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Royal London Morning Tour
Royal London Morning Tour
Get all the highlights of London on our Royal London Morning Tour. Do you want the absolute best of London's many sights and attractions? See Big Ben, Westminster and much more. Buy your tickets to Royal London Morning Tour here!
Our Royal London Morning Tour starts with meeting your guide at Victoria Coach Station and from there we go by motor-coach around London starting with a panoramic drive around Parliament Square . See Westminster Abbey where Prince William and Kate Middleton were married, and then continue on to Princess Diana's former home, Kensington Palace . We will also pass the Royal Albert Hall , the Albert Memorial and you will get a chance to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
Important information :
- The tour is in English
- Duration: approx.: 3 hours.
- The tickets will be sent to your e-mail address immediately after you have completed your reservation and your payment has been approved.
- The ticket is valid on the date you book!
- Operates daily at 8:45am from Victoria Coach Station
- Occasionally there may not be a Changing of the Guard, on these occasions we will visit Horseguards Parade.
- Child prices: 3-16 years
- The Royal London Morning Tour ends at Trafalgar Square
Royal London Morning Tour
Victoria Coach Station,
164 Buckingham Palace Road,
Daily departure at 8:45am
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Case study: A Chinese golden eagle is as precious as any other patient
A green wooden box emerged from the parting of coats and legs, cameras, tripods, microphones. From within came silence.
Too much silence.
The golden eagle arrived at the International Fund for Animal Welfare Beijing Raptor Rescue Center this afternoon after a four-hour drive from Hebei, Five days in a rescuer's room, and a long time in the brutal captivity of a poacher.
She was so stressed that she was silent and still, too exhausted and debilitated to struggle when BRRC staff pulled her from the green box.
On images sent by the rescuer, she had been perched in the middle of a large room, upright and alert. But she held her wings just a bit low and away from her body. And she was too still for a wild bird perched in a tiled room on the third floor of an apartment building. She looked fine from the outside – no bleeding wounds, no major feather damage. But she was sick: sick enough to show it.
The initial examination revealed the devastation wrought on her beautiful eagle's body.
Her feet had been bound with wire that cut into her flesh. Her feet and toes were swollen with cellulitis, inflammation and infection.
Cellular fluid oozed from the broken skin. A massive bruise on her chest told of horrible trauma a week ago.
The soft flesh of her flight muscles told of a long time bound to a stake in her captor's prison.
Her left wrist was stiff and painful.
And something didn't sound right in her lungs.
Initial blood work showed that she is badly anaemic, and the infection in her body has driven her white blood cell count to as high a level as we have ever seen it in a raptor.
This was a very sick bird, and she has been sick for a long time.
Moreover, golden eagles are highly sensitive to stress. Stress crushes the immune system and makes animals susceptible to opportunistic pathogens. For many raptors, that lurking pathogen is a certain fungus. It takes advantage of the bird's low defenses and as the kiss of death, and spreads throughout the respiratory system.
This eagle is a perfect candidate for the disease: long, severe stress; long, severe infection; malnutrition; trauma; abuse.
Reporters asked if our care for a golden eagle is different from that for other birds.
I stared for a moment, not understanding the question.
We provide the same thoughtful, individualized treatment for every patient, whether it is a baby little owl, a common kestrel, a vulture, or a golden eagle.
These animals are individuals who feel, suffer and want to live as much as every other. Their relative value in the eyes of humans means nothing at all to each life that struggles for existence; that wants only to fly, to reproduce, and to feel strong and healthy.
So no, in that sense a golden eagle is no different from the other raptors that we try to help: it is an individual as precious as every other.
This eagle's injuries and illness were all caused by the people who captured her from the wild and who abused her in captivity.
We see her suffering in all the shapes and sizes of raptors every day, with nearly every new bird that comes to BRRC: the same sorts of injuries and disease caused by captivity, the devastating weakness, the eyes that are fighting to not give up the desire to live, that awful, awful stillness.
Our new patient is resting now on her perch in a quiet room.
She has received medication and treatment to reduce her pain and to help her body fight against the disease and trauma that are trying to destroy her.
Tomorrow she will undergo further diagnostic work and surgery to treat her feet. Given all that she is suffering, and the chronicity of her illnesses, her prognosis is guarded. She will miss the breeding season, miss the opportunity to produce precious little eaglets.
But there is hope, a bit of hope, that she will soar the skies one day again.

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Lian Li PC-T1R Mini ITX Spider Test Bench Review
Introduction and Features
Lian Li takes unique approach to mini ITX test bench with PC-T1R Spider
Courtesy of Lian Li
PC enthusiasts and hardware reviewers alike like to make their rigs stand out through custom paint jobs, acrylic windows, custom LED lights, and by installing additional hardware. Vendors want to help those end users with two left thumbs have options for having a case that stands out from the other rectangular enclosures they see at school or at gaming parties. Lian Li has been creating custom PC cases for years now, but this year has been extra special with the introduction of the PC-T1R Spider Mini ITX Test Bench.
Courtesy of Lian Li
The PC-T1R Spider combines the creativity of Lian Li's engineering teams with a functional design that can be used as a mini ITX test bench by end users. This test bench supports one 3.5" hard drive, 5.25" slim optical drive, and a full ATX power supply. It also includes a custom cable management system below the motherboard tray to help reduce cable clutter around the power supply and motherboard.
Courtesy of Lian Li
The PC-T1 test bench is available in red and black and retails at $129.99 at most online resellers. The unique design should make it a hot commodity for PC modders looking for a good base for their next modding project.
Lian Li PC-T1R Mini ITX Spider Test Bench Features
- Handcrafted in Taiwan
- Hair-line brushed aluminum with anodized finish
- 5.25" slim CD-ROM bay
- Standard 3.5" hard drive
- Standard ATX PS/2 power supply unit
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For many people, learning how to use Microsoft Project 2010 means learning the basics of project management at the same time. The two go hand-in-hand.
This overview points you to information about understanding project management and how to use those concepts in Project 2010. Follow the links in each step for detailed information.
In this article
History of project management
Did you know that Gantt Charts have been around for over a hundred years? Bet you didn't. The discipline of project management has evolved and been refined for longer than you might suspect.
The theory behind the techniques you use as a modern project manager has been influenced by over a century's worth of scientific, social, and business methodologies.
Project management basics
In a nutshell, project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to complete a specific goal. And then everything goes wrong. The following articles can arm you with the basics to manage a project and deal with the problems that come up.
Learn the fundamentals of Project 2010, what it is and what you can do with it to become an effective project manager.
Dive more into the mechanics of creating a schedule.
No matter how normal or different your project is, you cannot escape the triangle of time, money, and scope. Learn to use it to your advantage.
Phases, processes, portfolios... Project management terminology can be overwhelming, but this article can help keep you on track.
Connect with other Project users
Experienced project managers and Microsoft Project users can be the most useful resource for a new project manager. There are many methods of joining the community and finding answers to your questions.
Tap the collective wisdom of other Microsoft Project users by posing questions in discussion groups, reading Project blogs, joining project management Facebook and Twitter groups, or using any of the other community resources mentioned in this article.
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Reeds Astro-Navigation Tables 2015
By Andy Du Port
Publishing 11th September 2014
Reeds Astro Navigation Tables is now established as the ideal annual reference for ocean navigators. Using tables devised by practical ocean navigators, it contains everything the ocean-going sailor needs in order to navigate by the sun, moon, planets and stars, without the bulk and expense of heavy tables.
- Designed and written specifically for yachtsmen
- Contains all the tables needed to navigate by the sun, moon, planets and stars
- Opens flat on the chart table for ease of use
- Helpful section on practising ashore
- Includes worked examples as an aide memoire
- A compact inexpensive reference for all your astro navigation needs
This book, together with a sextant, will enable sailors to navigate confidently and safely when out of the sight of land.
Andy Du Port was one of the editors of the Reeds Nautical Almanacs for many years. He is the author of Your First Channel Crossing, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.


