000 with over 500 attendees. 2017 Chili Open Raffle Ticket Winners: 4th Place Winner: Dan Riemenschneider – Bridgestone Invitational golf package 3rd Place Winner: Karen Clark – FoxSports/Ohio Cleveland Indians Package 2nd Place Winner: Grace Wakulchik
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To a golfer, weather is never an obstacle. Despite rain, sleet, snow or ice, the amateur as well as the expert, has no problem taking a swing – especially when the stakes are high. And, with the 27th annual Akron Rotary Chili Open, presented by Wayne Homes, the stakes are
2017 Akron Rotary Ambassador of Service is Awarded to Bill Manby Jr. When he was barely out of college, Bill's life was permanently changed by a last minute request for the special needs children of Barrett School in Akron. "I need you to play Santa Claus," his father said. After
One of the most unique challenges for either an extreme sports enthusiast or a hobbyist golfer is the arctic golf experience of the Wayne Homes Chili Open. On Saturday, February 4, 2017, over 500 polar bear golfers will converge on the scenic Hale Farm and Village in Bath. On that date,
The 26th Annual Akron Rotary Chili Open Golf Classic, sponsored by Wayne Homes, was held on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Hale Farm and Village in Bath, OH. The Chili Open is an event that raises funds to send children and adults with developmental disabilities to summer camp each year.
We had a very successful Chili Open for 2016, with over 500 attendees, raising $214,000. A heart felt Thank You to everyone for their support in making the 26th Annual Chili Open a success! Carol Hauskneght – 1st place prize 2016 Chevrolet Sonic Kyle Radel – 2nd place prize 55-inch LG Smart HDTV
2016 Akron Rotary Ambassador of Service Posthumously Awarded to Richard Farkas The Richard Farkas family is honored to have the Rotary Club of Akron remember Richard's commitment to community service by selecting him as the 2016 Akron Rotary Ambassador of Service. Upon retiring as Commander of the nation's largest Intercontinental
VanDevere would like to congratulate Evan Nelson who was at VanDevere Chevrolet the other night to pick up his brand new 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. Nelson held the winning ticket at the 2015 Akron Rotary / Wayne Home Chili Cook Off and Golf Outing help on Feb. 7th 2015.