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2014-05-09 - Up and coming multicultural blues rockers BLUES PILLS have announced the tracklist for the bands forthcoming self-titled debut album. The ten tracks of »Blues Pills« will also feature a cover version of the CHUBBY CHECKER classic 'Gypsy'.
"It's a song everyone in the band liked and we used to play it on our soundcheck. Slowly it worked itself into our set list, and now it's going to be on our debut album as well. Back in the days lots of bands covered each other to honor the other artist, and they did it with their own touch on it. Some examples are, JIMI HENDRIX 'All Along the Watchtower', JANIS JOPLIN 'Tell Mama', 'Summertime' and 'Ball and Chain', or JOE COCKER 'With a Little Help From My Friends', everyone was doing it with the right reason. For us, we want to honor CHUBBY CHECKER and also bring it back to life by doing the cover version the BLUES PILLS way. Hopefully people like both versions and, yeah, it's just a killer tune." - BLUES PILLS
Produced by renowned Don Alsterberg (GRAVEYARD), »Blues Pills« is set to be released July 25, 2014 via Nuclear Blast.
»Blues Pills« can now be pre-ordered in various formats at this location: http://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2014/Blues-Pills/blues-pills.html
»Blues Pills« Tracklist:
01. High Class Woman
02. Ain't No Change
03. Jupiter
04. Black Smoke
05. River
06. No Hope Left For Me
07. Devil Man
08. Astralplane
09. Gypsy (CHUBBY CHECKER cover)
10. Little Sun
The cover art was created by legendary artist Marijke Koger-Dunham – find the artful piece below/attached.
Commented the band: "The artwork is by the incredible artist Marijke Koger-Dunham. She painted it sometime in the late 60ies, and because we were looking for some 60ies inspired artwork, we thought "what could be better?" For us, it is a representation of the balance of life, as shown in all the symbolism of natural dualities such as darkness and light, sun and moon, life and death, etc. It shows how opposite forces are interconnected and compliment each other to form a whole. Besides that, it just looks absolutely amazing!"
The band will be playing the following open air events this summer: 29.05.2014 DE Out & Loud Festival, Geiselwind
30.05.2014 DE Freak Valley Festival, Netphen-Deutz
31.05.2014 CZ Metalfest, Plzen
06.06.2014 SE Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg
08.06.2014 DE Rock Hard Festival, Gelsenkirchen
21.06.2014 DE Metalfest Loreley, St. Goarshausen
22.06.2014 FR Hellfest, Clisson
27.06.2014 NO Steinkjerfestivalen, Steinkjer
04.07.2014 NO Skanevik Blues Festival, Skanevik
12.07.2014 AT Lovely Days Festival, Wiesen
17.07.2014 LT Devilstone Festival, Vilnius
24.07.2014 CH Blue Balls Festival, Luzern
26.07.2014 DE Wilwerath Rock City, Wilwerath
31.07.2014 DE Burg Herzberg Festival, Breitenbach am Herzberg
01.08.2014 DE Krach am Bach, Beelen
02.08.2014 DE Labertal Festival, Schierling
09.08.2014 SE Getaway Rock Festival, Gävle
14.08.2014 DE Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl
16.08.2014 PT Sonic Blast, Moledo Do Minho
22.08.2014 CH Open Air Gränichen, Gränichen
More to be announced soon!
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BLUES PILLS - 'Lady In Gold (live)' premiere!
2017-11-03 10:00 - Swedish blues rockers BLUES PILLS release their first ever DVD/Blu-ray, »Lady In Gold - Live In Paris«. Details
BLUES PILLS - release 'Bliss' live video!
2017-10-11 16:00 - Today BLUES PILLS release their performance of the song 'Bliss' from their first ever DVD/Blu Ray, entitled »Lady In Gold Live In Paris«. Details
BLUES PILLS - release 'Elements & Things' liv
2017-09-28 13:00 - BLUES PILLS have released their performance of the song 'Elements & Things' from their first ever DVD/Blu Ray, entitled »Lady In Gold Live In Paris« Details
BLUES PILLS - release Live clip, pre-orders!
2017-09-15 12:00 - Today the band release their performance of the song 'Little Boy Preacher', pre-orders online! Details
BLUES PILLS - announce DVD/Blu Ray, on tour!
2017-09-08 10:00 - Sweden based blues rockers BLUES PILLS have announced to release their first ever DVD/Blu Ray, entitled »Lady In Gold Live In Paris«, on November 3, 2017. Details
BLUES PILLS - summer tour kicks of tomorrow!
2017-05-25 13:00 - Sweden based blues rockers BLUES PILLS will return to European stages this summer. The eagerly awaited tour will kick off on Friday, May 26 at the W-Festival in Frankfurt, Ger Details
BLUES PILLS - announce summer tour!
2017-03-03 17:00 - Sweden based blues rockers BLUES PILLS will return to European stages this summer! Details
BLUES PILLS - Tour trailer released!
2017-02-23 18:00 - BLUES PILLS announced another European tour in March/April 2017! Today, the band releases the official tour trailer via YouTube. Details
BLUES PILLS - DEEZER live session out now!
2017-02-15 19:00 - During the promotion cycle of their #1 album, »Lady In Gold«, BLUES PILLS hit the DEEZER headquarters last August and played a short live set. Details
BLUES PILLS - 'Lady In Gold' tour 2017!
2016-12-02 08:00 - BLUES PILLS just announced another European tour in March/April 2017! Details


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Feb 21, 2010
The Diary of an Obsessed Muppet Fan - The Muppet Show Season 2
The Diary of an Obsessed Muppet Fan - Entry 2, February 21, 2010
Dear Diary,
It's me, Ryan. Did you miss me? I'm not going to lie, I didn't miss you. Don't give me that look! Maybe if you lost a couple of pages and actually tried with your appearance I wouldn't be so bored with this relationship! Oh, sure, blame me.
Thank goodness I have The Muppet Show Season 2 DVDs to distract me this week. As all Muppet fans know, this set was a vast improvement over the Season 1 set thanks to it being entirely uncut. Between these four DVDs there is just so much goodness oozing out that I'm surprised the set didn't come with a sponge shaped like Zoot's head! (How cool would that be?)
In Season 2, we see the Muppets evolve more and more into the Muppets we know today. Fozzie's design has been significantly improved, as have Gonzo and Miss Piggy's. In Season 2 we also get to meet Beaker, the Pigs in Space crew, and more fun characters like Robin the Frog and Scooter's uncle J.P. Grosse. Season 2 is really where The Muppet Show settled into itself and became the entertainment juggernaut we now know it as.
I love Season 2 for many reasons, but mostly because of Frank Oz. This is the season that Frank becomes a force of nature with the characters. Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Sam Eagle, and even Animal all just completely steal the show whenever they have screen time. I especially loved Sam throughout Season 2 as he attempted to push decency on Kermit and always ended up the butt of his own lack-of-a-joke. I think the best Sam moment in Season 2 has to be in the Rudolf Nureyev episode. At one point he picks up Kermit to talk to him. It's hysterical.
The guest stars in Season 2 are also considerably more popular and well-known now that The Muppet Show has become a success. Elton John, John Cleese, Steve Martin, and Julie Andrews are still big names in the entertainment industry today. With the guest stars being more famous, the Muppets had to try harder to out-do them. I think this is a big reason why the shows kept getting better. They had to in order to keep up with these great performers.
As for my favorite episodes from this season... well, I really did love them all but I'll try to pick them out. The Don Knotts episode had a fantastic backstage story with Fozzie and Floyd, Milton Berle was great, as were Steve Martin, Julie Andrews, and George Burns. You can't beat Madeline Kahn's sexiness in her episode, and Jaye P. Morgan's anti-cute stance. But for the best episode of the season I really think you have to look to John Cleese. Hilarity at every turn.
Of course there were also those guest stars that just didn't work. Such as Rich Little (my mute uncle could do a better Kermit impression!), Teresa Brewer (I wish I had a brew to distract me from her awkwardness), and Judy Collins (Send in the clowns? Sends me to sleep!)
This set actually had some fun bonus features. The Muppets Valentine Special isn't terrible but the kinks are still glaringly obvious. I love The Muppets On The Muppets and could just watch hours of off-the-cuff Muppet interviews any time. And the Weezer music video may be out of place but it's still somewhat entertaining (if only for flipping penguins).
But what is the defining moment of this season, you ask? ...Good question. Part of me wants to say John Cleese's closing number, but another part wants to say Dom DeLuise singing "We Got Us." However, I think the real defining moment comes with Bernadette Peters as she sings "Just One Person" to Robin with the help of the rest of the Muppets. It's a wonderfully sweet moment that never gets to saccharine thanks to Robin's quips about his size and not being noticed.
This brings us to the end of another one, folks. How about one more big hand for our very special guest star: My pen! YAAAAAY! We'll see you all next time on The Muppet Mindset!
Sincerely and insanely yours,
Ryan Dosier, Obsessed Muppet Fan
President & CEO of Nothing at All Industries
A Division of Completely Pointless, Inc.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
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Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
: 2002 - 2018
Agency for Volunteer Service
Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
Within the specified period, provided volunteer activities to nominator or participated in its volunteer service.
Supported employees' volunteering by providing resources.
Has a system in place to promote and recognise employees' volunteering efforts.
Within the specified period, provided cash or in-kind donations to the nominator(s)
Caring for the Employee
Offered benefits above those specified in the Employment Ordinance in employment contracts.
Provided extra protection measures over and above those specified in the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance and/or Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance to ensure employees' well-being and safety.
Provided information and activities / services regarding stress management and mental wellness counseling that enable staff to deal with interpersonal, health, personal and family matters that might affect their job performance.
Provided paid or partially paid leave in addition to that specified in the Employment Ordinance or provided support services or activities to staff to take care of urgent personal or family matters when required.
Provided paid or partially paid leave in addition to that specified in the Employment Ordinance or subsidized the supporting services for the staff and their family members.
Established communication system in place (i.e. internal communication, consultation activities, complaint system, etc.) that enables employees to understand company policies and express their opinions and grievances. Within the specified period, management met with frontline staff, listening to and discussing issues that concern them, especially those that affect their career and benefit changes.
Provided employee and family care benefits and support offered to employees and / or their family members that have a positive impact on their family life
Attained the HR Award or Certification (i.e. Family-Friendly Employers Award Scheme, "18 Districts Caring Employer" Award, Hong Kong Occupational Safety & Health Award, etc.)
Caring for the Environment
Planned or established mechanisms or activities in the daily operation that have successfully promoted environmental protection.
Minimised the environmental impact through eco-friendly manufacturing processes.
Measured and reduced carbon emission levels.
Support / Donate to the activities organised by NGOs or worked with NGOs or government department, to promote environmental awareness among employees / customers / partners / the public or contribute to environmental protection.


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Bone health and osteoporosis can have a significant impact on your overall health and wellbeing. It is important to build strong bones during childhood and adolescence to help prevent osteoporosis later in life.*
Regular weight-bearing exercise and a healthy diet that includes adequate amounts of calcium are all important for maintaining strong, healthy bones.*


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On Monday, the bull market in U.S. stocks enters its sixth year. Since World War II, only three of the past bull markets that made it to the fifth year lasted for at least a sixth year. That\'s not a lot of history to go by, but the super-strength of two of those bull streaks makes one wonder, \"what if…?\"
To see what history could tell us about the future, MarketWatch\'s design team projected where the S&P 500 would end if it repeated the sixth-year performance of the 1950s bull market, the 1980s bull market, and the 1990s bull market.
Another 38% gain, along the lines of the the 1950s run, would bring the index to 2,600 from its Friday close of 1,878.
Of course, a colossal thud along the lines of the 1980s bull market could also occur. Indeed, if the five-year bull market that peaked out in 2007 does a repeat in the next 12 months, investors would be looking at a 42% spiral to 1,092.
Read more on the bull market:
Mark Hulbert: How to prepare for the next bear market
ETFs to bet on as the bull market turns 5
What this stock bull market needs to live a 6th year
– Sarah Squire and Laura Mandaro
Follow Sarah Squire on Twitter @sarahjsquire
Follow Laura Mandaro @lauramandaro
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It is finally over. The NFL is open for business. And while the last four and a half months have been agonizing for the hard core fans like me, what is coming is going to help make up for lost time very quickly.
We are about to see free agency and trades happening at a pace that has never been seen before. It is going to be exciting. But I hope all of the Cowboys fans out there have realistic expectations for what is about to transpire.
The Cowboys won't be signing the big name guys in free agency. They don't have the money to do it. The focus has to be on getting Doug Free signed and then filling out the roster as quickly as possible while managing a bad salary cap situation.
It is highly unlikely that Roy Williams will be cut or traded. It is very likely that Marc Colombo and Marion Barber will be cut.
But the good news is that we are finally going to get answers on all of the roster decisions that have been debated for months. And the answers are going to be here in a matter of days and maybe even hours in some cases.
Things are about to get very exciting. It is about time. I can't wait to get down to San Antonio to see the 2011 Dallas Cowboys get back to work!


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We've had around 300 participants who joined in the card sort so far. A great 'Thank you' to all those who participated! Any User Experience Designer, Information Architect or Interaction Designer still wanting to join in with the the UX/IA/IxD card sort can do so in the coming week at: websort.net/s/71AE2F/.
After that we will start the analysis of the card sort data and come back with the results here.
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There has been no shortage of big news stories in the past few days. Superstorm Sandy has devastated the East Coast and President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continue to spar less than a week from the election, to name a few newsmakers.
But in the small town of Morrison, another event is making news. Cameras are being allowed in an Illinois courtroom for the first major case in the state, a murder trial. Last week marked the first televised trial in the state, that of a street shooting in Kankakee.
This experiment could become one of the most culturally significant changes to the Illinois justice system.
The Illinois Supreme Court agreed earlier this year to allow cameras in state courtrooms experimentally. Guidelines still are being formulated and legal experts are waiting to hear the opinions of judges who allow cameras in their courtrooms.
If it goes well, Illinois could see cameras in many Illinois courtrooms, a big departure from the sketches we now see used as artwork in newspapers and on TV.
Cases that used to be relayed to the public via courtroom sketches and testimony quotations could be replaced with video and still photos. The public could witness important rulings with their own eyes instead of taking the word of reporters.
If this practice becomes widespread, it will change this state.
This will be significant because it could be the beginning of a fundamental shift in the Illinois justice system.
It is strange because we are used to having live footage of so many significant news events – reporters standing amidst the high winds of Sandy to demonstrate the storm's fierceness, others in the midst of audience members after a presidential debate, looking for reaction soundbites.
In most cases, we consider more exposure to be better. It shows people what they normally cannot see. Pictures can tell stories better than many writers can, and moving pictures with sound can put a viewer in the front row.
There are benefits and drawbacks, however, to having cameras in courtrooms. Although exposure is higher, some claim that cameras may increase the spectacle surrounding cases, become a distraction from the legal proceedings or cause other problems.
Perhaps the most notable part of this case and the presence of cameras in the courtroom, however, is that it reminds us that the justice system in the United States is far from perfect.
We know the lack of footage of legal proceedings leaves the public out of events that often directly affect them. We know that courtroom battles don't get the same exposure as other news events, which can leave us in the dark. But the introduction of cameras will bring its own problems. A balance will have to be struck between these far-from-perfect options.
When it comes time for the judges to reflect on the experience of having cameras record their proceedings, they should consider not what is easiest, most traditional or least intrusive. They must decide what is most just for the people of Illinois. And although this might seem like a straightforward criterion to meet, we know from experience that justice is often the most elusive goal of all.
• Lauren Stott is a Maple Park native and a graduate student at Northern Illinois University in the master of public administration program. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Camden25 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 292 designs submitted by 50 freelance designers.
Tulsa Corporate Wellness is a non-profit entity attempting to bring free health education and wellness support services to the companies of Tulsa, OK. It is the goal of the company to develop weekly video newsletters, build a social network to connect employees and incentivize participation, and construct a network of health care and wellness professionals in the city to support the needs of local corporations.
The target audience is white collar business workers.
Looking for a clean, professional logo that represents our connection with the medical community (physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, exercise specialists), the city of Tulsa, the environment, and a focus on being healthy through physical activity and healthy habits. We are interested in a logo for TCW or Tulsa Corporate Wellness to represent our network of wellness providers. Feel free to be creative and come up with a better name to call our network of wellness providers if you like. The Logos and picture below are just an idea of similar logos for the area and we do not want to brand ourselves with the leaf concept similar to the parks organizations.
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JeanKuhn needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 97 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Fairy Godmother Exec
I "believe" I have an inner Cinderella, however, my "older" Cinderella has matured into a Fairy Godmother. Ready to help others Transform their businesses and lives
This is a coaching company that works with franchise owners, Multi Level Marketing companies to help show their members how to "transform" their business and their lives into something spectacular.
There is a Cinderella in everyone.
Multi Level Marketing Companies
I have worked for a couple MLM's and I have owned a franchise.
Fairy Godmother Exec is a new company.
I am picturing a Pumpkin Carriage (sparkly blue)
It must portray the message of "Transformation"
I have included a picture of an antenna topper I bought that actually gave me the idea for the name.
It should not be too cartoon like.
Please don't make it look idential to the picture. I bought that at the Disney Store so I don't want any issues with Disney.
I love the color though. I have a whole Fairy Godmother theme throughout my business.
Thank you for taking the time to help me.
Jean Kuhn
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First, Adams County is very fortunate in that it has two major industries that allow it to thrive. The better known tourism industry thrives because of the presence of the Gettysburg Battlefield National Military Park and the Eisenhower Presidential Site. There is no nice way to say this, but Gettysburg residents, and others, have been making a living off the battle and the 51,000 casualties since July 5, 1863, when the first photographs of the Battlefield were taken, showing the dead, and the destruction. Shortly after that, burial parties were sent out to gather the dead and get them into the ground as quickly as possible. The efforts of local attorney David Wills to establish the National Soldiers' Cemetery that fall, attracted not only the President of the United States, who played second fiddle to the greatest American orator of his time, Edward Everett, it also attracted thousands of people who spent their money on food, lodging, transportation and some private tours of the battlefield given by locals who "knew their way around". Thus, Gettysburg's enormous tourism industry was born, thanks in part to a President, an attorney, some photographers, and a whole bunch of curious tourists.
Nestled in the northern part of Adams County, on the eastern slopes of South Mountain a few miles west of York Springs, are 20,000 acres of orchards. Apples, peaches, plums, and pears are the principle fruits grown there. It is truly the Apple Capital of Pennsylvania -- perhaps of the region. Not only is the fruit absolutely, and delightfully delicious, the view is absolutely and delightfully spectacular. Drive along PA Route 94 from Mount Holly Springs in Cumberland County, east over South Mountain to York Springs and you will see orchards stretching as far as the eye can see on top of the mountain, and on its eastern slopes. Some of the major fruit wholesalers in the nation have large canning operations here. Other outlets are more local, as more than a few owner-families have large stands, some of which are open year round, that sell the delicious fruits, alongside locally grown vegetables. Want corn? Stop at one of the fruit stands from late July on and pick up a dozen ears along with your cantaloupe, tomatoes and peaches. The fall cider is something to be experienced. Ice cold, and freshly made, you can sometimes taste four or five different types of apples as the cider is going down your throat.
You'd think these two industries would run over the late spring to mid fall, and then shut down for the colder months. Not so. Neither of them shuts down completely. Even in the heart of winter, in snowy February, tourists are out wandering the Battlefield, and visiting the downtown relic and souvenir stores. Even in February, some of the larger fruit stands are open, selling apple butter, jams and jellies, preserves, cider, and deer apples. True, the seasonal employment runs from mid April to early November, with a large portion terminating at the start of the school year in late August. But the industries keep going. The canneries run just about year round.
So, what does all this mean in terms of development. For one thing, development, both commercial and residential, is not only encouraged by local government, it is actively sought. The drive to bring jobs to the county is the publicly flouted reason for this effort. One could surmise from this that Adams County suffers from a high unemployment rate. The reality is, according to public statistics on the website of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, that even when the national and state unemployment figures hover at or above 5%, Adams County rarely exceeds 3%. When it does, it is the heart of the winter when just about all outdoor and tourist and fruit growing/processing activity slows to a crawl, and in a matter of weeks, it is well below 2.5% again. Most counties in Pennsylvania (or anywhere else for that matter) would give their eye-teeth for numbers like that. And the other reality is this: truth be told, the local Economic Development Corporation has very little to do with it. Who the heck are they anyway?
Economic Development Corporations were formed a few decades ago when runaway inflation was holding back the economy in many areas. It was a way to get local business leaders involved in bringing in new industry and commerce to a depressed area. Government funding does apply, though they claim otherwise. Because as corporations they are not subject to the Public Sunshine laws they can, and do, act in secret. Phew! Anyone else smell that?
Locally, the Adams County version worked for several years to lure WalMart to the county in an attempt to put a huge distribution center at the Hunterstown exit of US 15 north of town. It was a secret project, with juicy details of things like "mystery business to bring 100 new jobs to the county", leaked to the press. Finally, they could contain the truth no longer, and the deal leaked out to the public. The response was instantaneous, loud, and firm: NO WAY! People wrote letters detailing estimated traffic loads on the highways, and unemployment figures that belied any effort to bring jobs to Adams County. The killer was a letter that detailed the effects on the proposed parking area's runoff during an average thunderstorm. WalMart pulled out. Within a year, the very visible leader of the ACEDC was kicked upstairs and they have been very quiet since. Primarily they are working to get businesses to move into the new Convention Center complex being built along US 15 at US 30. A hotel, a restaurant, a multi-plex cinema, are scheduled to go in with the Convention Center itself, but many of the shops remain unfilled. Meanwhile, the drive-through vista of Adams County gets less green every day.
You might ask, at this point, why is there such an enormous effort to develop, commercially and residentially? And why here in Adams County. Here are some of the reasons:
- Adams County has lots of green lands, and any land is available at the right price.
- Adams County is willing to invoke eminent domain to get any parcel of land it wants for development.
- The amount of money to be made in commercial and residential development is enormous. To look at the figures would scald your eyes!
- Very little of that money makes its way into the public coffers of Adams County.
Then you might ask yourself, "Is all this really necessary?" The short answer is "No". With incredibly low unemployment and no shortage of available housing, there is no need to build more houses. With an enormous private convention facility south of town, there is no need to build another one east of town. Of course, if you want to have an alternative to the privately owned convention center, then, yes, you need another one. After years of having one, and lately no movie theater screens closer than Hanover, now we are getting two cinemaplex systems one with 13 screens and another with 7. Is this not overkill? Can this area support that many?
The answer is "Yes, if you let the development continue."
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It is easy to forget about potential severe winter weather since Georgia typically has fairly mild winters, but don't get left out in the cold. Severe winter weather can strike here in the South, and being prepared is absolutely crucial.
My wife and I found ourselves homebound without electricity for several days during a pounding snowstorm in 1993. Not only were we stuck, but Ronda was pregnant with our first child. Fortunately, we had everything we needed to survive — except labor and delivery items. Our porch became our refrigerator and freezer when we packed our perishable items in snow and ice and stored them out there. Luckily, our son Chandler waited until the storm passed to join us.
What does winter have in store for us this year? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center, the outlook is uncertain. El Niño, which brings colder and wetter-than-average conditions, didn't make its expected appearance, but NOAA predicts that it will arrive in some form … eventually.
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PS Vita Slim Coming to the US Along with Borderlands 2
Well, the good PlayStation news keeps on coming. Sony announced the PS Vita Slim would be coming to North America this spring.
Over on the PlayStation Blog, Sony dropped the news many of us had been waiting for since Japan and Europe were announced as markets for the PS Vita 2000 (aka the PS Vita Slim). Not only will North America be getting the sleeker new Vita, but Sony will be offering it in a bundle along with the portable version of Borderlands 2.
Borderlands 2 on the Vita will include all six DLC packs released for the original game, and will offer cross-save compatibility with the PlayStation 3 version. Along with Borderlands 2, the PS Vita Slim bundle will also include an 8GB memory stick, which is in addition to the 1GB internal memory, for $199.99.
There's still no solid release date in sight, but spring is just around the corner. With all the great games coming to the PS3 and Vita, as well as the PlayStation 4, that offer cross-play, cross-save and remote play, the timing couldn't be better for Sony's new Vita model.


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Seattle has one of the nation's hottest neighborhoods, according to a new report.
Seattle-based online real estate company Redfin ranked neighborhoods across the country based on page views, homes added as favorites and feedback from its agents. Redfin also looked for trends among the hot neighborhoods, reporting that, while highly ranked schools remain important, "the real trend in 2014 neighborhood popularity is a short commute at an affordable price."
In the report, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said:
After a year in which prices popped 13%, Americans are checking out still-close-in but often-overlooked neighborhoods in search of affordability, even if means less-fashionable restaurants or a home that needs a little more work. Like the actress who was nominated for 18 Emmys before finally winning, these are the Susan Luccis of neighborhoods, finally getting their due. The buyers who have made these alternative spots so hot aren't like the ones we saw in the last boom, who just borrowed more and paid up. Our clients in 2014 have settled on a price range, and they're sticking to it.
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Marion Davies, original name Marion Cecilia Douras, (born January 3, 1897, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 22, 1961, Los Angeles, California), American actor renowned more for her 34-year relationship with publishing giant William Randolph Hearst than for her performance career.
Marion's father, Bernard J. Douras, was a lawyer who would serve as New York City magistrate from 1918 to 1930. Her three older sisters—Reine, Ethel, and Rose—also became actors, and, like Reine, Marion used the stage name Davies. At age 13, Davies made her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in The Blue Bird, and she continued to appear in shows until 1917, when 54-year-old publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst noticed her in the chorus line of The Ziegfeld Follies. Hearst was a married man, but he and Davies began a relationship that lasted until his death in 1951. Hearst proceeded to use his influence and his money to establish a film career for Davies. According to his obituary in The New York Times, Hearst spent $7 million promoting Davies's career.
Although her early films, such as Runaway Romany (1917) and The Belle of New York (1919), cast her in dramatic roles, Davies was much more successful in such comic films as The Patsy and Show People (both 1928). Exemplary of her less-successful pictures was Operator 13 (1934), an unfortunate romantic period piece. She made her talking picture debut in Marianne (1929), and in Going Hollywood (1933) she costarred with a young Bing Crosby. Davies made her last film, Ever Since Eve, in 1937, the year that she is reported to have sold her jewelry in order to lend Hearst a million dollars to help him out of temporary financial difficulties.
Rejected by Hearst's family after his death, Davies married an old friend, sea captain Horace G. Brown. Although she twice filed for divorce, she withdrew both suits, and Brown survived her. In her post-Hollywood life, Davies proved to be a shrewd businesswoman. She made sound real-estate investments, including her purchase of the Desert Inn in Palm Springs, California, several Manhattan office buildings, and a series of mansions and castles. Interested in philanthropy and in politics, she supported several charities and campaigned on behalf of John F. Kennedy in 1960.
Davies died of cancer in 1961. Thirty-two years later, upon the death of Patricia Van Cleve Lake, a woman thought to have been Davies's sister Rose's daughter, Lake's family revealed that Patricia was in fact the only child of Davies and Hearst.


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Do you know someone whose behavior always makes you raise an eyebrow? Dr. Phil helps his guests distinguish what's normal and what's not.
X-Rated Class Clown?
Kelly says she's tired of her husband, Scott's, jokes. She says they're inappropriate, obnoxious and rude. Scott admits that his jokes can be raunchy, but he loves being the life of the party.
Will Kelly loosen up, or does Scott need to tone it down?
Hypochondriac or Vigilant Mom?
Vicki fears that she's dying and visits the doctor at least once a week. Her husband, Harvey, says she needs to stop worrying about her health or she's really going to make herself sick.
Is it all in Vicki's head, or does she have a reason to be afraid?
Holidays from Hell?
Shelita refuses to celebrate the holidays because she says they're pagan festivals. Her sister, Akea, says she contradicts herself by accepting presents.
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Dr. Phil and Robin kick off their participation in the 2006 Toys for Tots holiday campaign! Every year, the Marines collect toys across the nation for needy children.


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PAX East packs them in, costumes and all
70,000 fans joined game firms big and small for the annual show at the convention center
This weekend Boston is the center of the video gaming universe, as some 70,000 enthusiasts — some dressed in the costumes of their favorite characters — pack the annual PAX East show.
At Friday's opening, the line to get into the Boston Convention and Expo Center stretched down Summer Street; once inside, fans were stacked wall-to-wall, with everything from simple game demos to celebrity panels drawing overflow crowds.
For many it's a dress-up event: Outfits included gore-covered zombies, vixen-like fairies, and warriors sporting a futuristic-medieval hybrid look. Star Wars costumes were also big, as were versions of the popular disc-jockey Deadmau5, whose music is featured in many video games, and who appears as an avatar in one. There were even concerts, with one of the headline acts the self-described "Nerdcore'' rap pioneer MC Frontalot.
Though the big national game companies claimed the biggest real estate, the Boston event draws many of the smaller start-ups and independent game creators in the Boston area. And with its huge audience of videogame devotees, PAX East is also a proving ground where newcomers can make a name for themselves.
Richard and Michael Leonardo, brothers from Canton, are two of the dozens of dreamers hoping to turn their passion into a commercial success. They spent about $3,000 for a booth at Pax East to demonstrate Colliding Forces, a strategy game they described as a cross between air hockey and chess that is being designed to be played on an iPad.
"We grew up loving games,'' said Richard Leonardo. "We wanted to create something different.''
The brothers are still working day jobs while finishing up Colliding Forces but were looking to Pax East for a gigantic pool of potential customers.
Their company doesn't even have a name yet, and their booth contained little more than an iPad and a larger monitor to display the game. But in first few minutes after the show opened Friday morning — even before the huge crowd had worked its way inside the hall — the Leonardos already had a packed booth of players and onlookers checking out Colliding Forces.
Other fledgling companies, like Asinine Games of Melrose, are a little farther down the road than the Leonardo brothers. Asinine has already released a popular app for Apple devices called Reaper Cam, which allows users to insert images of the Grim Reaper into photos. The company is also close to releasing a similar app for a leprechaun, as well as its first full game for mobile devices, El Chupacabra, featuring a comic-book style hero with an appetite for burritos and tacos.
While Asinine does have some revenue coming in, founder Brian Dutton has yet to pay himself. "The game comes out in spring and I hope to take a paycheck after that,'' he said.
Many established Massachusetts game companies were also on display at PAX East, including HitPoint, of Hatfield. The company started with simple games for clients such as Coca Cola, Axe, Yoplait, and White Castle, and in the last several years has doubled in size, to around 50 employees.
"We just kept getting bigger and bigger contracts,'' said Robbie Sykes, a producer for the company.
HitPoint's biggest release to date was Adera, a hidden object game, done under contract for Microsoft. The title is exclusive to Windows 8 and was featured during the operating system's October launch. The first episode of Adera is free, with subsequent ones costing $3.99.
"We were number 3 in the paid apps section last week,'' said Sykes.
The Pax East show comes as the videogame industry is struggling through a transition, with sales of established console-based games falling as consumers move to playing games on mobile devices.
Many of the Boston companies are concentrating on mobile apps, and several of them joined a panel at Pax East to discuss breaking into the business. Many executives said they try to remain nimble by keeping the size of the workforce to a minimum and bringing in specialists at critical stages of development.
"This community is great because you can bring in the people you need at the end to finish the game,'' said Seth Sivak, chief executive of Proletariat Inc., which counts among its offerings a fast-play word game.


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Family Day was full of fun and excitement
Saturday was Family Day with the Bisons. The afternoon was full of fun and excitement. Thanks to the 501st Legionnaire of Stormtroopers, several Star Wars characters made an appearance at Allen Arena. Larry & Bob from VeggieTales were there too. After the game kids got to see the Bisons in their locker room and shoot on the Allen Arena baskets that were lowered to eight feet.


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Move over, Josh Groban. A Brigham Young University music graduate is poised to carve out another niche in the classical-pop crossover genre.
Nathan Pacheco's self-titled album on the Disney Pearl Series label will go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 18, at local music retailers and across the country.
"I think people appreciate great music," said Pacheco, who seemingly always has had a sense of what he wants. "People want to hear great music," he said. "I love live performance. Capturing the emotion of a song through singing, connecting with the audience, that's when the magic happens."
Pacheco is the real deal. The tenor-baritone is handsome, charismatic onstage, writes his own music and what a voice! Better yet, he's humble.
"Signing with Disney is the biggest break I ever had," he said. "I'm on the cusp of a lot of good things happening. It's a dream come true."
Pacheco always has been involved in music. As a teen in Virginia, he joined a vocal workshop taught by a professor from Brigham Young University. That and his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led him to study vocal performance, specifically opera singing, at BYU in 2005.
BYU professor J. Arden Hopkin, who teaches studio voice and vocal pedagogy, remembers helping expand Pacheco's baritone into the tenor range. "Nathan had a preference to sing popular music," Hopkin said. "He was not inclined to be sidetracked from his path. He was determined to get what he could from school, but wasn't going to be deterred from the direction he wanted to take."
Because Pacheco had served an LDS mission in Brazil, the professor included him among four students in a performance tour in Brazil Hopkin organized "to give [them] an opportunity to see what it would be like to be on tour."
It was rough 11 concerts in 14 days. The singers had to be ready to perform even under the most trying circumstances, Hopkin said.
"As the pressure of the tour built, Nathan was the only one who thrived," he said. "Others lost their voices or found it too grueling."
In Brazil, it's customary after a concert for the audience to come onstage and give the performers a kiss on the cheek. Hopkin remembers, "Nathan was very easy with the interaction and charming. The ladies would get in line, kiss him, then go back in line to kiss him again." The tour "awakened in him what the possibilities were," Hopkin said.
Pacheco added: "It was one of the experiences that convinced me I wanted to do this for a career."
His first break came when he was chosen to join Yanni Voices. Yanni, the world-famous Greek self-taught pianist, composer and music producer, has blended jazz, classical, soft rock and world music to create predominantly instrumental works, but then Yanni decided to branch out and add singers to his concerts.
When Pacheco heard about it, he auditioned by writing and performing an original song. He got the job. It was while taping a Yanni Voices concert for a PBS special that Pacheco caught the ear of Andrea Bocelli, who helped Josh Groban develop a crossover style that blended opera and pop music.
"I'm more drawn to crossover," Pacheco said. "Those are the themes and songs that allow me to express what's inside of me."
"Avatar" is a crossover song Pacheco wrote that's included on his self-titled album. "When it comes to writing and feeling inspired, I work the best alone on the piano," he said.
He collaborated with Leo Z, an Italian musician and arranger, on production. Together, they came up with a unusual instrumentation of orchestra, Irish uillean pipes and drums that gives the album its own sound.
"I would share ideas with Leo to get the magic," Pacheco said. He knew he'd found the right sound when he hit upon setting the chorus to "Avatar" in his tenor range. He delicately floats the lyric melody above driving drums to evoke an uplifting emotion that hooks the tune into the listener's mind where it plays gently over and over.
About Nathan Pacheco
A PBS special, "Introducing Nathan Pacheco," will be re-aired Sunday, Sept. 16, at 9:30 p.m. on KUED Channel 7.
The singer's self-titled album on the Disney Pearl Series label will go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 18, at local music retailers, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Go to http://www.nathanpacheco.com to hear Pacheco's song "Avatar" and to see a schedule of his performances, which will include a concert in Salt Lake City on Nov. 21 at the Jeanne Wagner Theater. He also will have a Christmas special on PBS after the concert.


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Butterfly cupcakes make me think of sharp green grass and daffodils. Bandwidth found the recipe in a foodie magazine called Taste of Home. You can find the recipe on page 93.
Naturally I took a short cut.
I bought poppy seed mini-muffins and cupcakes at Publix, then cut "cone-shaped" holes in the center of each one. Next, I cut each cone in half; these pieces form the wings.
These are adorable snacks for children and picky eaters. Dr. Gollum was a tad worried that I'd confuse all of blogdom with these mysterious cupcakes. He thought they resembled snails. My mother thought they looked like birds.
If I'd rounded the edges and added a nose and whiskers, I could have made cat cupcakes--or teddy bears.


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PLAINVIEW – Dr. Jim Denison, senior pastor at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, will speak at Wayland Baptist University on Wednesday, March 8, for the McCoy Lecture Series. Denison will speak in Harral Auditorium at 11 a.m. during the university's regular chapel time.
The series is made possible annually by a gift to First Baptist Church of Plainview from the estate of Dr. Dorothy McCoy, a longtime math professor at Wayland who died in November 2001. A longtime missions advocate at the church, McCoy hoped her estate would help continue missions education and advocacy in the Plainview community. The lecture series was created to serve that purpose.
In its third year, the McCoy Lectures also includes the presentation of the Missions Service Award honoring those who have devoted time and energy to missions causes. This year, the award will be presented to Amelia "Millie" Bishop, a former FBC member who also served as president of Texas Woman's Missionary Union from 1984-88. With her husband, the late Dr. J. Ivyloy Bishop, a former professor of religion at Wayland, Mrs. Bishop was active in missions education programs at the local and associational level before serving at the state level.
Denison has served as pastor at Park Cities since 1998, with pastoral experience in Georgia and in other Texas cities. A graduate of Houston Baptist University, Denison also holds a master's degree and a doctorate in philosophy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Divinity degree from Dallas Baptist University.
He is an active writer, authoring numerous Bible study curricula, discipleship training materials and articles for religious and denominational publications. He currently writes online Sunday school curricula for Baptistway Press and the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He has written four books: The Myth and the Manger; The Bible – You Can Believe It: Biblical Authority in the Twenty-First Century; Life On The Brick Pile, and Seven Crucial Questions About The Bible. He also writes a daily email devotional, "The Word Today," distributed to more than 8,000 subscribers across the globe.
Denison is also a distinguished adjunct professor at DBU and serves on the Board of Trustees. He is a teaching fellow for the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute and serves on its Board of Governors. He has served on the faculties at Southwestern Seminar and Mercer University School of Theology in Atlanta, on the advisory board for Truett Seminary in Waco, and on the board for the Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University.
He and his wife, Janet, are parents of two sons, Ryan and Craig.
The service is free and open to the public.


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All of them are very creative in every way...thanks for all of you who linked up and shared your inspiration with us.
by Joyful Homemaking. OMGosh! Are you kidding me? No wonder it was the most viewed link last week...who can resist this combination of flavors? I am so making this for the kids in the morning.


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A bit of background first-- I started a position palletizing in a fruit factory. Basically what we do is take dried fruit and package it.
As palletizer I am responsible for recording the total # of cases(total cases or TCS), the weight of the total cases (actual or A), the weight of the fruit that was used (total raw pounds or TRP), the weight of the fruit recovered from all nooks and crannies of the machinery at the end of the day (Salvage or S), and the percentage of fruit lost (%).
For example:
Today we ran 15 pallets of mangos. Each pallet contains 40 boxes that weigh 37.5 lbs. each.
They were packaged into 28 oz. bags, 12 bags per case, 24 cases per pallet.
We end with 43 pallets and 650 lbs. of salvage.
After gathering all of this information, it is then time to calculate the loss %
What we've gathered:
TCS: 24 cases x 43 pallets = 1,032 cases
A: [28 oz. x 12 bags = 336 oz. OR 21 lbs] 1,032 cases x 21 lbs = 21,672 lbs.
TRP: [40 boxes x 37.5 lbs = 1,500] 1,500 lbs x 15 pallets = 22,500 lbs
S: 650 lbs
Now to find the loss percentage we subtract the S from the TRP to get TwoS (Total without Salvage), subtract A from TwoS to get the loss (L) in pounds, divide by TwoS, and multiply by 100 to get the final percentage.
22,500 - 650 = 21,850
21,850 - 21,672 = 178
178 ÷ 21,850 = 0.0081464351
× 100 = 0.814%
So for me to learn this with a high school math level was well, fairly easy but it took a day or two.
But today I had a rough time, and this is where I need help.
To be brief, today we ran through 3.25 pallets of apricots (80 cases @ 28 lbs.), we packaged the fruit into 6 oz bags with 12 bags per case and 160 cases per pallet. 201 cases are shipped to vendor A, while the rest are shipped to vendor B. Due to the small weight of the bags, its difficult for the machine to produce accurate results, resulting in a loss due to overweight bags. Because of this, my lead gives me direction to manipulate the numbers so the loss percentages for both orders are in the same ballpark. Anything under 3% is considered acceptable (although sometimes there's nothing that can be done about a high percentage).
So what this means is that in reality 42 boxes were used to produce the 201 cases, but due to the fact its a small amount with overweight bags the % is around 14% (completely unacceptable). We have to bring that down to 3% by taking or removing TRP from A to B. We also have to pretend there was at least a little salvage in A's order which means pretending more TRP was used (The S from A will then be added into B's TRP).
What I'm now wondering is what kind of math can be used to calculate this so I can study on my own. While this may be simple to most mathematicians, it is highly stressful for me to calculate due to the fact it's one of many tasks I am required to complete. That said I'm looking for the fastest possible process to calculate this so that I dont have to think so much and I can let the process do the work.
Anyway I hope I explained this clearly. If any clarification is needed please ask and I will reply promptly. Thank you anyone who reads and shares their thoughts.


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The agency was born in January 2000. Argentina has almost always been in the midst of some sort of financial crisis but, without a doubt, the worst has occurred in the past 25 years. We started out as only five people, but we believed and trusted that our family would grow. And we knew that no matter how, where or when we developed, we needed to find an inspiring place to make it happen.
All other agencies where I had previously worked had been located in the centre of the city, and it was customary for the creative directors to send us on two- or three-day trips to the beach, countryside or some other open space to give us the opportunity to relax and think for a few days.
As we often work at weekends in Argentina, the trips sometimes fell on Saturdays or Sundays. I had already been toying with the idea of setting up the agency in a location that was inspiring in and of itself, so that we would be able to think and work every day in an open, outdoor space and take advantage of Buenos Aires' temperate climate all year long.
At the same time, I felt we needed to develop an agency with enough personality to serve a dual purpose – become a successful hotshop, while simultaneously supporting Saatchi & Saatchi, the global network.
Finding a place to settle into took some time. It had to be spacious enough to allow us to grow, without giving the five of us the impression that we were in a house too big for us to fill. Above all, we needed to find somewhere that inspired us. So we decided to leave the downtown area behind and found ourselves a stable 20 kilometres outside the city near the San Isidro racetrack. This was an area that, 12 years ago, had no offices at all. Homes alternated with stables, horses roamed the streets and the fresh air came with a distinct smell of farmland.
We knew from the start that our entire team had to be creative. Not only the creative department, but the entire company needed to benefit from an inspiring location. We wanted everyone involved in our projects to contribute their talent and creative input. So we got to work and converted the stable into a single-level office with an open courtyard at its centre, surrounded by trees, natural sunlight and the stone patio.
The surrounding offices were the original stable stalls and all opened up to the exterior space, inviting in natural light and the smell of freshly cut grass. The buildings surrounding the central patio created naturally shady nooks and crannies to sit on a bench, get some fresh air, have a maté, eat some lunch with co-workers underneath the trees, get inspired, de-stress and, above all else, spend time with one another. Our now nearly 100-employee team is truly diverse and, when these individuals connect, an incredibly enriching exchange is formed.
We're exactly where we want to be. However, there's nowhere in the world big or inspiring enough to allow us to do what we aspire to do every day – to produce ideas that embody the spirit of Saatchi & Saatchi: nothing is impossible.
That's where La Campana comes into play. It's an annual ceremony where employees nominate a co-worker who inspires, motivates others and never gives up. We named the ceremony La Campana after the bell that adorns the stable.
Every year, a goldsmith forges the new winner's name into the bell. The bell summons us all together to chat, share our votes and choose the employee who makes us all feel like nothing is impossible.
Pablo Del Campo is the chief executive of Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi


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Eight UC Santa Barbara faculty members, including Nobel laureate Alan J. Heeger, have been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This is the second consecutive year that eight UCSB faculty members have been named AAAS Fellows.
"This year's election of eight of our faculty colleagues as AAAS Fellows is a testament not only to their remarkable individual achievements and leadership in their fields, but also to the broad spectrum of outstanding research across the disciplines at UC Santa Barbara," said Chancellor Henry T. Yang. "This prestigious honor is particularly meaningful because it represents a resounding affirmation from their peers of the extraordinary contributions that each of these eight scholars has made to advancing the frontiers of science and serving our society. I join with our campus and community in proudly congratulating our new AAAS Fellows."
The newly elected members from UCSB are:
Lars Bildsten, professor and permanent member of UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, for distinguished contributions to theoretical astrophysics, including new insights that have advanced the understanding of neutron stars and of supernovae.
Kevin W. Plaxco, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and associate director of UCSB's new Center for BioEngineering, for distinguished contributions to the fields of molecular biophysics and biomolecular engineering, with particular emphasis on his contributions to our understanding of protein folding kinetics and the physics of the unfolded state, and for his pioneering efforts in the design of conformation-linked electrochemical biosensors.
Frederick Dahlquist, professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry, for distinguished service to biochemistry and structural biology, particularly on the application of NMR techniques to elucidate signaling processes, including bacterial chemotaxis.
W. Patrick McCray, professor of history, for distinguished contributions to scholarship and education in history of science, technology and instrumentation, particularly in the areas of intellectual and social interactions in recent astronomy and physics.
Subhash Suri, professor and chair of computer science, for distinguished contributions to the field of computational geometry, networks, and computational economics.
Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry, 2000) and professor of physics and materials, for his contributions in the discovery and development of conductive polymers.
Philip A. Pincus, professor of materials and physics, for distinguished contributions to the theory of soft condensed matter physics.
Robert L. Sugar, professor of physics, for distinguished contributions to theoretical particle physics, especially for seminal advances in computing particle properties in quantum chromodynamics.
"AAAS is the largest and broadest scientific society in the world, and every year we are one of the leading universities in the number of new AAAS fellowships," said Michael Witherell, UCSB's vice chancellor for research. "That says a great deal about our place in the world of science."
This year, 539 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering) rosette pin on February 18 at the AAAS Fellows Forum, during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
This year's AAAS Fellows will be announced in the December 23 edition of the journal Science, in the AAAS News & Notes section.
AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal Science (www.sciencemag.org), as well as Science Translational Medicine (www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org), and Science Signaling (www.sciencesignaling.org).
AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The nonprofit AAAS (www.aaas.org) is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, and more.


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On Our Radar: A Cover Letter for the Ages
Unless your office romance is serious, hide it at all costs, says Businessweek. Once you've established the relationship, gossip will inevitably ensue — but chances are it will die down before long. In case you missed it, check out At Work's guide to how to legally hit on your co-worker. –Leslie Kwoh
Former Campbell Soup Co. CEO Doug Conant reflects in Harvard Business Review on how getting fired early in his career made him a better leader. Before, he says, he was "sadly disconnected to the business world" beyond his company. In order to land a new job, he had to learn how to connect with people. –Leslie Kwoh
In the age of the LinkedIn profile and one-click resume submissions, cover letters are an endangered species. This letter from Eudora Welty, seeking work from the New Yorker in 1933, was just excerpted in the Los Angeles Times. It makes us nostalgic for the days when a great query could catch an employer's eye (spoiler alert, though: Welty wasn't hired by the prestigious magazine). — Lauren Weber
File this one under "age of anxiety": 28% of Americans report having "no confidence" that they'll be able to retire comfortably, according to this story in today's Journal. In addition, 57% of U.S. workers report having less than $25,000 in total household savings and investments, excluding their homes. — Lauren Weber
And finally…
In the market for a new wacky economic indicator? Look to Egg McMuffin sales, reports Quartz. —Nikki Waller
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There will be a one-and-a-half hour Malcolm X special on Monday, February 21 on PBS. The special is scheduled to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his assasination. Check your local listings. (It starts at 9:00PM in my area.)
This is showing (at least up here in southern new england) through Monday Feb 28. It'll be repeated 7 times.That having been said, did anyone see it? And what did you think?


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Let's start with some cakes for my supper later.........
I want some cheese cakes, and the same time I want some coffee cakes. Well, at the end I combined both...;p This was the first time I went into a bakery supply store without my list. I just grabbed some cream cheese and butter and hopefully I have everything I need at home..;p When I reached home I just started off with what I have and turn my idea into a swiss roll....a cheese cake roll...LOL!
I'm quite satisfied with the result actually. The texture turns out good and the cheese and coffee I wanted in the cake were there too...so it's DONE!! Let me show you what I did.....;p
The ingredients for the cheese sponge:
120g sugar
6 egg whites
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
50g butter
250g cream cheese
100ml fresh milk
6 egg yolks
1 tbsp lemon juice
60g superfine cake flour
20g corn flour
** 2 tsps cocoa powder (for the flower prints ) ~ optional
First, I melted the cream cheese, butter and milk over a double boiler. Then cool the mixture completely. Then Add in egg yolks and lemon juice and mix well.
Second, I whisk the egg whites with cream of tartar until bubble forms and add in the sugar gradually and whisk until a soft peak forms.
Third, I took out 1 tbsp of egg yolk batter and 1 tbsp of egg white mixture and add with the cocoa powder. Spoon into the piping bag and piped some flower prints on the prepared tray. Bake this flower prints at 180'C preheated oven for 1 minute then remove from oven and set aside.
Fourth, I fold in the egg whites into the egg yolk batter and mix well. Pour onto the prebaked printed flowers and level the top. Back into the oven and bake at 180'C for 20 minutes.
Notice that the steps are similar to the printed Strawberry Swiss Roll? Yeah, I've converted the whole thing here but I realized that the finale bakes for the sponge cannot be 12 minutes. Think its because of the cream cheese added and the sponge needed slightly another 5 minutes.
Lastly, spread the whipped Mocha cream on to the cooled sponge and gently roll up the cake. Please becareful while rolling, this sponge is alittle heavy compare to the normal swiss roll.
Ingredients for the Cream:
1/2 cup non-dairy cream (whipped)
1 tsp mocha paste
1 tsp coffee paste
** Mix everything together and its ready for spreading.
The sponge texture and taste are quite similar to those Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake. It really goes well with the Mocha cream. Trust me, if you like to have a light cheese cake and some coffee cream, this is definitely for you.


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Expanding the Reach and Impact of
|Table of Contents
|Executive Summary (Stand-Alone)
|Preface: A Vision of e-Health Benefits for All
|Executive Summary
|Chapter 1. Introduction
|Chapter 2. Mapping Diversity to Understand Users' Requirements for e-Health Tools
|Chapter 3. Assessing the Evidence Base for e-Health Tools for Diverse Users
|Chapter 4. Strategic Factors in Realizing the Potential of e-Health
|Chapter 5. Partnerships for Meaningful Access
|Appendix 1. Environmental Scan of 40 e-HealthTools
|Appendix 2. Project Interviewees, Experts Consulted, and Reviewers
|Appendix 3. Chapter 3 Literature Review Summary
|Appendix 4. A Comparison of Internet Use and Health Status of Populations That Experience Health Disparities
Today, more and more decisionmakers are interested in e-health tools as critical components of personal health management and healthcare reform strategies. Decisionmakers are seeking viable approaches to reduce healthcare costs, improve the quality of care, and increase consumers' ability to manage their own health. Conditions are favorable for a greater investment in consumer-oriented e-health tools. The technology marketplace is dynamic; the public is increasingly turning to information and communication technologies for a better life; healthcare organizations are adopting and offering health information technology; and Government policy is placing great emphasis on both health information technology and personal health management for consumers. Such activities are now part of everyday news.
Since this study began, the Federal Government has embarked on a major initiative to increase the use of health information technology by healthcare providers and consumers. The creation of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within HHS provides a strategic opportunity for the Federal Government to exercise the kind of leadership called for in this report. Improving population health and personalizing health care—key components of the vision underlying this study—are two of the four goals articulated in HHS' Framework for Strategic Action for health information technology (www.hhs.gov/healthit/strategicfrmwk.html). The vision and approaches proposed in the present study should be useful in realizing both the population and personal health goals.
The present study seeks to lay the foundation for a robust, population-wide, and consumer-centric e-health enterprise. It outlines a vision, identifies challenges and opportunities, and highlights strategies for using e-health tools to improve personal and population health. A central message is that no single tool or strategy will work for a national population with highly diverse interests, experiences, conditions, and capacities. This study found that, at present, the well-documented diversity in this country is not well matched by the diversity of strategies and responses in the e-health arena. This is the case for e-health tools themselves as well as the policies, funding, and program priorities that influence their development, evaluation, and dissemination.
Realizing the potential population health benefits of e-health tools requires not only a shift in thinking and strategies but also strong leadership to coordinate marketplace and policy momentum for maximum public benefit. Disparities in access to health information, health care, and technology make it highly unlikely that market forces and fragmented public-sector efforts alone will achieve desired public health goals. Consistent with other Government initiatives, public-sector engagement in partnerships that harness current consumer trends and align the multiple interests of stakeholders is crucial. The way forward for consumer e-health is to use these partnerships and interests to create and sustain a user-centered strategy that results in e-health tools being available on a much wider scale than is currently possible.
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text: Author Alex Haley (1921-1992) was best known for works depicting the struggles of African Americans. Raised in Henning, Tennessee, he began writing to help pass the time during his two decades with the U.S. Coast Guard. After conducting interviews with Malcolm X for Playboy magazine, he turned the material into his first book, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965). Haley's subsequent novel, "Roots" (1976), was a fictionalized account of his own family's history, traced through seven generations. It was adapted into a 1977 miniseries that became the most-watched broadcast in TV history, a record it would hold for years.


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Ragdale shortlisted for TWO global awards
We are very excited to be a finalist in the worldwide Spafinder Wellness Travel Awards 2016 in not just one, but two categories!
A panel of 39 wellness travel editors and experts from around the globe have short-listed Ragdale Hall in the categories: Best for Affordability/Budget and Best for Girlfriend Getaways.
These Awards honour hotels, resorts, destination spas, and retreats offering the best wellness travel, vacations, and experiences worldwide, so it's very rewarding to be short-listed as one of the best in the world!
Spafinder Wellness, Inc.® Chief Operating Officer John Bevan, said: "We congratulate the entire team at Ragdale Hall on being selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2016 Wellness Travel Awards. The Awards reflect Ragdale Hall's exceptional dedication to helping people live and travel well."
But now it's your vote that can help us to win, so if you think we are the best, we'd very much appreciate you clicking onto the voting page and putting your tick in the box! And you'll be entered into a draw to win a Spafinder Wellness Europe gift card worth £750.
Voting is open here now and runs until 16th September. And just to remind you, Ragdale is short-listed in the categories Best for Affordability/Budget and Best for Girlfriend Getaways.
Thank you!


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Here at Catahoula we offer:Dinner menu served 7 days a week! Lunch Friday, 11 am to 3 pm. Brunch Saturday & Sunday, 11 am to 3 pm. Happy Hour Everyday, 4 pm to 7 pm. Late Night Menu Monday – Thursday, 10 pm to 12 am. Friday & Saturday, 11 pm to 1 am. Tons of specials for most pro sporting events. Daily food specials. Catering, onsite and offsite. Gift Cards available now! with each card valued at $25 and up recieve 20% FREE gift card of amount purchased.
A little about us…
Catahoula Bar & Restaurant is not your average neighborhood bar. There's something special about what we're doing here.
Our staff is warm and friendly, our chef is always smiling, and we serve the type of food that just makes you feel good. From classic New Orleans flavors to top notch bar food, we've got those taste buds covered.
We've also got food and drink specials during Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and 76ers games, and there's not a bad seat in the house with 5 TVs, 2 located outside on our covered patio.
So whether you just want to stop by for an Eagles game with a cold Abita draft and one of Philly's best burgers, or sit down for a belly warming bowl of Acadian Style Gumbo on a cold day, we'll be happy to see you again.
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